(grant) kron4's maureen kelly was in the courtroom alongside the murder victim's family and friends, who expressed their outrage after today's hearing. (maureen)nothing seems right about it at all.a family friend of 27 year old murder victim keith green expessed dismay that tiffany li was able to walk out of jail...especially since her two alleged co-conspirators weren't not allowed that option.li, her boyfriend, kaveh bayat and olivier adella are accused of conspiring to kill green.prosecutors say li was afraid of losing a custody battle with the victm...who is the father of her two young children.right now we're sort of dealing with david and goliath situation in there with all those millions of money and power and then we have this lovely young man keith, 27 years old brutally murdered, shot and saw it coming close range so it's a terrible storyli left the jail escorted by her family's attorney...getting into a cadallic escalade saying nothing to the swarm of media. the d-a wanted her bail set at 100 million.... but a judge knocked it down to 35 million. but the value is really 66

maureen kelly kron4 news (pam) in oakland. of the survivors of the fire that killed four, and tore through a low-income apartment last month - are now suing 15 former tenants claim... the building on san pablo avenue had "slum conditions'. they are accusing the building's owners and managers of ignoring a stringof fire code violations. the march 27th fire... which fire officials said was caused by a candle... killed four people - injured 6 others - and displaced about 100 people who lived in the building. (sot) "all i heard was people banging on walls. that was the alert. all our neighbors were just banging on walls yelling 'ire fire!' "if the fire system had been functioning properly this fire would never have spread. nobody would have lost their lives. nobody would have been injured. it would have been a minor fire." the tenants who are suing.. claim... the building did not have smoke detectors and fire extinguishers.... and also say, the exits were blocked. (steve)in the east bay. . . the man accused of a mass killing spree

(maureen kelly)in oakland a victim of a different bart attack is coming forward...beca use she says bart pd dropped the ball in investigating her case.she has text messages from her witnesses....one whom a month later says she had not been contacted by police....another saying she was called by police on april 6th. today the acting deputy chief says he was made away of the delay in contacting the witnesses in this case two weeks ago. he calls it unacceptable and says he's put protocols in place to address it. pawlisch says she hopes bart pd has truly learned from this incident and is trying to improve...and isn't just saying that to deflect media scrutiny.maureen kelly kron4 news (justine waldman)in vallejo, a gruesome dicoevry off of columbus parkwayabout a dozen dead dogs in a trash bag.it does not appear they have micro chips or tags.the decomposing dogs looked to be yorkies, poodle and a golden reteriver.im justine waldman kron 4 news. (mark carpenter)"the oakland raiders make it official. beast mode is on the roster. the team posted this video of marshawn lynch ending his retirement

kron4's maureen kelly talked to a victim who was able to snap a picture of her alleged assailant. aureen)the woman says the attack happened while she was riding the n judah home after the evening commute last thursday....after the streetcar entered the tunnel here near duboce park.here's a picture she snapped of the man she says rubbed his crotch up against her shoulder repeatedly as she was riding the train. she believes he waited to strike at that moment because the ride gets bumpy in the tunnel....which is why at first she didn't realize she was being targetted....but once she became aware of what was going on he sat down at another part of the train. the victim says she believes she saw the same man committing the same act on another woman....about two weeks eariler..on the same train. she says she felt compelled to make her story public so this man is caught before anything worse happens. (victim) my big fear is that he will follow someone off the train and do something more violent, rape somebody, god knows what could really happen. i want to make sure there is awareness out

(pam) kron4's maureen kelly talked to some of the giants faithful ....make the day a city- wide holiday. (fan)opening day baseball opening day pan you got to get the pins. why you got to get the pins? it's part of tradition is like put waking up in the morning to put your pants on you got to do.we always come to opening day it's become a tradition since we've been married, so for 21 years this is been our honeymoon an anniversary gift all in one exactlythe excitement of opening day doesn't get old for the die hards.(fan)i'm excited it's like marking my calendar red exes especially after christmas. and you know it so much fun to see families, a little kids building traditions the baseball needs them tooit's also electric for those doing this for the first time...i'm super excited it's my first home opener something on my bucket list i can finally cross it off and i'm just excited i wish my grandpa was here we used to do this all the time.(baer)it's a rebirth it's a reawakening a lot of people wax poetic about opening day for good reason because it sunshin

maureen kelly kron4 news (pam) in menlo park...re dealing with a rise in burglaries. things have gotten to the point that the mayor and police chief are holding a community meeting tonight. the two are expected to also address other crime trends in the peninsula city. but, the main focus will be on residential and vehicle burglaries. at the end of last year... there was a rash of break-ins in the willow neighborhood and the trend continued at the start of this year. the meeting starts at 6:30... at the neighborhood service center on hamilton avenue. (catherine) in the north bay: the c-h-p says it's arrested a taxi driver for sexually assaulting a passenger while taking her home from graton casino. they posted this photo of the suspect - 42-year-old mehari tekle - being taken into custody this morning in santa rosa. investigators say the passenger was drunk at the time of the assault - which happened this past december. they used video evidence as well as d-n-a to build their case against the man. (catherine) the cost to heat your h

(steve) kron4's maureen kelly talked to the suspect's neighbor. 42 year old mehari tekle was arrestedday . here's video showing him in handcuffs escorted by an officer on his way to the county jail. he's been booked one count of sexual penetration when the victim is prevented from resisting by intoxication. he's being held on 100- thousand dollars bail and is set to be arraigned thursday afternoon. investigators say dna and video evidence are what identified him as the taxi driver who allegedly picked up an intoxicated woman from the graton casino back on december 18th. the sexual assault happening six miles to the north near the 101 and hwy 12 interchange.you're intoxicated supposed to get a cab you're supposed to get a cab to get a cabin that supposed to be your safe space safeway home that you're safe way home that's not supposed to be but supposedly a place that you get violated i'm comforted that he was arrested tekle lives at this apartment complex in santa rosa....a neighbor says tekle is a married father of young children who has been living there a long time...working for him

maureen kelly kron4 news ( pam ) we have been updating this story throughout the day ...air, as well as online. the push alert went out through the kron four mobile app just after 1:30- this afternoon. the app is free for apple and android devices. you can also stay up-to- date through our website as well as the kron four facebook page and twitter feed. ( steve ) a rough morning for bart. it was testing out some new trains when they stalled right near the lake merritt station. this created some major delays until they could get the tracks cleared. ( steve ) this isn't the first time we have seen bart run in problems when testing out the new trains. last april, some test cars ran off the tracks at the hayward yard and plowed into a dirt pile. an investigation determined a cable connected to some of the equipment got pinched in a cabinet door. it then shorted out and disabled the braking system leading to the crash. bart made changes to the train's software to prevent future crashes. ( pam ) just in to the kron four newsroom ... a man seen being brutally beaten by alameda c

maureen kelly kron4 news. new ahead at 8. one mom says she's banning her kid from doing homework again. why she says she's doing it. (pam) and next... united airlines pays up ... to a passenger dragged off its flight.. and also announces some big changes for its flights.<><> ((gary sports tease))gary radnich:"a little bit later in this broadcast the nfl draft. how the raiders do, how the 49ers do we'll go with the local selections... exciting day. a little bit later in this broadcast". (steve)here's what we're tracking tonight at ten... brand new video just into our newsroom...of a sideshow erupting in a quiet bay area neighborhood, right behind an elementary school.now the homeowner is saying the city isn't doing anything to stop it.that story tonight...on kron4 news at ten. (steve) united airlines has reached a settlement with the passenger who was dragged from one of its flights you remember the viral video where doctor david dao was ordered off an overbooked united flight earlier this month. when he refused to leave... he

kron4's maureen kelly reports that this year the city is taking new steps to try to control the pot party that's gotten bigger and many say, messier. hey potheads....get ready for your mellow to be harshed.the unorganized freewheeling celebration of all things cannabis that has turned into an annual event every april 20th is about to get a makeover.today staging could be seen going up....lines of portopotties have been installed and a big fence has gone up around hippie hill...to help control the crowds.the man in the hat is one of the haight street merchants who have been tapped by the city to oversee and sponsor the event. they've raised over a hundred thousand dollars that will go to help reign in the chaos...this video that shows the just some of the massive amount of trash that's gets left behind after the pot smoke clears. city crews usually clean up 20- thousand pounds of garbage...after this event. talk about a bummerwhile the city still frowns on the event...at news confernce today, they said they felt that they had to do something to try and get a handle on this.there's no owner

maureen kelly kron4 news.lifornia lawmakers may start requiring police departments to track the status of rape kits.... the goal is to reduce the backlog of untested evidence.. today the state assembly passed a bill that would require departmentsto report information on untested kits..... these kits contain d-n-a evidence from victims. assemblyman david chiu says, there are more than 6-thousand untested rape kits in california...and no clear information on how many are collected... .or why some are not tested. opponents argue, the reporting requirements would be too difficult to carry out for police departments. new at 6. police arrest a 31-year-old man for narcotics sales after locating over two pounds of methamphetamine during a search warrant in santa rosa. it happened around four:30 noon yesterday on bellevua avenue. there the suspect ramiro faburieta -reyes was stopped in his car, as he was trying to leave his apartment. officers located two ounces of meth in the vehicle. a further search of his apartment

with kron4's maureen kelly.know what was going on i know when i originally reported to police i thought multiple people were hitting me newly arrived college grad tess pawlisch just learned a hard lesson about riding public transit in the bay area. febuary, the same month she moved here for a job in politics, the 22 year old says she was sitting on a bart train while travelling thru oakland...looking at her phone on the train when she was attacked. it turned out it was just one teen girl who ran off the train when it stopped at the west oakland station. despite witnesses alerting the train operator for help...the train left the station and bart pd wasn't alerted until the next day when the victim reported it. she was diagnosed with post concussion syndrome and had to miss a lot of days at her new job. but there are other lingering effects of this attack.i'm scared to take public transportation and i think that's so unfortunate because we are so lucky to live in a city that has an incredible public transportation

maureen kelly kron4 news.(steve) coming up: we are following breaking news:a standoff underway in martinez with a murder suspect.. it's after a woman was found shot and killed on a sidewalk in walnut creek. (pam) then: settlement reached....the major changes united airlines is making after this viral video showing a passenger being dragged off an overbooked flight. (steve) and next:it's the bay area's most dangerous city for pedestrians.. we go indepth on why the number of fatalities is so high -- and what"s being done to solve the problem. hey allergy muddlers are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool? try zyrtec® it's starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®. (steve) in the bay area's busiest cities.. it can be downright dangerous getting around especially if you are walking. (pam) a recent ranking of metropolitan cities across the country shows .. not san francisco.. but san jose is the bay area's mo

now the owners want answers as to what's causing the problem.( mark ) kron 4's maureen kelly has therk department says they haven't used fertilizer on this park in more than a year. and their use of herbicides or pesticides are minimal and no toxics chemicals are allowed.i talked to one dogwalker who backs up that position.they dump fish in emulsion as an alternative to chemical fertilizers. and you can get all the herbicide and pesticide information online at department a park and rec. i mean they have use the least amount of chemicals then any other park department i know of.the city says the will be inspecting the park for potenial hazards that might have made two dogs foam at the mouth and vomit.there are many theoriessome point to the mushrooms cropping up with rain.others to an intestinal parasite that could be gobbled up in the mud.but at least one believes it could be a human cause.i have a feeling that because people use drugs out here i've heard that dogs get pieces of marijuana cigarettes and then get sick from that. so i wouldn't be surprised.a local vet says that is not

kron4's maureen kelly's joins to us live to give us an update on how that plan is working. maureen? (maureen)hi grant....take a look behind me and you can see the pot party is still in full swing.people are out... openly smoking marijuana...dancing to the music and enjoying the beautiful spring weather.this year the city teamed up with some local merchants to install some fencing and add security to control the crowds. but that didn't seem to be too much of a buzz kill. there has been plenty of pot puffed, blunts rolled and joints toked on hippie hill and sharon meadow on what's considered for many to be the high holy day of all things cannabis.despite the city's attempt to reign in what in the past has been a marijuana themed melee in and around golden gate park ...drawing as many as 15-thousand pot smokers. and those stoners have left the park a pigsty...last year leaving as much as 11 tons of garbage in there wake. the city has spend over 100-thousand dollars to clean up and police this event.this year they teamed up with local merchants and cannabis related businesses to bring i

maureen kelly kron4 news (vicki) happening now... are working to remove a tree that came crashing down into an east bay restaurant. last nights powerful winds forced this tree to fall right into a k-f-c in newark. several people visited the kfc this morning to take some pictures. it almost looked like something out of a movie. the large trunk suspended in air - the rest caving in the roof. tony kope, newark resident: "i have never seen anything like this." the city did red tagged the fast food restaurant... which is located on thornton ave. in san leandro -- a tree smashed into a car at an apartment complex there. crews were also dealing with a downed tree in the oakland hills as it toppled over onto power lines. (anchor) time now to check on our weather... with chief meterologist brittney shipp. lawrence karnow: it has been an incredible rain season and it's still going. one of the strongest april storms in recent memory moved through last night with heavy rain and winds gusting over 50 mph. we've head showers throughout the day but

the judge said he will rule on motion for an injunction as soon as possible maureen kelly kron4 newserned mother comes forward to alk about her daughter being attakced and robbed on muni's t-train tuesday in the bayview districtsotmother of daughter attacked on muni t-train: "they proceeded to kick her and hit her, attacking her, they grabbed her hair"one day later a group of teens assaulted and robbed another female muni passenger sotpaul rose/sf muni spokesperson: "what we know is that there were incidents aboard the vehicles concerning a group of suspects that stole cellphones from a group of individuals on two separate occasions"sotofficer robert rueca/san francisco police department: "these recent incidents have occurred in a short period of time. at this time we don't know if they are related or not"mother of daughter attacked on muni t-train: "i would like for this not to happen to anyone else."in san francisco haaziq madyun kron4news (philippe) in santa rosa... police are looking for a 36-year-old chiropractor convicted of multiple sex crimes... some against teenage girls. do

(pam) kron4's maureen kelly was in the courtroom... as the victim's family members addressed the murderers in court. (lakita carter, widow of victim)"three violent, cold blooded, evil, apparently brain dead drug addicts."the widow of steve carter...the yoga teacher who was gunned down on a fairfax trail....berated the three drifters who killed her husband and shot and wounded her dog.as far as i'm concerned, no punishment however harsh could do justice for the horrific, unforgivable crimes that you three have committed, fully intentional and as far as i know without any remorse whatsoever.a letter from the mother of audrey carey was read in court... the 23 year old canadian tourist who was the first victim of the 2015 crime spree, her body found in golden gate park. carey's mother called the killers "three unspeakably cruel monsters"lila alligood ...who had just turned 18 at the time of the murders, had tears rolling down her face during most of the proceeding at the end of which she was sentenced to 50 years to life for her role in th

kron 4's maureen kelly has the story.(laugh)marissa johnson and her baby boy shouldn't be alive right now...but today they are smiling....she still has a scar on the back of her head....beneath that the fragment of the bullet she was shot with still remains.....and so does the fear of that day one year ago. here's what marissa looked like that day...visably pregant....in her 8th month....when she showed up at her work at the casa pacifica apartments....it was then that her ex boyfriend....who is not the father of her child, showed up and allegedly tried to kidnap her at gunpoint. i said i'm not leaving with you leaving with you and then he put the gun to the back of my head and shot me.i honestly didn't think you were doing and he would walk off but i was wrong 27 year old ricardo...or ricky colindres as not been seen since....he's on the us marshalls northern california most wanted list. a 10 thousand dollar reward has been offered for information leading to his arrest. if captured he faces two counts of attempted murder

she shared her story with kron4's maureen kelly. didn't know what was going on i know when i originally reported to police i thought multiple people were hitting me newly arrived college grad tess pawlisch just learned a hard lesson about riding public transit in the bay area. febuary, the same month she moved here for a job in politics, the 22 year old says she was sitting on a bart train while travelling thru oakland...looking at her phone on the train when she was attacked. it turned out it was just one teen girl who ran off the train when it stopped at the west oakland station. despite witnesses alerting the train operator for help...the train left the station and bart pd wasn't alerted until the next day when the victim reported it. she was diagnosed with post concussion syndrome and had to miss a lot of days at her new job. but there are other lingering effects of this attack.i'm scared to take public transportation and i think that's so unfortunate because we are so lucky to live in a city that has an incredible public transp

kron4's maureen kelly was in the courtroom, as family members of the victim ...he killers about the devestating impact of their actions. (lakita carter, widow of victim)in a drug-induced craze you became cold blooded murders. the widow of steve carter...the yoga teacher who was gunned down on a fairfax trail....berated the three drifters who killed her husband and shot and wounded her dog.so now prepared to pay for it. prepared to pay for it, the cost of your actions is your freedom. and really your life. this here is the beginning of your very own private horror movie that's not going to end anytime soon. a letter from the mother of audrey carey was read in court... the 23 year old canadian tourist who was the first victim of the 2015 crime spree, her body found in golden gate park. carey's mother called the killers "three unspeakably cruel monsters"lila alligood ...who had just turned 18 at the time of the murders, had tears rolling down her face during most of the proceeding at the end of which she was sentenced to 50 years to life for her role in the two murd

talking to maureen kelly who is at a p-g-and-e station in the tenderloin. ( darya ) "the fate of ( darya her fiance is being framed. >> steve's daughter accused him of touching her inappropriate. >> announcer: by his ex-girlfriend. >> you're going to talk to me because that's what we're here for. >> announcer: he insists he's falsely accused. >> she's nothing but a piece of dirt to me. >> dr. phil: so you're writing her off. >> wouldn't you? >> dr. phil: you don't refer to your daughter as a piece of dirt. >> dr. phil: let's do it! >> have a good show, everybody. >> dr. phil: this is a safe place to talk about hard things. >> stand by, i'll count you down. >> dr. phil: i try to be an emotional compass and point you in the right direction. >> five, four -- >> dr. phil: i'm not giving up on you. [cheers & applause]

kron four's maureen kelly was in the courtroom as the victim's family members addressed them face to face. (lakita carter, widow of victim)"three violent, cold blooded, evil, apparently brain dead drug addicts."the widow of steve carter...the yoga teacher who was gunned down on a fairfax trail....berated the three drifters who killed her husband and shot and wounded her dog.as far as i'm concerned, no punishment however harsh could do justice for the horrific, unforgivable crimes that you three have committed, fully intentional and as far as i know without any remorse whatsoever.a letter from the mother of audrey carey was read in court... the 23 year old canadian tourist who was the first victim of the 2015 crime spree, her body found in golden gate park. carey's mother called the killers "three unspeakably cruel monsters"lila alligood ...who had just turned 18 at the time of the murders, had tears rolling down her face during most of the proceeding at the end of which she was sentenced to 50 years to life for her role in the two murders. i feel so much guilt and shamefor the wrongd

kelly b and hubby. >> i love that maureen has become a meme. >> maureen's a meme. >> we love it.o much everybody for sending them in. we got a bunch yesterday. we'll try to keep it going. >> very cool. something to look forward to on monday morning. here's what you can look forward to in a few short hours on good day d.c. starting at 9 o'clock, should be great today. a real beauty we should say. why is that because this d.c. u.s.a. miss maryland u.s.a. and miss virginia u.s.a. will be here before they head to los angeles. >> fans of sparta con out there. we have an epic preview of the big sparta con convention happening in southern maryland. >> special day for your dog cat bird or whatever your pet might be. if you're mike thomas and sid. >> this makes me sad. >> why. >> because yesterday brownie needed some special attention. i was so tired and i could not give him special attention. >> but you know what, though, pets know -- they understand the big picture that you're always there for them but if you are feeling any of that guilt we'll tell you how you can become a better pet p

maureen is back. she joins us now with what's trending. >> good morning both of you. department of homeland security chief kellyp home grown terror attacks. he made the stunning admission on face the nation. he says he doesn't know how to defect or stop home grown terror. kelly says if you see something say something. >>> co-stars of erin moran are paying tribute to the happy days star. she died over the weekend. she was 56 years old. actor scott baio wrote on facebook that he hopes people will remember moran for her contagious smile warm heart and animal loving soul. >>> american airlines they have apologized over a heated confrontation with a passenger that was posted on facebook. you probably saw it over the weekend. that incident happened f hit a woman with a stroller narrowly missing the baby in her arms. nearby passenger stepped in and confronted the flight attendant. the passenger who confronted the flight attendant could face a fine of up to $25,000. >>> hearing for the first time today that apple's tim cook threatened to pull uber from the app store in 2015. it came over privacy concerns. the new york

(maureen live)no one was injured in that fireand so far there's been no reports of any injuries or traffic accidents related to this widespread outage.maureen kelly kron4 news (vicki) the massive outage also took a toll on people and traffic in san francisco's financial district. kron four's philippe djegal joins us live in downtown san francisco... where the earlier outage is still impacting traffic. philippe... yes, vicki... and, being turned away and forced to walk to another bart station or board a bus slowed people down a bit... but things are pretty much back to normal... which during rush hour is still messy... but at least the power at bart is back on. (philippe)joe hickey/ sfmta/nats- 'hi, the stations closed -- we have no power." before even really starting their work day...john romanach/bart rider- "(philippe) is this a bit frustrating? (john) uh, yea, it's a little anoying." bart and muni riders put in a bind... turned away from the underground montgomery station... which for several hours remained dark. joe hickey/sfmta/nats- "but if you go to embarcadero or powell -- the trains are running there." while bart and the san francisco mu