(steve) the brock turner sex assault case is back in the news. turner is the stanford swimmer whose lenient sentence after being convicted last year of assaulting a co ed at a party touched off a fire storm of protest.(vicki) now, as kron four's rob fladeboe reports, backers of a recall effort have taken the first step toward ousting the man who handed down the sentence, superior court judge aaron persky. led by stanford law professor michelle dauber, about 35 members of the recall persky campaign, holding signs saying "enough is enough," filed a notice of intent monday with the santa clara county registrar of voters to recall superior court judge aaron persky. michelle dauber/recall judge persky campaign " judge persky has a clear history of favoring white male student athletes, engineers and others who have been convicted of violent felonies such bas battery, domestic violence and sexual assault. his inherent bias in these cases frequently leads to undesirable outcomes where perpetrators never receive the justice they deserve..."the recall was s

and we will recall you when you could the wrong thing. >> reporter: he presided over the brock turner case. turner was convicted of sexually assaulting a woman on the stanford campus. he sentenced turner to 6 months in jail, of which he served just three. those seeking the recall says it sent a message from the courtroom. >> the mess damage to victims -- message to victims was don't bother calling thely. to the offenders, don't worry, the system will have your back. >> reporter: head of the recall effort says they are sending a message back. >> we're going to say toll is -- domestic violence is serious, rape is serious. >> reporter: the effort needs more than 58,000 signatures to make it on the ballot next june. today signaled the start of the process. judge will have 7 days to draft his response, which will appear on the recall petition. he is currently handling civil cases after asking for a transfer, and though you did not respond to our request, he has his own facebook page. his opponents say his track record shows something different. >> this is a signal nationwide to the crimina

brock turner was sentenced to six months in jail and that set up a national debate on sentencing with critics seeing it as light for this kind of crime. >> sexual assault, the only crime more serious than that is murder. and we see it more vandalism. >> if organize ers get 58,000 approved signatures, a vote would appear on the june 2018 ballot to decide whether or not voters want to keep the judge in his seat. >>> kris, a southern california uber driver under arrest this morning accused of abducting a passenger and sexually assaulting her. investigators say over the weekend he drove a 26-year-old woman passed out in his car to a north hollywood motel. they believe the woman was drinking and lost consciousness. a former neighbor says she cannot believe he's in custody. >> i'm comfortable with him around my daughter. he was never disrespectful. >> the suspect is a former fe n felon. uber stated to our sister station in l.a., quote, no person should ever have to experience a violent ak that has been reported to police. we are working with the los angeles police department to fully suppor

a grew vowing to recall the embattled santa clara judge accused of sentencing stanford swimmer brock turnertter official. recall organizers staged a silent protest during the filing. proponents must collect more than 58,000 signatures in the next 160 days for the measure to qualify for the june 2018 ballot. organizers say they expect the measure to qualify. >> we must do all we can to recall judge perksy and instead elect a judge who understands sexual assault and violence against women and takes it seriously. >> perksy was transferred to civil court last year. the campaign to recall him came last year after he handed a three-month jail sentence to athlete brock turner in connection with an on-campus sexual assault. >>> officers say around 10:00 last night a gunman pulled alongside a car near bay shore boulevard and marin street and opened fire. a male passenger inside that car was hit. he was taken to the hospital. the driver of the car that was shot at lost control and crashed a short time later. no word on his condition. also, no word on any suspects or a possible motive. >>> a tragic en

coming up, a look at the the sentence stanford swimmer brock turner, six months in jail. now the judge in the case could lose his seat on the bench. the effort to recall him now under way. >>> male, female or x. the new gender neutral licenses available in our area starting today. >>> your favorite blue crab could cost you era green thisxt >>> welcome back. at 4:41. four things to know before you head out the door. castillo's family reached a settlement. the city will pay him $3 million for his death. former officer shot and killed him last year and castillo's girlfriend screened the aftermath on facebook live. earlier this month, he was acquitted of manslaughter, then fired by his department. >>> plus, two weeks after a mistrial declared in bill cosby's sex assault trial, he is facing another lawsuit. that lawsuit in california accuses him of sexually assaulting a teen at the playboy mansion more than 40 years ago. a trial date could be set at a hearing today. >>> people in california have taken the first step to recalling a city judge because they think he goes easy on

criticism for handing down what many say is a far too lenient sentence to former stanford swimmer brock turner for the sexual assault of a woman who was unconscious and intoxicated. members of the committee to recall judge persky notified the county registrar of voters that will begin gathering signatures later this summer. they hope to bring the recall to voters on the june 2018 ballot. in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news in san francisco's financial district monday afternoon lyft users had mixed feelings about walking to catch their ride. but kim believes that lyft and the other transportation network companies that operate in san francisco, like uber, need to do even more to reduce congestion and give back to the city. she has proposed charging tncs a fee. she says that at this point the idea is just a proposal and that there are still a lot of fine details to work out. charles clifford at kron4 news. (pam) the intense heat is now behind us...(steve) and cooler temperatures... are on the way. chief meteorologist brittany shipp is back with your complete forecast. seasonably cool temperatur

we have the ability to recall you and we will. >> he presided over the controversial brock turner case. turner was can addicted of sexually assaulting a woman on the campus. he sentenced him to six months in jail of which he served three months. those seeking the recall say the sentence sent a message. >> the message to victims was don't water calling police. and to particular offenders it, don't worry the system will have your back. >> this law professor and head of the recall effort says they are sending a message back. >> we're going to sate rape is serious, domestic violence is serious, women have waited too long to have these crimes taken seriously. today is the day. >> the recall effort needs more than 58,000 signatures to get on the ballot. today signals the start of the process. the judge will have seven days to draft his response it will appear on the reefs -- recall petition. he is currently handling civil cases after asking for a transfer. of that he did not respond to our request for comment, he has formed his own website called retain judge aaron persky. on it he says he h

now has one week to respond to >>> the judge at the center of the brock turner -- the effort to recall the judge has begun. setting off a national debate. michelle roberts joins us with what happens next. >> reporter: critics have been promising to take action for months. they dropped off the paperwork today. thousands of signatures that they will need. >> we are here to file the notice of intention to recall aaron persky. >> reporter: first formal step to recall him. >> sexual assault, the only crime more serious than that is -- >> served three months of his six-month jail sentence for sexual assaulting an unconscious woman. say the judge has shown a history of bias decisions in favor of perpetrators. >> judge persski needs to no longer be serving. >> reporter: the recall will appear on the june 2018 ballot. >> you don't want to be in the business of intimidating judges and that is what this is. >> reporter: opposing the recall effort saying actions like these could lead it mass incarceration by nervous judges. >> if he you have judges afraid to lose their job -- we are going to send

taking the first steps to recall a south bay judge after the brock turner case. plus. new details about the california father arrested in his son's murder. as police reveal the alleged motive. and next. a brawl breaks out and forces a local mall to shut down. then, when police got there it escalated. a san francisco mall forced to shut down.... and a police officer injured .... after a brawl breaks out at the westfield shopping center. this video shows the aftermath of the fight last night.. the mall closed early because of the violence. police responded to calls about some sort of altercation.. when they got there... people approached them--- then started throwing things and assaulting them. police detained several people - including a juvenile. one officer suffered minor injuries no word yet on what started the fight. (steve) tonight in san jose -- an effort to recall superior court judge aaron persky has taken a first step. persky unleashed a firestorm of criticism .... for handing down what many say, is a far too lenient sentence.... to a former stanford athlete br

. >> and renewed effort to call the judges at the center of the brock turner case. the "the four on 2" starts now. >>> the supreme court will allow president trump's travel ban to good into effect partially. welcome to the "the four on 2" on this monday i'm frank. >> i'm christine. today the high court allowed the trump administration to have most of the travelers from pre-dom mont muslim countries. >> it will most likely go into effect in a few days. as lauren reports, the next hurdle will come when the high court here's arguments on the ban in okay. >> reporter: president trump's proposed travel ban has been a point of contention for #1i68 rights groups that say it's -- civil rights group that it's unconstitutional but the president's argument is it's necessary to protect the country. the supreme court allowing a patient ban from six majority countries drawing protest around the country. the white house calling the decision a victory for national security. president trump responding with a tweet saying, grateful the 9-0 decision from the u.s. supreme court. we mus

recall santa clara county judge aaron perski under fire since last year when he presided over the brock turner case. pipe work was filed yesterday. the judge sentenced brock to 6 months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious, stanford student on campus. turner ended up serving just 3 months behind bars. stanford law process michele daubert is leading the recall. >> don't bother to call the police. message to potential offenders, don't worry, the system will have your back. >> the petition drive needs signatures for more than 58,000 voters to qualify for the ballot next june. judge is handling civil cases after asking for a transfer from the criminal decision. >>> time now 4:31, one former oakland police officer, the most serious criminal charges are now dropped against him in a prostitution case. prosecutors dismissed two felony obstruction of justice charges against ryan walterhouse. da says walterhouse was off duty when he paid a sex worker $200 at a cass ro valley hotel and warned her about undercover prostitution stings. defense made a motion to disclose the name of the prostitutio

judge aaron persky sentenced former stanford swimmer brock turner to six months in jail for sexuallylting an unconscious woman last year. that set off a national debate with critics saying this was too light for this crime. >> sexual assault is the only crime more serious than that is murder, and yet we see in the case of mr. turner a sentence more appropriate to vandalism. >> a former effort to recall judge persky began monday morning and now its organizers need to get 58,000 signatures. a vote will appear on the june 2018 ballot to decide whether or not he gets to keep his seat. >>> a new affordable housing complex is celebrating a grand opening in the east bay. the lyle morris apartments opens today in antioch. it is a new complex that has 19 units for low-income and struggling families. a nonprofit group operated as transitional housing and now, of course, is affordable housing. >>> the woman suspected of leaking classified documents from the nsa will be in court. former nsa contractor reality winter is charged with sending highly classified documents about russian interference i

the judge has been in the spotlight after sentencing former stanford swimmer brock turner to only six months in jail for a sexual assault conviction. some claim he has a pattern of bias in sex crime cases. >> after learning about these cases, i was absolutely disgusted by persky's sentencing pattern. >> they issued a statement saying, quote, recalling a long time respected judge and former prosecutor over a single decision in which he followed the santa clara county probation department's recommendation sets a dangerous precedent that should concern us all. the group calling for his recall would still need more than 58,000 signatures in 160 days in order to get the recall on next june's ballot. >>> coming up, cracking down on carpool cheats. the new plan to catch drivers abusing the diamond lanes. >> home sales on the peninsula are skyrocketing. is president trump to thank for the uptick? >> talk about a mid-air scare. what the pilot asked passengers to do as they started experiencing engine trouble. but carpool cheats just aren't getting the message. kpix 5's maria medina with the ur

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. >>> a victim has now made a statement after brock turner assaulted her on campus while she was unconscious. she made a statement during sentencing and that was published. victims of sexual assault say that statement inspired them to come forward and tell their  stories. turner was sentenced to six months in jail. he served three months and was released. >>> coming up, former fbi director james comey is set to testify before congress but will president donald trump let it happen? find out. we will be right back after this break. >>> and a possible return date for steve kerr to the bench. >>> most of the bay area is in the clear. i have your forecast coming up. >>> luis gonzalez pulled a woman from a burning car, saving her life. this happened in phoenix and he said he could see flames shooting out of the car. he jumped into action. they say the woman is shaking but recovering. >>> and people are learning how to better perform water rescues. they met at pier 40 this morning.>> we do not wants to practice during a live emergency. we want to be prepared. we want to hear from people who have

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recall the santa clara county judge criticized for handing a lenient sentence to former swimmer brock turner. they're gathering signatures for next year's ballot. >> we're tired of seeing sex offenders and domestic abuse perpetrators not being held accountable. >> the group wants county voters to decide whether a judge should keep his job. they held a silent protest this morning as they filed paperwork at the registrar of voters. proponents must collect more than 58,000 signatures for the measure to qualify for the june 2018 ballot. persky was transferred to civil court at his own request last year. efforts to contact the judge for comment were unsuccessful. >>> president trump's ban on refugees from six majority muslim nations got a partial reprieve today from the supreme court. a limited ban was granted until the fall. the news is disturbing to muslims here in the bay area. david louie is live at the airport with reaction. >> reporter: the high court trying to come up with a compromise that was not an outright ban. visitors seeking to come to the u.s., or asylum seekers now from six countr

brock turner was convicted of sexually assaulting a woman who was unconscious. he was sentenced to just six months in jail. backers of the recall say that they will begin collecting the 58-thousand signatures needed to qualify the recall for the june 2018 ballot. ( darya ) judge persky has not made any public comments about the turner case or the recall effort. ( mark ) the white house says they have found potential evidence that syria is preparing for another chemical weapons attack. officials say the potential attack would likely result in the mass murder of civilians, including children. the white house has made it clear that if syria conducts another chemical attack they will pay a heavy

brock turner served three-month of his six-month jail sentence for sexual assaulted an unconscious woman. say the judge has shown a history of bias decisions in favor of perpetrators. >> we need to feel like our concerns are heard. our belief that sexual assault is a horrid serious crime and should be taken as such. >> reporter: recall will appear on the june ballot. >> we can't just recall a judge when someone doesn't agree with the decision in one, or two or three decisions. >> reporter: saying actions like these could lead to mass incarceration. >> you don't want to be in the business of intimidating judges and that is what this is. >> reporter: they are estimating about a million dollars for that. we reached out to judge persky for comment on the story but did not hear back. >>> president trump is calling it a win. letting the administration enforce in part the so-called travel ban. trump administration says the ban impact six terror prone countries. the white house insists the action is not a ban on muslims as critics have charge. noting that people who can prove existing ties to a

brock turner was convicted of sexually assaulting a woman who was unconscious.e was sentenced to just six months in jail. backers of the recall say that they will begin collecting the 58-thousand signatures needed to qualify the recall for the june 2018 ballot. ( james ) judge persky has not made any public comments about the turner case or the recall effort. (james) plus. smart trains are coming to a bay area city near you. we'll tell you where. and after the break. an upda

he has been under fire since last year when he presided over the brock turner trial.turner served just three months behind bars. stanford law professor is leading the recall effort. >> that message to victims was don't bother to call the police, and to potential offenders was don't worry. the system will have your back. >> the petition drive needs signatures from 58,000 people. he is currently asking for civil cases after asking for a transfer from the criminal decision. >>> tolls are set to increase by 25 democrats beginning next week. starting july 3, cars will pay $6.75. and those without fastrak will pay $7.75. the -- the new rates start monday, july 3. it's the latest step in a series of increases from 2013. >>> still ahead here, a show of support for immigrants. >> the movement that's taking hold one yard sign at a time. >>> and the warriors draymond green is named defensive player of the year. protestors demanding action and they forced oakland city council to adjourn tonight's meeting. [ screaming ] >> in oak, chaptering protestors interrupting the city counci

to a former stanford athlete brock turner for the sexual assault of a woman who was unconscious and intoxicated. backers of the recall say that in august they will begin collecting the 58,000 signatures needed to qualify the recall for the june 2018 ballot . (steve) judge persky has not made any public comment about the turner case or the recall effort. since the turner case, persky, at his own request, has been hearing only civil cases. (steve) a judge dismissed two felony counts of conspiracy to obstruct justice against a former oakland police officer today. it happened after prosecutors refused to disclose the name of a confidential informant in the prostitution case. 27 year old ryan walterhouse still faces one misdemean

judge perski has been in the spotlight after sentencing brock turner to only six months in jail for a sexual assault conviction. critics say judge perski has a patted earn of bias in secs crime cases. >> after learning about these cases i was absolutely disgusted by perski sentencing pattern and wanted to take direct action. >> reporter: once the letter of intent is qualified the group will be allowed to petition. they will need more than 58,000 signatures in 160 days in order to get the recall on next june's ballot. >>> mayhem at a bay area mall. a crowd turns on police with fists and beauty products flying. witnesses describe the chaos. >> raging rivers turn deadly. a bay area father drown saving his young daughter. the danger catching people off guard. >> and another threat from the rising waters, the rush to shore up california's stressed out levies before they break. >> coming up in weather, an update on california's snow pack. and how long this beautiful sunny but comfortable weather will continue. hint it's not going to last forever. your forecast next. who are these people? th

is the focus of the recall effort for what many considered to be a light sentence for swimmer brock turner who was sentenced to six months in jail for sexually assaulted an unconscious and intoxicated woman back in 2015. voirs urng of course turner only served three months and many filed complaints to remove the judge from the bench including thousands of complaints with the california commission on judicial performance which ultimately decided in december that chlt abopersky did not com misconduct. yet another reason why the organizers are taking the issue into their own hands with the hopes of letting voters decide what is next for the judge. >> women have had enough of rape culture. we are ready to take action and recall the judge. >> reporter: now, judge persky will have time to respond to the paperwork and from there the committee will need to gathered nearly 59,000 signatures in order to get the recall on the ballot and ultimate goal is to get it on the ballot for june of 2018. pete suratos, nbc bay area news. >>> a man is hospitalized after being shot. police say shots were fired ar

to recall santa clara county judge perssi, under fire when he presided over the controversial brock turnerhe paperwork to start gathering the signatures was filed yesterday. the judge centered turn tore six months in jail for sexually assaulting a stanford student who was unconscious at the time. turner ended up serving 3 months behind bars. stanford law professor michele daubert is leading the recall effort. >> that message to victims don't bother to call police, potential offenders, don't worry the system will have your back. >> the petition drive need signatures from more than 58,000 vote ares in santa clara county to qualify next june. the judge is currently handling civil cases after asking for a transfer from the criminal division. >>> time is now 6:36, one former oakland police officer most serious criminal charges against him in the prosecution case have been dropped. two felony obstruction of justice charges were dropped against ryan walterhouse. walterhouse was off duty when he pay add sex worker $200 and warned her about undercover prostitution stings. the decision was made afte

a couple years ago, judge aaron persky sentenced university swimmer brock turner to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman. if recall organizers get 58,000 approved signatures, the recall will appear on the ballot next year. finding a missing teenager from sterling. this is 17-year-old bessie montoya cruz. she was last seen at her home on temple court. she might be in maryland. if you have any information, please call the loudoun county sheriff's office. i'm angie goff from the live desk. back to you. >>> starting today, you could get a gender neutral driver's license if you live and drive in the district. people who live in d.c. will have the opportunity of choosing x instead of male or female on their license or i.d. card. officials hope this will benefit the transgender community. >>> it's now 5:52. back to melissa mollet tracking the breaking news in your first 4 traffic. what are you seeing, melissa. >> breaking news in district heights. westbound lanes of silver hill are still shut down. you can see this telephone pole that that vehicle hit this morning.

. >>> well, the judge at the center of brock turner's sexual assault trial now has one week to respondto a legal move aimed at getting him off the bench. ned the formal effort to recall judge persky is in order. he got someone off from a sexual assault which brings a new discussion about sexual assault. >> reporter: this morning about two dozen people presented documents at the registrar's voter's office. it's the first step to recalling judge oren persky. >> we see a sentence to mr. per srs persky more suitable to, say, vandalism. >> he sentenced a student who made a student unconscious. he has shown a history of biased decisions in favor of perpetrators. >> judge persky needs to no longer be serving in order for justice to be served. >> if recall organizers gather 60,000 approved signatures, the recall will appear on the 2018 ballot. >> you don't want to be in a position of returning judges, and that's what this is. >> reporter: she opposes the recall effort saying actions like these could lead to mass incarceration by nervous judges. >> if you have judges afraid they're going to los

he preceded over the controversial brock turner case. the petition was filed yesterday.ed three months in jail. stanford law professor albert is leading the recall effort. >> the message to victims was don't bother to call police. the message to potential offenders is don't worry, the system will have your back. >> the petition drive needs signatures from 58,000 voters in santa clara county to qualify for the ballot in june. judge persky is currently handling civil cases after asking for a transfer from the criminal division. >>> police arrested an assistant swim coach suspected of child molestation. nguyen was arrested wednesday. he worked as an assistant coach for a quiksilver swim team which is a private swim club based at the high school. between december of 2015 to january of this year, nguyen tested both male and female members of the swim team and asked for nude pictures. some complied with the request. nguyen also told the swimmers not to cooperate with investigators. >>> in los angeles, police arrested an uber driver on charges of sexually assaulting a woman. he

and the victim, only known as emily doe, former stanford athlete brock turner was convicted of sexuallylting her on campus in 2015 while unconscious. and she read a victim's impact statement during sentencing last year but the statement was also published and viewed more than 11 million times. other victims of sexual assault say that statement inspired them to step forward to tell their stories. turner was sentenced to six months in jail. he served just three months. and was released. >>> the wave water park in dublin is set to reopen today. it has been one seek since the 10-year-old boy was thrown from one of the water slides during the park's grand opening. the video has been seen, and taken by a photographer in the east bay times, you saw the boy flying off at the very end, the emerald plunge slide and he walked away with only a few scratches but it caused a big discussion about safety. at this point, the city says the investigation is ongoing and that particular slide is going to remain closed indefinitely. and now, the park had already been scheduled to close for the four days afte

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