kron 4's dan kerman has the details. if you ever wondered how careful some delivery drivers are with your amazon packages, take a look at this this home security video shows a driver literally dropping this package on the ground inside this jbl speaker.sot i was livid, ihave not shopped from amazon sinceeven worse says danville resident ricky helton is where the package was left not at the door, in fact no where near the door, but steps from the streetsot ricky helton/danville resident 27-34 this is obviously why so many people are driving around town taking people's packages because they make it so easy for themother danville residents with the same problem are posting to social media and sending photos of amazon packages seemingly dumped at the end of the driveway or nestled on top of a garbage can sot jennifer gidwani /danville resident 45-53one of my neighbors posted on next door she saw the driver pull up and toss the package out the window and keep driving and when she said something he gave her the finger and ran

kron 4's dan kerman explains. the number of people coming down with the flu is on the rise, and doctors warn the numbers are similar to last yearááásot randy m.d./kaiser permanente flu vaccine last year was one of our worst flue seasons for about a decade, we had more confirmed than 2006 and we're those same number this past week.kaiser permanente infectious disease specialist dr. randy bergen matters worse doesn't seem to be as effective as it past years. the same thing happened during the southern hemisphere's flu season and were devastating.sot government reported 2 and a half times more confirmed cases of influenza than they normally do. might see that not.say the flu season could march or april, better with the vaccine it.you do get variety of strains and even though strains circulating, there may be other strains going through the communities later on and partial protection protection .while it's little help for this year, doctors say underway to look develop a flu more effective. at kaiser in kerman kron 4

stone kron 4 news.nt) new tonight at nine...hundreds of pimps and johns arrested throughout california over the last few days for their part in human trafficking... while the prostitutes themselves offered services to change their lives. it's all part of the 4th annual operation reclaim and rebuild... kron 4's dan kerman spoke with one bay area law enforcement agency that took part.(pkg) these are just some of the 500 people arrested during a 3 day human trafficking sweep which ran from thursday to saturday across the state of california sot sgt. scott eberle/san rafael police 09-19this was operation reclaim and rebuild, a human trafficking operation which was aimed at identifying and rescuing the victims of human trafficking, identifying and arresting their traffickers and pimpsthe san rafael police department was one of the 80 law enforcement agencies that took part in the operation.sotwe post an ad, we pick a hotel or apartment or street corner, we engage in conversation with the john about a sex act

kron 4 in marin gabe slate kron 4 news newsnewsslate kron 4 in marin gabe "get the shot " in marin gabe slate kron 4 news (pam) we are tracking this deadly flu season at kron-4 dot com. there you can read more advice from health experts about staying flu free. and find our ultimate survival guide for the flu. all at kron-4 dot com (pam) tonight: a big break in a homicide case. san francisco police are asking for help locating a man who they say, murdered a person in the tenderloin. (steve) grant lodes has been closely tracking this case and is here with the new information. (grant) police say the murderer who shot this person...anthony torress...who went by the name bubbles.... is a man who lives in san francisco.. investigators say hieu trung nguyen shot and killed the transgender victim around 3-am one morning in early september...near larkin and myrtle streets. tonight an arrest warrant has been issued for nguyen...bail has already been set at 15- million. the suspect is about 6-feet tall, 190 pounds. police consider him armed and dangerous. bubbles was well known in the san francisc

kron 4's will tran joins us live.will... ( will ) the otter was found at the shadelands business park in walnut creek. these are x-rays of the otter after he was taken to the lindsey wildlife experience. staff at the wildlife experience say it looks like the otter was shot several times with a b-b gun. when it was found... the otter had missing and broken teeth and was blind in one eye. experts say that the otter would not be able to hunt in the wild and they determined that the humane thing to do was to euthanize the animal. ( darya ) thanks will. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( darya ) a big story we are following this morning... a man is arrested after expres

with kron 4's lydia pantazes.ot of details but they say that it is a critical incident. i will continue to gather details and bring you updates in a live report.

kron 4's ali reid has the details.hout water since friday dishes piling up and there's no water for laundryneighbors tell me each household was given a gallon of water. but families at rancho verde mobile home park have had to make additional trips to the supermarket. unfortunately for colletta decosta's childreni can't walk for safety reasons and they're using the toilet so right now it's just piling up in theresome have gotten creative . using water from the fountains in their front yards.we've been able to pull gallons of water out of it to pour into the back of our toilets to flush it. you can't cook, you can't wash dishes. it's been a real inconvenience and there hasn't been any accomodations made in the park as far as porter potties. in addition, many haven't showered in days. parents are worried about their children's hygiene monday morning.they're gonna go to school a little stinky, but they'll goit's gonna get really critical in a couple days for a lot of peoplethe park has pretty old plumbig infrastructure, s

kron 4's justine waldman has more. the flu is unpredictable dr. louise mcnitt of contra costa county health services tells methe 4 people who died from the flu in the county between october and jaunary 4th, were between 50 and 64 years of old, and had underlining health conditions. though, many people are feeling that stuffy, sweaty, over-all sick feeling this years flu viruis is a nasty one.sot we have certainly seen in the last few days a rapid increase in the number of people who are sicknats washing hands..health officials want people to protect themselves from getting ill.by washing hands. throwing away used tissues.nat coughsand cough in your arm, just like 13 year old natalie hiatt from lafayette.she says her friends got sick.natalie hiatt / layafette 13 years old sot they all had fevers and their stomachs did not feel very goodjim bishop from concord does not want to catch the flu.sot i took a flu shot and i wash my hands as often as possiblesdr. mcnitt says it is too soon to tell just how bad this years flu se

in oakland, terisa estacio kron four news (robin) coming up next on the kron 4 morning news ...avy rain throughout california ... has led to flooding in some areas ... we'll tell you what areas were affected. (robin) and here's a live look outside... at the embarcadero. )heavy rain throughout california have left roadways a flooded mess.sonseeahray tonsall reports. natscar after car... hitting too-fast-for-conditions speeds on slick roads tuesday.nats something that wasn't even an option in many spots around sacramento just 24 hours before as pooling water plugged plans for drivers to get anywhere fast.jonathan murry was one of the lucky ones.his neighborhood borders interstate 5 between sutterville and seamas avenue. and though the wooded landscape means there's huge potential for clogged drains... jonathan murry/sacramento:"no i didn't get stuck in any of that. pretty much, we got somebody who comes around and clears that drains for us all the time."natswith parts of surrounding roadways recently looking more like row ways... some behind the wheel. sonseeahray tonsall/reportin

(vicki) that wraps up kron 4 news at 8.(steve) grant lodes is here with kron 4 news at 9.))that's right steve and vicki...next at nine...we all know car breakins are a big problem in san francisco. but new numbers show of the past 80-thousand incidents..police have made just a handful of arrest.we talk to sfpd about why those numbers are so low..and what's being done to crackdown on the crime.that's next in a live report.and new at nine... michigan state university students...putting the pressue on campus officials in the wake of the larry nassar sex abuse case.the fallout..that could scar the university for years.((grant))plus.. the weekend is here and it is expected to be a nice one. chief meteorologist lawrence karnow has your four zone forecast.keep it here...kron 4 (grant) our top story tonight... san francisco is facing an epidemic of car break-ins . but it's not only a frustrating problem for drivers and tourists in the area.... the san francisco district atto

kron 4's j.r. stone has more. 47 year old andres tobar was arrested tuesday on a felony child endangerment/abuse charge. but rather than shame this teacherparents are coming to his defense.sot he's always kinda making sure that everybody in this marshall community ishe's kinda the glue. yeah it's shockingtobar is a veteran teacher at marshall elementary in the mission district of san francisco. the school district says that back in december tobar was seen cradling a student and holding that student over the balcony on the second floor of the school. there was a language barrier between many parents we talked with who gave permission for us to speak with there kids about what happened.sot he got a kid but he said he was gonna drop him off but he was faking around. so he said he would drop him off the balcony but he was just joking. yeah he was just playing around.i asked one parent how he would feel if his child was involved in a case like this.sot i would have wanted to understand the facts and cir

in san jose stanley roberts kron 4 news (robin) coming up on the kron four morning news...te doctor warnings... an internet challenge is sticking around. see how some stores are taking action to protect kids.. and keep their product on the shelves. (robin) live look outside... at the san francisco international airport. (robin) welcome back. checking in on your morning forecast. rebecca:continued dry weather along with warmer than normal temperatures can be expected through all of next week. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. ( robin ) two people are injured after two are injured two people no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. ( robin ) two people are injured after two seperate shootings in san francisco's mission district. both shootings happened sunday. police say the f

kron 4 news. kron 4 news. (steve)developing tonight...e crews are racing to find people who vanished... after a massive mudslide hit southern california. digging through knee- deep mud with cadaver dogs... crews are still looking for at least five people. and today the death toll climbed to 18. highway 101 in santa barbara county ... is currently covered with debris following mudslides...it will remain closed until further notice. (steve) we are now learning ... the fire that helped cause the deadly mudslides in southern california ... has áfinallyá been fully contained. the u.s. forest service made the announcement today, after surveying the 440-square mile area of devastation.... caused by the "thomas fire". the fire broke out on december 4th in ventura county -- spreading to santa barbara county... destroying thousands of structures on its way to becoming the largest wildfire in california history. (pam) after nearly 25 years.... a long cold northern california murder case... may have been solved... a redding man has confessed -- in an

live in the newsroom justine waldman kron 4 news. (pam) this just in to the kron-4's newsroom. the winning numbers are in for tonight's massive powerball jackpot. it stands at 460-million dollars. get your tickets out here are the numbers. they are two.. eighteen... thirty- seven..... thirty nine... forty two.. and the powerball number is twelve. the cash prize for the jackpot comes out to around 291- million dollars. (steve) you have another chance to strike it rich. no one matched all six numbers in tuesday night's mega millions drawing. that means the jackpot has gone up: from 361 million to an estimated 418 million dollars. the next mega millions drawing is friday night. coming up at eight.. what california lawmakers are trying to do... to give taxpayers a break after the new tax law took away a major deduction. plus. dismal results for the first snow survey of the year what officials are saying about concerns the drought is back. and next. marijuana sales soaring in the bay area in just three days --- one south bay business says, sales are up 4-hundred percent. (steve) it

kron 4's dan kerman explains.ple coming down with the flu is on the rise, and doctors warn the numbers are similar to last yearááásot randy bergen, m.d./kaiser permanente flu vaccine program 07-18last year was one of our worst flue seasons for about a decade, we had more cases of influenza confirmed than we had since 2006 and we're approaching those same number this past week.kaiser permanente infectious disease specialist dr. randy bergen says to make matters worse the flu vaccine doesn't seem to be as effective as it has been in past years. the same thing happened during the southern hemisphere's flu season and the results were devastating. sot the australian government reported 2 and a half times more confirmed cases of influenza than they normally do. do you think we might see that here? i sure hope not. still doctors say the flu season could last until march or april, so you are better with the vaccine than without it.sotyou do get protection from a variety of strains and even though there are some strains ci

kron 4 sent out an alert just before 2 this morning.( darya ) kron 4's lydia pantazes is live in sanith the latest. lydia. ( lydia ) breaking news we are following this morning... a tsunami watch has been issued for the entire west coast of the untied states. this after a 7-point-9 magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of alaska. this map shows where the earthquake hit... that; what the little icon is. the red on the map shows the area under a tsunami warning... that is in alaska and parts of canada. the yellow is the part of the country that is under a tsunami watch... which is just a precaution. ( james ) thanks lydia. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( james ) even though the tsunami watch has been canceled for us... the office of emerency management is encouraging people to be prepared for any natural disaster.(darya) will tran is live at their office in san francisco. will... thanks will. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( darya )( james ) lets get a check of weather and traffic... rebecca:dry and seasonably cool weather is forecast for t

in richmond, kron 4.also had some challenges with water supply challenges in the area and hydrants. that required extremely long supply lines to come in to feed the engines trying to fight the fire"> ( james ) thanks camila. we will with you the morning. ( darya ) a san francisco teacher is accused of child endangerment... after he was seen dangling a student over a balcony at an elementary school. andres tobar is a kindergarten teacher at marshall elementary in the mission district. he was arrested tuesday on a felony child endangerment charge. the school district says that back in december... tobar was seen holding a student over the balcony on the second floor of the school. students say their teacher is a good man... and they want him back. ( darya ) tobar has been placed on administrative leave. ( james ) for the ninth

4 news. kron 4 news.charles clifford kron 4 news.m) a berkeley woman died today in a collision involving a city vehicle. a berkeley employee was driving a car.... and reportedly hit a woman who was crossing the street in a crosswalk. the incident occurred in the afternoon... at channing way and fulton street, near the u-c berkeley campus. someone reported it to california highway patrol just after one this afternoon.. neither drugs nor alcohol played a role in the accident. the driver is cooperating with investigators. (grant) the morning fog .... played a major role in a fatal accident involving an east bay woman. the victim was 82-year-old liang you-jon (youjian). the accident happened at 7 a- m at a bus stop in san leandro near fairmont drive and east 14th street. police say the elderly woman was waiting at the bus stop and stepped onto the road for an unknown reason....she was then struck by a car. police added that the incident was not..a hit and run. "it was very foggy, definitely a factor in this collision. it appears she may

4 news. news.clifford kron 4 news.ve) (steve) chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us now..(pam) lawrence what lawrence karnow: we enoyed a lot of sunshine and warmer weather today with some highs in the low 70s. it will be a nice mild evening and more spring like weather is ahead. if you're going out tonight you'll need a light jacket or coat. temperatures will begin mild but cool off rapidly. you can see some rain on doppler radar but it is well to the north. high pressure can be seen on the satellite image. it's a rather flat ridge allowing a few clouds to move over from time to time but we'll stay dry. as we head toward the later part of the week the ridge will strengthen to bring more sunshine and temperatures well above normal. for tomorrow we will see sunshine and a few clouds with mild temperatures in the 60s. we can expect a similar day on thursday. by friday offshore winds begin to clear our skies and bring unusually warm weather all the way to the coast. warm and dry weather will continue into the weeke

kron 4 sent out an alert just before 2 this morning.( darya ) kron 4's lydia pantazes is live in sanncisco this morning with the latest. lydia. ( lydia ) breaking news we are following this morning... a tsunami watch has been issued for the entire west coast of the untied states. this after a 7-point-9 magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of alaska. this map shows where the earthquake hit... that; what the little icon is. the red on the map shows the area under a tsunami warning... that is in alaska and parts of canada. the yellow is the part of the country that is under a tsunami watch... which is just a precaution. ( james ) thanks lydia. we will with you through out the morning. ( james ) even though the tsunami watch has been canceled for us... the office of emerency management is encouraging people to be prepared for any natural disaster.(darya) will tran is live at their office in san francisco. will... thanks will. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( james ) breaking national news. there has been a shooting at a kentucky high school. police say one person

kron 4's j-r stone has the latest. this is archive video showing ice agents involved in an immigration sweep. right now there are fears that this will be the scene at neighborhoods across the bay area. a report out says that ice agents are preparing. sot california is being targeted because it is trying to protect all of it's community members.federal agents recently raided seven eleven stores across the country. 21 individuals were taken into custody here in the bay area. a report out says the upcoming immigration sweep will target more than 15- hundred people in northern california. lawyers i talked with say you need to know your rights. sotsotsotagents usually have civil ice warrants, not judicial warrants which they need to enter your home. judicial warrants are rare and that's why it's recommended that you not open your door to ice agents.sotas for work situationsa as for work situationsa new state law restricts business owners from both handing over their workers and voluntarily giving ice agents informtion. ( ro

kron 4 news. (steve) police in the east bay are looking for a driver who lead c-h-p officers on a chase that ended in a collision with an innocent bystander's car. the pursuit started on tennyson (steve) kron 4 news.charles clifford in san francisco, charles clifford kron 4 news. (steve) police in the east bay are looking for a driver who lead c-h-p officers on a chase that ended in a collision with an innocent bystander's car. the pursuit started on tennyson avenue on northbound 8-80 in hayward. after the suspect exited on "west a street" -- the pursuing c-h-p vehicle slammed into the bystander's car at the intersection. both c-h-p officers in the car and the other driver were hospitalized with minor injuries. by the time backup arrived on the scene -- the suspect's car was gone. c-h-p is still working on a description of the car and the driver. (grant) c-h-p officer martin lendway is recovering in the hospital tonight... after he was injured in a d-u-i crash. contra costa c-h-p tweeted this pict

in san jose dan kerman kron 4 news.robin) many bay area cities are offering free sandbags to help people protect their homes...this is one location... in san francisco... the public works operations yard on cesar chavez street...you can pick-up as many as ten sandbags between 8:00 am and 2:00 pm. (robin) a big story we're following this morning ... a sf-pd officer has been arrested on sexual assault charges. 30-year-old justin mc-call is accused of sexually assaulting an uncounscious victim. the department's internal affairs criminal division was notified of the incident last september. at that time mc-call was put on a nonpublic contact position following his arrest.. mc- call was suspended without pay. (robin) the man acquitted of murdering kate steinle is now facing áfederal charges. and his new attorney is fighting to get the case dropped. back in november... a jury found jose garcia zarate guilty of being a felon in possesion of a gun. he was found ánot guilty on the most serious charges related to steinle's death.

in mountain view, charles clifford kron 4 news. coming up on the kron four morning news... how a dog severely beaten and left for dead --- is now getting a second chance at life. live look outside... at the san francisco international airport. welcome back. checking in on your morning forecast. rebecca:look for rain showers and possible thunderstorms today with continued unsettled weather through friday. dry weather conditions look to develop over the region region for much of this weekend with the potential for additional rainfall early next week. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf.richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 (will)(áááboxesááá) senator-elect doug jones becomes senator doug jones today. he will be sworn in on capitol hill. jones won last month's special election in no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf.richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 (will) (áááboxesááá) senator- elect doug jones becomes senator doug jones today. he will be sworn in o

stone kron 4 news. (pam) many of the north bay fire survivors who are ready to begin the rebuilding process ... will be getting quite a bit of financial help from sonoma county.(steve) it's slashing permit fees, and supervisors have approved a way to make the whole permit process go faster. kron four's spencer blake explains how, from santa rosa. (looklive)"i'm on the campus of the sonoma county buildings, right across the street from the administration building and now there's a new line of five portable buildings going down this curb, and expect long lines coming out of them when they start helping people get their building permits fast."(pkg) the actual rebuilding of homes in santa rosa after the october wildfires just began a couple weeks ago with this home in coffey park.but thousands of families are getting to the point where they're ready to rebuild...but have to get through the sonoma county permit process first. chair of the board of directors james gore was excited to share a plan that he says

kron 4's gabe slate explains. recreational marijuana is on the menu for california residents 21 and older but not every dispensary is serviing.. sound from eliot dobris - the apothecarium, medical cannabis dispensary eliot dobris is head of marketing and communications for the apothecarium medical cannabis dispensaries, they have 3 locations in san francisco all of which had a steady stream of people thinking they could buy pot today without a medical card. sound from eliot dobris - the apothecarium, medical cannabis dispensaryand it's not just san francisco there are no dispensaries selling recreational weed in marin, sonoma, or the peninsula.. a dispensary has to have a special permit to sell recreational. some cities and counties are still working all that out bay area customers looking to purchase weed without a medical card need to visit oakland, richmond, berkeley, san jose, or santa cruz where there are recreational dispensaries. eliot says most of the medical marijuana dispensaries have applied for the rec

kron 4's dan kerman reports. ... this man 24 year old ponciano bojorquez is behind bars potentially facing prison time and thousands of dollars in fines for allegedly shining a laser at a chp helicopter.sot shaun bouyea/chp 12-22it's a federal crime for shining a laser at an aircraft, it has federal penalties and this one has been forwarded to the fbi laser task force for federal prosecution.the chp says this most recent laser strike happened early sunday morning during a sideshow near 54th avenue and international in oakland. this is chp video of that event from their helicopter the highway patrol says there were some 200 vehicles on hand, fireworks were shot into the air and there were multiple reports of gunfire. then about 2-18am, the chp says someone shined a laser into the chp chopper multiple times. it looked similar to this only this time the chp tracked the person with the laser and made an arrest.sotthese are adults who are committing crimes usually between 18 and 35. they should know better, it's dangerous

on kron 4.com (steve) this just in to the kron-4 newsroom. we are learning of another airplane mishap at s-f-o. this time a plane nearly landed on the wrong runway. this is a live picture of san francisco international airport. according to the f-a-a...yesterday morning an aeromexico flight was cleared to land. but air traffic controllers noticed it was lined up for the wrong runway. the plane was ordered to execute a missed approach. at the time --- a virgin america jet was on the runway that the aeromexico plane nearly landed on.. it was waiting to depart. the f-a-a is now investigating. (pam) police are now investigating the case of a missing san francisco father ..... as a homicide.(steve) this after the coroner's office confirmed humain remains found last year were identified as piseth chhay. the 48 year old father was last seen on mother's day of last year. then in june -- police dogs found human remains at a hayward warehouse where chhay used to work. late last night---the victim's family confirmed to kron-4 that d-n-a testing revealed

(pam) that wraps up kron 4 news at 8.(steve) grant lodes is here with kron 4 news at 9.nt))that's right grant and steve...next at nine...a story you will only see on kron 4.an elaborate burglary..at a bay area rite aid.the crooks..managed to get away with thousands of dollars, and tonight they are still on the loose.how the managed to get in...and what's being done to make sure it doesn't happen again.that's next in a live report.plus... also only on four...take a look at this.those are eggs.a bay area family says someone has been targeting their home and leaving this mess behind. now they want to police to catch the person responsible. ((grant))plus...meteorolgoist lawrence karnow has your four zone forecast...a big storm is coming...and gary radnich is here with sports.don't go away...kron 4 news at nine starts right after the break. (grant) only on kron four... thousands of dollars worth of cash and prescription drugs... stolen from a south bay pharmacy... and tonight the thieves have not been caught.