. >> alicia reed, kron4news. >>> streets were literally on fire. we will explain. >>> i family missing far days. >>> why the tsa is not monkeying around when it comes to your safety. a subaru... ...are the hands that do good things for the whole community: the environment, seniors, kids, and animals. that's why we created the share the love event. by the end of this year, the total donated by subaru could reach 35 million dollars. you get a great deal on a new subaru. we'll donate 250 dollars to a choice of charities that benefit your community. it feels good to be a helping hand. >>> airport security seized a toy pistol from this cowboy sock monkey. it was a bag belonging to a washington state woman. the tsa agent threatened to call police. she got her bag back minus the toy gun. they said due to security policy and an abundance of cautious realistic replicas are prohibited. >>> we will show you how dangerous it could have been in this neighborhood. >>> a fiery gas leak and underground pipe line ignitted. a scary situation for residents forcing so

we have alicia reed and and how they plan to stop the bullying. >> reporter: they are committed to changing the culture at their school. they talk about the seriousness of bullying and sexual harassment. >> if you feel you are going to be stressed out when you are being bullied, we have to let everyone know we don't tolerate that. it is critical we make those changes. >> reporter: school staff will get professional training so when students report incidents [éqóplace. >> not just think it is a problem and not deal with it. it is important and critical we have administrators to address the problem. >> you should already know what to do to stop it. . >> we have circumstances where kids need to relate to each other and accept differences. >> reporter: the board will hold a retreat on january 4th. a meeting will be held and regulations will be implemented. >>> we continue our team coverage with j.r. stone who spoke with the victim who said the board could have helped sooner. >> a transgender student said they were bullied and tried to get help, but that woman was uncertain about what steps to t

alicia reed is live in oakland. what happens now? >> reporter: they have convinced doctors to perform one last test to see if there is brain activity. they hope they will not have to pull the plug. >> if that eeg shows brain activity, they can't take her off. we still have time. we will still have a little more time. no one has lost faith in there. >> don't pull the plug. >> reporter: friends and family protesting. >> all of these people have the same belief we all have. the teen had her tonsils out and was then in cardiac arrest and then went brain dead. >> one person will say a pulmonary aspiration. others say she bled to death. i haven't gotten a real -- nobody has told me anything solid. when they started working on her, i really trusted with all my heart that she would be okay. >> she didn't die. she suffered. >> reporter: family and friends have been in the waiting room. they are calling on children's hospital and the mayor to stop the coroner from pulling the plug. >> children's hospital and research center released a statemen

. >> reporter: reporting in north beach in san francisco, alicia reed. >> 3 family members were home during a fire and one person was hospitalized. >>> a 16-year-old was kill ed in a late-night shooting. more on a motive. >> reporter: they are looking into this being a robbery gone wrong in the silver terrace neighborhood. the exit off interstate 280 south is behind me. detectives are looking for clues. 16-year-old cliffton was shot and killed. he died on scene. another man in his late teens was also shot and rushed to the hospital at 11:00 saturday night. police say he is in critical condition and expected to live. police say it is unclear if chapman and the other man was together. no suspected arrested. this area is known for gang activity. it is possible it is caught on video or what led up to it. investigators need help to solve the case. call police immediately. in san francisco, phillipe, shigal. >> reporter: looking warm with temperatures in the 70s. it is the holiday season. for tonight we have calm winds making for stagnant winds. poor air quality. the 9th pollution day in a

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. >> that is alicia reed reporting. and though the officer has reached his goal, he is predicting that by the end of the year he will exceed it. >>> police say they got a call friday about a shooting near highway 37. the victim was hit twice, but survived. the police are on the look out for a second suspect they say is in a small boat. he is listed as a transient. >>> a federal investigation of senator ron calderon could threaten the power structure in the capitol when lawmakers reseen next month. he was accused of accepting bribes. he was stripped of committee assignments. he has not been charged and has denied all allegations. >>> well, you can get your car washed for a great cause. two years ago, a baby was killed outside of a liquor store. today, the tower of faith church came together to show that the 2-year-old didn't die in vain. pastor roosevelt taylor tells kron why it's so important for him. >> i want to do this in honor of the baby. i will never forget the event because i was with them until the very end when

kron 4's alicia reed shows us how strangers are making this holiday special for kid who is might not otherwise have a gift under the tree. authorities were called to certain houses this holiday. wait, is that santa? why, yes, it is. >> merry christmas, everybody. santa knows who was naughty or nice. thousands of children made the list. >> these kids have no idea what's about to happen. come on! >> their smile can touch anyone's heart, and it's all worth it for the volunteers that deliver gifts for more than 500 families throughout san mateo county. >> julie anna asaragosa and her sister are getting gifts their families can't get. >> she'll start playing with it and then my parents would say to put it back because we can't buy it. >> some couldn't contain their excitement while waiting for santa. >> we were waiting a long, long time. >> anthony couldn't keep his eyes open but made cookies for the night. >> i was so happy. >> this moment makes too many of the kids happy. >> it's christmastime and in every bag is a list of gifts for each child and the family. >> thank you, santa. thank

. >> reporter: reporting in redwood city, alicia reed, kron 4 news. >>> a look at winter weather travelersill be battling. then a break-in leaves a woman shook up. several suspects. plus, it's been called a magnificent miracle. 1 friend down on his lurks another a world renown rocker. good. good answer. check it out. learning's fun now. yeah, back in our day, we didn't have u-verse high speed internet to play and learn online. all we had was that franklin fuzzypants. ah, the educational toy bear. remember when the battery went out? [ slow, deep voice ] give me your abc's. all i learned was a new definition of fear. i need some pudding. yeah, there's one left. [ male announcer ] connect all your wi-fi-enabled devices with u-verse high speed internet. rethink possible. >>> president obama is closely monitoring the violence in south sudan after 4 troops are hurt today. he spends the holidays in hawaii. the troops were hit by gunfire overnight. >>> only on kron 4, a long lost band member of santana is found again after almost 40 years. the 2 old friends are brought together, 1 a man down on hi

alicia reed shows how they are celebrating. >> reporter: with all the support, christina's parents still feel the pain of losing a child from a drunk driver. >> it is hard to believe she is gone. we still can't believe it. your mind won't let you accept it. >> memories of christina are all over the home. her ashes and locks of hair sit on the fireplace. >> months ago, christina picked out this tree on pinterest, and they decorated it exactly the same way. a number of people have a piece of the 21 year old, her heart, pancreas, kidneys and another part of her liver, even in death, the nursing student will continue to help the sick. family and friends raised $20,000 for doctors without borders. and in her honor, a former instructor from her nursing school is building a clinic in her honor in southern nigeria. >> we questioned why it was her, and now we say this is why, because she was loved by so many people and that she made an impact like she did. >> there had to be a reason for her to die so young. she was just such a caring and kind person, and wanted to do so much with her life. >> i