catherine heenan has the story. cell phone to her ear isseen next to a woman selling things on the street... this is on market street in san francsico... she doesn't seem to be fazed at first when a man begins recording video... initially smiling and waving.. but then san francisco resident derrick perryman beginstaunting her - calling her "permit betty." and things got more tense. the woman says the the woman says "we have to ask guys'....saying she hasto check for permits. but the man accuses her of messing with people who are trying to make a living. the woman making the call eventually left when perrymanthreatened to try to find out where she works.. ken and pam? (pam) golden gate park will host thousands of people this weekend ... for the 32nd annual - aids walk san francisco. there will be a 10-k walk .... which starts and ends in golden gate park. actors from hit shows, such as 'n-c-i-s los angeles' and 'orange is the new black' .. will be at the opening ceremony. a post-walk show will be held at robin willia

catherine heenan is here with the story... (catherine) the video is from the hospital's isolation ward.... the boys wave for the camera - and make two-finger victory signs... and news from the doctors is good.. they say some tests are still pending but the children and their 25-year-old coach are recovering quickly. doctors say no one seems to be particularly stressed....saying they all took care of each other during their long ordeal. they're eating soft food...and a few are already eating a normal diet.there's been concern about things like panic attacks or nightmares...but the boyshave been sleeping well and they're not on anti-anxiety medication. thai authorities held a final news conference...saying the rescue operation taught them a lot... mae sai, thailand (ap) - the 12 thai boys rescued from deep within a flooded cave have made two-finger victory signs from their hospital beds in a moving video from the isolation ward where they're recuperating after an 18-day ordeal. the youngest, who is 11, appeared asleep under a cri

catherine heenan is here with the story.. d jury has indicted seven high-profile graffiti vandals... the d.a. accuses them of tagging and vandalizing buildings in the city - repeatedly. calling them the people who 'drive' the problem in san francisco. you're looking at some of the graffiti blamed on the 7 men. aside from anything else....d.a. george gascon says it's a very expensive problem. gascon says there's been lots of property damage.... and it's particularly harmful to small business owners who find it hard to keep coming up with the cash to clean things up. authorities say most of the authorities say things up.to clean things up. authorities say most of the damage is being done by taggers...as opposed to hard core gang graffiti. ken and pam? (pam) new at 6. bay area based tesla announced today .... it will build its first factory outside of the united states... in the chinese city - shanghai. this news is coming less than a month after announcing around 500- worker layoffs here in the bay area. the agreement signed tod

catherine heenan is here to explain.. (catherine) it was fun to see the toys-r-us mascot - "geoffrey the giraffe" being unveiled in the lobby of a children's hospital..... geoffrey is a 16-foot-tall, 550 pound fiberglass statue...who used to be on display at company headquarters in new jersey.. he'll now be a permanent part of a hospital in new brunswick.. it was decided that since the giraffe represented a sense of fun and happiness - it might best be appreciated by the kids being treated here. one of the officials dealing with the toys-r-us bankruptcy reportedly spent 10-thousand dollars of his own money to make the transfer happen.. grant and vicki? (vicki) next at 5:30... a manager tackles a man who tries to steal a gun... saying he's going to shoot people. and now that manager is out of a job because of it. (grant) and after the break... a local mayor tours an ice detention facility in the east bay.. what he is saying about the conditions inside. (vicki) tonight at 5:30... kron4 is always tracking local stories. here'

catherine heenan is here with the latest... including word that the suspect might also have been eyeing san francisco as a potential target.. (catherine) the man has been identified as demetrius pitts...also known as rafeem rafeeq.. he's been charged in federal court with trying to provide support to a foreign terrorist organization.. the fbi says he talked about his plans in chilling detail.. not realizing he was talking to an undercover agent... the fbi says pitts had a plan involving setting offa bomb on the 4th of july - during celebrations in cleveland. but court documents say he was also talking about traveling to san francisco for 'additional targeting and reconnaissance.' as for the cleveland plot - authorities say he was making detailed plans and included military personnel as targets.. authorities say authorities say pitts specifically planned to blow up a 4th of july parade in cleveland.. he'd been under f-b-i surveillance since 2017 - after reportedly expressing support for al qaida. pam and ken? (pam). new tonight a

(ken) catherine heenan is here with the latest.... cued by divers sunday. they're described as being in good health...without a lotof details provided. they've been rushed off - first by helicopter - then by ambulanceto the hospital. we're told they're all "safe and conscious." the final four thai boys and their soccer coach have to remain trapped underground for another night....as rescuers reload oxygen tanks.....and pray that water levels don't rise. as the boys are brought out - they're shielded from cameras... even their parents were not immediately told who was out...and which boys are still trapped. there was a change in strategy over the weekend. on advice from an australian dive expert -- the decision was made to bring out the weakest boys first. ken and pam? (ken) the man who drew the ire of the woman known as "barbeque becky"... is now running for office. we'll tell you about his political plans in oakland. kenzie smith, one of the black men who had police called on him by a woman now known as barbeque becky, is running for

(catherine) and i'm catherine heenan. despite the usual and frequent warnings - you didn't have to look far to see evidence of iillegal fireworks... kron4's rob fladeboe shows us what he found in one east san jose neighborhood. maria aranda/store owner "....it was just like great america....only worse..." maria aranda is talking about what she called the "brazen" illegal fireworks show that took place last night just down the street from her taqueria.maria aranda/store owner ".....it makes people happy, they come over here and they set up chairs towatch it..."the intersection of bonita avenue and east san antonio streetseemed to be the main launch pad for quite a display judging fromthe spent fireworks littering the street. there are several scenes like this around the five wounds neighborhood. i saw dozens of spent rockets, firecracker debris and sparklers. the show lasted into to the wee hours said one resident.mike/five wounds resident ".....san jose police and firefighters are so overwhelmed with all these illegal fir

(pam) catherine heenan joins us now to talk about one particularly brazen incident in new york. rine) we've seen some strange sights ...but what happened here inbrooklyn tops them all... watch as a woman goes by....happily shooting off fireworks directly atpeople and buildings...people and buildings... she's holding some kind of roman candle....and aiming at pedestrians whoscurry away. some people are yelling in fright...others are laughing. illegal fireworks are nothing new here -- but everyone agrees this was crazy. it's just amazing that there weren't any reports of injuries.... residents - someone could have definitely been hurt.it could have been me walking home and i could have been injured.i've lived here 10 years and it's pretty consistent every year. people have fun - but then it gets out of hand. at times the woman was right in the middle of an intersection.police are circulating this cell phone video - with the woman highlighted - in the hopesof identifying her. if she's caught....she could face charges including reckless endangerment.ken and pam? ( pam ) coming up...

(catherine) and i'm catherine heenan in for grant lodes. by agreeing to the deal - the defendants avoided going to trial and potential life sentences. almenna and harris were facing 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter for the 2016 fire... in an illegally converted warehouse. these are the faces of the partygoers who were killed when the flames broke out during a dance party. kron 4's terisa estacio was in the oakland courtroom today. she joins us live with reaction from the parents of some of those victims. terisa? david gregory, victims father. it is not enough. for the family members who lost loved ones in the ghost ship fire, this was a very difficult day for several reasons. for one, during the hearing today, all 36 names of the victims were read out loud in court... some family members wept, and wiped away tears... another reason it was a rough day, some thought the plea bargain agreement was not tough enough. the gregory's lost their daughter michaela.david gregory, father, ghost ship plea deal. we think it needed to be more. but fo

catherine heenan is here with details of a gallup poll... it's not a great number.... patriotism says only47 percent of americans say they're 'extremely proud' to be an american.. that's down about 6 points since 2016...and it's the lowest level since gallup first asked the question 17 years ago... c-n-n got some reaction from voters.. the people who admitted to feeling less pride tended to blame president trump. in fact, democrats were far more likely than republicans to say they're feeling less patriotic.. ken and pam? ( pam ) a fourth of july standoff at the statue of liberty has ended.of liberty has ended. a woman climbed on the base of "lady liberty" - then refused to come down this afternoon. she said she was protesting the separation of migrant parents and their children. after about three hours, police were able to take her into custody. earlier in the day seven other protesters were arrested near the statue. they had put up a banner over the statue's base that had said "abolish ice!" no other injuries were reported. injuries were reported. (ken ) still ahead a

catherine heenan reports. 'miss christina - are you taking a.t.?''s fourth graders contentedly fall into line when he says so.. something you can't always say about a brand new teacher. teacher - 'ok we're entering the building silently. stop at the corner.' he knows how to keep order and keep young minds engaged. principal - 'he's phenomenal. in my 15 years as an educator i've never seen a first year teacher be so impactful so early on.' this is aspire triumph technology academy in east oakland. the student population - 70 percent african american.... tray says it's important that his kids have a strong teacher - who 'looks like them.'tray britt - 'i believe that is true for them just as well as it was true for me. cuz i had a few teachers coming up when i was young. and they were also black men. and me seeing them - that kind of gave me the inspiration to know like 'hey, there's no restriction on what i can do. it's limitless.'he's a former college basketball star who says he brings that sense of competitiveness to the classroom..tray britt - 'i'm

catherine heenan explains why that development is important. sfxsebastapol. petaluma, santa rosa, sausalito and berkeley. at these bay area schools, the percentage of kindergarteners with medical exemptions for vaccines ranges up to 58 percent.they are fueling a trend that has seen the number of medical exemptions statewide climb.sfx from under a thousand in 2013, they have quadrupled to more than four thousand last year.doctors say only about three percent of all children can't tolerate vaccines ... if they have a gelatin allergy, for example, or are in chemotherapy.and if more than ten percent are not immunized, they lose what is known as "herd protection"moo this graphic from the c=d=c shows that when only a few people are immunized ... they're the ones in yellow ... diseases spread easily from one individual to another. but if enough people are protected, the individual is isolated.and in cases of highly contagious diseases like measles ... as many as 95 percent of people need to be vaccinated. (jrs) the home featured in the t-v show "full house"... has b

cut off by a narrow, water-filled passage, catherine heenan has the story of their miracle rescue, residents of the city of chiang rai stayed up to cheer the last ambulance arriving at the hospital.parents who had feared the worst for weeks struggled to express their joy. "i want to hug him. i already said in the interview before that i wanted to hug him and i want to tell him that i'm happy. "the complex rescue operation brought hundreds of experts flying in from around the world to help.british divers found the group huddled on a muddy bank eight days ago. the first four children were brought out on sunday, the second batch on monday, and the rest were freed today . each boy was attached by a rope to a rescuer and escorted by two divers.the conditions challenged even the most experienced. "we could see only our hands with short distance. secondly, the stones are razor sharp which is dangerous for our diving, (and) thirdly the passage is very narrow."the risks proved too grear for former thai navy seal saman kunan he died on his way back from delivering oxygen tanks

(pam) as catherine heenan shows us, many parents waited for as long as five hours ...only to go home oy with only to go home only with a piece of paper. it's crazy.really crazy exhaustingst. louis ... chicago ... tampa ... take a look at this lineohio ... texas ... tennessee.across america tens of thousands of parents with one aim in mind. we're here to build a bearthe lure of a 25=dollar stuffed bear for the amount of their child's age proved irresistible.i am just a crazy mom doing this for my kids. they waited.we figured we'd be in line for an hourand waited. ...an hour or twoand waited. ...but not five hoursand for many, the payoff never came."i am very frustrated, very angry sfxat 11=30 eastern time the company shut down its lines ... citing safety concerns from local police departments. the reaction on social media was immediate ... and angry. 'disgusting" said one."my two year old's in a meltdown," said another.."the company handed out coupons to disappointed customers.that was not enough for this mother in bakersfield.they're saying they'll give us a 15=dollar

catherine heenan market has turned america a nat.bureau of labor statistics says one out about fifty american workers voluntarily quit their jobs in may,.. three point six million in all, or about 80 every minute. economists credit the strong jobs market.653=thousand food workers quit in may ... and more than 900=thousand were hired.many of those were the same people ... moving to better jobs.in health care, 436 thousand quit, 632 thousand were hired.and retail sales, half a million workers left their jobs.three quarters of a million were hired. overall the total number of hires are now at the highest level in 17 years and the second highest on record. new tonight at nine... shocking video of a group of teens who were supposed to be babysitting, instead slapping and tormenting the young girl with a taser. and they shared the abuse on social media. now the mother is speaking out. and those teens are facing charges ... tonight at nine. the a's trying to the a's trying to bounce back from a brutal loss last night... and they had some fa

he told catherine heenan that the quality of care was good....and the girls can talk frequently to theirby phone. catherine - did you get a chance to talk to them? what did they tell you?rep. desaulnier - not much. we got to talk to them in classroom settings. there's a language barrier. and they're shocked. they're young kids in a facility and a group of adults come in and start asking a bunch of questions. we were able to ask questions but as you can imagine, they were fairly inhibited. but it strikes me that the administration wants to make it as possible for us to see these facilities. that's the frustrating part.catherine - were you among the lawmakers concerned that the feds were trying to de something?rep. d - yes. in your business or my business we have to be skeptical and provide oversight.so we have to see the facility and we have to make sure it's run the same way when we're not in the facility. (vicki) the congressman had tried several times to get permission to visit the facility before finally getting the okay. in a couple of weeks - he says he'll visit the large texas faci

kron 4's catherine heenan has more. sfxsebastapol. petaluma, santa rosa, sausalito and berkeley.bay area schools, the percentage of kindergarteners with medical exemptions for vaccines ranges up to 58 percent.they are fueling a trend that has seen the number of medical exemptions statewide climb.sfx from under a thousand in 2013, they have quadrupled to more than four thousand last year.doctors say only about three percent of all children can't tolerate vaccines ... if they have a gelatin allergy, for example, or are in chemotherapy.and if more than ten percent are not immunized, they lose what is known as "herd protection"moo this graphic from the c=d=c shows that when only a few people are immunized ... they're the ones in yellow ... diseases spread easily from one individual to another. but if enough people are protected, the individual is isolated.and in cases of highly contagious diseases like measles ... as many as 95 percent of people need to be vaccinated. ( dave )cool and cloudy at the coast, still quite warm inland. putting your forecast together next ! battery in your

catherine heenan reports. 'miss christina - are you taking a.t.?'ritt's fourth graders contentedly fall into line when he says so.. something you can't always say about a brand new teacher. teacher - 'ok we're entering the building silently. stop at the corner.' he knows how to keep order and keep young minds engaged. principal - 'he's phenomenal. in my 15 years as an educator i've never seen a first year teacher be so impactful so early on.' this is aspire triumph technology academy in east oakland. the student population - 70 percent african american.... tray says it's important that his kids have a strong teacher - who 'looks like them.'tray britt - 'i believe that is true for them just as well as it was true for me. cuz i had a few teachers coming up when i was young. and they were also black men. and me seeing them - that kind of gave me the inspiration to know like 'hey, there's no restriction on what i can do. it's limitless.'he's a former college basketball star who says he brings that sense of competitiveness to the classroom..tray britt -

catherine heenan kron 4 news. ( james ) the n-f-l has suspended 49ers linebacker reuben foster for twoleague's policies on conduct and substance abuse. the violations stem from a weapons offense and a misdemanor drug offense. both were resolved during the off- season. the 24-year-old is allowed to participate in preseason practices and games. foster will return for the team's third game of the regular season. ( james ) moving on to the a's ... they celebrated a win over the san diego padres with fireworks.. bottom 6th ... jed lowrie with a hit that sent three runners to home plate.the a's take a 3-2 lead they would never look back. final score ... 6-2 a's. after the game ... fans headed to the field to celebrate with a fireworks show. the a's resume their series against the padres this afternoon at the coliseum. first pitch is at 1:05 p-m. ( james ) a tough one for the giants in colorado. 2nd rockies batter of the game got a solo home run off chris stratton to get to rockies going. bottom of the 5th... 3-0 rockies ... another deep hit off a stratton pitch ups the score to 6-0. final ..