catherine heenan is here with some of the findings - and the numbers. s said to be a pedestrian-friendly city.... but the report - using information from the c-h-p - pinpoints the fact there are a 'lot'of pedestrian injuries and deaths.. and they break down what's described as the most dangerous intersections. the top five - market and 5th streets... 7th and market... third and market.. 6th and market.. and 16th and mission street... the law firm and a local data visualization firm created maps showing hot spots... obviously many of them ---- clustered on and around market street.. they show 63 high risk spots in all. from 20-10 to 2016, there were more than 58- hundred pedestrian collisions in san francisco...leaving 130 dead and more than 6-thousand injured. and there's even a breakdown of neighborhoods..in the same time frame - from 2010 to 20-16 - there have been 376 pedestrian collisions inthe tenderloin.. 614 in the soma area.. and 407 in the mission district. the study says san francisco has been making efforts to improve safety... but so far anyw

catherine heenan is here with the story.. inst spacey....who's accused of harrassing or assaulting a string of men going back years.. in this case - the woman says the assault happened at a nantucket restaurant in july of last year...she says the actor stuck his hands down her son's pants and grabbed him... her son was 18 years old at the time. she says that spacey eventually left to use the bathroom and when he was out of sight, her son left. heather un-roo says a concerned woman at the restaurant had noticed something was wrong - and told him to run away. she says she's wanted to say something about what happened to her son for a long time.. heather unruh/alleged victim's mother the victim, my son, was a star struck, straight, 18-year-old young man who had no idea that the famous actor was an alleged sexual predator. kevin spacey bought him drink after drink after drink and when my son wsa drunk, spacey made his move and sexually assaulted him. un-roo says her son didn't report the incident at the time because he was embarra

i'm steve aveson i'm catherine heenan.>>> fans get excited, three years after his first hit record he's writings new music. >> i'm working on music but not forcing it. i'm enjoying the process. >> his wife of seven months is hannah. >> to have somebody with me to ride shotgun has been awesome as i journey through all this craziness. >> what does she think of the beard. >> i kept it because of her. she likes it. i like to have a beard in the winter. >>> before we go chris lane takes torrey home to meet the parents for good reason. >> all for latest music video take back homegirl. ♪ home, home, home, girl ♪ ♪ take back home, home, homegirl ♪ ♪ >> that's a solid duet but she looks way too relaxed to be meeting the parents, but that's why it is just a music video. good night everybody. >> good night. >>> shannon ayatollah twain, dolly parton, luke brian and back stage with faith hill, with music's biggest superstars, et is next. >>> shania twain, dolly ámusicábig deals and big crowds ---black friday shoppers out in full

catherine heenan is here with the latest.. (catherine) not only is roy moore 'not' dropping out of the alabama senate race...his campaign is suggesting that he's been wronged... and that his most recent accuser is lying.. an attorney for moore is now trying to discredit the molestation allegations by a woman who saysthe republican assaulted her when she was 16 years old. at her news conference this week - beverly young nelson showed a high school yearbook which she says moore signed. moore's attorney is demanding to see it....and have a handwriting analyst look at it. he's also insisting that his client has never harassed women... phillip l. jauregui/attorney i've been with him in probably 100 different meetings and been around in excess of 10,000 different ladies in judge moore's presence and not once, not one time have i ever seen him act even remotely inappropriate against any woman. toward any woman. sen. lindsey graham - i don't want the republican party to tolerate behavior like this, when it's just overwhelming the man h

catherine heenan is here with the latest.. (catherine) prosecutors say saipov was a voracious reader and student of isis propaganda...and now say he began planning the attack about a year ago... they say he even took a test run in a home depot rental truck a week ago... saipov reportedly chose halloween for the day to attack because he figured more people would be out.... today we saw new video showing the mangled school bus that was hit by the suspect....it was taken by a resident who'd been walking down the street when it happened.. several children were trapped as the driver tried to get the bus away from the scene.. you'll hear more from that scene.....and then from school authorities talking about one of the children affected - who 'insisted' on coming to class the next day. video from scene - hey can you call 9-1-1? oh my god! we need an ambulance over here. carmen farina - new york city schools chancellor one of the students that was on the bus, we all assumed would not come back the next day, he went to the hospital, he

catherine heenan is here with the story.. as proposed legislation to make sexual harassmenttraining mandatory for members and staff... and today - speaker paul ryan announced that the house 'will' adopt a policy to make that happen. but while she didn't mention names....speier is getting the most attention foraccusing two sitting male lawmakers of sexual harassment and misconduct. rep. jackie speier - in fact there are two members of congress, republican and democrat, right now who serve who have been subject to review or not been subject to review, but have engaged in sexual harassment. these harasser propositions such as 'are you going to be a good girl,' to perpetrators exposing their genitals, to victims having their private parts grabbed on the house floor. congresswoman barbara comstock of virginia says she was recently toldby a trusted source that a member of congress exposed himself to a staffer. she also did not mention names. stories of sexual harassment are continuing to come to light in various industries, includin

catherine heenan is here with more.. (catherine) you may have seen cars wrapped in a large ad for a particular company...people who agree to do that - are paid to be moving advertisements.. but now there's a warning of a "predatory" advanced payment scheme.a woman in san jose got an email offer to be paid $400 a week....and was sent a check for19-hundred dollars. she was told to keep $400 for the first week...and then send the remainder to the supposed company -- which would then use the money to create the shrink-wrap ad. she eventually realized it was suspicious. it 'was' a scam and the check was forged. prosecutors say a bank generally wouldn't be able to verify that before the scammers had taken their money. they're warning people tonight that the red flags include anyone asking you to cash a check and send money elsewhere... grant and vicki? (grant) twelve people in san jose are without homes tonight after a fire ripped through a townhouse. the fire broke out before six this morning at a townhouse on don seville cour

catherine heenan is in the newsroom with their stories. catherine? (catherine) in the last 48 hours we've learned a lot about the gunman -- 44 year old kevin neal. tonight we're learning about his victims. seven year old gage lost his mother in an accident two years ago.now he's an orphan. his father and grandmother were killed by their neighbor, the morning after kevin neal shot and killed his wife at their home on bobcat lane.that was the beginning of a nearly 45=minute murder spree.neal then drove off in a stolen pickup truck, firing at random at homes and vehicles.he encountered michelle and troy mcfadyen, forcing them off the road, killing her and wounding him.then he drove to the elementary school, crashing the truck through the main gate,"he was about 12 feet away from me he had this brownish beard with gray hairs and he didn't have any hair." fifth grader anneika mercer was about to start her school day." he had his gun in his hand about to shoot people and i ran to the teacher and was like bad guy, gun and he let me in."

catherine heenan is here with the latest - including a report that the 'house of cards' actor is now getting treatment.. (catherine) the daily mail is reporting that spacey has entered a sex addiction rehab program in arizona.. it's said to be the same place where harvey weinstein has been getting treatment. it's an elite clinic popular among celebrities....an d has treated stars including tiger woodsand selena gomez. spacey's representatives have said he's taking time to "seek evaluation and treatment." also today - sony pictures is pulling the film "all the money in the world" from the a-f-i film fest... where it was scheduled to close the festival november 16th.. spacey portrays j. paul getty in the movie. it's still scheduled to be released december 22nd. the studio says it would wrong to punish the hundreds of people who worked on the film...for what it called the "wrongdoing of onesupporting actor." on friday - netflix cut ties with spacey - the star of its "house of cards" series. grant and vicki? (grant) still ahead-- outrage after a special needs student's mouth is taped duri

kron four's catherine heenan is here with the details.. user says roy moore assaulted her after he offered her a ride homeone night in the late 1970's.. beverly young nelson told her story today at a news conference, alongside her attorney.. nelson says she was a 16-year-old high school student working at a restaurant where moore was a regular... she agreed to the ride but says instead of driving her home....moore - who was a county prosecutor at the time - parked in a dark and deserted area and assaulted her... beverly young nelson - mr. moore reached over and began groping me and putting his hands on my breasts. i tried to open my car door to leave but he reached over and he locked it so i could not get out. i tried fighting him off while yelling at him to stop but instead of stopping he began squeezing my neck, attempting to force my head onto his crotch. he said, 'you're just a child.' and he said, 'i am the district attorney of etowah county and if you tell anyone about this, no one will ever believe you. senate majority leader mitch m

and you can call and talk with catherine heenan, stanley roberts, all of the wonderful volunteers from salvation army. gary radnich will be back later. steve aveson and i will be manning the phones. it's a chance for us to talk with you directly and express our gratitude for you taking the time to help us help our neighbors. >> every phone call recipient has someone -- we have someone on the line. just for one second -- >> hold on one second. >> leo and nina. a lot of people are calling on behalf of husbands and wives and together. i have to tell you this. a woman, hold on one second, a woman said that she knows what it's like to lose everything. turns out she was talking about being bombed out of her home in germany in world war ii. so some of the stories we are getting of people who care really deeply want to share those stories and tell you why they feel so strongly. anyway -- >> that is touching and that's a perspective that really let you know what this means. >> exactly. how many people can say they lost everything they own? it's terrifying. that's why we want to have it, here to

catherine heenan is here to show us why predictions can be very trickycatherine? (catherine) think of la nina as the cooler sister of el nino. when the water temperature drops in the pacific, it tends to bring cool, wet winters to the northwest and warm dry winters to the southeast. that's the general rule ... but in fact nobody knows. recent history shows el nino and la nina are unreliable predictors of winter rain,. 1997-98 had the strongest el nino on record ... and disastrous downpours.the bay area recorded its wettest winter in 120 years.... in san francisco almost 15 inches of rain fell in february alone. 119 rainy days total ... more than twice as many as a normal year.floodwaters rose and mudslides came crashing down....17 people died one=hundred thousand people were evacuated.... the state racked up 883-million dollars in damage along the coast as homes were lost due to erosion in 2015, an even stronger el nino.natscientists nicknamed it the godzilla el nino ... and waited for the rain. instead we got another year of record drought.last winter, we got la n

catherine heenan is here with more.. (catherine) facebook says it found more than 3-thousand ads linked to an internetresearch agency with ties to the russian government.. you're looking at a sample released by lawmakers today... they say these were designed to create friction and division among different sectors of american society... on issues including race, gun ownership and law enforcement. some of the ads also alluded to donald trump, hillary clinton and bernie sanders.. facebook says more than 11 million people saw the ads between 20-15 and 20-17. congress has been grilling tech companies this week about russian meddling.. twitter executives, for example, have also found many ads linked to russia...roughly 36-thousand of them. the tech companies have condemned the russian meddling....and pledged to crack down where necessary. grant and vicki? (grant) a new report shows that taxes on marijuana may get as high as 45 percent in parts of california. the sale of recreational marijuana will be legal starting on january f

in an interview today with catherine heenan ...congresswoman eshoo argues, that a close look at some of the deductions that would be eliminated or reduced ..... amounts to bad news. among them - proposed cuts affecting things like health care expenses and student loans. also -- proposed new limits on mortgage interest deductions -- which is a particularly big deal in the bay area, where housing prices are so high. rep. eshoo - unlike other states where there are republicans whose constituents are going to be heavily impacted by the elimination of these deductabilities, they said to their leadership, i am not going to vote for it because it hurts my constituents. but the 14 california republicansmarched in step with their leadership and support it. it's their constituents that will have to hold them accountable. so we're going up against education, up against medical expenses, we're going up against home ownership. we're going up against the tax credit to adopt children!so you know - what's left of our values? (pam) you can see all

catherine heenan is here with what might happen next. herine) the economic sanctions keep getting tighter. the north koreans keep testing bigger nuclear weapons and more powerful missiles. the leader that president trump derided as "rocket man" may be just months away from being able to launch a nuclear attack on the u=s. natin north korea, 2017 has been the year of the missile. 22 launches in 15 separate tests since february.this one at three=fifteen in the morning, the first nighttime test since february.the 53=minute flight soared 25=hundred miles into space, landing 620 miles away, off the coast of japan. "it went higher frankly than previous shots they've taken."if the trajectory were flattened out ... the missile's range would top 8=thousand miles, enough to reach most of the u=s.thet reminded the united states, reminded japan they have been quite earnest in increasing the range and the characteristics of the missile force,while firing off missiles at an unprecedented rate, the north korean's also tested a

catherine heenan is here with the story.. (catherine) this was a halloween carnival.....complete with free costumes, candyand games.. happening on the grounds of jack london elementary school... some of these children and their parents not only lost homes in the wildfire,they lost the entire neighborhoods where they used to go trick-or- treating. the party was put together with the help of congressman mike thompson,the girls and boys club......and a local fire department. a donation drive brought in hundreds of free costumes and lots of treats...and it was a way to show children that the community cared about their halloween... some of the students at jack london elementary are new to the school...that's because their own school in coffey park was damaged in the wildfire. other wine country neighborhoods have also been hosting special halloween parties... pam and steve? (pam) kron four is teaming up once again with the salvation army .... to raise money for the north bay fire victims. the donation lines will be open during the

catherine heenan is here with the latest on a fast=moving story.catherine? (catherine) fast=moving is right.just 34 hours after the woman and her lawyers brought their complaint to nbc headquarters, the network fired the host of its most popular franchise. today show sounderbreaking news on the today show. "matt lauer has been terminated by nbc news."lauer has been a fixture on morning news for decades... earning tens of millions of dollars as cornerstone of a program with an overwhelmingly female audience."i've known matt for 15 years and i've loved him as a friend and as a colleague." "how do you reconcile your love for someone with the revelation that they have behaved badly?"nbc news chairman andrew lack said in a staff memo , "on monday night, we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by matt lauer ... while it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over 20 years he's been at nbc news, w

catherine heenan is here to tell us about it.catherine? (catherine) the study comes from sweden, where every dog must be registered.. that meant the researchers had wide access to personal health records. the verdict: people who own dogs live longer, and have a lower risk of heart failure. natdog ownership has the greatest impact on people living alone ... reducing the overall death rate by 36 percent ... and the risk of fatal heart disease by 36 percent.people living with others enjoy a lower benefit, but it is still significant. the researchers say they are not sure why dog owners are healthier.but they note that they tend to get more exercise walking their pets.dogs also provide comfort and stress reduction.all that licking may also be good for you, by stimulating your immune system. it turns out some breeds are better for you than others. beagles, dachshunds, pointers and retrievers top the list.... with significantly higher health benefits than sheepdogs, toy poodles and mongrels. (catherine) american researchers say the swedish result

as catherine heenan reports, the church pastor met him .. and did not like what he saw. "the pastor did know the man." "he did know him?" "he did know him. he did not want him at his church." why not?" "he said because he just thought he was not a good person.""good person" .... those words were not used by the u=s air force, after kelley enlisted in 2010. at holloman air force base in new mexico, he got in trouble for threatening superiors and trying to smuggle a weapon onto the base,he was confined to a mental hospital, but escaped in 2012.picked up in el paso, he was returned to holloman and court-martialled for domestic abuse, he pled guilty to choking and striking his wife, and reportedly fractured the skull of his 11=month old stepson.in 2014, the air force kicked him out with a bad discharge, but failed to alert civilian law enforcement to his conviction. "i can tell you that he is not in any fbi

catherine heenan kron four news new ahead at 8 christmas decorations fueling fueds instead of bringing joy. how children could lose out in more ways than one if the lights get turned off--- plus. a local state senator renewing his push to keep bars open later into the night.. <> ((gary sports tease)) (steve)here's what we are tracking new tonight at nine... what if there was only one emoji? now what if there was only one mattress? one is not a choice. choose your mattress with tulo. everything you want in a bed, in a box. was only one haircut? now what if there was only one mattress? one is not a choice. choose your mattress with tulo. everything you want in a bed, in a box. (steve) you may be able to enjoy your drinks a little bit longer in california.(pam) state senator scott weiner is renewing his effort... to push the 'last call' for alcohol until four a-m... the measure would allow communities to extend alcohol sales to as late as 4-am ... in bars, nightclubs, and restaurants... but not liquor stores. the bill passed in the state senate earlier this year -- but failed in the assem

(grant) catherine heenan is here with more - including the fact the woman is now talking on camera.. (catherine) leigh corfman says she first met roy moore when she was with her motheroutside an alabama courthouse... she was only 14 years old... she says moore got her phone number after her mother went inside -- and he later took her to his home.. corfman says he removed their clothes and began to touch her inappropriately... leigh corfman - tried to get me to touch him as well. at that point i pulled back and said i was not comfortable. and i got dressed and he took me home. but i was a 14-year-old child trying to play in an adult's world. and he was 32 years old. it took years for me to regain a sense of confidence in myself. and i felt guilty. i felt like i was the one to blame. and it was decades before i was able to let that ago. president trump wasn't answering question about roy moore again today... but the white house says he's not campaigning for him because of "discomfort" with the sexual misconduct allegations.. he also isn't calling on moore to drop out of the race - becau

kron 4"s catherine heenan reports. monstrous wildfires ... raging flash floods ...uctive superstorms.once they were rare enough to be called 100=year events.the report says they are the new normal ... because the balance of nature has shifted, perhaps permanently.based on all the evidence, it says it is extremely likely that human activities, especially emissions of greenhouse gases, are the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century."from 1901 to last year, the average temperature rise in california was one point eight degrees. it's expected to rise another two and a half degrees by 2050, and nine degrees or more by 2099.sfxthe report details how that change will impact california and the west, predicting that extended droughts will become chronic. likewise the sierra snowpack is getting smaller.we are likely to see more scenes like this one when state snow surveyors found nothing to measure.the study says the water in the sierra snowpack could drop 89 percent by the end of the century.then there is the wildifre danger.the report cites what i

the democrat talked to kron four's catherine heenan today - who's here with more... (catherine) congresswoman eshoo says she believed that after the school shooting at sandy hook in 2012 - that resulted in what she describes as 'babies being massacred' --- that congress would 'have' to do something radical about gun control. it didn't happen. and now - in the aftermath of the shooting in sutherland springs texas - she's more frustrated than ever.. rep. anna eshoo - i think shame on congress. shame on congress. you know what congress does every time this happens? when we come to the floor to vote, and one of these massacres has taken place, the speaker says we're going to have a moment of silence. everyone bows their head. you don't even have time to say an 'our father' to yourself silently. the gavel goes down - the house is dismissed. i think you can hear my frustration and even a form of disgust. because we can do something about this. we can really bring the numbers down. can we resolve every single case? no. but isn't it worth saving the majority of lives being ta

catherine heenan has the story.kes stage jeremiah clauss - a teacher who loves to perform.whether it's singing at school fairs.. entertaining at parties and eventsacting in local theatre there was a time when he tried to take it farther. jeremiah - i tried out for american idol one time. tried out for the voice. but it just wasn't god's calling for me.turns out his calling is the classroom...where jeremiah welcomes his 6th graders before language arts class.and later...reads to them......acting out the characters. student he's creative. and he's funny. and he's great at story-telling. student he's been here for 9 years and i think he's made a big difference. he even does the school play.he wants his students to puzzle things out for themselves...and says bringing the work to life helps.student - wait wait! - what if he's depressed because he misses his mother? teacher says there you go!principal well i think he has a connection with the students. they understand him pretty well and he understands them. jeremiah - i'

as kron4's catherine heenan reports..is killing spree actually began monday night, when police say, neal murdered his wife at their home. "we located her dead body concealed under the floor of the residence last night. she was an obvious victim of several gunshot wounds. we believe that's probably what started this whole event."the next morning, neal apparently got into an argument with a neighbor ... and shot and killed her.the first 9-1-1 call came in a little before eight a=m."a madman on the loose"neal stole a pickup truck and began firing at people and homes ... the citizens of rancho tehama, they need to check on each other they need to check on their neighbors because we this individual was literally going up and down the road and shooting at random structures. so it is possible that you may have a neighbor or somebody that could be injured or hurt that we're not aware of. neal headed to the l

catherine heenan shows us how gun violence has shaped her career.s president of the board of supervisors, it is my duty to make this announcement, that mayor moscone and supervisor harvey milk have been shot and killed."dianne feinstein came san francisco's first female mayor after the city hall murders of 1978.natfifteen years later, she was in the senate when a gunman killed eight people at 101 california street.the husband of a victim brought his 11 month old daughter to testify on behalf of her bill to ban assault type weapons.the ten year ban was not renewed after it expired in 2004.blamblamblam semiautomatic weapons returned to the marketplace, and the death toll climbed.senator feinstein released figures showing 125 people died in 18 mass shootings in the decade before 1998.171 people died in 21 mass shootings in the next ten years.in the last ten years there have been 50 shootings ... 437 dead.sen kirsten gillibrand/d-ny "of the 5 worst mass shootings in our history, 3 of them have occurred in the past 17 months. think about that."new york's

as kron4's catherine heenan shows us, the east coast is in the greatest peril. sfxmiami, new york, tampart myers and boston.zillow says those five metropolitan areas have the most to lose from a six=foot seal level rise.miami will suffer the worst, with nearly half a million homes underwater, including more than 80 percent of miami beach ... total loss more than 200=billion dollars. in the new york city area, including long island, 180=thousand homes, 123=billion dollar loss. nationwide, zillow estimates that one point nine million homes could be underwater within a few decades ... those homes worth nearly one trillion dollars.here on the west coast, southern californa will suffer the most costly losses:45=hundred homes worth more than seven and a half billion dollars in newport beach.coronado in san diego county, more than two billion. huntington beach, just a bit less.and malibu, where just 247 homes are in peril ... their total value is more than one billion.for unexplained reasons, the zillow report does not mention the bay area. but other scientists have predicted that a six=foot oc

catherine heenan has been studying the reports.s -- with the trump administration released a report that contradicts its own official position. this appeared today with the approval of the white house office of science and technology policy. we are talking about thousands of pages of documentation with one conclusion. >> monstrous wildfires, raging flash floods, destructive super storms, once they were rare enough to be called 100 year events. the report says they are the new normal. the balance of nature has shifted, perhaps permanently. based on all of the evidence, it says it is extremely likely that human activities, especially emissions of greenhouse gases are the dominant cause of the observed warnings since the mid 20th century. from 19012 last year, the average temperature rise in the u.s. was 1.8 degrees. it is expected to rise another 2.5 degrees by 2050 and 9 degrees or more by 2099. the report details how that change will affect california, and the west, predicting extended drugs will become chronic. the sierra is getti

(granti) steve aveson and catherine heenan are here with kron 4 news at six. we're tracking for kron four news at six.... we're following all the holiday festivities in union square tonight... outside of all the black friday shopping...people are gathering for the tree lighting later tonight. (catherine) also -- not everyone hopped on the black friday deals many retail stores are offering... we'll show you a different kind of deal that people in the bay area took advantage of today.(catherine) and we have your weekend forecast.... (steve) keep it here - kron4 news at six is next.. (steve) tonight at six... people across the country and here in the bay area taking part in black friday... on the left was the scene earlier today at union square in san francisco...people out shopping, ice skating and getting ready for the tree lighting.(catherine) on the right --- the scene in new york city...with big crowds of people shopping in macy's. and on the bottom right...the mall of america in minnesota opening its doors this morning. the first 200 people in line got gift

as catherine heenan shows us, the east coast is in the greatest peril.( pkg) sfxmiami, new york, tampa myers and boston.zillow says those five metropolitan areas have the most to lose from a six=foot seal level rise.miami will suffer the worst, with nearly half a million homes underwater, including more than 80 percent of miami beach ... total loss more than 200=billion dollars. in the new york city area, including long island, 180=thousand homes, 123=billion dollar loss. nationwide, zillow estimates that one point nine million homes could be underwater within a few decades ... those homes worth nearly one trillion dollars.here on the west coast, southern californa will suffer the most costly losses:45=hundred homes worth more than seven and a half billion dollars in newport beach.coronado in san diego county, more than two billion. huntington beach, just a bit less.and malibu, where just 247 homes are in peril ... their total value is more than one billion.for unexplained reasons, the zillow report does not mention the bay area. but other scientists have predicted that a six=foot ocea

(jrstone) as catherine heenan shows us ... some breeds stand out ...some people benefit more than others. natdog ownership has the greatest impact on people living alone ... reducing the overall death rate by 36 percent ... and the risk of fatal heart disease by 36 percent.people living with others enjoy a lower benefit, but it is still significant. the researchers say they are not sure why dog owners are healthier.but they note that they tend to get more exercise walking their pets.dogs also provide comfort and stress reduction.all that licking may also be good for you, by stimulating your immune system. it turns out some breeds are better for you than others. beagles, dachshunds, pointers and retrievers top the list.... with significantly higher health benefits than sheepdogs, toy poodles and mongrels. (justine) if you are looking for a way to de-stress over the holidays... a humane society in wisconsin is offering the perfect yoga class. it's called "kitten yoga"... and it sold out in less that six hours. with kittens hopping from mat to mat... some

(catherine) and i'm catherine heenan. cardinal newman high school is in the semi-finals tonight. and all this time they've been in the playoffs--- they haven't played on their own turf... but that's not stopping them in their quest to win(steve) kron-'s charles clifford joins us live tonight from the game ... charles -- what is the feeling out there tonight. (steve) it's one of the biggest shopping days of the year....with lots of people tryingto find great deals. you're looking at the scene today in union square in san francisco. also the livermore outlets and stoneridge mall. all of them -- drawing crowds today. (steve) and the deals aren't over yet.(catherine) a lot of stores are extending big bargains into tomorrow.... kron-4's hermela aregawi is live at the sun valley mall in concord.. hermela -- how busy is it tonight? (hermela aregawi)thousands of shoppers have come through this mall today.many stores opened as early as 6 this morning...a lot of people lined up early hoping to snag some incredible deals.the mall has been crowded throughout the day.the traffic coming in and

(pam) as catherine heenan reports ... the allegations involve republicans and democrats alike.. al franken (d) minnesota> "i know there are no magic words that i can say to regain your trust, and i know that's going to take time. i'm ready to start that process, and it starts with going back to work today." franken faces multiple accusations from women who say he touched them inappropriately ."i know that i've let a lot of people down, people of minnesota, my colleagues, my staff, my supporters, and everyone who has counted on me to be a champion for women. to all of you, i just want to, again, say i am sorry. franken and michigan democratic congressman john conyers are both facing ethics hearings. republicans have their own potential problem in alabama senate candidate judge roy moore -- accused of sexual misconduct with young teenage girls.the election is in two weeks, and many voters say they'll vote for him anyway "what we're getting nationally is, oh alabamians would vote for a pedophile over a liberal democrat." "

kron4's catherine heenan shows us the impact on a tiny town with deep reservoir of faith. whatever life brings to you, lean on the lord rather than your own understanding. i don't understand but i know my god does.pastor frank pomeroy and his wife were out of town when police say 26=year old devin patrick kelly opened fire from outside the church. among the victims, his 14 year old daughter, annabelle.we lost more than belle yesterday, and one thing that gives me a sliver of encouragement is the fact that belle was surrounded yesterday by her church family that she loved fiercely, and vice- versa. "inside the church, the deceased actually ranged from 18 months to 77 years of age." haley kruegar was just 16- years-old. her mother says she was looking forward to becoming an intensive-care nurse for infants."you think you're safe in the house of the lord. but the devil never rests. he's everywhere destroying lives. who would have ever thought? lula white was among the victims.her daughter, kelly's mothe

kron4's catherine heenan shows us how gun violence has shaped her career. as president of the board of supervisors, it is my duty to make this announcement, that mayor moscone and supervisor harvey milk have been shot and killed."dianne feinstein came san francisco's first female mayor after the city hall murders of 1978.natfifteen years later, she was in the senate when a gunman killed eight people at 101 california street.the husband of a victim brought his 11 month old daughter to testify on behalf of her bill to ban assault type weapons.the ten year ban was not renewed after it expired in 2004.blamblamblam semiautomatic weapons returned to the marketplace, and the death toll climbed.senator feinstein released figures showing 125 people died in 18 mass shootings in the decade before 1998.171 people died in 21 mass shootings in the next ten years.in the last ten years there have been 50 shootings ... 437 dead.sen kirsten gillibrand/d-ny "of the 5 worst mass shootings in our history, 3 of them have occurred in the past 17 months. think about that."new york

(steve)catherine heenan explains why they may be facing an uphill battle. blamblamblamsemiautomatic weaponshe bushmaster ar- 15 allow a shooter to fire dozens of rounds in a minute,, the court asked the company attorney why. "what is a 30 round magazine used for?" "well if you were at a, if you were target shooting, and you're looking at a target 100, 200 yards down range, you want to be able to fire your gun repeatedly without having to reload it. it's a simply, it's convenience ."the lawsuit says ads like these ... saying "forces of opposition, bow down" ... had a seductive appeal to lanza's gun obsession. "i mean, if, if, if it's used for hunting, or for target practice, what's the purpose of that type of advertising?" "well it, it's also used, as the courts have recognized, for home defense purposes, that if i was in a home defense situation and i feel, felt the need to have a firearm to defend myself or my family, i would certain

as catherine heenan explains, the rising and falling ocean temperatures do affect our weathr herew in the bay area.but predicting that impact can be tricky. recent history shows el nino and la nina are unreliable predictors of winter rain,. 1997-98 had the strongest el nino on record ... and disastrous downpours.the bay area recorded its wettest winter in 120 years.... in san francisco almost 15 inches of rain fell in february alone. 119 rainy days total ... more than twice as many as a normal year.floodwaters rose and mudslides came crashing down....17 people died one=hundred thousand people were evacuated.... the state racked up 883-million dollars in damage along the coast as homes were lost due to erosion in 2015, an even stronger el nino.natscientists nicknamed it the godzilla el nino ... and waited for the rain. instead we got another year of record drought.last winter, we got la nina ... and the rains came back.the truth is we only have records going back to 1950.since then, eight el ninos have produced three wet years, four dry years and one average year. (steve) a live look a

new information on the suspect and the victims tonight,(pam) as kron4's catherine heenan reports, investigatorselieve he is a self= radicalized follower of isis. "we got multiple casualties. this is a mass casualty situation here." he appears to have followed almost exactly to a "t" the instructions that isis has put out in its social media channels."last year the islamic state's online magazine rumiyah called on followers to carry out a truck attack and to leave behind a note pledging allegiance to the terrorist group.several such notes were found near saipov's rented pickup truck after the rampage."the the gist of the note was that the islamic state would endure forever"fbi agents searched saipov's new jersey home, as well as an earlier residence near tampa, florida." we're working hard to get to the bottom of exactly what happened yesterday and why.it was just after 3-pm tuesday when authorities say saipov drove into a crowd of bicylists and pedestrians near the world trade center, killin

catherine heenan shows us the impact on a tiny town with deep reservoir of faith. whatever life brings to you, lean on the lord rather than your own understanding. i don't understand but i know my god does.pastor frank pomeroy and his wife were out of town when police say 26=year old devin patrick kelly opened fire from outside the church. among the victims, his 14 year old daughter, annabelle.we lost more than belle yesterday, and one thing that gives me a sliver of encouragement is the fact that belle was surrounded yesterday by her church family that she loved fiercely, and vice- versa. "inside the church, the deceased actually ranged from 18 months to 77 years of age." haley kruegar was just 16- years-old. her mother says she was looking forward to becoming an intensive-care nurse for infants."you think you're safe in the house of the lord. but the devil never rests. he's everywhere destroying lives. who would have ever thought? lula white was among the victims.her daughter, kelly's mothe

most feared and hated men,charles manson's story began right here in the bay area,(pam) and as catherine heenan shows us, it is a reminder, that all was not sunny in san francisco's summer of love natsan francisco's summer of love attracted thousands of young people ... and with them, a 32=year=old former pimp from ohio. "you get these kids, these children coming into heyday ashbury, and here is charlie manson, saying how much he loves them, and he wants to take care of them. he took full advantage." by the end of 1968, the manson family relocated to southern california.manson had become increasingly obsessed with the beatles song, "helter skelter,' which he interpereted as call for a race war.in august 1969 ... he ordered his followers to kill everyone at a home in benedict canyon north of beverly hills. "in a scene described by one investigator reminiscent of a weird religious rite, five persons, including actress sharon tate were found dead at the home of miss tate and her husband, screen director roman polanski."the next night the clan butchered los angeles couple len

but as kron4"s catherine heenan reports.. the white house is downplaying the signifigance. . monstrous wildfires ... raging flash floods ... destructive superstorms.once they were rare enough to be called 100=year events.the report says they are the new normal ... because the balance of nature has shifted, perhaps permanently.based on all the evidence, it says it is extremely likely that human activities, especially emissions of greenhouse gases, are the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century."from 1901 to last year, the average temperature rise in california was one point eight degrees. it's expected to rise another two and a half degrees by 2050, and nine degrees or more by 2099.sfxthe report details how that change will impact california and the west, predicting that extended droughts will become chronic. likewise the sierra snowpack is getting smaller.we are likely to see more scenes like this one when state snow surveyors found nothing to measure.the study says the water in the sierra snowpack could drop 89 percent by the end of the century.the

(pam) catherine heenan reports....his killing spree actually began monday night, when police say, neal murdered his wife at their home. "we located her dead body concealed under the floor of the residence last night. she was an obvious victim of several gunshot wounds. we believe that's probably what started this whole event."the next morning, neal apparently got into an argument with a neighbor ... and shot and killed her.the first 9-1-1 call came in a little before eight a=m."a madman on the loose"neal stole a pickup truck and began firing at people and homes ... the citizens of rancho tehama, they need to check on each other they need to check on their neighbors because we this individual was literally going up and down the road and shooting at random structures. so it is possible that you may have a neighbor or somebody that could be injured or hurt that we're not aware of. neal headed to the

likely to get heart disease.the health benefits showed up clearly in the swedish statistics.as catherine heenanws us ... some breeds stand out ... and some people benefit more than others. natdog ownership has the greatest impact on people living alone ... reducing the overall death rate by 36 percent ... and the risk of fatal heart disease by 36 percent.people living with others enjoy a lower benefit, but it is still significant. the researchers say they are not sure why dog owners are healthier.but they note that they tend to get more exercise walking their pets.dogs also provide comfort and stress reduction.all that licking may also be good for you, by stimulating your immune system. it turns out some breeds are better for you than others. beagles, dachshunds, pointers and retrievers top the list.... with significantly higher health benefits than sheepdogs, toy poodles and mongrels. (vicki) dozens of guide dogs gathered with their caretakers san francisco today. it was to celebrate the seventy fifth anniversary of guide dogs for the blind celebrated. so the organization came together to walk

catherine heenan has more on what she said moore did to her... starting at age fifteen.did nothing to encourage this behavior. did not respond to any of mr. moore's flirtatious behavior."a year later when she was 16, she said moore wrote in her high school yearbook, "'to a sweeter more beautiful girl, i could not say merry christmas, christmas, 1977, love roy moore, old hickory house. roy moore, da.'"shortly afterwards she says she accepted moore's offer to drive her home ... i thought he would drive to the highway, but instead he drove to the back of the restaurant. she described a horrific encounter in the darkened parking lot.mr. moore reached over and began groping me and putting his hands on my breasts. he began squeezing my neck, attempting to force my head onto his crotch.nelson says she resisted ... and then fell or was pushed onto the ground while moore drove away. she says fear kept her quiiet for 40 years ... but no not any more."he no longer has any power over me and i no longer live in fear of him."last week the washington post reported that another alabama

askron4's catherine heenan explains, the rising and falling ocean temperatures...fect our weathr herew in the bay area but predicting that impact can be tricky. (pam) new tonight at ten: the story behind a t-shirt seen in the netflix show "stranger things" .... is getting some serious buzz on social meida. reporter collin lingo shows us... how a 35-year- old tee- shirt -- created by an missouri ortho-dontist -- is now center screen on one of the most popular t-v shows in the country. dr. wex allaiseason two of the show netflix calls it's love letter to the 80s was released on the streaming service just before halloween. mos: "i've watched the first season twice and i just started season two." and while lots of people devoured all nine episodes that weekend, orthodontist wes allai was busy watching a different series. dr. wex allai, orthodontist "well i was watching the world series." well that is until he got a facebook message from a former patient.dr. wex allai, orthodontist "she was watching stranger things on netflix and the shirt i gave her 25 years ago was on

catherine heenan is here with his story...use as he takes stage jeremiah clauss - a teacher who loves to perform.whether it's singing at school fairs.. entertaining at parties and eventsacting in local theatre there was a time when he tried to take it farther. jeremiah - i tried out for american idol one time. tried out for the voice. but it just wasn't god's calling for me.turns out his calling is the classroom...where jeremiah welcomes his 6th graders before language arts class.and later...reads to them......acting out the characters. student he's creative. and he's funny. and he's great at story-telling. student he's been here for 9 years and i think he's made a big difference. he even does the school play.he wants his students to puzzle things out for themselves...and says bringing the work to life helps.student - wait wait! - what if he's depressed because he misses his mother? teacher says there you go!principal well i think he has a connection with the students. they understand him pretty well and he understands them. j

catherine heenan is here with his story.se as he takes stage jeremiah clauss - a teacher who loves to perform.whether it's singing at school fairs.. entertaining at parties and eventsacting in local theatre there was a time when he tried to take it farther. jeremiah - i tried out for american idol one time. tried out for the voice. but it just wasn't god's calling for me.turns out his calling is the classroom...where jeremiah welcomes his 6th graders before language arts class.and later...reads to them......acting out the characters. student he's creative. and he's funny. and he's great at story-telling. student he's been here for 9 years and i think he's made a big difference. he even does the school play.he wants his students to puzzle things out for themselves...and says bringing the work to life helps.student - wait wait! - what if he's depressed because he misses his mother? teacher says there you go!principal well i think he has a connection with the students. they understand him pretty well and he understands them. je

(steve) catherine heenan reports lauer was fired less than 36 hours after his accuser met with n=b=c officials. today show sounderbreaking news on the today show. "matt lauer has been terminated by nbc news."lauer has been a fixture on morning news for decades... earning tens of millions of dollars as cornerstone of a program with an overwhelmingly female audience."i've known matt for 15 years and i've loved him as a friend and as a colleague." "how do you reconcile your love for someone with the revelation that they have behaved badly?"nbc news chairman andrew lack said in a staff memo , "on monday night, we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by matt lauer ... while it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over 20 years he's been at nbc news, we were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident."lauer's accuser says his sexual misconduct began three years ago while he was in

target the brooklyn bridge as well.new information on the suspect and the victims tonight,(pam) catherine heenan reports .... investigators believe he is a self= radicalized follower of isis. "we got multiple casualties. this is a mass casualty situation here." he appears to have followed almost exactly to a "t" the instructions that isis has put out in its social media channels."last year the islamic state's online magazine rumiyah called on followers to carry out a truck attack and to leave behind a note pledging allegiance to the terrorist group.several such notes were found near saipov's rented pickup truck after the rampage."the the gist of the note was that the islamic state would endure forever"fbi agents searched saipov's new jersey home, as well as an earlier residence near tampa, florida." we're working hard to get to the bottom of exactly what happened yesterday and why.it was just after 3-pm tuesday when authorities say saipov drove into a crowd of bicylists and pedestrians near t