kron 4's alecia reid explains. >> alecia :finding a new job isn't always easy. so if someone calls offering a job, that should immediately raise a red flag. this new scam not only offers a new job, but thousands of dollars up front for victims to deposit into their account. the newark police department says the phone call or email offers jobs as secret shoppers with retailers like wal-mart kmart, best buy or home dept. victims are instructed to activate their emplyment by depositing those fake paychecks. they're told to keep some of the money as advanced payment. they are then advised to purchase green dot moneypak cards at various locations as a mystery shopper, evaluate the retailer, then email the evaluation forms along with the 14 digit code from each of the pre-paid cards. thing is, once the bank realizes those paychecks are fraudulent and they bounce, the money loaded onto the green dot card is now gone, the scammers have **their** paycheck, and the victim will have to re-pay the bank. remember police say if it's too good to be true, it is! alecia reid kro

kron 4's alecia reid reports. >> take a good look at the suspect >> alecia :dressed in a coat zipped up to his neck, a hat and shades. police say this man --- making every effort to disguise himself -- walked into the walgreens on the 3900 block of alemany boulevard last monday headed to the pharmacy, and had some communication with the clerk. at one point authorities say he pulled out what appeared to be a small black handgun before hopping the counter. the pharmacist was ordered to open the locked cabinet, where the suspect stole anywhere from 15-20 bottles of oxycontin and 5-6 bottles of morphine - drugs that are in high demand on the black market. the suspect then walked briskly out of the store with his green whole foods bag in tow. >> this is becoming a trend, not just in sf, but nationwide. you can sell each pill for $15-20 for one single pill. the public will hopefully help us figure out who this person is and put them on guard. >> alecia :alecia reid reporting, for kron 4 news. > > catherine : a thief shot three cows and then stole a calf from a castro valley rancher over th

alecia reid kron 4 new >> reporter: homicide investigators at the oakland police department says thatvidence an altercation between two people outside of ballclub that of cause them musician to lose his life with a stray bullet. a reward of up to $20,000 is being offered to information leading to do rest of the shooter in this case. haaziq madyun reporting >> reporter: city officials said this is one of the worst cases of courting the they have ever seen them taken out bottles of urine species and a mummified body this all came to life when a resident nearer that lives near went to a tax consultant says the sheehan admitted that she was living with a dead body insider ron they believe that the dead body was the woman's elderly mother. they said there was so much trash inside that they have now gone to get an outside contractor to clean up the home furans san francisco terisa estacio reporting >> reporter: i and emily turner and martinez were summed district board members were fired up denise l. skins were voted against putting airconditioner and us elementary school. there conditioner

kron 4's alecia reid is here with more on her tour. alecia. >> reporter:the democratic candidate stopped at a coffee shop in the town of le claire. >> reporter:hillary clinton ordered a few drinks, met with the owner of the coffee shop, and shook hands with a number of people including the town's mayor. >> reporter:clinton also sat down with students at a roundtable to find out challenges they face in their education. >>we've got to figure out in our country how to get back on the right track. and i'm running because i think that americans and their families need a champion and i want to be that champion. i want to stand up and fight for people so they can not just get by, but they can get ahead and they can stay ahead. >> reporter:clinton is expected to remain in iowa an early caucus state, until wednesday. >> reporter:new jersey governor chris christie hasn't officially announced his run for president, but he is in new hampshire for a tour. >> reporter:christie's first stop this saint an-sel-m college, where he met with students. he t

as kron 4's alecia reid reports it turned out to be a trapped worker. >> "we don't have to dump fuel like that. i think we have -- we're hearing a noise coming from the baggage compartment. might be a person in there so, we're going to have to come back around." >> alecia :14 minutes after takeoff, alaska airlines flight 448 was back on passengers and crew members heard someone screaming for help. the person was trapped in the front cargo hold. >> i just don't understand why he was in there >> alecia :christina tuscany was on the plane with her newborn son gavin. she spoke with our cnn partner over the phone. emergency crews met the plane at the gate. they need to take better precautions. >> alecia :when the vessel landed, the ramp agent slid out of the cargo area and was taken to the hospital as a precaution. he told authorities he got trapped because he fell asleep. that section of the cargo was pressurized and temperature controlled. the same area pets are held while being transported. alaska airlines is actively investigating the matter. >>:he told first responders that spoke wit

alecia reid is here with the is >> reporter: this is the second time in four months this couple says it is beyond ridiculous the police picked up their children and took them to a child protective services. danielle need to have and her husband alexander believe in free range parenting which allows their six and 10 year-old children to play and walk alone in the neighborhood. they believe the world is a safe place and that this teaches their children self- reliance a responsibility but yesterday please pick up the children while they were walking home alone from the park and brought them to see ps this is the second time the agency had caught contact with the family for the same issue. when picking up their children from shout detective services the couple had to sign a temporary safety plan just like they did the first time around saying their children will be supervised at all times until follow a visit the family has hired an attorney. >> catherine heenan: coming up the race for the white house is starting to get crowded the latest candidate to announce is next at 5:30 p.m. and al

alecia reid is here with the new numbers just released >> reporter: the state water board says the conservation rate has dropped to its lowest rate since measurements began nearly a year about the most of the blame goes to southern california. for some the solution is the japanese may combine sink and toilet for others there are using rain barrels to collect water for their gardens. but as a whole the state is falling short of the governor's goal of a 25 percent cutback. bay area water consumption was down 8% in february compared to two years ago the state average was less than 3% dragged down by southern california with more than a half the state's residential consumers the actual use more water than in 2013. the state says san francisco leaves california cities and turning off the taps. with and residents using an average of 44 gal. a day san jose and san diego used 59 gal. loss angeles used 69 gal. sacramental is at 81 gal. and baker still that 99 gal. per home per day. >> reporter: l.a.'s water consumption also varies from neighborhood to neighborhood a ucla study found wealthier communitie

kron 4's alecia reid explains. >> reporter: the new york police department is warning residents. the victims are instructed to activate their employment by depositing eight paychecks and told to keep some of the money after that that payment. there have been a vice to purchase cards at mystery shoppers appeared to evaluate the retailer and then nld 14 digit code of those prepaid cards and evaluations. once the bank realizes their fraudulent and bouts the money voted on to the green that car is now gone to read this cameras have their pay check and the dick cole have to repay the bank. remember it is too good to be true. it really is. (male announcer): it's now time for gary radnich from the jack in the box sports desk. >> grant:a grim sign that wildifre season is starting in california. look at this outbuilding go up in flames this afternoon. >> grant:several people had to evacuate in the victorville area.about a two hour drivethe fire is now under congtrol.but at least 60 acres have burned. >> grant:a handful of homes had flames scurry up steep feet of the them. the fire started

. >> pam: kron four's alecia reid and grant lodes kick off our team coverage on what this means. historically for our state. and for you at home today. alecia? >> reporter:pam governor brown wants californians to start taking the drought seriously. a snowpack survey was conducted in the sierra nevada mountains today but there was no snow. >> reporter:just grass. >> reporter:indicating the severity of the drought. the california water resources control board has been ordered to reduce water usage by 25 percent. >> reporter:winter snowfall *supplies* california's water. water content in the snowpack mountain range is at six-percent of its historical average for late march. >> reporter:that's the lowest level since record- keeping began in the 1960s. >>california it's going to save water by mandating real reductions in a number of areas. it is going to affect golf courses people's lawns, universities, campuses, all sorts of institutions, the median with vegetation on our roads and highways. it affects all of that." >> reporter:not only will residents, businesses and farms have to res

kron 4'a alecia reid joins us now with more on the video that focuses more on the people the candidate is aiming to represent. >> alecia: former secretary of state hillary clinton spent many years in washington, and now plans to use all that knowledge in her second attempt at the white house. >> everyday americans need a champion and i want to be that champion, so you can do more than just get by. >> alecia: as a former first lady and u-s senator, clinton is no stranger to running a presidential campaign. her first attempt failed. this time around she's trying a different technique. >> americans have fought their way through tough economic times, but the cards are still stacked against them. it's still in favor of those at the top. >> alecia: sources from clinton's campaign say the presidential candidate isn't taking anything for granted. she will more than likely dominate the race to the democratic nomination . but there will be some opposition. >> i think it's bad for the democrats, bad for hillary if she doesn't have competition >> alecia: a recent cnn/orc poll shows clinton beating

>> gary radnich: grant is texting alecia reid tips so not raise children tonight >> grant lodes: well see must be doing something right. >> reporter: twopence a hot and the warriors come back from 20-love to win. >> gary radnich: everybody else to talk about currie shot and rightfully so good norland let them get back in the day. bed 22 office of rebounds. they were aggressive enough to go and get the ball. including the last light. northlands thus did not tighten up down the stretch. currie was brilliant in the warriors did wet if you go up 20. late you help >> reporter: kid believe you take if the davis over currie. >> gary radnich: this guy is one of the best five players of the world in seth is to but the other guy pitch for 10 east 23 resolve he's going to be as severe this year in college civic and the early in the 28 his would be the next great star in italy. it will last listen when you can't go wrong with either one. >> reporter: have the giants turned it around. cause for michael >> gary radnich: the giants lose against the law would apply under the 62 games one under 62 dav

alecia reid is in the newsroom with what we learned today. >> pam: alecia?tting the mountainside. somebody on board. we don't know if it was a passenger or a crew member. uses a cell phone to record the final moments. >> reporter:the cell phone didn't survive, but its memory chip did. and today two european news magazines described what was on it. >> reporter:france's paris match and germany's bild did not post the video, just an account of what it showed. it apparently taken from the back of the plane and shows a chaotic scene, making it impossible to identify individual people. >> reporter:what is clear is the sound of screams. >> reporter:five minutes before impact, the passengers are becoming aware of their desperate situation. copilot andreas lubitz has locked the cockpit door and put the plane into its death dive. >> reporter:the captain is heard pounding on the locked door as automated alarms warn of imminent impact. >>terrain ahead terrain ahead >> reporter:the plane's right wing scrapes a mountain peak and the screams increase. >> reporter:voices ye

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>>reporter:kron 4's alecia reid joins us. it took a month, and a lot of joint forces to find him? >>reporter:authorities worked non-stop until they found jonnel carter. >>reporter:they feared the public was in danger because of the child molestation charges he's facing. >>reporter:which if he's convicted could result in a possible life sentence. >>reporter:he made a break from valley medical center while on a scheduled visit. carter was waist chained and handcuffed at the time he escaped the hospital. police say it didn't appear pre-planned. he waited for the opportunity and took it. >>reporter:police say carter's brother joseph, and joseph's wife nikeisha assisted him during the escape by driving him to reno, where he boarded a greyhound bus headed to mississippi, under a different name. >>reporter:the santa clara sheriff's office arrested carter's brother and his wife for harboring and abating a fugitive. >>reporter:authorities received a hint that the suspect was living in a golfport, mississippi duplex. >>reporter:when cornered, he tried running through the back door but was a

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

kron 4 alecia reid is here to show us how these parents figured out up.tranger was communicating with their young so on. >> reporter: is an eerie story out of seattle the couple's three year-old son was complaining that he was afraid saying someone was talking to him over the phone at night. it is not sure what he meant until they heard voices coming from the baby monitor. actor looking into it further they notice the monitor molding when they were not controlling it. the couple called ethyl sc a.m. the monitor's maker who told them it was possible. someone somewhere could have hack into the system and were controlling it with a laptop or a smart phone application but there was no way of knowing who it was if they were let living nearby or on the other side of the country. now the deal does not want to show their identities for the fear the person responsible will know they are. as with most the prices they can be controlled via internet, using a strong pass word and changing it frequently to recommend it is recommended to prevent electronic invasion of p

>>james:kron 4's alecia reid shows us video of the robbery as it happened >>reporter:dressed in a coat zipped up to his neck, a hat and shades. police say this man --- making every effort to disguise himself -- walked into the walgreens on the 3900 block of alemany boulevard last monday headed to the pharmacy, and had some communication with the clerk. at one point authorities say he pulled out what appeared to be a small black handgun before hopping the counter. >>reporter:the pharmacist was ordered to open the locked cabinet, where the suspect stole anywhere from 15-20 bottles of oxycontin and 5-6 bottles of morphine - drugs that are in high demand on the black market. the suspect then walked briskly out of the store with his green whole foods bag in tow. >>:sot - this is becoming a trend, not just in sf, but nationwide. you can sell each pill for $15-20, for one single pill. the public will hopefully help us figure out who this person is and put them on guard. >>reporter:alecia reid reporting, for kron 4 news. >>james:former 49er offensive lineman. night in san francisco. >>james:af

phones what ought at the wheel. 71 percent of young people say they as send a text while driving alecia reid the device aimed at stopping teens from using their phones while driving. >> reporter: once the car is in motion the sentinel detected the phone is answered or the person is texting and an alarm was sounded does not matter if music is playing in a vehicle whoever is in the side will be able to hear it. the little with the car is at all times it their speeding or if the device has been tampered with parents say the this new piece of gps technology is helping. >>: the pickup in the cell phone video signal. >>: it helps parents would there and they know they're teens rock-and-roll way >> reporter: the sensible cost to an $49. it will be released nationwide in june the cost is to order $49 $249.. >> reporter: clouds will be on the increase for the giants game tonight. the first pitch to the 715 as less than an hour. breezy conditions will westerly wan's 10 to 20 mi. an hour so bundle up if you're heading out to the ballpark. upper 50s along the bay. 66 and pleasanton cooling down to 68 in