she escaped utah's kingston clan or the order. also called that.h the irs and the fbi to uncover an alleged $500 million scam. in tonight's episode of "whistle-blower," she discusses her journey from kingston clan member to government informant with host, judge and former police officer alex ferrer. >> mary, who are these individuals? >> those are all my siblingin i >> do you miss them? >> yes, i miss them very much. >> when i found out that mary's father had over 200 children, i knew something was very wrong. >> my father has 18 wives. >> mary nelson is telling all. how she became an unlikely whistle-blower against prominent members of her own family. >> this is the work of the kin. >> they would give you instructions, they say don't ask questions. on february 10th, 2016, after going to the federal government, a series of events that mary helped set in motion exploded.m. >> the raids were part of an investigation into an alleged money laundering scheme funding lavish lifestyles of some prominent kingstons, from mansions to exotic cars, while other

griff: if you listened to jack kingston who was on the 2016 campaign. here is what he says about that. >> he has absolutely moved the needle and changed the lives of americans. reagan would say are you better off now than you were four years ago? donald trump is going to ask that question over and over again. there is not a democratic candidate on the ballot who can say oh yeah can i do better than what you are doing. the economy is owned by donald trump. he is going to make it the main message of his re-election. brian: it's very interesting steve rattner does a story a combination of a favorable economy and the normal advantages of being an incumbent then have you ray a professor at yale. he says according to his model. it should be as high as 66%. a scenario where trump won in 2016. mark zandi said he did 12 models and trump comes out on top in all 12 of them. jedediah: um-huh. brian: microanalytics formula. steve: james carville problem the economy, stupid. brian: real clear average around 42%. that does not show a lot. jedediah: someone is waiting

the rest of two members of the kingston clan come the kingston family high-ranking number demands basically. the board of directors of this big organization, whistleblowers refer to them as an organized crime family. >> the whistleblower areas tonight at 8:00 right here on kpix5. . >> costco says expect higher prices is stores thanks to the trade war between u.s. and china. costco says the new tariffs between the two countries are affecting goods like couture, bicycles and love age. the retailer says it's working to reduce cost by sourcing goods from other countries. >>> north face apologizing after admitting it had hacked wikipedia page is a famous outdoor destinations to promote its brand as part of a marketing campaign but it backfired when wikipedia caught wind of it. >>> if you have a consumer problem or question e-mail is consumer watch@kpix.com. or 888- 5-helps-u. . >> coming up at 5:00 a blind dog pulled from the sewer in sacramento. the alert neighbor who heard the cries and the challenging rescue operation, that story and much more coming up at 5:00. >>> that is going to do it for

michelle kingston has that story. >>lady right here wants to sit here and call the police on a barbecue >>it b jennifer shell t the woman known around the world as barbecue becky called the oakland police on a family barbecuing at lake merritt went off at 3 hours and 25 minutes and zz ca when the police get here, you know you got to see. you your days are numbered kenzie smith's wife took this cell phone video. >>they say barbecue becky a white woman told them they were trespassing, not welcome and told them they be going to jail for barbecuing something smith has done at the lake since he was a kid we were both looking each other. >>trying to figure out how we were going to get out of this situation no citations and no arrests were given that day. >>instead of community came together to support each other and sparked a nationwide discussion on bias crime reporting. smith is writing a book and now sits in the parks and recreation board for the city and one year later he's hosting an event at the lake to celebrate how

>>testimony in oakland, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>and kron four is following to go ship trial each and every day the court is in session you can track all the major developments in a special section that we have on our website kron four dot com. we've put there things like the emotional testimony in court including the moment that family has heard the 911 calls from their loved ones. it's all there at crawford dot com and on our kron four mobile app. rt have prepared to open a half-dozen new terminals to accommodate the growth that they're seeing in the airline industry. the airport has also added 6 new gates for southwest airlines, they'll open in less than a month on june 13th the project comes at a cost of about $58 million but they're actually considered to be temporary. airport is hoping it can work with the city of san jose together to design and build a permanent terminal that will eventually replace these temporary ones. a man accused of threatening to kill youtube employees in the bay area is now charged with making terrri

men who actually survived the fire he broke down in tears on the witness stand on force michelle kingston has more from the courtroom. each day during this trial. we learn more and more about the people the community that lived with in this warehouse and hear their painful stories about the night of the fire. >>this is jose out of those walking into court on thursday testifying about its time in the ghost ship warehouse, he'd lived there for 2 years and escape the night of the fire. >>the photo behind him in court is of his rv after the night that 36 people died in the warehouse, remembering the and walking in circles seen lost sight of for in broke down in court when he said he couldn't grab her. >>no one knows one thing she perished. >>unlike jennifer turner, another woman who lived in the warehouse apple, those described it as the safest place where he felt accepted in could self and create art. told the court she moved out after just 3 weeks feeling so unsafe. she slept in her car instead of the warehouse where she paid rent, she said some people including el mina frequently screamed

>>for that fire can force michelle kingston is live at the courthouse now with more on today's opening statements, michelle. >>today we heard from prosecutors and harris is attorney and learned a lot more about that deadly fire and the party that took place back in december 2016. >>go ship warehouse fire on 31th avenue in oakland back in 2016 today, prosecutors said derick almena and max harris or criminally responsible for the fire. they were both charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. they say the 4929 year old put the party goers at risk endangering them with the warehouses makeshift electrical system in florida ceiling flammable slyke are tapestries what and sculptures and pianos prosecutors say the warehouse had no city permits for residency or for concerts. and say the 2 men charged knowingly created a fire trap with inadequate means of escape defense attorneys allege the people most responsible for the fire though are the warehouse's owner son opened fire and police officers who knew about the dangers inside harris's attorney described his client as christ like and

but whenever they asked al mina he always said no in oakland, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>state committee has stripped $1 billion meant to protect homes against wildfires through home improvements that money was removed from a bill authored by north face some women jim what so last week governor knew some would not commit to spending that money, but he said that he would work with the legislature to find money for the bill. the proposal would have given 1 billion in financial help and rebates to people in high fire risk area specifically to make their homes more fire resistant. californians can already get up to $3,000 to retrofit their homes if they live in earthquake zones. before you're likely headed against th rail project. this latest development comes after the federal railroad that project. our capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains. >>crucial money for california's high speed rail project is now canceled the federal railroad administration notified project leaders thursday it's canceling million and wants billion back already spent on the project in a let

conference michelle kingston joins us live from the courthouse today. the shell out of the families react to the testimony. >>these are very frustrated. they want to hear the firefighters say that they could should have would have done something different in order to save lives. >>you see here walking out of court on thursday escape the fire at the ghost ship warehouse back in december 2016 he testified in the trial of derick almena and next harris, both charged with multiple counts of involuntary manslaughter that he saw no exit signs her no smoke alarms in was panicked suffocating as he exited the building arrest survived 36 other people did not. >>my future of this great side, the first priority is to shave life. you know putting out the fire fine that should be second priority. they did nothing they just let die. >>mean as attorney tony serra frustrated with the testimony of oakham battalion fire chief james barren on thursday who took control of the scene when he arrived at the ghost ship warehouse fire 2 and a half years ago unlike chief osteen wh

intentionally set the prosecutors continue to poke holes in that theory enforcement cal michelle kingston joins us live outside the courthouse. what's more michelle. >>atf investigator barbara maxwell was on the stand all morning yesterday and again all day today. she says she indication of arson the cause of this fire remains unoetermined. >>it's a question many people want answers too including attorneys and victims families sitting inside the courtroom day in and day out listening to testimony in the ghost ship warehouse trial. how did the fire start on thursday atf investigator barber maxwell returned to the stand. she says there's no indication of arson despite defense attorneys believe in this theory. she says no witnesses say they saw the fire start but she also says many witnesses didn't want to talk she thinks that may be because of their pain. maxwell says they found an area of origin but not exactly where how the fire started the fire that killed 36 people in december 2016 and electronic music party in a warehouse in oakland it was essentially disorganization and confidence. >>

and might be best for you now to stay late in order to miss that rush live in oakland, michelle kingston from 4 news. >>all right michelle and here's what we know about the victim in that fatal crash she worked for can team that's a vending company. the delivers food to offices schools and more the company did not release the employee's identity but did say that as an organization we are grieving today over the tragic accident that took the life of one of our associates we all share in this terrible loss and are supporting our close knit community of people our heartfelt condolences go out to the families and loved ones of all involved. happening now police in berkeley are searching for a suspect after a man was dragged 100 feet tethered to his laptop bag during a strong arm robbery police say that it happened at about 8 o'clock last night. our forcefully to call reports this violent encounter is part of an escalating trend. >>a busy walking and biking corridor in berkeley. >>i chose to live here because it feels really say. >>college avenue running through the elmwood neighborhood. >>a

>>in the east bay, michelle kingston kron 4 news.>still ahead on the kron four morning news, california lawmakers will vote this week on what the standard should be for when police used deadly force. we'll have the latest on the ongoing debate. the lawmakers are having. and here's a live look outside we've got the golden gate bridge for you this morning traffic, nice and light a lot of people head back to work today. so this certainly will pick up as the morning commute gets deeper and deeper into it. well the latest with >>welcome back to the ground for morning news. let's talk entertainment headlines. this morning. the subject of the latest movie about a music legend, one of the film to make him look good but not too good. david daniel has that more in today's hollywood minute. can you show for rocket man doesn't shy away from the sec's and drugs in elton john's past and that's the way he wanted it. >>john wrote in the guardian newspaper. everyone knows i had quite a lot of both during the 70's and 80's so there didn't seem to be m

we saw a lot of burned brick walls unrecognizable are these and debris live in oakland, michelle kingston kron 4 news shows a queue kron four is following the go ship trial each day court is in session. >>you can also track major developments in a special section of kron four dot com. there you'll find witness testimony about the night of the fire including witness who described the moments, he tried to save victims. you can also read the final text messages victim sent to loved ones. kron four dot com and on our crime for mobile app the san francisco police department says its search the home of a freelance reporter as part of an investigation into whether or not that reporter was part of a broader criminal conspiracy. >>that conspiracy involving the potential theft of a confidential report on the death of former san francisco public defender jeff adachi police say they raided the home and business of brian comedy on may the 10th as part of their investigation that raid has drawn criticism from a number of supporters of a free and independent press. today chief william scott said that he

live in castro valley michelle kingston kron 4 news. thank you michelle. >>to the south bay now where police have announced an arrest in a graffiti vandalism case that touched a nerve in the community kron four trump bible tells us a tip helped police track down a suspect in connection with the vandalism at the san jose veterans memorial. >>san jose's veterans memorial here on park avenue in downtown san jose was built with donations from the community in this case has touched a nerve after it was vandalized earlier this month, san jose police say they got a lot of tips on this and that one of those tips has led to an arrest. >>it's common when veterans assemble a diva place for those not return home. >>just really pleased to find out there has been an arrest in the case vietnam era veteran greg nichols recalled his reaction when he first saw how san jose's veterans orial had been vandalized earlier this month. well when i heard that it tagged and damaged i thought who would do such a thing you know >>it's you know these these monuments are made to make us

in oakland, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>thank you michelle, let's take a live look outside now as we check on the weather and a lot of big clouds that speaks to have something ahead our suspect it's right our chief meteorologist large cargo is here the 4 zone forecast has some rain in it for this has been some kind around the bay area unusual to see really the jet stream dipping so far the south and the storm door staying open this long, but that's what we're seeing right now you see the storm clouds just off the coastline, a very cold system that will be dropping in the bay area again 4 to 9 and yet we've got more showers on the way raindrops starting to fall now in far northern california see that order rica crescent city and that is all going to be pushing south as we take you through the night tonight so that rain will be picking up a certainly some showers going to continue on and off throughout the night tonight to of clouds kind of moving on by right now, but no rain just yet will take a while for to get here maybe

>>conference michelle kingston joins us live outside the courthouse in the show we understand that the attorney is blaming the captain. >>well attorney break says captain freeland was the highest ranking firefighter in oakland to have gone into that warehouse prior to the fire. he says that he was deceptive during questioning today in court. >>and it's frustrating to to be sitting in front of the one person who could have made the biggest difference in this whole scenario, defense attorney curtis briggs firing questions at oakland fire captain george freeland in court on tuesday freeland visited the ghost ship warehouse back in 2014 he was invited in by derick almena to take a look inside freeland said oh man i told him it was an artists collective in that no one lived there freeland was concerned with the amount of furniture in our work in the lack of fire extinguishers alarms and sprinklers he told the court he filed a request for change of occupancy to alert fire prevention about his concerns. >>but never got a response to his request. george freeman could have made a difference he

it's expected to last months live in oakland, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>thank you, michelle and there's another legal victory against monsanto, the maker of roundup weed killer todayn jury awarded $2 billion to a couple from livermore alibaba and all birder polaroid they claim the weed killer cause both of them to develop cancer, non-hodgkin's lymphoma the award includes billion each in punitive damages. also 55 million in compensatory losses. but a law professor at the university of california says a judge or an appellate court is very likely to significantly reduce the amount of the award. the case is the 3rd to result in a verdict against monsanto and its owner which is bare in a statement baer says it's disappointed with the decision and will appeal saying the company has sympathy for the couple, but it claims the evidence is clear both of had long histories of illnesses known to be substantial risk factors for non-hodgkin's lymphoma there's also arguing that there is no reliable scientific evidence to conclude that the herbicides in question or the

>i have a los will be back in court on monday when testimony continues live in oakland, michelle kingston kron 4 news. strikes the shower dubnation a little bit worried tonight after losing one of their biggest stars in a crucial point in the playoffs. yeah, this is a really big deal for the warriors conference jason duma's now as to how long can and iran durrant might be out in. >>of course the impact can have on the team not having him play whenever you have and the pay lead leave the lineup is a big one and now that oracle everybody ideal the warriors will now have to play best player. the team has ruled kevin duran out with a right calf strain he will be reevaluated after game 6 in game 7. the rant strained a calf after hitting a jump shot late in the 3rd quarter. it was on a non-contact injury after coming down from a jump shot, everyone feared the worst because non-contact injuries tend to be the worst kind you can get so the fact that it's only a strain with the best possible outcome in this situation and dubnation should all be taking a collective sigh of relief. it's also a good

in oakland, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>car for a com is your source 1 for coverage of the ghost ship fire trial there you can find emotional testimony from the victims families. the key arguments lawyers are making in the case and the eyewitness accounts from the night of the fire tone kron four dot com. >>a wild scene in napa police have arrested several women after they allegedly stole thousands of dollars worth of perfume from a beauty store. the theft occurred all to ulta beauty store and police say nearly $4,000 worth of perfume was stolen you see some of it in those bags after the crime that the police officer spotted the suspect's car as it was leaving the scene on highway 29. american kenyan police tried to pull over the car but the driver didn't stop and there was a chase during a police say the suspects tried to hop railroad tracks in american canyon. but that did not work out all the women in the car were eventually arrested. >>san jose's mayor says the city needs more help to keep up with the amount of trash

warrington wolves are a step closer to a return to wembley after a 28—22 victory over hull kingston rovers cup. last year's beaten finalists are now just a game away from their third final in four years. frankie dettori and ana purna won the oaks at epsom this afternoon at odds of 8—1, just beating pink dogswood, with fleeting in third. it was dettori's fifth oaks win, coming 25 years after his first. and colombian estaban chaves left the breakaway reeling on the final climb to claim victory on stage 19 of the giro d'italia. richard carapaz continues to lead by nearly two minutes ahead of the final mountain stage tomorrow. and finally, there's been a lot of compliments for the managers who've got liverpool and tottenham to the champions league final in madrid. but few will match this from a reporter to mauricio pochettino. i see you have lost weight. is it true that you have lost weight? i don't know. i see you thinner. is it true? no? ok. don't know. i see you thinner. is it true? no? 0k. it is the same, i am the same. whether or not he is any fitter, he is certainly raring to go like eve

to speak with you jeff kingston there in tech and thanks for being with. thank you. of the head of sudan's military council has held talks with the crown prince of the united arab emirates as protests continue back in khartoum of the fact that han a visit abu dhabi where mohamed bin zayed offered his support the trip comes after a meeting with egypt's president on saturday a move that angered protesters in sudan who are worried about foreign interference in the country's transition to civilian rule. zimbabwe's opposition leader has promised to ramp up the pressure on the government to save the country's economy on sunday nelson chamisa was chosen to lead the movement for democratic change replacing its founder morgan chang guy who died last year i don't know tasa has more from where. after months of infighting over who is main opposition party nelson chamisa is the elected president of the movement for democratic change he ran unopposed after some who wanted the top job left the party or dropped out of the race and we have shown the way out we have shown zimbabwe wit

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earlier, there was was an important victory for hull kingston rovers. of the table, level at 20 points all. ryan shaw scored a late penalty to seal the win. the day's final game at anfield is currently ongoing — leaders st helens taking on castleford. the score is currently st helens 36, castleford 1a. there's live commentary of the match on radio 5live sports extra and via the bbc sport website. england's bronte law is still in the running for her first career lpga title. she shares the lead at the pure silk championship in virginia with japan's nasa hataoka heading into today's final round. at one point, it looked like she'd be returning to the clubhouse a shot behind, but managed to birdie the 18th — her sixth in a round that also included two bogeys. 20 years on from that famous treble—winning season, manchester united have beaten bayern munich again today. the likes of david beckham, paul scholes and peter schmeichel were all on show while sir alex ferguson took charge of the team to commemorate theirfamous win in barcelona. united won 5—0, and you

also through to the quarterfinals are cataland dragons, after they thrashed doncaster, and hull kingstonthe fourth edition of the event, which takes place every world championship year. and it was a great start for team gb. the women's 4 x 400 team qualified for the final, bagging the second qualifying spot, after poland caught emily diamond in the last few metres. the men's 4 x 400 team also qualified, after finishing third in their heat. but team gb didn't qualify for the mixed 4 x 400 final, after their heat was dominated by canada, germany and kenya. the mixed four by four is a new event, and it will be included in the 2020 olympics in tokyo. gb men, however, did make it through, beating both brazil and jamaica to win their heat. and they crossed the line in a world—lead of 38.11 the reigning world champions last medalled at the world relays back in 2014, when they won bronze. britain's women failed to qualify, and will now have to rely on world rankings if they are to qualify for the world championships in

he is this -- ron kingston.ined me for a one-on-one conversation. >> we are in the midst of one of the longest recoveries and will probably be the longest recovery in u.s. history. clearly we are later in the cycle. the offering is very strong. we have strong gdp growth, low unemployment, low interest rates, and supply in most of the real estate sectors. carol: you see that continuing? >> i see that continuing. that's a favorable backdrop for investing in real estate. carol: you closed a really big funds this year and am just curious, what's your next big target acquisition when it comes to real estate. a $15 billion fund with a global mandate, so we can invest around the world. only half of that fondled the invest it in the u.s. the other half will be really around the world. 30 countries overall, right? >> 30 countries, that's right. carol: are there some countries where you see an opportunity? >> we do like the u.s. very high quality portfolio of assets. the northeast, and in california. it's going to benefit

kron force michelle kingston has our story. >>it's not the right approach for this neighborhood in this residential area. a block away from the school dozens of neighbors met up today to talk about their concerns with one of the proposed locations for navigation center in fremont. >>and the people who are going to be here. we don't know what is the man to if they're drug addicts the city of fremont is attempting to address the issue of homelessness exploring the idea of building a navigation center. >>one of the proposed locations for the project is on niles boulevard on property owned by niles discovery church and if we thought that to the members of e a danger our church. >>than we wouldn't do there's always the possibility of somebody doing something that's harmful at any time. >>the city says about 45 people would stay for about 6 months at a time at the center and access to resources around the clock. the goal to move from the center and into permanent housing and while most neighbors support the idea they do not support t

emotional in court today, the judge calling for a break during his testimony crawford's michelle kingston was in the courtroom and has details for us tonight. >>each day during this trial. we learn more and more about the people the community that lived with in this warehouse and hear their painful stories about the night of the fire. >>this is jose out of those walking into court on thursday testifying about its time in the ghost ship warehouse, he'd lived there for 2 years and escape the night of the fire remembering the crackling of would he tells the court he crashed into a young girl who didn't live in the warehouse. >>he remembers her blond hair and big eyes. he asked her to follow him out she was scared and walking in circles, he lost sight of her and broke down in court when he said he couldn't grab her. >>no one knows one thing she perished. >>unlike jennifer turner, another woman who lived in the warehouse apple, those described it as the safest place where he felt accepted in could self and create art. told the court she moved out after just 3 weeks-feeling so unsafe. she slept

ground force michaud kingston is live outside the cash valley library where the event took place this evening, michelle. >>a lot of people came out tonight to remember and jenny lin but the memorial service music and now a walk into downtown in her honor. friends and family coming together to remember jenny lit a young talented musician and straight a student. >>lindh was stabbed to death in her home just 2 days after her 14th birthday back in 1994 very loving caring person. >>she. she always watching music. >>now the community gathers to remember her to hopefully so for case 25 years later, it's very frustrating the way it's been going. >>so is michael than 9,000 days unused don't have any any anyone we handed music and speeches were made in the house from allie live around. >>in later people will walk downtown with balloons to raise awareness about lynn's death. the jenny lin foundation was created in her memory offering music scholarships in free music programs every summer foundation itself has has worked really hard to. >>3 messages. not only that the case is still open. but we n

>>it was filed in 1951 in oakland michelle kingston kron 4 news. a live look now on this monday evening looking out over the san francisco bay area at hazy was still beautiful out there. >>yeah and you know me i love that it's still kind of like after 8 more rain coming. we know it's late in the season. it's very late. but here comes the rain again we're going to see more showers rolling in the bay area again for tonight this was not a real strong storm system but certainly going to bring a couple raindrops and. >>well, maybe some thunderstorms too so some very on settle seasonably. late season as we've got the jeffrey really dipping all the way to the south that's allowing more rain and the storm just to kind of line up with nothing to stop it. so they just keep rolling on in and here we are some showers and look at that worst looking at more snow across the shasta area even some thunderstorms have been popping up but near reading as well that's that instability in the atmosphere with the system so that is all going to be sliding down a further so

actually started crum forster show kingston has more from the courthouse. >>you saw today the beginning the end. >>defense attorneys questioning former oakland fire investigator maria sabatini a woman they believe it civilly responsible for the ghost ship warehouse fire that killed 36 people back in decemb 2016 they say they have evidence that proves she had been inside the warehouse years before the fire be either from a shunt evidence and will present to the jury that she's been in the white house that she's lying about that. >>and i saw her when she testified she was asked that she took big giant gold and then said no 17 investigated the deadly warehouse fire on tuesday. we learned 7 victims were located on the second floor and 29 were found on the first floor, many of them fell when the second floor collapsed on tuesday said that he told the court she found no signs of arson while investigating the fire however defense attorneys to suggest the fire was started by arsonists. >>say that during preliminary hearing 17 he said she could not say it was an ars

our first michelle kingston has more now from the courthouse. >>some of the 36 go ship warehouse fire victims family members are sitting in on the trial land on wednesday. it was clear there becoming closer as they hugged one another and cried when 8 of the 36 victims faces were posted on a screen in the courtroom in a forensic pathologist explained how each of them died from smoke inhalation but she explained is a very stressful way to pass for the second day in a row former assistant fire marshal for the city of oakland testify cesar avalon admitted on wednesday during cross examination that he was unable to find any inspection documentation after the fire. he also said the person responsible for making any changes to a building is also responsible for making the proper updates to meet fire code. defense attorney tony serra is trying to redirect that blame at the oakland fire department saying despite inspections they never issue citations feel my interest to a person you what is required in what's not required. >>the last witness to take the

on in tears on the witness stand we've crop force michelle kennedy commercial kingston with more fromourtroom. >>each day during this trial. we learn more and more about the people the community that lived with in this warehouse and hear their painful stories about the night of this is jose out of those walking into court on thursday testifying about its time in the ghost ship warehouse, he'd lived there for 2 years and escape the night of the fire. >>the photo behind him in court is of his rv after the night that 36 people died in the warehouse, remembering the crackling avoid he tells the court he crashed into a young girl who didn't live in the warehouse on his way out he remembers her blond hair and big eyes. he asked her to follow him out. she was scared and walking in circles seen lost sight of for in broke down in court when he said he couldn't grab her. >>no one knows one thing she perished. >>unlike jennifer turner, another woman who lived in the warehouse apple, those described it as the safest place where he felt accepted in could self and create art. told the court she mov

michelle kingston shows us how. >>lady right here wants to sit here and call the on >>a barbecue >>well it's been one year since jennifer shell t the woman known around the world as barbecue becky called the oakland police on a family barbecuing at lake merritt went off at 3 hours and 25 minutes and cheesy caps a lie. >>little things to us like a. when the police get a year you know you got to see. you your days are numbered kenzie smith's wife took this cell phone video. >>they say barbecue becky a white woman told them they were trespassing, not welcome and told them they be going to jail for barbecuing something smith has done at the lake since he was a kid we were both looking each other. >>trying to figure out how we were going to get out of this situation no citations and no arrests were given that day. >>instead of community came together to support each other and sparked a nationwide discussion on bias crime reporting. smith is writing a book and now sits in the parks and recreation board for the city and on

>>in the east bay, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>in an east bay suburb of pet store is offering a $2500 reward for the safe return of a puppy owners of pet food express in lafayette say a woman stole the chihuahua mix sometime between 3, 4, on saturday afternoon. surveillance video from the store shows the woman police say she just walked out with the dog. the woman is described as about 20 years old with a tattoo on her right and and a nose ring she was wearing ahead in the surveillance video the puppy's name is iris and his 4 to 5 months old. at least 12 people have been killed and severe storms across 3 states and after days of devastation, there seems to be no break millions of people are still in the path. >>a violent storms are expected in the midwest this week. meredith wood has the latest. >>a massive f one twister caught on camera tearing through charles city, iowa, damaging 11 structures. just one of dozens reported across several states over the holiday weekend in a relentless and deadly tornado outbreak that is showing

harris and all men are charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter for crown force michelle kingston reports from the courthouse. >>36 people died during the go ship warehouse fire on 31th avenue in oakland back in 2016 today, prosecutors said derick almena and max terrorists or criminally responsible for the fire. they were both charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter el nino is charged with illegally converting the industrial zone building into an unlicensed entertainment venue an artist live workspace while harris collected renton scheduled concerts they say the 4929 year old put the party goers at risk endangering them with the warehouses makeshift electrical system in florida ceiling flammable ys like are these tapestries wooden sculptures and pianos they said they gave victims no notice no time and no way to exit to survive. prosecutors say the warehouse said no city permits for residency or for concerts and say the 2 men charged in knowingly created a fire trap with inadequate means of escape defense attorneys allege the people most responsible for the fire though a

brian kingston joined me for a one-on-one conversation.rian: we are in the midst of one of the longest recoveries and will probably be the longest recovery in u.s. history in a couple of months. clearly, we are later in the cycle. the environment is very strong. we have strong gdp growth, low unemployment, low interest rates, and supply in most of the major real estate sectors. it is at historic lows relative to long-term trend. carol: you see that continuing? brian: i see that continuing. that's a favorable backdrop for investing in real estate. carol: you closed a really big fund this year. i am curious, what is your next big target acquisition when it comes to real estate? brian: our fund is a $15 billion fund with a global mandate, so we can invest around the world. probably about half of that is going to be invested in the u.s. the other half will be really around the world. we are in your outcome of you can, australia, asia. carol: 30 countries overall, right? brian: 30 countries, that is right. carol: is there anywhere in particular

>>testimony in oakland, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>this really is becoming an alarming trend more than a dozen times so far this year a dead whale has washed ashore along bay area beaches. the most recent one you see this is it was discovered s today the latest whale was found along the point reyes national seashore limit or beach. >>for sistine wall and has a closer look. >>waves crashed down on the dead whale that washed ashore on lehman each. it sat right at the water's edge about a half a mile to the left of the main parking lot people stopped to take pictures fascinated by seeing the creature up close. >>it's really the it looks like it's like super fresh to and the lake maybe just washed up this morning or something they are really never seen anything like >>people first spotted the dead will thursday typically they have a terrible smell. this one does not just yet. >>is the 14th gray whale to wash ashore on bay area beaches since march. a number the national park service is concerned about. >>alarming it's a lot of wills to w

well ford michelle kingston has more from the courthouse.a question many people want answers too including attorneys and victims families sitting inside the courtroom day in and day out listening to testimony in the ghost ship warehouse trial. how did the fire start on thursday atf investigator barbara maxwell return to the stand for her second day of testimony. she says there's no indication of arson despite defense attorneys believe in this theory. she says no witnesses say they saw the fire start but she also says many witnesses didn't want to talk she thinks that may be because of their pain. maxwell says they found an area of origin but not exactly where how the fire started the fire that killed 36 people in december 2016 and electronic music party in a warehouse in oakland it was essentially disorganization and confidence. >>the lead to a the inconclusive result of the cause and origin report curtis briggs who represents max harris, one of the 2 men charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter asked maxwell a lot of questions abo

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harris and all men are charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter for crown force michelle kingstone courthouse. >>36 people died during the

are devastating to us in oakland, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>time for a check on weather, let's take a live look outside a look at that fall called over going to be talking about more info go pretty soon than to acknowledge storms colonels here to give us to grim news, i you know usually don't see storms coming through this strong at this time of year this was going to be really potent. i think as we get into tomorrow, you see the rain are to begin to pick up and then. >>throughout the day we're talking about some heavy rain little that we've got a little atmospheric river again headed toward the bay area that's gold pineapple express so it's latching onto a lot of some tropical moisture and being pumped back up into the bay area you see that big mass of white clouds this is an organized overnight. in fact a lo i believe is about right here this begin to develop on the backside that will organize all these bands of rain that are going to come on shore and intensify them and i think specials we get the afternoon tomorrow that comes ration on s

that all laughed at her when she suggested making improvements to the building conference michelle kingston has more for us now from the courthouse in oakland. >>carmen brito who escaped the warehouse fire in december 20 16 was back on the stand on tuesday she told the court she felt safe in the building because of how close the fire station was to the go ship because police drove by every day, another friendly prosecution witness, according to defense attorney tyler smith, the witness that called for the prosecution turns out to be a witness for for you for your client that's exactly what carmen was kelly bouchard also testified on tuesday she talked about her son nico. >>who lived in the ghost ship warehouse prior to the fire that killed 36 people bouchard told the court she thought the go ship needed a lot of work. >>she told master tenant derick almena what she thought needed to be done in she says he laughed at her and said he wanted to do things his own way i think that the looking back she reveals that way about it and that seems to be her memory but she certainly wanted. >>to meet w

in oakland, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>an employee with the san bruno fire department has been arrested for allegedly propositioning a 16 year-old boy for aceh's act, san bruno police arrested 68 year-old gary carson after getting a report. the fire department secretary had inappropriately contacted the victim. they say it happened at peninsula high school on may 10th carson is on administrative leave in was booked into the san mateo county jail. he's facing felony charges, including communicating with a minor with the intent to commit a felony. police say carson was not working when he allegedly passed a note to the 16 year-old boy. this san jose man is charged with the murder of his own baby police arrested kevin, cold and damp yesterday and booked him into santa clara county jail. the investigation began last september when san jose police responded to a call that a one month old baby boy was not breathing. the baby died at a hospital, a follow-up investigation revealed the baby suffered blunt force trauma. >>the cali

>>if you'd like to donate all of that information is on our web site in oakland, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>8.33 another big story, a woman hired as a nanny in the bay area has been arrested for stealing from her clients emeryville police say that darlene monticalvo used to the name of of her pet, a professional nanny, who had been vetted by the state and then surveillance video from a home in san francisco tracked her down in the family says that they gave her a different name. they gave a different name to be higher. police say that she targeting young affluent families and that she had a criminal history that goes back 40 years, she's been arrested for fraud narcotics possession of stolen d for in t of armed robbers are targeting students walking near the u c berkeley campus. 2 separate groups of students walking near campus were robbed within 90 minutes of each other yesterday morning. the robbers took their back acts and cell phones. and both of these robberies happened in the same area, the 2700 block of channing wave of police don't think that the same group of robbers is r

>>criminal negligence in oakland, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>police are still looking for a man who escaped custody at the fremont hall of justice deputies say 30 year-old trans and daryl bernard does not have a long criminal history. he is on probation stemming from a domestic violence case is also in custody for an alleged strong arm robbery he committed over the weekend in union city. but he appears of compounded his problems by successfully escaping from custody. he jumped a 6 foot wall to get out alluding a deputy that was in there with him all of that happening within seconds. >>deputies tried to get to him they struggled with out into the hallway into a st irwell in the stairwell are fell down the stairs. a lost his grip of mister bernard mister arar was able to break free and run out the front of the courthouse. >>the says it believes bernard is hiding somewhere between hayward and fremont snout or 4 zone forecast as we step outside and show you a wet embarcadero in the city. >>our chief meteorologist lars karnow is here and says is p

a trip to lake of the pines in nevada county and it was caught on camera and as conference misha kingston shows us they were even able to bring the fun back to its mom. >>i said as soon as they jumped in the water i could tell that it was you know, i was wanted help. >>heading out on their boat for right the lake of the pines this weekend, the greatest family stopped and turned around after hearing a cry for help from a small treading water. the van was the family was determined to bring it to safety so we as we pulled up, i i wasn't expecting it to. >>jump and actually swim out towards me stars are taking back a little bit. >>and when it got close i was actually afraid that it was illegal under the current teams are going to the water jesse past the fund to his sister who was able to bring the fun to its mother was waiting patiently on the shoreline and the mother was on the other side of the bush where i was so i was very united want her to attack because they had her baby and then i was able to pick up on shore it actually can walk it first so have to keep pushing it so that i want to

>>by calling police are planning a community event this covers michelle kingston explains the goal is to show how they've taken a terrible situation and turned it. it all positive want. >>this is barbecue becky. >>this this this lady right here wants to sit here and call the police on >>a barbecue >>one year ago the white woman called the oakland police on 2 black men barbecuing at lake merritt went off at 3 hours and 25 minutes and cheesy caps a lie, little things to us like a. >>when the police get a year you know you got to see. you your days are numbered kenzie smith's wife took this cell phone video. >>they say barbecue becky told them they were trespassing not welcome in told them they be going to jail for barbecuing. >>something smith is done the lake since he was a kid we were both looking each other. >>trying to figure out how we were going to get out of this situation and no citations and no arrests were given that day. >>instead of community came together to support each other and sparked a nationwide discussion on bias crime reporting. smith is writing a book and now sits

and oakland michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>assemblyman walking around is back at the capitol today for the first time since march the lawmaker from fresno recently was acquitted of misdemeanor child abuse with his name back on the border, rumble a cast votes in listen to colleagues pitching legislation today. the assemblyman says he plans to come up with legislation as a result of his recent experience an arrest and trial on misdemeanor child abuse charges only to be exonerated in a jury trial. >>now i have an opportunity to provide a voice often times people don't feel that opportunity but those of us who are in government and have a chance to make sure that our laws are reflective and now all of our communities that's our responsibility as well. >>moving forward horribilis says expanding health care access is one of his priorities. 2 of his education related bills will also be heard on the floor this week around blaze set to address his colleagues on the assembly floor for the very first time tomorrow. and you may need to