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

lydia. ( lydia ) a flash flood watch has been issued for parts of the north bay this morning. it will last through tomorrow morning in areas affected by the north by a wildfires. the flood watch includes the fountain grove area of santa rosa. there are also mudslide concerns in the mountains. the flash flood watch will start this afternoon and last until 6:00 tomorrow morning. ( will ) thanks lydia. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( darya ) and now we want to go to kron 4's yoli aceves who is live along interstate 680 in walnut creek.( will ) yoli. what are the conditions like there right now. ( yoli ) and it is raining hear along highway 24 in the east bay. it has been coming down pretty much all morning long. just a reminder if you are our driving... slow down and if you have to turn you wipers on then you must turn your headlights on... that is the law. ( will ) thanks yoli. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( will ) you can always get the latest weather forecast... track live radar and get traffic alerts ... just download the kron4 m

lydia. ( lydia ) breaking ( lydia ) ( lydia ) breaking news we are following this morning...e untied states. this after a 7-point-9 magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of alaska. this map shows where the earthquake hit... that; what the little icon is. the red on the map shows the area under a tsunami warning... that is in alaska and parts of canada. the yellow is the part of the country that is under a tsunami watch... which is just a precaution. ( james ) thanks lydia. we will check back with you through out the morning. and now joining us on the phone is brian garcia with the national weather service. good morning. ( james ) even though the tsunami watch has been canceled for us... the office of emerency management is encouraging people to be prepared for any natural disaster.(darya) will tran is live at their office in san francisco. will... thanks will. we will check back with you through out the morning. (darya) good morning i'm darya folsom..(james) and i'm james fletcher. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... rebecca:dry and seasonably cool

reporting in santa rosa, lydia pantazes kron 4 news. ( james ) thanks lydia.check back with you through out the morning. ( darya ) in the east bay... two gunmen are on the loose after a man was shot during a robbery in oakland. it happened on 40th avenue near the fruitvale bart station. oakland police say two people stole a wallet and shot one of the victims. the man was taken to a hospital but there is no word on his condition this morning. ( darya ) solano county sheriff's deputies arrested a man accused of attacking another man with a machete. this is the suspect....44- year-old brandon foster of woodland. it happened at abernathy road and rockville road near fairfield. police say foster was messing with the victim's breaker box... attempting to turn off the power to the victim's home. when the victim confronted him... police say foster attacked him with a machete.. the victim was seriously injured and suffered major wounds over his entire body. ( james ) the family of a father whose remains were discovered in a hayward warehouse...gathered for his memorial

kron 4's lydia pantazas is live at the scene with more. ( lydia ) sea lion attacks swimmer.sffd responded to a sea lion attack. it involved an adult female. bite to lower extremities. taken to local hospital with non life threating injuries. retired fire fighter assisted her. national park service notified. sf fire says if you choose to swim in these waters. swim in pairs and be aware. ( james ) thanks lydia. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( darya ) a big story we are following.... a mob of thieves stole 100-thousand dollars worth of designer purses from a local nordstrom store. palo alto police say the the group of 4-men and 3-women used wire cutters to steal the handbags at the stanford shopping center on monday. they got away with a total of 49 bags. we talked to one shopper who said she was surprised to hear about the robbery. <"you just don't expect that around here. i shop here all of the time and if i saw something like that i would be like, really, like at stanford mall? super surprising to me"> ( darya ) police say the palo alto mob targeted gu

( lydia ) happening now...ching for this man. he's accused of sexually assaulting and robbing a woman who works at harker middle school. the attack happened tuesday morning inside a classroom - around 6:30. police are increasing their presence at the school and beefing up patrols in the area. ( james )lydia. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( will ) in the north bay... santa rosa police are investigating the sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl. it all started when police were called to a home... after a father said a man shined a light into his daughter's room. police arrested francisco cortes. the next day... the father went back to police... claiming the suspect had sexually assaulted his daughter. he said his daughter talked to the suspect on snapchat. police say cortes exchanged thousands of messages with the 11 year old... some were sexual in nature. ( james ) we now know the name of the suspected d-u-i driver... involved in a crash that killed a c-h-p officer on christmas eve. he's m

lydia pantazes is live in san francisco with more. lydia? where a tech shuttle bus picks up employees every morning and takes them to work in the silicon valley.this is also where protesters will be on friday morning from 6am to 10am. the organizer of the event says the goal is to stop abuse of private roads by corporations and stop the increase of gentrification.the organizer is asking my people to come picket peacefully at this bus stop.but there have been attacks on these buses recently. earlier this month, vandals broke windows of six buses chartered by apple and google.the buses were carrying employees traveling northbound on i280 between san francisco, cupertino and mountain view. the latest attack was on monday when the window of a tech bus was shattered on interested 280.no one was injured, reporting live in san francisco, lydia pantazes kron4 news. <"i'm concerned, i wouldn't say always a concern you always hear stories, it's something i hear about everyday when i take it coming and going (darya) thanks lydia. we will check back wit

lydia. ( darya ) thanks lydia.h you through out the morning. ( james ) our top story... in the south bay it was announced overnight that 12 people have been arrested in a massive gang sweep in san jose. seven of the suspects are adults... the other 5 are minors. police say the group was responsible for 30 robberies and carjackings in san jose since last summer. police also say that the gang used stolen guns and cars during the crime spree. the adults have been booked into the santa clara county jail on multiple charges including burglary... assault with a deadly weapon and child endangerment. the minors were booked into juvenile hall on the same charges. ( james ) thieves steal 34- thousand dollars in cash and drugs from a south bay rite aid. this morning... they're still on the loose. this happened at the rite aid pharmacy on el camino real in santa clara early tuesday morning... before the pharmacy opened. the thieves took cash from a safe and an a-t-m. they also grabbed perscription drugs before they got away. (

kron 4's lydia pantazes joins us live. lydia... ( lydia ) <"they're going mostly after cash.particular instances they have bypassed computers and other electronic equipment so our theory is that the suspects are going mostly after cash." > thanks lydia. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( james ) a big story this morning... we're learning new details about how the new mayor of san francisco plans to spend his first few days in office. interim mayor mark farrell says he will continue to champion the issues that mattered most to former mayor ed lee -- affordable housing and immigration. farrell was named interim mayor on tuesday... replacing london breed. some on the board of supervisors felt breed should not serve in the dual role of mayor and president of the board. mayor farrell says he will reach out to community leaders. < mark farrell/interim mayor- "the board's decision yesterday is, again, i do not take lightly. i take humbly. and, it's something that i will work to make sure that the next six months, that every single resident of san francisco knows

lydia. ( lydia ) there's a two- point-seven percent increase from 20-17.e goes up to two dollars for adults...one dollar for children five to 18 years old...and 75-cents for seniors or the disabled. to encourage the use of cards and cut down on fare gate maintenance -- 50 cents is being added in the new year for each ride using bart's blue paper tickets. also - free clipper cards are being handed out at three east bay stations.at the west oakland station from four to seven p-m on thursday... at the dublin-pleasanton station from four to seven p-m on january eighth... and at the bay fair station from four to seven p-m on the ninth. it is january 2018 and proof of payment is now required once you pass through bart fare gates. checking to see if riders actually paid for a ticket is bart's answer to a major problem...fare evasions. bart estimates is loses between $10-million and $25-million dollars a year due to folks walking in and out without paying. what do bart passengers think about the being asked for proof of payment? <"that's a tough one. it may cost m

kron4's lydia pantazas is live in berkeley with more on this story. lydia?ia )luis mora is a student here at uc berkeley and expected to return to school here soon.luis mora was released from the otay mesa detention facility yesterday. the 20-year-old student and his girlfriend were leaving a party january when they took a wrong turn and ended up at a checkpoint.mora overstayed his visa while visiting the u.s. from colombia as a child.a social media campaign with the hashtag #freeluis raised awareness for mora's situation. luis spoke with reporters after his release.luis mora / released from detention:"and i'm grateful to be here and to be able to fight my case to remain in this country which i call home, despite not having legal papers yet i call home, my heart."prerna lal / attorney:"i'm just glad he's going to be back in school and ready to be doing what he should be doing, which is getting an education."hi n twitter his attorney reminded people not to forget about the more than 36-thousand people still in detention facilities. reporting live in berkeley,

lydia what do we know. . ( lydia ) police are telling people to avoid this area.details but they say that it is a critical incident. i will continue to gather details and bring you updates in a live report. ( james )we sent out a breaking news alert at 5:45 this morning alerting you to the urgent situation in san francisco. you can be the first to know about breaking news by downaoding and using the kron4 mobile app. ( james )(ááá2 shotááá)a severe winter storm is pummeling the east coast ... throwing around blinding snow ... flooding coastal streets ... and causing flight cancellations and delays. kron4's terisa estaci is live at s-f-o with more on how the storm is impacting flights here.terisa? (estacio) that storm sweeping across the east is certainly creating some hardships. nearly five thousand flights canceled across the us two thirds of those flights all coming in and out of new york and boston. (vo)the storm ripped through dumping as much as 18 inches of snow flights were suspended at jfk, and air traffic halted at laguardia airport that was all thursday .

lydia ... what can you tell us? ( lydia )breaking news from overnight. we are following an apartment fire that broke out in san jose. firefighters received reports of the fire just after midnight. it took about an hour for them to put it out. a total of 8 units were damaged... displacing 16 people including 5 children. no injuries have been reported from the fire. ( darya ) thanks lydia. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( james ) the number of missing after a mudslide hit southern california is constantly changing -- and not just because people are being found. right now... the number stands at 43. but yesterday morning it went from 48 down to 8.. because of uncertainty and mistakes. rescue teams and cadaver dogs are digging through knee-deep mud looking for people who haven't been seen in days. authorities say at least 17- people h

lydia, what are people telling you? >> reporter: some people said they slept through the whole thing and others are use to earthquakes and have said that this earthquake woke them up, it was two big jolts and i spoke to my security guard who lives along the hayward fault and he told me it scared him. he started thinking about the one from 1989, the loma prieta and he was waiting for the big one to hit. he had two tolton people at work said that he was experiencing this. >> it was over by the time we figured out what this was, it was over and it was pretty crazy. >> reporter: we asked him if everyone dived under the desks and he said it was so quick that nobody knew what to do. scary for him and he was from new york and has been here for a while and has been through some earthquakes and said this is one of the strongest he has felt since being in california. kron4 news from oakland. >> thank you very much, lydia. as we look at the maps showing the epicenter, we will read off the emails. people are reporting that they fel

lydia.e will check back with you through out the morning. a hot spot in redwood city. us101 n / whipple ave the three leftlanes are closed until further notice. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. rebecca:look for dry weather to continue through at least the middle of next week as the main storm track remains well to our north. daytime temperatures will generally be well above seasonal averages, while nights remain seasonably cool. ( robin ) people in a north bay mobile home park once again have running water this morning. 300 families had to go several days without running water. kron 4's ali reid has the details. without water since friday dishes piling up and there's no water for laundryneighbors tell me each household was given a gallon of water. but families at rancho verde mobile home park have had to make additional trips to the supermarket. unfortunate

the election day is june 5th. ( darya ) thanks lydia.g. ( james ) another home in pacifica is about to fall victim to coastal erosion that has already claimed three apartment buildings and numerous houses. the vacant home is the last house standing along this stretch of the city's waterfront. the cliffs underneath the home are badly eroded. unless something is done soon, it's only a matter of time until the building falls off the edge. pacifica residents told us the erosion is unfortunate but also inevitable. <"it's depressing. it really is. it's not good. but there's really not much you can do about it.">( james ) the owners say they recently sold the house to the city of pacifica with plans for demolition. the city also plans to add the property to the esplanade beach overlook trail once it's gone. ( james ) in the north bay.... rains did ánot effect fire-ravaged santa rosa as some had feared. the area could easily have seen some flooding or mudslides monday... but the storm was forgiving. meanwhile... crews will monitor gravel bags...

reporting live in san francisco's, lydia pantazes kron4 news. ( james ) thanks lydia.ning. ( darya ) a big story we are following.... a mob of thieves stole 100-thousand dollars worth of designer purses from a local nordstrom store. palo alto police say the the group of 4-men and 3-women used wire cutters to steal the handbags at the stanford shopping center on monday. they got away with a total of 49 bags. we talked to one shopper who said she was surprised to hear about the robbery. <"you just don't expect that around here. i shop here all of the time and if i saw something like that i would be like, really, like at stanford mall? super surprising to me"> ( darya ) police say the palo alto mob targeted gucci bags which can cost up to 19- hundred dollars each. we're seeing this happen more and more at high end nordstorm and the apple ridge mall in pleaston were targeted in and at union just last tuesday... armed robbery of a u-p-s truck behind the nordstroms in corte madera. the truck was parked in the loading department ( darya ) oakland police have released the name

lydia?ydiaááá)one option being considered is variable parking rates depending on what time of the day you park. higher parking rates would be charged during peak hours. some board members said this would make it too expensive for commuters. one way they could track usage would be to implement automated license plate reader technology... which has some people concerned about privacy. the issue was discussed by the bart board of directors at their meeting on thursday morning. the board is also looking at ways to increase available parking parking lots fill up as early as 6 a.m., making it difficult for many commuters to access some bart stations, and there is a lengthy wait-list for permits for reserved spaces. no vote was conducted and no action was taken on the presentation. reporting live in walnut creek, lydia pantazes kron4 news. <"i use the bike locker, best deal in town. my bike is safe and i look forward to it when i get home. i ride my bike home. so you don't care about parking? no i'

lydia... do we know how this fire started? ( james ) thanks lydia.u through out ( james ) voters in the south bay will decide whether an embattled judge keeps his job. the registrar of voters in santa clara county says enough signatures were collected to add judge aaron persky's recall petition to the ballot this fall. persky sentenced former stanford swimmer brock turner to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an intoxicated woman. organizers collected more than 90-thousand signatures to recall the judge. persky's current term ends in 20-22. ( darya ) police in the east bay are looking for a gunman after three people were shot. it happened on market avenue in north richmond at around 9:30 monday night. police say an argument may have lead to the shooting. the three people shot are recovering in the hospital.not have a description of the gunman. asking anyone with please come ( darya ) police have arrested two young men... accused of breaking into homes in emeryville. police responded to an apartment on adeline street near the home depot monday

lydia. ( lydia ) there's a two- point-seven there's a two-( lydia ) there's a two-point-seven percent20-17. the minimum fare goes up to two dollars for adults...one dollar for children five to 18 years old...and 75-cents for seniors or the disabled. to encourage the use of cards and cut down on fare gate maintenance -- 50 cents is being added in the new year for each ride using bart's blue paper tickets. also - free clipper cards are being handed out at three east bay stations.at the west oakland station from four to seven p-m on thursday... at the dublin-pleasanton station from four to seven p-m on january eighth... and at the bay fair station from four to seven p-m on the ninth. it is january 2018 and proof of payment is now required once you pass through bart fare gates. checking to see if riders actually paid for a ticket is bart's answer to a major problem...fare evasions. bart estimates is loses between $10-million and $25-million dollars a year due to folks out without paying. what do bart think about asked for proof of payment? ( will ) thanks lydia. we will check back with yo

lydia ... what can you tell us? ( lydia )breaking news from overnight.in san jose. firefighters received reports of the fire just after midnight. it took about an hour for them to put it out. a total of 8 units were damaged... displacing 16 people including 5 children. no injuries have been reported from the fire. ( james ) the number of missing after a mudslide hit southern california is constantly changing -- and not just because people are being found. right now... the number stands at 43. but yesterday morning it went from 48 down to 8.. because of uncertainty and mistakes. rescue teams and cadaver dogs are digging through knee-deep mud looking for people who haven't been seen in days. authorities say at least 17- people have been killed by the storm. one montecito man says he lost two friends. <"josie gower is one and rebecca riskin and their bodies were found down, you know, down at the 101 from glen oaks 192, so that'

lydia.rother (robin) state lawmakers are introducing several new insurance bills to protect victims of major disasters. the bills are in response to the complaints from people... who lost their homes in wildfires. insurers generally require a detailed list of items destroyed in a disaster. lawmakers say that paperwork makes victims re-live the traumatic experience. one bill would require insurers to pay at least 80- percent of the coverage limit without that list. another.... extends the time insurers must cover alternative living arrangements... while a victims home is rebuilt. unfortunately... most of the measures will not pass in time to help those who have already lost their homes. happening today... the city of oroville is expecte4d to announce a lawsuit against the state of california over the 2017 oroville dam failure. the city is suing the department of water resources. the dam's main spillway and emergency spillawy failed last february forcing more than 180-thousand people to be eva

before the start of their shift emergency physician lydia and her colleague checked their equipment. i used i'll pin is a charitable organization that owns one of south to walls three rescue helicopters . lydia isn't a nice the terrorist stabilizing the patients breathing and circulation is vital in an emergency more than thirty doctors from italy and germany work shifts for iota of pain. so far this shift has been quiet but as is often the case as soon as the food is on the table there is an emergency. a woman is full and while hiking. there is always a crew of four on board the helicopter the pilot. a winch operator an emergency doctor and a mountain rescue worker. they have to get out of the helicopter hovers it's impossible to land. thank. the injured woman has broken bones and needs primary care as quickly as possible. that you feel a factor for the other for pretty much what within just a few minutes they can call the helicopter and start lifting the patient i. i just it's on the one hand we develop a thick skin after doing his work for many years people might say we've become

thanks lydia.ut the morning. ( james )happening now: homeowners near the palace of fine arts .... are fed up with the number of car break-ins in their area. now the community is trying to figure out how to combat these crimes. it's mostly tourists and rental cars that are being targeted, but families and their visitors are also being affected.the community has decided to create different committees to keep tabs on crimes that have been happening ... so they can present their case to local officials. ( james ) the group plans to hold monthly meetings ... and will making their presence known at city hall. wildfires in california are threatening to make home fire- insurance ... unaffordable. the state department of insurance issued a report sayin