live in san francisco's city hall dan kerman kron 4 news >> pam moore: house democratic leader nancy pelosi released a statement before the u.s. supreme court proceedings today which said in part no one deserves to be denied the right of citizenship because of who they are or will they love marriage with protections and privileges loving couples earned through their dedication to one another and their contributions to our country is a basic right. >> pam moore: and 80 year- old discovery bay man was charged today with the murder for the stabbing death of a nine year-old boy william schulz was charged with murder with the use of a night plus a special circumstance allegation for lying in wait in residential burglary she allegedly stabbed nine year-old jordan almgren to death in his home on the 1900 block of crossway and discovery bay on sunday morning police have not disclose a possible mode of the suspect will be arraigned in court on wednesday. >> pam moore: the death toll continues to rise in the aftermath of the dump nepal are quite and there is another victim of the bay area what

. >> pam moore: dan kerman joy the sly from berkeley on this part of the story. >> dan kerman: was standing right in front of the taste of the himalayas dhabi having a fund raiser on wednesday but today i sat down with some students who weren't here having a terrible time reaching family members now the word about their future. >>: 7.9 earthquake is really shocked >>: wow cannot breathe is very hard to focus >>: a shrine to call my friends under the time was no response >> dan kerman: these bay area students from naipaul not knowing whether their families and were members were alive or dead. but each of them did make contact and finally got good news. >>: i spoke with my brother he said that they're ok >>: everything outside of the house is really destroy >> dan kerman: surviving duquette quake is one thing. >>: there really scared and living outside of the house. >>: had destroyed two nights in a row outside of the house >>: my father says that they're running out of food >> dan kerman: the students met us at a restaurant to bring attention to a new group the their developing save lives sa

dan kerman is live along van ness avenue did tell us why >> jr stone: >> dan kerman: me take a look docilely conceal look at the traffic traffic is curly black up and find street others and being diverted downtimes straight is backed up as well as all due to a construction project tied into the hospital. bad as avenue between ellison post will be closed until 11:59 p.m. sunday night so construction is crews the starts and building a pedestrian tunnel. and what will be a new medical office building with the blue with is blue building currently stands >>: it will allow patients staff and visitors to move freely underneath the traffic out of the way of traffic >> dan kerman: this is animation of what will go on and this weekend work rules will put in a temporary wall than on the 24th the put in a temporary roof this will allow them to dig the tunnel out all summer long as traffic goes by overhead. >>: the bulk will happen after we and stall the temporary structure of the bulk of the work . >> dan kerman: batch problems and there will be road closures and congested traffic. those heading southbo

kron 4 is dan kerman tells us where it happened in the police are looking for looking >> dan kerman:at 01 academy it did not happen during regular school hours but around six at the end of the after-school program police said the nine year-old girl came out of the bathroom on the west side of the campus a man grabbed for wrist and threatened to take away the child broke free and is ok but the school's staff is now on the alert and so our parents the suspect is described as a white male adult about 5 ft. 10 in. tall with a thin build dirty in appearance and wearing a white tank top and blue jeans he was last seen driving away in an older model light brown four-door sedan with a broken driver's side window police have stepped up patrols in the area and the superintendent has sent this letter to all parents in the district with tips on how to keep their kids safe some parents have already had a conversation with their children and others plan to do it immediately. the districts as going for would no child in the after-school program would be able to go to the bathroom a long they must g

no- fault charges have been filed at this time reporting live in montana as dan kerman kron 4 news >> pam: a seventh suspect has now been charged in the oakland murder of chyemil pierce the alameda county district attorney's office charged 16 year-old julia m. rose of oakland with murder and attempted murder and some enhancement clauses all in connection with the death of chyemil pierce although he is a minor ambrose is to be prosecuted as an adult could shamil pierce is the young mother was fatally shot in the 2800 block of chestnut street and west oakland back on march 9th. six other suspects have previous previously been arrested and charged with homicide attempted homicide and other crimes the case is still being investigated >> grant lodes: there's the february hit-and-run crash with a driver's car was found on fire about half a mile away from the collision with the dead teenager lang by. alex out as are 23 of milpitas is being sought by police in connection to the february 4th incident his vehicle crashed with a garbage truck at a north milpitas' boulevard and jacqueline road in

dan kerman is live at the ballpark. >> dan kerman: this right was a rough start for the home owner of the rock giants lost to the nothing. 2 to 0.. there's nothing like being the world series champion and an opening day the giants raise that to the 2014 championship flag for everyone to say. the fact of the giants win the world series every other year was not lost on these diehards either. but some seemed the think this might be the year of the repeat. >> dan kerman: and white just and a meant to celebrate many dressed the part you are literally wrapped in the world series flag and then there is this i could not help myself. the people scratcher head many coming to day opening day irregulars but some this was their first time and they were making the most of it. >> dan kerman: with backlighted at&t part not a victory today for the giants but tomorrow is opening night maybe that's when it and did these runners across home plate that's the latest reporting from at&t park dan kerman kron 4 news >> catherine heenan: and argive coverage is not over yet coming up to 6:45 p.m. gary will have

show you a little bit more of that surveillance video later on tonight at 6:00 this the latest dan kerman kron 4 news >> catherine heenan: a car chase across the bay bridge in up with a pile up the car had been carjacked from stockton. the symbol of both the alameda county chp and then the chp severances " chp took over. >> reporter: the initial east ought spotted the car and started following it and a car did not stop the driver of the vehicle continued across the bay bridge and was involved in several collisions all along the way it came to an end of market street. the suspects' vehicle headed as you believe leaving both cards are disabled the driver and an the passenger bat out and started running and they were caught nearby >>: just looked in my rearview mirror and see this car flying out all house thought that's what may be 60 out and our he was doing this bumper cars defect. he started the car behind men in other cars. >>: he get the cars in front of us hocking you you can see he's coming through and you do is hope that he's not gonna hit in the heard anybody. >> reporter: the chase

in his brain a previous brush with the law also of a sexual nature. >> dan kerman: will it turns outr of the murphy salon was convicted of sexually assaulting a child. in this case it was thus on adult was sexually assaulted the owner of this san mateo here in el salon is better rested for sexually assaulting a patron. what or not he crossed the line the police say that that massage never should get taken place. >>: this was only a hair and nail salon full line he does not have the permits for a massage services. >> dan kerman: police a looking for other possible victims and say that all their choosing a massage must choose their masseuse carefully. >>: you go on-line to the california massage council. >>: think first and foremost be loud call attention to it the attention of people outside know so that there will no the something is going on that is criminal at least the end it in the very least and inappropriate >> dan kerman: turn out the this is not murphy's first brush with the law in the appears on medan's loss of sexual offenders website and 1998 is a was convicted in fact sen

kron 4's dan kerman has the latest. >> " i am disgusted by these text messages and we will take appropriateaction" >> dan: san francisco police chief says he has identified 14 officers involved in the racist text scandal he has suspended 8 officers including a captain and wants them fired. 2 others he will let plead their case before the police commission and 4 others who's texting did not involve hate speech but violated department policy will be disciplined by the chief, but not fired. now the chief will look to see if there are other bad apples in the department >> we have everybodys background and personal history so rather than just look at these officers we believe it would be smart to look at other officers. >> dan: the chief also says cases involving all 14 officers will have to be reviewed to see if racial bais played a role in their testimony. >> based on just the 4 officers who were originally named we have identified 1000 cases in a ten year period, so now with 14 officers it could be many more cases >> dan: public defender jeff adachi says while he's glad the chief is sending a

dan kerman/oakland >>now those additional restrictions east bay mud talks about will be discussed at a meeting later this month. in oakland dan kerman kron 4 news. >> pam: the drought is hitting california's agriculture industry. particularly hard. >> pam: and the rest of the country could soon feel the farmers' pain. >> pam: kron 4's charles clifford explains that part of the story. >> reporter:in 2014, california lost more than a billion and half dollars in revenue due to the ongoing drought. 17,000 agriculture jobs were lost and 400 thousand acres of land were left fallow. now that its all but certain the state will be dealing with a fourth year of drought conditions the problem will only be getting worse. >> reporter:in a conference call wednesday afternoon karen ross, the head of california's department of food and agriculture said there's no relief in sight. >> reporter:california is also the u.s.'s top agriculture state.. producing about half the country's fruits, vegetables, and nuts. if our farms and ranches continue to struggle, the rest of the country will feel the pain. r

authorized another investigation and those results are expected next month reporting live in richmond dan kerman kron 4 news >> pam moore: contra costa county health officials are investigating a possible case of meningitis at st. mary's college in moraga today school officials say they have a student was suspected man of men and jocko meningococcal meningitis the suit was transported to the hospital and is receiving appropriate care for the infection the test results came back this afternoon and did not conform or rule out meningitis or other germs can cause meningitis a cabbie a contagious they are not spread by casual contact. >> pam moore: tonight a man is facing charges for attacking a san francisco park ranger during the 24-20 gathering of marijuana enthusiasts at the golden gate park this is video taken of that man by kron 4 stanley roberts. it said the suspect out walker has a knife and the park rangers had to move in to take away from him police tell kron 4 that sometime after the at that encounter walker approached a park ranger from behind as he was sitting on and a tv and hit him in

kron 4's dan kerman has more. >> reporter:san francisco police chief greg suhr did not hide his disgust with officers accused in the sfpd's racist text scandal >>it just makes me sick to even talk about it >> reporter:after reviewing thousands of investigation the chief has suspended 8 officers including a captain and recommended they be fired, one has already resigned and a second recommendation is imminent. >>greg suhr/s.f. police chief--their conduct is incompatible with a police officer and i believe it causes them to all below the minimum qualification that's required >> reporter:another two officers who the chief says took part in just a single texting event that did not rise to the level of the other 8 officers will plead their case before the police commission and 4 other officers who took part in a single texting event that violated department policies but was not hate speech will be disciplined by the chief but not fired. other racist or homophobic officers on the force. >> you have to assume there look at their personal history questionsaires to see if there is some commonali

and as kron-4's dan kerman tells us.the owner's last brush with the law.was also of a sexual nature. in national news. global. police said they're looking for more permanent and information for people limassol large must choose their masseuse very carefully. >> : police also say if they find themselves in similar situations must react quickly >> : be glad to get people's attention of side. the latter any analyses can. >> : he was charged for sexually abusing a child under 1414. >> pam: another rally is planned for baltimore police say theirold's death continues-- and the state's attorney's office next friday. the department of justice is gray's death. san jose is declaring a 30 percent cutback in water use in order to comply with the state mandate. city council approved the cutbacks this week. the rules apply only to potable or drinking water.not "gray" water which is used from baths and sinks. the new restrictions include limiting outdoor watering to two days a week.and only before 10 a-m and after 8 p-m. the days you can water depends on your address. the new rules also prohibits w

in san jose dan kerman kron 4 news. >> pam:people from across the bay area. came out to pay their respects to officer johnson. >> pam:this was the scene outside gatos. as 230 - motorcycle and patrol officers. escorted officer johnson's body to the s-a-p center in san jose >> pam:all along the motorcade. people stopped to watch. some with flags waving. others in silence or in salute. many people who had no direct ties to officer johnson. were there at the s-a-p center to attend his funeral. >> pam:one man said, he took his daughter out of school today. to bring her to the service. as kron four's terisa estacio reports - some said, it just felt like the right thing to do. >> reporter:they lined the streets to get a glimpse of the procession and then the hearse going by. none of these people out on the curb personally knew officer michael johnson but they said they felt compelled to be here. >>burt weaver: it is the right thing to do. >> gayle skinner my heart just really goes out to the family. >> reporter:this dad took his daughter out of school for the day so

kron4 newsprint >> pam: kron four's dan kerman is in this will affect everyone from gardeners to golfers, alecia reid begins our team coverage in the newsroom. >> reporter:governor brown made the point that in a normal year, be covered by five feet of snow, instead, there is just dry grass. >> reporter: the governor has come through with this here in the east bay specifically has already plan to do drastic reid strictions before the governor had talked about doing disparate talking about raising rates and having excessive penalties for those who use excessive water. dropped surcharges for the bottom line here is in the east bay they have to reduce their demand. there will also need more money to buy more water. they have to do more. their part. >> we have no more snow left above our reservoir. in the rain or snow that comes by with the numbers of brett is what we have for the rest of the year. >> reporter: 7 reservoirs are now half full and may be only one-third full by the summer. >> reporter: 15% has fallen off in the first three parts of the year. >> it is less than 10% which is unfor

in martinez, dan kerman, kron 4 news.e are looking for the so-called "clean cut bandit". >>reporter:he's wanted in three bank robberies in the past two weeks. >>reporter:police say the robberies happened at a u-s bank last monday.a citibank last thursday and a bank of america on tuesday. >>reporter:they say the "clean cut bandit" pulled out a knife in two of the robberies. >>reporter:the man is described as being in his 30-s or 40-s.and around six foot two. >>reporter:he may also have tattoos on both arms. >>reporter:an unspecified reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest. who escaped in march was arrested >>reporter:in mississippi, a sheriff's spokesman said tuesday night. >>reporter:johnell carter, 40 had escaped from santa clara valley medical center in san jose on march 6 santa clara county sheriff's sgt. james jensen jensen confirmed carter was arrested in mississippi and that the >>reporter: he went to opportunity and took his brother and his sister in law are not on the arrest hollering in biddi

that information coming up next >> catherine heenan: with california and a severe drought kron 4 dan kermanrancisco city hall with details. >> reporter: white his drinking water to flush the toilet orson water from the shower to the store plant those are questions that are being axed is an excess of to him it will be done this looks like the any other building but this leaps and bounds shun water regarding water conservation. that water is not going down the drain to the sewer plant being treated on site and then this great water goes back up these purple pipes and is used in all the buildings toilet's meeting with each flush recycle water is being used. >>: 4 typical office high- rise building is about 12 gal. per person per day and is the usage. mr. on the system the were using were about 3 gal. per day and that's 80 percent less water the we're consuming. >>: if we could reuse water than we should do it. >> reporter: now scott wenner wants to require all new developments to do just that treat water from six showers and washing machines on site and then use it for irrigation in to flush t

in vallejo, dan kerman, kron 4 news. >> grant:the specific memorial procession route has been released ahead of fallen san johnson's funeral on thursday. several roads will be closed thursday morning.some into the afternoon. >> grant:johnson's body leaves the los gatos mortuary at 10-am. >> grant:the procession heads north on winchester blvd. >> grant:then a right turn on stevens creek blvd.to the sap center. the public memorial starts at 11-am. >> grant:at roughly 1 pm.the procession leaves the s-a-p center. >> grant:heading down monterey cemetary.for a private ceremony and burial. we've posted all the procession specifics on kron4.com.if you'd like to pay your respects as it passes. one other note.on thursday.we'll be streaming the memorial live on our website. . >> pam: later in the broadcast: the launching pad for alcatraz may be on the move. >> pam: where it could be headed that has some people so heated. you asked questions, and tonight we have answers. >> pam: what a school district is saying about the closure of preschool. >> pam: also: amazon trying to press all your buttons w

the suspect in this case has pleaded not guilty and is due back in court next week as san mateo dan kerman kron 4 news. >> pam moore: to that protests continue in baltimore surrounding the mystery death of 25 year- old freddie grey. greg died while in police custody but it is still not clear how. the members of the baltimore community wants answers now the department of justice is launching an investigation into his death. freddie grey died from a severe spinal injuries seven days after he was arrested on weapons charges by a baltimore police the six officers involved have been suspended state law prevents investigators from talking to those officers for 10 days following an incident that period expired today and now investigators want to get to the bottom of what happened members of the baltimore community are demanding answers after the unexplained death of one of their own. >> grant lodes: 4 and giant barry bonds is talking about is thrown out obstruction of justice the victim the night said circuit court of appeals in a tent to one vote rule today that barry bonds statement he gave to

. >> pam: kron 4's dan kerman joins us live from sharp park state beach with the more. dan?kly moving up here would just found out that there is something that they may never know. >> reporter:what killed this 48 foot adult male sperm whale that's what veterinarians and biologists with the marine mammal center want to find out >>dr. caitlan brown/marine mammal center 7-17 --we're trying to investigate if there is evidence of trauma, things we are looking for are hemorrhaging and bruising prior to the animals death, that would suggest he suffered trauma while he was alive >> reporter:for much of the day of blubber so they could get to the areas that might ahoy solve the mystery. >>--we can investigate the muscle, the intestinal track, the thorax where the lungs and heart live. the fact that we can dive deep into why the animal is here can give us a lot of information about the ocean at large for instance there have been previous sperm whales that have succumbed to ingestion of large amounts of trash >> reporter:while sperm whales are common along the california coast, the mar

down kron4 dan kerman is like at the vallejo police headquarters with a the very latest. >> reporter:" the alleged kidnappers demanding an apology from vallejo police for calling the kidnapping " and an orchestra that he did, but it also suggests that the alleged kidnapping of denise haskins from her for free as mayor island home was not their first criminal enterprise on the former naval shipyard. the chronicle " kidnappers as saying they have run an electric car theft operation on their island for months and have bryce several homes, taking car keys and personal information stored on computers. >> we are worried because maybe we have criminals on round here. >> reporter: grumbling of life across lives across the street from where the alleged kidnapping took place and he knows what a bird or a lot of that and what he is not sure what to believe about the kidnapping the females from the alleged kidnappers have him on edge. >> we are scared the kids going on outside, they are walking to school, so we are kind of scared. >> reporter: arting coverage continues now with a look at how the

>>catherine heenan:tonight kron 4's dan kerman is live in the crestmoor neighborhood of san bruno thata survivor of the blast? >>reporter: at the time the mother and daughter were not at home today i spoke with the mother. my daughter had called me and said there was something wrong it is just terrific inside the home was a husband son and mother-in-law did not make it. will sell better when i see some action and would not have been more explosions. >>reporter: that may be ready to do is stop the so far she's not at all pleased it is not. >>reporter: is one of several that is taken in this area this one here has been purchased by the city of san >>catherine heenan:in a new associated press survey, between january 2004 and january 2015, s=f=o had 37 different intruders. >>catherine heenan:that is more than twice as many as at mineta san jose. >>catherine heenan:in fact it is more than any other of the country's 31 major airports. >>catherine heenan:sfo officials say 16 of the 37 incidents involved homeless or mentally impaired people. >>catherine heenan:six involved boaters within the a

. >> catherine: kron 4's dan kerman is live at the san francisco hall of justice with more. >> reporter:in the meantime the chief responded to allegations that 2 members of the department's d.n.a. lab, have not been following procedures and it may end up compromising hundreds of cases. >> reporter:the chief says while it's true errors were made he says they were identified quickly and he says the public should know the lab's dna testing is above reproach there should be no question as to the integrity of the lab. >>our dna crime lab is sound, our proficiency tests work, they are meant to catch deficiencies, people acted immediately to unplug people that were deficient external auditors were called in both in december and march to look at the crime lab and any and all minor administrative corrections have been made. >> reporter: four other officers who took part in a single text began that violated department policy but was not a hate speech will be disciplined by the chief but not fired. s to rather than with the other races or homophobic officers on the force? >> you have to assume tha

eight of them all and are part of a group of 14 officers believed to be involved in those taxes dan kermantain please give now wants them fired. >> reporter: san francisco police chief greg sir says he is identified 14 our officers involved in the race and sex scandal he has suspicious suspended eight officers including a captain in once the empire. to others he will let plead their case before the police commission and four others who were taxing did not involve hate speech but violated department policy when will be disciplined by the chief but not fired now the chief will look to see if there are other bad apples in the department. the chief also says cases of involving all 14 officers will have to be reviewed to see of racial bias played a role in their testimony. >>: based on just the four officers were rigidly named we have identified one hunt 1000 cases in the tenure. so now with 14 officers in could be many more cases. >> reporter: public defender and jeff adachi says while he's glad the chief is sending a strong message he once more done. >>: 1 of the things i'm pushing for a for