erick gelhaus believed it was a real ak-47 and said he refused to drop it. activists have held several protests demanding justice and showing they are upset that erick gelhaus is on the job. >> richmond is experiencing a a significant drop in the murder rate. our media partner reports that the 16 homicides last year was the lowest number since 1980. the city mounted an organized effort to halt street try lens using former gang members who work to keep peace by discouraging retaliation. there were five months without a single homicide. police credit the combination of enforcement, better community relations, and youth outreach programs. >>> a former school aide in hayward goes to court facing eight felony child molestation counts. police say the 29-year-old is accused of having a two-year long sexual relationship with a student that began when the boy was 12. she was at hayward's all saints catholic school since 2005 and is jailed on $800,000 bond. police do not believe there are other victims. >>> this morning, a school nurse in concord is credited with savi

. >> and an amended lawsuit says erick gelhaus has a history of questionable force and judgment and has been involved in several controversial incidents before the shooting in santa rosa according to the "san francisco chronicle" including an incident in 1996 when erick gelhaus point his gun at a woman carrying her young son after she called for help in a dispute with a neighbor. >> the san mateo police department is taking a new approach to kick start the canine program and is using the intent to raise money. they have sworn in the only canine in the program, ajax and his human partner need equipment such as leashes and other training tools. they have raised $2,500. you can donate on our website at abc7news.com under oh -- "see it on tv i." >> crowd funding going on. now the weather forecast. something for everyone. >> so excited to turn on the windshield wipers. >> a lot of mist in the air. may need to use the wipers. it is mild. very mild. 47 at woodside. 49 at palo alto. everyone else in the 50's. redwood city is 50. and 53 in san mateo. belmont is 54. 50's in san francisco, oakland

erick gelhaus believed it was real and said the boy refused to drop it.held several protesters sin the shooting demanding justice for lopez and upset that erick gelhaus is become on the job. >> richmond is experiencing a significant drop in the murder rate. "contra costa times" reported the 16 homicides is the lowest number since 1980 after mounting an organize the effort to stop street violence using former gang members to keep the peace. the city had five months without a built is murder. a combination of enforcement and better community relations and youth outreach programs. >>> a former school aide in hayward goes to court facing eight felony child molestation counts. the police say the 29-year-old mia cummings is accused of a sexual relationship of three years with a student that began when the boy was 12. she was at the catholic school since 2005. cummings is jailed on $800,000 bond. >>> a school nurse in concord is credited with saving a child's life by performing cpr. radio transmissions tell the story of what happened after the child collapsed. >

that includes 1996 when erick gelhaus point pointed his gun at a woman would called for help after aa help. >> >> the murder of a possible soap opera actress and her husband in venezuela is calling attention to the violence. the star and her husband were shot in their vehicle yesterday. it couple was gunned down after resisting robbers. her five-year-old daughter was shot in the leg. her father says the family is struggling to cope. she was a former miss venezuela and lived in miami and on vacation in venezuela and said in the past show left her hope country because of the danger. >> the police department is taking a new approach to kick start the canine program. they are using a website to raise $3,500. the san mateo police just have sworn in the new canine, ajax. they feed leashes and arrest nasas and other training tools. the department has raised nearly $2,500 so $1,000 more if you are interested in donating go to our website for a link. >>> six pedestrian deaths in san francisco all in a knew weeks and head the steps now being taken to stop this rash of accidents. >> first, thou

erick gelhaus told investigator he thought the gun was an ak-47.al charges against the deputy and says it could take 90 days or more to make a determination. >> the city of san jose is pushing a federal appeals court for the quickest possible resolution in the lawsuit against major league baseball. our media partner the san jose mercury news reports the city lawyers have asked for the circuit court of appeals to set a march 24 deadline for all legal arguments which could allow judges to rule on the case by summer. san jose is challenging a federal scrum's order dismissing the city's argument that the m.l.b. violated antitrust laws by delaying the bid to move to san jose by the the a's. >> go brown is in great position to be re-elected in develop after he has approval rate at a record high at 60 percent of likely voters approving of the way the governor is handling the job up for man 10 percent in a month. experts say brown gained bipartisan support after releasing the new proposed budget. the governor announced a multi-billion dollar surplus and pr

year-old boy in october has a hit of excessive force and questionable subject, claiming that deputy erick gelhauslved in several controversial incidents before the shooting in santa rosa including an incident in 1996 when erick gelhaus allegedly pointed his gun at a woman carrying her young senator after she called for help with a dispute regarding a neighbor. >> san jose police department is taking a new approach to kick start the canine funding to raise $3,500. the police have sworn in the only canine in the program, ajax, and his human partner need training tools and leashes and more. since launching the effort on new year's day the department has raised $2,500. if you are interested in donating, go to our website for a link at abc7news.com. >> now a check on the weather forecast. >> do we need to use our wipers this morning? >> once or twice with the mist hanging in the air. it is still 23 below in green bay and feels like 20 in fargo and seven in new york and boston but st. louis is 26 warmer than 24 hours ago, and cleveland is 19 degreer warmer. the worst is over. the warming trend continue

andy lopez was shot to death in october by sheriff deputy erick gelhaus carrying a plastic air riflevists have held several protests demanding justice and upset that erick gelhaus is become on the job. >> a former school aide in hayward is facing eight felony child molest ace counts. police say the 29-year-old mia cummings is accused of having a two-year long sexual relationship with a student that began when he was telephone. she admitted -- cummings is jailed on $800,000 bond. though do nut believe there are other victims. >> a hearing is scheduled today for the case of 13-year-old jahi mcmath canceled now she is moved it of children's hospital oakland after being declared brain dead after complications from tonsil surgery. the family will not say where she is now but they were in los angeles appearing in an interview with cnn and the uncle gave us this cell phone video of her being moved from children's hospital oakland on sunday night. the family is holding out hope she will recover. >> we believe if her heart is pumping she is alive. >> the attorney says that jahi mcmath is gett

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erick gelhaus thought the gun was an ac47. the district attorney must now decide whether to press criminal charges again the deputy. it could take 90 days to make that determination. >> oakland police hope a $5,000 reward will catch a sexual predator who attacked a little girl, a six-year old said a man grabbed her at think college now on international boulevard. she escaped and alerted an adult. the attacker is a white man, tall, with heavy build with short black hair and a black mustache and wore a gray and blue polo shirt and black shoes. >> san jose is pushing a court for the quickest possible resolution in the lawsuit against major league baseball. the san jose mercury news reports that the lawyers have asked for the circuit court of appeals to set march 24 deadline if all legal arguments that could allow judges to rule on the case by summer. san jose is challenging a federal judge's order dismissing the city's argument that the mlb spray lated antitrust laws by laying the a's bid to move to san jose. the giants claim ter

the additional allegations concern a pattern of behavior by that deputy erick gelhaus. they have now paid $225,000 in overtime for officers to monitor protest against the shooting. >>> a target security guard is getting credited for helping end a girl's kidnapping ordeal. she gave antioch police vital information about the suspect. police say roxanna ramirez spotted david douglas in the pittsburg store friday morning. he was acting so strangely she wrote down his license plate number. >> he was pacing back and forth and he was changing his clothes in the apartment. started messing arnold with the backpack and at one point he was sitting in the car and like shaking his steering wheel. >> when ramirez herd about the alert friday night she called police with that license number. a short time later, officers found douglas with the girl at the antioch marina. douglas admitted with the bay area news group that he kidnapped the young girl. >>> achinesses national faces charges for allegedly setting the chinese consulate in san francisco on fire. it happened on new year's day.

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will decide if any charges should be filed against deputy erick gelhaus. prosecutors will first review. last october 22, deputy gelhaus spotted lopez with an airsoft bb gun that looked almost like a real assault rifle. he ordered twice for the 8th grader to drop the weapon. gelhaus told police he opened fire, when lopez turned toward him with the barrel raised. >>> now the continuing coverage for the memorial for bart smith. thousands of people attended the memorial. most were men and women in blue. sergeant smith was 42 years old. a husband, father, and brother. noel walker reports on the emotional prosession and words of comfort to his 6-year-old daughter. it started with a long blue line, winding the street. a bagpipe note floated through the air, wrapped around mourners, and tugged at the heart. >> mostly i could just say, it's really, really hard to get through. >> reporter: an officer's funeral is draped in ritual, tradition, and emotion. all three were on display with one image of detective sergeant tommy smith's flag draped casket, and his somber w

vigil will be held at the million site where lopez was shot by a sonoma county sheriff deputy, erick gelhaus that looked like an ak-47. the community members are pushing for a permanent park to replace the makeshift memorial at the site. >> firefighters looking to the cause of a fire that chased people from their beds in the east bay. the fire broke out at 4:00 at a building in berkeley. crews took 45 minutes to put it out with no injuries reported. there is no word on a cause. >> this morning, one of the four san jose state students charged with hate crime and battery against a black roommate is set to be arraigned. yesterday, a santa clara county superior court judge said she will consider the cases against three of the young men on march 4, 19-year-old bomb good student has not been identified because he what a minor when charged. all four are suspended from san jose state. >> happening today, governor brown will go before the state lawmakers and we will preview the state of the state address. san francisco is spending millions to keep the candlestick park staffed and we have the answer w

will decide if any charges should be filed against deputy erick gelhaus. prosecutors will first review. last october 22, deputy gelhaus spotted lopez with an airsoft bb gun that looked almost like a real assault rifle. he ordered twice for the 8th grader to drop the weapon. gelhaus told police he opened fire, when lopez turned toward him with the barrel raised. >>> now the continuing coverage for the memorial for bart smith. thousands of people attended the memorial. most were men and women in blue. sergeant smith was 42 years old. a husband, father, and brother. noel walker reports on the emotional prosession and words of comfort to his 6-year-old daughter. it started with a long blue line, winding the street. a bagpipe note floated through the air, wrapped around mourners, and tugged at the heart. >> mostly i could just say, it's really, really hard to get through. >> reporter: an officer's funeral is draped in ritual, tradition, and emotion. all three were on display with one image of detective sergeant tommy smith's flag draped casket, and his somber w

a vigil is held at a memorial site where lopez was shot by sonoma county sheriff deputy, erick gelhausile carrying a toy gun. the community members are pushing for a permanent park with his name to replace the him at the site. >> one of the four san jose state students charged with hate crime and battery against a troop mate who is black last fall, will be arraigned. yesterday a superior court judge said she will consider the cases against three of the young men on march 4. 19-year-old joseph bomgardner and 18-year-old logan beaschler pleaded not guilty. another student is not identified because he was a minor when charged. all four have been suspended. >> students at a san jose high school are showing up with green air in memory of a fellow student who died after being hit by a light rail train. green was her favorite color and the 14 yearly passed away last week while riding her bicycle to the high school and she was hit while crossing the light rail tracks. a witness said she was wearing head phones and the arm at the railroad we track cannot come down. the sheriff is investigating.

last october, sonoma county sheriff's deputy erick gelhaus shot the teen, who was carrying a toy gun. the sonoma county d.a.'s office is reviewing the results of the investigation. they will determine if any laws were broken and if gelhaus should be prosecuted. >>> last month's fire at a recycling plant in redwood city is believed to be arson. investigators are not saying exactly how it started. they are still checking video from the area of sims metal management. its latest fire was early in the morning on december 17. the company had taken steps to reduce fire risks after a similar fire in november. >>> the city of san jose wants the federal appeals court to put its antitrust case against major league baseball on the fast track. the city is suing mlb for refusing to make a decision about the a's plan to build a new ballpark in do you understand san jose. court papers filed yesterday -- in downtown san jose. court papers filed yesterday asked for a march 24 deadline for legal arguments that could allow the federal judges to set arguments and rule on the case by the summertime. >>> oa

the 13-year-old was shot by a sonoma county sheriff's deputy erick gelhaus in october after gelhaus mistookhe boy's pellet gun for an assault rifle. the task force met last night with the public to discuss the impact of lopez's death and explore options for community policing. some residents were skeptical. >> here, what else do you guys want, type of deal. well, we are not going to indictment him, so you should be happy with this. this is how i look at it. but i have to put a little bit of faith in a few of the members on the task force hoping that maybe something good can come out of this. >> many community members are outraged that deputy gelhaus is back at work in an administrative role after being on paid leave for two months. >>> federal judge also now decide whether to give the state more time to reduce the state inmate population. governor brown's administration and attorneys for inmates could not reach an agreement. the judges will now decide within 30 days whether to stick with the current order of reducing the population to 110,000 inmates in the state. the state was given until

the deputy erick gelhaus says that he thought that the of lopez's abrupt arrival was a real ak-47. >>e traffic and weather. the afternoon will be 65 degrees and 66 degrees for santa clara. the east bay will be at 67 and castro valley will be at 65. the north bay peninsula will be as 66 impact to mom will be at 67. 64 for downtown san francisco. the 7 day around the bay shows a very nice sunny weekend after that, we will get cooler temperatures with increasing clouds. a possibility of rain is that 10 percent for thursday. the clouds will dominate most of next week. the temperatures will fall for practically the first time. >> here instead of robbers to announce and people behaving badly. >> did you know that if you notice say intersection like this one more you would be hard to find people stopping at the stop signs. local police have a camera program. >> if you call them, they will send out someone to monitor the intersection of right tickets if necessary. off please, tell me you don't the number. >> more on that in a moment. i am here because of a safety tip, some people are being he

last october, sonoma county sheriff's deputy erick gelhaus shot the teen, who was carrying a toy gun. the sonoma county d.a.'s office is reviewing the results of the investigation. they will determine if any laws were broken and if gelhaus should be prosecuted. >>> last month's fire at a recycling plant in redwood city is believed to be arson. investigators are not saying exactly how it started. they are still checking video from the area of sims metal management. its latest fire was early in the morning on december 17. the company had taken steps to reduce fire risks after a similar fire in november. >>> after school counselor accused of selling marijuana to middle school students. 20-year-old edward diaz was arrested on tuesday. he was in charge of tutoring and mentoring children in an after-school program called think together, which has a contract with the san jose unified school district. diaz is accused of selling pot to two of the students at the willow glen middle school. the student just signed up for the program and was stunned to hear that news. >> i used to think he was ki

details on how long deputy erick gelhaus actually waited waited, before shooting the 13-year- old. >> two witnesses stated that he ordered him to put the right fold down and that he only would it three seconds and then he fired three it he fired and a attorney for him has not offered a comment about the lawsuit correct he is telling investigators that he felt for his life. >> >> belmont police are seeking the public's help identifying two burglars who were captured on home surveillance footage. police received this home security video of a burglary in the 2200 block of cipriani boulevard. police say the crime happened friday between 2:30 and 5 p.m. the first suspect is described as a black male in his late teens. he was last seen wearing a red beanie, maroon zip-up hoodie, dark jeans and black nike athletic shoes with pink highlights. the second suspect is described as a black male in his late teens to early 20s. he was last seen wearing a black beanie, sweatshirt with the phrase "new jack" written on the front, dark jeans, green boxers and black and gray basketball shoes. anyone with

santa rosa police have completed their investigation into the october shooting by deputy erick gelhausors have the final report. the sonoma county district attorney is not saying when her review of the report will be finished. lopez was holding a toy gun that looked like an assault rifle when gelhaus shot him. lopez's parents have sued the county. coming up on the kron 4 morning news. rain is in the forecast. check out this video from oakland earlier. we'll be following the rain for you all morning long. and new this morning. at least one baby made her debut in that gridlock. ♪ [ female announcer ] wherever morning brings you, bring the energy you need. nature valley soft-baked oatmeal squares. softly baked, made with hearty oatmeal and a drizzle of cinnamon. they're nature valley's take on a morning classic. because when you keep going, the morning can bring you to brand-new places. ♪ nature valley. nature at its most delicious. baby grace anderson.couldn't wait for traffic to clear during the winter storm. when mom and dad knew they wouldn't make it to the hospital, they called 9-1-1

makes some new revelations about how long sonoma county sheriff's deputy erick gelhaus.put down the toy rifle. and only waited three seconds, then fired it also claims gelhaus -- a deputy for 24- years -- fired -- quote -- in- discriminately. the attorney for gelhaus and the sonoma county sheriff's department. have not offered comment on the lawsuit but gelhaus did reportedly tell investigators he feared for his life because he thought lopez was armed with an a-k- 47. and not a toy. 907 right nowcoming up on the kron four morning news. amazing video out of icy roads in the midwest as a car * flies off an overpass. a closer look at the video coming up at 9:20. a camp damaged in the rim wildfire will reopen for campers this summer. we'll have an update on "camp mather" coming up. and a boy scout making headlines this morning. after sleeping 365 days in a tent. the reason behind his *camping adventures coming up after the break. we will 910. this just in. a navy helicopter has gone down off the contra costa-set off the coast of north slope virginia. a search and rescue is c