good morning and thanks for joining us on kron 4 news weekend. i'm marty gonzalez. our top story this morning... a red flag warning is in effect for the east bay and north bay hills. the combination of hot temperatures, dry conditions and gusty winds have increased the fire danger in those areas. kron 4's sara stinson joins us live from marin county where fire crews are on standby. sara.

think about doing it, but we ask that they don't and that's cutting their weeds. just the act of cutting the grass can actually start a fire.">

thanks sara. we will check back with you through out the morning. now we want to get a check of the weather with dave spahr. (dave)offshore flow will result in warm and dry conditions region-wide over

the next few days, along with critical fire weather conditions in the hills of the north and east bay. winds are forecast to diminish by monday afternoon, but dry weather with mild to warm temperatures are forecast to persist through the week ahead.

( marty ) breaking news we are following... highway 1 is closed in both directions in sonoma county after a traffic accident. this is near smith brothers road. according to the c-h-p... the crash started a fire which has spread to a home. we will keep you updated and let you now as soon as the highway is reopened. ( marty ) crews rescued two people trapped in their car following an accident in san francisco last night, it happened around 8:30 last night near twin peaks on city view way. a car jumped a curb and crashed between a home and a parked van. first responders found two people trapped in the car. the owner of the van came out and and moved it so rescuers

could get to the people inside. ( marty ) police are still investigating the cause of the crash. ( marty ) in the east bay... police arrested a suspected "peeping tom". this is a helicopter photo of the man in a concord residential neighborhood. concord police were responding to a report of someone peeping through windows friday. a c-h-p chopper crew found the man hiding next to a fence. concord police officers arrested the man moments later without incident. ( marty ) new this morning... san francisco mayor london breed says she is ready to take a more active role in the ongoing marriott hotel workers strike. the mayor has agreed to meet with the leaders of the worker's union. more than 75-hundred

employees across the country have been on strike for more than a week. about one- third of them work at hotels in san francisco. the workers say ey want a higher wage so they don't have to work more than one job to live in the bay area. the meeting between the worker's union and mayor breed could take place later this week. ( marty ) in the east bay... the city of walnut creek is taking steps to fight the city's homeless problem. on tuesday the city council is expected to declare a homeless shelter crisis. that declaration would allow the city to take part in a state grant program to fight homelessness contra costa county is set to receive more than 7-million dollars in state funding. that money will be destributed through out the county to fight homelessness. a count in january showed that there were more than 16-hundred homeless in contra costa county. ( marty )coming up on the kron 4 morning news... first facebook... now google. the tech giant has announced a massive data breach. we tell you just how many people

are affected. ( marty )plus... a san francisco woman is fighting for her life... after 90 percent of her body was burned in an accident. we'll hear from her family. ( marty )and -- despite strict laws on vaccinating children... there's an unsettling number of unvaccinated kids. we'll explain after the break. (ácommercialá)

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family. a new study finds c-section deliveries nearly doubled worldwide since the year 2-thousand. globally, one in five babies was born by c-section in 20-15. and in the u-s that same year, 32- percent of all births were by c-section-- up from 23-percent in 2-thousand. the study's author called the finding "striking." the researchers note c-sections can be life-saving in some cases -- but a rise for non-medical emergencies is concerning because the procedure does pose risks. ( marty )and for your money... a problem with air bags is behind the latest recall from toyota. the auto-maker is recalling more than 168 thousand of its 20-18 and 20- 19 tundra pickups, sequoia s-u-v's, and 20-19 avalon sedans. air bags in those vehicles may not inflate and deploy in a crash because of an issue with the air bag control computer. toyota

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look at the embarcadero this morning. toss to weather. (dave)offshore flow will

result in warm and dry conditions region-wide over the next few days, along with critical fire weather conditions in the hills of the north and east bay. winds are forecast to diminish by monday afternoon, but dry weather with mild to warm temperatures are forecast to persist through the week ahead.

( marty )new this morning... east bay police are investigating a homicide. it happened early saturday around 2 in the morning, on the 6-hundred block of cumberland street in pittsburg. police found a 38- year-old man with gunshot wounds. he was taken to a nearby hospital where he later died. his name has not been released. investigators believe the victim and his attacker may have known each other. police havent made any arrests. they are reviewing surveillance footage... and interviewing possible witnesses. ( marty )google is doing away with google plus, after a major data breach that affected hundreds of thousands of users. this follows facebook's massive security breach which affected millions of accounts. kron 4's hermela aregawi has the story. another tech giant under fire.. over questions about user privacy and data security.. google announces it's getting rid of its social media platform google plus..after

congress learned that the platform had a security breach..that affected 500- thousand users.but steven andres, a professor of management information systems at san diego state university,...says it's important not to equate google's security flaw... with facebook's massive data breach. steven andres/san diego state universityso this was the security breach that never really was a breach.there were only 496, 951 google plus users that even filled out the optional fields in questions. these included gender, occupation, workplace, birthday. and of those folks, they would have to mark those fields nonpublic. and choose to share it with another friend, and then that friend would have to log in to a third party site from only 438 developers. so the scope of this is quite small especially in comparison to the facebook breach. facebook ceo mark zuckerberg was grilled by congress earlier this year..after the data of 30- million facebook users was compromised... provoking congress to ask if the tech company was doing enough to protect user information. republican senator john thune it's increasingly clear that industry self regulation in this area is not sufficient. a national standard for privacy rules of the road is neededand in the coming weeks googe ceo

sundar pichai is expected to take the stand.google discovered and patched up the security breach in march..but didn't reveal it to the public. and that is already a point of contention with congressmembe rs.but some tech experts say.. users shouldn't be alarmed. steven andres/san diego state universitywell there is always going to be an outsized reaction when we feel some of our information has been inappropriately used. but let's not forget we have some control of this. we can put that information there in the first place. it seems that a majority of google plus users didn't fill out these fields they were optional.and even when they did they were sharing them with friends. so when you think about all that happened was their friends went and used a site and information that was known to that friend was transmitted to a third party site.

( marty )that was kron 4s hermela aregawi reporting. google plus will disappear next august... but there's actually a petition to keep it alive that's circulating online. it has more thn 27- thousand signatures. ( marty ) new this morning, an historic ceremony at the vatican. pope francis has canonized seven new roman catholic saints. it's a diverse group including pope paul the 6th, revered archbishop oscar romero of el salvador, and a teenger who dedicated his brief life to helping others. the ceremony comes as the catholic church is mired in a sexual abuse scandal. on friday, pope francis accepted the resignation of the head of the washington d.c. archdiocese, cardinal donald wuerl over his role in handling sexual-abuse allegations in the church. ( marty ) coming up after the break... the raiders are in london conting down to kickoff for their game against the seahawks. while the niners

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baseball. dodgers in a hole...down 1 to nothing in the series against the milwaukee brewers....to miller park we go.dodgers in another hole here...down three to nothing...two men on base... cody bellinger says....how bout a single. max muncy has his wheels going. he would score. that makes it three to one. same inning. bases juiced...austin barnes is walked...you don't see that much in playoff baseball. one run would score. it's now three to two brew crew.we go to the eigth. one man on base for the dodgers....justin

turner says good buy and good day. that ball is gone. that would make it four to three dodgers.one last chance for milwaukee....broken bat. that would do it. los angeles goes on to win this game. the nl championship series is now tied up at 1.the series goes back to l.a. for game three on monday.big day in college football. cal got crushed by ucla 37 to 7 but there was a wild one going in oregon. the ducks taking on the washington huskies.game tied at 17 and cj verdell...rushes up the gut...one yard and he's into the endzone for the ducks. oregon takes a 24 to 17 lead. but here come the huskies....jake browning looking...dancing...throwing on the run and he's got his man ty jones for the touchdown. that would tie it up. then washington with a

chance to win the game at the end of regulation. no good. this game is going to overtime. washgton up three and here come the ducks. cj verdell looks like he is shot out of a cannon. that's a touchdown and that's the game. quack quack quack...ducks beat washington. 30 to 27.we are now less than 24 hours away from raiders football. happening sunday morning in england at wembley stadium. kickoff is at 10 am. the team flew into london on friday. they

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the next few days, along with critical fire weather conditions in the hills of the north and east bay. winds are forecast to diminish by monday afternoon, but dry weather with mild to warm temperatures are forecast to persist through the week ahead. ( marty ) another big story we are

following this morning... people are slowly returning to towns devastated by hurricane michael. the death toll from that huge storm is now up to 18. this morning some are returning to find nothing left of their homes or businesses. now efforts to clean-up are underway... but there's a long road ahead. natasha chen is in panama city, florida with the latest. a grim reality is setting in this weekend for residents impacted by hurricane michael...al cathey/mayor, mexico beach, fl: "it's very very very hard to walk down the street and say that was jim's house, that was frank's house that was sue...after

awhile it wears on you."as people return to the rubble of their florida panhandle communities...the death toll continues to rise...and officials say it could be days to weeks before everyone is accounted forthe lack of power and spotty cell phone service add to the frustrations of emergency response crews already stretched thin.while rescue workers cut through massive piles of debris in search of survivors, residents are lining up at community centers for bottled water and ready-to-eat meals...governor rick scott assures people there is help for those in need gov. rick scott/-r- florida: "we've distributed i think about 2 million meals. i think it's a million gallons of water. we were making sure that there's fuel."and had this warning those eager to return home.gov. rick scott/- r- florida: "i know everybody wants to get back to their

house, you gotta be safe. and most important things don't touch down power lines. if you use the generator, know how to use it don't make a mistake and use it in your house everybody stay but local officials say it's going to take time for things to get back to margo anderson/lynn we are going to build this city back it's going to now we have about two months before our power grids going to be back up. probably a few days before we have water. and when we have water it's not going to be drinkable water." ( marty ) a san francisco woman is fighting for her life after 90 percent of her body was burned in an accident. her family says the medical student was studying at a friend's apartment on saint kits in the caribbean...when a gas-line exploded. today family and friends will ther in san franciso to honor her. kron 4's ella sogomonian has the story you will see only on kron 4. the family of 31 year old gayane balasanyan call her a fighter...they're hoping her strength will yet again pull through after a gas explosion left 90 percent of her body in second degree burns.it happened october second while she was studying for placement exams coming up in december with a friend... who together were in their fifth semester at the medical university of

the americas on st. kits/nevis island.balasanyan was air lifted to a miami hospital where her mother and friends have been at her side ever since.sot: ashot baghdayan, cousin// "shes a single mother thre with her in the hospital its just something that you shouldnt have to see or witness its just very scarring. but we are staying very optimistic we are hopeful."family and friends are in disbelief by the tragedy that's consumed their lives as they hope for the best.they're gathering at st. john's armenian apostolic church in san francisco on sunday in her honor.sot: anna avanesyan, best friend// "shes the most amazing caring person i ever met. shes also very strong her biggest dream is to help people thats the main reason she decided to pursue a medical career."but the medical student now needs help herself...with no insurance her family says they face sky high expenses and are turning to the community for help.sot: fr. mesrop ash, st. john's armenian apostolic church// "an opportunity for us to gather and pray for her collectively. to have her family and friends say a few words about her and in support of her."the parish is opening their doors and welcoming all

those who want to help the young woman. ( marty ) the community is gathering at the church from 12:30 until two o'clock this afternoon. a link to a fund raiser can also be found on kron 4 dot com. ( marty )in the east bay... firefighters in contra costa county held an open house in honor of fire prevention week. during their second annual open house... families and young kids we able to play fire fighter for a day... exploring boats used for water rescues.... and trucks and ladders used to enter burning buildings and save lives. families also had the chance to learn the best ways to prevent fires. ( marty )pg&e was also there with lessons on electrical

safety. last year's open house was cancelled because of the heavy smoke... from the deadly north bay fire. coming up... a student with autisim was dragged by his teacher, and it was all caught on camera. we'll hear from the boys mother ... after the break.

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news... a disturbing incident caught on camera. a teacher drags an autistic student through his lexington, kentucky school. garrett wymer spoke with the student's mother. jo grayson, student's mother "i'm just like, why would they do that?"more questions than answers for jo grayson.jo grayson, student's mother"and they just dragged him up some stairs?"as she watches the surveillance video for a second time.jo grayson, student's mother"he's clearly screaming. he doesn't want them to do this."in the video,

you can see who we're told is 11-year-old thatcher grayson sitting on the ground with a service dog beside him. thatcher's mother says he's autistic non-verbal and she's seen him not want to get up before, but she says the way the teacher reacted is not ok. jo grayson, student's mother "we worry about shooters coming in, all of that craziness. we're not even worried about the people who care for them everyday. and we should be."in a statement last week, the school district told us situations like this are isolated and the individuals involved are no longer employed by fayette county schools.grayson says that's the only reason she's let thatcher go back to school. grayson called the video heartbreaking and says it makes her even angrier watching as her son is dragged through the school at times and carried at others.she says it landed thatcher with a number of injuries.jo grayson, student's mother"he'll remember this for the rest of his life. autism or no autism, any kid would remember that." we know it also launched a school and state investigation into what happened.jo grayson, student's mother"that's not a way to handle that."grayson is not giving up on her own quest

for answers and change.she says she also intends now to press charges.in lexington, garrett wymer, w-k-y-t. coming up... we continue to explore the best of alaska... we're going to check out the breath-taking northern lights.

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( marty ) this sweet peyton this sweet peyton manning sculpture is being sold for six-thousand dollars. ( dave )warm and pleasant...but strong offshore wind developing. could be another red flag warning coming. your forecast is next ! (sara)still ahead... the east and north bay hills are under a red flag warning right now. i'm live after the break with details on the extra precautions... you should take precautions... you should take in this severe weathe ♪ ♪ you are many different things in one amazing package. and t.j.maxx gives you the freedom to express every one.

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for joining us on kron 4 news weekend. i'm marty gonzalez. our top story this morning... a red flag warning is in effect for the east bay and north bay hills. the combination of hot temperatures, dry conditions and gusty winds have increased the fire danger in those areas. kron 4's sara stinson joins us live from marin county where fire crews are on standby. sara. marty - i'm live at a mill valley fire station - one of many - prepared with extra resources to respond to any potential fire that could spark from these high winds we are experiencing across the bay area.take a look at this map so you can see where the red flag warning expands from the north bay to east hills and contra costa county.the high wind warnings went into effect at midnight and raise

the fire danger substantially especially at higher elevations and in areas where vegetation is dry.last weekend we saw a few brush fires erupt during the red flag warning. fire marshal robert marshall is urging residents to take extra caution this fire season. pg and e is also preparing to turn off electricty in 12 different bay area counties.power shutoffs are done strictly as a last resort.if need be pg and e will notify customers. the red flag warning is expected to last until monday afternoon.live in mill valley,

sara stinson, kron four news. . check back with you through out the morning. now we want to get a check of the weather with dave spahr. (dave)offshore flow will result in warm and dry conditions region-wide over the next few days, along with

critical fire weather conditions in the hills of the north and east bay. winds are forecast to diminish by monday afternoon, but dry weather with mild to warm temperatures are forecast to persist through the week ahead.

( marty ) breaking news we are following... highway 1 is closed in both directions in sonoma county after a traffic accident. this is near smith brothers road. according to the c-h-p... the crash started a fire which has spread to a home. we will keep you updated and let you now as soon as the highway is reopened. ( marty ) crews rescued two people trapped in their car following an accident in san francisco last night, it happened around 8:30 last night near twin peaks on city view way. a car jumped a curb and crashed between a home and a parked van. first responders found two people trapped in the car. the owner of the van came out and and moved it so rescuers could get to the people inside.

they got there must have jumped the sidewalk.">( marty ) police are still investigating the cause of the crash. ( marty ) in the east bay... police arrested a suspected "peeping tom". this is a helicopter photo of the man in a concord residential neighborhood. concord police were responding to a report of someone peeping through windows friday. a c-h-p chopper crew found the man hiding next to a fence. concord police officers arrested the man moments later without incident. ( marty ) new this morning... san francisco mayor london breed says she is ready to take a more active role in the ongoing marriott hotel workers strike. the mayor has agreed to meet with the leaders of the worker's union. more than 75-hundred employees across the country have been on strike for more than a week. about one- third of them work at hotels in san francisco. the workers say they want a higher wage so they don't have to work more than one job to live in the bay area. the

meeting between the worker's union and mayor breed could take place later this week. ( marty ) in the east bay... the city of walnut creek is taking steps to fight the city's homeless problem. on tuesday the city council is expected to declare a homeless shelter crisis. that declaration would allow the city to take part in a state grant program to fight homelessness. contra costa county is set to receive more than 7-million dollars in state funding. that money will be destributed through out the county to fight homelessness. a count in january showed that there were more than 16-hundred homeless in contra costa county. ( marty )coming up on the kron 4 morning news... first facebook... now google. the tech giant has announced a massive data breach. we tell you just how many people are affected. ( marty )plus... a san francisco woman is fighting for her life... after 90 percent of her body was burned in an accident. we'll hear from her family. ( marty )and -- despite

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new study finds the percentage of young children who are not getting vaccinated is still on the rise. the c-d-c says the vast majority of children under two receive a number of vaccinations. but, the number of unvaccinated toddlers has risen for three years in a row. reasons for school age vaccine exemptions weren't included in the study. but the c-d-c says it may have to do with parental hesitancy about vaccinations, and how easy it is to get an exemption in any state. ( marty ) more women are having major surgery to welcome new additions to their family. a new study finds c-section deliveries nearly doubled worldwide since the year 2-thousand. globally, one in five babies was born by c-section in 20-15. and in

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look at the embarcadero this morning. toss to weather. (dave)offshore flow will result in warm and dry conditions region-wide over the next few days, along with critical fire weather conditions in the hills of the north and east bay. winds are forecast to diminish by monday afternoon, but dry

weather with mild to warm temperatures are forecast to persist through the week ahead.

( marty )new this morning... east bay police are investigating a homicide. it happened early saturday around 2 in the morning, on the 6-hundred block of cumberland street in pittsburg. police found a 38- year-old man with gunshot wounds. he was taken to a nearby hospital where he later died. his name has not

been released. investigators believe the victim and his attacker may have known each other. police havent made any arrests. they are reviewing surveillance footage... and interviewing possible witnesses. ( marty )google is doing away with google plus, after a major data breach that affected hundreds of thousands of users. this follows facebook's massive security breach which affected millions of accounts. kron 4's hermela aregawi has the story. another tech giant under fire.. over questions about user privacy and data security.. google announces it's getting rid of its social media platform google plus..after congress learned that the platform had a security breach..that affected 500- thousand users.but steven andres, a professor of management information systems at san diego state university,...says it's important not to equate google's security flaw... with facebook's massive data breach. steven andres/san diego state

universityso this was the security breach that never really was a breach.there were only 496, 951 google plus users that even filled out the optional fields in questions. these included gender, occupation, workplace, birthday. and of those folks, they would have to mark those fields nonpublic. and choose to share it with another friend, and then that friend would have to log in to a third party site from only 438 developers. so the scope of this is quite small especially in comparison to the facebook breach. facebook ceo mark zuckerberg was grilled by congress earlier this year..after the data of 30- million facebook users was compromised... provoking congress to ask if the tech company was doing enough to protect user information. republican senator john thune it's increasingly clear that industry self regulation in this area is not sufficient. a national standard for privacy rules of the road is neededand in the coming weeks googe ceo sundar pichai is expected to take the stand.google discovered and patched up the security breach in march..but

didn't reveal it to the public. and that is already a point of contention with congressmembe rs.but some tech experts say.. users shouldn't be alarmed. steven andres/san diego state universitywell there is always going to be an outsized reaction when we feel some of our information has been inappropriately used. but let's not forget we have some control of this. we can put that information there in the first place. it seems that a majority of google plus users didn't fill out these fields they were ( marty )that was kron 4s hermela aregawi reporting. google plus will disappear next august... but there's actually a petition to keep it alive that's circulating online. it has more thn 27- thousand signatures. ( marty ) new this morning, an historic ceremony at the vatican. pope francis has canonized seven new roman catholic saints.

it's a diverse group including pope paul the 6th, revered archbishop oscar romero of el salvador, and a teenger who dedicated his brief life to helping others. the ceremony comes as the catholic church is mired in a sexual abuse scandal. on friday, pope francis accepted the resignation of the head of the washington d.c. archdiocese, cardinal donald wuerl over his role in handling sexual-abuse allegations in the church. ( marty ) this was the this was the scene in half moon bay for the great pumpkin parade. look closely at the purple witch or wizard outfit and you'll see none other than giants outfielder hunter pence. he was the grand marshall of the parade. you can see the massive pumpkins on display as well. this year's pumpkin winner weighed in at 21-hundred and seventy pounds.

that pumpkin was grown in oregon. a pumpkin grown in napa won third place at just over 18-hundred pounds. if you missed the parade, don't worry the pumpkin festival is happening all day today as well. ( marty ) coming up after the break... the raiders are in london conting down to kickoff for their game against the seahawks. while the niners are in green bay to face the packers tomorrow. sports is next. i'm jimmy dean

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baseball. dodgers in a hole...down 1 to nothing in the series against the milwaukee brewers....to miller park we go.dodgers in another hole here...down three to nothing...two men on base... cody bellinger says....how bout a single. max muncy has

his wheels going. he would score. that makes it three to one. same inning. bases juiced...austin barnes is walked...you don't see that much in playoff baseball. one run would score. it's now three to two brew crew.we go to the eigth. one man on base for the dodgers....justin turner says good buy and good day. that ball is gone. that would make it four to three dodgers.one last chance for milwaukee....broken bat. that would do it. los angeles goes on to win this game. the nl championship series is now tied up at 1.the series goes back to l.a. for game three on monday.big day in college

football. cal got crushed by ucla 37 to 7 but there was a wild one going in oregon. the ducks taking on the washington huskies.game tied at 17 and cj verdell...rushes up the gut...one yard and he's into the endzone for the ducks. oregon takes a 24 to 17 lead. but here come the huskies....jake browning looking...dancing...throwing on the run and he's got his man ty jones for the touchdown. that would tie it up. then washington with a chance to win the game at the end of regulation. no good. this game is going to overtime. washington up three and here come the ducks. cj verdell

looks like he is shot out of a cannon. that's a touchdown and that's the game. quack quack quack...ducks beat washington. 30 to 27.we are now less than 24 live look outside... golden gate bridge..

we've hadfor a long time.is in san francisco and half-measures haven't fixed it. homelessness doesn just hurt homeless people. it hurts all of us. that's why we're all voting "yes" on c. the plan is paid for by corporations that just got a massive tax break. it's time for them to give back by helping all of us to fix our homeless crisis. with more affordable housing... expanded mental-health services... clean restrooms and safe shelters. vote "yes" on c. it helps all of us. (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) ( marty ) here's a live look at the bay bridge.

( marty ) dave spahr has your forecast... (dave)offshore flow will result in warm and dry conditions region-wide over the next few days, along with critical fire weather conditions in the hills of the north and east bay. winds are forecast to diminish by monday afternoon, but dry weather with mild to warm temperatures are forecast to persist through the week ahead.

( marty ) breaking news we

are following... highway 1 is closed in both directions in sonoma county after a traffic accident. we have new video from the scene sent to us from a kron 4 viewer. the car actually crashed into a house. that crash started a fire. and we have just learned that this crash involves a sonoma county sheriff's patrol car. we have also learned that the person in the car only suffered minor injuries. this is near smith brothers road. nobody in the home was injured. it is not clear if the patrol car was chasing another car at the time of the crash. we will keep you updated and let you now as soon as the highway is reopened. and remember if you have breaking news in your area we want to know about it. you can send us pictures and video through the kron 4 mobile app. alll you have to do is hit the report it tab. ( marty ) another big story we are following this morning... people are slowly returning to towns devastated by hurricane michael. the

death toll from that huge storm is now up to 18. this morning some are returning to find nothing left of their homes or businesses. now efforts to clean-up are underway... but there's a long road ahead. natasha chen is in panama city, florida with the latest. a grim reality is setting in this weekend for residents impacted by hurricane michael...al cathey/mayor, mexico beach, fl: "it's very very very hard to walk down the street and say that was jim's house, that was frank's house that was sue...after awhile it wears on you."as people return to the rubble of their florida panhandle communities...the death toll continues to rise...and officials say it could be days to weeks before everyone is accounted forthe lack of power and spotty cell phone service add to the frustrations of emergency response crews already stretched thin.while rescue workers cut through massive piles of debris in search of survivors, residents are lining up at community centers for bottled water and ready-to-eat meals...governor rick scott assures people there is help for those in need

gov. rick scott/-r- florida: "we've distributed i think about 2 million meals. i think it's a million gallons of water. we were making sure that there's fuel."and had this warning those eager to return home.gov. rick scott/- r- florida: "i know everybody wants to get back to their house, you gotta be safe. and most important things don't touch down power lines. if you use the generator, know how to use it don't make a mistake and use it in your house everybody stay safe."but local officials say it's going to take time for things to get back to normal... margo anderson/lynn haven mayor: " we are going to build this city back it's going to be beautiful. and now we have about two months before our power grids going to be back up. probably a few days before we have water. and when we have water it's not going to be drinkable water." ( marty ) a san francisco woman is fighting for her life after 90 percent of her body was burned in an accident. her family says the medical student was studying at a friend's apartment on saint kits in the caribbean...when a

gas-line exploded. today family and friends will gather in san franciso to honor her. kron 4's ella sogomonian has the story you will see only on kron 4. the family of 31 year old gayane balasanyan call her a fighter...they're hoping her strength will yet again pull through after a gas explosion left 90 percent of her body in second degree burns.it happened october second while she was studying for placement exams coming up in december with a friend... who together were in their fifth semester at the medical university of the americas on st. kits/nevis island.balasanyan was air lifted to a miami hospital where her mother and friends have been at her side ever since.sot: ashot baghdayan, cousin// "shes a single mother thre wh her in the hospital its just something that you shouldnt have to see or witness its just very scarring. but we are staying very optimistic we are hopeful."family and friends are in disbelief by the tragedy that's consumed their lives as they hope for the best.they're gathering at st. john's armenian apostolic church in san francisco on sunday in her honor.sot: anna avanesyan, best friend// "shes

the most amazing caring person i ever met. shes also very strong her biggest dream is to help people thats the main reason she decided to pursue a medical career."but the medical student now needs help herself...with no insurance her family says they face sky high expenses and are turning to the community for help.sot: fr. mesrop ash, st. john's armenian apostolic church// "an opportunity for us to gather and pray for her collectively. to have her family and friends say a few words about her and in support of her."the parish is opening their doors and welcoming all those who want to help the young woman. ( marty ) the community is gathering at the church from 12:30 until two o'clock this afternoon. a link to a fund raiser can also be found on kron 4 dot com. coming up... a student with autisim was dragged by his

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i'm marshall tuck. i'm running for state superintendent. ( marty ) in national news... a disturbing incident caught on camera. a teacher drags an autistic student through his lexington, kentucky school. garrett wymer spoke with the student's mother. jo grayson, student's mother "i'm just like, why would they do that?"more questions than answers for jo grayson.jo grayson, student's mother"and they just dragged him up some stairs?"as she watches the surveillance video for a second time.jo grayson, student's mother"he's clearly screaming. he doesn't want them to do this."in the video, you can see who we're told is 11-year-old thatcher grayson sitting on the ground with a service dog beside him. thatcher's mother says he's autistic non-verbal and she's seen him not want to get up before, but she says the way the teacher reacted is not ok. jo grayson, student's mother "we worry about shooters coming in, all of that craziness. we're not even worried about the people who care for them everyday. and we should be."in a statement last week, the school district told us situations like this are isolated and the individuals involved are no longer employed by fayette county schools.grayson says that's the only reason she's let

thatcher go back to school. grayson called the video heartbreaking and says it makes her even angrier watching as her son is dragged through the school at times and carried at others.she says it landed thatcher with a number of injuries.jo grayson, student's mother"he'll remember this for the rest of his life. autism or no autism, any kid would remember that." we know it also launched a school and state investigation into what happened.jo grayson, student's mother"that's not a way to handle that."grayson is not giving up on her own quest for answers and change.she says she also intends now to press charges.in lexington, garrett wymer, w-k-y-t. ( marty ) still ahead on kron 4 news weekend christine blasey ford's testimony is inspiring new ways to for sexual assault survivors to share their experiences. (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) ( marty ) still ahead on kron 4 news weekend christine blasey ford's testimony is inspiring new ways to for

sexual assault survivors to share their experiences.

dave spahr is here with your weather forecast. (dave)offshore flow will result in warm and dry conditions region-wide over the next few days, along with critical fire weather conditions in the hills of the north and east bay. winds are forecast to diminish by monday afternoon, but dry weather with mild to warm temperatures are forecast to persist through the week ahead.

( marty ) palo alto professor christine blasey ford's testimony during the confirmation hearings of supreme court justice brett kavanaugh is inspiring a new place for sexual assault survivors to share their experiences. sierra starks explains. lauren dasilva é mcrcc deputy director:"we'll probably continue to post 2 to 3 a week."stories from sexual assault survivors are coming into the monterey county rape crisis center, through a new platform.natsthey've created a safe space, online for those survivors to share their

experiences.the idea for the platform spawning from the testimony of dr. christine blasey ford.natsseen here, sharing openly in the recent senate judiciary hearings about her experience with now supreme justice brett kavanaugh ... and the discredit of that testimony throughout.lauren dasilva é mcrcc deputy director:"i mean that's the general feeling that if she, if this were a true and valid report of sexual violence then she would've said something much sooner but the reality is that many survivors don't say anything for possibly the duration of their life. there's lots of myths around why someone would choose to or choose not to report and we want to just help dispel some of those myths and just give people the opportunity to speak for themselves."here's how the platform works: it's essentially a google document where survivors can share as much or as little about themselves and their experience as they feel comfortable.also included is how old they were at the time the sexual violence occurred and how old they are now.

lauren dasilva é mcrcc deputy director:"and in the community forum so far a lot of people have are in their mid 60s early 70s and this is some of the first times they're disclosing sexual violence perpetrated against them." those stories, will then be posted to the rape crisis center's blog. ( marty ) that was sierra starks reporting. so far, the center has received 15 submissions, mostly anonymous, for it's website. ( marty ) a scary morning in front of a southern california elementary school when a crossing guard got hit by an s-u-v just moments after he pushed a woman out of the way to safety. you can see emergency crews loading him up in the ambulance. police say his injuries could be life threatening. it all happened in front of madera elementary school in simi valley... near los angeles. witnesses say the crossing guard-- a man in his 50's-- was helping a young woman cross the street--- when he saw the s-u-v headed right for them and jumped into

action. < "the driver did stop, so this is not a hit-and-run investigation, and the officers were able to determine after further follow-up that it does not appear that he was impaired at the time of collision.">( marty ) police are still investigating. they haven't released the identities of anyone involved in the accident. live look outside... san francisco international airport.

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thousand people checked it out in san francisco yesterday. cricket is a huge sport in indian cultures among many others. it is played all over the world and the popularity is growing here in the states. there are more than 200-thousand registered cricket players in the u.s. the event, named cric-fest, was held at the metreon. ( marty ) colin kaepernick isn't the only notable face at nike. here's an inspiring story from oregon proves that dreams can come true with hard work and determination. cross country runner justin gallegos from the university of oregon has become the first athlete with cerebral palsy to sign with nike.

all caught on video. justin plans to become a professional runner.. ( marty )and take a look at this... it's a chocolate version of former quarterback peyton manning! it's part of the 5th annual "choctoberfest chocolate and beverage festival" near denver. ( marty ) this sweet peyton manning sculpture is being sold for six-thousand dollars. ( dave )warm and pleasant...but strong offshore wind developing. could be another red flag warning coming. your forecast is next ! (sara)still ahead... the east and north bay hills are under a red flag warning right now.

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marty - i'm live at a mill valley fire station - one of many - prepared with extra resources to respond to any potential fire that could spark from these high winds we are experiencing across the bay area.take a look at this map so you can see where the red flag warning expands from the north bay to east hills and contra costa county.the high wind warnings went into effect at midnight and raise the fire danger substantially especially at higher elevations and in areas where vegetation is dry.last weekend we saw a few brush fires erupt during the red flag warning. fire marshal robert marshall is urging residents to take extra caution this fire season.

vegetation, make sure cars are in good repair, if you're towing make sure the tow chains are not dragging along the ground. a lot of people think about doing it, but we ask that they don't and that's cutting their weeds. just the act of cutting the grass can actually start a fire.">pg and e is also preparing to turn off electricty in 12 different bay area counties.power shutoffs are done strictly as a last resort.if need be pg and e will notify customers. the red flag warning is expected to last until monday afternoon.live in mill valley, sara stinson, kron four news.

thanks sara.check back with you through out the morning. now we want to get a weather with dave spahr. (dave)offshore flow will result in warm and dry conditions region-wide over the next few days, along with critical fire weather conditions in the hills of the north and east bay. winds are forecast to diminish by monday afternoon, but dry weather with mild to warm temperatur are forecast to persist through the week ahead. ( marty ) an update ( marty ) an update now to

the breaking news we have been following all morning long... the c-h-p is now conducting one way traffic control on highway 1 in sonoma county. this after a car crashed into a home and started a fire. we have a new picture from the scene sent to us from a kron 4 viewer. and we have learned that this crash involves a sonoma county sheriff's patrol car. the person in the car only suffered minor injuries. this is near smith brothers road. nobody in the home was injured. it is not

clear if the patrol car was chasing another car at the time of the crash. and remember if you have breaking news in your area we want to know about it. you can send us pictures and video through the kron 4 mobile app. alll you have to do is hit the report it tab. ( marty ) crews rescued two people trapped in their car following an accident in san francisco last night, it happened around 8:30 last night near twin peaks on city view way. a car jumped a curb and crashed between a home and a parked van. first responders found two people trapped in the car. the owner of the van came out and and moved it so rescuers could get to the people inside. ( marty ) police are still investigating the cause of the

crash. ( marty ) in the east bay... police arrested a suspected "peeping tom". this is a helicopter photo of the man in a concord residential neighborhood. concord police were responding to a report of someone peeping through windows friday. a c-h-p chopper crew found the man hiding next to a fence. concord police officers arrested the man moments later without incident. ( marty ) new this morning... san francisco mayor london breed says she is ready to take a more active role in the ongoing marriott hotel workers strike. the mayor has agreed to meet with the leaders of the worker's union. more than 75-hundred employees across the country have been on strike for more than a week. about one- third of them work at hotels in san francisco. the workers say they want a higher wage so they don't have to work more than one job to live in the bay area. the meeting between the worker's union and mayor breed could take place later this week. ( marty ) in the east bay... the city of walnut creek is taking steps to fight

the city's homeless problem. on tuesday the city council is expected to declare a homeless shelter crisis. that declaration would allow the city to take part in a state grant program to fight homelessness. contra costa county is set to receive more than 7-million dollars in state funding. that money will be destributed through out the county to fight homelessness. a count in january showed that there were more than 16-hundred homeless in contra costa county. ( marty )coming up on the kron 4 morning news... first facebook... now google. the tech giant has announced a massive data breach. we tell you just how many people are affected. ( marty )plus... a san francisco woman is fighting for her life... after 90 percent of her body was burned in an accident. we'll hear from her family. ( marty )and -- despite strict laws on vaccinating children... there's an unsettling number of unvaccinated kids. we'll explain after the break. [ refrigerator clanking ] [ refrigerator knocking ]

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new study finds the percentage of young children who are not getting vaccinated is still on the rise. the c-d-c says the vast majority of children under two receive a number of vaccinations. but, the number of unvaccinated toddlers has risen for three years in a row. reasons for school age vaccine exemptions weren't included in the study. but the c-d-c says it may have to do with parental hesitancy about vaccinations, and how easy it is to get an exemption in any state. ( marty ) more women are having major surgery to welcome new additions to their family. a new study finds c-section deliveries nearly doubled worldwide since the year 2-thousand. globay, one in five babies was born by c-section in 20-15. and in the u-s that same year, 32- percent of all births were by c-section-- up from 23-percent in 2-thousand. the study's author called the finding "striking." the

researchers note c-sections can be life-saving in some cases -- but a rise for non-medical emergencies is concerning because the procedure does pose risks. ( marty )and for your money... a problem with air bags is behind the latest recall from toyota. the auto-maker is recalling more than 168 thousand of its 20-18 and 20- 19 tundra pickups, sequoia s-u-v's, and 20-19 avalon sedans. air bags in those vehicles may not inflate and deploy in a crash because of an issue with the air bag control computer. toyota is notifying owners... and dealers will update the air bag control software. ( dave )

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look at the embarcadero this morning. toss to weather. (dave)offshore flow will result in warm and dry conditions region-wide over the next few days, along with critical fire weather conditions in the hills of the north and east bay. winds are forecast to diminish by monday afternoon, but dry weather with mild to warm temperatures are forecast to persist through the week ahead.

east bay police are investigating a homicide. it happened early saturday around 2 in the morning, on the 6-hundred block of cumberland street in pittsburg. police found a 38- year-old man with gunshot

wounds. he was taken to a nearby hospital where he later died. his name has not been released. investigators believe the victim and his attacker may have known each other. police havent made any arrests. they are reviewing surveillance footage... and interviewing possible witnesses. ( marty )google is doing away with google plus, after a major data breach that affected hundreds of thousands of users. this follows facebook's massive security breach which affected millions of accounts. kron 4's hermela aregawi has the story. another tech giant under fire.. over questions about user privacy and data security.. google announces it's getting rid of its social media platform google plus..after congress learned that the platform had a security breach..that affected 500- thousand users.but steven andres, a professor of management information systems at san diego state university,...says it's important not to equate google's security flaw... with facebook's massive data breach. steven andres/san diego state universityso this was the security breach that never

really was a breach.there were only 496, 951 google plus users that even filled out the optional fields in questions. these included gender, occupation, workplace, birthday. and of those folks, they would have to mark those fields nonpublic. and choose to share it with another friend, and then that friend would have to log in to a third party site from only 438 developers. so the scope of this is quite small especially in comparison to the facebook breach. facebook ceo mark zuckerberg was grilled by congress earlier this year..after the data of 30- million facebook users was compromised... provoking congress to ask if the tech company was doing enough to protect user information. republican senator john thune it's increasingly clear that industry self regulation in this area is not sufficient. a national standard for privacy rules of the road is neededand in the coming weeks googe ceo sundar pichai is expected to take the stand.google discovered and patched up the security breach in march..but didn't reveal it to the public. and that is already a point of contention with congressmembe rs.but some tech experts say..

users shouldn't be alarmed. steven andres/san diego state universitywell there is always going to be an outsized reaction when we feel some of our information has been inappropriately used. but let's not forget we have some control of this. we can put that information there in the first place. it seems that a majority of google plus users didn't fill out these fields they were optional.and even when they did they were sharing them with friends. so when you think about all that happened was their friends went and used a site and information that was known to that friend was transmitted to a third party site. ( marty )that was kron 4s hermela aregawi reporting. google plus will disappear next august... but there's actually a petition to keep it alive that's circulating online. it has more thn 27- thousand signatures. ( marty ) this was the

scene in half moon bay for the great pumpkin parade. look closely at the purple witch or wizard outfit and you'll see none other than giants outfielder hunter pence. he was the grand marshall of the parade. you can see the massive pumpkins on display as well. this year's pumpkin winner weighed in at 21-hundred and seventy pounds. that pumpkin was grown in oregon. a pumpkin grown in napa won third place at just over 18- hundred pounds. if you missed the parade, don't worry the pumpkin festival is happening all day today as well. ( marty ) coming up after the break... the raiders are in london conting down to kickoff for their game against the seahawks. while the niners are in green bay to face the packers tomorrow. sports is next. live look outside... richmond bridge

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we start with playoff baseball. dodgers in a hole...down 1 to nothing in the series against the milwaukee brewers....to miller park we go.dodgers in another hole here...down three to nothing...two men on base... cody bellinger says....how bout a single. max muncy has his wheels going. he would score. that makes it three to one. same inning. bases juiced...austin barnes is walked...you don't see that much in playoff baseball. one run would score. it's now three to two brew crew.we go to the eigth. one man on base for the dodgers....justin turner says good buy and good day. that ball is gone. that would make it four to three dodgers.one last chance for milwaukee....broken bat. that would do it. los angeles goes on to win this game. the nl championship series is now

tied up at 1.the series goes back to l.a. for game three on monday.big day in college football. cal got crushed by ucla 37 to 7 but there was a wild one going in oregon. the ducks taking on the washington huskies.game tied at 17 and cj verdell...rushes up the gut...one yard and he's into the endzone for the ducks. oregon takes a 24 to 17 lead. but here come the huskies....jake browning looking...dancing...throwing on the run and he's got his man ty jones for the touchdown. that would tie it up. then washington with a chance to win the game at the end of regulation. no good. this game is going to overtime. washington up three and here come the ducks. cj verdell looks like he is shot out of a cannon. that's a touchdown and that's the game. quack quack quack...ducks beat washington. 30 to 27.we are now less than 24 hours away from raiders football. happening sunday morning in england at wembley stadium.

kickoff is at 10 am. the team flew into london on friday. they practiced in alameda this week. there have been years where they chose to spend the whole week overseas that is not the case this week. they practiced in the bay area then flew in. the raiders take on a seattle team that has won two of their last three and lost a very close game last week to the los angeles rams. the raiders didn't show much urgency at all against the chargers last week. all eyes will be on derek carr who has thrown 8 interceptions this year. everyone thought that with the help of jon gruden he was going to look good this year. so far though he has struggled big time. raiders have just one win on the season. it will be rockin' in wembley stadium but who knows....it was rockin' with raiders fans in los angeles last week and that didn't seem to have an impact. but hey...it's a new country this week. (j.r.)as for the niners they take on the packers on monday night. that is sports we'll be back after the break. live look outside...

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rty ) dave spahr has your forecast... (dave)offshore flow will result in warm and dry conditions region-wide over the next few days, along with critical fire weather conditions in the hills of the north and east bay. winds are forecast to diminish by monday afternoon, but dry weather with mild to warm temperatures are forecast to persist through the week ahead.

( marty ) another big story we are following this morning... people are slowly returning to towns devastated

by hurricane michael. the death toll from that huge storm is now up to 18. this morning some are returning to find nothing left of their homes or businesses. now efforts to clean-up are underway... but there's a long road ahead. natasha chen is in panama city, florida with the latest. a grim reality is setting in this weekend for residents impacted by hurricane michael...al cathey/mayor, mexico beach, fl: "it's very very very hard to walk down the street and say that was jim's house, that was frank's house that was sue...after awhile it wears on you."as people return to the rubble of their florida panhandle communities...the death toll continues to rise...and officials say it could be days to weeks before everyone is accounted forthe lack of power and spotty cell phone service add to the frustrations of emergency response crews already stretched thin.while rescue workers cut through massive piles of debris in search of survivors, residents are lining up at community centers for bottled water and ready-to-eat meals...governor

rick scott assures people there is help for those in need gov. rick scott/-r- florida: "we've distributed i think about 2 million meals. i think it's a million gallons of water. we were making sure that there's fuel."and had this warning those eager to return home.gov. rick scott/- r- florida: "i know everybody wants to get back to their house, you gotta be safe. and most important things don't touch down power lines. if you use the generator, know how to use it don't make a mistake and use it in your house everybody stay safe."but local officials say it's going to take time for things to get back to normal... margo anderson/lynn haven mayor: " we are going to build this city back it's going to be beautiful. and now we have about two months before our power grids going to be back up. probably a few days before we have water. and when we have water it's not going to be drinkable water." ( marty ) a san francisco woman is fighting for her life after 90 percent of her body was burned in an accident. her family says the medical

student was studying at a friend's apartment on saint kits in the caribbean...when a gas-line exploded. today family and friends will gather in san franciso to honor her. kron 4's ella sogomonian has the story you will see only on kron 4. the family of 31 year old gayane balasanyan call her a fighter...they're hoping her strength will yet again pull through after a gas explosion left 90 percent of her body in second degree burns.it happened october second while she was studying for placement exams coming up in december with a friend... who together were in their fifth semester at the medical university of the americas on st. kits/nevis island.balasanyan was air lifted to a miami hospital where her mother and friends have been at her side ever since.sot: ashot baghdayan, cousin// "shes a single mother thre with her in the hospital its just something that you shouldnt have to see or witness its just very scarring. but we are staying

very optimistic we are hopeful."family and friends are in disbelief by the tragedy that's consumed their lives as they hope for the best.they're gathering at st. john's armenian apostolic church in san francisco on sunday in her honor.sot: anna avanesyan, best friend// "shes the most amazing caring person i ever met. shes also very strong her biggest dream is to help people thats the main reason she decided to pursue a medical career."but the medical student now needs help herself...with no insurance her family says they face sky high expenses and are turning to the community for help.sot: fr. mesrop ash, st. john's armenian apostolic ( marty ) the community is gathering at the church from 12:30 until two o'clock this afternoon. a link to a fund raiser can also be found on kron 4 dot com. ( marty )in the east bay... firefighters in contra costa

county held an open house in honor of fire prevention week. during their second annual open house... families and young kids we able to play fire fighter for a day... exploring boats used for water rescues.... and trucks and ladders used to enter burning buildings and save lives. families also had the chance to learn the best ways to prevent fires. ( marty )pg&e was also there with lessons on electrical safety. last year's open house was cancelled because of the heavy smoke... from the deadly north bay fire. ( marty ) the f-d-a is expanding its investigation into e-cigarettes. the agency is now targeting 21 e- cigarette companies to find out if they've been illegally marketing products. the move comes less than two weeks after the f-d-a conducted a surprise inspection of e- cigarette maker juul's corporate headquarters in san

francisco. agents seized thousand of documents... many relating to sales and marketing. the investigations are part of the f-d-a's crack-down on teen e-cigarette use. coming up... a student with autisim was dragged by his teacher, and it was all caught on camera. we'll hear from the boys mother ... after the break.

á)(áábreakáá) ( marty ) in national news... a disturbing incident caught on camera. a teacher drags an autistic student through his lexington, kentucky school. garrett wymer spoke with the student's mother. jo grayson, student's mother "i'm just like, why would they do that?"more questions than answers for jo grayson.jo grayson, student's mother"and they just dragged him up some stairs?"as she watches the surveillance video for a second time.jo grayson, student's mother"he's clearly screaming. he doesn't want them to do this."in the video, you can see who we're told is

11-year-old thatcher grayson sitting on the ground with a service dog beside him. thatcher's mother says he's autistic non-verbal and she's seen him not want to get up before, but she says the way the teacher reacted is not ok. jo grayson, student's mother "we worry about shooters coming in, all of that craziness. we're not even worried about the people who care for them everyday. and we should be."in a statement last week, the school district told us situations like this are isolated and the individuals involved are no longer employed by fayette county schools.grayson says that's the only reason she's let thatcher go back to school. grayson called the video heartbreaking and says it makes her even angrier watching as her son is dragged through the school at times and carried at others.she says it landed thatcher with a number of injuries.jo grayson, student's mother"he'll remember this for the rest of his life. autism or no autism, any kid would remember that." we know it also launched a school and state investigation into what happened.jo grayson, student's mother"that's not a way to handle that."grayson is not giving up on her own quest for answers and change.she says she also intends now to press charges.in lexington,

garrett wymer, w-k-y-t. coming up... we continue to explore the best of alaska... we're going to check out the breath-taking northern lights. live look outside... san francisco international airport.

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( marty ) colin kaepernick isn't the only notable face at nike. here's an inspiring story from oregon pves that dreams can come true with hard work and determination. cross country runner justin gallegos from the university of oregon has become the first athlete with cerebral palsy to sign with nike.

contract - and it was all caught on video. justin plans to become a professional runner.. ( marty )and take a look at this... it's a chocolate version of former quarterback peyton manning! it's part of the 5th annual "choctoberfest chocolate and beverage festival" near denver. ( marty ) this sweet peyton manning sculpture is being sold for six-thousand dollars. adlib seven day. thats kron 4 news weekend for this saturday morning... i'm marty gonzalez. from all of us thanks for watching. join us for kron4 news weekend tomorrow morning starting at 8 o'clock ... and tonight for kron 4 news at eight.

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