as kron 4's dan kerman reports -- it turns out african-americans are more likely to be stopped than any other race.. opd stop report 032514 >> reporter:while african americans make up 28% of oakland's population, a new study finds they are stopped by police significantly more than other racial groups. between april and november of last year, of the more than 14 thousand stops african americans were stopped 62% of the time, compared to 17% for hispanics, 12% for whites and 6 percent for asians >> yes it is a concern but does in simulate that they are doing it a racial profiling? and i do not believe that it does. >> i like to see where the crime is occurring close. >> reporter:former san francisco police chief tony ribera says before making the jump to racial profiling, additional information is needed >> reporter:ribera says if in fact most crime is happening in mostly african american areas of oakland than that could explain the high percentage of stops. >> reporter:ribera says it's important that oakland police be transparent about its crime fighting strategy >> much more likely to be

as kron 4's dan kerman reports, african americans are more likely to be stopped than any over race. >porter: new study finds african americans are stopped by police significantly more than any other racial groups. last yore of the 14,000 stops, african americans were pulled over 62% of 6% for asians. >> that's a concern, but does it indicate the police are doing racial profiling? i don't think it does. >> reporter: tony raberra says before jumping to racial profiling, additional information is need. >> i would like to see where the crime is occurring. >> reporter: if most crime is happening in mostly african american areas of oakland, that could explain the high percentage of stops. >> i would suspect a lot of crime is occurring in east and west oakland. that's where a lot of the enforcement action is taking place. >> reporter: he say it's also important that oakland police be transparent about the crime- fighting strategy. >> if they know why the officers are making traffic stops and how it's beneficial to their community, they are much more likely to be partners with the police depa

dan kerman tells us he is not accused of shooting at the officer. 50-year-old jeffrey ruano is taken into custody. the chase went through the east way with speeds exceeding 100 miles per hour. the officer-involved shooting on florida street in san francisco. this is video from our helicopter footage. >> anyone willing to endanger a police officer is a public threat. >> reporter: police have arrested him for assault with a deadly weapon. he tried to back his car up into the officer. they have found no weapon and only one witness can confirm me he may have had a witness. what police know is his partner fired on the car when it began to back up toward officer shah. the bullet to shah's shoulder may have come from his partner. >> that is still under investigation. >> reporter: ruano has been arrested for being a convicted felon in position of ammunition, speeding, and evading police. the officer is out of surgery and recovering. in san francisco, can kerman, kron4new . >> the take con down of the suspect was caught on video. >> reporter: the cameras were rolling. you see the suspect roll

that's the latest, reporting live from fourth street and mission bay in san francisco, dan kerman, kron4 news. >>> the biggest fire began with a few wis were -- wisps of smoke. here's how it happened beginning with the first call to fire dispatch. the first call came in at three minutes to 5:00. firefighters arrived within five minutes and immediately realized they needed help. >> china basin command, give us a second alarm. >> reporter: the fast spreading fire threatened to engulf the first responders. >> get off that roof and come down here. this is a defensive fire from now. >> reporter: defensive fire means protecting other buildings. the heat was so intense that windows began to break in an apartment building across the street. >> second crack and the third crack and -- second cracked and then the third cracked and they started like a spiderweb and i threw my luggage down the hallway and then down the stairs. >> reporter: the smoke bill load up over -- bill lowed up over the city. >> breaking news we are following in san francisco. >> four stories fully engulfed. >> extremely hot an

kron 4's dan kerman has more from the attorney on that. as well as jahi's condition.evaluation of what happened here. they did not talk to the family. chris dolan is the attorney for the family of jahi mcmath. he says this report actually is designed to see if the hospital has systems in place and is following required guidelines they have done no investigation into what happened particularly in this case. they did a random sample to see if this possible can check all of its boxes regarding housekeeping. as for jahi who was declared brain dead, dolan says since the family moved her to an undisclosed facility, her condition has improved. her limbs are flexible and bending. she moves which in the bed which mode most brain-dead people do not do. she turns her head from side to side. these are changes. so i cannot say that she is no longer brain- dead. but there are changes that have happened. the family intends to file a lawsuit and let the courts decide who should be held responsible. sam singer spokesperson for children's hospital oakland. responded to attorney christo

kron4's dan kerman is live in san jose. with the details. >> reporter:san jose police are investigating the city'spolice say, they found a man with a stab wound, downtown near north 2nd street and west saint john. around 3-am. investigators are now looking for witnesses. and trying to figure out what area. >> pam: san jose police are investigating the city's 10th murder. police said they found a man with a step more, downtown at north texas street at west say jot our route 3 a l investigators are now looking for witnesses and try to figure out what you did the was the lead in the area. >> pam: >> pam: castro valley has been accused of killing his wife faced a judge today. fink me was charged with murder for allegedly shooting his wife at their home friday the wide body was found it a closet of the couples hold. investigators say she was shot twice. authorities say me surrendered to the california state university east bay police officer monday night. police say they have visited the couples hold before the reports of the be

alecia reid kron 4 >> pam: team coverage of this massive inferno continues with kron-4's dan kerman. he is with some of the people evacuated due to the fire. >> pam: dan? >> reporter: people evacuated from that building many that were evacuated today. some says it was just a terrifying scene. >> i was sleeping and heard the fire alarm going off i woke up and thought it was my alarm clock and realized it was not. >> my window started cracking i heard the first crack and that got me motivated and i heard the second and third crack at it started like a fire had a spider web. really >> lead bank follows on the opposite side of the building. >> terrifying and frightening but i am so glad that i am ok. that was really lucky. >> reporter: some of the neighboring buildings have taken them in. so they're in pretty good shape for the moment. that is the latest reporting live kron 4 news. >> pam: kron four's jeff bush. with a different vantage point of the fire scene. . >> reporter: and very curious scene. eerie scene >> reporter: i just took a walk up towards that fire do pc it just a spaghetti

we begin our team coverage with kron 4's dan kerman. he's live outside san francisco's federal courthouse. where yee appeared today. dan? (male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> reporter: trading political favors for money placing himself above the law. >> reporter: state senator lee left the courthouse on federal charges prickeand in return for connecting an undercover fbi agent with an arms dealer conspiracy trafficking in illegal firearms without a license. accused of six counts of defrauding citizens of honest services sprit he was of 20 people are trained and cited offices of the complaint. >> reporter: dubois welch out is being held behind bars he is sitting released yee is being released. >> reporter: g release >> reporter:yess's attorney had little to say. >> reporter:yee has given up his pasport and confined. >> catherine: continuing our team coverage. kron4's justine waldman has been going through the lengthy criminal complaint.. continuing our team coverage. kron4's justine waldman has b

and as kron 4's dan kerman tells us, while under arrest, the suspect is not accused of shooting at the officer. >> and here is a detail look at the arrested of the man who shot at a san francisco police officer. as you can see in this surveillance video a white mercedes pulling into the gas and shop in san jose. another camera angle shows innocent bystanders backing away from their cars with their hands up as c-h-p officers approach the suspects car with guns drawn. officers moved in and pulled out 2 women first who was questioned and have been released. then the suspect jeffrey ruano was taken into custody. >> we do believe that he is a dangerous person. he is a public threat. >> police say the reason why the chase ended at the gas station was because a spike strip was thrown out on 680 to stop the car. >> he allegedly tried to back his carpets of officer. as for the shooting, so far they have fallen no weapons and only one witness can confirm that he may have fired a weapon. >> she heard a gunshot come from him. >> his partner opened fire when it began to back up. >> there have been

tonight kron-4's dan kerman tells us how citizen involvement is taking its toll on criminals. >> reporter: this case and no. a neighbor spotted what was collected on and instead of ignoring it called police. >> saw the subject walking out of the residence with a plastic bag that person something was wrong. after getting >> reporter: after giving aid profile of the suspect. there are rested a man from oakland and they did find some of the stalling cassette stalling items in his possession. found some of the stolen items in his possesion. >> it cannot be overstated how important it is without people helping and acting right away >> reporter: san leandro police as they have seen it increase in neighbors in committee dealing involved to get to put an end to crime and get more criminals off the street. >> jacqueline: self of the golden gate it is a different story. we've only seen a few hundredths of a total frame. have there sales approaching solus take a look at san francisco where we have seen steady rain. you see this yellow here. condemn land now. pence several of those sales approaching

dan kerman kron 4 news. >> in january. u-c-s-f announced. nearly 10- thousand patients had their personal data compromised. after desktop computers were stolen from a clinic. investigators say, the computers had information that included individual's names, dates of birth, mailing addresses and social security numbers. the university has sent out notification letters to those affected. >> still ahead on the the kron 4 news. it has been weeks since a visit from reality show restaurant and possible help to rebuild a bay area eatery. we would check in with the odor to see if it really helped boost business. >> plus, first a blanring, now a baby. the story taking over hollywood this morning. >> first in at the gabe slate tech report. science fiction is becoming true to life. changing the way that we played video games. >> it is time for the tech report with gabe slate. i was at the game developers conference that is rapping up. this is one of the biggest shows. the thing that received the most was abide sony. >> this new virtual reality headset

. >> pam: coming up tonight at 6, kron 4's dan kerman hears from neighbors about their concerns, and looks at how the neighborhood is returning to business as usual. >> reporter:a pedestrian was struck and killed by a union pacific freight train in berkeley this morning, fire and railroad officials said. the fire department received reports of a train hitting apedestrian near the berkeley and albany border at 9:06 a.m., berkeley fire acting deputy chief avery webb said. the pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene, webb said. >> reporter:the victim, a man, had been walking south on the tracks and a southbound union pacific train heading from roseville to oakland struck him, union pacific spokesman aaron hunt said. >> reporter:the train crew blew the train's horn and tried to stop, but freight trains typically take over a mile to stop and the train was not able to stop in time, hunt said. >> reporter:by the time the train came to a stop, it was blocking four streets >> reporter:-- virginia, cedar, camelia and gilman streets, webb said. the streets were still blocked late this morni

kron4's dan kerman reports. >> reporter: we have not seen the state said archer, our goal from his homee has returned to his home from been arraigned on charges he has stayed off side. >> there debra i hereby withdraw my candidacy for secretary of state affective immediately creek >> reporter: attorney was a personal decision this is what he wanted to do given the circumstances of the federal case >> reporter: u.s. senator dianne feinstein has issued statements halls calling for an he to step down calling for yee to step down. >> reporter: is the difference between suspension and resignation. if you retired he would no longer collect his salary. if he is suspended he would continue to collect his salary. with that in mind michael yap key political analyst believes he will not resign. michael yaki >> reporter: in san francisco demand, and kron4 news >> catherine: continuing our team coverage. a closer look on how the indictment of senator yee is rocking the community. >> catherine: he is a well know political figure in the bay area and the state. and viewed by some as a role model for mi