. >> good afternoon, my name is elizabeth gordon, i, along with my husband, own 50 clifford terrace, immediately to the east of the subject property. that home is owned by dorrian and julie stone. we respectfully ask that you exercise the special power of d.r. as an exceptional and extraordinary circumstances associated with this project. no other home in the immediate area has a roof deck on top of a back garage. much less one that is illegal and much less one that is skirted the law for more than 50 years. and as used, for the past three and a half years, has invaded the privacy and disturbed the tranquility of the most immediate neighbors. those standing on door yan and julie's back garage roof deck look in my master bedroom, master bathroom shower, kitchen, dinning room, living room. the three feet that dorian and julie proposes to reduce the existing deck by on the eastside does not eliminate a line of sight that they and their guests on that back roof deck still have right into our home. the reciprocal privacy will only be attained if that back deck remains with tall trees plan

kron 4's charles clifford is live for us tonight in marin county with details. charles. . . well, fire season this year in califronia got off to fast start, we had a very busy summer but the past few weeks have been more or less quiet. but september and octove friday morning a fast moving grass fire broke out along interstate 05 near the town of winters in solano county. the fire eventually reached 4 alarms and evacuation orders were issued in the area. fortunatly, fire crews were able to contain the blaze by early afernoon and most residents were allowed to return home.the fire comes just as the national weather service is warning that there will be an increased chance of wildfire in the days ahead. the service has issued a fire weather watch for the north bay mountains and east bay hills. those areas could see wind gust up to 50 miles per hour and humidity droping as low as 5 percent. the weather watch lasts from saturday evening through at least monday morning.in response, cal fire announced on friday that they will be staffing up across the state in the days

kron 4's charles clifford reports. well, the 700 block of evelyn court here in alamo is a very quiet street with big homes behind manacured lawns. but thursday night, violence arrived in this peacfull neighborhood. according to the contra costa county sheriff's office, about 930 thursday evening two armed men wearing masks and dark clothing confronted a man in front of his own house.they demanded keys to the home and then took the victim inside at gunpoint. they then forced him onto the floor and began ransacking the house going room to room.at some point, one of the suspects struck the homeowner with a wooden chair. the suspects then fled the home. they also made off with an uspecified items from the house. the late night commotion stunned neighbors like don bergen soti was coming home from the airport and there were ten cops screaming up the street. we knew something was going on.he says it's shocking that level of violence would happen in their quiet corner of the bay area.sotthe whole neighborhood is in sh

requester is the adjacent property to the east at 50 clifford terrace. subject property is located on two separate lots. the main front lot is 27 and a half by 83 feet and contains a two-storey over garage, 2,304 square foot single-family home and constructed in 1917. the product contains anna jays enter substandard lot to the rear of this main line and it contains an existing garage structure. there's a walkway providing access to a garage on top of the roof. the product proposed to construct a one-storey vertical addition and rear horizontal and side addiction to the existing single family home. and the legalization of the existing roof deck on the non legal conforming garage structure on the adjacent rear property. the addition to increase the building by 953 square feet for a size of 3,257 growth square feet. the product proposes to raise the elevation of the rear yard by three feet with a new deck into the rear yard. however, this is a permitted obstruction for planning code section 136c25. and eight foot tall fence along the east property line. the

kron 4's charles clifford has details. friday morning a fast moving grass fire broke out along interstate 05 near the town of winters in solano county. the fire eventually reached 4 alarms and evacuation orders were issued in the area. fortunatly, fire crews were able to contain the blaze by early afernoon and most residents were allowed to return home.the fire comes just as the national weather service is warning that there will be an increased chance of wildfire in the days ahead. the service has issued a fire weather watch for the north bay mountains and east bay hills. those areas could see wind gust up to 50 miles per hour and humidity droping as low as 5 percent. the weather watch lasts from saturday evening through at least monday morning.in response, cal fire announced on friday that they will be staffing up across the state in the days ahead. they are also asking that everyone do their part to avoid starting a fire.as for that fire in solano county, the exact cause of the blaze remains under investigation.and fina

kron 4 's charles clifford has details. well, right now i'm standing just off highway one above tunitas creek state beach. the crime scene investigation has wrapped up here but there's is still evidence on the ground. including blood. so far, investigators have not identified the victim or named any suspects in this killing. aroudn 7 tuesday morning the san mateo county sheriff's office recieved a report of a man on the ground near tunitas creek beach about 8 miles south of half moon bay. deputies arriving on scene found a male in the parking lot of an overlook above the beach. an ambulane was also called to the scene but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. the sheriff's office is now treating case this as a homicide investigation.this is the second homicide along the coast in san mateo county this year. back on febuary 14th, 53-year-old san francisco resident gilberto martin rodriguez was found shot to death in the parking lot of gray whale cover state beach near montara. in that case, an autopsy determin

kron 4's charles clifford is live tonight in marin county with details. charles. . . yeah, well it looks like dry warm weather is in the forecast for the foreseeable futures and we will be dealing with red flag conditions this week. at least through wed. the national weather service says this latest red flag warning will run from 11pm on monday until at least 6am on wed.high winds and low humidity are expected across the bay area, the higher elevations. . east bay and north bay hills about 100o feet will be vulnerable to wildfiresin marin county, fire officials will be adding staff to deal with any problems. land use restrictions have also been put in place for the marin water district, mount tam, marin open space and point reyes.in sonoma county, additional staff will also be added and crews will be watching for signs of wildfires, including monitoring the county's growing network of fire cameras.also on monday, pg&e said says they are monitoring the weather conditions, but so far there are no plans to de energive powerlines during this red flag. they sa

congresswoman jackie speier says, the threats are disturbing.and kron 4's charles clifford explains whyhe is also calling out president trump. well, congresswoman jackie speier says that she and her staff are taking extra precautions in light of suspicous devices being sent to other high profile democrats. she also says that president donald trump's rhetoric isn't helping solve this problem and that he needs to change his tone.sotall of us are frightened and concerned.congresswoman jackie speier says that the discovery of suspicous devices being sent to promimnent democrats has left her and her congressional collegues shaken. sotthere's a fear now to stand up and speak your mind because of the downside of individuals who are probably not mentally stable.and even though the investigation to find the whoever is responsible is still ongoing, speier says that there is one person who bears a great deal of responsiblity for this situation. president donald trump.sotthe president has targeted people who recieved these bombs. there is a corellation.she says the president's frequent ver

book,in teddy white's something that is much overlooked that is also mentioned in clark clifford clifford's book is that the russians very much involved in the election. a russian collusion story that scholars ought to look at. the russians wanted to get hubert humphrey elected. >> you were talking last night development of the advance manual. could you recall that for us? >> does it take for my two minutes? >> yes. >> i made the point that billy graham had said to richard nixon, vice president of the united states in 1960, have one of your men come down. i can show them what we do. carolina andorth met with the billy graham people and they showed him the manual they used when they went in to establish crusades in various cities in america. those of us who are older know that the crusades were highly organized. bob took the billy graham manual and went back and adapted it for a transmit for the 1960 campaign. then in 1962, john ehrlichman took the manual and adapted it for the california campaign, and then john was also in charge of the advancement for 1968, and they used the billy graham o

says that the minimum size is between 3.5 and 4.5 to trigger an alert. on treasure island, charles clifford kron 4 news. (ken) hurricane michael is long gone, but the aftermath is here for the long-haul. (vicki) dozens of deaths reported, and some neighborhoods are now just piles of rubble. our grant lodes tells us why the death toll could still rise a week later.(grant) sadly, sadly, rescue crews and deputies are finding more victims as the water recedes. they also say people who did not evacuate could be buried under sizable piles of concrete, wood, and metal. the worst of the damage is in mexico beach on the florida panhandle....the seaside town...no longer recognizable to some long-time residents. hurricane michael is now responsible for at least 32- deaths in four states: florida, georgia, north carolina and virginia. as for mexico beach...it will never the same...but it's not going away.

kron 4's charles clifford has details. over the last seven years in alameda county, more that 4700 youth were identified as being at risk or already involved in commericial sexual exploitation. more than half of those kids were runaways, a quarter were dealing with mental health issues and 98 percent were girls.in dublin on tuesday, state assemblywoman catharine baker sponsored a town hall meeting to bring together law enforcement, the public, and local non profits who deal with human trafficking. the goal is to find ways to confront the issue and help those in need. she says the problem is widespread.sot criminal enterprises look for opportunity in place where you don't expect there to be human trafficking. in neighborhoods, in small hotels, in restaurants, in transportation systems, that's where we are finding it.also at tuesday's town hall was a srgt with the alameda county sheriff's office who specializes in human traffikcing cases. because of the sensitive nature of his work, he asked that we not reveal his i

(terisa)as kron 4's charles clifford explains..the idea is to install small speed bump at a popular sideshow spot to hopefully discourage the illegal activity. well, sideshows are illegal, dangerous and a they are real headache for law enforcement. here in contra costa county, officials have identified a popular sideshow spot and they are going to try out a new way to hopefully stop it. let's takea look at some video.the intersection of alhambra valley road and bear creek road sits in a very quiet stretch of rural contra costa county, but, as you can see. the intersection is covered with tire marks. the tell tale sign of a sideshow. the plan now is to install about 100 speed bumps about half the size of a large grapefruit along the yellow center line and the other lines in the intersection. the hope is that whoever is spinning cirles in their cars will hit these things and decide it's just not worth the trouble. if that doesn't work, the county's next step will be to put in even bigger bumps. about half the size of bowling ball. no

kron4's charles clifford has details.. well, right now the dublin pleasanton bart station is the end of the line for riders who commute from the livermore and the central valley into the bay area. but relief could be on teh way.in the comming decades traffic along the already busy interstate 580 through castro valley, dublin pleasaton and over the altimont pass is expected to more than double.in order to releive that congestions, plans have been in the works for a long time to extend some form of rail service from the dublin pleasanton bart station into the san juaquin valley. natson wednesday, the bay area's metroplitan transportation commission approved just over 10 million dollars to conduct an environmental impact review and preliminary engineering study on just such a project. it's know as valley link and it would be a railway from dublin pleasanton bart, over the altimont pass extending to tracy and possibly beyond. there could be stops near livermore, mountain house, downtown tracy and possibly even futher east. sot i think it would be great. that's welcome new to bart riders

kron 4's charles clifford visited one napa vineyard that is still recovering from the fires.up>well, last year's north bay wildfires destroyed thousands of homes but they were also a threat to the very heart of this regions. . wine making. . one of the largest fires was the atlas fire which started on atlas peak right behind me. the flames moved west right into the heart of the napa valley. this is the signarello winery and it was right in front of the flames. nats i was in bed sleeping. pierre birebent is the wine maker and manager at signorello winery. a year ago, his phone rang in the middle of the night with word that a wildfire was burning on atlas peak above the vineyard. he quickly drove over and found bushes and trees on fire.sot i did what i could do. grabbed a hose and a couple of my guys we fought the fire for about an hour.sadly, the roof of vineyards decades old winery caught fire. pierre watched helplessly as the building collapsed.soti was feeling angry, rage. i knew i couldn't do much. i watched my work going up in flames. i was pissed.the winery and the tasti

kron 4's charles clifford has the details... well, sideshows are illegal, dangerous and a they are real headache for law enforcement. here in contra costa county, officials have identified a popular sideshow spot and they are going to try out a new way to hopefully stop it. let's takea look at some video.the intersection of alhambra valley road and bear creek road sits in a very quiet stretch of rural contra costa county, but, as you can see. the intersection is covered with tire marks. the tell tale sign of a sideshow. the plan now is to install about 100 speed bumps about half the size of a large grapefruit along the yellow center line and the other lines in the intersection. the hope is that whoever is spinning cirles in their cars will hit these things and decide it's just not worth the trouble. if that doesn't work, the county's next step will be to put in even bigger bumps. about half the size of bowling ball. now, public works officials do admit that this the problem to another locations but they are just going to wait and see what happens and go the entire pilot program will cos

as kron 4's charles clifford reports... two men robbed a homeowner.. hit him with a chair before taking off. well, the 700 block of evelyn court here in alamo is a very quiet street with big homes behind manacured lawns. but thursday night, violence arrived in this peacfull neighborhood. according to the contra costa county sheriff's office, about 930 thursday evening two armed men wearing masks and dark clothing confronted a man in front of his own house.they demanded keys to the home and then took the victim inside at gunpoint. they then forced him onto the floor and began ransacking the house going room to room.at some point, one of the suspects struck the homeowner with a wooden chair. the suspects then fled the home. they also made off with an uspecified items from the house. the late night commotion stunned neighbors like don bergen soti was coming home from the airport and there were ten cops screaming up the street. we knew something was going on.he says it's shocking that level of violence would happen in their quiet corner of the bay

as kron 4's charles clifford this area in menlo park is a very problematic intersection. . accordingo the menlo park fire protection district, a woman in her 30's was driving alone in her hondvenswood avenu tuesday evening when she got caught in a traffic backup. her car was left partially sitting on the caltrain tracks. moments later, the train crossing signal turned on and the arms started to drop. the driver apparently honked her horn, but the cars ahead of her didn't move. her civiv was struck in the rear by a southbound train travelling nearly 80 miles per hour. the vehilce spun around and landed parrellel to the tracks. first responders arriving on scene found the woman shaken up and complaining of neck pain. she was taken to the hospital but is expected to be ok. the car suffered heavy damage.nats unfortuanley, this isn't the first time there has been a problem at this intersection. back in 2015, a woman was killed when her car got stuck on the tracks in a very simliar way. the intersection is also notorious for problems because it is the convergance point of multiple lanes of

kron 4's charles clifford is live for us tonight in menlo park with details. charles, this a very problematic intersection. . according to the menlo park fire protection district, a woman in her 30's was driving alone in her honda civic westbound on ravenswood avenue tuesday evening when she got caught in a traffic backup. her car was left partially sitting on the caltrain tracks. moments later, the train crossing signal turned on and the arms started to drop. the driver apparently honked her horn, but the cars ahead of her didn't move. her civiv was struck in the rear by a southbound train travelling nearly 80 miles per hour. the vehilce spun around and landed parrellel to the tracks. first responders arriving on scene found the woman shaken up and complaining of neck pain. she was taken to the hospital but is expected to be ok. the car suffered heavy damage.nats unfortuanley, this isn't the first time there has been a problem at this intersection. back in 2015, a woman was killed when her car got stuck on the tracks in a very simliar way. the intersection is

kron 4's charles clifford has details. well, the 700 block of evelyn court here in alamo is a very quiet street with big homes behind manacured lawns. but thursday night, violence arrived in this peacfull neighborhood. according to the contra costa county sheriff's office, about 930 thursday evening two armed men wearing masks and dark clothing confronted a man in front of his own house.they demanded keys to the home and then took the victim inside at gunpoint. they then forced him onto the floor and began ransacking the house going room to room.at some point, one of the suspects struck the homeowner with a wooden chair. the suspects then fled the home. they also made off with an uspecified items from the house. the late night commotion stunned neighbors like don bergen soti was coming home from the airport and there were ten cops screaming up the street. we knew something was going on.he says it's shocking that level of violence would happen in their quiet corner of the bay area.sotthe whole neighborhood is in sh

kron 4's charles clifford has more.fternooon, the coast guard tweeted out that they had rescued a diver near the farallon islands, which are about 30 miles west of san francisco. that diver had apparently been bitten by a shark. that area aroud the farallons is notorious for shark activity.now the diver was flown to stanford hosptial in palo alto. he was seen walking under his own power from the helicopter to the hospital. he did have one arm heavily bandanged.now, we have also learned that the victim is a man by the name of ron elliot. he is a diver and has made documentary films about diving with sharks.now, a spokesperson from the hospital told us this afternoon that he was in stable condition and was expected to be released this afternoon or this evening. now, we did reach out to ron elliott for comment but he declined to be interviewed. we were told by the hosptial that he was expected to be released this afternoon or this evening.in san mateo county charles clifford kron 4 news (ken) the santa clara county distric

believe they have captured an image of the suspect vehicle on surveillance video.kron 4's charles clifford is live for us tonight in sunnyvale with details. charles. well, this hit and run happened in broad daylight. from his injuries. now police are hoping to find the person responsible. according to the sunnyvale police department, a bicyclist was struck and killed this past saturdya while riding along central parkway. the accident happend around 1:40 in the afternoon near the intersection with pajaro avenue. the collision was witnessed by multiple people. sotthe reporting parties stated that a vehicle had struck a byciclyist and fled the scene.by comparing witnesses description of the collission to surveillance video in the area, investigators have identified the driver of this vehicle as a possible person of interest. the car is described as a 2004-06 toyota sienna minivan, maroon or red in color with front windshield and front fender damage. police are also looking for additional witnesses.sotthere were witnesses who stayed on scene and witnesses that drove on by and we are hoping tha

kron 4 's charles clifford had details. well, right now i'm standing just off highway one above tunitas creek state beach. the crime scene investigation has wrapped up here but there's is still evidence on the ground. including blood. so far, investigators have not identified the victim or named any suspects in this killing. aroudn 7 tuesday morning the san mateo county sheriff's office recieved a report of a man on the ground near tunitas creek beach about 8 miles south of half moon bay. deputies arriving on scene found a male in the parking lot of an overlook above the beach. an ambulane was also called to the scene but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. the sheriff's office is now treating case this as a homicide investigation.this is the second homicide along the coast in san mateo county this year. back on febuary 14th, 53-year-old san francisco resident gilberto martin rodriguez was found shot to death in the parking lot of gray whale cover state beach near montara. in that case, an autopsy determin

they hope to have the speed bumps installed in the next month or so.in contra costa county, charles clifford kron 4 news. (terisa) a big story we are tracking. power has been restored to nearly all the people who lost it when p- g-and-e turned it off due to fire concerns. napa and sonoma...and lake counties are now fully restored. just under 700 people are still without power. but that is expected to be restored by midnight. it is the second day people have been without power....since pg-and-e cut power in a pre- emptive attempt to prevent possible wildfires. (ken) the reigning n-b-a champs are back in action tonight. opening their season for the final time in oakland...(terisa) this time next year -- they'll be breaking in their new home in san francisco. kron 4's alecia reid is live at oracle arena tonight. alecia... how are the fans feeling ? it's a pretty relaxed vibe inside the arena right now. fans are soaking in the fact that this is the last season opener in oakland ... it's a big deal for a lot of die dubnation fans.i spoke to people that flew in from chicago, seattle, new york, vir

kron-4's charles clifford reports. natsmonday afternoon, a wildfire erupted just south of the town of winters along putah creek. the flames, pushed by a steady breeze, burned through thick brush and trees. fire crews from all over solano county converged on the fire to protect homes and buisnesses.natscal fire also sent a helicopter to make water drops along the fire, which stretched roughly a mile along the creek. sotit's kind of exciting.a handfull of neighbors, like ?? came to check out the fire, but by late afternoon crews had made good progress on slowing the flames and no structures were being threatened.sotacross the county and a good portion of northern califronia, a red flag warning will remain in effect utnill at least tuesday morning. foothills could see wind gust up to 50 miles per hour.fire officials are asking people to avoid doing anything that could start a blaze. avoid outdoor burning, don't drive or park cars in dry sure all fires are fully extinguished.as for the fi near winters, the exact cause has

kron 4's charles clifford is live for us tonight in san francisco where supporters and opponents of thelan have been sounding off. well, it's pretty much universally agreed that something needs to be done about san francisco's homeless problem. but, there's not wide agreement on how to address the issue. in a few weeks, voters will get a chance to decide on prop c. which has a lot of support but not the backing of mayor london breed. prop c would, among other things, impose a tax on san francisco businesses that gross over 50 million dollars a year. if passed , supporters say the tax would raise between 250-300 million dollars to be used to provide housing, mental health services, and other programs for the city's homeless population.prop c's biggest supporter is salesforce ceo, and billionaire, mark benioff. he has said that san francisco's richest residents and companies need to step up to address homelessnes in the city. the is was benioff a few week ago at the opening of the salesforce tower.sotwe are going to raise 200 million dollars to get while representatives nancy pelosi and j

kron 4 's charles clifford had details. well, right now i'm standing just off highway one above tunitas creek state beach. the crime scene investigation has wrapped up here but there's is still evidence on the ground. including blood. so far, investigators have not identified the victim or named any suspects in this killing. aroudn 7 tuesday morning the san mateo county sheriff's office recieved a report of a man on the ground near tunitas creek beach about 8 miles south of half moon bay. deputies arriving on scene found a male in the parking lot of an overlook above the beach. an ambulane was also called to the scene but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. the sheriff's office is now treating case this as a homicide investigation.this is the second homicide along the coast in san mateo county this year. back on febuary 14th, 53-year-old san francisco resident gilberto martin rodriguez was found shot to death in the parking lot of gray whale cover state beach near montara. in that case, an autopsy determin

standup>john says they hope to have their new home finished by the end of the year.in napa, charles cliffordws.trt 2:09 out: std00-05chuck twitterfire victims rebuilding (ken)our coverage of the napa county fires continues.... 6 people died in the fires that swept through that area. 650 homes were destroyed... and a year later, many changes, and a lot of challenges. kron 4's terisa estacio has more on the rebuilding. (take pkg) dry conditions, wicked winds, hot tempertures... fueled flames that combintaiton wrecked havoc in napa county a year ago.john robertson, never seen anything like it before. napa county sheriff.napa county sheriff says they have learned alot and made significant changes... like this... i rode along with deputy bill djernes as he showed how they now have evacuation signs for residents, in case a fire storm ever strikes again. deputy bill djernes, napa county. it is just faster to show that someone is gone and we dont waste valuable time. the deputy also demonstrated the county's new alert siren...that has a different pitch then other emergency sounds. all sherriffs cars

wildfire, especialy in the higher elevations of the north bay and the east bay.kron 4's charles clifford is live for us tonight in contra costa county, where fire officials have strike teams on standby. they also have a word of warning for anyone with outdoor halloween decorations. charles. . . yeah, fire season isn't over yet and here in contra costa county fire crews are watching for problems. across contra costa county, the hills and trees are bone dry. sot capt. jerry short is with the rodeo-hercules fire district. sotwe haven't had signifigant rainfall since last winter.with the return of red flag conditions, fire official have increased staffing and prepositioned strike teams across the county including in richmond, san ramon, rodeo-crocket and hercules. in the past a when a fire would break out, a strike team would be assembled to respond.. now, during red flag conditions, the strike teams are already on standby and ready to go.sotwe have units prepositioned, pre staffed to attack a fire.to get a hold on things so it doesn't turn into a major campaign fire that we have seen in the

kron 4's charles clifford has details. well, congresswoman jackie speier says that she and her staff are taking extra precautions in light of suspicous devices being sent to other high profile democrats. she also says that president donald trump's rhetoric isn't helping solve this problem and that he needs to change his tone.sotall of us are frightened and concerned.congresswoman jackie speier says that the discovery of suspicous devices being sent to promimnent democrats has left her and her congressional collegues shaken. sotthere's a fear now to stand up and speak your mind because of the downside of individuals who arly stable.and even though the investigation to find the whoever is responsible is still ongoing, speier says that there is one person who bears a great deal of responsiblity for this situation. president donald trump.sotthe president has targeted people who recieved these bombs. there is a corellation.she says the president's frequent verbal attacks on political opponents and the media has laid th

kron 4's charles clifford has more.is afternooon, the coast guard tweeted out that they had rescued a diver near the farallon islands, which are about 30 miles west of san francisco. that diver had apparently been bitten by a shark. that area aroud the farallons is notorious for shark activity.now the diver was flown to stanford hosptial in palo alto. he was seen walking under his own power from the helicopter to the hospital. he did have one arm heavily bandanged.now, we have also learned that the victim is a man by the name of ron elliot. he is a diver and has made documentary films about diving with sharks.now, a spokesperson from the hospital told us this afternoon that he was in stable condition and was expected to be released this afternoon or this evening. now, we did reach out to ron elliott for comment but he declined to be interviewed. we were told by the hosptial that he was expected to be released this afternoon or this evening.in san mateo county charles clifford kron 4 news (robin) coming up on the kron fo

congresswoman jackie speier says, the threats are disturbing.and kron 4's charles clifford explains why is also calling out president trump. well, congresswoman jackie speier says that she and her staff are taking extra precautions in light of suspicous devices being sent to other high profile democrats. she also says that president donald trump's rhetoric isn't helping solve this problem and that he needs to change his tone.sotall of us are frightened and concerned.congresswoman jackie speier says that the discovery of suspicous devices being sent to promimnent democrats has left her and her congressional collegues shaken. sotthere's a fear now to stand up and speak your mind because of the downside of mind because of the downside of individuals who are probably not mentally stable.and even though the investigation to find the whoever is responsible is still ongoing, speier says that there is one person who bears a great deal of responsiblity for this situation. president donald trump.sotthe president has targeted people who recieved these bombs. there is a corellation.she say

her real name is stephanie clifford and she alleges she had a sexual relationship with president trump in 2006 and is currently involved in a legal dispute. her parents attracted both women and men. >> it is a great thing to step out into the public and crowd and say, this is my truth. >> i feel like it is part of being a patriotic american to be here. >> michael cohen pleaded guilty to violating federal campaign laws by making a $130,000 hush payment to daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign. the president has denied the affair.>>> parents of a high school student who drowned in danville this year are preparing to sue the school district. they found a legal claim stating that the 15-year-old drowned after he was told by the swimming and structure to tread water for three minutes. the incident occurred at san ramon valley high school in may. the claim says there were 56 other kids in the pool all treading water at the same time. the coldest -- school district said it was reviewing the claim but had no comment.>>> a napa valley winery is raising concerns about the practice of cle

kron 4's charles clifford is live in san leandro tonight with the details. charles? you about this breaking news through a push alert. make sure to download the kron-4 mobile app to always get the latest breaking news updates. (catherine) tonight-- we're tracking the rain. you're looking at stormtracker- 4 radar.... as rain moves into the bay area. (vicki) chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is standing by.. with details on how much rain we should pect. lawrence karnow: an early october storm is ready to bring rain to the bay area. showers are already spreading in the north bay but will move south overnight especially near the coast. you can see the showers on the doppler radar. we can expect a few heavy downpours as this system slides along the coast. on the satellite you can see the low pressure sysytem just off shore. it could be wet for the commute tomorrow too especially along the 101 and 280. highs tomorrow will still be relatively mild and in the 70s and low 80s inland with 60s the coast. showers and possible isolated thunderstorms could linger into wednesday

standup>john says they hope to have their new home finished by the end of the year.in napa, charles clifford kro n4 news. (vicki) we are looking back at the firestorm at kron-4 dot (vicki) we are looking back at the firestorm at kron-4 dot com. there you can find more reaction from survivors of the fires. as well as stories of the rebuilding efforts and challenges. and the church community that's come together after losing everything. it's all at kron4- dot com (ken) firefighters are gaining ground on a fire burning in solano county. the branscombe fire has burned 47-hundred acres. and is 70 percent contained. it has burned two buildings... one of them a house. it's named for a rural road east of suisun city along highway 12 near where it started. (vicki) turning now to our four zone forecast.(ken) let's bring in chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. and lawrence any concerns about fire danger? lawrence karnow: it was a beautiful start to the work week with sunny skies and warm weather all the way to the coast. highs were in the upper 80s in some of the valleys with 60s at the coast. on the s

of education has made changes to the admissions policy at lowell high school..kron 4 's charles clifford on how they're trying to attract students from a wider ethnic background. (catherine) some not great news for commuters in san francisco hoping to drive down fremont street soon. the street has been shut down between mission and howard since cracks were discovered in two support beams at the salesforce transit center. four steel towers are now in place to shore up the area. street optransit center officials say that won't happen until next wednesday october 17. meanwhile...overnight closures of first street are done for the week, but there will be one more between sometime next week hurricane michael slammed the floriday coast as one of the strongest storms in recent memory. it continues as a powerful storm tonight bringing more flooding rains and powerful winds into georgia. the storm will move rapidly to the north east through the carolinas before moving back into the atlantic. it was mostly sunny but nice around the bay area today but cooler with highs in the 70s inland and 50s and

kron 4 's charles clifford explains the new changes to the school's admissions policy.it's not easy to get into lowell high school. in order to be admitted, all students must meet rigerous academic standards in middle school.in order to encourage more african american students to apply to lowell, the san francisco board of education voted to allow every student at willie brown middle school admission to lowell high if they meet the minimum academic standards.the school district said in a statement wednesday that"this change is intended to promote wbms and create more robust enrollment by ensuring there will be enough space for all wbms graduates who meet the academic criteria required for admission to lowell."critics says the admissions changes need further review and that by giving an advantage to willie brown middle school students, it could hurt the chances of students at other schools.sot because the additional students from willie brown middle school are going to crowd out students from school like aptos, james man, mlk and vis valley.supporters say the changes wil

programs and represented former president bill clinton and two former secretaries of the defense clark clifford and caspar weinberger in high profile litigation from the american college of trial lawyers and at various times special counsel to the united states senate and also is an author of his latest book in the rain. also the primary author of the national review boards report of the crisis of the catholic church in the united states february 27, 2004 please join us clap. [applause] . >> can you hear me? [laughter] bless you so the national review board conducted a thorough investigation into sexual abuse and recorded the number of victims. so why after 14 years are we still learning about grand journeys - - juries across the country of priest abusing minors? . >> it's because the bishops really did not follow all of our recommendations. in fact, we were prohibited from looking into the bishops because our task was simply to look into the priest. we did not have subpoena power. we didn't have access to the documents. so i will be as candid with you and i think you deserve that. the vatican

kron 4's charles clifford spoke to supporters and oppoennets of the plan. prop c would, among other thingsmpose a tax on san francisco businesses that gross over 50 million dollars a year. if passed , supporters say the tax would raise between 250-300 million dollars to be used to provide housing, mental health services, and other programs for the city's homeless population.prop c's biggest supporter is salesforce ceo, and billionaire, mark benioff. he has said that san francisco's richest residents and companies need to step up to address homelessnes in the city. the is was benioff a few week ago at the opening of the salesforce tower.sot we are going to raise 200 million dollars to get while representatives nancy pelosi and jackie speier and a long list of elected officials support prop c, san francisco mayor london breed, assemblyman david chu and state senator scott weiner oppose the plan. mayor breed has said that prop c lacks the accountablity needed ensure the money will be used for it's intended purposes. she believes it could make the city's homeless problems worse because it does

kron 4's charles clifford explains why officials in the east bay have an extra warning for those whout up halloween decorations.the hills and trees dry. sot capt. jerry short is with the rodeo-hercules fire district. capt. jerry short is with the rodeo- hercules fire district. last wi. with the return of red flag conditions, fire official have increased staffing and prepositioned strike teams across the county including in richmond, san ramon, rodeo- crocket and hercules. in the past a when a fire would break out, a strike team would be assembled to respond.. now, during red flag conditions, the strike teams are already on standby and ready to go.sot we have units prepositioned, pre staffed to attack a fire. to get a hold on things so it doesn't turn into a major campaign fire that we have seen in the past. so a large scale fire incident we can hopefully get a handle on it much quicker.but while fire crews are watching for problems, they are also asking for the public's help in preventing wildfires.sotand as this latest red flag comes the day before halloween, fire tdoor decorations.

kron 4's charles clifford talked with his widow about the ongoing investigation... also the threat the family recieved while she wastrying to find her husband's killer. well, it has been more than a month. . . .the santa clara county sheriff's office says that this vehicle, a black 2004-2005 nissan titan, was driven by suspects in the murder of 28 year old frankie santos jr back on the morning of september 2nd. this image was taken from surveillance video near the scene of the crime. this is a stock photo of a simliar vehicle.on thursday afternoon frankie santos's widow, sky, spoke to reporters. she's hoping that this new piece of information will help lead to an arrest in her husband's murder.sotthis could of happened to anyone and that's why it so important that we catch this person.she also says that she and a group of friends was recently threatened while handing out flyers in their neighborhood. sotwe were interuppred by a truck that drove by with a threatening passenger. this truck fired a gun and the police pursued on a high speed chase. the next day

hopes the changes will attract more black , latino, and pacific islander students.kron 4's charles clifford live for us tonight at lowell high school with details. it's not easy to get into lowell high school. in order to be admitted, all students must meet rigerous academic standards in middle school. in order to encourage more african american students to apply to lowell, the san francisco board of education voted to allow every student at willie brown middle school admission to lowell high if they meet the minimum academic standards.the school district said in a statement wednesday that "this change is intended to promote wbms and create more robust enrollment by ensuring there will be enough space for all wbms graduates who meet the academic criteria required for admission to lowell."critics says the admissions changes need further review and that by giving an advantage to willie brown middle school students, it could hurt the chances of students at other schools.sot because the additional students from willie brown oust like aptos, james man, mlk and vis valley.supporters say the chang

(ken) as kron 4's charles clifford explains - this is also good opportunity for everyone to make sure they are earthquake ready as well. earlier this month, bart announced that they are testing out a new beta version of the shake alert system. the system, which was designed by the usgs and the berkeley seismology lab, can provide several seconds of warning before an earquake hits, giving bart enough time to handfull of agencies and busiouthe beta version. pg&e and the san francisco fire department are also on board. for now, shakealert is only available in a limited beta form, but the plan is to eventually give it to everyone. angela chung is a project scientist at the berkeley seismology lab. she says that the one day people could recieve earthquake alerts on their phones the same way that they get amber alerts.sotwe are sending alerts to our system. that part is done. the next step is for cell phone providers to send these alerts to the public.but while the system can now send out earthquake warnings, there is still a lot of work left to do to make the alerts accurate. the usgs and

kron 4's charles clifford spoke to supporters and oppoennets of of the plan. prop c would, among other things, impose a tax on san francisco businesses that gross over 50 million dollars a year. if passed , supporters say the tax would raise between 250-300 million dollars to be used to provide housing, mental health services, and other programs for the city's homeless population.prop c's biggest supporter is salesforce ceo, and billionaire, mark benioff. he has said that san francisco's richest residents and companies need to step up to address homelessnes in the city. the is was benioff a few week ago at the opening of the salesforce tower.sotwe are going to raise 200 million dollars to get while representatives nancy pelosi and jackie speier and a long list of elected officials support prop c, san francisco mayor london breed, assemblyman david chu and state senator scott weiner oppose the plan. mayor breed has said that prop c lacks the accountablity needed ensure the money will be used for it's intended purposes. she believes it could make the city's homeless problems worse becaus

kron 4's charles clifford explains the changes... it's not easy to get into lowell high school. in order be admitted, all students must meet rigerous academic standards in middle school. in order to encourage more african american students to apply to lowell, the san francisco board of education voted to allow every student at willie brown middthe school district said in a statement and create more robust enrollment by ensuring there will be enough space for all wbms graduates who meet the academic criteria required for admission to lowell."critics says the admissions changes need further review and that by giving an advantage to willie brown middle school students, it could hurt the chances of students at other schools.sot because the additional students from willie brown middle school are going to crowd out students from school like aptos, james man, mlk and vis valley.supporters say the changes will give hope to kids who might not get into lowell otherwise.sotlowell middle school has one of the largest population of african american students in the city. if the board truly want to pro

kron 4's charles clifford has details. well, it has been more than a month. . . .the santa clara county sheriff's office says that this vehicle, a black 2004-2005 nissan titan, was driven by suspects in the murder of 28 year old frankie santos jr back on the morning of september 2nd. this image was taken from surveillance video near the scene of the crime. this is a stock photo of a simliar vehicle.on thursday afternoon frankie santos's widow, sky, spoke to reporters. she's hoping that this new piece of information will help lead to an arrest in her husband's murder.sotthis could of happened to anyone and that's why it so important that we catch this person.she also says that she and a group of friends was recently threatened while handing out flyers in their neighborhood. sotwe were interuppred by a truck that drove by with a threatening passenger. this truck fired a gun and the police pursued on a high speed chase. the next (catherine) new at 8... u.s. congresswoman jackie speier joined san mateo police chiefs..

(pam) kron-4's charles clifford joins us live from san leandro tonight... charles how did police find the suspect? according to east bay regional parks, early monday morning family of 19-year-old anthony pimentel told san leandro police that there was a human body near the chabot dam. upon further investigation, police did find the remains of an african-american female near the dam. while the coroners office has not yet identified the body, alfreda davis, the mother of 18-year-old mariah davis, says she was told by police that the victim was her daughter and that 19-year-old pimentel had confessed to killing her.according to alfreda, mariah davis and anthony pimentel had dated for two years but were no longer together. even so, mariah and anthony apparently did have lunch at a restaurant in san leandro last wednesday but mariah has not been seen since. her family has spent the past few days frantically searching for her. news of the teens death has left her mother heartbroken.sothe had hit her before and done some bad things but i didn't think he would kill

kron four's charles clifford says experts are asking people to take steps to avoid a repeat of the last flu season. sotlast season was a particulary severe flu season. dr. julie stoltey is an infectious disease physician with the san francisco department of public health. she says that last winter in san francisco at least 4 people, probably more, died from complications related to the flu. she says it's difficult to predict when the influenza virus will strike and how bad it will be.sotit's always unpredictable. we don't know how it's going to be until it occurs. with another flu season on the horizon, she says it's very important that everyone get vaccinated. a flu shot doesn't guarantee that someone will avoid getting sick, but it's the best protection we have.sotbut even in years where the flu vaccine is not 100 percent effective it's still prevent millions of illnesses in this country and 10s of thousands of hospitalizationsstoltey also reccomends getting a flu shot every year because the same flu virus doesn't spread all the time and the vaccine is adjusted accordingly.sotthe flu