averi. ( averi )the city of berkeley is still bracing for protests even though conservative commentatorn coulter will not be speaking today at u.c. berkeley. campus police say they are prepared for the worst. police will be patrolling around campus. although ann coulter will not be there the controversy surrounding her visit is far from over. berkeley college republicans filed a lawsuit this week. they claim that the university is trying to limit conservative speech by not ensuring coulter's safety. ( averi ) school administrators say they never guaranteed that coulter could speak on april 27th. they offered to hold the speech on may 2nd instead. ( mark ) thanks averi. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( darya

"> ( mark ) thanks averi. check back with you through out the morning. ( james ) breaking news from overnight... the bellagio hotel and casino in las vegas bursts into flames. this is new video from the scene overnight. the fire broke out just before 11:00 last night. a large portion of the las vegas strip was closed down. you can huge flames shooting from the building. the fire is out now. there are no reports of any injuries. crews are still trying to figure out how the fire started. ( mark ) more breaking news we are following out of vacaville where three people have been shot. the shooter is still on the loose this morning. it happened around 11-50 last night outside a home on aegean way. police found one woman, one man and one child with gun- shot wounds. all three have been taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. these are pictures from the scene tweeted out by vacacille police. police have not yet released any information on the shooter. ( mark ) police make an arrest connected to a fr

averi. ( averi ) this happened in richmond. looking for 43-year-old lawyer dushan mcbride. police say he is the estranged boyfriend of 29-year-old rashanda franklin and this appears to be a case of domestic violence. the shooting happened yesterday morning at the intersection of rheem avenue and 29th street. police say rashanda was driving two of her boys to daycare when she noticed mcbride following her. he managed to block her... and they got out of their cars and started arguing. rashanda was then shot and killed while her boys were in the backseat. kron four spoke with people who knew rashanda and say she was a great mother to three boys. ( averi ) mcbride was last seen driving a 2007 silver four-door mercedes s-550 with paper plates. he is considered armed and danger

(darya) thanks averi.ll check back with you through out the morning. ( darya ) and in washington d-c.... people are going to hand out free joints to congressional staffers and reporters who work on capitol hill today. they say it's a protest against federal interference with states that have legal pot. recreational marijuana is legal in d-c... and giving it away for free is also legal. but another protest is scheduled for monday that could lead to arrests. activists plan to light up and smoke pot near the capitol. smoking in public remains illegal in washington, although it often goes unenforced. ( darya ) fresno police are describing the man accused of murdering three men as a 'hate- filled racist'. they say kori muhammad set out this past week to 'kill as many white people as possible.' investigators also add that muhammad has been laughing about the murders while they interrogate him. police say muhammad began his killing spree when he gunned down a security guard at a motel last week. when he realized

kron four's averi harper is there this morning with the latest. averi? (averi)this is still fresh so not much other than what i saw on video of a car with at least three men that pulled up to the victim before he was found dead. but police are calling this a brazen crime.it happened in this busy shopping plaza saturday morning.and oddly enough no one heard the gun shot.a man in his late 20's who has yet to be identified was found dead in a newark shopping center saturday morning.employees say a customer walked by and saw the victim slumped over the steering wheel.the victim was shot at least once in the head while sitting in the driver's seat of this dark grey bmw. the first homicide of the year was called into police at half past noon.but plaza employees say they think it happened hours before.lt. chomnan loth, newark police departmentnewark police aren't releasing any surveillence video at this time.but we were able to watch footage from a nearby business. in it a white or silver suv pull up to the car where the victim was found - about three men got o

kron 4's averi harper is live in san leandro this morning with the details. averi?veri ) an east bay man involved in a plot to murder his own baby. police say a woman shot at the baby from point blank range monday afternoon at the mcdonalds in san leandro's washington plaza but missed. police say adana ibe entered the mcdonalds, and at some point pulled out a gun and from a foot away opened fire at the baby who was sitting in a booth with her mother. according to detectives the 11 month old baby is the son of ibe's boyfriend marcel brooks. now brooks and ibe, both from antioch, have been charged with 5 counts of attempted murder. court documents indicate brooks told the mother to meet him at the mcdonalds with the baby. then once he knew the mother was there, he texted ibe to carry out the shooting. .

averi? ( averi )today...expected to vote on gas tax and vehicle registration fee increase. the extra money would go to repair roads and bridges damaged during the recent winter storms. environmentalists and anti-tax groups are among those against the bill. the measure also relaxes clean air rules for trucks. that provision was included to win support from truckers who will see a 20-cent per gallon tax for diesel. the bill would raise the price of gas about 12 cents per gallon. it would create fees for new cars, hybrids and zero emission vehicles. ( averi )it's not just the gas tax.. a special fee ranging from $25 to $175 will be added to your annual vehicle registration, depending on the value of your carcars worth less than $5,000 will see a $25 increase.cars worth over $60,000 will see a $175 increaseand there will be a sliding scale for cars valued in between $5,000 and $60,000 dollars.

averi. ( averi ) durant has a strained calf muscle.f yesterday's practice. durant was examined by the team training staff during sunday's game. but after the game, durant said it was nothing and that he would be fine. the warriors forward missed 19 regular season games because of a knee injury. durant scored 32 points and had 10 rebounds in the dubs game 1 victory. steph curry was asked about durant's injury after yesterday's practice. ( averi ) tip-off for tonight's game is 7:30 at oracle. ( james ) thanks averi. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( darya ) speeding is to blame for an increase in traffic accid

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averi. ( averi ) all lanes on state highway 92 in san mateo are open after a fatal crash closed the westboundesday night, according to the california highway patrol. the incident was first reported at 10:10 p.m. on the highway, just west of el camino real, chp officials said. a preliminary report indicated that an suv struck a pedestrian. emergency crews. a sig-alert was issued at 10:35 p.m. because all westbound lanes were blocked. shortly before midnight, the sig-alert was cancelled because the scene was cleared and all lanes on highway 92 were open. map showing highway 92 near el camino real in san mateo ( mark ) thanks averi. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( mark ) happening today... a west contra costa county school district employee accused of molesting children is set to appear in court. 60-year-old ruben gonzalez faces 47 felony charges. he worked as a yard supervisor and then bacame a night janitor. police say his victims were all children who lived in his pinole home and were members of his family. investigators say the abuse has been going on for more than a d

averi. ( averi ) police are looking for a man who allegedly exposed himself friday to a person ridingike in los altos a few blocks from a preschool. the victim told police a man described as white, 18 to 20 years old with long reddish- blonde hair pulled back in a ponytail exposed himself to the victim at about 3:40 p.m. near south gordon way and hawthorne avenue. the intersection is about three blocks from the los altos- mountain view children's corner preschool. the suspect was wearing a black beanie and dark clothing. he was driving a gold or beige older-model sedan, according to police. the suspect drove up to the victim, spoke with them and exposed victim turned away and rode home. in a separate incident at 4:16 p.m., police believe the same person contacted two people in front of a home in of valencia drive near los altos high school. sgt. brian jeffrey said the pair became frightened because a person unknown to them drove up and started talking to people around and ran home, police said. police are following expect to release a sketch of the weekend, jeffrey said. ( darya ) tha

averi. ( averi ) you can see the tree fell right onto the home.. here is video from the scene.t the time. the woman suffered a head injury, but is expected to be okay. fire crews say there is major damage to the roof and the inside of the home. fire fighters say at least three other trees came down around the city last night and they are preparing for more incidents. back to you. ( mark ) thanks averi. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( darya ) also breaking overnight... at least five homes have been evacuated due to a landslide in the oakland hills. it happened at around 8:00 last night on banning drive. people had to be evacuated due to the unstable hillside. there are no reports of any injuries or damage to any of the homes. ( darya ) and take a look at this... more problems in the oakland hills. this is new video of downed trees near the corner of maple and sylvan avenues. this is new video just into the newsroom from overnight. these trees came down late last night. ( mark ) officials in the east bay are keeping a close eye on landslides this morning. i

avery? >> yeah, i mean, what we don't know is what sally yates is going to tell the house intelligence committee. what kind of contact was there between flynn and the fbi that we don't know about and right at the point where sally yates was going to testify, the hearing gets canceled. so eventually we're going to hear about that. whether there's queen for a day, whatever it's going to be, i'm telling you, there's not going to be immunity unless there's some ability to implicate the president. i doubt that there is. i don't think there's going to be any kind of immunity deal at all. >> it's interesting the difference in the interpretation of what immunity means. i mean, you know, take a listen to what flynn and then candidate trump had to say about immunity, particularly when they were talking about hillary clinton. >> when you are given immunity, that probably means you committed a crime. >> and if you're not guilty of a crime, what do you need immunity for, right? >> so now the shoe is on t

kron 4's averi harper is live in san francisco with a look at the event. ( averi ) as many as 15- thousandple are expected to come out to golden gate park. this is the first year recreational pot is legal in the state. despite that...smoking marijuana in public is still not allowed. the city put up fences and lines of porto-potties were installed. there is no alcohol or glass allowed inside and drug dealing is prohibited. plus no one under 18-year-old is allowed in. people heading out to golden gate park today had mixed opinions about the new restrictions. <"negative dude it wasn't like that last year so why you doing it now?""we've asking the city to put porter potties out and put more garbage cans out. they complain about the mass that's made it 420 but they did nothing to alleviate it and now they're finally doing it which is a good thing.">( averi ) city officials estimate they spend as much as 140-thousand dollars annually to manage the event. crews usually clean up about 20-thousand pounds of garbage. shuttles are available to help with crowding on a affected muni routes. city offici

averi? ( averi )today...pected to vote on gas tax and vehicle registration fee increase. the extra money would go to repair roads and bridges damaged during the recent winter storms. environmentalists and anti-tax groups are among those against the bill. the measure also relaxes clean air rules for trucks. that provision was included to win support from truckers who will see a 20-cent per gallon tax for diesel. the bill would raise the price of gas about 12 cents per gallon. it would create fees for new cars, hybrids and zero emission vehicles. . <"i have been driving since 2006 and the prices keep going up." "there's got to be another way. the roads are messed up though, i drive from stockton every day. they are messed up."> ( terisa ) thanks aver. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( mark ) protesters are demanding the alameda county sheriff stop the detention of undocumented immigrants for deportation. about 100 people protested outside the glenn e dyer jail in oakland yesterday. the demo

(averi) coming up... the lastest round of rain has brought damage to the bay area.good morning and welcome to kron 4 news weekend. here's a live look at the kron 4 radar. we have scattered showers right now. and we take a live look outside from our embarcadero camera. ( marty ) i'm marty gonzalez. thanks for joining us.hello dave, what's in the forecast. (dave)look for showers to return later this morning into the afternoon. dry weather will return to most areas by this evening and into tuesday, except for a slight chance of light rain in the north bay sunday night into early monday. a significant spring storm system may impact our region with rain and winds beginning wednesday of next week. ( marty @ landing ) breaking news... a tree has fallen on highway 13, blocking a lane in oakland. take a look at this picture c-h-p oakland tweeted this morning. this is on southbound highway 13 near thornhill. they say this is weather related. there was also a collision in the area. no word on any injuries right now. we are being told crews are working on cleaning out the area

averi?ed to take place here in the martin luther king jr. civic park.right wing groups announced a protest here at noon.a left wing group is having a bloc party and cookout here at 10-am.this bank in downtown berkeley isn't taking any chances.... they've boarded up the entire perimeter of their business to prepare for pro and anti trump protests planned in martin luther king junior civic park in berkeley on saturday.this bank is just one of the businesses damaged in february when a protest at uc berkeley spilled out into the downtown area causing about a half a million dollars in damage. another protest in march also resulted in violence...but no businesses were damaged during that protest.he didn't want to identify the store where he works because he's scared of becoming a target during saturday's protest.the downtown berkeley association has warned business owners of the protest, some have gotten extra security.but this man says if there is violence, he doesn't think added security would m

kron-4's averi harper was at the scene and spoke with those two victims.iler home that geno garcia and his father called home.a fire tour through their trailer home inside this senior community in union city. geno garcia/fire victim: "i woke up in the whole house was covered in smoke, thick smoke, and i was choking and coughing i noticed there was a red glow from the kitchen so i screamed for my father."geno's father is disabled.as their mobile home burned they tried to save some of their belongings... but the fire became overwhelming."i said dad what could we save. we should've just saved ourselves because i didn't realize how fast the fire was moving."homes like these can burn to the ground in minutes.chief rob peterson/ alameda county fire battalion chief: "they burn really hot they're hard to put out it's mostly a defense of operation because it's typically very unsafe to go in."that's when a neighbor came to their aid... helping the father and son escape their crumbling home. his name is lua popoe... and people in the neighborhood are calling him a he

in union city, averi harper, kron 4 news. (jr stone) coming up... new images released of the missing tennessee student and teacher.. we'll tell you where they were spotted. (justine) plus... another house explosion near a popular resort in tahoe... the cause of this one... coming up..(jr stone) and the death toll continues to rise in columbia after a river overflows causing a surge of mudslides. after the break... we'll have the latest on the search efforts.. (justine) almost 200 people are dead after massive mudslides in columbia...near the boarder with ecuador. an avalanche of water from three overflowing rivers swept through a small city in colombia destroying homes and killing unsuspecting victims in their sleep. 200 people are injured. power is out. trees are down. and the cities fresh water supply was wiped out. the president of columnia blamed climate change for triggering the avalanche. (jr stone) for the second time in a week there was a gas explosion near kirkwood resort in the lake tahoe area. this is cell phone video showing the latest c

averi?i) a-c transit says they are considering getting rid of bus service at three schools within the oakland unified school district. the board of directors is holding a meeting tonight to discuss their options. the change would affect more than 900 students at montera middle school, skyline high school, and community day school. a-c transit says the service is becoming too expensive. ( james ) thanks aver. we will check back with you through out the morning. (mark) police have arrested a man who they say exposed himself to women in mountain view. now...they are asking for more victims to come forward. 18-year-old thomas serna was arrested on suspicion of indecent exposure. a woman reported to police a man exposed himself to her in the parking lot of grant park plaza. she described the car and police found the car...but it got away from them. they traced the car to a home in mountain view that was registered to serna. he was arrested near the home and booked into the santa clara county jail

averi? considering getting rid of bus service at three schools within the oakland unified school district. the board of directors is holding a meeting tonight to discuss their options. the change would affect more than 900 students at montera middle school, skyline high school, and community day school. a-c transit says the service is becoming too expensive. ( james ) thanks aver. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( mark ) firefighters are trying to figure out what caused a building to go up in flames in the middle of san francisco's financial district. the blaze started just before 9:00 last night on clay street. the area has reopened this morning after firefighters checked for hotspots inside the 3 story building. the building has a massage parlor, other commercial businesses and a residential hotel that were all affected.

reporter avery bradley goes back. celtics directory. green knocks down to three right there from the corner. here it is. boston wins 112-94 september 1 seed in the east conference. they now face chicago bulls in the playoffs. the team received its 2016 championship rings before last night's game. the 108 diamonds to commemorate 108 year drought. look at them. the demos are handed out 1900 day ranks to remember the last time they had won the world series. let's go back to reality. first inning against the dodgers. deep to right field for the solo homerun. dodgers up 1-nothing. that's the way of its intel had their strikes out that both in contrast throws it away, che as they can send to score and spikes at home. dodgers go on to win 2-0. the i.c.e. on canadiens take on the rangers in game one of the playoffs. perhaps the pot, then rips a beautiful backhander for the goal. rangers take a lead and that's all they needed as they shut out the canadiens 2-not being. lea: burger king air india commercial designed to activate google's voice con

thomas and avery bradley scoring 24 points a piece. boston won at home after the won road trip.ould force the series back to boston for a decisive game seven on sunday. the yankees celebrating 25th birthday at fenway park by leading yanks 3-1 win. one on, in the third, made a spectacular catch, tumbling into the right field stance, luÍs pitched 7 innings of three hits, 11th win in 14 wins for the yankees after they opened the season one and four. in second round of the nhl my ahs the national predators beating st. louis blues 4-1. a goal and two assists and scored with 5:05 left. left the ice on a stretcher and was taken to a hospital in an balance. the team said he was in stable condition and we wish him well. nicole: before you head out the door, let's get a look at thursday forecast. janice. janice: good morning, a lot going on in the weather map. we have the threat for severe storms across the southeast today as well as the midwest as the boundary moves through. also the potential for snow across the northern tier and more snow for higher elevations for northern rockies and

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phil avery. it isa it is a glorious day.rina is there in hertfordshire, our weather watchers are out in force. it is a decent way, but strong winds on the high grounds of scotland and there is some wintering is about show was. —— showers. it won't be dry over night. cloud and rain across northern ireland and scotland and then the rain will move on to been mainland. sunny spells and showers on monday and watch out for frosty nights in the coming week. this is bbc news. the headlines: north korea warns the us not to take provocative action in the region, saying it is "ready to hit back with nuclear attacks." the comments came as north korea marked the 105th anniversary of the birth of its founding president, kim il—sung. the sun columnist kelvin mackenzie has been suspended over comments he made about everton footballer ross barkley. mackenzie compared barkley, who has a grandfather born in nigeria, to a gorilla. a british university student who was stabbed to death on a tram injerusalem has been named as 20—year—old hannah bl

avery was one of the demonstrators that day.overnment has denied any political motive behind charging the protesters. but the activists believe they are being persecuted to prevent protests before an upcoming visit by the chinese president. ♪ that ins often said matters of heart, opposites attract. that is true for one pennsylvania couple whose politics could not be more divided. before the election, we met democrat gretchen and tom ellis who supported donald trump. now they are married and although they said "i do" they say "i don't" when it comes to the president. i'm gretchen and i voted for hillary clinton. >> i voted for donald trump. >> we just got married. >> we had a couple of days after the election where i said i cannot talk to you. >> it was only difficult because i did not know what to say to her. themter: if i frst met during the elections. >> whoa, whoa, don't talk over me. reporter: i caught up with them again six weeks into their marriage. this is the room you got married in and 100 days into the trump presidency

. >> reporter: avery roche is in fifth grade at west park elementary. she says she and four other students huddled under a table for an hour, unsure of where the shooter was. they wrote letters to home. >> to our parents because, like, what if we -- like if we died or something. >> reporter: and these neighbors are now home this morning, many of them couldn't be here and tell this morning or late last night. the napa county district attorney is in charge of this investigation, and yesterday there were a few officers who were hurt, minor injuries by shrapnel and glass. live in napa, kate larsen, "abc 7 news." >>> thank you. police in east bay are searching for the man who shot and killed a another in front of her children. devastated family members confirm the identity of the victim, this one, 29-year-old rashanda franklin. police are looking for 43-year-old lawyer dashawn mcbride from san pablo. he was captured on video walking away and driving off moments after shooting her. she was taking her young kids to school when she was cut off by him at a stop

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>> reporter: avery mcrae has been passionate about the environment for half a lifetime. you've been worried about >>imate change... >> reporter: now at 11, she is really getting serious. you signed on to sue the president. >> yeah. >> reporter: to sue the government of the united states. >> yeah. trump is not doing anything to help stop climate change. he's a climate change denier, and we're going to prove that to-- to the world. >> reporter: mccrae is one of 21 students suing the government, claiming it is violating their constitutional right to a healthy planet by not doing enough to limit the use of fossil fuels. the case, originally filed in oregon in 2015, bears the name of lead plaintiff kelsey juliana. >> it's a disgrace that the government has put its sins and its younger generations into a position where we have to go to our court. >> reporter: the justice department tried to get it thrown out, but instead in november, u.s. district court judge anne achin' agreed to hear it. >> my mom is like, "your case won and you're going to move getting ready to cry and i wa

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