kerman/oakland standup dan y 133-143chanin/attorney 133-143standup dan kerman/oakland 156-206 ( marty san francisco's sunset district has been given the green light to open. it is called the apothecarium.. the dispensary will be located on noriega street and 32nd avenue. it was approved by the planning commission on thursday ... by a five- to- one vote. the opening of this dispensary caused heated debate between residents in the sunset district. it will be operated by the former mayor of oakland - jean quan and her husband. it is set to be ready for business in 20- 18.. ( marty ) in the north bay... police have arrested a man on suspicion of choking a child at a park it happened in petaluma thursday night. police say two kids were near walnut park when a man....identified as 49-year-old eric conroy.... walked up to them...placed a strap around one of their necks and began to tighten it.. the victim was able to escape and did ánotá lose conciousness.. police say conroy did ánotá give a reason for the attack.. he has been booked for assault with a deadly weapon and child abuse. coming u

in oakland, dan kerman kron 4 news. (tiffany) we have our first look at the tons of debris left behind after the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire in oakland late last year. and now there is a new effort to figure out what caused the fire that killed three dozen people. investigators say the cause of oakland's deadly ghost ship fire may never be known. this after a new search that took place yesterday through what is left of the warehouse to try and find how the inferno started. at least that is what the attorney representing almost all of the victims hopes. the charred remains from the warehouse were dumped at a dirt lot on oakport street by the waterfront. a team of fire experts are looking for evidence to help the victim's legal case. as searchers find items of interest they are marked, photographed and will be taken to a storage facility. (tiffany) still ahead... an unusual moment when a lion goes through the window of an apartment. the full video ahead.

in oakland dan kerman kron 4 news.158/std ahead at eight..nearly 140-thousand dollars in goods swiped from a verizon store. but the thieves didn't get too far how they were tracked down. plus. south bay firefighters battle against a fire takes a dangerous turn...the criminal act that put their lives in peril. and next. a coyote walks up to the steps of a home and snatches a family's pet. now neighbors are concerned the animals are getting more aggressive. [ indistinct chatter ] [ intense music playing ] it's here, but it's going by fast. the opportunity of the year is back: the mercedes-benz summer event. get to your dealer today for incredible once-a-season offers, and start firing up those grilles. lease the e300 for $569 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. woman is distraught after seeing a coyote grab and kill her dog over the weekend. it happened on the dog owner's porch on aptos avenue in the ingleside neighborhood. kron four's philippe djegal spoke to the woman who says coyote sightings are b

in oakland, dan kerman kron 4 news. ( steve ) tonight we have our first look at the tons of debris...ft behind... after the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire in oakland late last year.(pam) and now... there is a new effort to figure out what caused the fire that killed three dozen people. grant lodes is here with the images... and information. (grant) investigators have said the cause of oakland's deadly ghost ship fire may never be known but a new search took place today... through what is left of the warehouse to try and find how the inferno started. in the field of debris.. could be the answer to what caused the deadly ghost ship fire. at least that is what the attorney representing almost all of the victims hopes. the charred remains from warehouse were dumped here .. a dirt lot on oakport street by the waterfront. a team of fire experts are looking for evidence here to help the victim's legal case. as searchers find items of interest they are marked, photographed.. and then will be taken to a storage facility. mary alexander, victim's attorney: "any cameras that might still have p

these kinds of fires , he's never seen the city pull together like they did today standup dan kerman / oakland.146-156the mayor has also committed to holding a meeting to determine the best practices for keeping a construction site secure. in oakland, dan kerman kron 4 news157/std (pam) an un- authorized - no permit .. skateboard competition .. takes an ugly turn.... when a skateboarder riding down a san francisco hill ... collides with a police officer.. some are accusing the officer of intentionally running into the rider. tonight kron-4's hermela aregawi joins us live from dolores park... with how police are responding to those accusations? they're aware that that some people are saying that the officer bodychecked or clothlined the skatebaorder on purpose - and they say they're looking into it. the man identified by a friend who took this picture as only anthony, reportedly suffered a broken ankle, a torn ligament in his knee and sprained some fingers.he can be seen coming down the hill.the officer then appears to move into his path which sends him slamming into and over the police cruiser

sot jim chanin/attorney 133-143 standup dan kerman/oakland 156-206 (steve) in the north bay..lice have arrested a man on suspicion of chocking a child at a park.. it happened in petaluma around 5-45 thursday evening.. police say two kids were near walnut park when a man....identified as 49-year-old eric conroy.... walked up to them...placed a strap around one of their necks and began to tighten it... the victim was able to escape and did ánotá lose conciousness.. police say conroy did ánotá give a motive for the attack.. he has been booked for assault with a deadly weapon and child abuse. (steve) fire crews and inspectors are still investigating what caused the fire at commercial building in lafayette wednesday night.. the contra costa county fire marshall says the building that housed nine different businesses is a complete loss. the conditions were still so hazardous yesterday that crews were ánotá able to go into the site.. the fire caused a little over one million dollars in damages. (pam) the man convicted of killing seven people .. in a shooting rampage at oikos universi

has its own problems and a different set of circumstances that you are dealing withstandup dan kerman/oakland 152-202bart is now reviewing surveillance video to see if they can identify who was responsible for the robbery and who for the attack. at the coliseum bart station, dan kerman kron 4 news. (vicki) a three year old boy dies after what appears to be a tragic accident in antioch. the boy identified as chinweike anwukah was found unresponsive in swimming pool. police came within minutes to try and save the child. he was taken to the hospital..but sadly did ánotá make it... officers are still investigating but do believe the drowning was accidental. ahead at eight.. as the weather heats up - you won't find relief here. officials warn stay out of this popular east bay lake. plus. a cobra slithering around frightens california neighbors. the poisonous snake traced back to a home...wait until you see what else was found inside. and next. hit hard by devastating floods. south bay residents taking action -- they say they had no warning to get out. ((vicki))in the south bay... remember this dev

(dan kerman)-nats-a suspect description following another mob style robbery aboard a bart train at oakland's coliseum station.bart says saturday evening about 630 a juvenile grabbed a woman's cell phone aboard a bart train and then ran off the train with a dozen others. the woman was not injured but when another passenger chased the suspect and demanded the phone back, he was beaten, but he did get the phone back. --nats- members of barts robbery suppression task force intercepted the group, detained and photographed them, but ultimately released them when the victims could not identify them. soti'm afraid everytime i catch a bart passengers are well aware of these attacks and are taking steps to keep themselves safe soti usually catch it in the daytime, but once it gets nighttime i take a uber or get a ride,soti just try to hid my belongings whenever i see someone strangesoti'm not on my phone on bart, i just keep it in my pocket and get off and go to work, just keep it in your pocket, people too vulnerable, keep their head down, they don't know what they doing.though bart robberies have sk

in oakland, dan kerman kron 4 news. in oakland, a busy day at this fire zone -equipment was brought in to remove that big crane crushed on the site - during the fire, it spun out of control causing safety concerns for resdients living in neawry buildings. mayor libby schaaf told me that she has organzied a meeting between city leaders and developers to go over safety plans for construction sites. already there has been 3 arson related fires in the area. terisa estacio kron4 news. here in hayward the family of 19-year-old manuel romero is asking for the community's help to identify the person who gunned him down on hill avenue last saturday night

advise how to keeps these incidents from occurring and that advice is very helpful standup dan kerman/oaklandmayor says revitalizing oakland with more housing is key to the city's future, that's why regaining the confidence of developers is so important. in oakland, dan kerman kron 4 news. ( mark ) a suspect in the murder of a san jose woman is in custody after trying to cross the mexico border. police were called this home on south 10-th street last week after loud bangs were heard from inside the home. officers found 20-year-old myla dang -- shot to death. earlier this week border patrol officers arrested daniel zeratsion on suspicion of homicide. he is now being transported back to san jose to face the charges. ( darya ) the personal information of six- million verizon customers has been leaked online. but verizon says the only person who had access to the inforation was the researcher who found the leak. the cyber-security company 'upguard' discovered the issue. they said it was caused by "human error." 'upguard' alerted verizon on june 13th but the security hole was not closed until june

in oakland dan kerman kron 4 news.ere in sonoma agents with the national transportation safety board sift through the wreckage of a plane crash - the small plane hit the ground just over there in the field. the plane's pilot, william goldman died at the scene, his two children and nanny taken to the hospital. federal transportiaotn agetns say they will be on scene documenting the crash through the weekend, then they will have the plane taken to a hangar. in sonoma county terisa estacio kron 4 news. in san francisco a skateboarder crashes into a cop while flying down dolores streetand some are saying the cop clipped the man intentionally.we talked to here at the alameda county superior court house in oakland convicted murderer one goh was sentenced to seven consecutive life sentences for the oikos university shooting, in which 7 people lost their lives. camela seymour's mother judith was one of lives taken that dreadful daycamella seymour/mother judith seymour killed in oikos shooting: "i would have liked the death pena

oakland's street, the number of encampment fires is rising. there have been two more fires... in just the last two days. kron 4's dan kerman is in oakland ... with more on what the city is doing about the problem. monday fire broke out at this homeless encampment at martin luther king and west grand fire officials believe it was caused by someone cooking you can see the charred remains of someone's personal items and that has those who live here concernedsot myiesha/live in homeless encampmenton sunday another fire, this one at 5th and market, one of the city's larger encampments. this one may have been intentionally set.sot melinda drayton/deputy chief, oakland fire deptin fact fire officials say there have been 60 encampment fires since the beginning of the year.soteducating meaning talking to the homeless about how to keep their areas safe from fire the city is also taking a role, creating a task force to manage the encampments and allocating several hundred thousand dollars to keep these tent cities cleaner ( steve ) brittney is here and has the weather.. an area of low pressure off of the northern california coast will maintain seasona

(dan kerman)-nats-a suspect description following another mob style robbery aboard a bart train at oakland's coliseum station.bart says saturday evening about 630 a juvenile grabbed a woman's cell phone aboard a bart train and then ran off the train with a dozen others. the woman was not injured but when another passenger chased the suspect and demanded the phone back, he was beaten, but he did get the phone back. --nats- members of barts robbery suppression task force intercepted the group, detained and photographed them, but ultimately released them when the victims could not identify them. soti'm afraid everytime i catch a bart passengers are well aware of these attacks and are taking steps to keep themselves safe soti usually catch it in the daytime, but once it gets nighttime i take a uber or get a ride,soti just try to hid my belongings whenever i see someone strangesoti'm not on my phone on bart, i just keep it in my pocket and get off and go to work, just keep it in your pocket, people too vulnerable, keep their head down, they don't know what they doing.though bart robberies have sk

oakland's street, the number of encampment fires is rising. there have been two more fires... in just the last two days. kron 4's dan kerman is in oakland ...hat the city is doing about the problem. monday fire broke out at this homeless encampment at martin luther king and west grand fire officials believe it was caused by someone cooking you can see the charred remains of someone's personal items and that has those who live here concernedsot myiesha/live in homeless encampmenton sunday another fire, this one at 5th and market, one of the city's larger encampments. this one may have been intentionally set.sot melinda drayton/deputy chief, oakland fire deptin fact fire officials say there have been 60 encampment fires since the beginning of the year.soteducating meaning talking to the homeless about how to keep their areas safe from fire the city is also taking a role, creating a task force to manage the encampments and allocating several hundred thousand dollars to keep these tent cities cleaner coming upit may look the video is in reverse but trust me that is not the case . i'm in the town of . well actually it's actually on the outskirts

oakland. and fire officials are confirming what many have noticed for a while now.(vicki) encampment fires are on the rise. but the actual number is pretty staggering. kron 4's dan kerman is live in oakland .. to explain. dan? two days and two more fires at homeless encampments in the city of oakland this bring to 60 the total number of encampment fires so far this yearsot melinda drayton/deputy chief, oakland fire dept. 10-20we're incredibly concerned, it's obviously an uptick , these fires are growing, as the encampments grow the fires grow and they are unsafe on all levels. sunday the fire was here at 5th and market, one of oaklands larger tent cities. firefighters confirm this one may have been the second fire, was monday morning at this encampment on martin luther king and west grand. you can still see charred remains of someone's belongings sot myiesha/live in homeless encampment 40-44 1,2,3,4,5 myiesha is pointing out all fires she's seen since living at this encampment. soti feel hella unsafe out here, i wish they would do something about this stuff out here, this óóó don't make no sense.sot joe devries/asst. to oakland city administrator 56-102the encampment p

in oakland dan kerman kron 4news.n san francisco a skateboarder crashes into a cop while flying down dolores streetand some are saying the cop clipped the man intentionally.we talked to one person who captured the collision on his cell phone. police were there responding to assist another skateboarder who had been injured at the unsanctioned downhill contest. skateboarders continued to zoom past the officers. then one cop on the scene moves into the path of one oncoming skater. and that sends the skater into and then over the police cruiserpolice say so far it's unclear what the video shows but they are reviewing it as well as their own body cam video. maureen kelly kron4 news> in el cerrito... more money is on the table to solve attorney jim gilliland's murder. he was shot to death outside his home last october 27th. the police department says since gilliland's murder, leads have dried up. a 50-thousand dollar reward was offered by friends and family for any information leading to the arrest and conviction in this ca

judge's investigator concluded the oakland police department botched the investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by its officers. and as kron 4's dan kermanins --- the embattled police department could soon face additional monitoring a federal judge who oversees the oakland police department said the opd "severely mishandled" the investigation into allegations police officers were having sex with this woman, jasmine abuslin, who was an underage prostitute at the time.judge thelton henderson called the investigating "extremely troubling" and said it signals even after 14 years of federal supervision, additional supervision is neededafter apologizing , the city's new chief who was not on staff at the time, told the judge the city of oakland will go above and beyond the recommendations set forth in the investigators report.sot anne kirkpatrick/oakland police chief 38-46one of the ones we mentilned in the court has to do with a critical incident debriefing as well as training and counselingbut that's not far enough for attorneys and john burris and jim chanin who lawsuit and settlement agreement in 2003 brought about federal monitoring in the

oakland... kron four's dan kerman has been checking on the people who were forced from their homes before dawn... but let's go first to kron four's spencer blake who is live at the scene tonight. spencer... what is the latest word on the fire investigation? (spencer)officials say a fire is out after destroying an oakland construction site. no injuries were reported. firefighters remained on the scene friday to control hot spots.at least 700 residents were evacuated from buildings near the site and many will spend the night in a nearby emergency shelter near lake merritt.the fire began early friday, forcing the evacuations and sending flames high into the air.the cause of the fire remains under investigation.the building was designed to include apartments and retail space. "crane operators feel that it's pretty stable at this point. right now they will be here through the weekend also to work to clear the area." (steve) we now have more information about that building that caught fire this morning in oakland. it's owned by wood partners, a national real estate developer. these are photos of what

kerman has the story. a federal judge who oversees the oakland police department said the opd "severely mishandled" the investigationto allegations police officers were having sex with this woman, jasmine abuslin, who was an underage prostitute at the time.judge thelton henderson called the investigating "extremely troubling" and said it signals even after 14 years of federal supervision, additional supervision is neededafter apologizing , the city's new chief who was not on staff at the time, told the judge the city of oakland will go above and beyond the recommendations set forth in the investigators report.sot anne kirkpatrick/oakland police chief 38-46one of the ones we mentilned in the court has to do with a critical incident debriefing as well as training and counselingbut that's not far enough for attorneys and john burris and jim chanin who lawsuit and settlement agreement in 2003 brought about federal monitoring in the first placesot john burris/attorney 57-107we want to court to put in the order that there has to be an investigation into the roles and conduct of those investigators that who were indentifie

judge's investigator concluded that the oakland police department botched the investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by its officers. kron 4's dan kerman is live at the federal courthouse in san francisco with details. a federal judge who oversees the oakland police department said the opd "severely mishandled" the investigation into allegations police officers were having sex with this woman, jasmine abuslin, who was an underage prostitute at the time.the judge called his investigators report into the matter "extremely troubling" and said it signals even after 14 years of federal supervision, additional supervision is neededafter apologizing , the city's new chief who was not on staff at the time, told the judge the city of oakland will go above and beyond the recommendations set forth in the investigators report.sot anne kirkpatrick/oakland police chief 35-45but that's not far enough for attorneys and john burris and jim chanin who lawsuit and settlement agreement in 2003 brought about federal monitoring in the first placesot john buriss/attorney 57-107chanin and burris want to officers who mishandled the investigation identified dis

oakland. kron 4's dan kerman reports on what the city is doing about the problem. monday fire broke out at this homeless encampment at martin luther king and west grand fire officials believe it was caused by someone cooking you can see the charred remains of someone's personal items and that has those who live here concernedsot myiesha/live in homeless encampmenton sunday another fire, this one at 5th and market, one of the city's larger encampments. this one may have been intentionally set.sot melinda drayton/deputy chief, oakland fire deptin fact fire officials say there have been 60 encampment fires since the beginning of the year.soteducating meaning talking to the homeless about how to keep their areas safe from fire the city is also taking a role, creating a task force to manage the encampments and allocating several hundred thousand dollars to keep these tent cities cleaner ( james ) a berkeley babysitter was sentenced for violently mistreating a six-month-old baby last year. 44-year-old, ingrid perez was sentenced to five years probation and a year in jail

kerman has the story. a federal judge who oversees the oakland police department said the opd "severely mishandled" the investigation officers were having sex with this woman, jasmine abuslin, who was an underage prostitute at the time.judge thelton henderson called the investigating "extremely troubling" and said it signals even after 14 years of federal supervision, additional supervision is neededafter apologizing , the city's new chief who was not on staff at the time, told the judge the city of oakland will go above and beyond the recommendations set forth in the investigators report.sot anne kirkpatrick/oakland police chief 38-46one of the ones we mentilned in the court has to do with a critical incident debriefing as well as training and counselingbut that's not far enough for attorneys and john burris and jim chanin who lawsuit and settlement agreement in 2003 brought about federal monitoring in the first placesot john burris/attorney 57-107we want to court to put in the order that there has to be an investigation into the roles and conduct of those investigators that who were indentified in the swanson repo

judge's investigator concluded the oakland police department botched the investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by its officers. and as kron 4's dan kermanlains --- the embattled police department could soon face additional monitoring the early morning fire was a rude awakening for hundreds who live near the construction sitesot mout khamehou/evacuated big heavy fire, i never see anything in my lifesot joyce kamau/evacuatedpolice officers the firemen were out there kicking everybody out, get out get out get outsotit means evacuate, its grabbing him not grabbing much stuff , taking the stairwell and getting down as fast as possiblemany wound up at a red cross shelter inside this churchsot carlos courtade/evacuatedwe gotta find a place but luckily the red cross is here providing shelterone man there said he believes it was intentionally set because he saw it burning in three different areassot jayantha kankamalage/evacuated it's a three place fire so i believe somebody fired itthis unstable crane at the construction site forced a wide area of evacuationsand many who could get back to their homes monitoring additional face additional monito

kerman is live at the coliseum station with more. -nats- a suspect description following another mob style robbery aboard a bart train at oakland's coliseumtion --nats-bart says saturday evening about 630 a juvenile grabbed a woman's cell phone aboard a bart train and then ran off the train with a dozen others. the woman was not injured but when another passenger chased the suspect and demanded the phone back, he was beaten, but he did get the phone back. members of barts robbery suppression task force intercepted the group, detained and photographed them, but ultimately released them when the victims could not identify them. soti'm afraid everytime i catch a bart passengers are well aware of these attacks and are taking steps to keep themselves safe soti usually catch it in the daytime, but once it gets nighttime i take a uber or get a ride,soti just try to hid my belongings whenever i see someone strangesoti'm not on my phone on bart, i just keep it in my pocket and get off and go to work, just keep it in your pocket, people too vulnerable, keep their head down, they don't know what they doing.though bart robberies have skyrocketed, bar