. >>> several bay area cities like benicia and novato responding to the verdict slapped against monsanto. they are trying to take a more natural approach with weed is h up mulch at pickle weed park. but according to the city, the work he and other volunteers are doing is an important part of weed control. >> you have enough mulch down, the weeds can't come up. it reduces the amount of chemicals you need to use. >> reporter: the nonchemical strategies of hand pulling leads an laying down mulch are more time consuming than spraying the weeds. something the city cannot afford to do without help. >> we are relying on volunteers to help out with that. >> reporter: one of the chemicals they are trying not the use is glyposate. that was the chemical in the landmark verdict against monsanto, the company that makes roundup. a former benicia school grounds keeper used roundup for years and when he got cancer he sued the company saying it did not disclose the possible health risks of using the product. he won and was awarded almost $300 million. residents in san rafael said they are willing to put

mulch and using recycled water. >> if we all do a little bit it adds up. >> reporter: the city of beniciaas gone glyphosate-free. katie utehs, abc 7 news. >>> a british woman survived ten hours treading water after falling from a cruise ship. it's not clear how the 46-year-old woman fell overboard yesterday. norwegian cruise lines called the croatian coast guard to search for her. >> i fell off the back of the norwegian star and i was in the water for ten hours. these wonderful guys rescued me. >> your name is? >> kay. i am very lucky to be alive. >> that is incredible. the woman was taken to the hospital. the cruise ship line says she's not hurt and in good spirits, despite that terrifying ordeal. >> i don't understand how she did that. >>> new this morning, 90 days until mickey mouse turns 90s. disney announced a pop-up exhibit to celebrate called "mickey the true original exhibition" that will open in new york in november. it will feature artwork and short films of everyone's favorite mouse. his official birthday is november 18th. that's when he debuted in "steamboat willy." i should m

novato and benicia will no longer use roundup or products containing the chemical glyphosate. >> there'saying you put your money behind your values and in our community we value the environment and value protecting our children and animals and so for us, this was a priority. >> this was in the works prior to the ruling, but we wanted to make sure because of the ruling that our community knew we are taking these steps. >> novato is looking for volunteers to help public works grounds keepers pull weeds. >>> jack dorsey is committed to curbing fake news from the platform but no timetable for how the company will approach that issue. in an interview he discussed the controversy surrounding alex jones a right wing conspiracy theorist. twitter suspended his account for a week after he tweeted a link to a video calling for supporters to get their battle rifles ready against media and others. dorsey says politics on social media tend to be divisive, but it's important to talk about. >> it's important to see those. i believe it's important to see the dark areas of society so that we can acknowled

the benicia fire department tweeted out this picture saying it crashed just before east fifth street.und 10:30 this morning. you can see the tow truck trying to get the truck back on all fours. (vicki) police in santa rosa arrest a man accused of spying on women using the restroom at santa rosa junior college. a woman called police when she noticed a man watching her from another stall. the woman gave police a description of the man. police later found ian mumbi sitting in a parked car nearby. he was identified as the man in the women's bathroom. he has been booked into the sonoma county jail. (grant) the father of a man charged with abusing children and accused of training at least one of them to commit school shootings is speaking out. imam siraj wahhaj's son is also accused of abducting his own son more than eight months ago in georgia. he was one of five adults arrested last week at a new mexico compound after authorities rescued 11 starving children. they later found the remains of a young boy... but the body not been identified. wahhaj says his son's actions are completely out o

this comes nearly two weeks after a terminally ill benicia man was awarded $289 million verdict against monsanto claiming it caused cancer. >>> after avoiding calls for an audit the dmv director is conducting her own assess end in of the agency doing a road show tour of dmv offices across the state including here in the bay area. the goal she says to get ideas from workers on how to fix the wait times. earlier this month she resisted calls for an audit saying it would shift resources away from customer service and make things worse. >> we're doing a review of all our transactions. it means a lot to get out and talk to people to make sure they have my full support. >> the dmv director says that progress is being made. the agency has been approved to hire 230 more workers. and she has shifted staff from field administration to field locations to serve the public directly. not sure what's worse, getting stuck in traffic or stuck in the dmv. >> at this point in california you're stuck in both! >> good point. >>> speaking of traffic, jaclyn has a crash that's likely going to cause some. >> y

johnson worked for benicia school district in 2012 as the integrative pest manager, and a large part of his job was to spray those products in bulk 30 times a year. two and a half years into the job, he was diagnosed with non-hodgkins lymphoma. this is the first of thousands of cases like it against monsanto. >> i'm glad to be here to help with this situation after i learned about roundup and glyphosate and everything. i'm glad to be able to help, but the cost is way bigger than me. so hopefully this thing will start to get the attention that it needs to get right so folks can make a good choice. >> the verdict today, it doesn't change the overwhelming scientific evidence and the 40 years of safe use of glyphosate around the world. it is the most widely used herbicide in the world. it's the most widely studied herbicide in the world. >> a little bit more about dwayne lee johnson. he is a father. he is a husband, and his attorneys have said he is on rrtime they didn't expect him to make it to this day because his cancer is terminal. now monsanto's vice president, who you just heard fr

but we are tracking a problem over at the benicia bridge.ake a closer look at that coming up. >>> good morning, everyone. it is friday, august 17th, my favorite day! i told you that before. >> i'm not disputing it! i'm brian hackney. kenny choi is off today. it makes it even his most favorite day. >> it is. >>> let's check weather and traffic starting with weather. and a few little warming changes coming. >> it's going to be warm, oh, yeah, this weekend, friends with pools will be good to keep close again. >> i'll have to blow mine up. >> you have a floatie kid pool? >> yes. >> water will be nice. it's going to be warm especially inland. quite a difference in what you will experience right around places like san francisco. but inland, yeah, that heat will be on. here's a look now at the golden state. we are used to seeing more fog but not the case this morning. we have clouds but just a little bit higher up. so drivers doing fine as far as visibility is concerned. but the heat is upon us for inland areas. about a 30 to 40-degree difference w

. >>> more fallout from monsanto after a benicia man wins his court case now several bay area cities are stopping the use of monsanto's roundup weed killer. >>> how do you properly dispose of contact lenses? doctors are sending out a new warning about where you should and ould not trashe look at the bay bridge and >>> you are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." >> time now 5:43 on this monday morning. we're tracking the fog for you. live doppler 7 showing you visibility pretty good around the bay shoreline. notice in the north bay tracking this all morning long. santa rosa still having issues with dense fog right now, down to zero miles visibility. that's as bad as it gets. we'll keep tracking that. 12-hour planner shows you the gradual clearing of cloud cover. by 4:00 the big takeaway a cooler afternoon compared to the weekend but i'm tracking even cooler air moving into the coming days. i will have that for you in about four minutes. alexis >>> thank you. developing news in the case of a missing iowa college student who sp

. >> the groundskeeper for benicia unified used the popular weed killer roundup. andria borba has reaction from backyard gardeners, but we begin with julie watts at the courthouse in san francisco. julie? >> reporter: liz, this jury ordered monsanto to pay a lot of money, specifically 39.2 million in compensatory damages, but more notably, another 250 million in punitive damages because they unanimously found that monsanto acted with malice. >> did monsanto fail to adequately warn of the danger or instruct on the safe use of roundup pro or ranger pro? answer yes. was monsanto's failure to warn a substantial factor in causing harm to mr. johnson? answer yes. >> reporter: it was a unanimous verdict from a san francisco jury. they found not only did monsanto's product cause harm, but that monsanto was negligent and not warning it could cause harm and that their actions constituted malice, oppression or fraud and should be punished. lawyers for both sides say the jury was very educated and took copious notes. >> in truth, i've never seen a jury that paid attention and

. >> reporter: 46-year-old lee johnson is a former groundskeeper for benicia unified school district. he is dying from non-hodgkin's lymphoma and he blames corporate giant monsanto. johnson's lawyers linked his cancer to the in exposure to glyphosate which is the active ingredient in weed killers like roundup. he says one of several people who are suing monsanto. of course, the company continues to insist the product is safe. >> it almost certainly won't end with this verdict. there will be appeals. >> reporter: monsanto did tell us today they will appeal this and again, thousands of cases across the country. so this certainly would set a precedent in those cases. >> thank you, julie. we should reiterate the chemical in the commercial version is the same as what people can buy in roundup at their stores. kpix5 reporter andria borba is talking with backyard gardeners and others who use roundup about today's verdict. she'll have a live report at 6:00. also kpix5 political reporter melissa caen will weigh in on the verdict's impact and more on what could happen next, all that coming up a

. >> the groundskeeper for benicia unified used the popular weed killer roundup.s reaction from backyard gardeners, but we begin with julie watts at the courthouse in san francisco. julie? >> reporter: liz, this jury ordered monsanto to pay a lot of money, specifically 39.2 million in compensatory damages, but more notably, another 250 million in punitive damages because they unanimously found that monsanto acted with malice. >> did monsanto fail to adequately wa

the plaintiff in the landmark case, lee johnson, was a groundskeeper in benicia and used roundup and its pro strength product ranger pro up to 20 to 30 times a year to kill weeds. he was diagnosed with non- hodgkin's lymphoma in 2014. >> this case obviously a lot of support and a lot of thank you and a lot of prayer and a lot of everything, just good energy from a lot of people that i don't even know, you know, and i'm glad to be here to help with this situation after i learned about roundup and glyphosate and everything. i'm glad to be here to be able to help with a cause that's way bigger than me. >> the ingredient in question is glyphosate. it was deemed safe by the epa in 2017, but the world health organization said in 2015 it was probably carcinogenic to humans. >> this is a company that used all of the plays in the playbook. it was about over 60 years to escape consequences of killing one out of every five of its customers that used its product as directed and monsanto and roundup have used those strategies to insulate this product which is now ubiquitous in our food supply and

. >>> and right now, we are taking a live look at your ride over at the benicia bridge, where all is calm and quiet. we are tracking an earlier closure, the rio vista bridge. caltrans shut it down overnight but it's reopened at 3:49 this morning ahead of schedule. so on 160 and 12, you should be good to go. in antioch, westbound 4 moving at the limit towards 680. and here's a quick check of some of your "bay area majors," all in the green this time around, "friday light." >>> the man arrested in connection with a deadly crash that killed a chp officer and another driver is now out on bail. officers believe shawn walker of rocklin was speeding and on his cell phone at the time of the crash in fairfield. he faces two felony counts of gross vehicular manslaughter. the crash happened a week ago today. officer kirk griess had pulled over jaime manuel on interstate 80 when walker allegedly slammed into them both. yesterday, a chp officer in oakland took kpix 5 on a ride- along and our crew got to see firsthand the kind of unsafe behavior officers often face on the freeway. they saw one man

the benicia fire department tweeted out this picture saying it crashed just beofre east 5th street aroud. this was around ten-thirty this morning. you can see the tow truck trying to get the truck back on all fours.the truck back on all fours. (grant) police in santa rosa arrest a man accused of spying on women using the restroom at santa rosa junior college. a woman called police when she noticed a man watching her from another stall. the woman gave police a description of the man. police later found ian mumbi sitting in a parked car nearby. he was identified as the man in the women's bathroom. he has been booked into the sonoma county jail. (vicki) along the peninsula... foster city police are investigating the death of a man found near the san mateo bridge today. police were first called at around nine thirty this morning when someone reported seeing a body in the bay. using boats police pulled the body out of the water and pronouced him dead once they got to shore. police are currently working with san mateo county coroner's officer to identify the man and find out how he died. (vick

.>> reporter: benicia jackson was a devoted mothmake others happy. >> she did not do drugs. she went to church and she worked. >> reporter: the police say that around 4:30 in the afternoon her life ended tragically. shots were fired near the intersection of mcdonald avenue and harbor way. once the police were on scene they found her sitting in the passenger seat of a car that was riddled with bullets. she was struck in the shoulder my sister was an innocent bystander caught up in a crossfire in a war that is going on between north richmond and south richmond and central. >> reporter: police do not believe she was the intended target and says the shooting may have been gang related. the family also believes it to be so. >> they're going blood for blood. they do not care. >> reporter: jackson sister has many questions and not a lot of answers. at a time when they should be celebrating her sons senior year they are deciding on their mother's final resting place. >> the girls are played -- planning their mom's funeral. their 18 and 19. this is the first adult thing they are doin

so very similar to yesterday maybe a degree or two cooler 71 in benicia, 78 in walnut creek. here's the seven-day forecast. warming in inland communities for tomorrow, beaches and bay stay consistenter 60s. and then next week all the bay area is staying in the 60s and site of. pretty cool. >> right now, folks heading over to the richie incognito. the span is quiet. you have an easy ride making your way towards 101. but getting there may be a bit difficult for some drivers. there's an accident investigation going on that has shut down all directions of richmond parkway at san pablo avenue. take 80 to hilltop and reconnect with richmond parkway but that may cost you a few extra minutes. you can see the backup developing along richmond parkway. give yourself some extra time. here's 80 near san pablo dam road. traffic fine in both directions. "friday light" along the eastshore freeway. >>> lyft is going to help get out the vote this november. the rideshare service will offer half priced rides to polling stations on election day. lyft will distribute promotional codes to riders th

backed up across the benicia bridge.ar from morning through afternoon for most part of the bay area. temperatures will be a bit warmer inland back into the low 80's for some areas while staying steady closer to the coast with 50's and 60's and some 70's along the bay. high temperatures will continue to boost as we move into the weekend tomorrow back into the mid 80's for some inland areas. ( james ) the state assembly has approved a bill to extend bar hours to 4-a-m. the so called "local act" is limited to nine california cities... including san francisco and oakland. it would allow but not require cities to extend sales of alcohol at bars... nightclubs and restaurants to as late as 4-a-m. the bill now goes back to the senate for a vote. if passed it will head to the governor for his signature. ( james ) we'll be back as the kron 4 morning news continues... and here's a live look outside... san mateo bridge. major hot spot in pacheco/martinez overturn accident sb 680 at hwy 4 causing major delays. hazmat team responding

at the company's corporate office in berkeley, this comes about three weeks after a terminally ill benicia was awarded a $289 million verdict against monsanto. he said the product caused his cancer. >>> time check 5:51. a legal victory for former 49er quarterback colin kaepernick has he takes on the nfl. maybe you could save energy by weaving your own shoes... out of flax. or simply adjust your thermostat. do your thing, with energy upgrade california. how do you take two selfies with one phone? -what? -[ scoffs ] never mind. [ camera shutters click ] against the n-f-l.. claiming owners conspired to keep him out of the league. it all started w ee during the >>> a legal victory for colin kaepernick in his fight against the nfl claiming that owners conspired to keep him out of the league. it all started when he "took a knee" during the national anthem a couple of years ago to protest what he claims is police brutality in america. he hasn't played since he left san francisco last year. but now an arbitrator ruled there was san francisco evidence to show the nfl owners conspired to keep him of

. >> johnson regularly used roundup while working as a groundskeeper for the benicia school district. he was diagnosed with non-hodgkin's lymphoma. >> did you find by clear and convincing evidence that monsanto acted with malice and oppression, answer, yes. >> hundreds of lawsuits targeting roundup may proceed to trial. >> you did something wrong and now you have to pay and i cannot say how important this case is. >> monsanto vowed to fight the ruling. we will appeal. this is the beginning, obviously, of a very, very long process, but as i said at the start the verdict has not changed the science. >> johnson hopes the decision will bring more attention to the possible dangers of >> the cause is way bigger than me. >> arma date, abc 7 news. >> it is probably >>> a judge has rejected the plea deal for the ghost ship fire departments, both men, derek almena and alex harris had to account for the deaths of 36 people in the fear. which was brokered by a previous judge. while he was tearful in court yesterday, a written statement he made while in jail is still problematic for him. >> he was

benicia school district groundskeeper dewayne johnson was awarded 289-million-dollars in damages after a jury found that roundup was a significant cause of his terminal cancer. monsanto officals say round-up did not cause his cancer...and says it is appealing the ruling. .... (pam) a measles outbreak has hit nearly two dozen states... including california. so far, there are more than 100 -cases, but the centers for disease control expects that number to rise. kron 4's charles clifford spoke with a doctor about how people need to do to protect themselves... the center for disease control says that so far this year 107 people in 21 states have contracted measles. in california, the health department says that there have been 18 confirmed cases of the virus this year. sot measles is one of the most contagiouis of the infectious diseases.dr. matt willis is the public health officer in marin county. he says the danger posed by measles can not be ignored. sotif there's one child in a classroom coughing, that whole classroom can be exposed. there hasn't been a confirmed case of measles in mar

. >> in 2012, plaintiff duane lee johnson worked for benicia school district as the integrated pest managerrge part of his job was spraying roundup weed killer. after two and a half years of spraying the contestant side 30 times a year, he was diagnosed with non-hodgkins lymphoma. they questioned monsanto's approach to science. >> this is a for our health bragging to a monsanto employee that he is going to kill something, another person's investigation of it. and he should get a medal. >> george lombardi cited 40 years of scientific studies. >> the message from that evidence is clear, and it's that this cancer was not caused by ranger pro. >> lombari said human studies were the most compelling. >> they concluded not just that nhl is not associated with glyphosate, but that mr. johnson's type of cancer is not associated with glyphosate. >> plaintiffs are seaboard mortgage than $39 million and $373 million in punitive damages. >> they do want month important toe to be punished for what they've done. and if it requires one big case or one big number to make their change their conduct, to put a

. >> he regularly used round up while working as a grounds keeper for the benicia district.was diagnosed with non-hodgkins lymphoma. >> did you find with clear evidence that monsanto acted with malice and oppression. >> hundreds of suits targeting round up may now proceed to trial. >> you did something wrong and now you have to pay, and i cannot say how important this case is. >> monsantoruling. >> we will appeal. this is the beginning, obviously, of a very, very long process, but as i said at the start the verdict has not changed the science. >> johnson hopes the decision will bring more attention to the possible dangers of glyphosate. >> i am glad to be here to be able to help, but the cause is way bigger than me. >> ama date, abc 7 news. >>> the world health organization reports as glyphosate carcinogenic. >> a judge has rejected a plea deal for the two ghost ship fire defendants, both men, derick almena, and almena's actions were brokered by a previous judge. wasjeing guilt rful in c others which this court doesn't appreciate. he wants, you know, total apology. >> it see

san ramon tomorrow 81 degrees, antioch 83, livermore 82, vallejo, benicia, martinez mid- 70s, san leandro 69 degrees and not 90 up toward lake county. that will be a boon for the firefighters dealing with the mendocino complex. 80s inland, 60s to low 70s near the bay, struggling to make it to 60 degrees still at the beach. that is your foggy kpix5 forecast. we'll be right back. >>> when we come back, hard work and determination for this students rising above scholar, how he followed his dreams and got into college. >>> i want to create more yes'. yes, you can. >> nicole is a great leader for tech ridge because she is so passionate about our girls. >> chevron and kpix5 teaming up to support stem education in the bay area. struggled to fit in but as christin ayers shares with us, carlos luna contreras has found his niche. >>> during his childhood today's students rising above scholar struggled to fit in. >> he did, but as christin ayers shares with us, carlos luna contreras has found his niche. >> this is the chapel. >> reporter: zipping around on a golf cart on this campus tucked away in w

. >> he regularly used glyphosate-based round up while working as a groundskeeper for the benicia schoole was diagnosed with non-hodgkin's lymphoma. >> did you find by clear and convincing evidence that monsanto acted with malice and oppression? answer, yes. >> hundreds of lawsuits targeting round up will now proceed to trial. >> you did something wrong and now you have to pay, and i cannot say how important this case is. >> monsanto vowed to fight the ruling. >> we will appeal. this is the beginning, obviously, of a very, very long process, but as i said at the start, the verdict has not changed the science. >> johnson hopes it will bring more attention to the possible dangers of glyphosate. >> the cause is way bigger than me. >> ama date, abc 7 news. >>> the world health organization classifies glyphosate as probably carcinogenic. the cpa ruled it as possibly not carcinogenic. >> a judge has rejected the deal for the two ghost ship fire defendants, derick almena and alex hairs had to account for the 36 people killed in the fire. almena's appeared to play the largest role in the decisio

the janitor regularly used round up while working as a groundskeeper for the benicia school district.oma. they have no plans to settling future cases. good news, progress is being made on the ferguson fire which is allowing the national park service to re-open yosemite valley next tuesday. highway 140 will be open as well except highway 41 at the super end of the park. 41 will remain closed from warona to the valley floor for at least another week. the giants will retire barry bonds number 25 in a special ceremony in at&t park. bonds' career ended 11 years ago at the age of 42. he has the most mvp awards in baseball history. bonds godfather willie mayes along with a host of former teammates and two of his managers, jim jim we have frances dinglasan. >> you can see here with live doppler 7 and the satellite image, but it will clear pretty quickly. here is a live shot looking the golden gate bridge. temperatures inland will be in the 70s and still 50s at the coast. a breezy afternoon with improved air quality, and inland temperatures will be in the mid 90s along the bay. upper 50s, but

over in the east bay plenty of sunshine and slightly cooler temperatures. 90 walnut creek and benicia air force base 84 degrees. over in the north bay and in parts of the east bay. oakland 71 and berkeley 70 tomorrow and alameda 72. richmond hits 69 degrees. and at the bay 62. it's still warm up by the fires though and numbers will be in the mid 90s. in the extended forecast we'll go with the stratus quo. sun in the afternoon sneer the shorelines and -- near the shorelines and we finally get break from the warm weather on monday, tuesday and wednesday and on the subject of breaks here's one example. super fan of disneyland as cbs reporter jamie yuccas reports -- >>> well, woundy is a -- guy is a superfan of disneyland. >> jamie yuccas reports. watch. >> reporter: this former sporting goods store is 40 miles and more than an hour's drive away from disneyland. but once you get inside? >> mr. toad's wild ride. this is from peter pan's flight. >> welcome to walt disney's enchanted. >> reporter: it's easy to imagine you're right in the middle of the happiest place on earth. >> everybody ha

about an hour delay from the benicia bridge. >>> time for "live with kelly and ryan." >> announcer: it'sto win a luxurious beach vacation, all next on "live." and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest >> bradley: ♪ she's just my ♪ type ♪ she's bad advice ♪ i don't think twice ♪ oh, i don't know why ♪ she's what i like ♪ but i, i, i love it ♪ i, i, i love it >> ryan: hello! >> bradley: ♪ plays with ♪ my head ♪ she lets me down [cheers and applause] >> kelly: it's thursday, august 30th, 2018. [cheers and applause]

benicia school district groundskeeper, dewayne johnson, was awarded 289- million-dollars in damages afterfound that roundup was a significant cause of his terminal cancer. monsanto officals say round-up did not cause his cancer... and says it is appealing the ( robin )in san bruno people plead with new city leaders to not cut down two heritage trees. the trees are more than 100 years old and are in an area that will soon be a new park. kron 4's hermela aregawi was at a park and recs meeting... and has the latest on this ongoing fight. with a new city manager leading san bruno..some residents are feeling hopeful that they'll be able to save these two heritage trees from being cut down.they've been right here for more than 100 years.. and that's exactly where this community wants them to stay.santha takahashi/san brunowe are losing a lot of trees in these fires. we need to start to keep them and keep them healthy as well.it's part of the web of life. it's part of our system. wildlife live in it. pigeons roost in them. you know they are part of the community just like the rest of us that hav

benicia fire department tweeted out this picture saying, the truck rolled over just before east 5th streetewer sent us another picture saying, this happened around ten- thirty yesterday morning. you can see the tow truck trying to turn the truck right side up. (lydia)coming up next on the kron 4 morning news ... twenty percent of people looking for a home in the bay area... can't afford one. but realtor's say there are still a few places... that can get you more bang for your buck. (lydia)plus... there could be some toxic chemicals in your kids school supplies. we tell you which ones you should be aware of. (ácommerci (lydia)some people are pretending to do the right thing by bagging up their dog's waste because people are watching... but then tossing it to the side moments later. one exasperated hiker... was happy to vent about this troubling trend to