jonathan chow told us in a jailhouse interview he tried to communicate with his alleged victim. chow said he wrote a letter to the 8-year-old girl he was sexually assaulting. he did not want to comment on anything that would compromise his court case. he also wanted to keep the media attention away from his family. >> did not drag my family into this. i have done what i have done. >> chow said he is aware of reports based on court documents that say he confessed. he declined to comment, instead, he will wait for his case to play out in court. >>> new details now on an unsettling crime. police just released a sketch of a suspect they say attacked a mom as she was walking with her infant. it happened last night in the mid-town neighborhood, i should say. the woman stopped far to stop the baby's stroller and the suspect punched her and took off with her piece. the mother, thankfully, has just minor injuries and the baby was not injured. >>> 4:35 right now. boy, it's been warmer out here and now the cool off. the air conditioning is kicking in. some welcome news after having to deal

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jonathan chow has plenty to say about these allegations involving that little girl. robert honda has the jailhouse interview, the story you'll see only on nbc bay area. >> a very polite, very subdued young man came out to meet me at santa clara county's minimum security facility. 18-year-old jonathan chow made it clear he did not want to say anything to interfere with his court case. >> don't make judgments without every single detail. >> do you feel like you'll be vindicated in the end? >> no comment about it. >> but as we talked by phone through the glass, he seemed anxious to make sure people didn't rush to judgment and acknowledged he has tried to communicate personally with the alleged victim. >> i want people not to make judgments before the trial. >> you want to say something or anything to the 8-year-old that has been linked in this case to you? >> everything that needs to be said is already said. i sent her a personal letter. i hope she sees it, too. >> without giving too many details away, can you tell us what the essence of the message was to her? >> i thi

jonathan chow has plenty to say about the allegations involving that little girl.ert honda has that jailhouse interview. >> a very polite, very subdued young man came out to meet me at the minimum security facility elmwood. 18-year-old jonathan chow made it clear he did not want to say anything to interfere with the court case. >> don't make judgment without every single detail. >> do you feel like you'll be vindicated in the end? >> no comment about it. >> reporter: as we talked by phone through the glass, he seemed anxious to make sure people didn't rush to judgment, and acknowledged he has tried to communicate personally with the alleged victim. >> i want people not to make judgment before the trial. >> you want to say something or anything to the 8-year-old that has been linked in this case to you? >> everything that needs to be said is already said, a personal letter, i hope she sees that soon. >> reporter: without giving too many details away, can you tell us what the message was or the essence of the message. >> i think she deserves a break from the media it

jonathan chow told us in a jailhouse interview he tried to communicate with his alleged victim. chow says he wrote a letter to the 8-year-old girl he is accused of sexually assaulting. he wouldn't say what he wrote and made it very clear that he did not want to comment on anything that could compromise his court case. also emfued he wanted to keep the media attention away from his family. >> judge me for what i have done and do not drag my family into this. i have done what i have done. >> chow told our robert honda he is aware of reports based on court documents that say he confessed. he declined to comment and said he would wait for his case to play out in court. >>> well, it's been devastating to thousands of people who live here and now to the very latest on the valley fire. more than 1,000 families have lost everything. governor brown is pleading and turning to the president asking for federal help. >> "today in the bay" stephanie chuang and the governor wants president obama to declare the valley fire a natural disaster. >> after all, this is the fourth most destructive wil

. >> reporter: on friday that teachers aid 18-year-old jonathan chow was arrested on child pornography and child molestation charges after a student reported to authorities she had been molested by him. during the subsequent investigation they discovered the school hadn't completed fingerprinting test on all of its employees before it opened a month ago so the school is closed today until all of those records and tests are up to date. last night dozens of parents packed a room as the school board fielded questions and criticism from those parents. >> what other procedures outside of the back ground checks? what other procedures potentially weren't necessary compliant? >> all of our staff were background checked last friday and we are make sure we are following procedure. >> reporter: school board members say the delay in getting the fingerprints approved by the county say they didn't receive the proper id number. we will be checking with county officials to see how long it will take them to improve the fingerprinting tests and how long the school could remain closed. dave, back to you.

they arrested jonathan chow, he's accused of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old. the suspect had within there since the school opened. >> this employee had been around for a month, and working part-time, we're hoping that there is nothing more, we want to be certain. >> the spark charter school principal said chow had undergone a background check. police are releasing few details about the incident. >>> this is day three of the dream fourth conference in san francisco and the focus is on women in leadership role. sale forth is on the verge of being the fourth largest company in the world. >> it's been incredible, and not just the new technology model but a new technology model built on the trusted interprice crowd that developed 234 billion trance action. >>> the warriors entertained with an animated fly through of the new arena. there's a connection between sales for and the team. the video focuses on the mixed use development outside the arena. the warriors hope to open the doors in time for the 2018-2019 season. help pours in for the victims in the valley fire

the school fired this man, 18-year-old jonathan chow and two other employees. >> u.s. attorney general paid a visit to richmond today. a city being hailed as a model for arrests when it comes to community policing. >> things have improved so much so that the attorney general wanted to come here and take a look for herself. >> u.s. attorney general loretta lynch says her decision has spoken to a troubled past but also a bright future and on going efforts to improve relations between police and the community. >> we were looking for jurisdiction that had basically fought their way back from the brink and had decided that they were not going to watch their city's energy and future dissipate. >> richmond has received praise for its dramatic drop under this magnet. >> this is a city that has troubled with a lot of challenges. >> our attorney general has a different world view. >> just prior to the attorney general's arrival, there was a protest outside by demonstrator who is claimed last yore's death was a case of police brutality. lynch says the police force of unconscious

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the spark school has been closed since the arrest of 18 year old jonathan chow. chow is accused of the assault and was firedalong with two other hourly employees of the school. a background check had not been performed in chow and several other employees and, as a result, the school was ordered closed by santa clara county officials. the board announced that the school will be in copliance with all the background checks this weekcounty officials will inspect documents and complete the checks on tuesdaythe school board says it should be open by the start of business on wednesday morning. chow will be in court again on october 16th. i'm jeff bush, live in sunnyvale, kron four news. >> pam :just ahead. as his 8 year old child's accused killer is in court. a santa cruz father and loved ones.gather outside with a message. no tech devices allowed - the signs showing up in a bay area park. causing a lot of confusion as people try to figure out if they are real or fake. the pope's historic visit to the united states begins tomorrow. we have a preview tonight wow. sweet n

jonathan chow told us in a jailhouse interview that he tried to communicate with his alleged victim. chow said he wrote a letter to the 8-year-old girl that he is accused of sexually assaulting. he would not say what he wrote and made it very clear he did not want to comment on anything that could compromise his court case. chow wants to emphasize he wants to keep the media attention away from his family. >> judge me for what i have done and do not drag my family into this. i have done what my family has done. >> that's reporter robert honda talking to him. he told robert he is aware of reports based on court documents that say he has confessed. chow declined to comment and said he would wait for his case to play out in court. >>> happening today, santa clara leaders could decide on a partial alcohol ban at levi stadium. >> chuck, this comes after a flight was caught on camera following last monday's game and a series of violent episodes at levi's. >> the incident gave a black eye, really. gave a black eye to the city of santa clara. right now they are trying to remedy this. now, acro

jonathan chow was arraigned on friday on charges of molestation and child pornography and that's when the county office of education learned that the charter school had not met that requirement of fingerprinting and background checking all employees. that's according to the "mercury news." the school has 160 students from kindergarten through sixth grade and at this point it's unclear when they will return to class. we have reached outto the school board members, as well as the schools and the county office of education. find out why there wasn't a mechanism in place to trigger notifications to the county office of education that the requirements, the background requirements were not met here at spark academy. we are waiting to hear back, but are certainly going to be digging on this one later today. in sunnyvale, kris sanchez. >>> the search continues this morning for a person suspected of armed robbery at an east bay gas station. the suspect used a handgun to rob the grand gasoline store on c ontra costa boulevard. the cashier told police the gunman got away with cash and the chp he

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the department of public safety says the victim in this case is an 8-year-old girl. 18-year-old jonathan chow was arrested at spark charter school yesterday evening. authorities say chow worked there as a lunch monitor and teacher's assistant for about a month. we do have a reporter gathering more information on the stir. we expect -- on the story. we expect to bring you much more details online and then at 4:00 on the news. >>> presidential candidates getting ready to face off for a second time, this time here in california. santra endohas more -- sandra endo has more. >> reporter: the big showdown is just a few hours away here in simi valley. this is the second time this crowded field of gop candidates will square off in this debate and there will be two rounds. first the preliminary debate and then the main stage. the prime time event, when we'll see front-runner donald trump take the stage and obviously field off probably a lot of attacks from his competitors as well as people in the stands and the moderator, really, dicing together what he is saying. clearly, what he has to do, when he t

this comes after this teacher's aide, 18-year-old jonathan chow, was arrested last week on child pornography and molestation charges. he's accused of molesting an 8- year-old girl at the school. during an investigation, county officials discovered that fingerprint tests on all of the school's employees had not been completed before the school opened a month ago. that's a violation of the state education code. >> what i said to them was if you do not close, i'm going to take forward a recommendation to my board to revoke the charter. there is a provision in california law that allows immediate revocation if the safety of students is placed at risk. >> the school says it's now completed those background checks on all of the employees. there's no word yet when the charter school will reopen. >>> figures show the bay area has ryest rate of car thefts in the country. car thefts are up 10% in san francisco. if the trend holds, the city could see the highest number of stolen cars in nearly a decade. police say they suspect a number of cars are stolen by criminals to be used in robberies, shootings

. >> reporter: only after 18-year-old jonathan chow was arrested on charges of sexual assault did it come to light that the spark chaert school failed to complete state mandated background checks. >> every employee should have cloer e cleared a background check before starting work, that's hr 101. >> reporter: sunnyvale police arrested chow after a girl came forward. sunnyvale police say the charter school is working with them even though school leaders failed to respond to our questions today. >> does he talk to parents who are at that school. they feel like they were assured that people have been background checked. so there were assurances made by the school principal. >> reporter: the county office of education stepped in last week as the school continued to operate without completed background checks. the spark board voted yesterday to temporarily close. if the background checks aren't completed, the county can attempt to revoke the charter. >> we'll be taking a look at our processes to see if there's something we can do to make sure this doesn't happen again. >> reporter: the s

closure comes after the arrest of 18-year-old jonathan chow. he's a part-time teacher's assistant accused of sexually molesting an 8-year-old student. the arrest revealed nearly none of the school's employees have completed necessary background checks or had been fingerprinted. one parent who asked us to disguise her identity said she's angry. >> we'll take a look at it processes to see if there's something we can do to make sure it doesn't happen again. it is the responsibility, it's on the charter school. they're independent schools once they're authorized by the county. >> spark school said it didn't get the necessary information from the justice department to complete the background checks. right now, nbc bay area's robert handa is in a jailhouse interview with the suspect. he'll have that at 6:00. >> let's take you to a live look otsunol, where temperatures soared into the triple digits. heat advisory still in effect for parts of the bay area now. jeff joins us now. hot yesterday, hot again today. when are we going to see some relief? >> i

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. >> here's a mugshot of jonathan chow. he worked at the school for a month. >>> a new jersey high school student could be in serious trouble for one of the dirtiest football plays you might ever see. it was caught on video. watch as he ripped the helmet off his opponent right here. he then smashed him in the head with it and then he let go. the other play has a cut that took 10 stitches to patch up. the ref called a personal foul on the play but didn't eject the player. the school suspended him and police are investigating. >>> a texas teen is a social media sensation after being detained for bringing a homemade clock to school. this picture is make the rounds showed the 14-year-old amid mohammed in handcuffs -- ahmed in mohammed in handcuffs. one teacher in irving, texas, thought it might have been a bomb. some are accusing people of overreacting because the student is muslim. police won't seek charges against him. >> obviously we'll review this as any high-profile incident of any nature. it involved the state of the and

que ese dia alrededor de las 5 dea tarde, la policia llego al plantel educativo para arrestar a jonathan chowen de 18 anos que al parecer habia agredido sexualmente a una nina de 8 anos de edad. el delito habra ocurrido dentro de la escuela, aunque las autoridades no precisaron la manera en que sucedieron los hechos, pero afirmaron que la pequena alerto a varias personas sobre lo sucedido... por eso se pudo dar con el arresto. chow trabajaba a medio tiempo como asistente de maestros y supervisor de la cantina. salvador espinoza/padre de familia "es preocupante como uno que tiene sus hijos ... ahitestoy sorprendido" la directora de la escuela no quiso salir en camara, pero confirmo que estan cooperando con las autoridades y los padres fueron alertados de la situacion... aqui funcionan tres escuelas, una al lado de la otra... gisela bravo/madre "ahhh no no sabia" gisela tiene a dos hijos inscritos en la escuela columbia, que esta pegada a spark charter... gisela "es algo que quedo sorprendida porque no tenia la menor idea que estaba pasando" las autoridades afirmaron que la pequena se encuentra

police say jonathan chow allegedly molested and eight- year-old student. the employee is due back in court on the 16th. all current employees apparently now have the current credentials. the spark school opened in august and has 160 students.>>> a second library has closed because of had bugs, this time in berkeley. the north branch shut its doors friday after bedbugs were discovered in several areas. library officials say bedbug sniffing dogs found the bugs in a men's room under several desks and in a chair. a similar infestation forced the closure of mitchell park library on thursday. that is sent to reopened tomorrow. berkeley library officials say they expect the north berkeley branch to reopened tuesday after steam and heat treatments to try to kill the bugs. >>> a group of children in hayward are getting a big donation from students at cal state east bay. a fraternity raise money to build a playground for the salvation army's after school program after noticing there was not much for the kids to do. cristina rendon explains how it all came together.>

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one of their part-time employees, jonathan chow, has been arrested after reports he is sexually assaultedand eight- year-old girl. >> everyone is excited about the school, and now this happens. which is really, it has affected everybody. >> reporter: sunnyvale public safety officers say chow was a lunchtime monitor and a teachers assistant after school during extended care. >> this employee had only been around for approximately a month and working part-time. we are hoping there is nothing more, but we want to be certain.>> reporter: adding to the concern, the fact that the charter school is there a middle school.>> the fact that they are co-located on the same property, we want to make them aware because obviously there is interaction between staff>> reporter: the shocked principal says they are cooperating fully and that chow had undergone background checks. this parent says the school is doing the best they can. >> they did handle it very well. i feel safe to send my son here. they took all of the right steps to take care of the issue. >> reporter: still, not all parents are reassured.

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this started wednesday when police say a girl told a staff member that jonathan chow molested her. he was arrested at school that same day. when authorities looked into his records, that is when they found background checks and finger prints were not complete. last night the president said the school is take steps to correct the issue and the staff had background checks friday. parents want to know why the school opened without required documentation. today we heard from the superintendent, he said he told the school if they did not take immediate action he will revoke the charter. >> we will be taking a look at our processes to see if there is something we can do to make sure this doesn't happen again. it is the responsibility on independent schools -- [ indiscernible ] >> the suspect faces several counts including lewd contact, morning and molestation. the question -- lewd and molestation. it usually takes the state 1-3 days to run background checks but sometimes it could take 30 days. keba arnold, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> a server is back in the water after a shark took a bite -- su

. >> reporter: jonathan chow was arrested for child foreign graphy and mow -- pornography and molestationharges. during an investigation of the school, officials discovered that the school had not completed fingerprint tests on all of its employees before it opened a month ago. they ordered the school to shut down until the records were up to date. the school board fielded plenty of questions exactly how long the school will remain closed is unclear. >> i will not be leaving spark charter because of what happened but i want the school to be very clear that i want whatever failed to be remedied. >> all of our staff did background checks last friday. we're making sure that we're following procedure. >> reporter: now, the school board president says the delay in getting those fingerprints approved is because the state didn't vo provide them an i.d. number in time for the school year to begin. school board members say they've completed the background checks on all of their employees and i've put in calls and e-mails to officials to find out what is the process for reopening this school and fi

. >> only after 18-year-old jonathan chow was arrested on charges of sexual assault did it come to light the spark charter school failed to complete state mandated background check. >> every employee should have had should have cleared background check before they started work. that's hr 101. >> sunnyvale police arrested chow last weak after 8-year-old girl came forward. he worked as part-time lunch monitor and teacher aid at the school with 160 students. sunnyvale police say the charter school is working with them. >> if you talk to parents who are at the school they feel like they were assured that people had been background check. twll assurances made. by the school principal. >> board voted yesterday to temporarily close. late today a board member relessed a statement saying all but one background check has been completed. and chow was hired as minor. prayer problems wouldn't have registered. county now looking at better oversight for the 23 charter schools. >> we'll be taking a look at the process to see if there's something we can do to make sure this doesn't happen again. >> spark

this is 18-year-old jonathan chow. he is accused of sexually assaulting an eight-year-old girl who goes to spark charter school. the suspect had been there since the school opened. >> this employee had only been around for approximately a month. and working part time. we are hoping that there is nothing more, but we want to be certain. >> now, the spark charter school principal says chow had undergone a background check and the school is cooperating with the investigation. if you have any information, call the sunnyvale department of public safety. >>> meantime, the victims of a kidnapping that was called a hoax by the vallejo police department are going to file a legal claim against the city of vallejo. aaron quinn says a masked man broke into the home of he and his girlfriend denise huskins. they tide up an drove off with huskins. the police called it a hoax after huskins showed up unharmed in huntington beach. but then matthew muller was identified as the suspect after he was arrested for a home invasion in dublin a

school's problem started last week when an eight-year- old student accused a teachers aid 18-year-old jonathan chowor molesting her. and chow was arrested on friday on child pornography and molestation charges. during an investigation of the school following that arrest, santa clara county education officials say they had not completed fingerprint test on all of its employees before it opened a month ago. last night the school board fielded questions and criticism from parents as they made the announcement they would be shutting down today. how long the school will remain closed unclear. >> if it's one day, great. but if it's five or longer it will effect all of these kids education and that is wrong. >> what other procedures outside of the background checks? what other procedures weren't necessarily compliant? >> reporter: the school board president says the delay in getting those fingerprints approved was because the state did not provide an id number. they now have completed those background checks on all of their employees and will be checking with county education officials later this month to

the staff at spark had undergone required background checks and the fingerprinting. 18-year-old jonathan chow is behind bars this morning. he spoke exclusively with nbc bay area yesterday from jail where he asked for privacy for the 8-year-old he is charged with molesting. we understand there are two other staff members who are not returning when and if classes rum here at spark. and the county superintendent has said he will not allow the charter school to reopen until all criminal background checks are in from the state. in a statement spark school leaders blame the county department of justice for not issuing the state id number the school needed to conduct those background checks. still, parents and educators say everyone should know children are supposed to be safe on all school campuses. >> i think everybody knows when you start into a public education, and charters are public schools, they're just schools of choice. but there are requirements for hiring. and part of that is fingerprinting and background checks. >> reporter: the santa clara county office of education grants charter scho

this comes after jonathan chow, a lunchtime monitor and teacher's aide, was charged with sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl in school. police arrested chow at the school last week. chow is also charged with possessing child pornography. the school was to have completed background checks before opening. the school's principal says the state justice department didn't assign the school a corresponding identification number to do so until three days after chow was arrested. tonight at 6:30 school board members at spark school are scheduled to meet. this was a scheduled meeting, but an additional item has been added in closed session. an agenda item to talk about potential litigation. we've just been advised that mr. gu gu guntry will be live in a few minutes. >> a lot of very difficult questions that certainly a lot of folks want to know what happens here. thank you very much. >>> well, startled to a stop. several people shaken up after cars were struck overnight in san francisco. california highway patrol says it happened to two different cars while they were driving on highway 280 near mar

jonathan chow was arraigned on friday and charged with molestation and child pornography.hat's when the county of education learned that they had not met the requirement of fingerprinting all employees according to "mercury news." we're working to find out why the county office of education did not know that this school was not in compliance. the school has 160 students from kindergarten through sixth grade and it is unclear when they will be able to return to class and unclear if the parents will continue to send them here as this happened the first month of their operation. now a regular board meeting is scheduled to happen at 6:30 tonight here on campus. one of the items on the agenda is discussing the temporary closure. >> thank you very much, kris. >>> it is 5:37 and also a show down in oakland. city council issing public comment today on the possible shipment of coal through the city. protesters plan to rally outside the meeting. city council is considering coal to to the old army base for export. possible hazard from shipping and storing coal in west oakl d oakland.

police arrested jonathan chow on tuesday at spark charter school in sunnyvale after receiving that report of that assault. chow worked at the school as a lunchtime monitor and a teacher's assistant. he was booked into the santa clara county jail on felony charges. officers investigating to see if there are other victims. >>> are bay area school kids getting enough physical education? ask your kids about gym class. it is mandated by law, but a lawsuit filed in san francisco claims that 90 school districts throughout the bay area are cutting back on p.e. time. >> i can say that it's very clear that it's not happening. the school districts say they're doing it. the local administrators from the different schools say they're doing some of it. but if you talk to the teachers, you find out much more about how much is really being done. >> california law states that all students in grades one through six should get 200 minutes of p.e. per ten days of class. but driscoll suspects keeping kids in classrooms and in their chairs instead. >> if somebody's trying to get higher test scores by having th

detectives arrested 18-year-old jonathan chow on suspicion of sexually assaulting the girl earlier in the day. chow has been working part time at the school for about a month. no additional victims have been identified, but we do have a crew headed to the school. we will have much more on this story tonight at 5:00. >>> a very last-minute reprieve for an oklahoma man facing execution less than two hours from now. an appeals court has temporarily halted the execution of richard glossip so his lawyers can examine new evidence. he was accused of ordering the death of a motel owner. he did not commit the crime itself. the man who did got caught and testified against him in exchange for a lighter sentence, life instead of the death penalty. >>> the death toll from flash flooding in utah continues to rise and crews found the bodies of at least four hikers in zion national park and several other hikers are still missing. >> these latest deaths come after the floods also claimed the lives of 12 people belonging to a small polygamist community. nbc's ron mott reports. >> oh, there's two vehicl

until police were investigating the molestation charge and also child porn accusations against jonathan chow that the security lapse came to light. >>> the father of 8-year-old maddie middleton will hold a rally tomorrow just before her accused teenaged killer be back in court. 15-year-old neighbor adrian gonzalez is charged with murdering matty a six weeks ago a few feet from her home in santa cruz. matty's father michael is calling on the community to join him outside the courthouse to help them keep the focus on matt. >> the gonzalez is expected to enter a plea to charges of murder, kidnapping and a sexual assault. >>> and we are learning more tonight about a standoff in san jose that kept people out of their homes for more than six hours overnight. it did end peacefully about 2:30 this morning. police say shortly before 8:30 last night, a man fired his gun at a car on a nearby street. they tracked him to his home. the first officer thought the man had two hostages. but it turns out there were none. police shot flash bombs into the house near capitol expressway and mclaughlin until the gu

the closure comes after police arrested 18-year-old lunch monitor jonathan chow for sexually assaulting a girl at the school and having child pornography. the school operating independently of the district and no background checks had been done before the school year started. >> every employee should have cleared a background check before they started work. that's hr 101. >> they monitor 23 charter schools but does not have the authority to order them to close. the school board meets tonight at 6:30 to discuss the closure. >>> the 15-year-old boy accused of kidnapping, sexually assaulting and killing his 8-year-old neighbor pled not guilty in court today. adrian gonzalez is being charged as an adult for the madyson middleton death. madyson's father organized a memorial. he said he's forgiven madyson's accused killer. >> it doesn't do anything for me. it doesn't change anything. it doesn't give me any satisfaction. i would rather have been out here for madyson and that's what was important to me. >> the next hearing for gonzalez will take place on october 29th. he faces life in prison if

. >>> an 18-year-old man accused of assaulting a student is expected -- jonathan chow.e are having a little trouble with some of the things that we're trying to deliver you here this morning. but we will continue on. >>> all right, a sighting and warning to tell you about. police say another mountain lion was spotted near san mateo. he it was a big one. they found the cat wandering around the neighborhood just after midnight yesterday. happened on clearview way and creek ridge court not far from 280 and the college of san mateo. many reports of mountain lions roaming around the county la lately. one caused quite a scare in downtown area back in may. here's a look at some of the locations in san mateo county where mountain lions were previously spotted in the last few months. most are around the hills. no doubt they are looking for some water. >>> toxic algae is taking over east bay lakes this time in berkeley and could be deadly to your pet. off limits because of blue green algae. this is actually the fifth lake to be affected by the area. stephanie chuang is out there

police arrested jonathan chow on tuesday at the spark charter school in sunnyvale after receiving a reportthe assault, chow worked at the school as the lunchtime monitor and teacher's assistant. he was book under to the santa clara county jail on felony charges. officers investigating to see if there are any other victims. >>> because of toxic algae deadly to animals. >> "today in the bay" stephanie chuang live in berkeley. >> scott and laura, lake anza here in berkeley is now the fifth lake closed to the public to people and pets because of the toxic levels of blue algae, blue green algae found here. the east bay renalinal park district says that it has already shut down five, four other ones, lake temescal and lake chabot. the park district says it tests the lakes and why worry? people can get skin rashes and stomach problems but the blue green algae is toxic for dogs. posy a 3-year-old golden retriever went swimming in russian river and died. the river did test positive for the blue green algae and several dog deaths around california have been linked to toxic algae poisoning in just th

. >> pam: the realization follows the arrest of jonathan chow last week on molestation charges. after the arrest, the school could not verify background checks on the other employees. pete >> pam: police say, chow inappropriately touched a child at the spark charter school. now all employees will undergo background checks and tests for tuberculosis. >> pam: the superintendent admits. they owe that much to employees. the school will not be allowed to reopen until all of that is done. it's possible the school could reopen by friday >> pam: uber.the high tech ride sharing company.has announced plans to expand it's global headquarters across the bay to oakland. >> pam: it's being touted by mayor libby schaaf as an economic boon to the city, who hopes other tech firms will follow. kron4's maureen kelly says the move has some in the community worried about the effect this will have on rent prices. >> reporter:it solidifies our areas status as the hottest new center for urban innovation in america >> reporter:oakland mayor libby schaaf was surrounded by city leaders and officals with t

jonathan chow, a teacher's aide, is under investigation in the case.s were fired. yesterday background checks were completed on all worker there is. the charter school reopens tomorrow. more with traffic and leyla gulen. >>> we have eighth street number three about six minutes late. we have a closure in hayward jumping into the car. and you need to make your drive out of castro valley where we are at top speeds here eastbound 14th street is closed. the on and off-ramps on northbound 238, keep that in mind near the boulevard, that's your alternate route. taking a look at the freeway where we are 23 miles per hour here between hayward into union city and fremont. also, the san mateo bridge, take a look at that. it's at a standstill. 30 minutes. take a look at these bbq best cracked pepper sauce... most ribs eaten while calf roping... yep, greatness deserves recognition. you got any trophies, cowboy? ♪ whoomp there it is uh, yeah... well, uh, well there's this one. best insurance mobile app? yeah, two years in a row. well i'll be... does that thing just f

later today, a sunnyvale charter school opening for the first time since jonathan chow was accused of>> and a house fire in hayward started a just after 3:00 this morning. crews arrived to find the front of the home completely engulfed in flames. they managed to knock the fire down before it could threaten they' near by hopey homes. they believe it was accidental. >>> and a new hotel may find life helping the homeless. san jose council members voted to turn the plaza hotel into a homeless housing project. a plan calls for a major conversion of the hotel into new temporary apartments. the plaza hotel has been empty for the past seven years. san jose's former redevelopment agency purchased that property back in 2008. coming up after this, a look at your weather and traffic. >>> good morning. i'm kari hall. as we welcome in the first day of fall, reclear blue skies and temperatures will be a tad warmer than yesterday, but still fairly nice. up to 85 in los gatos, palo alto, a high of 80. and 67 in the financial district. and 79 degrees in santa rose. dublin will see a high of 84. let's s

jonathan: the lactating room? probably call it baby chow or something. alison: probably do. jonathan: library of congress has a personal archive for comedian jerry lewis' career and it includes thousands of documents and recordings that chronicle his more than 70 years in comedy. he is 89 years old now and the comedian is scheduled to celebrate handing over all of his materials with a performance in culpeper, virginia, scheduled for october 9. that should be fun. this guy, you can't buy him love. but you could own collectibles from the beatles drummer ringo star. 800 items from he and his wife who is a supermodel, still beautiful, putting up for auction. including a drum seat used in 200 performances. a beatle backer that was owned by john lennon. that will set you back a pretty penny. it will be offered december 4 and 5 at the julian's auction house in beverly hills. alison: fans are going crazy for that. jonathan: no question. alison: wow. >> let's check on the traffic situation now. jamie sullivan standing by with some more details. how is it looking? jamie: it's been a ro