gratz had no comment as she left the courthouse. deborah gratz is accused of putting the sleep medication sominex into the sippy cups of children into her care at the kiddie academy on march 8th. cups were taken away before they were used by the children and gratz was immediately fired. nearly a dozen parents who used the academy were at the hearing. two parents we talked to say they had suspicions even before gratz was allegedly caught in the act. >> looking back and saying juice, juice, juice. we never gave her juice. we asked about that. no, just giving her water. thinking back on it, you know, she put something in the water so that's probably what it was. >> every night, throwing up. grandma, i throw up. what year and a half-year-old that you know does that. wake up, i throw up. no. but she hasn't been sick since then. so had she been giving her this medication? >> i believe she abused these families' trust in a really terrible way. she gave these very young children sleeping pills. >>> deborah gratz is charged with five misdeme

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gratz, who taught here for five years, looked after ten 1 to 2-year-olds. they did find some evidence at her home in hollizter, but wouldn't say what that evidence is. parents are shocked, concerned and horrified, especially one mother whose 2-year-old son suffers from epilepsy and he has been under gratz's care for several months. >> i would never picture anybody doing this to any kid. >> as a parent you have this trust which you not only drop off your kids, which is difficult enough, with somebody else to take care of but then that trust to be just crumpled and -- yeah. very disheartening. >> reporter: police say gratz was arrested and booked on one count of felony and misdemeanor child endangerment charges. the district attorney's office could formally file charges and gratz could be arraigned as soon as today. marla tellez, "today in the bay." >>> along with that, just a shocking story there, outraged parents now have their say at a news conference -- after the news at a pleasantton preschool teacher may have tied up a 2-year-old in her care. >> people

gratz was a full time teacher. she was fired friday after a colleague saw her put something into the drinking cups of some children. and tonight. there's growing concern among parents at the school. kron four's rob fladeboe talks to parents about the charges. kiddie academy parent bianca flores says the news about what happened made her >> sick. >> reporter: flores says her 2-year-old son caleb suffers from seizures and while he wasn't in deborah gratz' class on friday, when the alleged drugging took place, he has been in her care on many other days. some parents expressed confidence in the kiddie academy, which issued a statement vowing cooperation with police, but others say this is news no parent wants to hear. bianca flores has pulled caleb out of school for now, saying he won't return until he's been checked out by a doctor. >> reporter: in morgan hill rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >> the day care facility released this statement today. saying "we take this matter very seriously. ms. gratz was terminated immediate

but parents worry how long this was going on before miss gratz was caught. bianca flores has two children at the daycare and up until last week her 2-year-old was in gratz's class. she is taking him to the doctor. >> i don't know. that's why i think i don't know if it happened before. that's -- they say it was only one time. but i don't know. he does get drowsy. that's why -- and when he gets sun he gets redness so i'm going to get him checked. >> reporter: before today they had a good reputation in the community. in fact it serves about 80 kids. as for miss gratz, elizabeth, we don't know when her next court appearance is. but we are told that she is -- has been released from jail on her own recognizance. >> parents at the daycare told them gratz had been under stress. no motive yet. >>> more disturbing allegations of abuse this time at a preschool in pleasanton. a former teacher is accused of tying the wrists and ankles of a 2-year-old girl with tape. it allegedly happened after the toddler refused to take a nap. church officials say nobody knew about the

. >> reporter: deborah gratz worked here the last five years. she was stressed and speculate that may be one of the reasons she is accused of giving the children sleep medication. more than 80 kids come here to this daycare facility named the city's best in 2011. parents say what apparently happened here last friday shouldn't happen at any daycare. investigators say deborah gratz put sominex into the sippy cup of several children. kiddy academy says they fired her immediately and police arrested gratz on felony child endangerment charges. >> the investigation is definitely looking way far back to see if she had been doing this for some time. >> reporter: when she learned of the arrest she left work and rushed to pick up her two sons. gratz was the 2-year-old's teacher and caleb suffers from seizures. >> sad, disturbing. i don't know what to think. >> reporter: flores says the incident works closer to home because she worked for another daycare. kiddy academy issued a statement saying ms. gratz was terminated immediately for her actions and we ar

topvo blanca ---deborah gratz, la mujer acusada de vertir somniferos a las bebidas de varios niÑos en2 semanas, se declaro hoy "no culpable" ante los cargos que se le imputan. ---en la audiencia estuvieron presentes varios padres de los menores que estuvieron a cargo de gratz. ---las tazas con el medicamento fueron retiradas antes de que los niÑos pudieran ingerirlas. ---gratz enfrenta 5 cargos de delito menor por poner en riesgo la salud de los menores y por agresion fisica. cesar ---la violencia continua cobrando victimas en la ciudad de oakland... take map ---esta maÑana una mujer de 29 aÑos de edad fue baleada mortalmente frente a una tienda ubicada en la esquina de las calles 12 y peralta en el oeste de la ciudad... take vo ---la policia cree que la victima, kimberly harvey, fue a la tienda mientras visitaba parientes en la zona... ---aun se desconoce el movil del crimen y no se ha realizado ningun arresto... ---en lo que va del aÑo, en oakland ya se han registrado 26 asesinatos... blanca ---al menos 21 personas resultaron afectadas por un incendio que se desato la medianoche de

the suspect is 59-year-old deborah gratz, of hollister. police say it happened here at the kiddie academy child care center on monterey road. they say a colleague saw gratz putting something into the 'sippy cups' of some children. it turned out to be the sleep-aid 'sominex.' it doesn't appear that any of the children drank the concoction friday. the kiddie academy released this statement. saying "we take this matter very seriously. ms. gratz was terminated immediately for her actions. we are cooperating fully with authorities." tonight, san francisco police are releasing a photo of a woman they say kicked a toddler at golden gate park monday. the suspect is 24-year old sabryna bell. she's accused of kicking a little girl in the chest. the child had some scrapes after falling - but is otherwise ok. investigators say there's no apparent reason the suspect kicked the child. they say she had also threatened other children. new at 11. >> police are searching for a man who robbed a pleasanton bank today. they've released a surveillance photo of

debbie gratz is facing 10 counts of child endangerment and assault.mber angry the hearing.they're worried about the long-term health effects their children face after being drugged. >> my granddaughter is sick every night. and what child do know that does that? she has not been sick since event. has she been given her this medication for all of this time? >> she would call and check on my daughter and for a caregiver to give medication in a sipping a cup who would do that? >> anything could have done that. my daughter could now start having seizures. who knows? i killed totally let down by a lot of people. i -- felt totally let down. police say gratz put sominex in sippy cups. she has been fired from the kiddie academy preschool. the school says it took appropriate action and is cooperating with the police >> jacqueline: not a bad day out there but the chance of spotty showers and the same on thursday. friday it will stay dry. as we take a live look, satellite and radar. we are seeing mostly clear skies. near the coast, some spotty showers. we did see

gratz looks after ten one to two years old. parents we spoke to say they are shocked and concerned. one mother said she still has faith in the daycare. >> i think this particular one incident. i do believe in his teachers doing a good thing. they have been taking care of him. so i trust them. >> i would never picture anybody doing this to kids. >> kiddie academy immediately fired gratz. the district attorney's office said gratz will be arraigned on child endangerment charges on april 26th. >>> pleasanton, a threat found on a school campus. extra security on hand at foothill high school after threatening graffiti was found apparently spray painted on the wall of one of the girls bathrooms. that threat reportedly made towards the school aimed for tomorrow sometime. school officials say safety a top priority but the campus will remain open tomorrow despite the threat. >> we want students to feel safe. if for them that means staying home, that's okay. we would prefer them to come in. we're close to testing and the report card period, that sort of thing. we would like education to go on

they also say gratz admits she did it, but say it was only that one time. parents we caught up were shocked and concerned. though at least one mother still says she has faith in this daycare. >> i think it was a particular one incident. and i do believe in his teachers doing a good thing and, you know, they've been taking care of him, so i trust them. >> i would never picture anybody do this to any kids. >> reporter: kiddie academy released a statement saying in part, "we are fully cooperating with authorities in this case. we take this matter seriously." now back here live, you can see posted above the door here, kiddie academy was voted best child care learning center in morgan hill in 2011. so, less than two years ago. the doors here open at 6:30. one hour from now, we'll be here to get more reaction from parents. live in morgan hill, marla tellez, "today in the bay." >>> outraged parents have their say after news a pleasantton teacher may have tied up a 2-year-old in her care. >> there were people that were highly frustrated and there was raised voices,

>> gratz is charged with ten misdemeanors. police believe that she put sleeping pills in the cups at the children's academy in morgan hill. the 59-year-old gratz is due back in court april 5. today she was ordered not to have any supervised contact with minors who are not her relatives . >> happening now in napa, police are investigating the death of a man who was found on fire on a pedestrian overpass this morning. police received several 9-1-1 calls around 4:00 a.m. about a fire on state highway 29 on an overpass there with firefighters finding a man on fire. he was pronounced dead at the site. the death is being investigated as a homicide. police say it could have been a suicide. the man's identity has not been released. >> san jose police just released a sketch of the suspect wanted for kidnapping a baby and triggering a state-wide amber alert yesterday. this is the woman wanted for stealing a jeep liberty from a san jose woman yesterday with an 11-month-old baby inside. she is described as hispanic, 5' 5", 150 pounds and

fortunately, nobody drank from the cups, gratz worked at the academy since 2007, supervising as manyn children under the ages of one and two. >>> and now, police on the search for a teacher wanted for child molestation charges. they filed charges against 52-year-old joel kaufman of orinda. the charges include lewd acts on a child under 14. from palo alto and east bay, kaufman has run successful groups for years. >> they have kids w

>> gratz is charged with ten misdemeanors. police believe that she put sleeping pills in the cups at the children's academy in morgan hill. the 59-year-old gratz is due back in court april 5. today she was ordered not to have any supervised contact with minors who are not her relatives . >> happening now in napa, police are investigating the death of a man who was found on fire on a pedestrian overpass this morning. police received several 9-1-1 calls around 4:00 a.m. about a fire on state highway 29 on an overpass there with firefighters finding a man on fire. he was pronounced dead at the site. the death is being investigated as a homicide. police say it could have been a suicide. the man's identity has not been released. >> san jose police just released a sketch of the suspect wanted for kidnapping a baby and triggering a state-wide amber alert yesterday. this is the woman wanted for stealing a jeep liberty from a san jose woman yesterday with an 11-month-old baby inside. she is described as hispanic, 5' 5", 150 pounds and

and has no attention of letting her child return to kiddy academy because police arrested deborah gratz on felony child endangerment charges. they say she put sominex in the sippy cup of several children. this mom who asked that we not use her name is frustrated. she said the academy didn't tell her until tuesday. >> we needed to make sure my daughter is okay because safety is the most important thing and whether or not it was ever ingested. it gives us the right as a parent to make sure that we are protecting our children and because they waited until tuesday to let us know that meant that anything that could have been harmful might have actually gone through already or if there was something harmful taken us longer to get care. >> reporter: police say they are frustrated the academy didn't alert them friday. >> we weren't notified until monday so we didn't have anything to test. >> reporter: gratz was released from jail last night. we tried to talk to her at her home today. she didn't come out but a woman came out long enough to scream at reporters. police say gratz told her friday wa

decidida a que nunca regresara a kiddie academy esto luego de enterarse de que la maestra deborah gratzo arrestada y acusada de ponerle una substancia somnifera conocida como sominex a los vasitos con agua de los niÑos. pero ella indico que la situacion llego a sus oidos cuando la policia le hizo una llamada el martes por la maÑana .. la guarderia habia fallado en comunicarle lo sucedido algo que para ella y muchos padres no fue de su agrado.. tampoco para las autoridades cuando la noticia llego unos dias despues .. 1:02 "we were not notified until monday and we have anything to test" el portavoz de la policia dice que no fueron notificados sino hasta el lunes.. y que no pudieron realizar pruebas porque los vasitos habian sido lavados el viernes.. por su parte, la academia indica que los vasos fueron confiscados antes de que el lugar abriera y los niÑos tuvieran contacto con ellos.. gaby la maestra le dijo a los investigadores que era la primera vez que colocaba la substancia en los vasos... pero la policia dice que existe una gran posibilidad de que lo haya hecho antes. ....gratz hoy f

gratz worked at kiddie academy supervising nap times for 10 children. police say a fellow teacher observed gratz putting sominex into water cups. >> new at 6:00 peninsula town of burlingame wants to open a new school but a group of neighbors is fighting the plan near eastern road and summit drive saying it's not safe for children who want to walk to school. vic lee is live at the school headquarters tonight with the story. vic? >> well, hoover elementary school is scheduled to open in the 2014 academic year but it's not a done deal. a group calling itself alliance for responsible neighborhood planning filedded this lawsuit to stop the opening saying that they want a more thorough traffic impact study. >> hoover school was built in 19 30s and shut doors in 1970s, it became a buddhist temple. the school district bought back the old campus. >> we need the space. we're busting out of the scenes here and there are people moving here. >> it's straddles the border. a group of paibs whose homes face the school filed a lawsuit saying they want a study before the

. >> gratz worked at the kiddie academy from 2007 until last week. a teacher says she saw gratz putting a sleeping aid into the kids' sippy cups. the cups confiscated before children could drink them. and gratz is due in court next tuesday. >> a public hearing being held in san francisco on the big changes being proposed for yosemite national park. the service wants to ban horses, bicycles and raft rentals in yosemite valley. crews would remove pools from the awahnee hotel and the ice rink at curry village. the plan is meant to restore the park's natural setting. that plan being discussed this evening in san francisco. >> spring has sprung and so! >> there is a ton of excitement and abc 7 news is live with more. laura? >> tough assignment, huh? it's a beautiful day here in the napa valley. yes there is excitement about the growing season, which is just beginning. >> it hasn't he broken yet. >> this dry weather has been a blessing and a phone shall curse for wine growers. buds are swelling early. workers are out pruning and tying vines. >> it tells th

gratz was terminated immediately for her actions.rating fully with authorities." -- end quote. his name was on oakland's most wanted list. however, he says he never did anything wrong. as kron -- >> catherine: two of the three suspects in a triple murder in sonoma county have pleaded not guilty. william cappello and odin dwyer are facing murder charges in the killings at a home near sebastopol last month. police say it was a drug deal gone bad. authorities say cappello, dwyer and dwyer's father -- drove from colorado to sonoma county to buy pot. that's when cappello allegedly shot and killed three men at the home. this is video of the scene from our helicopter news. the third suspect -- francis dwyer -- is fighting extradition from new mexico. >> tonight, san francisco police are releasing a photo of a woman they say kicked a toddler at golden gate park. this is the suspect -- 24- year old sabryna bell. the 2-year-old child was walking with her father yesterday afternoon when it happened. the little girl had minor scrapes after falli

---gratz habria colocado somniferos en los vasitos de agua de los infantes...a policia se motro a su vez frustrada ya que el reporte no fue inmediato haciendo que se perdiera evidencia valiosa. blanca ---un temblor de 4.6 grados de magnitud sacudio esta maÑana varias zonas del norte de california. take map ---el sismo se sintio a eso de las 2 con 9 de esta maÑana en la comunidad de "cobb" a unas 70 millas al nor-este de sacramento y algunos reportes indican que se sintio en san francisco. ---hasta el momento no hubo reporte de daÑos ni heridos. stop open blanca ---el esfuerzo por una reforma migratoria contina tomando fuerza. pitch - cesar ---en los ltimos dias, sindicatos en todo el pas se han dado la tarea de hacer un milln de llamadas a miembros del congreso para presionarlos... take 2 box ----jaime peluffo est en oakland donde se hicieron muchas de estas llamadas... jaime.. take jaime pkg :01 - :05 :10 - :16 :54 - 1:02 1:16 - 1:20 1:21 - 1:26 1:43 - 1:52 1:52 - 1:59 trt: 2:05 o.c. regreso con ustedes al estudio. intro/jaime peluffo/oakland 25:29:11 asi es,

she was arrested several days after a fellow teacher witnessed gratz putting sominex in those cups. the teacher confiscated cups before students drank out of them. >>> a long time bay area baseball coach is wanted on charges of molesting boys. the district attorney's office charged 52-year-old joel kaufmann with molesting a teenager and secretly filming another in a bathroom. police and prosecutors believe there are more victims. kaufmann owns this batting cage facility called triple play u.s.a.. kaufmann is also the head coach of the smoke basketball club. previously he coached at bishop o dowd high school. a $300,000 warrant has been issued for his arrest. he was arrested in july but charges were dropped after insufficient evidence. after he was released he attempted to kill himself in a hotel room. >>> city of richmond is starting to clear the city of some dangerous eyesores and it's battling the blight with heavy equipment. crews will tear down abandoned homes in parchester village and in the iron triangle but critics told us the cleanup could actually backfire. >> reporter: you

i want to throw up. >> gratz confessed. her on the spot, but it's unclear why they waited three days before calling police. they arrested her at her home in hollister and confiscated some items, but police say by then much of the evidence was lost. >> we have no evidence of the substance to send to the laboratory to the crime lab to test unfortunately. >> these facebook photos show ms. debby in happier times wearing fake teeth in halloween. in november, 2011, she was teacher of the month but recently coworkers said the klass of ten toddlers stressed her out. robert was in her klass last year. >> do you think he may have gotten some of that medicine. >> i don't know. i just asked him right now. not sure. she said it was her first time doing it. i don't know. i just can't believe it. she's been here for awhile. >> and the police say she had a clean record. the school here said she pazed an fbi background check, which is standard for all their employees. live in morgan hill, kpix 5. >> she's not the only bay area teacher in tr

---de acuerdo a la policia, el pasado ocho de marzo, gratz agrego un somnifero a los vasos de agua dearios niÑos de uno a dos aÑos de edad que estaban bajo su cuidado... blanca ---mientras que en san jose, se busca a 2 sospechosos de haber cometido 2 robos a mano armada. take map ---estos fueron perpetrados 10 minutos de separado...alrededor de las 9 y media de la noche. --- los sospechosos asaltaron a un hombre de 42 aÑos en la esquina de las calles san antonio y la 19, dejando a la victima con una herida. ---3 cuadras mas adelante y 10 minutos despues, en la calle 22 y la calle san antonio, un hombre de 60 aÑos tambien fue atracado y golpeado en la cabeza. cesar ---el jefe de la policia de san francisco greg suhr esta planeando implementar a partir del uno de mayo un programa que sacara de las calles a los alcoholicos cronicos... take vo ---el plan seria similar al implementado en san diego donde la policia arresta a las personas que han recibido cinco infracciones por intoxicacion publica en un periodo de 30 dias... ---el sujeto podria ser enviado a una carcel del condado, ser enju

---de acuerdo a la policia, el pasado ocho de marzo, gratz agrego un somnifero a los vasos de agua de de uno a dos aÑos de edad que estaban bajo su cuidado... blanca ---mientras que en san jose, se busca a 2 sospechosos de haber cometido 2 robos a mano armada. take map ---estos fueron perpetrados 10 minutos de separado...alrededor de las 9 y media de la noche del miercoles --- los sospechosos asaltaron a un hombre de 42 aÑos en la esquina de las calles san antonio y la 19, dejando a la victima con una herida. ---10 minutos despues, en la calle 22 y la san antonio, un hombre de 60 aÑos tambien fue atracado y golpeado en la cabeza. cesar ---una comunidad del sur de la bahia se encuentra de luto esta noche tras la tragica muerte de un adolescente de 16 aÑos quien era catalogado como un musico talentoso... take vo ---"donae johnican" estudiante de la escuela "lincoln" murio atropellado por un tren de "caltrain" el martes por la tarde... ---sus compaÑeros realizaron esta noche una vigilia en su honor cerca al parque "theodore lenzen" de san jose... ---las autoridades forenses han catalogad

it's entirely possible that this wasn't the first time gratz allegedly drugged kids at the day care. >> the investigation is continuing into that, and we're looking into that to see if she in fact has done it for a longer period of time than just the one time. >> now, according to the parents we talked to, kiddie academy told them the day care would be implementing new policies and procedures, but no specifics were given. the day care itself declined to comment to us on camera. debra faces charges of felony child endangerment. live in morgan hill, arturo santiago, nbc bay area news. >>> they found there were violations of the law. >> your money, your airport, your government. tonight the investigative unit digging into a conflict between the faa and the city of san jose. >>> what happens seconds before an earthquake in southern california that could help predict the next big one. mom, i invited justin over for lunch. good. no, not good. he's a vegetarian and he's going to be here in 20 minutes! [ mom ] don't stress. we can figure this out. ♪ [ male announcer ] get the speed to make a

friday morning, gratz was caught putting sleeping medication into children's drinking cups. but the reason parents are upset, the school did not report the incident to police until monday morning. >> how could they sleep and how could they go through the weekend knowing what's happening and not notifying the parents? the parents -- the kids that were in there could have got tested. but waiting over the weekend until monday would have been just -- >> police say they are also frustrated with the timing of the report because valuable evidence was lost. parents say day care administrators told them they would implement new policies. >>> a court hearing expected for 24-year-old woman accused of kicking a toddler for no apparent reason in san francisco's golden gate park. police say sabrina bell walked past a man and his daughter and then kicked the little girl right in the chest on tuesday. that girl fell to the ground and hit her head but the good news is she was not seriously hurt. >>> the man accused of stealing a luxury yacht from sausalito, taking a joyride and grounding it

gratz is currently out on supervised release. she is due in court next tuesday. in the newsroom alecia reid kron 4 news. >> catherine: tonight the baseball coach wanted for half a dozen sex crimes on teens is still on the loose. we've dug up new court documents tonight that detail the charges against him. kron 4's j.r. stone is following the story and joins us with new information. catherine, six charges detailed out for us.all of those taking place within the past seven years. and as all this is happeneing still no sign of joel kaufman. >> reporter: the out-of- state charge is not known child if that involves a baseball team. they have found court documents today that detailed his attempts of suicide after being sentenced. i spoke with the local high schools and they say that it was administered to let him leave from bishop high-school. there were no accusations and they basically said that there was a new staff that came in. and now there were restructuring. that was all that was said. >> catherine: new at 8, the berkeley couple at the center of the battle over

a 59-year-old deborah gratz was fired from the kiddie academy but parents don't think losing her job enough. >> you know to me probation is not good enough. she needs to do time. anything could happen out there. my daughter could have passed out and fell, hitw3 her head. could have seizures now, who knows? >> a fellow teacher says she saw something being put into sippy cups. gratz is scheduled to be back in court next month. >> nation traigs ak snojs pg&e is having maximum allowable pressure validation for pipelines pipes in all areas will be validated by the end of april. clearance procedures must be done before work is perform skptd public awareness plan that makes people aware ofç important gaps in information. ptsb says they have confirmed seven of the 12 recommendation autos two tunnels are now open. >> they open just instime for morning commute. sky 7 was overhead as some cars drove through. the tunnels allow drivers to bypass devil's slide. this is vulnerable to closure autos golden gate bridge collectors checked in for a last shift at work today. the bridge goes all electron

gratz as an a teacher at the kiddie academy and morgan hill since 2007.ren ages 1 and 2. it was back on march 8th that a fellow teacher says she saw gratz but the drug into the water cups of some of the children. she is scheduled to be arranged next tuesday. police are searching for a man who robbed a bank and livermore. this is surveillance follows it from a citibank on porto ave. police that amendment money from a teller. it is unclear the suspect had a gun and how much money he said. he is described as white, 25 to 30 years old, with heavy build and building up t25 weighing up to . the chief executive of blackberry maker are ibm says that apple's iphone is outdated. the eggs that made the comment as a new blackberry is the 10 that goes on sale in the u.s. today. he also said that the keyboard version of the new blackberry won't be released for another few months. both models are part of our items attempted comeback after the brand lost its cachet not long after apple's 2007 release of the iphone. by gary says a lack of innovation that apple has led by

debbie gratz is facing 10 - counts of child endangerment and assault. there were a number angry parents in attendance during the hearing. they are worried about the long- term health effects their children face, after being drugged. "lot of people" >> my granddaughter is a sick and wake up and throws up. but she has not been sec. so has she been giving her this medication for all of this time. >> my daughter's second for a state party she would call and for somebody to care for it than to be putting medication in her car? at that time. who can you trust? >> anything could happen to my daughter could have passed out and hit her head. if she could have had a seizure. i feel totally let down. >> pam: police say gratz put sominex in the sippy cups. she has been fired from the 'kiddie academy' preschool. the school says, it took appropriate action. and is cooperating with the police investigation. >> jacqueline: of rainy conditions expected tomorrow temperatures in the 60s. who will not see a big cool down. tomorrow just a 20 percent chance of showers as we

another employee told that gratz pulled a substance into the cups the children were drinking out of on friday. she admitted it was sominex an over the counter sleeping aid. >> we could have gone out there and obtained some of the statements of the people that witnessed it that day. >> a statement kiddie academy says ms. gratz was terminated immediately for her actions and are cooperating with this case. >>> special election to replace george shirakawa. there will be a runoff election on july 30th if no candidate no more than 30% of the vote. >>> time is 5:47. let's get you out the door. sal, how is the toll plaza holding up? >> it's okay. right now the traffic is moving along pretty well as you drive into san francisco. there is a little bit of a slow down in some of the lanes but the fog really is the big story. pretty thick in some areas. pretty low visibility so you give yourself an extra few minutes in if you can. when you get over to san francisco it looks good. we're looking at 237 and the fog is not really thick right here. it will be foggy in parts of the south bay. also the mo

another employee told that gratz pulled a substance into the cups the children were drinking out of on friday. she admitted it was sominex an over the counter sleeping aid. >> we could have gone out there and obtained some of the statements of the people that witnessed it that day. >> a statement kiddie academy says ms. gratz was terminated immediately for her actions and are cooperating with this case. >>> special election to replace george shirakawa. there will be a runoff election on july 30th if no candidate no more than 30% of the vote. >>> time is 5:47. let's get you out the door. sal, how is the toll plaza holding up? >> it's okay. right now the traffic is moving along pretty well as you drive into san francisco. there is a little bit of a slow down in some of the lanes but the fog really is the big story. pretty thick in some areas. pretty low visibility so you give yourself an extra few minutes in if you can. when you get over to san francisco it looks good. we're looking at 237 and the fog is not really thick right here. it will be foggy in parts of the south bay. also the mo

the 59-year-old deborah gratz was arrested on child endangerment. coworker saw her putting something in the sippy cups, an over-the-counter sleep aid. gratz has supervised nap time for children one and two, and the cups were taken away before the kids could drink from them. >> today is the last day you will need cash to cross the golden gate bridge. tomorrow, all electronic tolling begins so no longer can you pay cash. crews installed a big sign above the toll plaza yesterday to remind drivers of the big change. as we have been reporting, drivers will have to drive straight through the toll plaza, you do not need to slow down or stop, the speed limit goes up to 25 miles per hour from the five miles per hour now. you can use fast track, a credit card account, or get a bill in the mail after you cross. we have all of the information for you on abc7news.com. no doubt, lisa is well represented? >> yes. you use that bridge, right? >> once in a while. i like to go as fast as i k. >> while obeying the speed limit. >> you talk about sprinkles but struggling

gratz was terminated immediately for her actions and looking into the case. >>> a sexual battery report has students on edge and police asking for the public's help. it happened in the shower stall of the wellness center at city college of san francisco. just after noon on saturday a female student was showering when she felt someone grab her from behind. the woman fought off the attacker. students are now on heightened alert. >> i carry pepper spray and i always try to walk with people, but sometimes i'm alone. so i don't know you just have to be aware always. >> police describe the suspect as a black man with light brown skin between 25-30 years old. about six feet tall 185 pounds. he was last seen wearing basketball shorts and black shoes. if anyone has any information they are asked to contact police. >>> the america's cup race is no longer expected to give bay area economy a half billion boost. however that same report shows it will cost the city substantially less to host the big sailing event. >>> this morning the streets of palo alto are clear that is after serving as a backdrop

investigators say a witness saw gratz put the substance in the cup. was fired and the school called police. >>> more shocking allegations of abuse at a christian preschool in pleasanton. a teach allegedly bound a 2- year-old girl with tape. as kpix 5 reporter elissa harrington tells us, the incident is now being investigated by police. >> we are devastated and shocked. >> reporter: the church is shocked over the alleged punishment of a 2-year-old girl who refused nap time. a former teacher at the preschool is accused of using masking tape to wrap the child's wrists and ankles. the school is cited and police have launched a criminal investigation. >> children are made in the image of god and deserve to be fully respected and this is a dehumanizing incident that we are greatly grieved over. >> reporter: the alleged violation could have happened months ago because the teacher involved resigned earlier this year. the reason we're hearing about this now, a photo. the teacher shared a cell phone picture with some former colleagues of the girl taped up and s

g gratz is a five-year veteran of the school. >>> and a mobile home park on edge after three young girls say a man approached them on the way to school. police released this sketch of the suspect. the girls told police he approached them near bellhaven school yesterday morning. investigators tell us the man matches the description of the suspect wanted in an indecent exposure case that happened in the same area last month. >> you never know who or what we're facing. what kind of people we're facing throughout the day. so yeah, i am a little concerned about it. >> i see kids walking by themselves all the time. you know? and in the morning, especially in the morning. and it is scary, because there is somebody out there trying to take our children. >> police searched the neighborhood but did not find the suspect. the girls told police he was driving a white work van. >>> it is one of the bay area's most exclusive communities, and for years its crime rate has been small, but not anymore. the small peninsula city of los a altos has been seeing more crime. >> reporter: that is right, they're d

police say gratz put sominex in the sippy cups.n fired from the 'kiddie academy' preschool. the school says, it took appropriate action. and is cooperating with the police investigation. >> we are watching the automatic toll systems to not stop ♪ thyou eat less...ing weiyou lose weight.et. it's a great plan... until you get hungry. that's the time to take slimful. one tasty 90-calorie slimful and a glass of water satisfies hunger for hours making it easier to eat smaller meals, and resist snacking. your friends might think you found the secret to losing weight. but it's no secret... it's slimful. eating less is a beautiful thing. >> welcome back. friday is expected to be the warmest day but on settled with this system towards the weekend. mid 40's for vallejo 40's in santa rosa. the satellite and radar showing clear skies and off the oregon coast. it will stay to the north. plenty of 60s. fairfield. fright is expected to be warm with temperatures in the '70s. your kron 4 7 day around the bay a flow the in the next report. >> coming

. >> a fellow teacher says she saw gratz putting something into some of the children's sippy cups iteep aid sominex. the cups were taken away from the children could drink from them. >> a homeland security agent charged with child pornography was in court to hear charges against him. it's a story abc 7 news first broke this month. vic lee was there. >> gilbert lamb did not enter a plea. most of the hearing focused on the evidence against the 38-year-old agent. lamb was first arrested almost a year and a half ago on charges of exchanging child porn on the internet. investigators say they found 83 egg images at his home. >> reaction of this defendant given it was a homeland security agent are deplorable. >> u.s. attorney turned the case over to the da which decided to prosecute lamb. he was rearrested and held on $250,000 bail. lamb's lawyer lucy mcallister asked the judge to release him on his own recognizance and says her client was in the a flight right after this expect was free on bail during the initial investigation, he did not escape. >> potential for further investigation was

gratz was a full time teacher, in charge of a class of ten toddlers between one and two years old. she was fired when someone said they saw her put something into the drinking cups of the children. >> a nice sunny day today -- in fact -- jaqueline bennet is tracking the temperatures from outside the studio. jaqueline -- how warm did it get? >> jacqueline: it is nice. the wind has been just picking up. and right now, the wind is blowing and the skies are clear. a bit of cloud coverage in the temperatures are warm. even 80s. right now is about 80 degrees in napa pure and as we take a look at our current conditions. 76. 79 just a short time ago and pleasanton. upper 70's for much of the bay area. san francisco's temperatures are missing from the map but our camera man says that it feels like 80 degrees. we are enjoying this and just how long this warm weather will last. he and how much longer we will expect that fog. >> catherine: thank you, jacqueline. hold onto your seats bart riders -- your train ride could soon get much more crowded. when you can expect bikes added to the commute

gratz was terminated immediately for her actions.nsuccessful. within the last hour we saw black smoke coming out of the sistine chapel gemini. another unsuccessful votes. let latest from cnn's rein mclaughlin. >> still no decision they two. black smoke after voting the signal that the cardinals have not reached a two-thirds majority. either they close the deal today that if it looks like they will get across the two- thirds threshold of 77 votes or it will become clear that none of the candidates will get to the threshold and they will have to get back to the drawing board. >> rainy weather is not stopping crowds in st. peter's square. it is a great experience and a part of history. to say i was here for a new collection of people with amazing. >> the hope is that the conclave will secure a strong >> we really need someone who is strong and who can lead us. >> they long for john paul the second again and again stand on the world stage and elicit excitement about the church in the business of the church. and inspire you once again. >>

debbie gratz is facing 10 counts of child endangerment and assault.parents in attendance for the hearing. there were about the long-term health effects of their children, after being drubbed. >>hhrf/gged. >> she will call and check on my daughter and try to act like she cared. come to find out she has been giving my child drugs all this time. >> anything can happen in and my daughter could have fell and hit her head and have seizures. i just felt totally let down. >> police say that she put drugs and 6 c. and she has been fired from the school. the school stated that they are cooperating with the police. >> we will be right back. >> welcome back. the city of santa clara is slipping on a big internet switch this week. off the city says that it is the first of a country to use wireless, digital " smart meters hold on homes as channels for free city- wide outdoor y 5. the new meters send electricity and water usage reports 3 wireless network, but there's also a separate channel the provided. why fight. city officials said that using meters as internet ch

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gratz supervised ten children at the kiddy academy who were between the ages of just 1 and 2.way inside a cell, on the rock. we take you back to alcatraz 15 years to the day the doors closed. >> warm and dry conditions today. see when rain will return in your complete bay area forecast. >>> a reward is being offered for a missing dog. she says archy and the carrier disappeared somewhere between san francisco and san bruno. they had just spent the evening at the spca bark and wine fundraiser in san francisco. she put up flyers mentioning a reward, but it's not clear how much that reward is. >>> today marks a major milestone in san francisco history. it was 50 years ago, that the prison on alcatraz island was shut down. mike mibach spoke to a former guard who told haunting stories. >> reporter: sticking out of the bay like the intimidating rock she is, alcatraz captivates those who can't escape her stare. >> to see the view of everything else and not be able to go anywhere else. you know you're trapped. >> hundreds of feared inmates. >> you can feel creepiness in here. >> report

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an employee says gratz poured a substance into the cups the children had.d it was sominxe an over the counter sleeping fill. police are investigating whether this may have happened before. >>> two closed roanoke park schools are reopening now as completely new schools. last night the da tabi school board voted to turn mountain shadows middle school into technology middle school. and the press democrat is reporting that la fiesta university will become university elementary. >>> the long wait is nearly over for drivers on highway 1 on the san mateo county coast. cal trans has announced the highway 1 twin tunnels will finally open in less than two weeks. ktvu brian flores joins us flow from pacifica. hi brian. >> reporter: well for many the completion of the tunnels can't come soon enough. if you take a look behind me this is highway 1 as you mentioned. you can see the foggy road conditions. the tunnels are a couple miles of the road. the tunnels will make the commute a little safer. if you live out in this area mark march 25th as the devil slide tunnel. they

an employee says gratz poured a substance into the cups the children had. sominxe an over the counter sleeping fill. police are investigating whether this may have happened before. >>> two closed roanoke park schools are reopening now as completely new schools. last night the da tabi school board voted to turn mountain shadows middle school into technology middle school. and the press democrat is reporting that la fiesta university will become university elementary. >>> the long wait is nearly over for drivers on highway 1 on the san mateo county coast. cal trans has announced the highway 1 twin tunnels will finally open in less than two weeks. ktvu brian flores joins us flow from pacifica. hi brian. >> reporter: well for many the completion of the tunnels can't come soon enough. if you take a look behind me this is highway 1 as you mentioned. you can see the foggy road conditions. the tunnels are a couple miles of the road. the tunnels will make the commute a little safer. if you live out in this area mark march 25th as the devil slide tunnel. they will of

david: even though how tough it is for college gratz to get a job?sitive to the economy. david: that kind of flies in the face of reality which you mentioned. we have personal income down 3.6% in february. that's a huge drop. that is much less money in your pocket. presumably that would change your buying patterns but it hasn't. >> presumably it would. probably if you average over the entire pop like it does but you look at specific demographics. they may reduce spending my increase because they feel more optimistic about the economy. david: people affected least by drop in personal income are younger folks, who by the way are the most fickle. hardest to choose which company really appeals to their tastes. >> they are the most fickle. they're also the different, most difficult to reach. these are multichannel users. that is one thing we do at experion market services we look at multichannel marketing strategy. they are reaching customers through five different channels, through the web, search, mobile, print, tv. getting to these people is becoming m

teacher is now formally charged with giving sleeping pills to children in their care. 56 year-old debra gratzfacing five counts of attempting child endangerment for putting a sleeping aid summit next into our preschoolers to the cups. she has been a teacher in the kiddie academy in morgan hill since 2007. she supervised that tied of about 10 children ages 2 and 3. it was back on march 8th that a fellow teacher says she saw the teacher putting the drug into the water cups of soda children. she is scheduled to be arraigned next tuesday. >> a marin county mannesmann arrested for allegedly waiving a sharpened deer antler that the parties were investigating a report about a break-in. 22 year-old timothy cornet refused to come out of the trailer when deputies arrived. cornet was also yelling shoot me while waiting the antler. he was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. authorities believe he was under the influence of drugs at the time of the unrest. >> police are searching for a man and robbed a bank in livermore. there is a surveillance all of the suspect at a citibank in tortol