good morning and good ( lydia ) good morning and thsanks for joining us on the kron 4 morning news. i'm lydia pantazes. that breaking news we are following... clean up will begin in florida after part of that state was devastated by hurricane michael. the storm has now been downgraded to a tropical storm as it moves through georgia and the carolinas. omar jimenez is live in panama city, florida with the latest. "i still can't believe it." people in the florida panhandle are taking in the toll of hurricane michael's wrath."it's a lot of loss. i mean thank goodness everyone else is safe this is horrible" florida took a direct hit wednesday by the historic

storm.gov. rick scott: (r) florida: "hurricane michael is the worst storm that the florida panhandle has ever seen and one of the worst power storms to ever make landfall in the united states." winds of up to 155 miles per hour tore through trees, power lines, and buildings like this one -- the family business brandon troupe and his wife sydni planned on opening this weekend. now demolished."it's really an eye opener on taking things like this serious." officials now focusing on recovery and helping those affected by the storm.gov. rick scott: (r) florida: "we are turning 100 percent of our focus on search and rescuebut it's not just florida.michael is now the first major hurricane to track into georgia since 1898.as the storm makes way its north and east -- thousands of customers across georgia and alabama have lost power.and now parts of south carolina, under tropical storm watch, brace for possible flooding.brock long, fema administrator: "you're going to see rainfall through south and north carolina and dumping four to six inches of rain and rivers that are already saturated and haven't really receded much from florence a couple of weeks ago."

( lydia ) thanks, omar. thanks, omar.( lydia ) thanks, omar.

( lydia ) now lets get a check of weather with dave spahr. (dave)ist onshore flow will result in seasonably cool weather conditions into thursday. weak offshore flow will then develop late in the week resulting in warmer and drier conditions

regionwide through the weekend if not into next week as well. as well. into next week weekend if not through the weekend if not into next week

as well. ( lydia ) as well. into next week weekend if not through the regionwide conditions drier warmer and resulting in in the week develop late flow will then weak offshore into thursday. conditions into thursday. weak offshore flow will then develop late in the week resulting in warmer and drier conditions regionwide through the weekend if not into next week as well. ( lydia ) and we are tracking your monring commute... here is a live look at the san mateo bridge. ( lydia ) and here is a look at the richmond bridge ( lydia ) and here is ( lydia ) and here is a look at the ( lydia ) and here is a live look at the golden gate bridge. ( lydia ) ( lydia ) happening now... members of california taskforce 4 are making their way across the country to help

with relief efforts in the southeast. two people from the team in the south bay are headed to pensacola florida this morning. the team is on standby to send even more people to other areas affected by hurricane michael. they've put together kits including clothing, food, and other items for rescuers.

cambrian (came-bre-an) district. police belive he is also responsible for breaking a window and starting a fire at the same location within the last three months. the owner of the dental clinic believes she is being targeted for being a muslim. ( lydia ) fire investigators are looking into what started the fire at a warehouse in oakland. we first brought you this story as breaking news yesterday on the kron 4 morning news. it happened very close to the bart coliseum station. as kron 4s justine waldman reports -- the damage to the property could mean a set-back for an affordable housing complex. the flames captured by kron 4 viewers who sent us videos of the warehouse burning on 72nd and hawley street.smoke filling the sky right by the oakland coliseum bart station. sot our first thought was oakland warehouse so glad no loss of life no injurythe coo of resources for community development tells me the non-profit owns the paint storage warehouse.it is in the process of turning the site ino 59 affordable housing units.construction is scheduled to start next summer.

and be done in late 2021.the units would be for families who make about 70-thousand dollars a year.the rcd, will not let the fire disrupt plans to keep construction on track...the clean-up started immediately after the fire.sot it does create some complications as far as hazardous materials it will slow down the process but hopefully not to muchstandard outcue: kron 4 news

( lydia ) new this morning... san bruno police have arrested 21-year-old eliot rodriguez for grand theft. early wednesday morning police responded to reports of a suspicious person on the 700 block of pepper drve. police say rodriguez entered several unlocked cars in the area and rummaged through their contents. rodriguez removed tools from one car. police also determined rodriguez committed the same crimes in that area on october 5th. ( lydia ) happening now... police at u-c berkeley are looking for the person who sexually assaulted a student in university housing. the incident happened friday morning... and officers are still looking for the attacker. experts say roughly 23 percent of all female college students say they've experience rape or sexual assault. ( lydia ) a portion of fremont street in san francisco is now shut down. this comes after crews discovered cracks in two support beams at the salesforce transit center. four steel towers are now in place to shore up the area.

the area of fremont street between mission and howard is affected. it was supposed to open this friday but officials with the transit center say it won't open until wednesday, october 17th. ( lydia ) happening now... we are watching the markets after the dow dropped more than 800 points on wednesday. it was the third worst point drop in history. 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. so far this morning... things are not looking much better dow futures are down more than 200 points. we will be following the markets when they open at 6:30 this ( lydia )coming up on the kron 4 morning news... a prestigious local high school in san francisco is changing its admission policy... we tell you why. ( lydia )plus cleanup beings for people on the florida pan- handle... after powerful hurricane michael makes ( lydia )and... one man is critically injured... after a fight breaks out... after a

49ers game. ( lydia ) and here's a live look outside...at the san mateo bridge.

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...mondays, right? [laughter] beef up your breakfast with my new steak & egg breakfast burrito. part of the breakfast burrito family. welcome back. checking in on your morning forecast. (dave)moist onshore flow will result in seasonably cool weather conditions into thursday. weak offshore flow will then develop late in the week resulting in warmer and drier conditions

regionwide through the weekend if not into next week as well. ( will ) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond no major hot no major hot spots. bay bridge

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

to 101.toll to 101.mifrom the less than 20 bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. (lydia) the san francisco board of education wants to attract students from a wider ethnic background to lowell high school. kron 4 's charles clifford explains the new changes to the school's admissions policy.

standards in middle school.in order to encourage more african american students to apply to lowell, the san francisco board of education voted to allow every student at willie brown middle school admission to lowell high if they meet the minimum academic standards.the school district said in a statement wednesday that"this change is intended to promote wbms and create more robust enrollment by ensuring there will be enough space for all wbms graduates who meet the academic criteria required for admission to lowell."critics says the admissions changes need further review and that by giving an advantage to willie brown middle school students, it could hurt the chances of students at other schools.sot because the additional students from willie brown middle school are going to crowd out students from school like aptos, james man, mlk and vis valley.supporters say the changes will give hope to kids who might not get into lowell otherwise.sotlowell middle school has one of the largest population of african american students in the city. if the board truly want to provide services to students you need to create a path from where they are and the means creating a path from willie brown middle schoolthe school district is also launching an outreach campaign to remind

all middle school students in san francisco that if they have good grades, they might be able to get into lowell.> ( lydia ) ( lydia )( lydia ) community members are outraged over the two local businesses in east bay that will have to shut down and find new locations. a contract the property owner signed with the recently opened whole foods is stopping jade garden chinese restaurant and the u-p-s next door to close its doors.

ago didn't exist is now beating up some little mom and pop store. they can probably legally do it but it's what i would consider a predatory business practice.>( lydia ) both businesses have been in that location for decades. ( lydia )happening now....a one thousand dollar reward is being offered for the 800-pound hammer sculpture that disappeared from a community center in healdsburg.... the artist of the piece-- doug unkrey is offering the reward... its 21 feet long... and was on loan from a local family. city officials believe it was taken friday night... right now, there's no evidence of it being taken... and police think it could be a prank. ( lydia ) a man is now facing a couple of charges following a fight in the parking lot of levi's stadium. another man was left in critical condition following the incident sunday. and as kron four's rob fladeboe reports, police are asking for your help as they move forward in this investigation.

a 49er's fan is in critical condition after he was allegedly assaulted by another fan. police say it happened after sunday's 49er's game at levi's 34-year-old david aguilara gonzalez has been arrested.. and is facing charges of felony assault and battery. police say gonzalez and the victim were in the parking lot near the corner of tasman and great american parkway. polcie say provoked when the victim kicked a bottle. the victim got up and tried to walk away punched him again. they are asking anyone phone video to come foreward.

( lydia ) still ahead... more than four cell phone store burglaries in one day. see the new video that police hope... will lead them to capturing those thieves. ( lydia ) and here's a live look outside... at the golden gate bridge. the hollywood minute is coming up after the break.

>> dr. stanley: remember this: cannot change the laws of god. when he has visited you in some form of adversity and he brings you through that, that's like he has increased the strength of the foundation of your life and your faith in him. [music] welcome back to the kron

four morning news. i'm tracking your entertainment headlines today... a certain streaming service is celebrating a milestone. david daniel has that and more in the hollywood minute. (music) "i need one dance, got a hennessy in my hand..." spotify is 10 years old, and the music streaming service has run the numbers. drake is spotify's most-streamed artist ever... followed by ed sheeran, whose "shape of you" is the service's most-streamed song ever.(nat)the l-a county coroner says verne troyer died

by suicide, a result of alcohol intoxication. the two-foot, ( lydia ) and here's a live look outside... at the bay bridge toll plaza. we'll be back with more of your kron 4 morning news after the break.

( lydia ) welcome back. checking in on your morning forecast. (dave)moist onshore flow will result in seasonably cool weather conditions into thursday. weak offshore flow will then develop late in

the week resulting in warmer and drier conditions regionwide through the weekend if not into next week as well.

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

news... people across florida and georgia begin the cleanup process after hurricane michael caused catastrophic damamge. at least two people have died from the storm that has now been downgraded to a tropical storm. natasha chen has the latest. hurricane michael made history as it slammed into florida's panhandle and swept across the southeastgov. rick scott / (r) florida: "hurricane michael is the worst storm that the florida panhandle has ever seen. and one of the worst power storms to ever make landfall in the united states. the catastrophic, fast-moving storm shredded homes to pieces, knocked out power and submerged entire towns under water.businesses devastated. like this children's store in panama city that was just on the verge of opening..brandon troupe, business destroyed in hurricane: "a years worth of time working and then just like that a couple hours, you come back and it's all gone." just before making landfall -- michael intensifiedwith sustained winds of 155 miles

per hour -- michael became the strongest storm to hit the continental united states since hurricane andrew -- 26 years ago.darius flanagan / rode out hurricane in panama city beach: "we were all praying as my stepfather and brother were watching out the window."michael continued its historical path -- becoming the first major hurricane to track into georgia since 1898 but the destructive storm won't be done anytime soon. michael continues to pack powerful winds and threaten people's lives.now -- those in michael's wake are left to pick up what the monster storm left behind.rep. neal dunn / - r- florida: "this could be an amount of damage that we ha not seen in living memory in this part of the country."in panama city beach, florida -- i'm natasha chen. ( lydia ) happening now... officials at u-c berkeley are looking for the people who left anti-semitic flyers on campus. the flyers depict newly-appointed supreme court justice brett kavanaugh - surrounded by jewish members of the u.s. senate - with the star of david on their foreheads. these flyers are the same flyers that were found on the campus of u-c davis earlier this week. the u-c berkeley chancellor

released a statement condemning the flyers. ( lydia ) the man accused of being the 'gypsy hill killer' will spend the rest of his life in prison. rodney halbower was found guilty of raping an murdering two teenage girls in san mateo county... 42 years ago. police believe he is responsible for other crimes in northern california and reno, nevada. yesterday a court in san mateo county sentenced him to two life sentences. ( lydia ) happening now... police are hoping surveillance video will help them track down the two men responsible for a string of cell phone store burglaries in the east bay. kron4's haaziq madyun has the story. (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 two men are suspected of being involved in three cellphone store burglaries 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 ( lydia ) homelessness can be seen in just about every community in the bay area ... a lot of families are living out of their cars and trailers. kron4's michelle kingston shows us how some people are now making money off of the people living in their vehicles. (mk)michelle kingston, mkingstonnews"many families are living in rvs like the ones here behind me in palo alto, but now we are hearing that landlords are actually renting them for hundreds of dollars a month.""the new face of homelessness are people living in vehicles, or the vehicular housed."dozens of rvs line el camino real in palo alto ... as well as many other streets in the bay area.

"they are living in rvs, they are living in their cars. service sector jobs aren't paying enough to support a one bedroom apartment in the bay area and certainly not enough for a two bedroom apartment for a family."and now kron4 news is learning people are buying cheap rvs online and renting them to families ... all to make a buck off the housing crisis."there are people that buy older recreational vehicles on craigslist and whatnot and rent them to people who cannot afford to purchase one themselves so they rent for maybe 3 4 500 a month."brian greenberg with life moves -- a homeless service provider, helping more than 100 homeless families a night on the peninsula -- says they've seen landlords renting rvs now for more than a year."so not everybody living in an rv actually owns that recreational vehicle."in palo alto michelle kingston kron 4 news ( lydia ) the city of san francisco is taking steps to speed up the process of

building more large and mid- size housing projects. san francisco mayor london breed announced she's created a new position... the director of housing delivery. goals of the new director include... cutting the time it takes to process permits... implementing a plan to digitize applications and streamlining the entitlement process. ( lydia ) scooters are coming back to san francisco. the automatic scooters caused a lot of controversy when they suddenly appeared on the strees of san francisco a few months ago. there were so many complaints, the city decided to ban them. but now, a compromise has been reached. kron four's terisa estacio explains. 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##### ( lydia ) ( lydia ) ( lydia )coming up next...

three people accused of kidnapping, torturing and trying to murder a man in an abandoned home... and 2 of them are still on the loose. ( lydia ) and here's a live look outside... at the embarcadero.

( lydia ) three people in fontana - near san bernardino-- are accused of attempted murder... after a man was found naked and beaten in an abandoned home. as courtney friel explains the man had been kidnapped and tortured. on october 4th, after someone called police about homeless people squatting in an abandoned house at catawba and ceres avenues, fontana sheriffs deputies arrived to two men and a woman exiting the residence, and heard shrieking cries for help

coming from inside. cindy bachman/ san bernardino sheriff's dept.:"they went inside to investigate and they found a grown man, naked, his hands were bound with rope, and he was covered with white paint. they later learned that the victim had been kidnapped, from another location in fontana and had been taken into this vacant residence...beaten, severely beaten, and they continually submerged him in water until the until the point that he couldn't breathe."the victim was transported to arrowhead regional medical center. deputies then arrested fontana residents jose alvarez, roberto gonzalez, and adilene calvillo who were booked into west valley detention center on charges of attempted murder, kidnapping, torture, and false imprisonment. authorities are also looking for two other males who they believe were involved. juana mora/ neighbor:"it really surprised me, it really scares me."neighbors like juana mora are alarmed by the intensity of the attack, but want something more to be done about the vacant homes on the

block attracting transients. juana mora/ neighbor:"theres been a lot of homeless inside, and they're constantly vandalizing it, coming into the property, living inside, a lot of cops dragging them out and they still insist on living there." ( lydia ) fontana police are still looking for any witnesses to help them track down the two other people they believe took part in the attack. ( lydia )still ahead... a san francisco judge is ordering a new trial... against makers of roundup weed killer.... monsanto. ( lydia ) live look outside... at the san francisco international airport.

( lydia ) welcome back. checking in on your morning forecast. (dave)moist onshore flow will result in seasonably cool

weather conditions into thursday. weak offshore flow will then develop late in the week resulting in warmer and drier conditions regionwide through the weekend if not into next week as well. ( will )

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

( lydia ) a major development in the trial against monsanto. a judge is challenging a jury verdict awarding 289- million dollars to a bay area school groundskeeper... dewayne johnson.. johnson says the weed killer "round up" caused his cancer. kron four's gabe slate has the latest. dewayne johnson and his lawyers looked visibly upset as they walked out of the san francisco superior courtroom wednesday afternoon.they did not stop to talk to reporters but one of johnson's lawyers said this."the headline is the jury has spoken"the jury did all the talking. what he is referencing is in august a jury ruled in dewayne johnson's favor, a former bay area school grounds keeper who used round up weed killer often, for his job. dewayne johnson sued monsanto the maker of roundup weed killer claiming it caused his cancer. the jury agreed awarding

johnson $39 million in compensatory damages and $250 million in punitive damages. what happened wednesday afternoon is monsanto filed a motion asking for a new trial essentially saying the jury made a bad call and roundup is not to blame for johnson's cancer.the judge suzanne bolanos, filed a tentative ruling agreeing with monsanto saying she might order a new trial or lower the amount of money the jury awarded johsnon.. wednesday she heard oral arguments on this motion judge bolanos said plaintiff dewayne johnson failed to produce "clear and convincing evidence of malice or oppression" by monsanto.david levine is a professor of law with hastings college of the law in san francisco, he has been following this court case he says what happened today is not a surprisesound from - david levine is a professor of w with hastings college of the law in san francisco"this is normal practice to motion and appeal" what happens next.. the judge asked that lawyers from each side turn in written documents to her by friday answers to her questions and to lay out

their arguments. the judge is expected to make a final ruling within 2 weeks. professor levine believes judge bolanos will still rule in johnson's favor but significantly lower the amount monsantos has to pay johnson. sound from - david levine is a professor of law with hastings college of the law in san francisco"that is where i think she is going i don't think she changed her mind on the big number l"in san francisco gabe slate kron 4 news morning... deputies detain 12 people in morgan hill and seize 21 guns at an illegal marijuana grow. the grow was discovered on miramonte avenue when deputies served a search warrant yesterday morning. these are pictures of the marijuana grow and the guns that were seized.

police have not said if any of the 12 people detained were actually arrested. ( lydia ) happening now... you have a chance to win more than 540 million dollars. there was no winner in tuesday's mega millions drawing. now the jackpot is up to 548 million. the pirze has been growing since july 24th. the next drawing is set for friday. if you take the cash option you will only get about 300 million dollars. ( lydia )coming up at 9 on the kron four morning news... a california escapes death... after being rescued from a burning home. that story coming up in the next hour. ( lydia ) and here's a live look outside...from the sutro cam. (ácommercialá)

>> dr. stanley: remember this: cannot change the laws of god. when he has visited you in some form of adversity and he brings you through that, that's like he has increased the strength of the foundation of your life and your faith in him. [music]

. . no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. ( lydia ) take a look at this video

showing oregon deputies racing to save a baby who had stopped breathing-- in the middle of a mall.. the whole thing was caught on camera. while at a shopping center with her parents, the baby girl began turning blue. moments after calling 9-1-1, deputies came sprinting through the mall. they performed c-p-r and were able to get the baby breathing. the two deputies later shared an emotional reunion with the family at the hospital .. ( lydia ) and take a look at this... starting today... people who miss ronald reagan will have a chance to hear from the 40th president. a three-dimensional holographic image of reagan will play at his presidential library and museum in simi valley. visitors to the museum will be ushered into a room where they can get up close and personal with the 3-d version of the president. the museum's

executive director says the one and a half-million dollar exhibit is the first of its kind among the nation's presidential libraries. ( lydia ) coming up in the next hour of the kron 4 morning news... we are getting our first look at the devastation left behind by hurricane michael. we are live in florida at the top of the hour. ( lydia ) plus... closures around the transbay transit center in san francisco are going to last longer than expected. we will have the details in a live report. ( lydia ) and an affordable housing project in the east bay could be delayed after yesterday's massive warehouse fire. xfinity xfi.

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we are following... clean up

will begin in florida after part of that state was devastated by hurricane michael.( james ) ( james ) the storm has now been downgraded to a tropical storm as it moves through georgia and the carolinas. in the overnight hours we have learned that two people have died. as the sun comes up... crews will begin surveying the damage and clean up will begin. omar jimenez is live in panama city, florida with the latest. "i still can't believe it." people in the florida panhandle are taking in the toll of hurricane michael's

wrath. "it's a lot of loss. i mean thank goodness everyone else is safe this is horrible" florida took a direct hit wednesday by the historic storm. gov. rick scott: (r) florida: "hurricane michael is the worst storm that the florida panhandle has ever seen and one of the worst power storms to ever make landfall in the united states." winds of up to 155 miles per hour tore through trees, power lines, and buildings like this one -- the family business brandon troupe and his wife sydni planned on opening this weekend. now demolished. "it's really an eye opener on taking things like this serious." officials now focusing on recovery and helping those affected by the storm.gov. rick scott: (r) florida: "we are turning 100 percent of our focus on search and rescue but it's not just florida.michael is now the first major hurricane to track into georgia since 1898. as the storm 1898. as the storm makes way its

north and east -- thousands of customers across georgia and alabama have lost power. and now parts of south carolina, under tropical storm watch, brace for possible flooding. brock long, fema administrator: "you're going to see rainfall through south and north carolina and dumping four to six inches of rain and rivers that are already saturated and haven't really receded much from florence a couple of weeks ago." thanks omar omar thanks thanks thanks omar

( darya ) good morning i'm darya folsom.. and i'm james fletcher. the morning with a check and traffic... (dave)moist onshore flow will result in seasonably cool weather conditions into thursday. weak offshore flow will then develop late in the week resulting in warmer and drier conditions regionwide through the weekend if not into next week as well.

( will ) ( will ) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( james ) happening ( james ) ( james ) happening now...

members of california taskforce 4 are making their way across the country to help with relief efforts in the southeast. two people from the team in the south bay are headed to pensacola florida this morning. the team is on standby to send even more people to other areas affected by hurricane michael. they've put together kits including clothing, food, and other items for rescuers.

it opens. kron 4's sara stinson is live in san francisco with the details. kron 4's sara stinson is live with the latest details on the closure. sara?take reporter: fremont street was supposed to re-open tomorrow... but now it won't be open until next wednesday.that means drivers will continue to suffer in the heavy traffic that's been backing up downtown san francisco for weeks.the transbay joint power authority announced this delay in re- opening fremont street saying they've completed the shoring on the ground level of fremont street, but the installation of a four story shoring system won't be finished until next week.there is also a shoring system in place in the transit center on first street even

though no cracks were found there.officials want to make sure the shoring system supporting the bus deck is strong and secure before allowing pedestrains and vehicles through fremont at missions and howard streets. once that is done, engineers can safely go into the bus deck and inspect the cracked beams to determine the cause, which they hope to do by november. then more permanent repairs will be drawn up and constructed to fix the 2.2 billion dollar transit center. buses continue to run out of the temporary transbay center and traffic here on fremont has just continued to be extremely backed up even up until the lunch hour as people navigate through the detour. live in san francisco, sara stinson, kron four news. news.kron four sara stinson, kron four news. a portion of in san now shut down.after crews discovered support beams salesforce transit four steel towers are to shore up the area of fremont street mission and affected. it was open this officials with the transit won't open wednesday, october 17th. ( james ) thanks sara. ( darya ) ( darya ) happening

now...police in san jose need your help finding the man who vandalized a dental clinic in south bay. this is the man police say this is the man police say drew several swatiska symbols on the pavement outside the property on union avenue in the cambrian (came-bre-an) district. police belive he is also responsible for breaking a window and starting a fire at the same location within the last three months. the owner of the dental clinic believes she is being targeted for being a muslim. ( darya ) happening now... officials at u-c berkeley are looking for the people who left anti-semitic flyers on campus. the flyers depict newly-appointed supreme court justice brett kavanaugh - surrounded by jewish members of the u.s. senate - with the star of david on their foreheads. these flyers are the same flyers that were found on the campus of u-c davis earlier this week.

the u-c berkeley chancellor released a statement condemning the flyers. ( james ) the man accused of being the 'gypsy hill killer' will spend the rest of his life in prison. rodney halbower was found guilty of raping an murdering two teenage girls in san mateo county... 42 years ago. police believe he is responsible for other crimes in northern california and reno, nevada. yesterday a court in san mateo county sentenced him to two life sentences. ( james ) the warehouse fire in oakland that we brought you as breaking new yesterday on the kron 4 morning news could mean a major set-back for the completion of an affordable housing complex. resources for community development non-profit owns the paint storage warehouse. they are in the process of turning the site into 59 affordable housing units. construction is scheduled to begin next summer and will be done in late 20-21. the non-profit says they will not let the fire disrupt their plans to keep construction on track.

hazardous materials it will slow down the process but hopefully not to much>( james ) fire investigators are looking into reports that some homeless people were out with a campfire right in front of the warehouse. ( darya ) san bruno police have arrested 21-year-old eliot rodriguez for grand theft. early wednesday morning police responded to reports of a suspicious person on the 700 block of pepper drve. police say rodriguez entered several unlocked cars in the area and rummaged through their contents. rodriguez removed tools from one car. police also determined rodriguez committed the same crimes in that area on ( darya ) a bay area babysitter and camp counselor has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography. ryan spencer was arrested in april of 20-17 along with bryan petersen. in spencers plea.. he admits to producing pornographic images of more than a dozen chilfren whom he came in contact through his jobs as a babysitter and camp counselor

in santa cruz. spencers sentecing is set for february of 20-19. ( darya ) happening now... police at u-c berkeley are looking for the person who sexually assaulted a student in university housing. the incident happened friday morning... and officers are still looking for the attacker. experts say roughly 23 percent of all female college students say they've experience rape or sexual assault. ( james ) happening now... we are watching the markets after the dow dropped more than 800 points on wednesday. it was the third worst point drop in history. 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. so far this morning... things are not looking much better dow futures are down more than 100 points. we will be following the markets when they open at 6:30 this morning. ( james ) breaking news this morning ... nasa says two astronauts are safe after an emergency landing following a booster rocket failure. this is a picture of the two crew members ... american

astronaut nick hague on the left and the russian cosmonaut on the right. the two blasted off this morning from kazakhstan ... on a mission to the international space station. but minutes after launch ... the booster suffered engine failure. the crew made an emergency landing in a soyuz capsule somwhere in kazakhstan. officials say are in good condition. search and rescue crews are heading to the landing site. ( darya ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news... a 49er's fan is recovering after being assaulted by another fan. we have the details on what happened. ( darya ) plus...two east bay businesses are forced to close their doors because of a whole foods contract. we'll expalin why the two stores were forced out. ( darya ) and after the break...a bay area high school is trying to attract more students from different backgrounds to its school. ( dave ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast.

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flow will result in seasonably cool weather conditions into thursday. weak offshore flow will then develop late in the week resulting in warmer and drier conditions regionwide through the weekend if not into next week as well.

( will ) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( darya ) the san

francisco board of education wants to attract students from a wider ethnic background at lowell high school. kron 4 's charles clifford explains the new changes to the school's admissions policy.

they are and the means creating a path from willie brown middle schoolthe school district is also launching an outreach campaign to remind all middle school students in san francisco that if they have good grades, they might be able to get into lowell.> are outraged over the two

local businesses in east bay that will have to shut down and find new locations. a contract the property owner signed with the recently opened whole foods is forcing jade garden chinese restaurant and a u-p-s store to close their doors. the property contract does not allow the smaller businesss to renew their leases. ( darya ) both businesses have been in that location for decades. ( james ) a 49er's fan is in critical condition after he was allegedly assaulted by another fan. police say it happened after sunday's 49er's game at levi's stadium. 34-year-old david aguilara gonzalez has been arrested.. and is facing charges of felony assault and battery. police say gonzalez and the victim were in the parking lot near the corner of tasman and

great american parkway. polcie say the attack was provoked when the victim kicked a bottle. ( james ) police say the victim got up and tried to walk away when gonzalez punched him again. they are asking anyone with cell phone video to come foreward. ( james ) coming up... more than four cell phone store burglaries in one day. see the new video that police hope... will lead them to capturing those thieves. ( james ) and after the break... researchers create a new robot that they believe can assist rescuers finding trapped people. we have the details next.

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the week resulting in warmer and drier conditions regionwide through the weekend if not into next week as well. ( robin ) ( will ) ( will ) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf.

( james ) researchers in japan have created a robot snake that can slither and curl. the robot can even scale a ladder. researcher believe it can be used to save lives in emergencies... and assist rescue teams. the robot can climb obstacles and coil around objects because its made of smooth material that easily slides over surfaces. it's made up of a series of 36 diferent 'joints' and links that enable it to bend. the robot connects to a power

supply can be controlled by a p-c as well as a playstation contoller. ( james ) coming up next on the kron 4 morning news... cleanup beings for people on the florida pan-handle... after powerful hurricane michael makes landfall. (ácommercialá) this isn't just any saturday. this is a saturday with the best wifi experience and your shows streaming wherever you go. and with savings on wireless, this is a saturday you can share with the whole family.

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(dave)moist onshore flow will result in seasonably cool weather conditions into thursday. weak offshore flow will then develop late in the week resulting in warmer and drier conditions regionwide through the weekend if not into next week as well.

( will ) ( will ) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( darya ) ( darya ) ( darya ) breaking news this morning out of florida where hurricane michael has caused catasrophic damage across ( james ) overnight the death toll climbed to two

and more deaths are expected as rescue crews start surveying the damage. after slamming florida and lashing georgia, michael is far from finished as it now threatens the carolinas. since making landfall yesterday as a powerful category 4 hurricane, the now tropical storm has left thousands of people without power, uprooted trees and turned thousands of homes into ruins.ruins. ( darya ) the wrath of michael continues in georgia as winds have kept first responders away from the streets. michael is expected to drop 4 to 7 inches of rain in georgia and up to 9 inches of rain in parts of north carolina and virginia. we'll have a live report from florida coming up at the top of the hour. ( james ) happening now...

police are hoping surveillance video will help them track down the two men responsible for a string of cell phone store burglaries in the east bay. kron4's haaziq madyun has the story. (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 two men are suspected of being involved in three cellphone store burglaries 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 ( darya ) there's an obvious

housing crisis in the bay area.... and homelessness can be seen in just about every community in the region ... with many families living out of their cars and trailers. but now we're learning some of those families don't actually own the r-v's you see lining city streets. streets.see lining city streets. ( darya ) greenberg says life-moves has seen these landlords renting r-vs now for more than a year -- making money off the housing criss. ( james ) the city of san francisco is taking steps to speed up the process of building more large and mid- size housing projects. san francisco mayor london breed

announced she's created a new position... the director of housing delivery. goals of the new director include... cutting the time it takes to process permits... implementing a plan to digitize applications and streamlining the entitlement process. ( james ) still ahead on the kron 4 mornign news... a san francisco judge is ordering a new trial... against makers of roundup weed killer.... monsanto. ( james ) plus... 12 people are detained at an nillegal marijuana in at an nillegal are detained at an nillegal marijuana in the south bay. ( james ) and next... fresno fire fighters race to save a man trapped underneath a burning building. we have the rescue next. (dave) and i am tracking your bay area forecast. ( will ) checking the bay bridge commute on wb 80. your drive time is less than 30 min

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( james ) fresno firefighters were responding to a structure fire this week at an abandoned home... when they went into full rescue mode. a man was trapped under the buildings foundation. you can see the firefighters hitting the outside walls with axes trying to get to that man. then you see the man crawl out from underneath the home. fresno fire chief kerri donis says almost half of fires at vacant buildings involve homeless or transient people. ( james ) coming up after the break... the mega millions jackpot is over 5-hundred million dollars. (ácommercialá) ( darya )( dave ) let's

get a check of weather this morning. (dave)moist onshore flow will result in seasonably cool weather conditions into thursday. weak offshore flow will then develop late in the week resulting in warmer and drier conditions regionwide through the weekend if not into next week as well.

( will ) ( will ) (dave)moist onshore flow will result in seasonably cool weather conditions into thursday. weak offshore flow will then develop late in the week resulting in warmer and drier

conditions regionwide through the weekend if not into next week as well.

( will ) ( will ) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf.

( darya ) ( darya ) ( darya ) a major development in the trial against monsanto. a judge is challenging a jury verdict awarding 289-jury verdict awarding 289-million dollars to a bay area school groundskeeper... dewayne

johnson..( james ) johnson says the weed killer "round up" caused his cancer. kron four's gabe slate has the latest. dewayne johnson and his lawyers looked visibly upset as they walked out of the san francisco superior courtroom wednesday afternoon.they did not stop to talk to reporters but one of johnson's lawyers said this."the headline is the jury has spoken"the jury did all the talking. what he is referencing is in august a jury ruled in dewayne johnson's favor, a former bay area school grounds keeper who used round up weed killer often, for his job. dewayne johnson sued monsanto the maker of roundup weed killer claiming it caused his cancer. the jury agreed awarding johnson $39 million in compensatory damages and $250 million in punitive damages. what happened wednesday afternoon is monsanto filed a motion asking for a new trial essentially saying the jury made a bad call and roundup is not to blame for johnson's cancer.the judge suzanne

bolanos, filed a tentative ruling agreeing with monsanto saying she might order a new trial or lower the amount of money the jury awarded johsnon.. wednesday she heard oral arguments on this motion judge bolanos said plaintiff dewayne johnson failed to produce "clear and convincing evidence of malice or oppression" by monsanto.david levine is a professor of law with hastings college of the law in san francisco, he has been following this court case he says what happened today is not a surprisesound from - david levine is a professor of law with hastings college of the law in san francisco"this is normal practice to motion and appeal" what happens next.. the judge asked that lawyers from each side turn in written documents to her by friday answers to her questions and to lay out their arguments. the judge is expected to make a final ruling within 2 weeks. professor levine believes judge bolanos will still rule in johnson's favor but significantly lower the amount monsantos has to pay johnson. sound from - david levine is a professor of law with hastings college of the law in san francisco"that is where i think she is going i don't think she changed her mind on the big number l"in san francisco gabe slate kron 4 news

news ( darya ) new this morning... deputies detain 12 people in morgan hill and seize 21 guns at an illegal marijuana grow. the grow was discovered on miramonte avenue when deputies served a search warrant yesterday morning. these are pictures of the marijuana grow and the guns that were seized. police have not said if any of the 12 people detained were actually arrested. ( darya ) san francisco's transit agency has worked out a compromise for two companies to roll out a pilot program to bring scooters back to the city. the city is planning to issue two permits to the companies scoot and skip on october 15th. each permit

will allow the companies to offer a maximum of 625 scooters in the first six months. transportation officials say once the pilot program has been active for six months they will consider issuing more permits. ( james ) happening now... you have a chance to win more than 540 million dollars. there was no winner in tuesday's mega millions drawing. now the jackpot is up to 548 million. the prize has been growing since july 24th. the next drawing is set for friday. if you take the cash option you will only get about 300 million dollars. ( james ) coming up in the next hour...a father finds something disgusting floating in his son's drink and now has

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hour of the kron 4 morning news... we are getting our first look at the devastation left behind by hurricane michael. we are live in florida at the top of the hour. ( james ) plus... closures around the transbay transit center in san francisco are going to last longer than expected. we will have the details in a live report. ( james ) and an affordable housing project in the east bay could be delayed after yesterday's massive warehouse fire. america. land of blue jeans. and burgers. and while blue jeans got all skinny on us... i can't feel my legs. ...no way are we giving up on burgers. that's why i created the all-american ribeye burger,

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breaking news we are following... clean up will begin in florida after part of that state was devastated by hurricane michael.( james ) the storm has now been downgraded to a tropical storm as it moves through georgia and the carolinas. in the overnight hours we have learned that two people have died. as the sun comes up... crews will begin surveying the damage and clean up will begin. omar jimenez is live in panama city, florida with the latest. thanks omar

( darya ) happening now... members of california taskforce 4 california members of now... happening ( darya ) omar thanks

thanks omar ( james ) happening now... members of california taskforce 4 are making their way across the country to help with relief efforts in the southeast. two people from the team in the south bay are headed to pensacola florida this morning. the team is on standby to send even more people to other areas affected by hurricane michael. they've put together kits including clothing, food, and other items for rescuers. a military aircraft is available to get the team to the hardest hit areas. right now, the coordinator says the team will more than likely drive. ( james ) for the very latest on the storm, visit kron 4 dot com. you'll see more of the damage and how people are getting through this storm. (darya) good morning i'm darya folsom..(james) and i'm james fletcher. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic...

(dave)moist onshore flow will result in seasonably cool weather (dave)moist onshore flow will result in seasonably cool weather conditions into thursday. weak offshore flow will then develop late in the week resulting in warmer and drier conditions regionwide through the weekend if not into next week as well. as well. into next week weekend if not through the weekend if not into next week

as well. ( will ) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from

the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( darya ) a big story this morning... the troubles continue for the transbay terminal transit center in san francisco. ( james ) we are now learning that its going to be even longer before it opens. kron 4's sara stinson is live in san francisco with the details.

kron 4's sara stinson is live with the latest details on the closure. sara?take reporter: fremont street was supposed to re-open tomorrow... but now it won't be open until next wednesday.that means drivers will continue to suffer in the heavy traffic that's been backing up downtown san francisco for weeks.the transbay joint power authority announced this delay in re- opening fremont street saying they've completed the shoring on the ground level of fremont street, but the installation of a four story shoring system won't be finished until next week.there is also a shoring system in place in the transit center on first street even though no cracks were found there.officials want to make sure the shoring system

supporting the bus deck is strong and secure before allowing pedestrains and vehicles through fremont at missions and howard streets. once that is done, engineers can safely go into the bus deck and inspect the cracked beams to determine the cause, which they hope to do by november. then more permanent repairs will be drawn up and constructed to fix the 2.2 billion dollar transit center. buses continue to run out of the temporary transbay center and traffic here on fremont has just continued to be extremely backed up even up until the lunch hour as people navigate through the detour. live in san francisco, sara stinson, kron four news. a portion of fremont street in san francisco is now shut down. this comes after crews discovered cracks in two support beams at the salesforce transit center. four steel towers are now in place ( james ) thanks sara. ( darya ) happening now...police in san jose need your help finding the man who vandalized a dental clinic in south bay. this is the man police say drew several swatiska symbols on the pavement outside the property on union avenue in the cambrian (came-bre-an) district. police belive he

is also responsible for breaking a window and starting a fire at the same location within the last three months. the owner of the dental clinic believes she is being targeted for being a muslim. ( james ) the man accused of being the 'gypsy hill killer' will spend the rest of his life in prison. rodney halbower was found guilty of raping an murdering two teenage girls in san mateo county... 42 years ago. police believe he is responsible for other crimes in northern california and reno, nevada. yesterday a court in san mateo county sentenced him to two life sentences. ( james ) the warehouse fire in oakland that we brought you as breaking new yesterday on the kron 4 morning news could mean a major set-back for the completion of an affordable housing complex. resources for community development non-profit owns the paint storage warehouse. they are in the process of turning the site into 59 affordable housing units. construction is scheduled to begin next summer and will be

done in late 20-21. fire investigators are looking into reports that some homeless people were out with a campfire right in front of the warehouse. ( darya ) san bruno police have arrested 21-year-old eliot rodriguez for grand theft. early wednesday morning police responded to reports of a suspicious person on the 700 block of pepper drve. police say rodriguez entered several unlocked cars in the area and rummaged through their contents. rodriguez removed tools from one car. police also determined rodriguez committed the same crimes in that area on october 5th. ( darya ) a bay area babysitter and camp counselor has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography. ryan spencer was arrested in april of 20-17 along with bryan petersen. in spencers plea.. he admits to producing pornographic images of more than a dozen children whom he came in contact through his jobs as a

babysitter and camp counselor in santa cruz. spencers sentencing is set for february of 20-19. ( james ) breaking news this morning ... nasa says two astronauts are safe after an emergency landing following a booster rocket failure. this is a picture of the two crew members ... american astronaut nick hague on the left and the russian cosmonaut on the right. the two blasted off this morning from kazakhstan ... on a mission to the international space station. but minutes after launch ... the booster suffered engine failure. the crew made an emergency landing in a soyuz capsule somwhere in kazakhstan. officials say are in good condition. search and rescue crews are heading to the landing site. ( darya ) still ahead ... a bay area high school is trying to attract more students from different backgrounds to its school. ( darya ) plus...two east bay businesses are forced to close their doors because of a

whole foods contract. we'll expalin why the two stores were forced out. ( darya ) and anti-semitic flyers are found on the u-c berkeley campus.now officials searching for the people resposible. ( john ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast. ( will ) checking the bay bridge commute on wb 80. your drive time is less than 30 min from the maze to fremont street (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) it's time for the ross fall dress event. yeah? so you can find a party dress at a price yeah. that makes you want to celebrate. 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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(dave)moist onshore flow will result in seasonably cool weather conditions into thursday. weak offshore flow will then develop late in the week resulting in warmer and drier conditions regionwide through the weekend if not into next week as well.

(dave)moist onshore flow will result in seasonably cool weather conditions into thursday. weak offshore flow will then develop late in the week resulting in warmer and drier conditions regionwide through the weekend if not into next week as well. ( darya ) (ááá2 shotááá) officials at u-c berkeley are looking for the people who left anti-semitic flyers on

campus.( james ) we have kron 4's lydia pantazas live on campus with more.lydia? (lydia) the flyers depict newly-appointed supreme court justice brett kavanaugh - surrounded by jewish members of the u.s. senate - with the star of david on their foreheads. these flyers are the same flyers that were found on the campus of u-c davis earlier this week. the u-c berkeley chancellor released a statement condemning the flyers.

thanks lydia. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( darya ) also happening at u-c berkeley ... police are looking for the person who sexually assaulted a student in university housing. the incident happened friday morning... and officers are still looking for the attacker. experts say roughly 23 percent of all female college students say they've experience rape or sexual assault. ( darya ) the san francisco board of education made changes to lowell high school's admission policy. they're hoping to attract students from a wider ethnic background. right now ... the school has a rigourous admission policy ... and the district hopes to attract more black , latino, and pacific islander students. in order to encourage students to apply... the board voted to allow every student at willie brown middle school automatic admission ... if they meet the minimum academic requirements. supporters of the vote say the changes will give hope to

kids who might not get into lowell otherwise. ( darya ) the school district is also launching an outreach campaign to remind almiddle school students in san francisco ... that if they have good grades, they might be able to get into lowell. ( james ) community members are outraged over the two local businesses in east bay that will have to shut down and find new locations. a contract locations. a contract the property owner signed with the recently opened whole foods is forcing jade garden chinese restaurant and a u-p-s store to close their doors. the property contract does not allow the smaller businesss to renew their leases. both businesses have been in that location for decades. ( james ) a 49er's fan is

in critical condition after he was allegedly assaulted by another fan. police say it happened after sunday's 49er's game at levi's stadium. 34-year-old david aguilara gonzalez has been arrested.. and is facing charges of felony assault and battery. police say gonzalez and the victim were in the parking lot near the corner of tasman and great american parkway. polcie say the attack was provoked when the victim kicked a bottle. ( james ) police say the victim got up and tried to walk away when gonzalez punched him again. they are asking anyone with cell phone video to come foreward. ( james ) coming up next on the kron 4 morning news...

cleanup beings for people on the florida pan-handle... after powerful hurricane michael makes landfall. ( james ) and a father finds something disgusting floating in his son's drink and now has a warning for other parents. and here's a live look outside... san mateo bridge.

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when you or your love one need it. (dave)moist onshore flow will result in seasonably cool weather conditions into thursday. weak offshore flow will then develop late in the week resulting in warmer and drier conditions ( will ) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from

880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( darya )(ááá2shotááá) an indiana father has a warning for parents ... after he found mold in a capri sun pouch that he was going to give to his 3- year old child.( james ) cameron hardwick says something did not feel right in one of the drinks he grabbed from his pantry. out of concern ... he cut the pouch open and poured it out ... finding some kind of mold. he quickly called kraft ... the company behind capri sun. kraft says a microscopic hole can create mold and that's why they created clear bottom pouches so consumers can check the product before drinking

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( james ) opening bell for the new york stock exchange. we are watching the markets after the dow dropped more than 800 points on wednesday. it was the third worst poindrop in history. 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. dow futures were down more than 100 points. we'll be checking in on the big board throughout the morning. (james) (darya) lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic... (dave)moist onshore (dave) moist onshore flow will result

in seasonably cool weather conditions into thursday. weak offshore flow will then develop late in the week resulting in warmer and drier conditions regionwide through the weekend if not into next week as well. ( will )

no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( darya )(ááá2shot bamááá) breaking news this morning out of florida where hurricane michael has caused catasrophic damage across the panhandle. ( james ) overnight the death toll climbed to two and more deaths are expected as rescue crews start surveying the damage. annette peagler gives us a look at the destruction left behind in panama city flordia.

it was going to be rough. we didn't realize it was going to be that rough.>tina miller and her family decided not to follow evacuation orders and without her bing harbor home when hurricane michael came through.

( darya ) for the very latest on the storm, visit kron 4 dot com. you'll see more of the damage and how people are getting through this storm. ( darya ) this just in. social security benefits are going up next year for millions of americans. the government announced a short time ago that a cost-of-living adjustment of 2.8 percent. that would mean an extra 39 dollars a month for the average retired worker.seniors count on the money to help keep pace with rising health care and housing. ( james ) the city of san francisco is taking steps to

speed up the process of building more large and mid- size housing projects. san francisco mayor london breed announced she's created a new position... the director of housing delivery. goals of the new director include... cutting the time it takes to process permits... implementing a plan to digitize applications and streamlining the entitlement process. ( james ) san francisco's transit agency has worked out a compromise for two companies to roll out a pilot program to bring scooters back to the city. the city is planning to issue two permits to the companies scoot and skip on october 15th. each permit will allow the companies to offer a maximum of 625 scooters in the first six months. transportation officials say once the pilot program has been active for six months they will consider issuing more permits. ( darya ) police are investigating vadanalism at a historic church in santa barbara. the old mission santa barbara was established in 17-86 and is one of 21

california missions founded by the spanish franciscans. it was spray-painted either late tuesday or early wednesday with the words "rape" and a misspelled "genocide." the side of the building was spray-painted -- quote -- "never forget the lives and land stolen." a window was broken and the building and steps were also covered in a brownish-red paint. the estimated damage to the historic building is about 30-thousand dollars, making the vandalism a felony. ( darya )happening now....a one thousand dollar reward is being offered for the 800-pound hammer sculpture that disappeared from a community center in healdsburg.... the artist of the piece-- doug unkrey is offering the reward... its 21 feet long... and was on loan from a local family. city officials believe it was taken friday night... right now, there's no evidence of it

being taken... and police think it could be a prank. ( james ) d-n-a testing has determined the shark that attacked a teen in encinitas, california last month was a great white. 13-year-old keane webre-hayes was critically injured after getting attacked while lobster diving just off the coast of san diego. experts say while shark attacks are rare in southern california -- some sharks move along the coast during the fall season... so it's good to always be aware. the teen was released from the hospital last week. ( darya ) coming up ... fresno fire fighters race to save a man trapped underneath a burning building. we amazing video of the rescue. ( darya ) and more than four cell phone store burglaries in one day. see the new video that police hope... will lead them to capturing those thieves.

( darya ) and the price to mail out a letter could go up. details on a proposal to raise the price of stamps. ( john ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast. ( will ) checking the bay bridge ♪

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if not into next week as well. ( will ) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( darya ) the u-s postal service is seeking the biggest price jump on stamps in its history. facing pressure to address a revenue shortfall -- the postal service wants to raise the price of one-ounce letters from 50 cents to 55 cents. the proposal still has to be approved by the postal regulatory commission. the white house has proposed privatizing the post office, a plan that postal unions have protested. ( darya ) coming up at coming up

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(dave)moist onshore flow will result in seasonably cool weather conditions into thursday. weak offshore flow will then develop late in the week resulting in warmer and drier conditions regionwide through the weekend if not into next week as well. ( will )

( will ) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. (james) fresno firefighters were responding to a structure fire this week

at an abandoned home ... when they went into full rescue mode. a man was trapped under the buildings foundation. marie edinger has the story. fresno firefighters and police went out in pouring rain to an abandoned home on east grand avenue and found a man trapped under the building's foundation. nat sound"is somebody in there?""yeah, he needs help!""driving engine, come on in. we are in full rescue mode."chief kerri donis with the fresno fire department says almost half of fires at vacant buildings, like this one, involve homeless or transient people. chief donis says vacant structure fires have more than doubled since last year.in 2017 there were 33, already this year there have been 76, that's a 130-percent increase. and it's stretching the fire department thin.nat sound"we do have all fire personnel outside the unit right now." chief donis says the fresno fire department is one of the busiest in the country averaging one to two structure fires every single day. but she says the firefighters are focused selfless public

servants who she is proud of each and every day. day. each and every she is proud of each and every day. (james) this week is fire prevention this week is (james)(james) this week is fire prevention week.for tips on how you can help prevent fires ... go to fire prevention week-dot-org. ( darya ) concord police are looking for two men they suspect burglarized three different cell phone stores in concord earlier this month. in one of thosthefts the men were caught on surveillance video. it shows two men wearing hooded sweatshirts walking into the at&t store... in the clayton valley shopping center in

concord. after that burglary -- the men walked right next door to the sprint store. police say they also took more cell phones and tablets from there. authorities think they're also behind a burglary minutes later at a verizon store... in the oak grove plaza. ( darya ) new this morning... deputies detain 12 people in morgan hill and seize 21 guns at an illegal marijuana grow. the grow was discovered on miramonte avenue when deputies served a search warrant yesterday morning. these are pictures of the marijuana grow and the guns that were seized. police have not said if any of the 12 people detained were actually arrested. (james) james adlib james adlib big board. ( james ) coming up at 7 -- new developments in the shooting death of a father at malibu

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no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( james ) coming up in the next hour of the kron 4 morning news... we are getting our first look at the devastation left behind by hurricane michael. we are live in florida at the top of the hour. ( james ) plus... closures around the transbay transit center in san francisco are going to last longer than

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begin in florida after part of that state was devastated by michael.( james ) the storm has now been downgraded to a tropical storm as it moves through georgia and the carolinas. in the overnight hours we have learned that two people have died. as the sun comes up... crews will begin surveying the damage and clean up will begin. omar jimenez is live in panama city, florida with the latest.