since then some former tenants were sleeping at a shelter at the west oakland youth center but by today, they will have to leave because the red cross says emergency shelters are short term solutions. the tenants in limbo today are being urged to visit a client assistance center for more help. >>> happening this morning, an emergency meeting to discuss the chemical weapons attack in syria. dozens of people died hundreds hurt. the chemical was released in a rebel held town in northern syria yesterday. it came from weapons on the ground. u.s. officials believe the syrian dictator is behind that attack. >>> new this morning, we have confirmed that north korea fired a missile that landed in the sea of japan this morning. according to the u.s. military, the test was of medium range missiles one of similar tests in the last few months. it could be in response to a white house meeting between president trump and the president of china later this week. >>> we have been talking about the rain on the way getting ever closer, roberta. >> i hear people talking about the grocery store this morning i

the new encampement will be... or, how neighbors will react. in west oaklandusiness owner says the original encampment has been an unsafe distraction for the community.no name/business owner- "we're dealing with trash a lot. people come up and down the street. you're dealing with drug addicts, you're dealing with alcoholics, you're dealing with mentally ill people and its all unsupervised." devries says the next city- sanctioned encampment will be more secure. the program is paid for by money from the city's general fund approved last year by the city council. about 190-thousand dollars. half already spent on the site in west oakland, which the city believes has been a success.joe devries/city of oakland- "and, our hope is, that it will a -- uh, provide people a safe place to be living when they're unsheltered, and b -- uh, get them into housing faster, and c -- uh, lessen the impact that it has on the surrounding community."dejon goolsby/homel ess- "everybody needs love and everybody needs support because you never know what could happen. you might just be on

at the west oakland station . s originially seeking 70- thousand dollars in restitution from them... for the disruption that lasted several hours. it later dropped that demand. ultimately, the alameda county district attorney's office decided not to pursue criminal charges against the group. (grant) what would you do if you had your credit card declined at store? hopefully not what this guy did in southern california. surveillance video shows a customer attacking a clerk at 7-eleven when his card was declined. he then knocks over the a cash registered and damages another one. the man got away and remains wanted tonight by police in santa ana. (pam) looking to get out and about ... now that spring is here. the national parks in california that you will be able to get into for free... later this month. month. you're going to be hanging out in here. so if you need anything, text me. do you play? ♪ ♪ use the chase mobile app to send money in just a tap, to friends at more banks then ever before. you got next? chase. he

. >>> happening today the remaining victims displaced after the deadly fire in west oakland will not be able to return to their emergency shelter. 11 people are being asked to leave the west oakland youth center because it needs to be used for children during spring break. one displaced resident said when he went to the assistance center he was told to come back on sunday. there was a safety order issued three days before the fire. a resident was told to remove an extension cord that was deemed dangerous, and it was in the same room where a burning candle is blamed for starting the fire. > china's president meeting with president trump today to discuss north korea's launched missile. secretary of state, rex tillerson, issued this brief statement saying north korea launched another intermediate range ballistic missile. the united states has spoke enough about north korea and we have nothing to add. >>> and then last month president trump claimed president obama ordered surveillance on trump tower after the election, and the white house is still trying to prove that. the president's con

its so hard to not have closure. and this public memorial is a closure to the west oakland fire. investigators believe a candle is what caused the march 27th fire.the fire started early that morning.in a building that housed people recovering from addiction. dozens of residents were displaced.daryle allums/adamika village: stepped in the day of the fire to assist the fire survivors to help them with clothing toiletries and to assist them to make sure they were able to meet their needs, proper needs and proper help, temporarily housing and permanent housing also.the building that caught on fire has been the target of multiple complaints.the fire is stil under investigation. reporting in oakland, hermela aregawi, kron ( james ) five people are dead including three children after a fire gutted a family home in new york city. the youngest of the victims is believed to be only two-years old. one man escaped the fire by jumping through a second-story window. according to investigators, some of the victims were trapped by flames in the attic yesterday afternoon. the mayor of new york cit

the temporary shelter at the west oakland youth center initially housed around 70 people. ity hall is working with victims to find them a permenant place. priority for new housing goes to the elderly, the disabled, families and single mothers. one person who spoke to kron four is still looking for a home. ( will ) there are currently 11 people staying at the shelter now. city officials say a candle started the deadly fire. ( will ) the city of san jose is trying to provide some incentive for people, to help those who lost cars in the february floods. mayor sam liccardo is asking people to donate a used car in return for a tax deduction. others are also pitching in to help: the silicon valley car dealership association will be discounting used cars. the city will also be donating twenty cars from its fleet.

late marchshe, along with about a dozen others have been staying at the temporary shelter at the west oaklandth center but the shelter closes on wednesday.meaning gail has nowhere to go.sot everybody cant afford $700 or $800 let alone $2000 or $3000 for a studioan assistance center set-up by city hall is now open for victims.the city, county and other organizations are working to find those displaced somewhere to go.but the high cost of housing in the city is a challenge.olga crow / red crosssot they used to have a place maybe not great but something they could afford. and now that this place has been destroyed now finding similar rent prices is difficult.priority for new housing went to the elderly, the disabled, families and single mothers.gail doesn't fall in any of those categories she is not sure what is next sot there is fears of being back on the streets and having no where to go they should have kept the shelter open at least another week (áájustineáá) the city says the temporary shelter was never meant to become permanent housing. and the assistance center will stay open until friday

story as soon as we have new details, we will let you know. >>> also this morning, the owner of the west oakland people died in a fire says he is heartbroken, and he said, quote, we grieve for the four lives lost and for the residents, family and friends who are impacted by the tragedy. kim is offering to pay for one of the victim's funerals. kim leases the building at san pablo and mead to one tenant provided low income housing. and kim was evicting them for not paying their water bill and for allowing conditions to deteriorate. a coalition of oakland faith-based having fundraisers if you want to help out. >>> get ready to pay more at the pump. a plan to raise our state gas tax to 12 cents more a gallon is headed to governor brown's desk for a signature. he certainly will sign it. lawmakers approved a $52 billion transportation package last night, that after nine hours of debate, delays and finally two separate votes. it's a huge victory for the governor. he spoke overnight saying his plan will fix our crumbling highways and bridges. republicans, though, raised concerns saying the tax would hur

oakland well the suspected car-jacker ended peacefully. cody rice car-jacked a truck yesterday. the truck was later seen at the gas stooegs near the west oakland bart station. oakland police surrounded the truck. they negotiated with rice. his step father was happy about the outcome. >> they handled the situation. i can't ask for anything. he's alive. he's been taken care of. no shots were fired. the oakland police were patient. >> robert major says his son swas reacting badly to medication. rise was booked in the santa clarita jail. >>> tonight's meeting will be held at the court of madera community center at 7:00. the water district is raising rates on july 1st then again in 2018 for a total increase of 14%. the district says the additional money is needed to help improve the aging water system. >>> gasia, time is 6:37. there's a new report out that includes a very serious flood warning. >> cristina rendon live. >> reporter: this draft report is over 300 pages long and it basically details how exposed marin county is. for example, here in tiberon they could see severe flooding from rising sea levels that kofk could have a ripple effe

. >>> and then 11 people are being asked to leave the west oakland youth center because the space needs to be used for kids during spring break. and the victims are being urged and the victims are being urged to visit a client o the other 104 victims have found other arrangements. >>> and then a resident was told to remove an extension cord was deemed dangerous, and a third victim is being identified as a 41-year-old man, wilson. he is one of four people that died in the fire last monday. >>> china's president meeting with president trump today to discuss north korea's weapons program. this is after a day north korea launched a missile into the sea of japan. rex tillerson issues a statement saying north korea launched yet another intermediate range ballistic missile. >>> developing news this morning, the death toll has gone up to 72 from that suspected chemical attack in syria. i first told you about the attack this time yesterday. a british human rights group says 20 children and 17 women are among the 72 killed. the same group reports that five air strikes hit northern syria overnight

of the west oakland apartment fire story.(grant) the owner of the building has hired a law firm... in anticipation of legal action... connected to the deaths of four people.... and dozens of others who lost their homes. earlier today, a spokesman for the owner of the building says the owner is not responsible for the upkeep nor the deadly fire. sam singer says it was bad living conditions that motivated building owner keith kim to terminate the agreement with the master tennant. sam singer/keith kim's spokesperson: "what is really important for the public to know is that the kim family wanted to remove urojas from managing this building. they didn't want to evict the tenant" "urojas community services which really was the landlord, they were the master tenant for this facility, the reality is they needed to be replaced. the kim family was trying to replace them, along with the city and county. they reneged on that deal prior to the fire and they really need to step up and help some of these poor people who have been put out by this tragedy" (grant) however the attorney for urojas s

the truck was later seen at a gas station near the west oakland police station. suspect's step father was happy about the outcome. >> they handled the situation. i can't ask. he's alive. he's been taken care of. no shots were fired. the oakland police were patient. >> robert major says his son was reacting badly to a medication for a liver problem. rice was booked in jail for car-jacking and also charges of hit and run. >>> authorities are searching for the vandals who caused thousands of dollars in damage to new homes. police say the vandals broke into the homes, threw a party and mashed windows, kicked in doors and shattering glass. they did about $50,000 worth of damage. >> they sent out what seemeded to be a viral invitation and about 50 kids showed up and had a party and left their mark. >> the contractor said it could take about a week to repair all the damage. >>> that's amazing. >>> time is 5:45. i'm going to ask allie rasmus like i always ask sal can you take care of the folks this morning? >> yeah, you know the commute looks pretty good. let's start out

. >>> new this morning, the owner of the west oakland building where the owner of the building says sheroken. he said we grieve for the four lives lost. kim is offering to pay for one of the victim's funerals. kim leases the building at san pablo and mead to non-profits. it provides low income housing and kim was in the process of evicting the nonprofit for allowing living conditions to deteriorate. since the fire kim retained lawyers and a high profile public relations strategist. the fire has left 115 people homeless. a coalition of oakland faith-based organization launched websites to raise money to help the victims. >>> tributes keep coming in for don rickles, and jimmy kimmel was emotional. >> i know it sounds crazy to say he was too young, but he was because he was youthful and funny and sharp and generous, and i was fortunate enough to not only have don on this show as my guest, but also to become close to him and his wife, barbara. >> kimmel says he asked rickles over and over again to appear on his show and finally rickles accepted the invitation and celebrated kimmel's birthda

. >>> we have learned more about what may have started the fire last week in the west oakland apartment building that killed four people. just days before the fire, a city inspector warned a attend not to plug so many appliances -- a tenant not to plug so many appliances into an extension cord. so the tenant used candles and the place caught fire. the tenant ran into the hall yelling fire. four people were killed. mayor libby schaaf said this. >> a lot of the people that were affected by this fire have already gone through many injustices, many disappointments at the hands of institutions and they have a lot of legitimate built-up frustration and distrust. >> according to city records in january a nearby fire station suggested that the building be shut down over safety problems. oakland city councilwoman rebecca kaplan is now pushing people to nip to help the 80 people that have been left homeless by this fire -- to chip in to help the 80 people that have been left homeless by the fire. they are trying to raise $50,000. >>> a massive storm system is expected to move north today. it's al

oakland...looking at her phone on the train when she was attacked. it turned out it was just one teen girl who ran off the train when it stopped at the west oakland stationwitnesses alerting the train operator for help...the train left the station and bart pd wasn't alerted until the next day when the victim reported it. she was diagnosed with post concussion syndrome and had to miss a lot of days at her new job. but there are other lingering effects of this attack.i'm scared to take public transportation and i think that's so unfortunate because we are so lucky to live in a city that has an incredible public transportation system. not every city in the country has that but it needs to be safe people need to be able to use it and not be fearful to write it.a month after the incident she emailed and called bart pd to get an update on the investigation.and then reached to her witnesses.... she has text messages from her witnesses....one whom a month later says she had not been contacted by police....another saying she was called by police on april 6th.i feel like bart dropped the ball the acting deputy chief agrees with that assesement."a delay of a month

late marchshe, along with about a dozen others have been staying at the temporary shelter at the west oaklandouth center but the shelter closes on wednesday.meaning gail has nowhere to go.sot everybody cant afford $700 or $800 let alone $2000 or $3000 for a studioan assistance center set-up by city hall is now open for victims.the city, county and other organizations are working to find those displaced somewhere to go.but the high cost of housing in the city is a challenge.olga crow / red crosssot they used to have a place maybe not great but something they could afford. and now that this place has been destroyed now finding similar rent prices is difficult.priority for new housing went to the elderly, the disabled, families and single mothers.gail doesn't fall in any of those categories she is not sure what is next sot there is fears of being back on the streets and having no where to go they should have kept the shelter open at least another weekthe city says the shelter was never meant to become permanent housing. in oakland justine waldman kron 4 news. (pam) the city of san jose is trying

with 1,000 prom dresses to give away, the only requirement for students to get a dress is that they go to an oakland high school. the event was held by leslie west, married to an oakland forward. >> i have seen amazing smiles and received a lot of thawngs and we took pictures where the girls looked like princesses. >> this is the 13th year that west has held a give away but it's the first year in oakland. >> the california department of public health has confirmed the first human case of the west nile virus this year. officials are urging people to take every precaution to protect against mosquito bites which is how the virus is transmitted. the risk of serious illness to most people is low but some people can develop serious neurological illnesses. >> we had a beautiful day in the bay area, you could not have asked for better weather. we have mark with what to expect for the rest of the weekend. >> it worked out perfectly today. mild temperatures, today, everyone ways just nice in the 70s and lower 80s. we have some active weather setting up. some severe weather towards eastern texas. we have snow showing up in portions of texas and new mexico

the deadly warehouse fire in oakland. it killed four people and forced 80 others out of their homes. the fire was started by a candle inside of an apartment. ten people are still staying at the westakland youth center. however the shelter will end or close by 7:00 this morning. the red cross and the city of oakland are trying to find other housing options. donations are being collected. if you want to help, go to the web links section of ktvu.com. >>> the city of dublin has one high school and there's a big push underway to build a second one. the school district says the existing campus is crowded and knows that enrollment will increase. alex savidge is live in dublin with plans on how to get that second school built. alex. >> reporter: yeah. plans in the works already. good morning to all of you. you know, there's been so much growth here in dublin. a lot of the members of the community say really a second high school is desperately needed. the existing high school, dublin high, where we are this morning has seen crowded classrooms as of late. and they are expecting a jump in enrollment in the next several years. enrollment in the school district expected to increase by more th

that is just a few blocks from the west oakland bart station.ricaded himself inside a car last night but eventually gave up and was taken into custody. ( james ) we are learning more about the great white shark that beached itself at pleasure point in santa cruz. the necropsy was performed over the weekend. the shark died friday and and now scientitsts say an infection is to blame fort making the animal sick. they say it's the same infection that's killed other sharks in the past. but remains unclear this morning why the infection is making it's way through different types of shark species. (will) federal authorities are joining the manhunt for joseph jakubowski. he's the man who sent an anti- government manifesto to president trump last week. jakubowski is suspected of stealing several high-powered weapons from a gun store. police say his car was found on fire shortly after the robbery and there was evidence of arson. police believe jakubowski has a military helmet and bulletproof vest. the f-b-i, a-t-f and the secret service have all joined th

. >>> some of these survivors of the west oakland fire that killed four people last week will have toer tenants of this san pablo building. many of them have been in temporary red cross shelter at the west oakland youth center. >>> stay with us, traffic and weather in just a moment. ,,,,,, >>> good morning. bay area. it is now 7:57. let's take a look at your bay area hot spots. we have a few. starting with contra costa county here westbound 4 if you are heading from pittsburg into concord you're moving at just 19 miles per hour. so pretty slow conditions there. and if you are heading down 242 to 680 into the walnut creek area, here's a look at an earlier traffic alert eastbound 24 after fish ranch road. it was a solo car crash causing major delays so give yourself extra time to get through there. moving now to the bay brick toll plaza the maze to downtown will take you about 20 minutes or so. so otherwise you are looking good. i'll send it to you. >> thank you, roqui. >> thanks, roqui. good morning, everybody. take a look at this. it's just gorgeous! we can see the "salesforce" tower

ironically, bart has extra officers working saturday night at many of its oakland stations...but not the west oaklandtation. now the transit agency is hoping surveillance video helps cath the group. the distress call from bart around 9:30 saturday night as 40 to 60 juveniles jump the gates, go up to the platform, and rob passengers aboard a 9 car dublin train as it entered coliseum station passenger: "shocking, scary as well."alicia trost/bart spokesperson:"the moment the doors opened they jumped on board committed 7 robberies, 6 on the train, one on the platform. we had 5 cell phones stolen, one duffel bag, one purse, i do know 2 people were punched in the face."(grant) now authorities are reviewing surveillance footage from the station, platform and 6 of the 9 train cars that had working cameras. bart is also sharing surveillance images with o-p-d, police at oakland high schools, and the oakland housing authority. (grant) sadly this is not an issue that's limited to one part of the bay. last week in san francisco... our stanley roberts showed us exclusive video of a flash mob at the king street saf

delays because we have the clear skies a few clouds now invading the oakland area. 54 otherwise santa rosa now 45 degrees. wind out of the south at 10 to 15. currently winds out of the westuthwest fairfield at 13 miles per hour but with that southerly wind it ushers in the warmer air mass. hey, good morning to paul smith our weather watcher in brentwood. clouds at 51 degrees. thanks for waking up early with us here at kpix 5. the huge highlighted yellow area encompasses most of the bay area. i want to give you a heads up. we have a high wind watch not an advisory a watch which basically means you have to be very mindful we are going to have gusty winds coming in here by thursday evening into your friday morning some gusts up to 45 miles per hour all associated with the leading edge of the front that promises to bring us the rain showers as early as the evening commute on thursday. until then, sun/cloud mix. rain overnight thursday into friday, friday blustery with rain showers. clouds under cutting the ridge of high pressure and that's going to keep us dry today. i put this together. thursday you have a leading edge of some precipitation in the far reaches of the north b

the tent outside of land's music and arts festival in august. in august. >> plus, later this morning, a red cross shelter here in west oakland will be closing its his is where people came after being forced out because of a deadly apartment fire. we will tell you about the help that they will be getting now coming up. >>> this is ktvu mornings on 2. >> well, good morning to. i'm claudine wong in for gasia mikaelian. >> i'm mike mibach. dave clark has the day off. let's get you right over to steve paulson. it will be a busy 24 hours. >> yes. hello, claudine. good to see you. >> thank you, steve. >> the higher clouds are moving in. mostly cloudy but mild to warm. look at that. burning sky. wow. this is the leading edge of high and mid-level clouds. the front won't arrive until thursday night. increasing cloud county offer lake county gave a beautiful sunset last night. i would agree. that's a nice picture. cottages of.net

. >> and a lawsuit filed against the building owner and organizations that manage the west oakland apartment building where a fire broke out claiming the lives of four people last month and leaving dozens of others homeless. ess. . >>> good afternoon, everybody. i'm mike mibach. >> i'm gasia. conservative commentator ann coulter announced she won't give a speech at uc berkeley tomorrow and cited concerns of violence when making the final decision. uc berkeley cancelled her speech because of the violence. and all others said she would show up. one of the groups that organized the event named the young america foundation announced it would no longer participate in the event and won't jeopardize the safety of staff or students. millions ago, coulter tweeted this i am sorry berkeley cancelled my speech. i am so sorry y, f acquiesced in the cancellation and so sorry by free speech. she said i am sad about lurkly's cancellation but nie sadness is -- my sadness is greater than that. berkeley college republicans have scheduled a news conference for this afternoon. we hope you stay with us on ktvu fo

welcome to dejon goolsby's humble abode...a tent underneath the freeway in west oakland... i never thought we'd be here, but i appreciate the help though."last october, the city of oakland turned this space into a "tent city."part of it's "safe camping" pilot program...giving the homeless an area to camp out, equiped with portable toilets. garbage service...and, case managers who stop by on occasion to help get people into housing. when the pilot first launched, some 40 people lived here... out of the city's more than 15- hundred homeless.since then, joe devries with the city of oakland, says all but seven of those homeless are no longer on the streets and are actually in housing.joe devries/city of oakland- "now, more people have moved in. so, for our next pilot, we're looking at a site that's not on the street, that would actually be a vacant lot, that has not just case management and services, but also site management and security." devries says the new city sanctioned homeless encampment should be up and running in about a month...and, he says the pilot program could las

let's talk about the strong storm that's happening in the west. oakland, california, saw a mudslide in the eastern side of town there with some heavy rain rolling through. and in portland, oregon, winds gusting over 70 miles an hour there. their sister city in japan, by the way, sapporo, and this is one of the strongest storms i've ever seen in the month of april, more like october or november. so impressive no doubt. there's your satellite picture, the core of which is heading into british columbia. now it's more of a rain and snow event, and we expect to see more in the way of rain as we go through the day across parts of the west and then heavier mountain snow in through the higher elevations but we continue to pound the northwest as this winter just does not want to end. this will get into the plains tomorrow and looks to be a bit of a severe weather event although diffuse, hopefully not as strong as what we've seen in the past week and a half but nonetheless a slight risk of severe as we go through oklahoma city and getting up through iowa tomorrow a

that is just a few blocks from the west oakland bart station.a car last night but eventually gave up and was taken into custody. ( james ) we are learning more about the great white shark that beached itself at pleasure point in santa cruz. the necropsy was performed over the weekend. the shark died friday and and now scientitsts say an infection is to blame fort making the animal sick. they say it's the same infection that's killed other sharks in the past. but remains unclear this morning why the infection is making it's way through different types of shark species. ( james ) federal authorities are joining the manhunt for joseph jakubowski. he's the man who sent an anti-government manifesto to president trump last week. jakubowski is suspected of stealing several high-powered weapons from a gun store. police say his car was found on fire shortly after the robbery and there was evidence of arson. police believe jakubowski has a military helmet and bulletproof vest. the f-b-i, a-t-f and the secret service have all joined the national manhunt. (

(catherine) some of the survivors of the fire that tore through a halfway house in west oakland last nth - are now suing 15 former tenants claim the building on san pablo avenue had "slum conditions'... they're accusing the building's owners and managers of ignoring a stringof fire code violations. the march 27th fire killed four people - injured 6 others - and displaced about 100 people who lived in the building. the tenants who are suing claim the building didn't have smoke detectors and fire extinguishers....and also say the exits were blocked. the attorney representing them held a news conference today.... ken greenstein/attorney: if the fire system had been functioning properly this fire would never have spread. nobody would have lost their lives. nobody would have been injured. it would have been a minor fire. eliza anderson/tenant who escaped fire:i didn't hear no alarms. all i heard was people banging on walls. that was the alert. all our neighbors were just banging on walls yelling 'ire fire!' no alarms. no sprinklers. no wetness going out. nothing. that woman says that if he

streets of west oakland to fight for their right to paint. the freeway underpass for west street was meant to be covered in march by a colorful mural inspired by the students' art. cal trans which owns the wall has delayed the project. >> i'm worried because when the school ends, we won't be able to come together. >> reporter: 9-year-old destiny johnson helped create one of the characters for the wall, which has been a reimagined by a professional artist. >> she has super powers and control the super speed. she can run if they do something bad. >> reporter: super heroes are a theme. attitudinal healing connection which has been working with cal trans since 2011 to create six underpass murals, three of which are already complete with no problems from cal trans until this year. >> right now cal trans legal department has pretty much put a block on production of our fourth mural. >> reporter: she is the executive director of ahc and says cal trans wants exclusive copyright of the mural. the rights aren't theirs to give since the students nonprofit a

he could enter a plea deal today. >>> the owner of west oakland apartment building is blaming his maintenants.the statement said kim, who has owned the building for about 25 years but has been unavailable for comment since the fire, began eviction proceedings in 2016 "after he discovered urojas had failed to pay its east bay municipal utility district water bill for three years and had allowed the living conditions to deteriorate." urojas runs transitional housing and social service programs. the statement said kim "had worked to broker a deal with the city of oakland and alameda county and other non-profits to remove and replace urojas community services (which was responsible for all maintenance and upkeep of the building) and its leader, pastor jasper lowery, but lowery reneged on the agreement. the building housed between 80 and 100 residents and most of the survivors remain displaced. . the owner says i am heartbroken by what occurred and with great for the lives lost in pray for the families and friends. >>> is 4:17 am, we want you to be safe out the door he caused the roads are