in emeryville, dan kerman kron 4 news. (vicki) we know at least four bay area school districts have been threatened as dan kerman reported-- the emery school district reported the threat this afternoon. threats were made to (vicki) (vicki) we know at least four bay area school districts have been threatened as dan kerman reported-- the emery school district reported the threat this afternoon. threats were made to two other school districts in the east bay, and one on the peninsula. that includes mount diablo unified, acalanes unified, and south san francisco unified. (grant) two separate kidnappings in san francisco's mission district over the weekend...and police are still looking for many of the suspects involved. they were early sunday morning... one at 20th and shotwell streets. police say two men and two women in a car...quietly approached a woman and dragged her inside that car....but the 19-year-old victim was able to get away. the second incident happened around three in the morning at 19th and capp streets... poli

kron 4's dan kerman has the latest on the investigation.friday afternoon gunfire erupted in the 24 hundred block of 24th avenue sot officer felicia aisthorpe/oakland police 06-12 rightnow we know the subject was walking down the street and that's when he was struck by gunfire and the suspects left the areaat this point police don't know if the suspect or suspects were also on foot or in a vehicle when the 17 year old oakland boy was shot. shell casings littered the area and residents say they heard as many as 10 rounds. while crime scene technicians sifted through the evidence neighbors were prevented from going to there homes. while most say this is not an area prone to violence, they are not surprised by the shootingsot rashedah muhammad/neighbor 42-52not in the times we are living in. its hard for people , stressed out, moneys low, people frustrated, family issues, there's no telling why the person got shot or what happened.searching for the person or responsible.standup dan kerman/oakland 102-110 police are ot victim but say he is in st

outside san quentin, dan kerman kron 4 news.news. ( james ) news.kerman kron 4 quentin, dan kerman kron 4 news. ( james )east bay police are searching for a man wanted in a murder. richmond police say vernon dowell is the suspect in a deadly shooting last thursday. he is now wanted on a one million dollar warrant. police say the learned the victim got in an argument with the suspect before the shooting. but the reason why is not known. ( james )a northern california man is dead this morning after a skiing accident tuesday afternoon. placer county officials say jeffrey pearl- stein of kings beach at lake tahoe... lost control and crashed while skiing at alpine meadows ski resort. first responders tried to resuscitate pearlstein but he died at the scene. authorities say pearlstein was wearing a helmet at the time of the incident. the investigation is on going. ( james )an east bay cafe was robbed at gunpoint saturday night. it's the second time in recent months the rawr coffee bar in oakland has been hit.that night a man came in and threatened employees... before getting away with cash. l

(catherine) but as kron 4's dan kerman tell us, those residents are still out oftheir homes tonight -for two reasons. thursday crews began demolishing some of what was left of a concord construction site that was destroyed by fire on tuesday. crews hoped that taking down unsafe parts of what was known as renaisance 2 would allow evacuees from the building next door, renaissance 1 to return home. but late in the day they determined it was still not safe for 8 of residentssot steve hill/contra costa county fire 24-32they're red tagged because there's still a treat of collapse from that corner, the far corner. additional demolition will resume on friday. still the rest of the building remains off limits due to another issue sotwe know right now the air quality isn't healthy and we know the management company is working with a remediation company to change that . we don't know how long that might take.the demolition did stabilize the building enough to allow contra costa county and atf fire investigators to enter the site and start looking for a cause.sot robert marshall/fire marshal 102-

(steve) and kron-4's dan kerman talked with passengers at s=f=o about the fatal explosion. soti'm flying to san diego and i am feeling nervous about it sotthe first thing you think of when something like that happens is you just think about family and want to be with themsouthwest airlines passengers at sfo reacting to this, the southwest jet that blew an engine in mid-air over pennsylvania, which smashed a window, and lead to the death of a passenger who was partially sucked out that window.soti feel terrible for the family, it's a tragedy now investigators with the national transportation safety board will be looking into the cause sota manufacting defect could potentially be more widespread in its effect christopher hart is former chairman of the national transportation safety board. he says if investigators find there were defects in the metal from which the engine was made that is a big problem sot christopher hart/former ntsb chairman 47-56if that's the case they are going to look at other engines that were made from the same metal and search for the possibility that

dan kerman kron 4 news. (pam) two men have been arrested in connection with a homicide in pleasant hill this past weekend. 23- year- old oshry elor was killed inside this home, at norse drive and viking street saturday night. police believe elor was shot by a robber who was trying to steal his marijuana. now, two men have been arrested... in two different states. (pam) both suspects are currently being held in other states. (grant) police in richmond are investigating their second homicide in just three days. the latest happened last night outside an apartment complex on hartnett avenue near carlson boulevard. that's where police found a 29 year richmond man shot several times. he died at the

in oakland, dan kerman kron 4 news. (mabrisa rodriguez)fair weather conditions will continue for one more day as a high pressure ridge transitions through then exits the state. temperatures are forecast to peak tomorrow afternoon, with highs in the upper 70s (depending on proximity to the coast and/or sf bay shoreline), which is about 2 to 6 degrees above mid april normal highs. the fair weather conditions will end after tomorrow as the ridge is replaced by an advancing low pressure storm system. unsettled weather returns on sunday with cloudy skies, cooler temperatures, increased winds, lower snow levels, a chance of precipitation, and possibly even an isolated thunderstorm or two. rainfall will generally range from a tenth to a quarter of an inch for most populated urban spots, while the wetter higher elevation locations of the north bay and the santa cruz mountains could see a third of an inch to half an inch of rain (locally higher). meanwhile, temperatures will drop into the 50s and snow levels low as 3000 ft, so d

kron 4's dan kerman is live in emeryville tonight-- dan, what can you tell us? no school monday at eccl which houses students attending grade school middle school and high school in emeryville the decision to close came sunday after a threat came in by email.sot capt. oliver collins/emeryville police parents received their first round on robo calls sunday night and another monday morning informing them of the decision to close the school. sot samantha gans/parentbut by monday it became clear the threat was a hoax and a similar threat went out to schools other schools in the bay areasotemeryville police say the threat "generated out of a dare within an overseas on-line gaming community to see who could generate the most school evacuations in the uk and the usa." (vicki) we know at least four bay area school districts have been threatened as dan kerman reported-- the emery school district reported the threat this afternoon. kron 4 has also learned that threats were made to two other school districts in the east bay, and one on the peninsula. that includes mount di

outside san quentin, dan kerman kron 4 news.(vicki) east bay police are searching for a man wanted in a murder. rchmond police say vernon dowell is the suspect in a deadly shooting last thursday. he is now wanted on a one million dollar warrant. police say the learned the victim got in an argument with the suspect before the shooting. but the reason why is not known. (steve) also new at 8. attorneys representing condo owners in the sinking millennium tower say the latest proposal to fix the problem -- is not a solution. (vicki) they want to stabilize one side of the building to let the other side sink until it levels off. but this plan could be more expensive than it was to build the actual tower ... and it'll take years before they know if it even works!(steve) kron4 reporter michelle kingston outside the building now with more (mk)attorney eric buescher, represents 85 millennium tower condo owners"it's sort of astonishing that this could occur. it was billed as one of the 10 best luxury condominiums in the world. it was suppos

in oakland, dan kerman kron 4 news. (vicki) the environmental protection agency is fining the city of oakland and a water district for allowing sewage water flow into the bay. the e-p-a announced the city would be fined 220- thousand dollars while the east bay municipal utility district is being fined 134-thousand dollars. the violations happened between september 20-14 to june 20-17. the e-p-a says the fines also include penalties for violating an agreement to upgrade aging sewer systems. since 20-14, about 80- million dollars have been spent on fixing a portion of a 15-hundred mile long sewer system. (vicki) game five of the first round playoffs is underway for the golden state warriors this evening.(pam) if the team wins they will advance to play the new orleans pelicans.. who have already finished their series. (vicki)kron 4's j.r. stone is out at oracle arena tonight and has been talking with some very fired up fans. j.r. (j.r.)yes fans weren't happy the warriors lost last game but are happy they get to see them to

dan kerman kron 4 news. lawrence karnow: a weak storm moved into the bay area today with a few showers. you can see the storm on doppler radar as it moved through. there is a chance of a few lingering showers tonight otherwise we will see plenty of clouds. on the satellite you can see another storm off the coast. the next one will be a little stronger with rain and some gusty winds tomorrow evening. most of the day tomorrow will be dry with just increasing clouds. that changes late in the day with a chance of showers in the north late in the afternoon. the storm then sweeps across the rest of the bay area tomorrow night. by thursday it will be over leaving partly cloudy skies and cool temperatures. it warms back up on friday with highs soaring back into the 70s before cooling down this weekend. more rain is possible sunday night and into monday. (grant)newly released video shows the suspect in a 20-16 florida double murder getting into an altercation with his father... shortly before the killings.austin harr

in oakland, dan kerman kron 4 news. (mabrisa rodriguez) a driver is recovering tonight, after his vehicle went off a cliff along highway -one in san mateo county. the c-h-p says, it happened around eight -this morning, near the devil's slide tunnel. c-h-p officials say, reports came in about a car plunging off the side of the road near the devil's slide tunnel. officials say, the mini- van fell about 150-feet. the driver was able to climb out of his car before rescue crews pulled him to safety. he was taken to a local hospital with non life-threatening injuries. the driver was the only person in the car. (steve) authorities say the woman who drove off a cliff in mendocino county last month in an suv carrying her wife and children was drunk. today the c-h-p said that toxicology tests found jennifer hart had an alcohol level of point-one-zero. toxicology tests also found that her wife sarah hart and two of their adopted children had a significant amount of an ingredient commonly found in the allergy drug benadryl, which c

kron 4's dan kerman reports.ays after fire raced through a concord construction site where contractors were 60% of the way towards completing a 240 unit residential complex known as renaissance 2 , smoke was still coming from the ashes. crews spent much of the day demolishing part of the construction site to make the area safe so those evacuees who live next door in renaissance 1 could return home but by the end of the day authorities announced that wasn't going to happen because more demolition needs to be done fridaysot steve hill/contra costa county fire 30-39there's still a risk of collapse that could effect those units and secondarily the county health department has identified health issues related to the air quality in renaissance 1.rennaisance one's managemetn company is now working with a remediation firm to air out the building so the air quality will improve.. in the meantime, the fire site has been stabilized enough to allow contra costa county fire and atf investigators into the site for the first ti

outside san quentin, dan kerman kron 4 news. (steve) chief (steve) (steve) chief meteorolgist lawrence karnow is back from vacation. hey lawrence, welcome back. what is it looking like for us weather wise? lawrence karnow: we enjoyed partly cloudy skies and cool temperatures today. highs were in the 50s and 60s. it is quiet on the doppler radar right now but that may change as another storm system approaches the coast. on the satellite image you can see a rather small low pressure system headed our way. we will see increasing clouds tonight with a chance of showers mainly near the coast. it appears that storm will skirt the coastline so we aren't expecting much rain inland. once it moves out we can expect a big warm up into the weekend. so tomorrow we will see partly cloudy skies with a slight chance of showers near the coast. highs will be a little warmer with coast, 60s in the bay and a few low 70s inland. it will be mostly sunny and (steve) it would be 30 times more powerful than 2014's napa earthquake and cause ten times mor

dan kerman kron 4 news. (vicki) it appears that problems with soil samples at a san francisco naval shipyard are much worse than previously thought. that land is slated to be turned over to a developer and transformed into thousands of housing units....but that handover has now been delayed. in this letter from the environmental protection agency to the navy -- they found 90-precent of the soil surveyed from parcel b....and 97-percent of samples from parcel g of the hunter's point naval shipyard are suspect. a navy representative told the public at an open house eariler this year that they will re-test the soil for contamination this summer but no definitive timeline has been laid out. the delays are frustrating to the chair of the hunters point citizen's advisory committee.

but as kron 4's dan kerman explains...passe ngers seem okay with it. many southwest airline passengers flying out of sfo had something in common arriving at the airportsot delayed of coursesotmy delay is about 30 minutesa handful of flights were cancelled and more than 2 dozen flights were delayed at sfo monday southwest says while not all nationwide delays are related to its examination of engine fan blades, "the majority can be attributed to the inspections."soti think it's great, i think they should be making sure everything is safe for usfollowing last tuesday's mid-air engine failure that lead to the death of a passenger, southwest is inspecting cfm engine fan blades on its entire fleet of 737 -700's and 800's. those flying southwest out of sfo monday say the inspections are an acceptable reason for a delay. soti think it's wonderfulsotit's for a good reasonsotdefinitely seems like something that's necessary so for me it's a minor inconveniencesouthwest plans to have those inspections complete within 30 days of last tuesday's fatal engine failure

but as kron 4's dan kerman reports - thoseresidents are still out of their homes tonight - for two reasonstwo days after fire raced through a concord construction site where contractors were 60% of the way towards completing a 240 unit residential complex known as renaissance 2 , smoke was still coming from the ashes. crews spent much of the day demolishing part of the construction site to make the area safe so those evacuees who live next door in renaissance 1 could return home but by the end of the day authorities announced that wasn't going to happen because more demolition needs to be done fridaysot steve hill/contra costa county fire 30-39there's still a risk of collapse that could effect those units and secondarily the county health department has identified health issues related to the air quality in renaissance 1.rennaisance one's managemetn company is now working with a remediation firm to air out the building so the air quality will improve.. in the meantime, the fire site has been stabilized enough to allow contra costa county fire and atf investigators into the site for the fir

in alameda, dan kerman, kron 4news. (steve) (steve) another big story we're tracking: an alarming night on bay area roads...apparent road rage shootings...that do not appear to be connected.(vicki) grant lodes is here to show us where they happened...and why one driver didn't even know his car had been shot. (grant) both shootings both shootings were in the east bay... the first happened in walnut creek at around 9:30 last night on interstate 6-80 near treat boulevard. the second shooting happened at 11:15 on highway 4 in concord... near the port chicago highway offramp. so just about 90 minutes apart. the driver of the first car didn't even know he'd been shot at until he got home. (grant) in the second shooting, bullet holes could be seen throughout the car. both of these appear to be road rage, bu

and kron-4's dan kerman talked with passengers at s=f=o about the fatal explosion.oti'm flying to san diego and i am feeling nervous about it sotthe first thing you think of when something like that happens is you just think about family and want to be with themsouthwest airlines passengers at sfo reacting to this, the southwest jet that blew an engine in mid-air over pennsylvania, which smashed a window, and lead to the death of a passenger who was partially sucked out that window.soti feel terrible for the family, it's a tragedy now investigators with the national transportation safety board will be looking into the cause sota manufacting defect could potentially be more widespread in its effect christopher hart is former chairman of the national transportation safety board. he says if investigators find there were defects in the metal from which the engine was made that is a big problem sot christopher hart/former ntsb chairman 47-56if that's the case they are going to look at other engines that were made from the same metal and search for the possibility that ot

kron 4's dan kerman looks at these new tuff sheds...y of oakland plans to use as a step between homeless encampments and permanent housing. anyone exiting the 980 freeway at 27th and west grand arrives on a growing neighborhood one filled with tents and debris and nearly 100 homeless people living there but also under the freeway lies the future. these are tuff sheds, a new homeless community that will house 40 of the people now living on the sidewalk.sot libby schaaf/oakland mayor 20-30the new site will have 20 tuff sheds, 2 people per shed, separate shipping containers for excess storage, it will have a dog run and a community space and office space for onsite social workers.at a news conference tuesday oakland mayor libby schaaf said once off the street and into these sheds the goal is to have these residents on a path to permanent housing within 6 months.soti think they should have did this a long time agofor many that live near this encampment, cleaning up this area can't come quick enough.sot eugene foster/west oakland resident 58

kron 4 's dan kerman has the story. sotfrom day 1 he has maintained his innocencehe is 68 year old vicente benevides , who has spent 24 years on death row at san quentin thursday he is expected to walk out the gates of the prison, a free man.sot michael hersek / habeas corpus resource center 15-22so many years later he has been found innocent of the charges for which he was convictedhis freedom comes after the state supreme court ruled his 1993 conviction for the sexual assault and murder of his girlfriend's 21 month old daughter was based on false evidence. sotthe evidence of sexual assault was false michael hersek is with the habeas corpus resource center which represented benevides. he says when medical experts re-reviewed all the evidence, from all the hospitals the child was taken to, they concluded injuries originally attributed to sexual assault, were due to medical procedures used to try and save her life an error which could have resulted in the exeuction of an innocent mansotbut for the hard work of the people

kron 4's dan kerman is live -- dan what can you tell us? (grant) more breaking news tonight we've just learned a wanted deadly hit-and-run suspect has surrendered himself to the oakland police department. that person has not yet been identified by police.(vicki) the crash on tuesday left a nine- year-old girl dead. two other little girls survived the crash... and have since been released from the hospital.only on kron4 - they both talked to kron4's haaziq madyun about how they are doing 10-year-old kimberley cardenaz and her 8-year-old sister genesis are all smiles now that they are back home after spending time in children's hospital. they were both injured during a horrific hit and run traffic accident tuesday night here on 35th avenue in oakland. kimberly describes her injuriessot nats/sot laura estrada family friend talking to genesis"tell them what happened to your body, where it hurts"sotgenesis cardenaz/ hit and run accident victim: "my

(pam) as kron 4's dan kerman reports, there are several outstanding warrants out for his arrest petaluma police are on the lookout for this man, 45 year old thomas steger, a transient and registered sex offender who police say has failed to register with them as required by law.sot lt. ron klein/petaluma police 12-17in addition to the warrant out for failing to register with petaluma police, he has another warrant for failing to register with rhonert park police, and warrants for dangerous weapons, possession of narcotics and being under the influencesotpolice say steger is known to stay in the area of the gateway shopping center, and were told he might be hiding in a crawl space, however police were not able to find him during not able to police were however space, in a crawl space, however police were not able to find him during a search of that location.standup dan kerman/petaluma 57-104 (steve) a big story we are following if you have noticed there are fewer motorized scooters on the streets of san francisco... there may be a reason for that. (pam) the department of public works is s

(pam) as kron 4's dan kerman reports, there are several outstanding warrants out for his arrest petalumaice are on the lookout for this man, 45 year old thomas steger, a transient and registered sex offender who police say has failed to register with them as required by law.sot lt. ron klein/petaluma police 12-17in addition to the warrant out for failing to register with petaluma police, he has another warrant for failing to register with rhonert park police, and warrants for dangerous weapons, possession of narcotics and being under the influencesotpolice say steger is known to stay in the area of the gateway shopping center, and were told he might be hiding in a crawl space, however police were not able to find him during a search of that location.standup dan kerman/petaluma 57-104 (pam) the investigation is on-going into what happened to the left engine on southwest flight- 1380 .. which resulted in the death of jennifer riordan, ... among other things.... investigators are looking for some of the engine's missing internal parts. meantime... one texas firefighter who helped try and sa

(steve)2 shot angle as kron 4's dan kerman reports, there are several outstanding warrants out for his arrest pkgthis is 45 year old thomas steger, a transient and registered sex offender who petaluma police are now looking for because they say he has failed to register with them as required by law.sot lt. ron klein/petaluma police 11-20in addition to the warrant out for failing to register with petaluma police, he has another warrant for failing to register with rhonert park police, and warrants for dangerous weapons, possession of narcotics and being under the influence.police say steger is known to stay in the area of the gateway shopping center but searched proved unsuccessful sotstandup dan kerman/petaluma 101-109 (vicki) today a well-known homeless encampment in santa rosa has been evacuated. the encampment known as rememberance village behind the dollar tree sto on sebastopol road saw it's last day. the encampment has been there for at least two years and has catered anywhere between 75 and 130 people. city officials say they are working on getting all the residents into shelter

kron-4's dan kerman talked with passengers at s-f-o about the planes fatal explosion.oti'm flying to san diego and i am feeling nervous about it sotthe first thing you think of when something like that happens is you just think about family and want to be with themsouthwest airlines passengers at sfo reacting to this, the southwest jet that blew an engine in mid-air over pennsylvania, which smashed a window, and lead to the death of a passenger who was partially sucked out that window.soti feel terrible for the family, it's a tragedy now investigators with the national transportation safety board will be looking into the cause sota manufacting defect could potentially be more widespread in its effect christopher hart is former chairman of the national transportation safety board. he says if investigators find there were defects in the metal from which the engine was made that is a big problem sot christopher hart/former ntsb chairman 47-56if that's the case they are going to look at other engines that were made from the same metal and search for the possibility that ot

kron 4's dan kerman has more.puties arrested one of their own, deputy patrick morseman for allegedly having sex with two female inmates at the west county detention facility. at the time the sheriff's office said while unlawful, "the sexual activity (was) with a consenting adult". not so says one of the inmate's attorneyssot neama rahmani/inmate's attorney 19-26 absolutely not this was rape by force and threat of additional jail time.in fact attorney neama rahmani says despite their claims of consensual sex, the sheriff's department knows it wasn'tsot my understanding of internal sheriff's department documents contain evidence that support multiple charges of rape by color of authority and oral copulation with threats by a public officialsthe sheriff's office had also indicated money was placed into inmates jail accounts. rahmani says it was a payoffit was hush money. after sexually assaulting the victims the deputy said what do i need to do to get you to shut up and he put $300 in one of the victim's inmate accou

kron 4 's dan kerman has the story. 68 year old vicente benevides has spent 24 years on death row atprison, a free man.sot michael hersek / habeas corpus resource center 10-18of course we are elated for mr benevides, we think that was the right decision, we think that was the only decisionhis freedom comes after the state supreme court ruled his 1993 conviction for the sexual assault and murder of his girlfriend's 21 month old daughter was based on false evidence. soteveryone agrees now there was no sexual assault michael hersek is with the habeas corpus resource center which represented benevides. he says when medical experts re-reviewed all the evidence, from all the hospitals the child was taken to, they concluded injuries originally attributed to sexual assault, were due to medical procedures used to try and save her life. sotthis is another example of another significant error made at the trial that could have resulted in the execution of an innocent man.now the district attorney in kern county has chosen not to retry beenvides meaning his life on death row will come to end, but

dan kerman kron 4 news. (robin) target is one of a handful of stores that will soon do away with signing reciepts to complete transactions. by the end of the month, all of the big credit card companies, such as american express, mastercard and discover plan will not require stores to get an autograph. a spokesperson with the merchant advisory group says signatures are obsolete, pointing to the benefits of chips as a better way to protect consumers. <"that's kinda crazy i think there should be a signature that goes along with anything that's relatively important when it comes with identity theft.""the chips are supposed to be replacing that, if it's like an equivalent type of safety i feel like that would be ok... it would be quicker.">(robin) opting out of signatures will be an option ... some stores may still require signatures. (robin) coming up on the kron 4 morning news ... a desperate search underway for a family of four ... believed to be traveling to the bay area. where their vehicle was last spotted.

are not behind the wheel. ( steve) kron 4's dan kerman is live tonight at chp headquarters in san francisco with more.. dan? that smoky haze over hippie hill is legal now but it remains against the law for drivers or passengers to smoke pot in a vehicle, or to get behind the wheel if you are under the influence of cannabis. sot officer robert rueca/san francisco police 12-16we will be monitoring the traffic and looking for people who are impaired.at golden gate park san francisco police say they will be conducting dui saturation patrols across the city in the meantime, the california highway patrol has deployed extra officers on the freeways friday looking for signs of those who shouldn't be behind the wheelsot officer vu williams/chp 37-44unable to drive in a straight line and maintain speed, making those unsafe lane changes.the chp says they've noticed a change in dui arrests since recreational cannabis use became legal january firstsoti would say there have definitely been more arrests for just drugs, mostly cannabis, and we are also seeing an increase in drugs and alcohol, and (steve) n

kron 4's dan kerman joins us with details. at san francisco's buena vista horace mann school, administrators say more than 60 students are living without safe or stable housing.sot claudia delarios moran/vice principal, bvhm school 08-18 principal, bvhm moran/vice delarios sot claudia housing. or stable without safe are living 60 students say more than administrators school, horace mann buena vista francisco's at san at san francisco's buena vista horace mann school, administrators say more than 60 students are living without safe or stable housing.sot claudia delarios moran/vice principal, bvhm school 08-18 they are actively homeless or they are bouncing around from one to place another, living 4 or 5 people to a room, living in unstable situations they would like to leave but where there is no where else for them to go.vice principal claudia delarios moran says it's taking a toll on these students academic progress, so now they are looking at a first of its kind alternative. using the school's gymnasiums as a transitional ov

kron 4's dan kerman is live at police headquarters with details shell casings littered the sidewalk along the 2400 block of 24th avenue friday afternoon oakland police say about 230 a 17 year old boy was shot. neighbors say they heard as many has 10 rounds. sot officer felicia aisthorpe/oakland police 14-19 at this point we do know the suspect was walking down the street when he was struck by gunfire.what police don't yet know was whether the shooter or shooters were also on foot or inside a vehicle. while crime scene technicians combed the scene for evidence neighbors were prevented from going to there homes. sot rashedah muhammad/neighbor 32-42it's shocking but i am not surprised. is the neighborhood relatively safe? relatively safe. since i have been here i think the police have come three times. and that's in 6 years ? yes sir. still other residents who preferred not to go on camera say there are some homes on the block that are known for drugs and guns and are a big concern. police are now searching for the person or persons responsible. 101/persons responsible (vicki) kron4 first to

(steve) and kron-4's dan kerman talked with passengers at s=f=o about the fatal explosion. that's where we find him live tonight...dan what did they tell you. sotit's pretty frightening. it's what nightmares are made ofsotwe're supposed to be safe in the air, the safest way to travel and then something like this happens, it's horrific southwest airlines passengers at sfo reacting to this, the southwest jet that blew an engine in mid-air over pennsylvania, which smashed a window, and lead to the death of a passenger who was partially sucked out that window.soti mean i am wondering what caused it that's what investigators with the national transportation safety board will be looking intosot christopher hart/former ntsb chairman 28-37the ntsb will always want to know what caused an accident but there is an added urgency here because of the possibility there is a manufacturing problem here.christopher hart is former chairman of the national transportation safety board. he says if the ntsb determines there were defects in the metal from which the engine was made, that's a big pro

kron4's dan kerman joins us live. a 61-year-old woman died tuesday of injuries she suffered during a violent attempted robbery last friday in alameda, police said today. officers responded to a report of a fight in front of a restaurant at 1919 webster st. around 11 p.m. friday and found a 28-year-old man and the 61-year-old woman suffering from head injuries. both victims were transported to a hospital, where the man was treated and released. the woman, however, suffered serious traumatic injuries and did not survive, according to police. alameda police said they've devoted every available resource to pursuing leads and collecting evidence in the case, but so far no arrests have been made. (grant) another big story we are following tonight... the 9-year-old girl who died after a violent hit-and-run crash in oakland has been identified. zayda monge was riding in a toyota corolla on tuesday night when and infinity s-u-v plowed into it. it happened on 35th avenue near paxton avenue in the fruitvale section of the city.

kron 4's dan kerman has that part of the story from the c-h-p headquarters in san francisco. ((grant)) ((grant)) ((grant))there are several dui checkpoints across the bay area.and for the first time ever...triple a's free tipsy tow service is available on 4- 20.((sidebar + vo))tow trucks are providing people with a free ride home and a vehicle tow... up to ten miles.the offer stands from from 4-20 this afternoon... to 4-20 am saturday morning....so if you're high as a kite, wathcing the news, wondering how to get you and your car home...here you go.a standard towing rate will apply to any longer distance beyond 10 miles. you don't have to be a triple a member. simply call 1-800-aaa-help and say you need a tipsy tow. (vicki) our coverage of 420 celebrations on hippie hill... continues online at kron4 dot com...there you can find details on how the big pot holiday began in the bay area... and who started it... as well as video of the celebration... and coming up at 9:45... stanley roberts was out on hippie hill... doing what he does best.... but he shows us a different side...i

kron 4's dan kerman is at chp headquarters in san francisco with more.. that smoky haze over hippie hill is legal now but it remains against the law for drivers or passengers to smoke pot in a vehicle, or to get behind the wheel if you are under the influence of cannabis. sot officer robert rueca/san francisco police 12-16we will be monitoring the traffic and looking for people who are impaired.at golden gate park san francisco police say they will be conducting dui saturation patrols across the city in the meantime, the california highway patrol has deployed extra officers on the freeways friday looking for signs of those who shouldn't be behind the wheelsot officer vu williams/chp 37-44unable to drive in a straight line and maintain speed, making those unsafe lane changes.the chp says they've noticed a change in dui arrests since recreational cannabis use became legal january firstsoti would say there have definitely been more arrests for just drugs, mostly cannabis, and we are also seeing an increase in drugs and alcohol, and there's no doubt about it,

kron 4's dan kerman explains... how this could help students and their families.t san francisco's buena vista horace mann school, administrators say more than 60 students are living without safe or stable housing.sot claudia delarios moran/vice principal, bvhm school 08-18 they are actively homeless or they are bouncing around from one to place another, living 4 or 5 people to a room, living in unstable situations they would like to leave but where there is no where else for them to go.vice principal claudia delarios moran says it's taking a toll on these students academic progress, so now they are looking at a first of its kind alternative. using the school's gymnasiums as a transitional overnight shelter for 20 of these students and their familiessot we can supply a warm dry space for our students that they don't currently have and therefore i think it's imperative for us to do so. under the proposal the city would hire an outside agency to run the so-called "stay over" program and provide services to help the families find permanent housing. soti think it's som

kron 4's dan kerman is live at sfo with more despite clear sunny skies at sfo monday, southwest airlines was piling up with delayssot i'm going to las vegas nevada and as of now my delay is about 30 minutesthree southwest flights were cancelled and more than 2 dozen flights were delayed at sfo monday southwest says while not all nationwide delays are related to its examination of engine fan blades, "the majority can be attributed to the inspections."sotthat's actually a good idea even if it does delay it.southwest is inspecting cfm engine fan blades on its entire fleet of 737 -700's and 800's following last tuesday's mid-air engine failure that lead to the death of a passenger. those flying southwest monday say the inspections are an acceptable reason for a delay.soti guess that is a pretty good idea that they inspect the engine prior to you boardingsoti think they are looking out for us by doing thatsoti'd rather be delayed than have an accidentsouthwest plans to have those inspections complete within 30 days of last tuesday's fatal engine failure and also hopes to keep delays and cance

kron-4's dan kerman joins us live from emeryville with more on the threat .... and where those threats came from. dan? no school monday at eccl which houses students attending elementary school middle school and high school in emeryville the decision to close came sunday after a threat came in by email.sot capt. oliver collins/emeryvi lle police 12-20it was an email that went to a district employee last night saying that there were threats of shooting at the school today parents received their first round on robo calls sunday night and another monday morning informing them of the decision to close the school. sot samantha gans/parent 28-36 yes it worries me, i mean what is going to happen when they are there are school and this happens, what if somebody is able to get in the schoolby monday morning emeryville police determined eccl was not the only school district to receive this threat there were others in the bay area sot not just bay area but across the state and across the nation emeryville police say "this threat is a hoax generated out of a dare within an o

kron 4's dan kerman explains...he proposal calls for turning the school gym into a transitional overnight shelter .. for students and their families. at san francisco's buena vista horace mann school, administrators say more than 60 students are living without safe or stable housing.sot claudia delarios moran/vice principal, bvhm school 08-18 they are actively homeless or they are bouncing around from one to place another, living 4 or 5 people to a room, living in unstable situations they would like to leave but where there is no where else for them to go.vice principal claudia delarios moran says it's taking a toll on these students academic progress, so now they are looking at a first of its kind alternative. using the school's gymnasiums as a transitional overnight shelter for 20 of these students and their familiessot we can supply a warm dry space for our students that they don't currently have and therefore i think it's imperative for us to do so. under the proposal the city would hire an outside agency to run

kron4's dan kerman is live in concord...dan -- it's been two days since the fire started -- why is takingto make this area safe? two days after fire raced through a concord construction site where contractors were 60% of the way towards completing a 240 unit residential complex known as renaissance 2 , smoke was still coming from the ashes. crews spent much of the day demolishing part of the construction site to make the area safe so those evacuees who live next door in renaissance 1 could return home but by the end of the day authorities announced that wasn't going to happensot steve hill/contra costa county fire 30-39there's still a risk of collapse that could effect those units and secondarily the county health department has identified health issues related to the air quality in renaissance 1.rennaisance one's managemetn company is now working with a remediation firm to air out the building so the air quality will improve.. in the meantime, for the first time since the fire broke out contra costa count fire and atf investigators were finally able to start looking through charred build