oakland police chief leronne armstrong says additional officers are already being deployed to the little saigon neighborhood. >> as thfy were to the chinatown neighborhood when they saw a spike in crime last year. and we've seen a significant impact as a result of that. >> that is an example of what presidents can do when you have officers available to be president invisible they can be a deterrent to crime. they also can make the rest when people engage in criminal activity. we're going use that same model in the senate and the little saigon area. >> the chief says a vietnamese speaking liaison officers been assigned to that neighborhood and plans are in the works for a police substation there as well. but community members say police officers and video cameras can only do part of the job. they say it's time for oakland residents to step up and turn in those who commit crime. he's are. >> culprits that are someone's brother, someone's friend. so based pounds and this is not acceptable behavior. this has to be stopped. we all wanted a better environment for our children. yet we're allowi

. >> oakland's police chief leronne armstrong says that they're investigating 3 homicides and multiple shootings. one of them involving a 3 year-old child proper. savannah, harry has the latest now on the investigations. >> very busy week weekend, 4th of july weekend in the city of oakland, a violent holiday weekend in oakland with police responding to 3 homicide case is the first happened friday night near the intersection of 30th avenue and international boulevard. >> a man died at the scene early on the 4th of july. police responded to a murder suicide. police believe there is no risk to the public. the 3rd homicide happened late monday night. police responded to reports of a shooting. they found a man dead inside of a car that was involved in an accident. this scene. >> had what we consider to be over 100 rounds. of fire, a gun fire that occurred on the scene by the use of multiple caliber firearms investigating multiple shootings that occurred on the 4th of july. one of those shootings involved a 3 year-old boy shot in the torso. >> police say they believe a relative was involved.

chief leronne armstrong says the child will be impacted by his injuries for the rest of his life. >> there were also 5 people injured by bullet fragments at the oakland coliseum. during the a's fireworks show. the chief believes this is the result of celebratory gunshots fired into the air. this particular. >> a shooting brings to light that when bullets go up, they also come down. and in this case, if it is clear to us that the shooter responsible or shooters responsible for this particular shooting? we're not on site. police believe the shots were fired outside of the stadium. the oakland police department also towed 27 cars involved in sideshows on the 4th city of oakland had upwards of 200 vehicles come to the city of oakland involved in illegal sideshow. activity >> well, that was a man of her reporting for us. opd is offering a $20,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest of those involved in any of these violent crimes. >> fire crews in fairfield worked overnight. they're mopping up hot spots from the nelson fire, which is burning off of cordy leader road it burned

chief leronne armstrong says the child will be impacted by his injuries for the rest of his life. >> there were also 5 people injured by bullet fragments at the oakland coliseum. during the a's fireworks show. the chief believes this is the result of celebratory gunshots fired into the air. this particular. >> a shooting brings to light that when bullets go up, they also come down. and in this case, if it is clear to us that the shooter responsible or shooters responsible for this particular shooting? we're not on site. police believe the shots were fired outside of the stadium. the oakland police department also towed 27 cars involved in sideshows on the 4th city of oakland had upwards of 200 vehicles come to the city of oakland involved in illegal sideshow. activity >> the oakland police department is asking for the community's help in solving these cases. they're offering a $20,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of the people involved in any of these violent crimes in the newsroom. amanda harry kron, 4 news. thank san francisco police are also coming off. what was

police chief leronne armstrong says they're investigating 3 homicides and multiple shootings. one of those shootings involved a 3 year-old child. proffers amanda hari has the story. >> very busy week. >> weekend 4th of july weekend in the city of oakland, a violent holiday weekend in oakland with police responding to 3 homicide case is the first happened friday night near the intersection of 30th avenue and international boulevard. a man died at the scene early on the 4th of july. police responded to a murder suicide. police believe there is no risk to the public. the 3rd homicide happened late monday night. police responded to reports of a shooting. they found a man dead inside of a car that was involved in an accident. this scene. >> had what we consider to be over 100 rounds. of fire, a gun fire that occurred on the scene by the use of multiple caliber firearms investigating multiple shootings that occurred on the 4th of july. one of those shootings involved a 3 year-old boy shot in the torso. >> police say they believe a relative was involved. think what's important in thi

.: leronne armstrong addressed the incident on tuesday. others were struck in the arms and hands. gomez said he didn't even realize gunshots had been fired when he was there. >> when i got home, i received a text from a friend of mine that asked, are you safe? i said everything was peaceful when i was there. >> officers noted there were no fired shell casings in the coliseum or the parking lot of the facility. >> fourth of july and i know people like to shoot up in the air. in that sense, the surprises still horrible. >> people fire off their guns because they do not have fireworks. but those bullets have got to come down eventually. j.r.: fans we talked with say they will keep coming to games. >> i have been here over 50 years and the security areas are very good. >> it is a risk living in the area. >> oakland police hope that someone will come forward with information on who was firing near the coliseum on monday night. >> tonight, vice president kamala harris visited highland park, illinois. she shared condolences from herself and the president, calling for an end to gun violen

chief leronne armstrong says the child will be impacted by his injuries for the rest of his life. >> there were also 5 people injured by bullet fragments at the oakland coliseum. during the a's fireworks show. the believes this is the result of celebratory gunshots fired into the air. this particular. >> a shooting brings to light that when bullets go up, they also come down. and in this case, if it is clear to us that the shooter responsible or shooters responsible for this particular shooting? we're not on site. police believe the shots were fired outside of the stadium. the oakland police department also towed 27 cars involved in sideshows on the 4th city of oakland had upwards of 200 vehicles come to the city of oakland involved in illegal sideshow. activity >> it was meant to harry reporting the oakland police department is asking now for the community's help in solving these cases. they're offering a $20,000 reward for any information that will lead to the arrest of those involved in these violent crimes. time now is 5.10, and fire crews have been working nonstop to clean up ho

. >> we go one-on-one with oakland top cop, chief leronne armstrong.ensuring the agency strategy on preventing crime is working and the changes he admits the police force still needs to work on . >>> and working to control the spread of monkeypox. this comes as the u.s. reports more cases than any other country. a live report on the hardest hit communities here in the bay area . >>> this is today in the bay streaming live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv, and online. >>> thank you for joining us on this wednesday morning. i'm kris sanchez. >> i'm marcus washington. >>> first we went to get a start at the forecast. meteorologist vianey arana is tracking what we can expect today. how is it looking ? >> it's foggy but it will be comfortable. daytime highs will be a nice range from the 60s in san francisco and half moon bay, to the 70s around the peninsula. palo alto, 77. san jose, 82. and we have warmer inland areas through concord , livermore in the upper 80s. with the return of the fall, in the afternoon we had better clearing inland but some clearing on

.: leronne armstrong addressed the incident on tuesday. others were struck in the arms and hands.ez said he didn't even realize gunshots had been fired when he was there. >> when i got home, i received a text from a friend of mine that asked, are you safe? i said everything was peaceful when i was there. >> officers noted there were no fired shell casings in the coliseum or the parking lot of the facility. >> fourth of july and i know people like to shoot up in the air. in that sense, the surprises still horrible. >> people fire off their guns because they do not have fireworks. but those bullets have got to come down eventually. j.r.: fans we talked with say they will keep coming to games. >> i have been here over 50 years and the security areas are very good. >> it is a risk living in the area. >> oakland police hope that someone will come forward with information on who was firing near the coliseum on monday night. >> tonight, vice president kamala harris visited highland park, illinois. she shared condolences from herself and the president, calling for an end to gun violence.

chief leronne armstrong says the child will be impacted by his injuries for the rest of his life. >> there were also 5 people injured by bullet fragments at the oakland coliseum. during the a's fireworks show. the believes this is the result of celebratory gunshots fired into the air. this particular. >> a shooting brings to light that when bullets go up, they also come down. and in this case, if it is clear to us that the shooter responsible or shooters responsible for this particular shooting? we're not on site. police believe the shots were fired outside of the stadium. the oakland police department also towed 27 cars involved in sideshows on the 4th city of oakland had upwards of 200 vehicles come to the city of oakland involved in illegal sideshow. activity >> the oakland police department is asking for the community's help in solving these cases. they're offering a $20,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of the people involved in any of these violent crimes. live in user amanda hari kron. 4 news. thank you, amanda. >> turning now to the latest details out of ill

dion: kevin's daughter was one of six people oakland police chief leronne armstrong said had been hity celebratory gunfire from up to a mile away. >> these appear to be bullet fragments that may have come from guns being fired in another location. dion: the term fragments also used by mayor libby schaaf following the incident. >> it seems intentionally designed to minimize the seriousness of what happened in that area on a regular basis. dion: i spoke with a veteran firearms expert, who tells me this is not fragments, it is a complete bullet, most likely from an ak-47 or similar style weapon. i asked oakland police about the disparity in their messaging and kevin's daughter's x-ray. they said initially, bullet fragments were believed to have caused all of the victims' injuries. it was discovered some of the victims were struck by full rounds. they did not elaborate on how the other victims were hit by bullets. the mayor's office requested we direct questions about the gunfire to opd. kevin says his daughter is having the bullet surgically removed wednesday. she knows it could have bee

oakland police chief leronne armstrong says help is already on the way additional officers are being deployed to the little saigon neighborhood as they were to the chinatown neighborhood when they saw a spike in crime last year. i hope that that's what impact is is that that redeployment helps prevent happened so we can see less people victimized. lets people hurt less harm to the community. >> the chief says a vietnamese speaking liaison officer has also been assigned to that neighborhood and plans are in the works for a police substation. there. but community members say it will take more than police and video cameras. they say oakland's residents must start speaking up and turning in those who commit crime. there are videos they are. >> there are faces for you, too. help out. and this this is a time because we were suffering and we e e ed your help. the oakland chinatown, chamber of commerce also announced. >> the crime against asians reward fund has added $7500 to the reward for information leading to the arrest of funds killers. this brings the total reward to $20,000. we want t

injured during the a's post-game fireworks celebration back on july 4th on tuesday, police chief leronne armstrong revealed that bullet fragments from celebratory gunfire struck and injured 5 people at that stadium. police say thursday they heard from says a 6th victim. but didn't reveal the severity of those injuries. police right now are offering a $20,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest. well, at least one person is injured after a shooting on 5.80. this happened yesterday. the chp says a witness called in the shooting. but when officers got on scene, they couldn't find a car or a victim. later, a gunshot victim did walk into even medical center in castro valley. that victim does not have life-threatening injuries. california senator alex padilla meanwhile hosted a roundtable to address gun violence across the state. the conference is a follow-up to the national bipartisan gun bill. senator padilla says that the move will help keep guns away from domestic abusers, improved gun background checks for gun buyers and strengthen red flag reporting laws, all steps which he says in the

within the last hour, oakland police chief leronne armstrong addressed the unusual situation. >> when bullets go up, they also come down. in this case, it is clear to us that the shooter responsible or shooters responsible for this particular shooting were not on- site. these appear to be bullet fragments that may have come from guns being fired in another location. >> coming up at 6:00 tonight, chief armstrong talks about the overwhelming demand for police officers last night because of other holiday crimes and that includes a 3-year-old boy getting shot in oakland last night. it happened on 26 avenue in east oakland. the boy was inside a car at the time and shot in the abdomen. he's in critical but stable condition. he and other relatives had been visiting people who live at a nearby apartment complex. two people have been arrested, but police say neither was the actual shooter. >>> we have new details revealed today in the highland park shooting massacre. more flowers laid along yesterday's parade route as a seventh victim died today. police say the gunman climbed a fire escape lad

oakland police chief leronne armstrong says the first homicide happened friday night near harrison and 14th streets just west of lake merritt. the suspect in that crime has been taken into custody. the second happened sunday just after 11 in the morning on 13th avenue upon arrival. >> officers made contact with mister van who was suffering from gunshot wounds. unfortunately, mister voss to come his injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene, according to police, the 2 suspects approached the car. a 52 ydar-old confound of oakland attempting to rob him. >> the confrontation led to an argument and that led to gunfire. a man that was just out doing his job working. and unfortunately, 2 individuals, cayman attempted to rob them. and obviously. chose to use a firearm. and unfortunately took falls off. police do not believe this was a hate crime. they're still looking for the 2 suspects involved. chief armstrong says the area near san antonio park field known as beech 19. >> has been the most violent police area in oakland. this community. >> who was often known as little saigon, has

oakland police chief leronne armstrong making the announcement today.o says a 3 year-old little boy is in critical condition tonight after being shot in the torso. >> due to the injuries are officers elected to immediately transport the child to the hospital in their patrol vehicles for treatment? medical staff advised us that had the officers not elected to transport this child in their vehicles. this child would not have survived his injuries. the child is currently listed in critical but stable condition we're investigating the possible involvement of a relative in this particular shooting. >> also last night, 5 people were hurt by celebratory gunfire following a last night a's game and fireworks show. police say all 5 of the victims were on the field or in the stands at the coliseum at the time. their injuries are considered non-life-threatening. that fire and evacuation warnings for a brush fire in solano county have been lifted tonight, but the fire still created. >> a scary situation for residents who are forced to evacuate their homes earlier to

chief leronne armstrong says it's ready to start shifting resources to that area. >> when you have officers available to be present and visible, they can be a deterrent to crime. they also can make arrests when engage in criminal activity. >> the department is in talks with merchants in the area to add a substation to help address crime. >>> a woman in the east bay is honoring each homicide victim in oakland. her name is cassandra madison. her daughter was shot and killed in oakland back in 2014. now she plans crosses in front of a church so each victim is not forgotten. kpix 5's jocelyn moran has her story. >> reporter: cassandra madison plants a cross into the ground in front of the church in oakland. >> i'm hoping that everybody realizes these are people's lives taken from them. they have to be represented. they still have voices. >> reporter: each cross has a name, their age and the day they were killed. some victims as young as 14 and 15 years old. >> they didn't even have a chance to do anything. they didn't have a chance to graduate. they didn't have a chance to do anything. and i do

but police chief leronne armstrong is expected to provide an update during a news conference in times today. well, in the north bay, 2 people are dead after a small plane crashed in napa county over the weekend. this all happening around 8.30, yesterday morning near the small community, various u.s. states that's close to pope valley. well, the crash also sparked a one acre brush fire called the state's fire which cal fire was able to quickly contain the faa and ntsb are now investigating the crash and the napa county medical examiner and coroner working on identifying the 2 victims. well, the search continues for the gunman responsible for a deadly shooting at a bowling alley in livermore. police say a fight led to that shooting that ended with one man dead and injuring 2 others. kron four's gayle ong has the latest on that. >> we're not a full remain closed on sunday, but it was a different scene the night before when livermore police responded to a shooting that took place in the bar area around 06:00pm saturday started out as a. >> fight between 3 individuals, you know, ultimately

oakland police chief leronne armstrong says this homicide is an example of a much bigger problem. >> but unfortunately, this tragic incident that happened. yesterday to midst of all. was one that i think. really, you know, brings to reality of what happens when we don't have the resources to be everywhere that we're being asked to be. >> there were 3 homicides reported in oakland this past weekend bringing the total number of people killed to 64 this year to compare. there were 72 people killed by this time last year 2021 was actually one of the deadliest years in decades for the city of oakland. >> a bombshell announcement this morning. antioch police have arrested 23 people in connection to various crimes. they call it operation. don't mess around nearly 2 dozen people were taken into custody after arrest warrants were issued last week for a variety of crimes, including homicide, assault and robbery. city leaders say many of the suspects came from out of town antioch mayor lamar thorpe had this to say. >> the message is very clear. if you come to antioch after you committed a crime

oakland police chief leronne armstrong says help is already on the way additional officers are beingloyed to the little saigon neighborhood as they were to the chinatown neighborhood when they saw a spike in crime last year. i hope that that's what impact is is that that redeployment helps prevent crashes happened so we can see less people victimized, less people hurt, less harm to the community. >> the chief says a vietnamese speaking liaison officer has also been assigned to that neighborhood and plans are in the works for a police substation. there. but community members say it will take more than police and video cameras. they say oakland's residents must start speaking up and turning in those who commit crime. there are videos they are. >> there are faces for you to help out. and this this is a time because we were suffering and we need your help. the oakland chinatown, chamber of commerce also announced. >> the crime against asians reward fund has added $7500 to the reward for information leading to the arrest of funds killers. this brings the total reward to $20,000. we want t

more officers staffed, especially around downtown lake merritt, west and east oakland chief leronne armstrong referred to last year's 4th of july as 24 hours of chaos. that included a massive sideshow and 7 shootings. though the highland park shooting has been described by local police there as an isolated incident. other departments are using it as a reminder to the public to reach out to law enforcement. if you see something suspicious at any events reporting live in the newsroom. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. thank you, rob. well, barbecues and family gatherings all day today for the 4th of july all over the bay area. >> and most celebrations tonight will likely center around fireworks in san francisco. big crowds will be gathering to watch the show on pier 39. and that's where we find kron four's. >> amanda hari with the excitement that is building amanda. >> yeah, there is a lot of excitement here. we're still more than 3 hours out from the fireworks show. i'm at the pier. 39 parking structure and it is very full right now. people walking through all the time and there are a lot of peopl

the oakland police chief leronne armstrong says that this homicide is an example of a much bigger problem. >> but unfortunately, this tragic incident that happened. yesterday to midst of all. was one that i think. really, you know, brings to reality of what happens when we do have the resources to be everywhere that we're being asked to be. >> there were 3 homicides reported in oakland this past weekend bringing the total number of people killed. 2.63 this year to compare. there were 72 people killed by this time last year 2021 was one of the deadliest years in decades for the city of oakland, san francisco police identified the man who was arrested for allegedly making a bomb threat at sfo. a threat that turned out to be false. >> police say 53 year-old terri addison is now charged to facing those charges. police say the bomb threat was reported friday night and authorities did discover a suspicious package. investigators at the airport. dean, the item, possibly incendiary. addison was booked into the san mateo county jail in redwood city. the airport, of course, is located in san mateo

complete chief leronne armstrong made that announcement today. he also said a 3 year-old boy is in critical condition after he was shot in the torso. >> due to the injuries are officers elected to immediately transport the child to the hospital in their patrol vehicles for treatment? medical staff advised us that had the officers not elected to transport this child in their vehicles. this child would not have survived his injuries. the child is currently listed in critical but stable condition we're investigating the possible involvement of a relative in this particular shooting. >> also last night, 5 people were hurt by celebratory gunfire. following last night's oakland a's game and fireworks show. police say all 5 of the victims were on the field or in the stands at the coliseum at the time. their injuries are also considered non life-threatening evacuation warnings for a vegetation, fire and solano county have been lifted. but the fire still created a scary situation for residents. that's because earlier today, the nelson fire as his calls di

oakland police are still investigating police chief leronne armstrong is expected to provide an update during a news conference tomorrow. >> police in livermore investigating a bowling alley shooting that left one man dead and 2 others injured. this happened around 6 o'clock last night at granada bowl on railroad avenue. a 28 year-old man died on the scene. 2 other men are still in the hospital. a suspect description has not been released, but detectives are combing through evidence and following leads to find that suspect the car, not a bowl is planning to reopen tomorrow. an impromptu vigil took place tonight outside of that bowling alley. kron. 4 has learned from the victim's family that his name was antonio vargas farkas. his father says that his son's death has shocked and devastated their family. >> we are following developing news out of indiana tonight. 4 people are dead, including the gunman after a shooting today at a mall just outside of indianapolis. 2 other people were injured. police say it happened just before 6 o'clock in the food court area of the greenwood park mall t

injured during the a's post-game fireworks celebration on july 4th on tuesday, police chief leronne armstrong revealed that bullet fragments from celebratory gunfire struck and injured 5 people who were at the stadium. police say today they heard from the 6th victim but did not reveal the severity of the injuries. police are offering up to $20,000 in reward money for information leading to an arrest. >> breaking news to tell you about japan's nhk television says that former japanese prime minister bay was either shot or shot at and collapsed during a campaign street speech into pan. he has been rushed to the hospital. there is no word at this point on his condition and whether or there is a suspect in custody or if they're still looking for somebody. but again, the former prime minister of japan, i'm now being told, was bleeding after being shot and we are still waiting to get more details on exactly. his condition has been taken to the hospital. that's all we know right now. we'll keep you posted as this developing story continues through the night. coming up tonight at 8, a car goes straigh

ahead at 5:30 make sure you catch our exclusive one-on- one sit down with oakland police chief leronne armstrong. he will talk about that and more. >>> firefighters are holding the line on the states biggest wildfire so far this year. the oak fire near yosemite has burned more than 18,000 acres and destroyed at least 25 homes since friday. last night containment remained at 26% and 3000 people are still under orders to evacuate. lets turn to meteorologist vianey arana. the conditions in there, how are they looking right now? >> you know, it's been dry. it's been hot. and the biggest concern has been the wind but, thankfully come the wind has played in favor of the fire the past few days blowing it in the direction where it's already burned but we do see low humidity and these are still favorable conditions for the fire to continue to blaze. right now we are in the 60s and if you notice we have decent humidity in the 40s but not enough overnight. at 1:00 we will be in the upper 80s for the -- oak fire area and humidity is a less than 30%. air-quality -wise, once again, that's coming up in the ful

oakland police chief leronne armstrong says the first homicide happened friday night near harrison and 14th streets just west of lake merritt. the suspect in that crime has been taken into custody. the second happened sunday just after 11 in the morning on 13th avenue upon arrival. >> officers made contact with mister van who was suffering from gunshot wounds. unfortunately, mister voss to come his injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene, according to police, the 2 suspects approached the car. a 52 year-old confound of oakland attempting to rob him. >> the confrontation led to an argument and that led to gunfire. a man that was just out doing his job working. and unfortunately 2 individuals came and attempted to rob him. >> and obviously, chose to use a firearm. and unfortunately took falls police do not believe this was a hate crime. they're still looking for the 2 suspects involved. chief armstrong says the area near san antonio park field known as beech 19. >> has been the most violent police area in oakland. this community. >> who was often known as little saigon, has def

oakland police chief leronne armstrong says help is already on the way additional officers are beingd to the little saigon neighborhood as they were to the chinatown neighborhood when they saw a spike in crime last year. i hope that that's what impact is is that that redeployment helps prevent crash happened so we can see less people victimized. lets people hurt less harm to the community. >> the chief says a vietnamese speaking liaison officer has also been assigned to that neighborhood and plans are in the works for a police substation. there. but community members say it will take more than police and video cameras. they say oakland's residents must start speaking up and turning in those who commit crime. there are videos there are there are faces for you to help out. >> and this this is a time because we were suffering. >> and we need your help. the oakland chinatown, chamber of commerce also announced the crime against asians reward fund has added $7500 to the reward for information leading to the arrest of funds killers. this brings the total reward to $20,000. we want to help.

driver patrick fung was shot and killed in that neighborhood on july. 17th oakland police chief leronne armstrong says additional officers are being deployed to the little saigon neighborhood and plans are in the works for a police substation. there. but community members say it's going to take more than that. >> there are videos they are. there are faces for you to help out. and this this is a time because we were suffering and we need your help. >> there's now a $20,000 reward out for information that leads to patrick fung's killers. happening today, the vallejo police officers association is going to speak about the crisis in their community that they say is the direct result of their police chief. >> the association made a unanimous vote of no confidence against police chief. >> shawny williams saying that he's unethical and that his failure in leadership is causing a lot of officers to leave the department. they shared the result of their vote with city leaders, hoping for some action, but nothing has happened yet. that press conference is supposed to happen at 10, 30 this morning. will keep

oakland police chief leronne armstrong says the first homicide happened friday night near harrison and 14th streets just west of lake merritt. the suspect in that crime has been taken into custody. the second happened sunday just after 11 in the morning on 13th avenue upon arrival. >> officers made contact with mister van who was suffering from gunshot wounds. unfortunately, mister voss to come his injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene, according to police, the 2 suspects approached the car. a 52 year-old confound of oakland attempting to rob him. >> the confrontation led to an argument and that led to gunfire. a man that was just out doing his job working. >> and unfortunately, 2 individuals came and attempted to rob him. and obviously. chose to use a firearm. and unfortunately took falls police do not believe this was a hate crime. they're still looking for the 2 suspects involved. chief armstrong says the area near san antonio park field known as beech 19. >> has been the most violent police area in oakland, members of our command staff have been with members of the comm

right after the a's game during the fireworks celebration, july 4th on tuesday, police chief leronne armstrong revealed that bullet fragments from he says celebratory gunfire struck and injured 5 people who were inside the coliseum. police say today they are from a 6th person but did not say how serious the injuries were. police are offering up to $20,000 in reward money for information leading to any arrests. >> some services go. supervisors are calling on governor newsom to take action against pg and e it's because of the utility's role in recent wildfires that are both deadly and destructive. our kron four's dan kerman explains. >> the number of wildfires linked to pacific gas and electric increases year after year. and now a member of san francisco's board of supervisors says enough is enough. >> the genie's asking me in terms of the way poor form safety measures being california and that we have seen time and time their information has not been a public eye has not been at chance parents to a supervisor. connie chan has authored a resolution calling on the governor. >> to not renew the ut

oakland's police chief leronne armstrong says the first homicide happened friday near harrison street 14th street, just west of lake merritt. the suspect in that crime is in custody. the second happened sunday just after 11:00am on 13th avenue where a driver was shot and killed during an attempted robbery. both suspects in that incident have not been arrested. the 3rd homicide happened yesterday morning on the 106 block of pippin street. the victim there suffered multiple gunshot wounds and died from their injuries. police believe only a small number of people are driving up the crime in oakland. whatever we do is really focused around individuals riving these crimes. >> so that we can hopefully after his the people that drive this violence, there are small crews in the city of oakland that are robin people that are carjacking, people that are driving the violence. >> there have been 64 homicides in oakland so far this year. chief armstrong emphasizes that they still need more police officers. the department has over 90 vacancies. he says that's the highest number in more than 10 year

oakland police chief leronne armstrong says additional officers are already being deployed. >> to the little saigon neighborhood as they were to the chinatown neighborhood when they saw a spike in crime last year. and we've seen a significant impact as a result of that. >> that is an example of what presidents can do when you have officers available to be president invisible they can be a deterrent to crime. they also can make the rest when people engage in criminal activity. we're going use that same model in the senate and the little saigon area. >> the chief says a vietnamese speaking liaison officers been assigned to that neighborhood and plans are in the works for a police substation there as well. but community members say police officers and video cameras can only do part of the job. they say it's time for oakland residents to step up and turn in those who commit crime. he's are. >> culprits that are someone's brother, someone's friend. so a spouse and this is not acceptable behavior. this has to be stopped. we all wanted a better environment for our children. yet we're allowin

oakland police chief leronne armstrong says the first homicide happened friday night near harrison and 14th streets just west of lake merritt. the suspect in that crime has been taken into custody. the second happened sunday just after 11 in the morning on 13th avenue upon arrival. >> officers made contact with mister van who was suffering from gunshot wounds. unfortunately, mister voss to come his injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene, according to police, the 2 suspects approached the car. a 52 year-old confound of oakland attempting to rob him. >> the confrontation led to an argument and that led to gunfire. a man that was just out doing his job working. and unfortunately, 2 individuals, cayman attempted to rob him. and obviously. chose to use a firearm. and unfortunately took falls police do not believe this was a hate crime. they're still looking for the 2 suspects involved. chief armstrong says the area near san antonio park field known as beech 19 has been the most violent police area in oakland. this community. >> who was often known as little saigon, has definitely

injured during the a's post-game fireworks celebration on july 4th on tuesday, police chief leronne armstrong revealed that bullet fragments from celebratory gunfire struck and injured 5 people at the stadium. police said today they heard from the 6th victim but did not reveal the severity of the injuries. police are offering up to $20,000 in reward money for information leading to an arrest. today, california senator alex padilla hosted a roundtable to talk about gun violence across the state. the conference is a follow-up to the national bipartisan gun bill. senator padilla said the move will help keep guns away from domestic abusers, improve gun background checks for gun buyers and strengthen red flag reporting laws, all steps which he said are in the right % direction to fight the epidemic of gun violence. >> but it's not just mass shooting that this is an important point. got to make sure today, it's also every day gun violence that impacts our communities. we will keep up the pressure that we can keep making progress to deal with the violence because the cannot accept violence as just a

chief leronne armstrong says the child will be impacted by his injuries for the rest of his life. >> there were also 5 people injured by bullet fragments at the oakland coliseum. during the a's fireworks show. the believes this is the result of celebratory gunshots fired into the air. this particular. >> a shooting brings to light that when bullets go up, they also come down. and in this case, if it is clear to us that the shooter responsible or shooters responsible for this particular shooting? we're not on site. police believe the shots were fired outside of the stadium. the oakland police department also towed 27 cars involved in sideshows on the 4th city of oakland had upwards of 200 vehicles come to the city of oakland involved in illegal sideshow. activity. >> those amanda hari reporting for us opd is offering a $20,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest of those involved in any of these crimes. >> fire crews are working nonstop. they're trying to mop up hotspots from the nelson fire, which is in fairfield. it started yesterday afternoon off core delia road and so

chief leronne armstrong said a 3 year-old boy is in critical condition after being shot in the torso. >> due to the injuries are officers elected to immediately transport the child to the hospital in their patrol vehicles for treatment? medical staff advised us that had the officers not elected to transport this child in their vehicles. this child would not save survived his injuries. the child is currently listed in critical but stable condition we're investigating the possible involvement of a relative in this particular shooting. >> all of these incidents are still being investigated tonight and anybody with information is asked to call police pam. and ken, back to you. >> gun violence was issue not just here in the bay area was across the country this weekend. you can see here crowds running away in philadelphia after a highway patrol officer and a sheriff's deputy both were shot during a 4th of july concert. the officer was grazed by a bullet on his forehead. the deputy was shot in the shoulder. both men were providing security for that concert. they both since been released from

police have not said how the shooting happened, but police chief leronne armstrong is expected to provide an update during a news conference at 3.30 this afternoon. antioch city leaders making a bombshell announcement this morning. antioch police have arrested. 23 people in connection to various crimes. they call it operation. don't mess around. nearly 2 dozen people were taken into custody after arrest warrants were issued last week for a variety of crimes, including murder, assault and robbery leaders say many of the suspects came from out of town. antioch mayor lamar thorpe had this to say. >> the message is very clear. if you come to antioch after you committed a crime, you will be found. you will be arrested and you will ultimately be prosecuted. and again, i can't reiterate that message enough. and i can't reiterate the message to people who create the safe harbors those that commit crimes elsewhere. you will be responsible for this as well. >> this was part of a push the city made last year. antioch police and the state department of justice partner together to improve policing wit

chief leronne armstrong says the child will be impacted by his injuries for the rest of his life. >> there were also 5 people injured by bullet fragments at the oakland coliseum. during the a's fireworks show. the chief believes this is the result of celebratory gunshots fired into the air. this particular. >> a shooting brings to light that when bullets go up, they also come down. and in this case, if it is clear to us that the shooter responsible or shooters responsible for this particular shooting? we're not on site. police believe the shots were fired outside of the stadium. the oakland police department also towed 27 cars involved in sideshows on the 4th city of oakland had upwards of 200 vehicles come to the city of oakland involved in illegal sideshow. activity >> that was amanda hari reporting for us. opd is offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of those involved in any of those crimes. we just mention. as as san francisco police also investigating multiple shootings that happened over the holiday weekend. the first one happening on market and powell

patrick fung was shot and killed in that neighborhood on july. 17th and oakland police chief leronne armstrong says additional officers are being deployed to the little saigon neighborhood and plans are in works for a police substation in that neighborhood as well. well, community members say it's going to take a lot more than additional police to stop crime. >> there are videos they are. there are faces for you, too. help out. and this this is a time because we were suffering and we need your help. >> there is now a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and patrick phones, killers. >> happening today, the vallejo police officers association is going to speak about the crisis in the community that they says the direct result of their police chief. >> the association made a unanimous vote of no confidence in police chief shawny williams saying that he's >> on ethical and then he's failing. leadership is causing a lot of officers to leave the department. they shared the result of their vote with city leaders, hoping to get some action. nothing has happened though. this press confer

we do have this is video of last year's 4th of july which chief leronne armstrong referred to as, quote 24 hours of chaos, including a massive sideshow. 7 shootings, even some small fires. lots of illegal fireworks as well. the department was so strapped most fireworks related calls didn't even get responses. police say this year they're going to be working with other city departments to monitor areas for potential fires resulting from fireworks. now the city of oakland is also closing several roads as a safety precaution and then to ship anticipation of tonight's celebrations. kron four's taylor bisaki spoke with oakland fire about their concerns of illegal fireworks ahead of the holiday. >> one of the best lookout points in the east bay grizzly peak is now closed at grizzly peak boulevard between skyline boulevard and centennial drive to deter people from this high-risk fire zone ahead of the 4th of july. the holiday brings heightened fire risk with people setting off illegal fireworks across the east see multiple fires from about. >> you know, it's just. >> they look pretty in the sk

oakland police chief leronne armstrong says help is already on the way additional officers are being deployed to the little saigon neighborhood as they were to the chinatown neighborhood when they saw a spike in crime last year. i hope that that's what impact is is that that redeployment helps prevent crash happened so we can see less people victimized. lets people hurt less harm to the community. >> the chief says a vietnamese speaking liaison officer has also been assigned to that neighborhood and plans are in the works for a police substation. there. but community members say it will take more than police and video cameras. they say oakland's residents must start speaking up and turning in those who commit crime. there are videos there are there are faces for you to help out. >> and this this is a time because we were suffering. >> and we need your help. the oakland chinatown, chamber of commerce also announced the crime against asians reward fund has added $7500 to the reward for information leading to the arrest of funds killers. this brings the total reward to $20,000. we want

more officers staffed, especially around downtown lake, merritt west in east oakland, chief leronne armstrong referred to last year's 4th of july as 24 hours of chaos. that included a massive sideshow and 7 shootings, though the highland park shooting has been described as an isolated incident. other departments are using it as a reminder to the public to reach out to law enforcement. if you see something suspicious, that events reporting the newsroom. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. the chp is warning people to be safe while driving this 4th of july. the agency says 291 people were arrested. >> on friday on the first night of his holiday maximum enforcement campaign which runs through tonight all available. chp officers are on patrol. they are looking for distracted, aggressive drivers and those suspected of driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol. last independence day saw as many as 997 motors arrested on suspicion of dui this year. the chp also reminding drivers about its 0 tolerance approach to all traffic violations. many bay area fire and police departments are urging residents

say a 6 person was hurt during the a's post-game fireworks celebration that happened on chief leronne armstrong said - the bullet fragments from celebratory gunfire hit 5 people at the game. the 6th victim reached out to them yesterday. police didn't say how severe those injuries were. one person died after being hit by a caltrain train in mountain view yesterday. it was last night at the san antonio caltrain station. about 50 people were on board. nobody on board was hurt and they haven't said how this person was hit, but it is the 5th fatality of the year. >> well, a 9 year-old boy who was injured in a commuter train crash last month has died from his injuries. a gofundme page that was set up for his family says that julian need these of dixon died this past wednesday. he and 3 others died after an amtrak train smashed into a car on june. 26th in unincorporated brentwood. the accident also killed 3 women, including the boy's mother and grandmother. all the victims were in the car. nobody on the train was hurt. in the south bay. sunny balwani, the former president of theranos has been found gu

patrick father who was shot and killed in that neighborhood on july 17th oakland police chief leronne armstrong says additional officers are being deployed to the little saigon neighborhood and plans are in the works for a police substation in that neighborhood. but community members say it will take more than additional police to actually stop crime. >> there are videos they are. there are faces for you to help out. and this this is a time because we were suffering and we need your help. >> there is now a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and patrick fung's killers. >> it's 8, 0, 9. and today the vallejo police officers association is going to speak out about what they see as a crisis in the community. that is a direct result of their police treats. the association made and the unanimous vote of no confidence against police chief shawny williams saying that he's on ethical and has failed. his leadership is failing and causing many officers to lead the department. they share the result of their vote with city leaders, hoping to get some kind of action, but nothing has happened

oakland police chief leronne armstrong says the first homicide happened friday night near harrison and 14th streets just west of lake merritt. the suspect in that crime has been taken into custody. the second happened sunday just after 11 in the morning on 13th avenue upon arrival. >> officers made contact with mister van who was suffering from gunshot wounds. unfortunately, mister voss to come his injuries and was % pronounced deceased at the scene, according to police, the 2 suspects approached the car. a 52 year-old confound of oakland attempting to rob him. >> the confrontation led to an argument and that led to gunfire. a man that was just out doing his job working. and unfortunately, 2 individuals, cayman attempted to rob them. and obviously. chose to use a firearm. and unfortunately took falls off. police do not believe this was a hate crime. they're still looking for the 2 suspects involved. chief armstrong says the area near san antonio park field known as beech 19. >> has been the most violent police area in oakland. this community. >> who was often known as little saigon, ha

oakland's police chief leronne armstrong says that the first homicide happened friday night near harrison street and 14th street just west of lake merritt. the suspect in that crime has been taken into custody. the second happened sunday just after 11 in the morning on the long 13th avenue. that's where a driver was shot and killed during an attempted robbery. both suspects in that case are still at large. nobody arrested just yet the 3rd homicide happened yesterday morning on the 106 block of pippin street. the victim suffered multiple gunshot wounds and died from their injuries. police believe only a small number of people are actually driving the crime that we're seeing in oakland. >> whatever we do is really focused around individuals driving these crimes so that we can hopefully after his the people that drive this violence, there are small crews in the city of oakland that are robin people that are carjacking, people that are driving the violence. >> yeah, there's been 64 homicides in oakland so far this year. chief armstrong emphasize they still need more police officers and that t

oakland police chief leronne armstrong says the first homicide happened friday night near harrison and 14th streets just west of lake merritt. the suspect in that crime has been taken into custody. the second happened sunday just after 11 in the morning on 13th avenue upon arrival. >> officers made contact with mister van who was suffering from gunshot wounds. unfortunately, mister valls to come his injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene. according to police, the 2 suspects approached the car. a 52 year-old confound of oakland attempting to rob him. >> the confrontation led to an argument and that led to gunfire. a man that was just out doing his job working. and unfortunately, 2 individuals came and attempted to rob. >> and obviously. chose to use a firearm. and unfortunately took falls police do not believe this was a hate crime. they're still looking for the 2 suspects involved. chief armstrong says the area near san antonio park field known as beech 19. >> has been the most violent police area in oakland. this community. >> who was often known as little saigon, has defin

police say 3 people were killed in 3 different homicides over the last 4 days come police chief leronne armstrong says that the first homicide happened friday night right near harrison street and 14th street. that's just west of lake merritt. the suspect in that crime has been taken into custody. the second shooting happened sunday just after 11 o'clock in the morning on 13th avenue. that's where a driver was shot and killed during an attempted robbery. both suspects in that incident have not yet been arrested. the 3rd homicide happened yesterday morning on the 100th block of street. the victim suffered multiple gunshot wounds and died from those injuries. police believe only a small number of people are driving the crime in oakland. >> whatever we do is really focused around individuals driving these crimes so that we can hopefully after his the people that drive this violence, there are small crews in the city of oakland that are robin people that are carjacking, people that are driving the violence. >> there's been 64 homicides in oakland so far this year that chief armstrong emphasize they st

driver patrick fun was shot and killed in that neighborhood on july. 17th local police chief leronne armstrong says additional officers are being deployed to the little saigon neighborhood and plans are in the works for a police substation in that neighborhood. but community members say it's going take a lot more. then additional police to stop crime. >> there are videos that are there are faces for you to help out. and this this is a time because we were suffering and we need your help. >> well, there's now a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest for patrick phones killers. it's 6, 0, 6. and happening today, the toledo police officers association is going to speak about the crisis in the community as they see it. and they say it's a direct result of their police chief. and this after officers association made a vote of no confidence against police chief shawny williams. they say he's unethical and that his failed leadership has caused a lot of officers to lead the department. they shared the result of their vote with city leaders helping to get some action. nothing has happened