>> is at 6. good evening. thanks for being with us tonight for kron. 4 news at 6, i'm grant lotus and i'm noelle bellow. the man who pleaded guilty. >> to kidnapping of a woman in 2015 has been charged with 2 more violent attacks. police originally said that the kidnappings of denise huskins. >> and another was a hoax before admitting it actually happened. matthew mueller is

currently serving 40 years to life in federal prison for that crime. and now he's been charged with 2 other attacks that police say occurred before the attack skits on four's. dan kerman reports. >> we don't forget about about rape, about murder, about any crime. >> that's committed in this county. santa clara county's district attorney says that's why he's brought charges against convicted kidnapper matthew mueller for a home invasion attacks that occurred in mountain view and palo alto back in 2009. >> in both of these cases, the defendant broke into a woman's home, tied them up. found them made them drink things to make them intoxicated and did this for the purpose of breaking down. the 47 year-old mueller is now charged with 2 counts of first-degree burglary. >> with the intent to commit rape and faces 2 life sentences. if convicted the da says mueller was linked to the attacks due to advances in dna

technology. >> the strap from the palo alto case. it's a velcro strap. we analyzed in 2010, but dna technology has gotten significantly better since 2010. and so recently we've been able to find the defendants dna on that strap, which is not something that we were able to find. in 2010. >> mueller is currently serving 40 years in federal prison after being convicted of kidnapping and sexually assaulting denise huskins. back in 2015 at first vallejo, police called her story a hoax only to change their tune and arrest mueller risen, acknowledge the investigations into the palo alto and mountain view cases were also not handled properly. >> there were. >> mistakes made in this investigation and what we're proud to say now is that we're able to bring this perpetrator to justice and that this nightmare is over. huskins since started working with police in seaside and how to deal with assault cases.

>> roseann credits her with having a conversation with the seaside police chief. the set the ball in motion for these new charges. mueller's expected to return to court on january 17th at which point is expected to enter a plea. >> at the hall of justice in san jose, dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> city leaders in oakland are marking the success of the strategy meant to lower a violent crime. opd says the city has seen a 5 year low in homicides and shootings. interim mayor nikki fortunato bas says this is thanks to the cease-fire strategy. it's a multi agency program between the department of violence prevention, the police department, the da's and faith-based leaders who demanded safety on city streets. >> oakland cease-fire was never a government idea, but a community call to action. these community leaders have maintained their belief in the power of the strategy to save lives and have worked with us

every day throughout this year to ensure that it was successfully rerouted in oakland. >> ceasefire program works by identifying people who are at high risk of violent crime and offering them intensive community-based services to break cycles of violence. >> we're talking about the people in this city who are driving violence currently and who within the next 90 days may either pick up a gun and shoot someone or become a victim of gun violence themselves and that his management approach involves identifying individual clients, drivers of violence and then working very diligently to address those so that we can interrupt the cycles of violence and that could include anything from temporarily relocating people out of oakland to make sure that they're not caught in the cycle of gang violence. it could be re unrolling folks in school. it could be reaching out to get employment training, housing, substance use and abuse trauma therapy. >> it really rain just.

>> cease-fire strategy was created in 2012, but it was deprioritized during covid. the program was brought back nearly a year ago by former mayor sheng thao. since then, oakland is reporting homicides down more than 30%. >> well, tonight is the final home game of the season for the niners in what has really been a disappointing season by all accounts team at super bowl hopes when the year began and then the wheels came off. kron four's rob nesbitt was talking to fans who are still faithful ahead of tonight's game. forty-niners fans are, of course, hoping for a win against the lions. and i've heard the words fair weather fan said a lot because forty-niners fans who are here want everyone to know that up to support no matter what the faithful showed up monday for the forty-niners last home game of the season. david in janine mack in any have been season ticket holder since the 90's. >> taking notice of how many other forty-niners stand state home to watch right here in the 4 games like this that that is i get a lot of people

are are, you know, throwing in the towel where we're here for these games. the lions have secured their spot in the playoffs. but that's not the case for the forty-niners who dealt with several injuries in the regular season. pride seems to be on the line after last year's matchup when the forty-niners came away with the w and went all the way to the super bowl and this is going to be a great game no matter what. >> and it's going to be looking towards the towards what's going to happen next. season's so i have good hopes for the game. it was not just red and gold in the parking lot, but also some blue and white scattered throughout monday's game will be the first time lions fan trevor in stride gets to see his team play. >> flying up from san dieeo for what he calls the revenge game. now they're on the. >> lower end. and we're going to be here kind of who's top dog now route was see at the super bowl next even when the forty-niners have nothing to gain or lose fans like carla smith and her girlfriends still show up. >> ready to cheer on their favorite team and make the best of it for us. i think for the last home game. >> even though i know we're not moving on after this. i we

just want to win for our last home game. and we're coming back next year. a lot of talk about next year's super bowl, which will be held right here at levi stadium. forty-niners fans are hoping for good draft picks and a better season next year so they can come back and that home-field advantage in that super bowl reporting at levi stadium. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> thank you, rob. as we come back to san francisco here, a live look above the city on a cool that. >> i would take hold. >> yeah, i think that's right. got very cold frosty around the bay area. it's going fight temperatures dropping off. >> of course, at least a nice dry day outside today. the clouds still a few lingering in our skies but over. but after midnight, we're going to watch those clouds really park tonight. and that allow the temperatures to get very cold as we head into early tomorrow morning. so frost and freeze warnings going up for much of the bay area so far, not quite cold outside numbers, 50 degrees and 50 in santa rosa. 53 in concord, 50 in livermore

and 56 degrees in san jose. but yeah, those clouds that you see right there on the map, they're going to disappear overnight tonight. and that's gonna lead to some very cold temperatures developing outside. but the good news overall, as the jet stream has moved to the north and that is taking the rain track for the north. of course, much of northern california, including parts of the north bay in the bay area have seen well above normal precipitation in some places over 250% of normal in northern california. ironically, southern california, some of the driest, whether they're on record. but that's how things have been breaking down so far. now, if you plan to travel the high country, we are going to be seeing some dry conditions up there, too. in fact, you want to get their do. little skin roadways are open and clear, of course, plenty of powder to ski on. america. >> not built on timidity, all panic, all uncertainty about the future. all lack of confidence in our own. technology. our own will or ability. america was built with vision.

>> tonight we're remembering the former president jimmy carter. he died this weekend at the age of 100 along with being the longest living american president ever. carter was also a nobel peace prize winner and a champion of democracy, public health and human rights. marni hughes has a look back at his life and legacy. >> jimmy carter, the peanut farmer who became president that it will be on the world. we always looking forward to getting back hall born in 1924. in plains, georgia raised in a small farming community. he joined the navy and married the love of his life in 1946. will eventually i would. it was motion. >> that's up from the like they took over the family farm when his father passed in the 50's. the couple raised a family and the business grew. so did jimmy carter's standing in the state? believe i know our people. >> well, this day. >> well, as anyone could.

>> he became georgia's governor in 1971 and then set his eyes on the white house in 1976. name. >> it's jimmy carter i'm running for president. >> carter ousted gerald ford as the nation moved on from watergate. jimmy carter do solemnly swear. i jimmy carter do solemnly swear. one defining moment of carter's one term in office framework. >> for in the middle east. >> affords a peace treaty between egypt and israel. but the iran hostage crisis consumed his final 14 months in office with 52 american captives finally being released only after carter's presidency ended. and ronald reagan's began carter's popularity grew as time, went on, winning the nobel peace prize in 2002 honoring his decades, long advocacy for human rights around the world. we can choose. >> to work together for peace.

we can make these changes. >> and we must the nation's longest living former president taking a quiet approach to life post politics going home to georgia teaching sunday school surviving cancer and building homes for people in need. thing that keeps coming back get more out of it that we put into it. >> well, we now have had a work project with our ocean being. you know, telling what to do. and making sure i don't get heard and make 7 now and then. >> so we take care of each other. jimmy carter, a lifetime defined by service and love had wonderful life it. >> 1000 of friends had an exciting and adventurous ratify. just us. >> that was marni hughes reporting for us earlier today. we got the chance to speak with janice jensen ceo for habitat for humanity, east bay and silicon valley about

president carter's legacy with their organization? >> well, you know, have attacked when he got involved in 1984. habitat was very young. and so yes, will there be a habitat? absolutely. would we be as prominent a globally as we are now without the carters. i think that is debatable. and i personally would say no, they brought attention all around the globe to the work that we were doing are doing and continue to do andaover. 64 million people have been served by habitat and and so much of that has been the carters hands-on work with habitat. >> by a legacy, former president carter did help build homes right here in the bay area. this is video from 2013 when he joined habitat for humanity to build houses in oakland. >> still ahead on kron,o4 news at 6 police in san francisco are giving an update on a shooting that left a person dead. a police shooting in union square earlier this

month. and then after the break, officials in santa cruz are warning of a scam following last week's partial

>> new details tonight regarding the deadly officer involved shooting in san francisco. police released body camera footage of the incident during a town hall today. >> we're going to use kids just put your up. >> on december 19th near union square, a car drove on the sidewalk and struck and injured 3 people earlier the next morning. officers located that suspected driver, 50

year-old peter hodge during the arrest, gunfire was exchanged and hodge died from his injuries. >> we continue to maintain our strong relationships with community-based organizations, business groups and other city agencies. since this incident occurred have reached out to the business and community leaders in order to keep them informed and address their concerns. >> today's town hall was part of the department's commitment to accountability and transparency with the community. as apd is asking for any witnesses of that hit and and any possible victims as well involved to contact the police department. >> officials are warning of a donation scam connected to that santa cruz wharf collapse. scammers claiming to represent businesses that were affected by last monday's collapse are asking people for money, donations that 150 feet at the end of the war for us destroyed. fell off.

basically, officials say that was because of 2 main reasons. historic swells, huge waves. and then the wharf was under construction and closed at the time due to damage from previous storms. all right. let's talk weather as we take a live look here above san francisco on a cold night. yeah. good to get a little bit of a break from all of the >> rain that we've been dealing with, lawrence. yeah, we certainly need that boy. so much rain much of the 2nd half december. lot of rain around the bay area. finally catching a break in a may stick around for a while. but as those skies begin to part outside, the rain is coming to an end. you're going to be dealing with more fog, especially as we head in toward the new year. not right now, though, things are going to cold as we head through the night tonight. no getting around that these temperatures begin to get a little chilly in spots. 49 now in palo alto. it's 47 in dublin. it is currently 47 also in of 44 in fairfax, all the way down to 41 now in calistoga. so you can see where the temperatures are headed there going to be going way down tonight as we're gonna see those down near maybe a little bit below freezing. we've got some

actual freeze warnings up through the napa valley and through santa rosa. sonoma up in the healdsburg frost advisories continuing down here along the coastline and much of the north bay marin and the east bay to look at frost advisories there as well. frost, even expected inside the base overnight lows tonight. yeah, 30's and 40's are going to see that kind of play now. kind of on and off throughout the week. we're gonna see some passing clouds from time to time. that'll keep the temperatures up a little bit. this next storm system. i think the main focus will be up toward the pacific northwest. but there's that you're going to be one that might just punch to embrace little rain as we start talking about the new year. but not right now. we're catching a break in that stormy weather. high pressure in control that ridge is likely going to stick around here. looks like for at least another day and then hold that track a little bit for the further the north's going to flatten out a little bit. maybe far. northern california gets a little rain as we head in toward new year's eve. but yeah, looks like a dry into 2024, what about the rest of 2025. we'll talk about that coming up few minutes. all right. thanks, lourdes. well, been cold and the winter. his.

>> brought us a bunch of closed doors germs all across the country. yeah. from the flu to covid-19, even norovirus. now cdc is reporting high illness rates nationally. joining us now to give us a look at how the bay area is fairing is dr. peter chin hong from ucsf. dr chin. hong grant myself, lawrence, the rest of the folks here working today, we're ok, but it seems like a lot of our co-workers cannot catch a break when it comes to the illness is what are the numbers showing here in the bay area? >> the numbers are showing that in the bay area. we're kind the moderate level, even though it seems that everybody has a cold, but in a move to the country actually is at a high level. so what happens out the thanksgiving followed you know, christmas hanukkah followed by new year's is that the risk and the rest of the country get average of the bay area. so we catch up. so what are you seeing is out process of catching up?

>> the flu, is it covid? is it just the common cold? is it everything? >> that's a great blessing. right? so often people who have these flu-like symptoms, fall will have right now in the area, a cold about 3 of them will have rsv which can be more dangerous than kids but adults. it feels like a cool, i know. but 3 of the other 10 will have either covid or influenza influences. what people are worried about particularly this year. it's causing a lot of hospitalizations in europe and the east coast is starting to come here and that will probably be the people that got sicker. and of course, as a prospect, a bird flu again, which is remote community. but again, the more transitions you hob, the more mutations that probably going to have happened. >> as far as the flu goes, is that because less people got the flu shot or is it that the flu shot was not necessarily, you know, strong as has been in years past?

>> that's a great well, it's a combination of a few things. the first is that strain of flu that we have nice on south america's little bit too early to tell about the bay area. the u.s. yet was the kind of flu. that's a little bit harder to that's called h 3 in the united states. of course, flu shots are lower than we expected, but still higher covid immunizations. so that's also low, particularly in those who most vulnerable. and then, you know, above all, we really need to have a home flu test. right now. there's a common test is it's kind of hard to get still if we knew who had flu earlier, you can get access to the flu, which only works in the first 36 holes. >> will you brought up the bird flu and who world's kind of a little battle weary from covid still. and i think it holiday dinner tables. people are talking about this bird flu. is it going to be something that we have to deal

with? you know, assuming you drink pasteurize milk how? >> concerns should this be on people's radar? >> people should be vigilant and curious. but right now, not concerned eyes to the obvious threat to human health. right now. it's going to be regular human flu this season. but in the medium term because there's so many transmissions happening in birds and poultry poultry, particularly in calls. you know that on some mutation is higher than before. and of course, wild birds. there is a pandemic in wild with right now, which means the another population at risk, which is pots and. a pet if you if they drink raw milk or eat turkey or out, you know, before they could be at risk. hats in particular feeling the brunt of disease. in addition to the birds. >> and i mean, bird flu norovirus. i'm starting to see is becoming a there's a surge are we seeing that at all here

in the bay? >> yes, we are. but not to the levels of rest for a virus is yet. but a lot. you know, the other day, somebody said, you know, my mom is vomiting and has diarrhea. what's going on now with that stomach flu is nora virus. it's more than this time last year. the big proven or viruses you can use hindsight. i think you have to actually watch it. fashion way because it's harder to kill by just alcohol hand sanitizers. all right. >> wash your hands, cover your mouth. would also expect a few changes when you say disease specialist ucsf, thanks for all the tips. good to see you. have the east.

>> chp in marin county sees nearly 30 pounds of marijuana and a handgun during a traffic stop over the weekend. officers shared this photo with us. they pulled the car over because of expired registration. they found dozens of bags of marijuana in the car. the driver was arrested and booked into jail on gun and drug related charges. >> developing over the weekend, daly city police spent most of saturday negotiating with the woman accused of lunging at them with a knife. we have video from the scene. this happened after police responded to a domestic disturbance report that house on 88th street officers say moments after they showed up the woman charged at them with a knife, then locked herself in the hole. police negotiators and swat team members eventually took the woman into custody, took about 28 hours, though, she's charged with assault with a deadly weapon.

>> a federal appeals court upheld a jury's verdict and president elect trump's civil assault trial last year a jury found trump sexually assaulted and defamed writer e jean carroll in 1996. trump challenge the 5 million dollar verdict alleging the trial judge had made many errors including allowing 2 other women to testify about similar alleged acts of abuse. the appeals court, however, concluded the trial judge did not abuse his discretion in ruling on evidence. a separate jury awarded carol. nearly 85 million dollars. trump's also appealing that verdict. >> it's called the healthy homework act and it's one of many new laws that to go into effect in the new year capital correspondent, a cow was with the assembly member who authored it about why it could eventually lead to

>> our top story this half-hour as students and teachers prepared to return to school from the holiday break. a new law set to go into effect in the new year could eventually lead to less homework. kron four's capitol correspondent eytan wallace spoke with the lawmaker behind the legislation. >> and he has reaction from students. >> what many californians can probably look back at their upbringings and remember spending hours after school at their desk. doing homework. but now one lawmaker says she hopes to change that for the next generation. when the bell rings and the school day is over for students like 6 grader sophia johnson. >> the day is nowhere near over. she blames that on hours spent doing homework, whom much is exhaust