. ♪ >> reporter: but for retired army sergeant joshua gertz it's also a night he never thought he'd liven some kind of vip sweepstakes and i get to just be up there and watch. >> reporter: his long road to country music's hallowed hall started in september 2003, when he was finishing up his tour of duty in iraq. >> it was my last night in country. roadside bomb went off right next to my truck. >> reporter: he suffered a traumatic brain and spinal cord injury. but back home with his wife and two children in upstate new york the psychological injuries became far worse. >> i just felt like a burden. it was like i walked in the room and it sucked the life out of that room. everyone got quiet. >> and you thought they would be better off without you? >> yeah. >> you attempted suicide. >> yeah. i knew when i was going to do it again. >> did you have a specific date or -- >> yeah. >> what was the date? >> november 7th. >> why was that? >> that's the day my friend was killed. >> reporter: that friend, army private first class thomas falk, died in a car accident a few years before the bombing. the

berkeley police arrested 19- year-old joshua gertz. ( james ) in the south bay....g for one of three people accused of stealing 10- thousand dollars in bitcoin currency. police say three people stole a computer from a home on fourth street with ten thousand dollars worth of the cryptocurreny. santa clara police have identified two suspects as 18 year old yessica barajas and 24 yaer old welbar quintanilla, both of san jose. deputies have not been able to locate the third person or the missing computer. ( james ) the 4th of july holiday may be over but the c-h-p will be cracking down on drunk driving through the weekend. kron 4 rode along with the c-h-p yesterday. all 9 chp divisions in the bay area are conducting maximum enforcement for the holiday week. they say the have made several arrests already. the maximum enforcement period will end on sunday. ( james ) families impacted by the october firestorm in the north bay.. are getting 150-thousand dollars through grants for childcare providers. the redwood credit union, the santa rosa press democrat and state sentor m

berkeley police arrested 19-year-old joshua gertz...cgee avenue. police say the 20-year-old victim had been stabbed in the chest. ( darya ) breaking news out of oakland. firefighters have just gained the upper hand on a house fire. the two-alarm fire is on the 5900 block of hayes street. that's not far from oracle arena.there was reports that someone was trapped inside the home but crews tell kron4 that everyone was able to get out. ( james ) in the south bay.... police are looking for one of three people accused of stealing 10- thousand dollars in bitcoin currency. police say three people stole a computer from a home on fourth street with ten thousand dollars worth of the cryptocurreny. santa clara police have identified two suspects as 18 year old yessica barajas of san jose and 24 yaer old welbar quintanilla of san jose. deputies have not been able to locate the third person or the missing computer. ( james ) families impacted by the october firestorm in the north bay.. are getting 150-thousand dollars through grants for childcare pr

berkeley police arrested 19-year-old joshua gertz last week -- for an april stabbing that happened on mcgee avenue. officers say that on april third they found a 20-year-old who had been stabbedin the chest. they're asking anyone with information to call them.. (vlv) families impacted by the october sonoma county fires are getting one hundred and fifty thousand dollars through grants for childcare providers. two organizations will distribute the money to childcare providers and families who survived. the redwood credit union, the santa rosa press democrat and state sen. mike mcguire created the organization north bay fire relief fund to immediately help those who suffered loses due to the fires. (catherine) a man was found stabbed and badly injured last night in menlo park.. he was found in a parking lot on willow road and chester avenue.... police have not found any suspects....and the victim's condition tonighthas not been released.. lawrence karnow: skies cleared for most of the bay area except for some lingering clouds at the coast. highs were will below normal and in the 70s inla

. >> reporter: but for retired army sergeant joshua gertz, it's also a night he never thought he'd live the vip sweepstakes and i get to be up there and watch. >> reporter: his long road started in september of 2003 when he was finishing up his last tour of duty in iraq. >> a roadside bomb went off right alongside the truck. >> reporter: he suffered a spinal cord and brain injury. but back at home, the psychological injuries became far worse. >> i became a burden. i would walk in a room and it sucked the life out of the room. >> and you thought everybody would be better off without you. >> yep. >> you had attempted suicide. >> yeah. i knew when i was going to do it again. >> did you have a specific date or what was the date? >> november 7th. >> why was that? >> that was the day my friend was killed. >> that friend, army private first-class thomas faulk died in car accident a few years before the bombing. the two met in basic training and were like brothers. his two lifelines, a love of the harmonica, and his wife lisa, who enrolled in a music program for veterans. >> it's quite a view.