helping superheroes fly. >> we are joined this morning by officers from the alameda police departmentank you for being here. >> thank you for having us. >> you're looking for a few good men and women to become police officers. what are some of the perks of becoming a police officer in your city? >> some of the perks are generous pay. our starting salary. >> that's good. >> just over $100,000. upwards of $123,000 for laterals. >> and lateral, to explain, an officer from another department. >> from another department. >> yeah. entry level is someone who has never been to the police academy. an academy grad has put themselves through the academy. just to market themselves. >> so you're looking for how many positions to fill. >> there is no set number. we have some -- we have openings now and we have some foreseeable openings in the future. >> a little attrition. >> yes. >> i wanted to ask you the toughest question that i have for you. with a lot of the unfortunate bad news we have about police officers, maybe a rogue officer here and there that seems to get the headlines, have you seen f

you're looking at a license plate reader the alameda police department already has mounted on one of w he hopes the city council will approve the installation of 13 more cameras, but this time on fixed points - one pointing at each lane heading into or out of alameda on the four bridges and the two tunnels."instead of them looking for a needle in the haystack, this system says, 'hey, the needle just came over the bridge. the needle was just photographed at this street or at this intersection two minutes ago." license plate readers, or l-p- r's, aren't new.most bay area cities have them in some capacity.rolleri hopes new, mounted readers will catch way more cars connected to crimes, than the car-mounted ones.keep in mind, áthose can only find a car if an officer happens to drive by it."we've heard from other agencies that have installed the cameras - the fixed-post cameras - they've had significant decreases in their property crimes." piedmont is one example, and this man used to live there. "personally i just don't like the idea of giving up privacy. it's just a constant encroachment

you're looking at a license plate reader the alameda police department already has mounted on one of different patrol cars.monday police chief paul rolleri shared how he hopes the city council will approve the installation of 13 more cameras, but this time on fixed points - one pointing at each lane heading into or out of alameda on the four bridges and the two tunnels."instead of them looking for a needle in the haystack, this system says, 'hey, the needle just came over the bridge. the needle was just photographed at this street or at this intersection two minutes ago." license plate readers, or l-p- r's, aren't new.most bay area cities have them in some capacity.rolleri hopes new, mounted readers will catch way more cars connected to crimes, than the car-mounted ones.keep in mind, áthose can only find a car if an officer happens to drive by it."we've heard from other agencies that have installed the cameras - the fixed-post cameras - they've had significant decreases in their property crimes." piedmont is one example, and this man used to live there. "personally i just don't like

ray kelly/alameda county police department: "yes! ery realistic">nats/garage door, reveal swat tankthe alameda county sheriff's office is gearing up to take part in regional law enforcement effort, a task force aimed at deterring sideshows...sgt. ray kelly of the alameda county sheriff's officesotand a more potentially dangerous problem for participants and policesotsgt. kelly says multiplying the police force at these events will result in more vehicles being impounded and more arrestssot

. >>> alameda police were at lincoln middle school after students and parents reported a threat. turns out the threat was for a school in tacoma washington. >> reporter: alameda police officer spent the morning at lincoln middle school. >> a video where there was a threat to shoot up the school. >> reporter: while the school was not placed on lock down, some parents picked up her students fearing the worse. >> you think it is a joke, you see comments. >> reporter: the threats spread rapidly. initially alameda police investigators could not find the video. >> we have zero evidence this was going to >> reporter: tacoma washingtonto related to a threat at lincoln high school in washington. the lincoln middle-schooler who posted the video did not do anything criminal. no known threats related to alameda or schools parents were notified by the incident by phone and by e-mail. >> florida's governor has launched an investigation on how law enforcement responded to the shooting on valentine's day. 73 governors have called on rick scott to israel. >> the president told american governors

. >>> alameda police were at lincoln middle school after students and parents reported a threat.urns out the threat was for a school in tacoma washington. >> reporter: alameda police officer spent the morning at lincoln middle school. >> a video where there was a threat to shoot up the school. >> reporter: while the school was not placed on lock down, some parents picked up her students fearing the worse. >> you think it is a joke, you see comments. >> reporter: the threats spread rapidly. initially alameda police investigators could not find the video. >> we have zero evidence this was going to happen. >> reporter: tacoma washington related to a threat at lincoln high school in washington. the lincoln middle-schooler who posted the video did not do anything criminal. no known threats related to alameda or schools parents were notified by the incident by phone and by e-mail. >> florida's governor has launched an investigation on how law enforcement responded to the shooting on valentine's day. 73 governors have called on rick scott to suspend sheriff scott israel. >> the presiden

investigators say tacoma police arrested a juvenile boy in connection to making the threat...in alameda haaziq madyun kron4news (vicki)"students chanting" students in palo alto gathered today to call for national gun law reform. the protest happened this morning across the street from gunn high school. about 150 students participated before class today. students say they wanted to teach the n-r-a and lawmakers a lesson... saying it's time for gun control, and arming teachers is not the answer. "absolutely not especially guns in schools i think having more guns at school.. make things worse"(vicki) things worse"(vicki) many students say they plan on participating in the nationwide protest "march for our lives". that is happeneing on satuday, march 24th. (grant) national news: the students at stoneman douglas high school are preparing to return to school later this week. but questions are looming tonight...over signs missed before the shooting, and the response during it. kristen holmes reports. as students and teachers are preparing to re-enter stoneman douglas high school wednesday, dem

ray kelly/alameda county police department: "yes! very realistic. the committment is there from the police chiefs in this region, from the sheriff in our county and the commitment is there to get a handle on this. we realize that it is a regional public safety problem and it is a problem waiting to happen in any city between here and san jose, so all the chiefs and the sheriff know that problem could land at your nearest off- ramp and that is what we are trying to avoid">at the alameda county sheriff's office in dublin, haaziq madyun kron4news another big story we are following tonight... the house has passed a stopgap bill to prevent a government shutdown thursday night...although it still faces changes in the senate. but earlier today the president raised eyebrows by saying he'd 'welcome' a shutdown -- if democrats refuse to back his proposed changes to u.s. immigration law... catherine heenan is here with the story.. (catherine) with no guarantee that the house agreement will stand.....and the clock ticking down to another shutdown

alameda police say the message was traced to washington state...ool in tacoma. tacoma police arrested a boy up there for making the threat. here's what happened in alameda. ( darya ) some parents we talked to were upset that it took the school a few hours to get the robo calls and emails going. but the district defended the response -- saying it wanted to release accurate information. ( james ) in the north bay... a young boy is rescued after falling down a ravine. it happened sunday at mount tamalpais state park. officials say the 4-year-old boy fell 30- feet into a creek. the marin fire department helped get the boy to safety. he was taken to children's hospital oakland... where he is recovering. ( james ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news... she starred in "clueless" and now she's trying to mak

(pam) tonight a battle in the east bay: the alameda police department wants to put the cameras in areas coming in and out of alameda... hoping they will help tackle property crimes on the island. (steve) the cost to mount and install 13 new camera would be about half a million dollars.kron 4's j.r. stone is following this story and joins us live tonight. j.r. what are the conerns out there? (grant) the bay area air quality management district has cited a richmond scrap metal facility in connection with last weeks enourmous fire that prompted a big shelter in place. kron 4's dan kerman tells us this is not the first time the company has violated air district regulations. pkgit was last tuesday when fire broke out at this richmond metal recycling plant, sending toxic smoke into the air and forcing road closures, evacuations and residents to shelter in place. sotwe have issued two notices of violation to sims metal in richmondthe bay area air quality management district has cited the company for a public nuisance violation and for the fire itself.sot tom flannigan/bay area air quality mana

the alameda police department wants to put the cameras on areas coming in and out of alameda. in the hopes it can help tackle property crime. the cost to mount and install 13 new camera would be about half a million dollars. we will track this story and bring you the result later tonight (pam) san jose saw two homicides overnight ... just about a mile away from each other.(steve) and in one of the cases police are still looking for a shooter. here's a look at where these two incidents happened. one shooting happened on east alma avenue and south first street in san jose... the other on the 300 block of keyes street. both just within hours.(pam) police say, when they arrived at the east alma location ... they found a man and woman dead. both had at least one gunshot wound. investigators now say, it was a murder- suicide. in the other incident.. on keyes street ... police found a man shot... he died at the scene. tonight, police are still looking for whoever is behind that deadly shooting. coming up at eight.. california girls scouts taking advantage of new pot laws... and selli

you're looking at a license plate reader the alameda police department already has mounted on one of four different patrol cars.monday police chief paul rolleri shared how he hopes the city council will approve the installation of 13 more cameras, but this time on fixed points - one pointing at each lane heading into or out of alameda on the four bridges and the two tunnels."instead of them looking for a needle in the haystack, this system says, 'hey, the needle just came over the bridge. the needle was just photographed at this street or at this intersection two minutes ago." license plate readers, or l-p- r's, aren't new.most bay area cities have them in some capacity.rolleri hopes new, mounted readers will catch way more cars connected to crimes, than the car-mounted ones.keep in mind, áthose can only find a car if an officer happens to drive by it."we've heard from other agencies that have installed the cameras - the fixed-post cameras - they've had significant decreases in their property crimes." piedmont is one example, and this man used to live there. "personally i just don't l

alameda's police chief wants funding for 13 more of the cameras to cover all the routes into and out of the island city. cameras, to catc >> anything that they need in order to empower them to do their job to keep the citizens safe, i think we should give it a shot. >> but there are critics who fear federal immigration officials could use these cameras to catch undocumented immigrants, but alameda police say the cameras would only focus on license plates, not the drivers and immigration agents would not have access to the information. >>> come july 1st you won't be able to buy cds from best buy stores. the company is clearing shelves after seeing a sharp decline of cd sales. cd shipments now only make 16% of music sales as consumers ditch compact discs for music streaming services. best buy isn't the only big box store turning away from cds. target wants to pass the risk of selling cds to suppliers and only pay for them if the discs actually sell in the stores. >>> and for the philadelphia eagles, the long drought is over. >> yeah, the eagles and their fans including paul deanno are

this is an alameda police car outfitted with license plate- reading cameras. this car and three others like it aren't being used all the time, so now the department wants to add 13 more cameras on poles around alameda's borders to alert officers about suspects' cars coming or going and put a dent in property crime, including car burglaries. >> instead of them looking for a needle in the hay stack, they say the needle just came over the bridge, photographed at this street or this intersection two minutes ago. >> reporter: by automatically capturing the license plates of all cars they see, the technology flags police if a car is stolen or wanted for a crime. police can also go back later to see if a vehicle was near a crime scene. >> it just automates a very sort of tedious, random, luck of the draw lottery ticket find by a patrol officer. >> reporter: they want to add them at the webster and posey tubes and several other spots. in piedmont license plate readers were installed in police cars and at street corners in 2013. since then property crime has dropped by

investigators say tacoma police arrested a juvenile boy in connection to making the threat...in alamedaaaziq madyun kron4news (vicki) president trump and first lady melania visited maddy and her family in her hospital room after the attack. fighting back tears - maddy wilford - a student who was shot multiple times in the florida school massacre, spoke at a news conference at broward health north medical center earlier today. the 17-year old says she was encouraged by the positive messages being sent to her through social media. "i'd just like to say that i'm so grateful to be here, and it wouldn't be possible without those officers and first responders and these amazing doctors, especially all of the love that everyone has sent." (vicki) neither maddy nor her parents addressed the photo, but her mother told reporters she was "grateful to the president who came." (grant) oakland mayor libby schaaf's decision to warn bay area residents saturday about the ápossibility of an immigration sweep has led to a mix of support and multiple threats. one supporter said...'keep it up mayor schaaf'..

alameda police say could help cut down on the number of christ taking place in the city but opponents worried about privacy issues. alex is joining us live from alameda.>>reporter: alameda police say these license plate readers can be an important crime-fighting tool however a lot of privacy advocates are worried about how the information that is collected might be shared. the proposal being discussed is to install these cameras which are the only scan license plates. they would not be taking pictures of people inside the cars according to authorities. the plaintiffs put them at entry points to the island and there aren't that many ways to get on and off the island of almeda. one of the spots would be at the webster street tube. and the various bridges that lead to almeda. the city council here is expected to vote tomorrow night on whether to spend a half- million dollars to buy 13 of these license plate readers. the city's police department is pushing this particular strategy as a way to combat a recent surge in car break-ins and property crimes. the plate readers would create a reco

>> the license plate information would be store ford some time but alameda police chief says they wouldn't look through everyone's information. they would be alerted in a suspicious vehicle came into or leftite land. if you drive into or out of alameda, your vehicle's license late could be photographed by something like this. >> cameras will be mount owned poles or posts at various places around the island. >> the system is about half million dollars. the police chief wants license plate readers on the bridges to help police find stolen vehicles. instead of looking for the needle in the hay stack, you can say, hey, the needle just came over the bridge. >> there will be license plate information to immigration agents. after all, immigration and customs enforcement recently collected plates for dwrat data. >> i.c.e. could use it for a different purpose. >> alameda police strongly denies that. >> we do not share the reader data base with i.c.e. it has been turned off. >> the chief says plate readers don't give them any personal identifying information. >> it doesn't tell me that car belongs t

alameda police chief making his case for the license plate cameras. residents concerned with their privacy and if data from the readers could be used to help i.c.e. agents track down undocumented immigrants. hoping he gets the 13 fixed license plate readers that it will help deter crime and catch more suspects. others worried about being surveilled. >> for people who are concerned about racial profiling, this system doesn't do that. it doesn't tell us anything about who is in the car. >> i trust the chief. believe h doesn't want to share this data with i.c.e. >> if someone gets a hold of my data, they can track my movements for six months in and out of the city. i don't want to live in a city where everyone who comes in and out is a suspect. >> reporter: chief assures the community that he has no information in providing any fog to i.c.e. only if they are looking into something as a criminal investigation. as i said, public comments still going on. as soon as we are done here, we are going it head back up into chambers and bring you the latest. live i

a month later he mailed an almost identical device to the home of the alameda police officer. when it exploded his wife suffered hearing loss and minor burns. the police officer had interviewed laverty as part of a drug investigation. >>> we have more information about the modesto couple charged with the stabbing content of a judge woman. the couple is expecting a baby. 19-year-old daniel gross and his fiancie alyssa leonardo were back in court and did not enter a plea to charges of murder for the stabbing death of their friend lizette cuesta. leonardo's lawyer doesn't want to address specifics until he gets evidence from the district attorney. >> she's scared and frightened. this is a terrible situation for her. she's not someone who is an ongoing -- she doesn't interact with the criminal justice system on a regular basis. this is new to her. >> reporter: sources are telling ktvu that the suspect, daniel gross admitted he stabbed the victim more than two dozen times in the head, back, and neck. he says he acted in self- defense. and he has a 10-month-old baby with another woma

it's really terrorfying with everything happening recently in florida, it's very unnerving" >alameda policestigators are continuing their search for the student who wrote the threat. alameda unified school district officials say a student can be suspended and arrested if caught writting a threat like this at school...in alameda haaziq madyun kron4news (pam) new at 6 tonight. a filing by the company in charge of concessions at levi's stadium indicates ... 759 employees of "centerplate" will no longer have jobs with the company. however -- it is possible those former centerplate employees will find jobs with whatever company is selected to be the next food and beverage provider at the stadium. the 49ers stadium management company and the santa clara stadium authority ... issued a joint statement, saying in part: "... all employees that were notified about centerplate ceasing to operate at levi's stadium .... will be retained by the new concessionaire, proposed to be levy. retaining such employees was... ... a requirement of the bidding process... and a requirement under the city of santa clar

department and the police went over and investigated"> alameda investigated"> alameda police investigators are continuing their search for the student who wrote the threat. a student can be suspended... and arrested if caught writting a threat like this at school. (pam) ice agents have made as many as 150 -arrests throughout northern california ... during their latest immigration sweeps. the locations of the arrests are not clear. we learned that ice agents were conducting operations throughout the bay area over the weekend. kron 4's ella sogomonian spoke with an immigration attorney .. she is here in the studio with more. ella how long can we expect these raids to go on? this isn't the end of it ice this isn't the end of it ice reports there are nearly 900 more people in the bay area lone they are going after two of which are believed to be living in oakland. immigration and customs enforcement agents are targeting the bay area's undocumented immigrants their representatives say have a criminal history.more than 150 people were arrested throughout northern california including baypoint, s

alameda police officer.rdon was formally charged with mailing a foot- long explosive device that injured an east palo alto man in october. a month later he mailed an identical device to the home of the alameda police officer. that officer was at work. his wife opened the package. she suffered hearing loss and minor burns when it exploded. the officer had interviewed him in 2013. as part of a drug and burglary investigation.>>> peter till is leaving the bay area for los angeles. he cofounded paypal. he is frustrated with what he sees as the intolerance of conservatism and detect injured -- industry. he is considering the possibility of resigning from the facebook board of directors. he is relocating his home and personal firm to los angeles from san francisco.>>> stocks rose for the fifth session and a rope. dow jones up 306. nest that gained 112. s&p 500 added 32. cisco -- 5% on strong quarterly earnings. the markets have recovered half of their losses now from those steep declines that began two weeks ago.

and then he mailed another device to the home of an alameda police officer.e opened it and suffered hearing loss and minor burns when it exploded. the officer interviewed laverty in 2013 and was part of a drug and burglary investigation. >>> in the meantime, police in walnut creek released photos of a man who exposed himself and committed a lewd act on a bus. the man boarded a free trolley in the downtown area of walnut creek. and allegedly exposed himself to a woman and made a crude gesture. the woman alerted the bus driver and when they arrived at the bus station, the man got away. authorities describe him as between 35 and 45 years old, about 5'11", and clean shaven. >>> three paint companies lost an appeal to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in california. that decision by the state supreme court leaves in place an earlier ruling that he would sherwin-williams, conagra, and another company liable. it stems from a lawsuit filed by santa clara county. the companies are trying to gather signatures to overturn the ruling and have the state pick up the clea

it's really terrorfying with everything happening recently in florida, it's very unnerving" >alameda policeestigators are continuing their search for the student who wrote the threat. alameda unified school district officials say a student can be suspended and arrested if caught writting a threat like this at school...in alameda haaziq madyun kron4news (grant) in national news tonight... a former neighbor who watched nikolas cruz grow up... says she knew he was going to shoot up a school some day. joelle guarino says cruz displayed disturbing behavior... starting at a young age. she claims he hit her children with toys and threw rocks at them. guarino also says sharp objects and shot animals like squirrels and birds with a b-b gun. she was so scared of cruz, she says she eventually told her kids to stay away from him. <> "what is going through your mind?"joelle guario/former neighbor"that he was pure evil. that i had to keep my kids away from him enough where i was actually going to move when he turned 18. i did not want to live down the street from him knowing he was going to own a gun. i

alameda police chief making his case for the license plate cameras. residents concerned with their privacy and if data from the readers could be used to help i.c.e. agents track down undocumented immigrants. hoping he gets the 13 fixed license plate readers that it will help deter crime and catch more suspects. others worried about being surveilled. >> for people who are concerned about racial profiling, this system doesn't do that. it doesn't tell us anything about who is in the car. >> i trust the chief. i believe him when he says he doesn't want to share this data with i.c.e. >> if someone gets a hold of my data, they can track my movements for six months in and out of the city. i don't want to live in a city where everyone who comes in and out is a suspect. >> reporter: chief assures the community that he has no information in providing any fog to i.c.e. only if they are looking into something as a criminal investigation. as i said, public comments still going on. as soon as we are done here, we are going it head back up into chambers and bring yo

you're looking at a license plate reader the alameda police department already has mounted on one of four different patrol cars.monday police chief paul rolleri shared how he hopes the city council will approve the installation of 13 more cameras, but this time on fixed points - one pointing at each lane heading into or out of alameda on the four bridges and the two tunnels."instead of them looking for a needle in the haystack, this system says, 'hey, the needle just came over the bridge. the needle was just photographed at this street or at this intersection two minutes ago." license plate readers, or l-p- r's, aren't new.most bay area cities have them in some capacity.rolleri hopes new, mounted readers will catch way more cars connected to crimes, than the car-mounted ones.keep in mind, áthose can only find a car if an officer happens to drive by it."we've heard from other agencies that have installed the cameras - the fixed-post cameras - they've had significant decreases in their property crimes." piedmont is one example, and this man used to live there. "personally i just don't l

tacoma police arrested a boy up there for making the threat. here's what happened in alameda. lt. hoshmand durani/alameda police department: "...and we had officers respond to the school, we interviewed a lot of the kids and the school staff, as a precautionary measure we had a few officers stay at the school to make sure the kids feel safe"(grant) some parents we talked to were upset that the school took a fe hours to get the rono call and emails going...telling parents what's going on. the district defended the response...noting that it asks for patience ng that it asks for patience because it wants to release áaccurate information. ((steve)) a tree trimmer is dead..after he was electrocuted by power lines in the south bay.((map))it happened this afternoon just after 1-30 on page mill road in san jose.neighbors initially called 9-1-1 to say it the tree trimmer appeared to be stuck and could not get down.when fire crews arrived..they realized the man had been continously electrocuted..when he cut a branch that hit a power line. authorities are still working to figure out the exac

alameda police say the post originated from an account holder in seattle, washington. tacoma, washington police department confirmed the post was related to a threat at lincoln high school in tacoma, washington in which police had already made arrests. alameda police say that the student who posted about seeing the video did not do anything criminal. still as of this morning, some parents weren't taking any chances. >> just in case, i feel safer knowing my daughter is with me. >> we take all threats t student safety extremely serious. >> reporter: they consider it closed and there no known threats to alameda or its schools. parents today were notified about this incident by phone and by e-mail. live in alameda, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> thank very much. >>> if you live near travis air force base, don't be alarmed by the explosive noises you'll hear this week. it's just a drill. base personnel are taking part in training exercises, some include simulated explosions and loud announcements from the base emergency notification system, known as "the giant voice". >>> p

this is an alameda police car outfitted with license plate reading cameras.s car in three other cars like it or not be used all the time. so now they want to add 13 more cameras to alert officers about people coming and going and put a dent in property crimes including the car burglaries.>> this system says the needle just came over the bridge instead of looking for a needle in a haystack. this was photographed two minutes ago. our by automatically capturing the license plate of everything that they see, it will flag police and the car is stolen or wanted for crime. police can also go back later and see if the vehicle was near a crime scene.>> it automates a very tedious luck of the draw situation. >> reporter: they want to put them on several spots near the oakland airport. in piedmont, license plate readers were installed in 2013, and since then property crime has dropped by 41%. >> we have a responsibility to leverage technology and not to leverage this technology, it would be quite frankly ashamed. >> reporter: the cameras do not take pictures of drivers

alameda. new at 6:00. how much is too much? at issue was the policea should scan everyone coming on to the island. is that too much information on too many people? anoushah? >> the license plate information would be store ford some time but alameda police chief says they wouldn't look through everyone's information. they would be alerted in a suspicious vehicle came into or leftite land. if you drive into or out of alameda, your vehicle's license late could be photographed by something like this. >> cameras will be mount owned poles or posts at various places around the island. >> the system is about half million dollars. the police chief wants license plate readers on the bridges to help police find stolen vehicles. instead of looking for the needle in the hay stack, you can say, hey, the needle just came over

a month later authority say he mailed a nearly identical device to the home of a alameda police officer. the officer was at work at the time. his wife opened the package suffering hearing loss and minor burns when it exploded. the officer interviewed him in 2013 as part of a drug and burglary investigation. >>> the modesto couple charged with murder for the stabbing death a young woman left to die on a rural road east of livermore was back in court this morning. as ktvu's henry lee found out, they are expecting a baby together and facing murder charges together. >> reporter: daniel gross and his fiancee melissa leonardo did not enter a plea to charges of murder. authorities say they are equally responsible in the stabbing death of their friend, 19-year-old lizette cuesta and leaving her for dead along tesla road. motorists found cuesta crawling on her stomach. before she died she identified the couple as her killers. sources tell ktvu that gross admitted to stabbing cuesta more than 2 dozen times in the head, back and neck. in a jailhouse interview, gross told me he acted in self- defen

alameda's police chief wants funding for 13 more cameras. some critics fear that federal immigration units could use those cameras to catch undocumented immigrants. >>> san jose police giving an update on two homicide investigations, the city's fourth and fifth homicide of the year happened overnight. first, a man and a woman were found dead of gunshot wounds at denny's restaurant. it happened around 11:00 at south first street and east alma avenue. police are treating this as a domestic related murder suicide. and just a half mile away, a man was shot and killed near a car wash on keys and south 9th street overnight. the area just encouraging people to come forward. >>> free speech came with a multimillion dollar price tag for uc berkeley, the university revealing it spent $4 million on extra security over a 30 day period last year and that includes 2.8 million for the canceled free speech week. the university paid to bring in extra officers including from the chp, the cost included room, board and overtime. >>> amid tensions with north kore

the alameda police chief is hoping to get approval ... readers at every entrance and exit point to the island. thank you for joining us i'm pam moore. (steve) it's something he thinks will drastically reduce the amount of property crimes, which have gone up in the last year. but not everyone in town loves the idea.(pam) kron four's spencer blake reports from police headquarters. spencer, what is the main complaint against these plate readers? it comes down to privacy.some people worry the police will be able to have constant surveillance of everyone...but the chief says,

and then he mailed an almost identical device to the home of an alameda police officer. the officer was at work and his wife opened it. she suffered hearing loss and minor burns. the officer has interviewed him in 2013 as part of a drug and burglary investigation. >>> what we're finding out more about the couple from modesto charged with the stabbing death of a young woman outside of livermore. we're finding the couple is expecting a baby. daniel gross and alyssa leonardo were back in court and did not enter a plea in the stabbing death of their friend lizette cuesta. the attorney does not want to address the specifics of the case until he gets evidence from the district attorney. >> she's scared and frightened. this is a terrible situation for her. she is not someone who is an ongoing -- she doesn't interact with the criminal justice system on a regular basis. this is new to her. >> reporter: sources tell ktvu that the suspect admitted to stabbing the victim more than two dozen times in the head, back, and neck. he says he acted in self- defense. and he has a 10-month-o

. >> reporter: those investigations are done by the oakland police department, alameda county district attorney's office and bart police department. those are three ongoing investigations. now, the interesting thing that we were talking about was yesterday, frank, if we can come back out here live on camera, two weeks and one day after the shooting, officer mateu was cleared and is back working. we talked about this yesterday. i asked the chief that question. he said that's longer than many departments -- some people have their people back on the streets within three days after a justifiable shooting. the question once again is, with it being under

alameda police are trying to figure out who wrote the threat. ( james ) new this morning...this decision is in response to the school massacre in florida. kron 4's lydia pantazes joins us live from pleasant hill this morning. lydia. a spokesperson for dicks sporting good made the announcement this morning.they will no longer sell high capacity magazines or assault style rifles at any of their stores. they will not sell any gun to anyone under 21 dick's sporting goods stopped selling assault weapons in their stores after the newtown, connecticut school shooting in 2012, but the company was still selling them at its field & stream locations, which specialize in hunting and outdoors products. the closest one to the bay area is in oregon.the company spokesman and ceo edward stack acknowledged the parkland school shooter, nikolas cruz,had purchased a shotgun at one of the company's stores in november but he did not use the gun in the school shooting. the gun was purchased even though all existing rules were followed. ceo edward stack talked about why they made the change. <"our h

the plan calls for 13 devices that would scan the four bridges and two tunnels into and out of alameda. police say that the devices would look specifically for vehicles that they have stolen. now, the privacy advocates say they worry about this because they say that data could be used for other purposes including tracking undocumented immigrants. the meeting takes place tonight at 7:00 that's at city council chambers. >>> looking a live at washington now, it's seeming president trump may not testify now in the russia investigation. "the new york times" is reporting president trump's lawyers do not want him to interview with the special counsel. the white house will not confirm or deny. if there is no interview special counsel robert mueller could subpoena the president to testify before a grand jury. there are also multiple reports this morning that steve bannon despite being under subpoena may not show up to testify before the house intelligence committee today. >> if he does not show up tomorrow, does not answer our questions, i think he needs to be held in contempt. >> this morning democrat

alameda police coordinated traffic control. >>> a man was seriously hurt after being attacked with a hatchet in san francisco on golden gate avenue and jones street yesterday. the 38-year-old man was walking moment early tuesday morning when someone yelled and struck him. the victim is now in critical condition. his attacker fled the scene. so far no arrests have been made. >>> a skateboarder is now suing san francisco police claiming an officer caused him to have a bad crash. show you the video. this is anthony economus barreling down florida street last summer. he runs into an officer and slams right into a patrol car during an impromptu skateboarding contest. the lawsuit said the officer acted aggressively causing him to crash. so far no comments from san francisco police. >>> up next big changes coming to a movie theater near you. >> the company getting ready to ban one certain item from its theaters, why more safety may cost you more money. >> plus the bay area man missing this evening in yosemite, the rush to find him before another bone chilling night sets in. >> also ahead th

police in alameda say they really work. >> reporter: a 12% spike in crime, prompted the alameda police chief looking at spending -- prompted the police chief to look at expanding. they want to get more money from the city to mount 13 cameras at each island entrance and exit. there are only six ways to drive in and out of alameda.>> i support it because i feel like this would help stop crime in case something would go on. >> reporter: the police department critics cameras for alerting them to a car thief driving in a stolen vehicle. the license plate readers helped alameda officers locate a suicidal woman. hunted down with the california democratic party, they warned that i could use the police cameras to catch undocumented immigrants. >> it's very dangerous. >> reporter: the data from the cameras go to a company called vigilance solutions. ice recently signed a contract with the level i based company. >> we are no longer being used to trace stolen vehicles, but to trace people. certain classes of people. >> reporter: the police chief tells me the cameras would only focus on the license

alameda county and today hayward became the second, that's a big deal."> the two law enforcement agencies join a growing number of bay area police departments merging text messaging technology into their emergency service communication s systemssottwo of the bay area's high profile police departments, oakland and bart, are not on board with the new 9-1-1 text messaging service...yet, however...sot it is important to note, officials at both hayward pd and the alameda county sheriff's office say if the emergency caller has the option police would rather receive 9-1-1 phone calls instead of text messaging. they say it is because the dispatcher can often hear background noise which ca

alameda police say the message was traced to washington state...and actually targeted lincoln high school in tacoma. tacoma police arrested a boy up there for making the threat. here's what happened in alameda. ( darya ) some parents we talked to were upset that it took the school a few hours to get the robo calls and emails going. but the district defended the response -- saying it wanted to release accurate information. ( james ) this was the scene in newark yesterday. that is hail falling from the sky. there were similar scenes in san francisco... sacramento... walnut creek and livermore.. ( james ) and this was what it looks like this morning ion the livermore hills. a kron 4 viewer sent us this picture that he took this morning. ( james ) and this is the view from clayton this mornin

and investigated">on tuesday police were still trying to find the student who wrote the threat while simulatneously maintaining a visable presence outside the schoolsot high school student: "i feel pretty safe, pretty safe, i am glad that the school is taking awareness and have police cars here for us">officials at alameda unified school district say a student will find themselves in big trouble if they are tcaught making a threat like this at schoolsot ((bam vo)) as stoneman douglas high school students prepare for school to begin tomorrow -- lawmakers in florida -- and in washington, d.c. -- are getting pressure from students to do something about gun control. kristen holmes brings us the latest on this hot- button issue. students are preparing to return to marjory stoneman douglas high school tomorrow -- two weeks after 17 of their