going back to southern california, los angeles county.ch this morning because a large black bear has been wandering around this neighborhood. he's been there off and on for the past couple of days. this morning he's now focusg on this backyard and driveway. you can see him -- see that little white tent and the car at the top of the screen? he's up there. >> we'll check back in. because he's been out here for about 2 1/2 days they said in the neighborhood. every few hours he'll be really out in peoples backyards and streets. we'll keep you updated. you can watch it live online. >>> housing is a major challenge when building a better bay area, when you build housing at transit hubs something has somes give. anser hassan has more on that. >> the sign behind me explains it all. starting tonight the parking lot will be closed. it has 300 spots, about 10% of the station spots here. this is to make way for the new transit center. the transit center will include 400 apartments, 100 of which will be for low-income tenants. passengers can park and

they're trying to capture this bear in monrovia in los angeles county.ple are being warned stay in your house. this bear has been running through neighborhoods. they even saw it yesterday at an elementary school. that's a pretty big bear. the camera's panning around. you can see all the activity out there. and the department of fish and wild life are out there. the bear seems to be moving around not worried about all the news crews as it moves within the homes there in monrovia. the camera is trying to take you in between those trees and houses. but that's a pretty healthy bear. >> here he is. >> these are live pictures. a bear in a neighborhood in monrovia in los angeles county. in somebody's front yard, pam. we're watching this. we'll bring you updates on the bear ut r newscast on mornings on 2. >> he looks a little lost. >>> police in san mateo hope a new clue in an old case might generate some leads. sherry roach was 17 years old when she vanished from a grooup home. investigators say sherry's mother found a photo of her daughter taken back in 1975 w

then also o this other specicies cald cochlicella barbara, which also is a first record for los angeles countyand then now, almost two years later, i'm back asassessing are those species still here. and they are. we literally are collaborators. like, we have papers together with all of our names on it. so, those are things that-- that collaboration makes this specimen and citizen science and standing in this backyard a really meaningful thing. pauly: this one's gonna go right there. we have the specimens that you see behind me, and other specimens all throughout ththis institution. over 35 5 llion spececimens and historicalal collection objects. and those can basically be a time machine so that we can understand where species were found in the past. when we think about the greatest threats to biodiversity that our planet is currently facing, we think about t things like climate chaange, andnd the realility ist onene of the b biggest t threats actually u urbanizatioion. so,o, we now knknow that asas o, 50% of the human population is now living in urban areas, and so, suddenly, it becomes a huge

kat: tens of thousands of people in los angeles county could soon have a clean slate as the d.a. xpungement of 66000 convictions for marijuana offenses, most of them felonies. because as one los angeles defender put it decision hasn't broken since day one. >> we have faced in los angeles county was decades of drug laws that had an incredible disproportionate impact on minorities. and in particular african-americans. kat: before this individuals had to go through a time-consuming and cumbersome process of petitioning the court on their own. this is a good first step, but millions of people around the country still have criminal records for something that is now legal in many places. is there any chance this great idea catches on? the panel has returned rochelle ritchie, tom bevan, and mike guns woman. i think this is both wonderful and fantastic. what you think what your thoughts. >> i think it's spectacular. the bottom line is i'm surprised i agree with los angeles on something i hate the traffic i hate the holly would lead to think they're better than us. i don't need the coffee

. >>> in our nbc news investigation, a new voting system in los angeles county to be rolled out for super tuesday. that one county has more voters than many states, and the system costs hundreds of millions but as cynthia mcfadden tells us, some are raising questions. >> so ten years and almost $300 million later, mission accomplished >> i think so. >> reporter: l.a. county registrar dean logan has supervised the development of the new voting system. >> this is a system that produces a paper ballot and human readable you can go back and audit and count. >> reporter: but many like computer science professor richard demillo say these machine-produced paper ballots have problems. they can be hacked and make technical errors. >> if you could design the perfect voting system, what would it look like? >> individual voters marking their choices on a piece of paper. >> reporter: but logan says since l.a. voters can review the machine produced ballots, they can catch any inaccuracies, except studies show most people don't review their ballots at all. >> we found that voters were spending on the av

authorities now said to several search warrants have been served one of them was at a home in los angeles county where a person of interest has lived for more than a decade. but when ash attics reports the san louis obispo county sheriff's office served search warrants at 4 separate locations in california and washington in connection to the disappearance of stockton native kristin smart. >>2 of the locations are in san luis obispo county one in los angeles county and the other in washington state. investigators question san pedro resident paul floors as they searched his home and confiscated potential evidence public interest in the case reignited last month when the sheriff's office sa they took 2 trucks belonging to paul floor says family members into evidence paul flores is believed to be the last person to see smart alive. neighbors reacted to all the commotion him be a friendly guy keeps him job shiny started running talk to is for his movie is actually pretty that my every him when hegot the notice a neighbor of us. >>a bombshell. i talked to a few times about the weather in the yard. we

>>los angeles county sheriff's partment says it's looking into reports that deputy shared graphic photosf kobe bryant's helicopter crash. according to the la times of photographs may have included images the victims remains. the sheriff's department says it is gathering information right now they're reviewing the allegations the baskeall 7 others died. after that and helicopter we down in calabasas on january 26th. >>health oicials are alerting the public there's one case of the coronavirus in san mateo county and now they're meeting with money to work hard too. so i use my frdom unlimited card. even when i'm spending, i'm earning 1.5% cash back on everything i buy. (shouting) earning ondphones! huh? earning. rning. ill rning. always ening. i don't know where you're pointing. not that one! the g one. you can't sneak a od earning opportunity past me. inact... i've got a hand modeling g that starts right no earn 1.5% cash bac on everything you buy with freedom unlimited. oooh. my hand lookgood. chase. make more of what's yours. gfor kohl's cash niversar.. sale! friday through sunday... eth

>>a huge fire at an oil finery in los angeles county. uh thiss under investigation. it happened overnig in the city of carson. there were no injuries but there are queions on whether this might affect gas prices. reporter courtney friel fr our station in l a s the latest. >>sky 5 was ovhead is huge flames lit up the night sky and inside a cooling tower the marathon refinery complex in carson. the blaze oke out st fore 11:00pm tuesday night and shut down both lanes of the 4 o 5 freewayor about 40 minutes. maraon personnel in la coun firefighters quickly worked to d essurize the system and extinguish the ames which are fully put out in e 05:00am hour local residents heard an explosion it elled smoke. viewer sent us these videos of the flames luckily, no o had to be evacuated. the important thing to know is that we've got to limit or air miting going on at this facility. >>we're not getting any detection of any chemical into the breathing zone d y outside this facility. >>so the public doesn't need to worry right now about any respiratory hazards. maratn officials are s

the los angeles county fire department says there was an explosion before the fire which appears to have started in a cooling tower. firefighters were still pouring water on to neth rning. so far rtof anju, on the stretch of the 405 freeway. the city council voted to look into what is causing flaring. the bay area air quality management district reports there has been a rise in flare- ups since last year when chevron started operating the new plant. it is an important part in keeping refineries running safely. they hope chevron will share exactly what causes the flaring. >>> with school shut down because of contaminated ground water, they took a tour of the water treatment plant. jackie ward saying the purpose of the feed trip was to educate and also easing fears about the water stup ply. >> less than half of the students showed up as further testing at their high school continues this weak. >> this is disruptive. this at iss what we have to f, iis closed which is why the 9th graders are touring the water treatment plant. >> we really want our kids to walk away today feeling confident th

. >>> breaking news out of los angeles county. crews are on the scene of this massive fire in carson. you can see the flames shooting out. reporting of an explosion right before the flames. this at the marathon refinery. highway 405 has been shutdown. crews are trying to figure out how to shut it off safely. >>> the city wants to take an active approach to find out what is causing all of the flaring at the chevron refinery. we are live outside of richmond city hall with what the council voted on tonight. andrea? >> reporter: the council knows the flaring is going on. it voted tonight to try to get to the bottom of all of this it wants to know what is causing the flairing to see how harmful it is to the community. earlier this month this video of a flaring coming from the refinery by chevron. according to the bay area dict there is a rise in flaring since chevron started operating the new hydrogen plant last year. today members of the communities for better environment asked the council to have chevron release the report to the pub

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we're hearing 911 calls from the day a helicopter carrying nba star kobe bryant crashed in los angeles county>> it went over my head thick in clouds, and then i heard a pop and it immediately stopped. >> i'm walking on the trail, i could hear the plane i think it was in the clouds, but couldn't see it, then we heard a boom and a dead sound and i could see the flames. >> bryant, his daughter, and 7 other people died just over a week ago. investigators are looking into the role that weather may have played in the crash. >>> now on to our original series project home. it's the only homeless shelter for youth in berkeley, and its future is in jeopardy. >> a nonprofit has millions to spend on a new property to house young people experiencing homelessness, but in tonight's project home, susie steimle showses us how public pushback is making the purchase impossible. >> reporter: it might not look like much or sound like somewhere you'd want to stay. >> it's kind of small, old, not really ventilated. >> poorly insulated. it smells like feet. >> reporter: but to jake and montel, this is hallowed groun

. >>> los angeles county officials are trying to determine the cause of a massive fire at a large oil refinery. fire crews responded to at least two explosions at the marathon oil refinery carson late last night. look at this video showing the fire sending plumes of dark smoke into the air but no injuries. unclear how the fire started and marathon refinery is that it is the largest oil refinery on the west coast. the bulk of the refinery is still in the operation and they do not expect impact on the overall production >>> back here police in fremont are searching for three suspects in a shooting that injured a woman and her two week old baby which happened yesterday afternoon 3:30 at a home on vallejo way near mission boulevard and the woman's husband got into a shootout with the suspect and that is when his wife was grazed by the bullet in her leg and dropped the baby she was holding both expected to recover.>> it is scary, it is 3 pm in the afternoon and you don't expect this. >> police are canvassing the neighborhood to see if they can get more information on the suspect >>> seven

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confirmed that visibility was por when the helicopter carrying kobe bryant crashed in calabasas los angeles county fire department dispatch cknter released 5 calls on monday all from the morning of the accident in each message caller's report a fire and smoke take a listen. >>i just heard a helicopter go across sri from what was roads. to east or east week. one of them i had taken cloud and then it just i heard a pop. and it's immediately stopped. >>i'm walking on the trail i could hear the plane in the cloud see it now we just heard a and a good sound in the next to the plate. >>his daughter and 7 other people died in that crash just over a week ago. tonight investigators are still looking into the role the weather played in the crash. >>the extra 5.30 new details in the south by officer-involved shooting who the santa clara county sheriff's office is looking for tonight and tonight president trump will deliver his state of the union address the controversial topics that might come up in the speech and the results from the iowa caucuses are rolling in we tried to get the politicians to deal with

locations in california and in washington state courtney friel has the latest from san pedro in los angeles county. >>you're watching paul flores being questioned by police as fbi and san louis obispo sheriff's investigators conduct a search warrant and remove new evidence from his san pedro home. authorities have long said florence is a person of interest in the disappearance case of cal poly student kristin smart who was 19 when she vanished on her way home from an off campus party in 1996. florence was the last person to see her but he was never arrested and was released again this morning to not wanting to talk with reporters. paul flores the police activity surprised flores's neighbors him to be a friendly guy keeps him job shiny started when you talk ears, you know the first movie is actually pretty but then my every him when he got the notice since smart's disappearance the san louis obispo sheriff's department has excavated the cal poly hillside for possible remains conducted almost 100 interviews and submitted 37 evidence items for dna testing the 24 year-old unsolved case has recently be

there is ne confirmed case of coronavirus in los angeles county. the mayor said precautions are also in place at the port complex where crew members on cargo ships from asian ports e not being permitted to shore. gave an date on the some today coronavirus in califnia. zavala was there when he spoke about it this afteron. she explains his stance on how the federal government is working with the state. >>this changis quite literally not figuratively. >>by the hour governor vin newsome and the state are trying to gea hold the ever evolving situation that is the coronavus newsome wednesday confirming california has 31 cases and number he says is constaly changing he says 8,000 ople have been or are being monitorefor the virus in california many are. >>current federal property some in state run. in public managehospitals throught the state and each one and getting the kd of attention that theydeserve this and says his administration is which warned is week the c virus will cause disruption across the country rather than expressing concern expressed anxi

. >> reporter: but there was no sympathy for weinstein on the steps of the los angeles county courthouse. this group, calling themselves "silence breakers" is comprised of the nearly 100 women who accused the 67-year-olds of sexual misconduct. today, they saferre savored the. >> even a man as powerful and famous as weinstein will be held accountable. >> reporter: miria miriam haleys testimony helped convict weinstein. >> i felt just very grateful that they-- that i'd been heard and believed. >> reporter: a member of that jury, who asked not to be identified, spoke out today. >> reporter: describe the moment where you all reach aid decision. >> i felt like my heart was literally going to pop out of my chest. but it was just, like, this is it. like, this is the moment. >> reporter: and that moment has been described by many at the beginning of a new era of justice for sexual abuse cases. as for harvey weinstein, once he's released from this hospital, he'll be sent straight to prison, and then he's expected to face a trial on sexual abuse case, sexual assault, rather, in los angeles. norah.

there are some growing concerns about gas prices spiking following a massive refinery fire in los angeles countythe flames followed an explosion tuesday night. gasbuddy officials say that the good news for drivers is that crude oil prices are falling on fears over the coronavirus outbreak. wholesale prices to go up $.05- $.15 a gallon across california >> i don't think it is going to do anything. but we don't know. i mean, i hope it does not go up. >> yeah priority is to secure the site of the incident. were unable to answer specific questions about the timing of any necessary repairs. >> state officials say the marathon refinery fire is at least the third such incident at a california refinery since 2012. >>> this morning, a new push to get the public access to the water in the hetch hetchy reservoir. the reservoir in yosemite national park has been considered san francisco's main water supply and has stunning views and picturesque waterfalls that few get to see. a group called restore hetch hetchy has proposed a boat system. what transport hikers and fishermen to various places currently only

kobe bryant and his daughter and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash in los angeles county one month ago. >> kobe bryant's wife tweeted out the date, and 2/24 is gianna's number and 24, that was kobe bryant slager and they were together 24 years. >> a lot of symmetry. and people will be watching, to be sure. let's check in with traffic. in san francisco, they are shooting a movie, one of two that is a bit of a mess, i understand? >>> yeah. but the freeway traffic seems okay and it is so early that there are easy do tours. that is good because most people are not on the road right now. we are checking in with the early crowd on the altamont pass with some slowing and traffic is moving okay driving over to san francisco on the bay bridge and on the freeways with traffic moving well and no major issues driving over san francisco. it's monday and we expect more slow traffic, of course. traffic looks good at the toll plaza and its 4:09 and let's check with kyla for the weather. >>> we are about to get warm this week. how warm? in the inn 70s and upper 70s inland. it's not crazy

>>this is disturbing story in e los angeles county sheriff's department says it is looking into reports that sheriff's puties shared grapc photographs kobe bryant's helicopter crash scene the basketball legend and his dghter tiandied after the helicopter. they were and crashed in calabasas in southern california back on january 26. >>7 other people also died in that crash. the los angeles times is porting the deputy shared a graphic pictures of the scene according to the times of pictures may inude images of the victims remains the sherifs department says it is gathering information and is reviewing the allegations see house laakers on capitol hill approv a bill to ban the sale of flavored e cigarets and other flavored tobacco products. >>the bill would place new restrictions on e marketing of e-cigarettes and ban cluding menthol most the s, bill also wld place a new excise tax on nicotine. before the house voted. speaker nancy pelosi spoke about the recent san francisco measure sponsored by san francisco based juul labs. >>this experience we had san francisco. she will put an itiative

estimated there about 10,000 homeless people in san francisco and roughly 60,000 homeless people in los angeles county. it was just a month ago that bay area based companies kaiser permanente and blue shield of california pledged a combined million to governor newsom's fund to help get homeless people off the streets. newson said he was including a million fund to help with the homelessness crisis in his budget for next year is also calling on the private sector to add to that we have a special section by the way dedicated to this whole issue of homelessness in the bay area. it's all kron 4 dot com and the kron 4 news app just look for the news tab and then you can click the san francisco homelessness button ken pam back to you. >>thank you grant a new palo alto crime report shows while some violent crimes were down in 2019 from the year before car break ins despite its a crime trend that's plaguing many bay area communities kron four's maureen kelly talks paul to police about. >>what they're doing to try to combat it. >>a broken car windows from smash-and-grab burglaries like what you see in this vid

>>tonight the los angeles county sheriff's department says it is looking into reports that deputies shared graphic photographs of kobe bryant's helicopter crash scene the basketball legend and his daughter gianna and 7 others died after the helicopter. they were in crashed in calabasas california back on january 26. well 7 other people as we said also died in the crash. the los angeles times reported deputies shared graphic photographs of the scene according to the newspaper. the photographs may include images of the victims remains the sheriff's department says it is gathering information and reviewing the allegations also in southern california, a crane collapsed at the construction site of the la rams and chargers stadium in inglewood luckily, nobody was hurt. >>another crane being moved hit the boom of a stationary crane causing that when the there was no damage to the stadium. so feist ad which is set to open this summer is about 85%. complete about billion. it is the most expensive stadium by far in history of the national football league. >>a high-speed chase in los angeles and in a

. >> today the los angeles county coroner released the remains of five people killed in the crash to their families which include kobe, his daughter gianna, christina mauser, sarah and peyton chester and the pilot ara zobayan. >>> a cyberattack on a peninsula school district. the mountain view los altos high school district says it's the victim of a ransomware attack. last wednesday the district discovered its systems were hacked and a ransom note was left in a computer file but no specific dollar amount was requested. officials say there wasn't any evidence so far that data has been compromised. >>> was it a hate crime? a santa clara county sheriff's deputy is targeted and is lucky to be alive tonight. the deputy pulled over on the side of the road near uvas reservoir in morgan hill last week and got out of his car. then a car came by. the driver turned off its lights and opened fire on that deputy. one of the bullets hit the body worn camera, potentially saving his life. the deputy is sikh and wears his head garb wile on patrol. >> this was an ambush. based on the evidence, it was

eventually moved up to san francisco to work out of the office here, given a lot of assembly through los angeles county then came up here and doing assemblies to kids about rainforest. one of my jobs was to teach about recycle, teaching students to reduce, reuse, recycle and compost, i'm teaching them they have the power, and that motivates them. it was satisfying for me to work with for the department of environment to create a message that gets to the heart of the issue. the san francisco department of environment is the only agency that has a full time educational team, we go into the schools to help teach children how to protect nature and the environment. we realized we needed animal mascot to spark excitement with the students. the city during the gold rush days, the phoenix became part of the city feel and i love the symbolism of the phoenix, about transformation and the message that the theme of the phoenix provides, we all have the power to transform our world for the better. we have to provide teachers with curriculum online, our curriculum is in two different languages and whether it's lesso

los angeles to the bay area. witnesses say a gunman wounded six people, killing one of them. it happened while the bus drove through kern county about 80 miles north of los angeles. other passages and the driver then convinced the gunman to get off the bus and leave his gun on board with them. around 1:20 this morning. >> at this time we're working out the details exactly how they transpired. but ultimately, they were able to get the suspect off of the bus. >> the greyhound driver drove to a nearby gas station after dropping off the gunman. chp officers arrested the suspect minutes later. investigators say the victim who died is a 51-year-old woman from colombia. >>> developing news on coronavirus. there are six confirmed cases in california, and today we learned two patients from san benito county south of gilroy are being treated in san francisco. city health officials say the patients arrived at ucsf health today. the patients are being cared for in an isolation unit. officials say there is no elevated risk to the public and that all appropriate precautions are being taken for the safety of other patients and staff. >> both

one in los angeles county, the other to the north of us in washington state. they have not said what they're looking for but one of the locations is reportedly the home of the man who is believed to be the last ktvu's allie rasmus reports. >>> we're at mowry avenue next to the northbound 880 onramp. this is before 3:00 this morning a man was driving onto the ramp when two other cars pulled up alongside him. let's go to the video. the black bmw was struck twice by the. the shooters car in a second suspect vehicle took off continuing northbound 880. the chp says just before the shooting the victim had been driving here from a nearby parking lot. that driver may have been targeted and this was likely not a random freeway shooting. >> they drove to an area to pick up a car. they left in. >> chp investigators don't have ktvu fox 2 news. >>> after 5 months and no answer, san jose police are releasing surveillance video of three people believed to be involved in an unsolved homicide. the victim, an 18-year-old was buying bread when a fight broke out. ktvu's azenith s

to the one patient in santa clara county of 2 confirmed cases in southern california, one in los angeles county one in orange county. you have a married couple in chicago, the woman there was in china she came home and that her husband got it, you also have one patient in washington state and another in arizona who are infected. the number of cases is dramatic in china though 7 in the u s that country china reported today you have nearly 12 1000 people who are infected with the corona virus and 259 people who have died because of it the outbreak started in the city of will high and that is the capital city of the who bay province and this is what will looks like. today. virtually empty has city has been on lockdown for a week now other cities in china are also lockdown and there's an interactive map that a lot of people are going to johns hopkins university created this researchers there are taking information from the world health organization as well as the cdc and they're updating this is global we focus in here han because that is the epicenter and you see how many cases there are there but

search warrants were served on locations in san luis obispo, and los angeles counties. of the homes searched belongs to a man who is a person of interest in this case. he is reportedly believed to be the last person who saw smart before she vanished. his neighbors say they're aware of his past. >> are people here aware of his being a person of interest? >> looking after residence to see if he's doing anything suspicious. >> if you look on the internet, it says this story from way back then. we never thought nothing of it, if he did something, he would have been arrested for it back then. >> investigators say they were looking for specific items of evidence, but have not said what they were searching for. there have been no reports of any arrests. >>> bay area weather, we're not changing things much at all. we're still in the middle of this dry weather pattern. typically, if someone were to ask, when's the stormiest month here in the bay area, you'd say february. but look at the outside right now, lots of clear skies. just a few high clouds paying us a visit, and tempera

los angeles today. she'll be talking about economic injustice affecting families in a round table discussion. senator harris has also made headlines she just endorsed george gascon in los angeles countysan francisco's former district attorney. >>> tesla is climbing the ranks in the latest edition of consumer reports. the highest ranking america car maker of best car brands. it came in at number 11 as one of consumer reports top picks for 2020. porch porsche is ranked the best brand. the worst brand is mitsubishi and fiat. >>> some of the issues uber riders can report include reckless driving or inappropriate conversations. riders should still call 911 during an emergency. >>> the state of new mexico suing google. new mexican officials say its education services are illegally collecting information on children. the state's attorney general says google uses the tool to track information including their physical location, passwords, websites and more. new mexico is seeking unspecified civil liberties. >>> several bay area cities are now allowed to ban natural gas in new buildings. this comes after the state energy commission approved it. supporters say reducing the use of natural gas in

the mountains are the crown of the los angeles area and provide 30% of our water, 70% of los angeles county's open space and home to historic habitats of species like the california con sheep. elkhorn this sits in the back yard of the one of the densest areas of our country. offering recreational opportunities like hiking, fishing and camping to the more than 15 million americans that live in the urban area nearby. and that is so important, because the los angeles region is one of the most park poor areas in the country. too many communities do not have access to outdoor recreational activities. and access to outdoor space has benefits for public health. protecting these lands is so important. in 2014, president obama recognized the decades of grassroots support for this goal and granted my request to designate the sa san gabrielle national monument and made available for cleaner rivers and improved facilities and more rangers to interact with visitors. most importantly, it brought the entire community together to develop a management plan for the mountains with over 40 members representing a

los angeles. there has been some speculation prosecutors and law enforcement from the los angeles county were standing by here to see what would happen. every indication they will press that case forward now. we don't have an exact timetable on that. again, harvey weinstein has been found guilty of two very serious felony charges and looks like he is going to be heading straight to prison. >> thank you for that, ron allen. as you stand by joining me now, nbc legal analyst, danny savalas and federal prosecutor, cynthia oxley. as a defense lawyer, are you imagining his defense, the pleas, convicted of lesser charges, tipped off by the jury note on friday and none serious charges? >> i'm not surprised. the fact the jury struggled with the predatory sexual assault charges just means they struggled with the testimony of annebella sciorra. they could easily discount that testimony and find him guilty of the other charges. and the first degree rape was forcible con pumps. compulsion. the third degree means harvey weinstein didn't use force but instead he at least did so without consent. i can see a jury stru

lauren young was a witness, she is also one of the two victims in the los angeles cou nty two victims in the los angeles countyidered heroes of the women's movement and the victims rights movement. these witnesses told the truth under oath, despite what many people felt were unfair attacks on their credibility by harvey weinstein's defence lawyers, who attempted to do anything and anything legally possible to challenge the motives of the witnesses and blame them for what the witnesses testified what harvey weinstein did to them. the attem pts harvey weinstein did to them. the atte m pts to harvey weinstein did to them. the attempts to discredit them were not successful. my clients bravely stood in their truth and refused to be intimidated, bullied or shamed. and to shamefully changing that testimony, i am to shamefully changing that testimony, iam happy to shamefully changing that testimony, i am happy thejury delivered their verdict that was read in court today as to mimi and jessica, who i do not represent. the jury jessica, who i do not represent. the jury asked forfull jessica, who i do not represent. the

kobe bryant and his daughter gianna and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash in los angeles county one month ago. >>> 6:38 as the time and let's check with sal for the commute. >>> we have crowded conditions appearing on many commutes. if you are driving into work on this monday, you might expect that. in the east bay, the bay bridge is backed up for 15-20 minutes, except the carpool lanes and the bus lanes. traffic is okay on 880 and going south, slow from hayward to union city and in the south bay, for the most part, a decent dry but northbound 17, the santa cruz mountains, a very slow drive from scotts valley and toward the summit because of a crash. if that is york commute, give extra time to yourself. in los gatos, this is not affecting you. 6:39 and kyla grogan is filling in for steve. >>> good morning, everybody. a warm week with temperatures warm and lots of sunshine. it's the beginning of a warm up coming our way. san jose, average high is 66 degrees and we will beat that by 3 degrees with a high of 69. by tuesday, into the 70s. 75 wednesday, 77 and then 78 on thursday. sa

half ago, mayor garcetti of la and the vice president's sister had a huge office opening in los angeles county. we had over 300 people out. we are all over the state. i have met with legislators in the state of colorado mysealifo. we are confident we will be competitive and confident we're on the path we need to be on to secure the delegates needed to win this nomination stephanie. >> perfect place to wear the ray bans, sunny california. thank you for joining me. >>> we now have to turn to the coronavirus, as the death toll stands at over 2,000 across the world. the latest numbers come as 400 american evacuees are headed home from china. they were in quarantine for the last two weeks, and now another group of people are starting their quarantine. the number of global cases of coronavirus has surpassed 74,000. hop with wayfair, you spend less and get way more. so you can bring your vision to life and save in more ways than one. for small prices, you can build big dreams, spend less, get way more. shop everything home at wayfair.com you've been hearing a lot about 5g. but there's 5g... and then

>> new this monday, there are growing concerns about gas prices spiking following a fire in los angeles countys sparked following an explosion at the american refinery in parson on tuesday night. gasbuddy officials say that the good news, though, for drivers is that crude oil prices are fallen on fears over the coronavirus outbreak. but wholesale prices did go up $.05-$.15 a gallon across california >> i think it is going to do anything. but we don't know. i'm a, hope it does not go up. >> our priorities have been to secure the site of the incident. we're unable to answer specific questions about the timing of any necessary repairs or about fuel and finished product supply . >> state officials say that the refinery fire is the third such incident at a california refinery since 2012. >>> happening today, california water experts do not expect good news from the monthly snowpack survey in the sierra. this comes after a very dry february. the highest profile measure of the snowpack crucial to the state's water supply is at philip station in el dorado county. >> that is been a tough week for retir

one thing they have done that has not been done in los angeles county is they have outlawed tents on the street. they said, you are not allowed to sleep on the street in a tent. he says that is working. >> these are real people. to condone somebody living on the street, it is to condone them to die the street. will talk to people on the street who say they do not want to go into shelters. what you say to that person? stick that is an issue that we are grappling with, not just in san diego, but every city in california. we have to move to a system that says, if we are going to provide the shelter bed, you have to use it. that is common sense. also, we are changing some of the laws that are misguided, particularly around substance abuse in prop 47, leading to a methamphetamine epidemic. we have to change that. we have to ensure that we have laws that compel people to get treatment, not a jail bed, but to make that change. that is something i will be aggressive on in the coming year. >> this is a different approach than the stuff you normally hear from oakland. what kevin faulkner plans

last week, investigators finished collecting evidence at the site of that crash in los angeles countyport could take up to a year to complete. bryant's family and l.a. city officials have not yet finalized the date for bryant's funeral and public memorial services. >>> in san jose, a 22-year-old man from morgan hill was killed after being ejected from his car and hit by a vehicle. it happened around 12:40 this morning on the northbound lane of highway 31. the man was speeding in his hyundai accent when he crashed into the rear of an suv and spun out. his car was then hit by a big rig, which caused it to overturn and catch fire. the chp says at some point, the driver was ejected onto the roadway, where he was hit by a car. none of the other drivers involved in the crash were injured. >>> hour winds have died down a little. you will still find breezy conditions. right now on top of mount comeau baez, 34 mile-per- hour winds, gust of 29, upon mount diablo, the winds are dying down, gust as high as 50 miles per hour. beyond that, this morning and the exceptional, the winds are dying down.

. >>> authorities are investigating where there los angeles county sheriff's deputy shared graphic photos of the helicopter crash that killed kobe bryant, his daughter, and seven others. the public safety source so one of the photos on the phone of an official in a setting that was not related to the fatal wreck. the shows department says the matter is being looked into now. >>> a large construction crane collapsed, causing a tense moments for crew. this happened at the stadium in inglewood. the fire officials say this happened when the crane was being moved. it did crash into a stationary crane, causing that went to collapse. the was no damage to the stadium . it will open this summer. it will be home to the los angeles rams and los angeles chargers. >>> new development at the shooting at the molson coors brewery. police identified the gunman as 51-year-old anthony ferrill. they say he worked as an electrician at the brewery for 15 years. police searched his home to try to figure out why he killed five of his coworkers before turning the gun on himself. police said the victims range in a

there's a presidential primary here march 3rd and los angeles county will debut a brand-new super accessibleng system. >> unfortunately one consequence is that security hasn't gotten as much attention as it should have. >> this is not connected to the internet. this is just an interface that produces paper in the end. >> that's exactly right. >> reporter: not online, but still electronic. >> any device with the cpu can be hacked. >> reporter: it's called the voting solutions for all people system, but not all people are happy. >> the biggest security flaw and the design of the ballot marking device is the fact that the paper goes back under the print head on its way to the ballot box. >> i'll go and reinsert that. >> that's an opportunity for the printer to alter votes and alter the qr code. >> reporter: california secretary of state has certified the machines with some conditions that must be addressed before that general election in november, but not before the primary. for example, testing showed a paper misfeed rate of 1 in a little over 100. state law requires better than one in 500. >>

infections as a result of the flight attendants lness there is one confirmed case of coronavirus in los angeles county. the mayor says precautions are also in place at thport complex where crew members on cargo ships from asian ports or not being permitted ashore and we ave a sectiodedicated to the coronavirus our web site there report on how to stay safe from this outbreak and you can find a ecial map that sws where cases have been reported here in the u s it's all on kron 4 dot com. >>and just 3 daysahead of the south carolina primary that's this weekenhouse majority whip jim clburn endorsed the former vice president joe biden this comes is just 3 dayshead of south carina's demoatic primary, which could make or break the former vice president's campaign. >>we want the public to know. that vote the joe biden. south shouldbe oting for joe biden and he is i know joe. we know most didn't talk to me. knows bus. >>biden supporamong black voters across the south has been significant asset for his campaign. he's called the soh carolina primary his quote fire wall. the former vice president has far more endo

but i must say, i started my career in los angeles county, because my father was police commissioner in the city. then i came to san francisco. i've got to tell you, i was astounded at the relationship between the d.a.'s office and the police, even at that time it wasn't like l.a., and it wasn't like alameda county when i came to alameda county. l.a., alameda have very good relationships with the police. it's not a new divide. it's certainly boudin is widening that divide, but i never found it to be a good working relationship between the two. >> so they launched this website. talk about what they're hoping to accomplish? >> simply, to get boudin out of office. they say how many cases isn't he prosecuting, that he should be prosecuting. we're going to layer them. and at some point, they'll bring a challenge against him in office. remember, a few months ago, you and i were talking about this. i said give him a chance. we are a democratic society. so give him a chance. well, we're giving him a chance, and i think what the police are doing is letting that rope out to go, okay, here's on