it's for erosion control of lake merc merced. they've had previous contracts with the port related to waterfront protection of assets. >> commissioner moran: is moffatt and nichol on one end and a.g.s. the other? >> yes. >> commissioner moran: are they independently capable of bidding on the work? >> they are, but they chose to joint venture. >> commissioner moran: in the process of doing that, they had no other competition? >> pardon me? >> commissioner moran: there was no other competing bid? >> correct. >> commissioner moran: do we have the authority -- do we review joint venture proposals like that? do we have the right to approve or disapprove? if this is a strategy for eliminating competition, that's something we should care about. >> we can't tell them they can't joint venture. that's their -- that's the consultant's prerogative whether they want to come in as a joint venture or not. >> if i could restate your question slightly. you are asking if we have the authority to say that we will not entertain joint ventures, it ha

merced. he is a climate and water scientist. hejoins me from merced now.rstly, theissue i am happy to be with you. firstly, the issue was not enough water for fire is, at best, a distraction. the officials in charge of the firefighting have indicated they have plenty of water. firefighting water comes from local sources near the fire, not water that has been flowing out from the sacramento dealt to the ocean. dissecting these tweets a little bit more, there are a couple of things we can focus on. let's come back to the water and first focus on the fire issue. where are they occurring. well, in part they are occurring because we have hotter condition and dry fuels as the climate warns. the other factor, however, is these fires are very dense. we have had 100 years of suppressing naturalfire dense. we have had 100 years of suppressing natural fire which dense. we have had 100 years of suppressing naturalfire which means we have more growth and there are far more trees in the forest. to be clear, if you don't mind. sticking to what the president said, there i

police arrested two parents in merced county, who they say, allowed their 15- year old daughter to sell marijuana out of her bedroom. when merced county sheriff's deputies served a warrant at the home... this is what they found. a sign on the teen's door about selling drugs. also a loaded a-k 47... and 80 - pounds of and 80 -loaded a-k 47... and 80 -pounds of package marijuana for sale. this is at a home in delhi--- about 20- miles south of modesto. police say, the arrested adults 15 year old daughter was given marijuana to use and sell from her bedroom child protective services placed two juveniles from the home in their custody. now to our four zone forecast. taking a live look outside at s-f-o. kron-4 meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez is here now with the forecast additional cooling is expected across the bay area along with another round of widespre overnight and morning low clouds. with a deeper marine layer, expect patchy fog and coastal drizzle to continue as well. afternoon highs tomorrow will be around five degrees below normal, tracking upper 50s and 60s along the coast and low 80s to low 90s inland. a gradual warming t

merced county who they say, allowed their 15- year old daughter to sell marijuana out of her bedroom. when merced county sheriff's deputies served a warrant at the home... this is what they found. a sign on the teen's door about selling drugs. also a loaded a-k 47... and 80 -pounds of packaged marijuana for sale. this is at a home in delhi--- about 20- miles south of modesto. police say the girls parents gave her the marijuana to use and sell from her bedroom two other kids from the home were placed in protective custody. (robin) still ahead on the kron four morning news... a bay area man hit by a car and dragged for nearly a mile before the driver realized he was there. welcome back to the kron four morning news. in entertainment headlines... there's a new best-selling album of all time. david daniel has that story and more in today's hollywood minute. (singing) "take it easy, take it easy..."eagles fly high! the recording industry association of america says the eagles "greatest hits has surpassed jackson's the best- selling album group also place with "hotel "can you hear my "i can hear your inner thoughts!" (nat-screaming) "what men want," starring taraji-p henson, is a gender- swapped remake of two- thousand's "what women want." now, it's getting a date swap! according to deadline, (singing) "take it easy, take it easy..."eagles fly high! the recording industry association of america says the eagles "greatest hits 19-71 to 19-75" has surpassed michael jackson's "thriller" as the best-selling album of all-time. the group also holds third place with "hotel california.""can you hear my inner thoughts?""i can hear your inner thoughts!" (nat-screaming)"what men want," starring taraji-p henson, is a gender-swapped remake of two-thousand's "what women want." now, it's getting a according to deadline, paramount is moving the comedy from mid-january to february eighth, aiming for a share of the pre-valentine's day box office."i can make all my dreams come true.""dora," meet your mom! eva longoria has joined the "dora the explorer" movie as the title character's mother. from "sicario: day of the soldado" plays "dora"... the movie is currently shooting in australia, and is due in august. in hollywood, i'm david daniel. david daniel. ( robin ) david daniel.hollywood, i'm august. in theaters next august. in hollywood, i'm david daniel. ( robin ) coming up on the kron 4 morning news... bart has a new plan to crack down on fare evaders and it could mean big changes to the stations. (robin) and here's a live look outside... at the bay bridge toll plaza. we'll be back with more of your kron 4 morning news after the break. (robin) welcome back. checking in on your morning forecast. today will be the coolest day of a forecast that is already cooler than average for the time of year. highs inland will barely peak in the 70's with plenty of 60's and 70's along the coast and bay. along the coast fog will hang on for much of the day as was seen yesterday. moving ahead through the forecast temperatures will level out in the mid 80's inland while staying mostly in the 60's closer to the water. no major hot no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. ( robin ) bart is considering changes to prevent fare evaders.. which cost the trainsit system 25 millon dollars year. one proposal includes replacing the fare gates.. kron4's maureen kelly has the story. it wasn't hard to see examples of people jumping the fare gates....or squeezing thru while standing at san francisco's civic center station.....even as a line of photographers were there to film it. the transit agency has rolled out different solutions to try to address this costly problem.....incl uding raising the fencing inside some stations.....and putting alarms and warning signs on the emergency exits. this year they also rolled out teams of fare inspectors to issue citations....and now the are launching a study to see what their options are to put in new...tougher to beat gates. the transit agency hopes that by cracking down on fare cheats they will also improve the overall safety of the system.take a look at how bart's fare gates compare to new york city's heavily gated subway system turnstiles.....w hich you can see on the right hand side of the screen.bart spokesperson alicia trost says that study will look at many model that we feel is the one perfect fit for us, we aren't looking at anyone agency that we feel like it's a great model for us we're just looking at everything we want to make sure it actually physically fits in our stations but the statics a right that we could still fit a lot of people very quickly through it there is one system right now that we feel oh that's it that's part of the study we really want to know what's out there, how much it costs what are the benefits, what is it look like more writers feel about itwhat they do know is that it won't be cheap. we have to have a really difficult budget discussion. it's 150 to 200,000,000 estimate and that's just an estimate the studies gonna tell us how much it will cost and we don't have money identified for that that is a hefty price tag the study into possibly replacing the fair gates is due to be presented to the to the bart board of directors in the spring maureen kelly companies ( robin ) a reminder for those of you traveling on bart in oakland. buses will be replacing bart trains on the oakland stops this week while crews work on the tracks. you can see on this map... a bus will take riders from the 19th street oakland station ... to the west oakland station. crews will also be doing construction on the macarthur station. ( robin ) another big story we are following... a man dies after being hit by a car and dragged for nearly a mile before the driver realized he was under the car. this happened on borges lane in vallejo. the woman who hit the man didn't know he was there until she got home and found the man in her driveway. police believe the man - identified as bill veikoso- was lying in the road when the woman hit him. ( robin ) the woman who hit the man is cooperating with police. police say drugs and alcohol were not a factor. ( robin ) police in san francisco are investigating a shooing in the mission distrcit...which sent a teenager to the hospital. police found a 16 year old boy on capp street near 18th street... he had been shot. police say... three people approached the victim... one said something to him and then shot him. the boy is expected to be okay but the shooters are still on the loose. ( robin ) tens of thousands of students are heading back to school at san jose state university. san jose state's president says the school's total enrollment... 35-thousand... is the highest it's ever been. today is the first day of school and lots of classes are already full. new features on campus include the completion of the spartan recreation and aquatic center and a permanent food bank on campus. ( robin ) u-c berkeley has suspended a professor for 3-years following an investigation accusing him of sexual harrassing a student. in a statement from the university.. they say professor nezar alsayyad sexually harassed a grad student... and he engaged in a pattern of unwelcome.. manipulative and divisive behavior toward the student and toward faculty. the student... eva hagberg fisher says shes glad the university stepped up and acknowledged the accusations... but feels there is still a long way to go. ( robin ) during his suspension... alsayyad will have no access to university property. ( robin ) coming up next on the kron 4 morning news... a big change at one east bay high school.... aimed at leveling out what some students call a sexist rule. (robin) and here's a live look outside... at the embarcadero. (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) ( robin ) a new school dress code at an east bay high school is now in effect and students are giving it an "a"/ kron 4's terisa estacio explains. so - in 2016 , some students banned together and approached the district, here in alameda... they believed that girls were being wrongfully discriminated against, because the dress code, they said had more rues for girls then boys. so after a long process, many meetings and hearings, the district changed it's rules - basically stopping the practice of saying shorts are too short, or a student is showing too much skin. it used to be that teachers could measure the lenght of shorts or tops...if it was found a person was breaking the rules, then that was an infraction and the student would have to change or wait for clothes to be brought from home... that created some embarassment for many students....now, this year, there is more flexibility - and give and take. here is waht students and the district is saying on this day one of the new policy (robin)(robin) new policy day one of the new policy (robin) coming up on the kron four morning news... two people trapped in a sinking truck as good samaritans come to their rescue. and it is all caught on camera. (robin) live look outside... at the san francisco international airport. (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) (robin) welcome back. checking in on your morning forecast. today will be the coolest day of a forecast that is already cooler than average for the time of year. highs inland will barely peak in the 70's with plenty of 60's and 70's along the coast and bay. along the coast fog will hang on for much of the day as was seen yesterday. moving ahead through the forecast temperatures will level out in the mid 80's inland while staying mostly in the 60's closer to the water. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. ( robin ) a good samaritan rescued a mother, her son and dog ... from a sinking truck after they crashed through a railing... and into the water. it happened in long beach and it was all caught on camera. one man jumped into the water to help the family after the crash. another man ran to a nearby lifeguard station to get help. he says it all happened so fast. but he says rescuers had to move quickly. <"they just came barreling right through. i turned around and it was just one of those things."><"it was very hectic. the fire trucks came. the local marine patrol came. it just got pretty chaotic pretty fast.">( robin ) amazingly... nobody was injured. ( robin ) with the recent death of a c-h-p officer and another person in fairfield blamed on a speeding driver who was on his phone... the c-h-p is cracking down on distracted driving. stanley roberts takes a look in this edition of people behaving badly. ahhh, a leisurely drive up highway 101 in marin county . oh look a distracted driver with cell phone in handnats: ambiance if only there was a california highway patrol officer nearby oh wait, i'm riding with one . silly menow we just have to get her to pull over..driver, pull to the right (police siren) it turns out, pulling over the driver wasn't as easy a planned so while we're waiting for her to stop please enjoy this brief elevator music music im rolling around the the marin area office of the california highway patrol looking for distracted drivers and they appear to everywhere like this driver in t blue car, having a full blown conversation totally unaware we are right next to her, so i guess it's conversation time pull to the right on the off ramp, pull to the right on the off ramp don't stop here keep going keep going pull to the right on the off ramp i'm riding with officer barkley and pull to the right, right over heredid you realize how long we were next to you, for probably a solid 60 seconds literally right next to you so i don't know what was going on in that conversation but obviously it was so important you had no idea what else was going on around you let's find out how did you end up on you phone for such a long period of time while she's thinking let's check on the first driver music well she still looking for a place to pull over so were we i got a call on a matter and i needed to reschedule itthen there was this driver in the prius who was asked to pull off the freeway take the exit at alexander, take the alexander exit, don't stop here driver take the exit at exit i guess we're stopping here now she admitted to being on the phone, but said it was an emergency was talking to 511 to make sure she wouldn't be late did you check 511 before you left? let's check on the other driver music well i guess we're going left now let's talk to the other driver good morning, i'm with channel 4 how are you today what happened< i don't want to be on any video so you don't want to take to me no well that ended well back to the original driver music she is looking for the perfect stopping location. oh wait i think she's found it door slams so we were driving right ne to you, we watched you holding it in your hand talking on it for a solid probably 20 to 30 seconds. she denied ever being on her phone my turn ((we were riding along side you and see this camera right here i was recording you on your phone what was going on)) what do you mean recording it (( i can see you on your phone driving next to you)) it was here (( no you had it in you hand)) yea but i want holding i was just i had a call . she kept on until..ok if you say it then you say it ..then she admitted it was an emergency call well that call that she didn't make will set her and all the other drivers back 162 dollars for the first office i'm issuing a citation for cell phone violattion i just need you to sign in the red box, it's not an admission of guilt press hard all three copies riding along with the marin area office fo the california highway patrol, stanley roberts kron 4 news (robin) coming up at 5:00... police identify the man responsible for a sideshow on the bay bridge and explain how it all started with a sideshow in with a all started explain how it bridge and on the bay for a sideshow on the bay for a sideshow on the bay bridge and explain how it all started with a sideshow in the east bay. (robin) and here's a live look outside... at the embarcadero. (robin) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. ( robin ) coming up in the next hour of the kron 4 morning news... new details about a lawsuit filed against "massage envy".. the disturbing allegations made against several locations... including some here in the bay area. ( robin ) plus... an hours long standoff comes to an end in the south bay. what the man is accused of doing to his own mother. ( robin ) plus... big changes for bart riders in the east bay. what you need to know for your morning commute. 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( darya ) good morning i'm darya folsom..( james ) and i'm james fletcher. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... today will be the coolest day of a forecast that is already cooler than average for the time of year. highs inland will barely peak in the 70's with plenty of 60's and 70's along the coast and bay. along the coast fog will hang on for much of the day as was seen yesterday. moving ahead through the forecast temperatures will level out in the mid 80's inland while staying mostly in the 60's closer to the water. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( james ) bart is considering changes to prevent fare changes to considering bart is ( james ) maze to sf. ( james ) bart is considering changes to prevent fare evaders..which cost the trainsit system 25 millon dollars year. ( darya ) one possible plan is replacing fare gates. kron4's will tran is in pleasant hill with the story. about it> more writers feel what is it look like more writers feel about it> thanks will. thanks will. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( james ) ( james ) a reminder for those of you traveling on bart in oakland. buses will be replacing bart trains on the oakland stops this week while crews work on the tracks. you can see on this map... a bus will take riders from the 19th street oakland station ... to the west oakland station. crews will also be doing construction on the macarthur station. ( darya ) a big story we are following this morning in the south bay... one man is in custody after a police standoff lasted several hours. police say the man attacked his mother. it happened in the area of luz and jackson avenues in san jose. negotators made contact with the man once police realized his mother was out of the home. after a few hours.. the man was taken into custody around 7 last night... this is video from neighbors. ( darya ) santa rosa police arrest a man after they say he stole a car with a one- year-old inside. officers say the father of the child called to report his car stolen with his son inside. a chp helicopter started to search the area. thats when police say the man drove to a home where he surrendered. the suspect has been identified as stephan salazar. he is being charged with car theft... kidnapping and child endangerment. ( james ) the body of a 29-year- old san fransico man who went missing in guernville was found in the russian river. friends reported him missing when he did not show up for dinner while they were all vacationing at a home on river- side drive. the sonoma county sheriff's volunteer -search and rescue dive team found the man's body in 12- to 15- feet of water. his identity is not being released at this time. the cause of his death is still being investigated. ( james ) new this morning... police in san mateo county are warning about a string of home burglaries in the portola valley area. investigators say there have been three burglaries over the past few days. those burglaries happened on westridge drive... degas road... and ash lane in redwood city. police say nobody was home at the time of the burglaries. ( darya ) police in san bruno have arrested a man accused of videotaping his sexual encounter with a woman... without her knowledge... police arrested scott inouye. the victim told officers that inouye secrectly videotaped her while they were engaging in sexual activity... police believe there may be more victims out there... and they are urging those victims to come forward. ( darya ) happening today... a plea hearing is set for the man who is suspected of killing his parents in san jose. duong luu and his friend madison muong were arrested two days after the shooting that killed his father and critically injured his critically father and that killed his father and critically injured his mother. kim lan ly died last week. both luu and muong are charged in the deaths. the hearing is set for this morning at 9 a-m. ( james ) also happening today... the mother of a teen who died of a fentanyl overdose in petaluma will be sentenced. in july 35- year-old danielle faletto pleaded guilty to child endangerment. faletto's 16-year-old son was found unconscious on april 16th... he was later pronounced dead at the petaluma valley hosptial. faletto could face 12-years in prison. ( james ) this morning...california prosecutors will give update to the case against suspected golden state killer joseph deangleo. we may learn where the first trial will be held in california. contra costa county district attorney diana becton will be joined by the orange county d-a and other district attorneys from around the state. deangelo is accused of killing 13 people in california in the 1970s and 80s. we will have the live stream up on our webstie at kron 4 dot com. ( james ) in the east bay... two men are under arrest after shots were fired near a hayward park. police say the two men fired a hand gun into the air which prompted an evacuation of garin regional park. when police showed up... they found two men and a woman arguing. the men were arrested for firing the gun. the woman was questioned and released. the park has since been reopened. ( darya ) another big story we are following this morning... a lawsuit filed against massage envy. a number of women have come forward claiming they were sexually assaulted... while recieving massages at locations across california and the bay area. one woman claims she was raped at the massage envy in burlingame. in that case.. the woman reported the incident to police and an arrest was made. attorneys representing the women say they brought the suit against management of massage envy because they believe not enough is being done to prevent these problems at the local stores. ( darya ) massage envy released a statement saying in part 'we remain focused on our commitment to safety plan.. and safety is and will be our priority.' ( james ) a san jose hiker missing in yosemite for the past month has been found dead. scott tenczar was last seen at the bridgeport ranger station on july 25. he had planned to backpack from robinson creek to peeler lake. the 48-year-old was an afghanistan war veteran and taught english in south korea. no word on how tenczar died. ( james ) this morning we are learning more about the man arrested after a sideshow stopped traffic on the bay bridge over the weekend. he has been identified as gabriel mora... from stockton. police say he was the lead performer in sunday's sideshow on the upper deck. investigators say they were tipped off about the bay bridge sideshow... after people started doing donuts at the old walmart parking lot on hegenerger in oakland. ( james ) police say mora's mustang crashed and broke down... which prevented him from getting away. that mustang has been impounded for the next 30 day at the cost of $80 per day... plus a 291-dollar tow fee. ( darya ) police in hillsborough are warning people after a mountain lion was spotted monday afternoon. it was seen on stonepine road. officers then saw the mountain lion on the 300 block of eucalyptus. police say the mountain lion was wearing a tracking collar. this morning police are reminding people to keep your pets inside at dusk and dawn. ( darya ) breaking from overnight... microsoft says it's discovered new russian hacking attempts targeting u.s. political groups ahead of the midterm elections. the company said this morning that hacking group tied to the russian government created fake internet domains that appeared to spoof two conservative organizations. there's no sign the hackers were successful in getting anyone to click on the fake websites. ( james ) still ahead next on the kron 4 morning news... a big dress code change at one east bay high school...where there are no rules. ( james ) plus... a group of good samaritans stops a group of thieves from robbing an apple store and it was all caught on camera. ( james ) and after the break... new detials about the death of a firefighter battling the mendocino complex fire and how cal fire is trying to prevent another tragedy. 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(laughter) ( darya ) welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. let's get a check of the forecast. today will be the coolest day of a forecast that is already cooler than average for the time of year. highs inland will barely peak in the 70's with plenty of 60's and 70's along the coast and bay. along the coast fog will hang on for much of the day as was seen yesterday. moving ahead through the forecast temperatures will level out in the mid 80's inland while staying mostly in the 60's closer to the water. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. ( james ) a big story we are following this morning... we are learning more about the firefighter who was killed battling the mendocino complex fire. kron 4's ai reid spoke with cal fire and has the latest. the serious accident review team is working diligently to find answers.but first, it's addressing saefty recommendatio ns.the mendocino complex fire rages on .... currently scorching 350-thousand acres and is 74% contained. the conditions out there are dangerous.last week, 42 year old battalion chief matt burchett died while in the line of duty ... leading to an investigation as to what happened.unfortunately on this mendocino complex we had this very large tanker drop retardant on trees and that debris fell to the ground and injured some of our firefighters and killed one as wellwithin days, a report known as "the blue sheet" was released ... it normally comes out within a few days of a fatality or accident during a fire response. it immediately addressed safety recommendatio ns for safety in the field. it's just for all firefighter to be conscious of overhead debris and hazards when a tanker is dropping. as you can imagine there are a lot of tankers moving around the state on these fires and a lot of firefighters on the ground. it's a huge reminder for all of us that being really conscious of what happening in the air can have a big impact for us on the groundfire officials from the serious accident review team ... or sart .... are in the process of completing a more extensive investigation into what happened that fateful day.they go through methodically, weather to conditions to operations then come out with a full reportthat in depth review that could take a couple of weeks.officials are looking for any issues that they can address as an agency ..... to make sure firefighters reain safe on the job.reporting live from sf ... ar ... kron 4 news. ( james ) that was kron 4's ali reid reporting for us this morning. right now... the mendocino complex fire is more than 400-thousand acres. it is 79-percent contained. more than 50 homes have been destroyed. there are still more than a thousand buiildings being threatened. firefighters do not expect to have it fully contained until september 1st. ( darya ) a gang of theives in southern california is stopped by good samaritans while trying to rob an apple store and it was all caught on camera. this happened in thousand oaks... in ventura county. police say three men and two women walked into the apple store and started taking things from the shelves. in the video you can see the shoppers grab the thieves and pull them to the ground until police arrive. police believe these thieves are the same people who stole 10-thousand dollars worth of products from a different apple store earlier in the day. police say 4 of the people arrested are from northern california. ( darya ) male prison guards will no longer be allowed to do pat-down searches on female prisoner starting in 20-19. governor jerry brown signed the bill into law yesterday. the bill also bans male guards from entering areas... like bathrooms where women are undressed. it contains exceptions for emergencies... when no female guards are available. reality t-v star kim kardashian- west .. elevated the bill's profile.. by tweeting her support for it back in july. kardashian- west drew headlines earlier this year... for successfully lobbying president trump to commute the sentence of a woman serving a life sentence for non-violent drug offenses. ( james ) coming up on the kron 4 morning news...a berkeley professor won't be teaching this semester because of sexual harassment allegations. we have the inside story. 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( james )( darya ) welcome back to the kron four morning news... lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic... today will be the coolest day of a forecast that is already cooler than average for the time of year. highs inland will barely peak in the 70's with plenty of 60's and 70's along the coast and bay. along the coast fog will hang on for much of the day as was seen yesterday. moving ahead through the forecast temperatures will level out in the mid 80's inland while staying mostly in the 60's closer to the water. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. maze to sf. min from the maze to sf. ( james ) a new school dress code at an east bay school dsitrict is now in effect and students are giving it an "a". kron 4's terisa estacio explains. so - in 2016 , some students banned together and approached the district, here in alameda... they believed that girls were being wrongfully discriminated against, because the dress code, they said had more rues for girls then boys. so after a long process, many meetings and hearings, the district changed it's rules - basically stopping the ( james ) tens of thousands of students are heading back to school at san jose state university. san jose state's president says the school's total enrollment... 35-thousand... is the highest it's ever been. today is the first day of school and lots of classes are ( james ) tens of thousands of students are heading back to school at heading back students are thousands of tens of ( james ) new policy day one of the saying on this the district is students and the district is saying on this day one of the new policy new policy tens of thousands of students are heading back to school at san jose state university. san jose state's president says the school's total enrollment... 35-thousand... is the highest it's ever been. today is the first day of school and lots of classes are already full. new features on campus include the completion of the spartan recreation and aquatic center and a permanent food bank on campus. ( darya ) let's get a check of the back to school forecast for those of you running out the door this morning... today will be the coolest day of a forecast that is already cooler than average for the time of year. highs inland will barely peak in the 70's with plenty of 60's and 70's along the coast and bay. along the coast fog will hang on for much of the day as was seen yesterday. moving ahead through the forecast temperatures will level out in the mid 80's inland while staying mostly in the 60's closer to the water. ( darya ) police in san francisco are investigating a shooing in the mission distrcit...which sent a teenager to the hospital. police found a 16 year old boy on capp street near 18th street... he had been shot. police say... three people approached the victim... one said something to him and then shot him the boy is expected to okay but the shooters are still on the loose. ( darya ) u-c berkeley has suspended a professor for 3-years following an investigation accusing him of sexual harrassing a student. in a statement from the university.. they say professor nezar alsayyad sexually harassed a grad student... and he engaged in a pattern of unwelcome.. manipulative and divisive behavior toward the student and toward faculty. the student... eva hagberg fisher says shes glad the university stepped up and acknowledged the accusations... but feels there is still a long way to go. ( darya ) during his suspension... alsayyad will have no access to university property. ( james ) democratic congressman eric swalwell of castro valley... says he will áconsiderá a 2020 run for president... after the november elections. speaking to c-n-n... the 37- year-old east bay representative said, his first priority is the 2018 midterms. "i'm going to do all i can first to win my way back to congress. i'm helping a lot of colleagues particularly - there's 3 seats in iowa where we have two of our candidates are under the age of 40. and then after the midterms, poppy, i'm going to consider it."( james ) congressman swalwell has reportedly visited iowa -- which votes first in the presidential primary season. ( james ) new from overnight in national news... protesters in north carolina tore down a controversial confederate statue. the "silent sam" statue had been on u- n-c's chapel hill campus for more than 100 years. it was seen by many as a symbol of oppression and racism. in this video you can see as many as 300 protesters tearing down the statue as others in the crowd cheer. several demonstrators then surrounded the downed statue, kicking it and putting dirt on its head. the statue was a gift from the united daughters of the confederacy in 1909. ( darya ) still ahead on the kron four morning news... a bay area man hit by a car and dragged for nearly a mile before the driver realized he was there. ( darya ) and after the break... southwest airlines is raising its fees. how that could impact your trip... next. ( john ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast. today will be the coolest day of a forecast that is already cooler than average for the time of year. highs inland will barely peak in the 70's with plenty of 60's and 70's along the coast and bay. along the coast fog will hang on for much of the day as was seen yesterday. moving ahead through the forecast temperatures will level out in the mid 80's inland while staying mostly in the 60's closer to the water. ( robin ) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( james ) ( james ) southwest is raising the price for its early bird check-in on some flights. it will go from 15 dollars per person to 15, 20 or even 25 dollars depending on the length of the flight and the popularity of earlybird check-in on the route. earlybird gives travelers a better boarding position in southwest's open seating system. the service began in 20-09 and cost just 10 dollars. the switch to variable pricing will begin august 29th. 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(ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) ( james )( darya )( robin ) checking bay area roads before you head out the door.. no major hot spots. crowded on wb 92 west of the tollsbay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101no major hot spots. crowded on wb 92 west of the tollsbay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 today will be the coolest day of a forecast that is already cooler than average for the time of year. highs inland will barely peak in the 70's with plenty of 60's and 70's along the coast and bay. along the coast fog will hang on for much of the day as was seen yesterday. moving ahead through the forecast temperatures will level out in the mid 80's inland while staying mostly in the 60's closer to the water. water.closer to the water. ( james ) vallejo police are investigating a brutal death in one of the city's neighborhoods..( darya ) a man was struck by a car on borges lane.. and dragged almost a mile.. before the driver realized he was under her car. kron4's michelle kingston spoke to police about the investigation. (mk)lt michael nichelini, vallejo police"she had struck something in the road way. she wasn't sure what it was."just before 2 am on monday ... police say a woman called them and said she arrived home to find a man under her car.later identified as 47 year old bill veikoso.he was dragged nearly a mile -- and was dead when she discovered him in her driveway.his shoes ... shirt and bracelet found on burges road near agnes lane -- and now police say they believe he was already laying there when the woman struck him and kept driving.lt michael nichelini, vallejo police"she remembers seeing some clothing or debris in the roadway and by the time the headlights coverd it she couldnt do anything about it she felt a thud or a thump she continued on her way a little but nothing seemed out of the ordinary so she continued driving"police say there's no hood or windshield damage to the chevy pickup the 28 year old driver was operating and that she's cooperating with the investigation.she's not in custody at this time -- but was operating with a suspended license and has an outstanding warrant.they say drugs and alcohol were not a factor in the crash.lt michael nichelini, vallejo police"we are trying to determine whether he anything is possible he couldve laid down on purpose he couldve had a medical emergency he couldve been under the influence of alcohol or drugs he couldve been hit by a car previously so we are trying to piece that all together"michelle kingston, mkingstonnews"police say this is the 13th collision related fatality in vallejo this year. in 2017- there were just three for the entire year. police say this accident is still under investigation -- the driver is not in custody. in vallejo, michelle kingston, kron 4 news" ( darya ) a good samaritan rescued a mother, her son and dog ... from a sinking truck after they crashed through a railing... and into the water. it happened in long beach and it was all caught on camera. one man jumped into the water to help the family after the crash. anotehr man ran to a nearby lifeguard station to get help. he says it all happened so fast. but he says rescuers had to move quickly. <"they just came barreling right through. i turned around and it was just one of those things."><"it was very hectic. the fire trucks came. the local marine patrol came. it just got pretty chaotic pretty fast.">( darya ) amazingly... nobody was injured. ( darya ) the oakland a's are back in first place in the a-l west after a dominating win over the rangers last night at the coliseum.( james ) just before the game ... oakland a's khris davis got his jersey signed by a make-a-wish kid, anthony slocumb. then in the 3rd inning ... already up 3 - 0 ... davis goes above and beyond and hits a home run. a's pitcher mike fiers was on fire ... retiring the last 18 hitters he faced. in the 6 inning ... a's outfielder ramon laureano goes deep to left for a 3-run homer. a's win big ... 9-0. the astros loss to the mariners means oakland is again tied for first in the american league west... they remain 3- and-a-half games ahead of the mariners for the second wild card spot. a's take on the rangers again tonight.first pitch is at 7:05. ( darya ) and after a very rough series in cincinnati... the giants open a set of four games in new york against the mets with a win. the mets are up 1-0 in the top of the 7th ... but alan hansen pops one up to shallow left ... it falls in for a hit. brandon crawford scores and ties it up at 1-1.we go to extra innings. top 13 ... brandon crawford's pop up... again to shallow left... and the ball is dropped after the infielder and outfielder collide. andrew mccutchen scores. final ... 2-1 giants in 13 innings.giants plays the mets again today. first pitch is at 4:05. ( james ) coming up in the next hour of the kron 4 morning news... caught on camera ... a 13 year old is struck by lightning and survives! today will be the coolest day of a forecast that is already cooler than average for the time of year. highs inland will barely peak in the 70's with plenty of 60's and 70's along the coast and bay. along the coast fog will hang on for much of the day as was seen yesterday. moving ahead through the forecast temperatures will level out in the mid 80's inland while staying mostly in the 60's closer to the water. ( robin ) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( james ) bruno the cat is looking for a new home. the russian blue cat weighs 25 pounds... he was supposed to only weigh 10 pounds. bruno currently resides at an animal rescue center in illinois. bruno is a 'polydactyl' cat meaning he was born with more toes than usual... so he can stand up on his hind legs. the shelter says they have received adoption application from across the u-s... and een as far away as australia.. wales and canada. ( darya ) coming up in the next hour of the kron 4 morning news... new details about a lawsuit filed against "massage envy".. the disturbing allegations made against several locations... including some here in the bay area. ( darya ) plus... an hours long standoff comes to an end in the south bay. what the man is accused of doing ot his own mother. ( darya ) plus... big changes for bart riders in the east bay. what you need to know for your morning commute. (ácommercialá) rid of fare gates to stop fare evaders. will tran is live with the details. ( james ) plus... prosecutors could announce new charges against the suspected golden state killer ( james ) and this morning we know who the ring leader was behind sunday morning's side show on the bay bridge. (darya) good morning i'm darya folsom..(james) and i'm james fletcher. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... today will be the coolest day of a forecast that is already cooler than average for the time of year. highs inland will barely peak in the 70's with plenty of 60's and 70's along the coast and bay. along the coast fog will hang on for much of the day as was seen yesterday. moving ahead through the forecast temperatures will level out in the mid 80's inland while staying mostly in the 60's closer to the water. no major hot no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( james ) bart is considering changes to prevent fare evaders..which cost the trainsit system 25 millon dollars year. ( darya ) one possible plan is replacing fare gates. kron4's will tran is in pleasant hill with the story. thanks will. we will thanks will. thanks will. thanks will. we will check back we will thanks will. thanks will. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( james ) a reminder for those of you traveling on bart in oakland. buses will be replacing bart trains on the oakland stops this week while crews work on the tracks. you can see on this map... a bus will take riders from the 19th street oakland station ... to the west oakland station. crews will also be doing construction on the macarthur station. ( darya ) a big story we are following this morning in the south bay... one man is in custody after a police standoff lasted several hours. police say the man attacked his mother. it happened in the area of luz and jackson avenues in san jose. negotators made contact with the man once police realized his mother was out of the home. around 7 last night the man did surrender to police without incident. ( darya ) santa rosa police arrest a man after they say he stole a car with a one- year-old inside. officers say the father of the child called to report his car stolen with his son inside. a chp helicopter started to search the area. thats when police say the man drove to a home where he surrendered. the suspect has been identified as stephan salazar. he is being charged with car theft... child endangerment. ( james ) new charges could be brewing in the golden state killer case. this morning at 11 ..california prosecutors will give an update on the joseph deangleo cases. we may also learn where the first trial will be held in california. contra costa county district attorney diana becton will be joined with district attorneys from around the state. this could signal that contra costa is also filing new charges against deangelo. deangelo is accused of killing 13 people in california in the 1970s and 80s. we will live stream the announcement on our website at kron 4 dot com. ( james ) the body of a 29-year- old san fransico man who went missing in guernville was found in the russian river. friends reported him missing when he did not show up for dinner while they were all vacationing at a home on river- side drive. the sonoma county sheriff's volunteer -search and rescue dive team found the man's body in 12- to 15- feet of water. his identity is not being released at this time. the cause of his death is still being investigated. ( james ) new this morning... police in san mateo county are warning about a string of home burglaries in the portola valley area. investigators say there have been three burglaries over the past few days. those burglaries happened on westridge drive... degas road... and ash lane in redwood city. police say nobody was home at the time of the burglaries. ( darya ) police in san bruno have arrested a man accused of videotaping his sexual encounter with a woman... without her knowledge... police arrested scott inouye. the victim told officers that inouye secrectly videotaped her while they were engaging in sexual activity... police believe there may be more victims out there... and they are urging those victims to come forward. ( darya ) happening today... a plea hearing is set for the man who is suspected of killing his parents in san jose. duong luu and his friend madison muong were arrested two days after the shooting that killed his father. luu's mother was critically injured in the shooting... she passed away last week. both luu and muong have been charged in the deaths. the hearing is set for this morning at 9 a-m. ( james ) also happening today... the mother of a teen who died of a fentanyl overdose in petaluma will be sentenced. in july 35- year-old danielle faletto pleaded guilty to child endangerment. faletto's 16-year-old son was found unconscious on april 16th... he was later pronounced dead at the petaluma valley hosptial. faletto could face 12-years in prison. ( james ) in the east bay... two men are under arrest after shots were fired near a hayward park. police say the two men fired a hand gun into the air which prompted an evacuation of garin regional park. when police showed up... they found two men and a woman arguing. the men were arrested for firing the gun. the woman was questioned and released. the park has since been reopened. ( darya ) u-c berkeley has suspended a professor for 3-years following an investigation accusing him of sexual harrassing a student. in a statement from the university.. they say professor nezar alsayyad sexually harassed a grad student... and he engaged in a pattern of unwelcome.. manipulative and divisive behavior toward the student and toward faculty. the student says shes glad the university stepped up and acknowledged the accusations. during his suspension... alsayyad will have no access to university property. ( darya ) a san jose hiker missing in yosemite for the past month has been found dead. scott tenczar was last seen at the bridgeport ranger station on july 25. he had planned to backpack from robinson creek to peeler lake. the 48-year-old was an afghanistan war veteran and taught english in south korea. no word yet on how tenczar died. ( james ) this morning we are learning more about the man arrested after a sideshow stopped traffic on the bay bridge over the weekend. he has been identified as gabriel mora... from stockton. police say he was the lead performer in sunday's sideshow on the upper deck. investigators say they were tipped off about the bay bridge sideshow... after people started doing donuts at the old walmart parking lot on hegenerger in oakland. ( james ) police say mora's mustang crashed and broke down... which prevented him from getting away. that mustang has been impounded for the next 30 day at the cost of $80 per day... plus a 291-dollar tow fee. ( darya ) police in hillsborough are warning people after a mountain lion was spotted monday afternoon. it was seen on stonepine road. officers then saw the mountain lion on the 300 block of eucalyptus. police say the mountain lion was wearing a tracking collar. this morning police are reminding people to keep your pets inside at dusk and dawn. ( darya ) breaking from overnight... microsoft says it's discovered new russian hacking attempts targeting u.s. political groups ahead of the midterm elections. a hacking group tied to the russian government created fake internet domains that appeared to spoof two conservative organizations. there's no sign the hackers were successful in getting anyone to click on the fake websites. ( james ) still ahead ... a group of good samaritans stops a group of thieves from robbing an apple store and it was all caught on camera. ( james ) plus ... a father is now charged with murder in the deaths of his pregnant wife and their two daughters. we have the latest on the investigation. ( james ) and after the break... new detials about the death of a firefighter battling the mendocino complex fire and how cal fire is trying to prevent another tragedy. ( john ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast. you could save energy by living off the grid. completely. you could generate your own energy, at home. maybe you could save energy by weaving your own shoes... out of flax. or... just set the washing machine to cold. do your thing, with energy upgrade california. ( james ) here's a live look at yosemite national park. not much water flowing down the falls.it's a cool 62 degrees and partly cloudy. (darya)(james)( john ) welcome back. lets get a check of weather and traffic this morning. today will be the coolest day of a forecast that is already cooler than average for the time of year. highs inland will barely peak in the 70's with plenty of 60's and 70's along the coast and bay. along the coast fog will hang on for much of the day as was seen yesterday. moving ahead through the forecast temperatures will level out in the mid 80's inland while staying mostly in the 60's closer to the water. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( james ) a big story we are following this morning... we are learning more about the firefighter who was killed battling the mendocino complex fire. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. we are following this morning... we are learning more about the firefighter who was killed battling the mendocino complex fire. investigators say 42-year-old battalion chief matthew burchett died last week from falling tree debris ... after a retardant drop. three other firefighters had minor injuries. california fire officals are calling for an immediate corrective action, saying firefighters must remain clear of areas with overhead hazards during retardant drops. < as you can imagine there are a lot of tankers moving around the state on these fires and a lot of firefighters on the ground. it's a huge reminder for all of us that being really conscious of what happening in the air can have a big impact for us on the ground>( james ) fire officials from the "serious accident review team" are now in the process of completing a more extensive investigation into what happened.that in-depth review could take a couple of weeks. ( james ) right now... the mendocino complex fire is more than 400-thousand acres. it is 79-percent contained. more than 150 homes have been destroyed. there are still more than a thousand buiildings being threatened. being threatened. firefighters do not expect to have it fully contained until september 1st. ( darya ) a gang of theives in southern california is stopped by good samaritans while trying to rob an apple store and it was all caught on camera. this happened in thousand oaks... in ventura county. police say three men and two women walked into the apple store and started taking things from the shelves. in the video you can see the shoppers grab the thieves and pull them to the ground pull them to the ground until police arrive. police believe these thieves are the same people who stole 10- thousand dollars worth of products from a different apple store earlier in the day. police say 4 of the people arrested are from the bay area. ( darya ) male prison guards will no longer be allowed to do pat-down searches on female prisoner starting in 20-19. governor jerry brown signed the bill into law yesterday. the bill also bans male guards from entering areas... like bathrooms where women are undressed. it contains exceptions for emergencies... when no female guards are available. reality t-v star kim kardashian- west .. elevated the bill's profile.. by tweeting her support for it back in july. kardashian- west drew headlines earlier this year... for successfully lobbying president trump to commute the sentence of a woman serving a life sentence for non-violent drug offenses. ( darya ) police arrested two parents in merced sell marijuana out of her bedroom. when merced county sheriff's deputies served a warrant at the home... this is what they found. a sign on the teen's door about selling drugs. also a loaded a-k 47... and 80 -pounds of packaged marijuana for sale. this is at a home in delhi--- about 20- miles south of modesto. police say the girls parents gave her the marijuana to use and sell from her bedroom two other kids from the home were placed in protective custody. ( james )(ááálandingááá)in national headlines ... a colorado father is now charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of his pregnant wife and their two daughters. investigators believe chris watts was having an affair at the time his wife was killed. mary moloney has all the latest developments. chris watts - a soon-to-be father of three-- now charged with killing his pregnant wife shanann and their daughters---4-year old bella and 3-year old celeste. he faces several charges --- including five counts of first-degree murder.mic