kron four's amanda hari has that story. >> the city is telling businesses and people who live on this portion of fillmore that it's going to take at least 6 weeks to do all the repairs. and during that time, there's no through traffic on this portion of the street and no parking nearly a week ago, a 16 inch water main ruptured at green and fillmore streets creating a massive sinkhole. >> well, the street may look better now. they're still expected to be weeks of repair leo borg. us was cleaning up at liquid boban film or when it happened. really scare actually >> and i so through the window and was like. >> the way that we've brought debris onto the street and water into some of the surrounding buildings, including the boba shop. >> take has like hours to clean everything. well, i mean, i the if i realized the next day, >> we'll be worse to be a full-time because borges was there. they were able to save the shop from any damage, but he says some other businesses weren't as lucky. some even had to close down for a date for cleaning. and he says business still isn't the same. >> actuall

kron four's amanda hari has that story. >> smoke billowing from the grand romance.at docked on the car. keane is bay in valais. whoa, i think across town but i seen the flames and smoke from way across for chavez rushed to during lemon streets to see what was going on. >> it's all everything is was i was wow, there's a lot of people that stayed on that. lot of people stay on that boat and hope nobody got >> fire says they got the call around 4.50. they can see the pillar of smoke while in route and upgraded to a full arm response. they had to take a defensive approach from land because the boat is sinking. they were unable to board the boat until the fire was out. there were 4 people on it at the time of the fire to rescue themselves. 2 were assisted by a good samaritan before vallejo fire arrived. the fire department says people may have been living on the boat thing is how there were people on the boat at the time and has been abandoned boat for many years. quite possible police had to come back after someone got back on the boat. >> and refused to leave. they had

amanda hari kron. 4 news. >> thank you, amanda. meanwhile, as many as 200 small businesses in oakland close their doors this morning to protest what they say is a growing crime problem in oakland, the core dated closures where from 10 this morning until noon in that time business owners held a rally here in front of let's all of legendary vietnamese restaurant in oakland which is closing at the end of the month. the owners there blame neighborhood crime. people in attendance say they are worried about their customers being robbed and the sidewalks cars being broken into and violent crime in general. they're begging city leaders to do more. >> open has been known as a city that is okay with violence and crime not at all these people here we are here to say we're not ok with because all glenn is a great city. let's not you know you know, right away from the door. >> another state take our business somewhere we love over. that's why we're here and work hard. coral. >> organizers are calling on the city to increase staffing within the

kron four's amanda hari has the story. >> parents say there are a lot of bad things that happen in oakland. but a team like this keeps their kids out of trouble. but after 2 shootings in such a short amount of time, some kids and their families are afraid and are thinking about quitting just to see children running for their lives and not just scrambling, not know where to go and >> on the ground are running behind cars. it was very practice cut short twice by shootings. >> these bay panthers, youth football and cheer organization used to practice at verde east carter park near 98th in bancroft avenues oakland. but they don't feel safe there anymore. the first shooting happened august 24th parent lopez says it sounded like dozens of shots rang out. then it happened again just days later, one of our kids had a bullet. that was right next to him that landed lot of kids and their parents are traumatized by what happened. head coach luke renfro says several children have quit the team following the shootings and many more are still worry of them have, you know, had after they have nightmares.

day digging the boat out of the sand in hopes of >> telling it into the water at high kron four's amanda hari talk to the volunteers about that work to get that boat back into the water. >> for more than 6 weeks, the chandel are has been stuck on stinson beach. a long, strange trip. >> it's been challenging for sure. lot of digging the boat and its captain logan walker drifted onto shore on july 31st. >> the captain says it was autopilot when it got stuck since then community members have been coming out to help get the boat back in the water. they tried 5 times to tug are confident now that i have been in the past as we really just wanted to get the turn in the beginning. >> and then now we've got turn in. the allen just started helping on friday. >> he says they've added pvc pipes between 2 planks of wood underneath the boat. the hope is it will allow it to slide more easily. the clock is ticking to get the boat back in the water. county says they will remove it and likely dismantle it if it's not in the water by noon on monday, they see the both making positive progres . maybe they'll get

looking allegedly and hit the pair, knocking them into oncoming traffic, killing maya kron four's amanda harifor us in oakland with the latest on this very tragic story. amanda. >> very tragic people are here morning, but they're also talking about ways to make the streets safer. subtle things like this don't happen again. you can see all the people discussing those types of many - things discussing putting in barriers to make things safer. so that bikers don't have to worry about these types of things happening. this vigil is to honor 4 year-old maya korea. she was killed when a driver of a parked car open the door in front of her father's bike causing them to crash. she did go to the hospital was sent home. >> and ended up dying a few days later. community members are here to remember maya, but also to support her family and to call for action. they want city leaders to take immediate action to make the streets safer for people walking and biking. aunt tells me she's grateful for the community support devastated that she has to be year. >> mean, the reason i'm it's i never have expected tha

kron four's amanda hari joins us now live in the newsroom with an update on this woman's condition. amanda. >> good evening. oakland. police say the woman is still in the hospital but she is doing much better today. >> this is a one of our residents just walking her dog shot and again, gun violence in oakland, oakland police officers association, president barry donelan is disgusted by the news. police say it happened to the middle of the day while people were enjoying their labor-day. >> this is video from the citizen app. you can see police and first responders tending to someone lying on the pavement next to the water. several witnesses flag officers reported that there's 2 vehicles involved. >> one of the vehicles was described as a white vehicle pulled over subsidies that it exited the and began shooting at us over a vehicle that was traveling lake can police captain hammond and when says they believe both vehicles were lexus. it's. >> he says all the gunfire came from the white vehicle and there were multiple shooters. police recovered about 30 shell casings at the scene. some

four's amanda hari explains what they want to see done. >> i just feel like my heart been ripped out. the aunt of maya korea says her parents are completely torn apart. and one month after the tragedy, they're still learning how to live without her. a 4 year-old girl was fighting in a child's bike seat with their father on august 6. they were riding in the bike planning helmets, trying to stay out of way of carts when a parked car open their door and hit the bike. have fell and hit her head. paramedics checked on the scene and sent her home. but a few hours later, i started vomiting and fell unconscious when she was rushed to the hospital. they found a blood clot between her brain and her school buyers. sheila mccracken says she was eventually removed from life support. my is trying her best to be there for her to other kids and she's insanely strong that she gets out of bed every single day to be there for them. both organizers with traffic violence, rapid response and bike east bay. >> believe maya's death could have been prevented. they want city leaders to make the streets safer f

kron four's amanda hari reports. >> the city is telling businesses and people who live on this portion of fillmore that it's going to take at least 6 weeks to do all the repairs. and during that time, there's no through traffic on this portion of the street and no parking. >> nearly a week ago, a 16 inch water main ruptured at green and fillmore streets creating a massive sinkhole. well, the street may look better now. they're still expected to be weeks of repair leo borg. us was cleaning up at liquid boban film or when it happened. really scared actually >> and i so through the window and was like. >> the way that way brought debris onto the street and water into some of the surrounding buildings, including the boba shop. >> take has like hours to clean everything. well, i mean, i i realized the next day, >> we'll be worse to be a full-time because borges was there. they were able to save the shop from any damage, but he says some other businesses weren't as lucky. some even had to close down for a date for cleaning. and he says bu iness still isn't the same. >> actually, these week h

kron four's amanda hari brings us the community reaction. >> feet of a popular poll removed overnight. i spoke to a woman that says she's been going to see it for more than 20 years and it made her sick to think someone intentionally damaged joyce lee consistently runs this trail at mission peak. she says it has a special place in her heart. >> so she was shocked to see a photo of the iconic poll at the top of the peak essentially decapitated. when i got to the top, i was just so shocked. >> i don't even know how to describe. that feeling. you it was hard even take a picture with it. i decided i should take a selfie with that just so you can see that was real. she says the poll was beloved and serve is more than just a prop for people to take photos with at the top of the peak. it's a four-sided poll and each side will show like the direction north or south. and then there are these little peek or 2 they can look through and they're directed at different parts of that they and the east bay regional parks believes it was intentionally removed. it has to be premeditated. you don't just

santa rosa city schools hosted their first meeting without any online comments tonight kron four's amanda hari was there. >> racist, anti-semitic and homophobic comments took over the santa rosa city schools, district meeting just 2 weeks ago. all over zoom. the board members cited take swift action, eliminating virtual comments. santa rosa city schools board of education believes a barrage of hateful virtual comments attempted to distract board members at their september 13th meeting. and it's easy to make those comments when you're behind a screen as opposed to being in-person gabriel alba. vera is a district principal. he says he's been a part of the district for decades. he took to the podium wednesday to thank the board for ending online comments the way they took the stance. >> extremely, extremely proud of our of our school board. similar anonymous online, hateful comments have happened at meetings across the bay area. >> in june, anti-semitic comments were made during a walnut creek city council meeting more recently. the comments have continued at meetings in sonoma marin, south san f

today will permanently close 3 stores in the bay area, including one in pittsburgh kron four's amanda hari was at that store and spoke with customers about their reaction to the closure. >> this target behind me is the largest location closing in the bay area. it's also the only target in pittsburgh. so people who live in this area, we're going to have to go elsewhere. >> tuesday target announced they would be closing 3 bay area stores. one on folsom street in san francisco, one on broadway oakland and one in pittsburgh. i was shocked when a first listen to the news and i say they were close in the first thing my husband was they don't close. our store target said in a statement they cannot keep operating the stores because of theft and organized retail crime. they say they feel both their team and the guests are at risk and it's contributing to an unsustainable business. dennis price lives in pittsburgh has experienced the retail crime in the area particular. yes, a lot. the pittsburgh chamber of commerce released a statement saying the city is doing what they can to fight this type of cr

to explain what was it a recently completed toxicology report about the matter and kron four's amanda hari reports. >> contra costa health says the release did not increase public health risk. they say that is based on an analysis by independent toxicologist concern. martinez, community members listened and asked questions as health officials detailed what was released into their community thanksgiving evening. it was on the trash cans and the catherine mars dune saw the dust around her home. she says, well, she didn't know exactly what it was at the time she had an idea. is sort of assume it's the refinery around their health. officials say this is one of the largest releases in recent history. another concern is the martinez refining company didn't contact the county point blank. the health department is not happy that we were not notified of this county. health officials say the primary health risk happened in initial hours and days after the incident. people may have inhaled the dust particles, the data presented monday was regarding the metals found in the soil which were assessed mon

the businesses on fillmore street, how get to them, it's really affecting the bottom line covers amanda hari has more. >> the city is telling businesses and people who live on this portion of fillmore that it's going to take at least 6 weeks to do all the repairs. and during that time, there's no through traffic on this portion of the street and no parking nearly a week ago, a 16 inch water main ruptured at green and fillmore streets creating a massive sinkhole. >> well, the street may look better now. they're still expected to be weeks of repair leo borg. us was cleaning up at liquid boban film or when it happened. really scared actually >> and i so through the window and was like. >> the way that we've brought debris onto the street and water into some of the surrounding buildings, including the boba shop. >> take has like hours to clean everything. well, i mean, i i realized the next day, >> we'll be worse to be a full-time because borges was there. they were able to save the shop from any damage, but he says some other businesses weren't as lucky. some even had to close down for a date f

kron four's amanda hari, though, explains more about the time pressure. they're all under. >> for more than 6 weeks, the chandel are has been stuck on stinson beach. a long, strange trip. >> it's been challenging for sure. lot of digging the boat and its captain logan walker drifted onto shore on july 31st. >> the captain says it was autopilot when it got stuck. since then community members have been coming out to help get the boat back in the water. they tried 5 times to tug are confident now that i have been in the past, we really just wanted to get the turn in the beginning. >> and then now we've got turn in. the allen just started helping on friday. >> he says they've added pvc pipes between 2 planks of wood underneath the boat. the hope is it will allow it to slide more easily. the clock is ticking to get the boat back in the water. county says they will remove unlikely, dismantle it if it's not in the water by noon on monday, they see the both making positive progress. maybe they'll get a captain walker wasn't with the vote sunday. volunteers say he

back to safety of the ocean covers amanda hari has more on why they're really racing against time. >> for more than 6 weeks, the chandel are has been stuck on stinson beach. a long, strange trip. >> it's been challenging for sure. lot of digging the boat and its captain logan walker drifted onto shore on july 31st. >> the captain says it was on autopilot when it got stuck. since then community members have been coming out to help get the boat back in the water. they tried 5 times to target confident. now that i have been in the past, we really just wanted to get the turn in the beginning. >> and then now we've got turn in. the allen just started helping on friday. >> he says they've added pvc pipes between 2 planks of wood underneath the boat. the hope is it will allow it to slide more easily. the clock is ticking to get the boat back in the water. county says they will remove it and likely dismantle it if it's not in the water by noon on monday, they see the both making positive progress need to go get a captain walker wasn't with the vote sunday. volunteers say he was taking a break

drivers amanda hari takes a look. >> oakland community members feel genesis worship center to hear how elected leaders are going to try and curb violence in oakland. we need law enforcement to do their jobs constitutionally to help deal with these evil people. mayor sheng thao took to the stage discussed how she's worked to expand policing in her first 8 months in office. we've increased the number of police officers and community ambassadors. and so today we have more officers, actual human officers in uniform and investors in the street today than we did in the past 3 years. house says they have 6 california highway patrol officers in the city to focus on traffic violence. she also has increased opd is budget by 2% and he's added police academies to train more officers. i promise you by next year. let's look at the numbers and then have me help be held responsible to that. she says she's still waiting to appoint a new police chief. the process has started, but the police commission has to first create a list of 3 candidates. then how will be able to start the interview process? distr

kron four's amanda hari takes a look. >> oakland community members feel genesis worship center to hearre going to try and curb violence in oakland. we need law enforcement to do their jobs constitutionally to help deal with these evil people. mayor sheng thao took to the stage, discuss how she's worked to expand policing in her first 8 months in office. we've increased the number of police officers and community ambassadors. and so today we have more officers, actual human officers in uniform and investors in the street today than we did in the past 3 years. house says they have 6 california highway patrol officers in the city to focus on traffic violence. she also has increased opd is budget by 2% and he's added police academies to train more officers. i promise you by next year. let's look at the numbers and then have me help be held responsible to that. she says she's still waiting to appoint a new police chief. the process has started, but the police commission has to first create a list of 3 candidates, then towel, be able to start the interview process. district attorney pamela p

kron four's amanda hari listened in on that meeting and has that report for us. >> oakland communityrs feel genesis worship center to hear how elected leaders are going to try and curb violence in oakland. we need law enforcement to do their jobs constitutionally to help deal with these evil people. mayor sheng thao took to the stage, discuss how she's worked to expand policing in her first 8 months in office. we've increased the number of police officers and community ambassadors. and so today we have more officers, actual human officers in uniform and investors in the street today than we did in the past 3 years. house says they have 6 california highway patrol officers in the city to focus on traffic violence. she also has increased opd is budget by 2% and he's added police academies to train more officers. i promise you by next year. let's look at the numbers and then have me help be held responsible to that. she says she's still waiting to appoint a new police chief. the process has started, but the police commission has to first create a list of 3 candidates. then how will be a

that boat out of the sand in hopes of maybe towing it to the water during high tide kron four's amanda hari has more now on their efforts. >> for more than 6 weeks, the chandel are has been stuck on stinson beach. a long, strange trip. >> it's been challenging for sure. lot of digging the boat and its captain logan walker drifted onto shore on july 31st. >> the captain says it was on autopilot when it got stuck since then community members have been coming out to help get the boat back in the water. they tried 5 times to tug are confident now that i have been in the past, we really just want to get the turn in the beginning. >> and then now we've gotten to turn in. the allen just started helping on friday. >> he says they've added pvc pipes between 2 planks of wood underneath the boat. the hope is it will allow it to slide more easily. the clock is ticking to get the boat back in the water. county says bill remove it and likely dismantle it if it's not in the water by noon on monday, they see the both making positive progress. maybe they'll get a reprieve. captain walker wasn't with the vot

live in pleasant hill, amanda hari kron. 4 news. amanda, thank you for that. let's check in now with our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow in the weather center. and once it's all about the winds as with pattern switch, we saw more of a northerly when the last couple of days and. >> well, the inversion, that kind of kept thing separate in our atmosphere. but that all changed to of mixed out, allowed all the smoke really to pour into our skies. and all of a sudden today that allison, the inversion develops again, a kind of traps, everything near the surface. so you can see the origin of the smoke you see up in oregon right now. she the fires burning in northern california and the winds just getting it all caught up in the winds and swinging at southward in the bay area. so that's where we sit right now. you see out toward the east bay hills, very hazy out over the bay. we do have a couple of patches of fog out there, too. but a very hazy down below. here's the very latest in the air quality and look at the north bay right now. very poor air quality can see th

proffers amanda hari was at that store with reaction. >> this target behind me is the largest location closing in the bay area. it's also the only target in pittsburgh. so people who live in this area, we're going to have to go elsewhere. a pretty thing going tuesday, target announced they would be closing 3 bay area stores, one on folsom street in san francisco, one on broadway oakland and one in pittsburgh. i was first listen to the news and i say they were close in the first my husband >> was they don't close our store in, of course, popped up on the news it. >> target said in a statement they cannot keep operating these stores because of theft and organized retail crime. they say they feel both their team and the guests are at risk and it's contributing to an unsustainable business. dennis price lives in pittsburgh has experienced the retail crime in the area particular. yes, a lot. a lot the pittsburgh chamber of commerce released a statement saying the city is doing what they can to fight this type of crime. quote, our police forces dedication to ensuring a safe in business from

kron four's amanda hari talked with his sister. >> the victim was doing one of his favorite activities. bicycling and we came to this intersection and was crossing it. someone sped through a red light hitting and killing him. >> it's so surreal and pretty unbelievable me. and his wife and his children, a family and community dealing with the loss of a husband, a dad and a friend. >> andrea flaherty says her brother chris pena was her biggest supporter is just it's strange to be in tte world without him here. was such a rock for all of us. i mean, the simplicity minutes happy, but we happy to have meant was. he was a really, really good guy. pena was biking home after running errands on september 6th just after 5.30, in the evening. >> he was at the intersection of mission boulevard in orchard avenue when a car sped through a red light and hit him. flaherty says her brother was always extremely careful intersections and taught her to do the same soon as the light changes always count to 5. >> and wait because people on the lights. flaherty says she got a call from his wife saying he was

it is believed that was untouched by the vandals in fremont amanda hari kron. 4 news. >> a south baywery is stepping up to help historic san francisco brewery anchor brewing san jose's fox tail fermentation project released a new beer called solidarity ale over the labor day weekend. all proceeds from this beer will be donated to support former anchor brewing workers, their efforts to buy the brewery and reopen it. we spoke with the co owner of fox tail on why they decided to help out. >> a lot of camaraderie talk to people working together. it's not just visuals by themselves like a lot of numbers will be nothing the giants led the way be able to work with the union group. keeping this tradition >> solidarity l is available now at foxtail in san jose. and the music world is mourning the death of the bay area's own steve harwell, the lead singer from smash mouth. he passed away from liver failure. harwell kicked off his music journey in the south bay and was close friends with randi muster who own sushi confidential in campbell, 2 first met at a friend's bachelor's party in south lak

amanda hari kron, 4 news. thank you, amanda. tonight, the oakland naacp is again calling for mayor sheng thao to reinforce former police chief leronne armstrong. >> the group has been very vocal about their unwavering support from strong ever since his termination back in february. in today's statement, the naacp says too much time has been wasted playing politics while oaklanders are terrorized by violence. coming up at 10, 30, a one-on-one with armstrong. why he says he should come back to lead the department. while many support the open and a a c p s position on former police chief armstrong. >> other positions taken by the local chapter or by its individual members are being criticized. the group says the open chapter has betrayed the ideals of the naacp by its support of more police and opposition to progressive causes. they also claim homophobic comments were made by a member of the chapter's executive committee. they want the national chapter to step in and take a role in holding the oakland chapter to what it calls a hig

kron four's amanda hari explains how her family is doing and what community members want to see from local leaders. >> the 4 year-old aunt says her parents are completely torn apart. and one month after the tragedy, they're still learning to live without her. >> a growing memorial near lake merritt hanover avenues for 4 year-old maya correia. the little girl was riding in a child's bike seat with her father on august 6th. they were riding in the bike lane wearing helmets in trying to stay out of the way of carts when a parked car open their door and hit the bike. maya fell and hit her head. george spees with traffic violence, rapid response says someone called 9-1-1 and paramedics came to the scene. they checked her out. she seemed ok. >> they sent home with directions to keep an eye but a few hours later, maya started vomiting and fell unconscious. >> when she was rushed to the hospital, they found a blood clot between her brain and her skull buyers. and sheila mccracken says she was eventually removed from life support. but we wanted to leave the hospital miami >> want to leave wit

kron four's amanda hari spoke to one business owner who says he's going to be participating on tuesday. amanda. >> the business owner tells me this strike is part of an ongoing effort by oakland merchants. he says he's hopeful the strike will lead to solutions that will improve the community. >> want that back to vibrancy of open is what we're looking for to bring back oakland business owners say they're trying to revive the city and restore safety after break-ins have become the norm. nigel jones, owner and chef of kingston, 11 and khalid bosh restaurant says just a few weeks ago. >> it was his business with the broken windows. on the same day that happened. i am, you know, >> walks the neighborhood. 2 other businesses, people that i know they got their businesses broken into the same day. john says since the beginning of august, he's been talking with other merchants about what they can do to improve the situation. and we had a dialogue about seriousness and urgency of what the business community has been facing and what we're going to continue to face. the business community was hop

converse amanda hari listened in on the meeting. she's joining us now live to explain what leaders have to say. amanda. >> there was an emphasis on the fact that there are only a small number of people committing crimes in oakland, less than one percent of the population. but everyone agreed that more has to be done to hold these people accountable. >> oakland community members feel genesis worship center to hear how elected leaders are going to try and curb violence in oakland. we need law enforcement to do their jobs constitutionally to help deal with these evil people. mayor sheng thao took to the stage, discuss how she's worked to expand policing in her first 8 months in office. we've increased the number of police officers and community ambassadors. and so today we have more officers, actual human officers in uniform and investors in the street today than we did in the past 3 years. house says they have 6 california highway patrol officers in the city to focus on traffic violence. she also has increased opd is budget by 2%. and

kron four's amanda hari joining us live in san francisco tonight with more on what business owners had to say. amanda. >> the city is telling businesses and people that live in this area that 6 weeks is the shortest amount of time that this street may be closed during that time. no through traffic on this portion of fillmore. and it's also impacting the parking situation because you can't park here either. >> nearly a week ago, a 16 inch water main ruptured at green and fillmore streets creating a massive sinkhole. well, the street may look better now. they're still expected to be weeks of repair leo borg. us was cleaning up at liquid boban film or when it happened. really scared actually >> and i so through the window and was like. >> big wave that we've brought debris onto the street and water into some of the surrounding buildings, including the boba shop. >> take has like hours to clean everything. well, i mean, i i realized the next day, >> we'll be worse to be a full-time because borges was there. they were able to save the shop from any damage, but he says some other businesses

only happened for one no one say for the one opened door. >> and that was amanda hari reporting for us this morning. mayor sheng thao also mentioned that the city's 9-1-1 system isn't working. she says many people still get a busy signal when they call and tomorrow the mayor says she plans to announce plans to fix that. >> but those announcements coming just a little too late for a restaurant near lake merritt. after 22 years in business ruse, cafe is closing for good. >> on social media, the business year it's been rough. doing business in oakland with no accountability from city officials. that's a direct quote from them. this comes almost 2 months after the business hosted a public safetyrmeeting on crime in oakland moos. doors first opened on 11/9/2001 and closed saturday at 06:00pm. is san francisco. a 4 hour long standoff ends with one person in custody and another injured. police say it started with a fight at a home on essex street yesterday morning officers found one person suffering from a knife injury and a woman barricaded inside the property holding a knife. the victim was

amanda hari spoke with witnesses. >> black smoke billowing from the grand romance, riverboat docked onhe car. keane is bay in valais. whoa, i think across town but i seen the flames and smoke from way across for chavez rush to during lemon streets to see what was going on. >> it's all everything is was all-black. i was wow, there's a lot of people that stayed on that. lot of people stay on that boat and hope nobody got >> fire says they got the call around 4.50. they can see the pillar of smoke while in route and upgraded to a full arm response. they had to take a defensive approach from land because the boat is sinking. they were unable to board the boat until the fire was out. there were 4 people on it at the time of the fire to rescue themselves. 2 were assisted by a good samaritan before vallejo fire arrived. the fire department says people may have been living on the boat thing is how there were people on the boat at the time and has been an abandoned boat for many years. quite possible police had to come back after someone got back on the boat. >> and refused to leave. they had t

they say kron four's amanda hari reports.gs that happen in oakland to put a team like this keeps their kids. >> out of trouble. but after 2 shootings in such a short amount of time, some kids and their families are afraid and are thinking about quitting just to see children running for their lives and not just scrambling, not know where to go and >> on the ground are running behind cars. it was very practice cut short twice by shootings. >> these bay panthers, youth football and cheer organization used to practice at verde east carter park near 98th in bancroft avenues oakland. but they don't feel safe there anymore. the first shooting happened august 24th parent lopez says it sounded like dozens of shots rang out. then it happened again just days later, one of our kids had a bullet. that was right next to him that landed lot of kids and their parents are traumatized by what happened. head coach luke renfro says several children have quit the team following the shootings and many more are still worry. he of them have, you kno

. >> kron four's amanda hari spoke with someone who saw that boat while it was on fire. she has more. >> black smoke billowing from the grand romance, riverboat docked on the car. keane is bay in valais. whoa, i think across town but i seen the flames and smoke from way across roberta cha vez rushed to during lemon streets to see what was going on. >> it's all everything is was i was like, wow, there's a lot of people that stayed on that. lot of people stay on that boat and hope nobody got >> fire says they got the call around 4.50. they could see the pillar of smoke while in route and upgraded to a full arm response. they had to take a defensive approach from land because the boat is sinking. they were unable to board the boat until the fire was out. there were 4 people on it at the time of the fire to rescue themselves. 2 were assisted by a good samaritan before vallejo fire arrived. the fire department says people may have been living on the boat thing is how there were people on the boat at the time and has been in the band and vote for many years. quite possible pol

in fact, crawford's amanda hari. >> was out at santa rosa's for school meeting where they had to showin-person if they wanted to speak. >> racist, anti-semitic and homophobic comments took over the santa rosa city schools, district meeting just 2 weeks ago. all over zoom. the board members cited take swift action, eliminating virtual comments. santa rosa city schools board of education believes a barrage of hateful virtual comments attempted to distract board members at their september 13th meeting. and it's easy to make those comments when you're behind a screen as opposed to being in-person gabriel alba. vera is a district principal. he says he's been a part of the district for decades. he took to the podium wednesday to thank the board for ending online comments the way they took the stance. >> extremely, extremely proud of our of our school board. similar anonymous online, hateful comments have happened at meetings across the bay area. >> in june, anti-semitic comments were made during a walnut creek city council meeting more recently. the comments have continued at meetings in so

kron four's amanda hari in studio tonight. amanda, talk with someone who was who is stuck out there. we're wondering how they're >> she says burning man was a phenomenal event. it was great weather. but then the rain started and she still trying to make the most of her time in the desert while she's there. >> it's a different experience now, but it's still great. heavy rains have left thousands of people stranded at burning man, including san francisco, pride executive directors whose and fort i was going to leave yesterday >> i hope i hoped i was going to leave today, but it rained again this afternoon. so i'm probably not going to get out here till tomorrow night. maybe the desert was hit with about 2 to 3 months worth of rain in just 24 hours between friday and saturday morning. >> you can see in the video that created a thick mud, difficult to walk or drive through. >> event organizers closed the roads but some people still tried to leave either by driving in large vehicles are walking miles to the nearest town. those who s

kron four's amanda hari has the story. parents say there are a lot of bad things that happen in oakland. but a team like this keeps their kids. >> out of trouble. but after 2 shootings in such a short amount of time, some kids and their families are afraid and are thinking about quitting just to see children running for their lives and not just scrambling, not know where to go and >> on the ground are running behind cars. it was very practice cut short twice by shootings. >> these bay panthers, youth football and cheer organization used to practice at verde east carter park near 98th in bancroft avenues oakland. but they don't feel safe there anymore. the first shooting happened august 24th parent lopez says it sounded like dozens of shots rang out. then it happened again just days later, one of our kids had a bullet. that was right next to him that landed lot of kids and their parents are traumatized by what happened. head coach luke renfro says several children have quit the team following the shootings and many more are

kron four's amanda hari has more. >> this is a one of our residents just walking her dog shot and again, gun violence in oakland, oakland police officers association, president barry donelan is disgusted by the news. police say it happened to the middle of the day while people were enjoying their labor-day. >> this is video from the citizen app. you can see police and first responders tending to someone lying on the pavement next to the water. several witnesses flag officers reported that there's 2 vehicles involved. >> one of the vehicles was described as a white vehicle that pulled over subsidies that exhibit that and began shooting at us over a vehicle that was traveling lake can police captain hammond and when says they believe both vehicles were lexus. it's. >> he says all the gunfire came from the white vehicle and there were multiple shooters. police recovered about 30 shell casings at the scene. some people in the area say it makes them think twice about walking around the lake. it's really sad that you can't do something simple as go for a walk or just be outside in general wit

altogether conference amanda hari was at santa rosa's for school meeting in which people had to show up in-person if they wanted to speak. >> racist, anti-semitic and homophobic comments took over the santa rosa city schools, district meeting just 2 weeks ago. all over zoom. the board members cited take swift action, eliminating virtual comments. santa rosa city schools board of education believes a barrage of hateful virtual comments attempted to distract board members at their september 13th meeting. and it's easy to make those comments when you're behind the screen as opposed to being in-person gabriel alba. vera is a district principal. he says he's been a part of the district for decades. he took to the podium wednesday to thank the board for ending online comments the way they took the stance. >> extremely, extremely proud of our of our school board. similar anonymous online, hateful comments have happened at meetings across the bay area. >> in june, anti-semitic comments were made during a walnut creek city council meeting more recently. the comments have continued at meetings

amanda hari kron, 4 news. it's a 34 2 people were killed and another injured yesterday morning in oakland when it was a hit and run crash involving a stolen car. >> the victim's vehicle was going southbound on 73rd avenue trying to make a left-hand turn onto holly street when a stolen lexus that was stolen daly city crash into them. and that lexus was demolished pretty badly. but the suspect was able to get out and make a run for it. got away. police say the 2 victims who were killed in the other car, a man from richmond and a woman from antioch and they died at the scene and there was a passenger taken to the hospital with injuries too. this morning. oakland mayor sheng thao is expected to announce new speed limits for the business districts in honor of california pedestrian safety month. oshie and city leaders are going unveil what the limits are today. that's happening at 10 o'clock in the morning near the fruitvale bart station. well, san mateo county supervisor david canepa is looking for more money to he

amanda hari explains. the qr code is not meant to replace calling 9-1-1 for active sideshow incident. but law enforcement officers believe. >> it could be a helpful way to collect intel about future sideshows or tips about past once sideshows street is. >> it simply dangerous? a new task force has been created to curbside ships. it's called reset and it stands for regional sideshow enforcement team. it includes the alameda county sheriff's office, san leandro and hayward police and chp hayward. the task force was just announced in july. people say, oh, it's not working. you know, you guys are doing anything. you just sit around and you actually do, you know, respond. and we actually do since. >> we started regional team. i can say that we've had 157 arrest. they came up with a qr code. take a look. this code can found on the alameda county sheriff's facebook page or scanned right now. if your phone, a link pops up and it takes you to a page that has ways to report activity directly to the task force. you c

kron four's amanda hari has the latest. >> this target behind me is the largest location closing in the bay area. it's also the only target in pittsburgh. so people who live in this area, we're going to have to go elsewhere. >> tuesday target announced they would be closing 3 bay area stores. one on folsom street in san francisco, one on broadway oakland and one in pittsburgh. i was shocked when a first listen to the news and i say they were close in the first thing my husband was they don't close. our store target said in a statement they cannot keep operating the stores because of theft and organized retail crime. they say they feel both their team and the guests are at risk and it's contributing to an unsustainable business. dennis price lives in pittsburgh has experienced the retail crime in the area particular. yes, a lot. the pittsburgh chamber of commerce released a statement saying the city is doing what they can to fight this type of crime. quote, our police forces dedication to ensuring a safe and business from the environment is unwavering as evidenced by their constant effor

rovers amanda hari explains what community members would like to see. i just feel like my heart been ripped out. the aunt of maya korea says her parents are completely torn apart. >> and one month after the tragedy, they're still learning how to live without her. >> a 4 year-old girl was fighting in a child's bike seat with their father august 6. they were riding in the bike helmets, trying to stay out of way of carts when a parked car open their door and hit the bike. have fell and hit her head. paramedics checked on the scene and sent her home. but a few hours later, started vomiting and fell unconscious when she was rushed to the hospital. they found a blood clot between her brain and her school his sheila mccracken says she was eventually removed from life support. my is trying her best to be there for her to other kids and she's insanely strong that she gets up. >> out of bed every single day to be there for them. both organizers with traffic violence, rapid response and bike east bay believe maya's death could have been prevented. they want city l

on the hit and run, if anyone has any information, there are asked to contact police in hayward amanda harin. 4 news. >> police in santa rosa are looking for a hit and run driver who injured a 13 year-old girl. she was crossing guerneville road at marlow road yesterday afternoon when a car hit her and the driver got out help the girl up. but then he drove away. all we know is he was in a white sedan and the girl went to the hospital, but she is expected to be okay. >> teachers and parents at james lick high school in san jose are demanding security changes after 2 violent incidents. they were very violent on campus last month on august 17, 2 students were stabbed. they were on campus or 7 trespassers involved in this fight. and one teacher says 10 days before that 8 people came on campus and attacked 2 staff members in a student. the teacher says that a teacher was attacked, trying to take a picture of the license plate of the suspects at a board meeting last week. teachers demanded the district implement safety reforms, including having additional security and an annual update on the safet

they're going to close 3 stores in the bay area, including one in pittsburgh crawfords amanda hari has more. >> this target behind me is the largest location closing in the bay area. it's also the only target in pittsburgh. so people who live in this area, we're going to have to go elsewhere. >> tuesday target announced they would be closing 3 bay area stores. one on folsom street in san francisco, one on broadway oakland and one in pittsburgh. i was shocked when a first listen to the news. and i say they were close in the first thing my husband was they don't close. our store target said in a statement they cannot keep operating the stores because of theft and organized retail crime. they say they feel both their team and the guests are at risk and it's contributing to an unsustainable business. dennis price lives in pittsburgh has experienced the retail crime in the area particular. yes, a lot. the pittsburgh chamber of commerce released a statement saying the city is doing what they can to fight this type of crime. quote, our police forces dedication to ensuring a safe and business

some businesses will strike for the whole day. >> in the newsroom, amanda hari kron, 4 news.s 10, 32 2 people were killed and a 3rd was injured yesterday morning in oakland when there was a hit and run crash involving. >> a stolen car. the victim's vehicle, they were going south on 73rd avenue trying to take a left onto holly street when a stolen lexus crashed into them. that lexus was stolen from daly city and it was really badly damaged. you know, in this wreck. but the suspect was able to get out of the car, run away and is missing right now. the 2 victims that were killed, a man from richmond and a woman from antioch. they died at the scene and a 3rd person. a passenger was taken to the hospital with injuries. this morning. oakland mayor sheng thao is expected to announce new speed limits for the city's business districts in honor of california. pedestrian safety month. she and city leaders are going unveil those limits 10 o'clock. so they started this morning about a half hour ago. the fruitvale bart station, they're going to be signing the new law with a new limits. san

let's take a closer look now with kron four's amanda hari. >> the business owner tells me this strikert of an ongoing effort by oakland merchants. he says he's hopeful the strike will lead to solutions that will improve the community. we want that back to vibrancy of folks is what we're looking for to bring back oakland business owners say they're trying to revive the city and restore safety after break-ins have become the norm. >> nigel jones, owner and chef of kingston, 11 and khalid bosh restaurant says just a few weeks ago it was his business with the broken windows. on the same day that happened. i am, you know, >> walks the neighborhood. 2 other businesses, people that i know they got their businesses broken into the same day. john says since the beginning of august, he's been talking with other merchants about what they can do to improve the situation. and we had a dialogue about the seriousness and urgency of what the business community has been facing and what we're going to continue to face. the business community was hoping for a grant from the state that would help fight o

four's amanda hari has more. >> i just feel like my heart been ripped out. the aunt of maya korea says her parents are completely torn apart. >> and one month after the tragedy, they're still learning how to live without her. >> a 4 year-old girl was fighting in a child's bike seat with their father on august 6. they were riding in the bike helmets, trying to stay out of way of carts when a parked car open their door and hit the bike. i have fell and hit her head. paramedics checked on the scene and sent her home. but a few hours later, i started vomiting and fell unconscious when she was rushed to the hospital. they found a blood clot between her brain and her school his sheila mccracken says she was eventually removed from life support. my is trying her best to be there for her to other kids and she's insanely strong that she gets out of bed every single day to be there for them. both organizers with traffic violence, rapid response and bike east bay. >> believe maya's death could have been prevented. they want city leaders to make the streets safer for pe

crawford's amanda hari explains. >> the business owner tells me this strike is part of an ongoing effort by oakland merchants. he says he's hopeful the strike will lead to solutions that will improve the community. we want that back 5 run. see is what we're looking for to bring back oakland business owners say they're trying to revive the city and restore safety after break-ins have become the norm. >> nigel jones, owner and chef of kingston, 11 and khalid bosh restaurant says just a few weeks ago it was his business with the broken windows. on the same day that happened. i am, you know, >> walks the neighborhood. 2 other businesses, people that i know they got their businesses broken into the same day. john says since the beginning of august, he's been talking with other merchants about what they can do to improve the situation. and we had a dialogue about seriousness and urgency of what the business community. has been facing and what we're going to continue to face. the business community was hoping for a grant from the state that would help fight organized retail crime. but earlier t

in santa rosa amanda hari kron. 4 news. >> it's 609, in for your health. some people are having a hard time getting an appointment for a covid booster shot. the latest moderna and pfizer boosters started coming out this month. some people in the bay area, though been struggling to get an appointment. the cbs spokesperson says that their pharmacies are getting the vaccine are rolling basis and they are experiencing a delay in the supply. walgreens student rep apply to us about it. ucsf infectious disease specialist doctor peter chin-hong explains why it hasn't been as easy to get a shot pharmacies. >> well, this is because there's a shift in vaccine distribution from the government sector to the private sector. and because we have a patchwork of health care delivery in this country. that's what people are. you know, encountering. >> okay. depend on where you go. a doctor chin. hong is confident that the booster is going to become more available in the coming weeks. it's extent. still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news, a nanny in the bay area accused of chil

crawford's amanda hari. >> was that santa rosa's for school board meeting in which people had to show up in-person if they wanted to speak. >> racist, anti-semitic and homophobic comments took over the santa rosa city schools, district meeting just 2 weeks ago. all over zoom. the board members cited take swift action, eliminating virtual comments. santa rosa city schools board of education believes a barrage of hateful virtual comments attempted to distract board members at their september 13th meeting. and it's easy to make those comments when you're behind a screen as opposed to being in-person gabriel alba. vera is a district principal. he says he's been a part of the district for decades. he took to the podium wednesday to thank the board for ending online comments the way they took the stance. >> extremely, extremely proud of our of our school board. similar anonymous online, hateful comments have happened at meetings across the bay area. >> in june, anti-semitic comments were made during a walnut creek city council meeting more recently. the comments have continued at meetings i