hi yes, i'm a father of a lowell high school student and a middle school student. i just like to express my appreciation to the high school task force. i know some members who have already left the meeting. it's kind of unfortunate, but they spent a lot of their personal time and you know, in my communication with them, i learned that they did a lot of research and consideration in this presentation of diversity, of points of views and discussion. and i really think that they've made a reasonable academic, merit based compromise for admissions, which will increase access and availability for lowell's unique programs to a more diverse population of san francisco. so just like to express my thanks for the superintendent for working with the task force. i encourage the board to strongly consider the recommendations. hopefully you can can get this done, move on to address other pressing issues such as improving middle schools . and, you know, like we were hearing about shelters earlier, those are really things that we need to be spending our energy on. thank you. thank

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herbert slater middle school, santa rosa high and montgomery high. santa rosa police say they confiscat everything from kitchen knives to gun parts on campuses. we will continue to follow the debate over if santa rosa schools should bring officers back to campus. >>> one bay area studio owner is taking anti-semitism to the mat. >> they are worried if someone grabs me, chokes me. >> the growing interest in israeli martial arts at a time when tensions are at a boiling point. >>> what this man did with a knife on a freeway overpass is a hate crime. >>> taking a little while for this morning's fog to dissipate. it gave way to plenty of sunshine and high cloud cover. we will not see nearly as much fog. high clouds here for the next couple of days and details coming up in the forecast. >>> if you love dogs but love looking at muscles it is going to be a happy new year. bounced from one doctor to the next. did they even send my lab work...? wait, was i supposed to bring that? then there's the forms. the bills. the 'not a bills.' the.... ”press 4 to repeat th

officers also doing check ins at middle schools. this will be the case for at least the next 2 weeks. this was at the request of the superintendent and after several troubling incidents of violence flaring up between students this year. you just mentioned a lot of them. the permanent school resource officer program was removed from campus is 3 years ago. but tonight and sure that will be discussed. the board of education meeting discussing on what to do with student safety moving forward. some parents and teachers telling me it's important to attend in person to not only listen to what the board has to say about solutions, but also they plan on offering up their own ideas as well. caught up with the parent and also one of the founders of safe campus alliance about about what has been like so just in the days of having officers on campus. >> i think that having officers on campus, i've seen them engaging with the students and i've seen them helping out and a multitude of ways. and i think that this solution is additional adult on cam

incidents, including a stabbing death here at montgomery high earlier this year, and a lockdown at a middle schoolting today, santa rosa police will have an officer at the high schools. you can see one officer arrived here at montgomery earlier this morning. the officers will also be doing check-ins at the middle schools. the district requested this extra security out of, quote, an abundance of caution for the next couple of weeks. >> there's been some temporary solutions when the big things happen. then as soon as the focus goes somewhere else, it changes and goes back to status quo. >> reporter: what would you like them to do? >> anything at this point. i'd like to see plans put in place and actually followed through. >> reporter: do you feel safe going to montgomery in spite of what's happened on other campuses? >> it's different someday to day. some days i feel safe, some i don't. it depends on how you feel. >> reporter: what would you like them to do to make you feel safe? >> bring back preventative programs, gang prevention, all of that. >> as zoe mentioned, day to day, we get through the da

this comes after another knife fight was broken up last week at slater middle school and ahead of a highly anticipated school board meeting when the superintendent scheduled a discussion on school safety. >> with the increases that we're starting to see in some student violent behavior and some act of violence, i felt it was necessary while we have a conversation wednesday at our board meeting around additional solutions around school safety. >> it is something many students have been pushing for for months, including another demonstration today saying they're scared on campus, begging for more security. in march a student died after being stabbed after allegedly attacking another student inside a classroom at montgomery high school. just two weeks ago a student at santa rosa high school was stabbed by a classmate after police say a fight broke out between two students believed to be in rival gangs and last friday slater middle school went into lockdown after police say a student pulled out a knife during a classroom fight. the student initially attacked then brandished this kitchen knife

a middle school teacher facing charges for, allegedly, threatening to behead a student. what witnesses say prompted the teacher to make that stunning threat. a great day for truth. that is how prince harry is describing the verdict in his case against british tabloids. we have details on that. later, national security adviser, jake sullivan, says israel is moving towards, what he calls, a new phase of the war. what does that mean for israel's war against hamas? and the innocence millions caught in the middle? you are watching cnn news central, we are back in just a few moments. >>> a classroom conflict gone too far. a teacher in georgia is facing charges after, allegedly, threatening to behead a student. multiple witnesses told authorities that benjamin reese threatened a 13-year-old muslim student who said she was offended by an israeli flag hanging in his classroom. cnn's dianne gallagher joins us now. what more are you learning about the story, diane? >> reporter: pam, this is just a sample of the violent and profane threats that faculty and staff say that they, as we

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and just last thursday, herbert's later, middle school, 3 students were arrested.them pulled out a large kitchen knife. here's a look at the knives used in the 2 in that in those incidents, 2 kitchen knives, any shorter. but more deadly folding knife was used in the fatal stabbing at montgomery high. how that decision to possibly bring officers back on campus. has the community pretty divided here. several details will still need to be worked out for. the officers are back on campus. well, is michael thomas live in santa rosa with more on that, michael, so what are they planning on doing here? >> i good morning. everyone will essentially it's going to be a pilot program and there's still a lot of questions to be answered in one of the biggest one is who's going to pay for the district says they don't have funds for these school resource officers. and now they're looking for to the city and the police department here to help out with funds. take a look. this is video from last night's meeting spent hours on debate and just to take it back and give you some, you know

they will check in with each middle school campus. the board of education will talk about school safety at their meeting on wednesday. we understand there will be a chance for public comment . this comes after montgomery high school freshman was stabbed to death in a classroom fight this past march. nearly 2 weeks ago is stabbing a santa rosa high school landed a 14-year-old in the hospital. last week a fight at santa rosa middle school ended in one student brandishing a knife. >>> this past weekend was beautiful throughout the bay area and today we are seeing a repeat of that. 60s the forecast throughout most of the bay headed into this afternoon. this is the time of year we see temperatures hand-in-hand. temperatures dipped into the 40s and upper 30s and that was the case this morning and the north bay. today we will see low 60s anywhere from petaluma stretching all the way north to santa rosa. let's take a look at the next couple days. will be a dry day today , tomorrow and heading into this weekend but not until late this weekend a

and a lockdown at slater middle school. the school district's board of education will meet wednesday to discuss school safety. >> our time is now. 402. a retired police officer in pleasant hill who barricaded himself inside of his home after allegedly shooting his wife is in custody now. now police arrested 40 year old sean liam satchel early saturday morning after a standoff that lasted more than three days. the police say that arrest came after he opened fire at swat teams that were stationed outside of his home. the standoff led to shelter in place orders and shut down several streets in the area during parts of thursday, friday and saturday. and we have more details from oakland now about the deadly shooting of a security guard who tried to stop a thief inside of a 7-eleven store. >> now, this was the second deadly shooting at an oakland 7-eleven in less than a week. ktvu is alice wertz has the story. at this 7-eleven, flowers left his a memorial for the 59 year old security guard james johnson. >> he was shot and killed

. >> there will be extra police presence at middle schools and high schools all across the district. last week. herbert's later middle school was put on lockdown after 2 students attacked another student, a 16 year-old student was also arrested last week in connection with the stabbing at santa rosa high school. all of these follow the death of a 16 year-old montgomery student, jayden pienta panetta, rather in march, he was stabbed and killed during a fight in a classroom. rebecca sullivan is a parent of a montgomery high school student and work to the school. she hopes that bringing in the officers is just the beginning of a long-term effort to make the school safer. >> you know, we want truancy officers back. we want we want more mental health resources. we want more community partnership. and that's that's our is to get a better safety plan. >> well, the investigation into the recent incident is still ongoing. police have said that there's an increase in gang activity in recent years. there's the planned discussion about safety at the school board meeting this wednesday. >> san fr

for a high school or middle school this means can i have a debate on friends that is something that is contentious and remain the friendship and we are helping people say yes we can talk about questions that are difficult, questions that divide us. we don't have to be polarized. think of what the founding principles can do. i believe they can act as a unifying thing. we believed what frederick douglass made freedom, equality that human beings have rights that the purpose of government is to protect rights. if we go back to some of those core continuation i think there's a possibility of not a kind of kumbaya, we are too big and won't agree on a lot of policy things but we have to find a way to manage dose agreement. that is what the constitution allows us to do. host: ready to talk to callers? guest: love to. host: sy is first independent line houston, texas. caller: thank you so much for having shows like this,phobe else will do it about special days that we don't even -- i wouldn't have realized it was today. i want to pick up where you left off. originally there were 12 amendments t

officers will also be checking in on middle schools, and this wednesday the school board plans to address campus safety. our bob redell is at the montgomery high school this morning. we'll have a full report in our next half hour. >>> to developments now in the middle east, and a live look from israel toward the gaza border, where it is daylight already. the world health organization now says that gaza's health system is on its knees and collapsing, is the way they put it. conditions deteriorating rapidly in southern gaza. new overnight video shows huge plumes of smoke rising over destroyed buildings in southern gaza, and according to gaza health leaders, the number of palestinian deaths since the start of the war now approaching 18,000. israel, meanwhile, releasing new video of troops in southern gaza and military leaders say the video also shows the discovery of a huge stash of weapons. here at home, the battle over u.s. funding for both israel and ukraine remains in limbo. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is set to visit the white house tomorrow. the white house is warning congr

middle schools and high schools this year. we are seeing a lot of older gang members who are out of high school using younger kids to actually conduct a lot of their activities because juveniles get a lot less consequences going through the justice system than adults do. santa rosa police just revived its gang unit this week after disband several years ago, but school resource officers are still a thing of the past. now the police department and members of the safe campus alliance want to bring them back like we have multiple suggestion of pillars for safety that we'd like to see implemented. >> and that comes from recommendations from students and the people that are on campus every day starting, they say with engaging students inside the schools. >> and if nothing is done, i'm i'm scared something will happen again at montgomery high, the trauma remains after a fight led to a slashing, then a deadly stabbing on march 1st. >> 16 year old jaden pianta was killed. since then changes students and staff say haven't gone far enoug

to place an officer at each of the high schools and some of the middle schools for the next two weeks until winter break. it comes after another knife fight was broken up last thursday at nearby slater middle school. >> with the increases we are starting to see and some student violent behavior and acts of violence. i felt it was necessary while we have a conversation on wednesday at our board meeting around additional solutions around school safety. >> reporter: she took the action without getting approval of the school board that canceled the rsos in the first place. >> do you think it was appropriate for them to take the step without a vote of the school board? >> because it is not a policy decision, the superintendent took the action deemed necessary to keep our students and staff safe. i support her decision on this matter. while it is a short term solution we are interested in talking about the long-term solutions. >> reporter: this morning a group of students protested outside of montgomery high talking about permanent measures. >> address the safety issue. >> it is likely in m

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middle schools and high schools. this year we are seeing a lot of older gang members who are out of high school using younger kids to actually conduct a lot of their activities because juveniles get a lot less consequences going through the justice system than adults do. santa rosa police just revived its gang unit this week after disbanding several years ago. but school resource officers are still a thing of the past. right now, the police department and members of the safe campus alliance want to bring them back. we have multiple suggestions of pillars for safety that we'd like to see implemented, and that comes from recommendations from students and the people that are on campus every day starting, they say with engaging students inside the school. >> and if nothing is done, i'm i'm scared. something will happen again. >> at montgomery high, the trauma remains after a fight led to a slashing, then a deadly stabbing on march 1st, 16 year old jaden pianta was killed. since then changes students and staff say haven't

ago, while going through my mom's papers, i came across a box containing her report cards for middle school and high school. of course, her marks were sterling. until i was shocked to see something "b". a scarlet "b." in the first semester of one of her classes, malk what class it was in. sieve issics. sandra day o'connor once got a b in civics. in the presence of the president, the supreme court justices and all of you today, i ask you this. based on her 40-year dedication to promoting the rule of law is and democracy at home and abroad, do you think she's earned enough extra credit to raise that lowly b in civics to an a? [ applause ] what was she like? simply, she was a force of nature. when she walked into a room, everything was more vivid. she willed things into action. people had a very hard time saying no to her. except her three sons and some of her lively colleagues in the supreme court. she had unearthly energy as one of her law clerks said of her. her way of relax ing after a log work i day was to play three sets of tennis or 18 holes of golf. as we heard, she would often drag he

could harm your kids to something we know it's going to improve their daily lives, a minnesota middle schoollove this, cell phone use, i have said it during the school day, no cell phones. how is this not happening everywhere? and there is no more looking down at their phones in the hallway either, shooting tiktok videos or texting in class, from 8:00 a.m. to about 3:00 p.m., students can't have their phones at all. joining me now is the maple grove middle school principal. who instituted this policy, patrick smith is our hero. how did the students react? i bet you are really popular when this first went down. >> well, i guess that's one way you could put it, but i think we are seeing them graduate now, so i think we are getting it. >> laura: what's the biggest difference you notice with the kids in the no cell phones in school. >> it has been night and day from what we have dealt with in the past couple of years, they are talking to each other, they are face to at lunch, you're not seeing them on social media and the hallways when they have a break, they don't take it out during the class,

they will also be doing check ins at the middle schools for the next couple weeks until winter break. >> what would you like them to do? >> insert preventative programs. gang prevention, all of that. >> the latest incident happened at herbert slater middle school last tuesday. three students were arrested after one tried to assault another with a knife. last month, a ,14 was stabbed to another student at santa rosa high. all of these incidents following the fatal stabbing of 16-year-old jaden at murray high in march. the officers reinstated on campus without a vote by the school board with the board plans to talk about campus safety during its meeting this wednesday. >>> it's no secret a lot are worried about artificial intelligence possibly taking their jobs. that includes tech. one tech company is trying to get in front of that. like a soft announcing today is partnering with a major group. the group represents about 60 labor unions totaling 13 million workers. the partnership intended to create an open discussion about the future of artificial intelligence. this comes as workers ex

officers will also routinely check in with each middle school campus. the board of education will be talking about school safety at their meeting on wednesday. there will be a chance for public comment. now, this comes after a montgomery high school freshman was stabbed to death in a classroom fight this past march. and nearly two weeks ago, a stabbing at santa rosa high school landed a 14-year-old in the hospital. last week, a fight at a santa rosa middle school ended in one student brandishing a knife. >>> a live look at oakland where people living in the city's laurel district say there have been several home burglaries and violent assaults. the latest victim happened to be the neighborhood watch block captain. da lin shows us how she's responding by uniting neighbors to keep each other safe. >> reporter: this part of laurel district is typically pretty safe, but neighbors say in the last six months, they've experienced a big increase in burglaries and violence. the action of burglars was frightening. the response from neighbors has been heartwarming.

middle school last thursday.hey say the vandals used their fingers to draw swastikas on several windows after fogging the windows with their breath. they also drew swastikas on the dirt of the baseball and softball fields. the pleasant hill police say that it's being investigated as a hate incident. the school is currently on winter break. the superintendent is asking community members to report any suspicious activities happening near the campus to police. >> if you're looking to get away for the new year's weekend and enjoy nature it one of california's state party might be in luck could be trying to book at a popular spot. the california state park system has announced a new lottery system. it allows would-be campers to apply for a free reservation drawing saying these changes could make it easier for people to reserve sites that are usually booked out this time of year, including now temple pie, a state park in the north bay. these changes come as part of a new bill signed into law by governor gavin newsome e

there will be extra police presence at middle schools and high schools across the district. now last week, herbert's later middle school was put on lockdown after 2 students attacked another student, a 16 year-old student was also arrested last week in connection with a stabbing at santa rosa high school. all of this following the death of 16 year-old montgomery student jaden pn to back in march. he was stabbed and killed during rebecca sullivan to parents of a montgomery high student and she works at the school. she's hoping it bringing in the officers is just the beginning of a long-term effort to make the school safer. you know, we want see officers back. we want. >> we want more mental health resources. we want more community partnership. and that's that's our goal is to get a better safety plan. >> while the investigation into the recent incidents is still ongoing, police have said there has been an increase in gang activity in recent years. there's a planned discussion about safety at the school board meeting this coming wednesday. >> san francisco district attorney's

police were called out to herbert slater middle school in santa rosa. this was 830 this morning. once on scene, they learned 213 year old boys attacked, another 13 year old student during the assault. the teen who was attacked brought out a knife and tried to stab one of the teens. no one was hurt. and officers say the teen who pulled the knife ran into a surrounding neighborhood and that's when the school was put on lockdown. all three teens were eventually caught and arrested. police in oakland say a chp chopper helped officers locate a suspect hiding out in a backyard. the department releasing this video. police say they were searching for a suspect who was wanted for brandishing a gun. they called the helicopter in to assist and within really just a couple of minutes, they say the suspect was located and officers on the ground made the arrest. >> two more candidates have announced they are running for congress to replace silicon valley representative anna eshoo, who is stepping down. there are now nine people vying to fill her seat. ktvu south bay reporter lamonica peters has

it happened this morning at herbert slater middle school. the fight spilled into the hallway and the student who was initially attacked brandished a kitchen knife and tried to lunge at the two other teens. the police say two 13-year-old boys walked into a class room and started punching another 13-year-old student. the teacher managed to stop all of this and all three students were arrested. >>> chilling details tonight in the wake of yesterday's mass shooting at unlv. the police say the gunman that killed three people and wounded a fourth had specific victims in mind. >> the suspect had a list of people he was seeking on the university campus. as well as faculty from the eastern carolina university. >> but no one on the 67-year-old's target list was hit. the police shot and killed the former professor after a 10-minute rampage at the business school at unlv. the police say he mailed letters to two dozen staffers across the country and some of them had white powder inside. we know it turned out to be harmless. the gunman had been denied seve

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they will not vote against joe bind on that. >>> a minnesota middle school is banning cell phones thehool day, and the principal of the school says it's having a very positive effect on students. listen. >> it has been night and day from what we have dealt with in the last couple of years. they're talking to each other, they're face to face at lunch. you're not seeing them on social media in the hallways, they're not taking them out during class. they just look happier. rachel: even parents from the school district say their kids are thriving in the classroom and are participating more in class discussions. and those are your headlines. no big surprise, right? pete: no-brainer or right there. rachel: literally, they've shown charts where mental health levels for children and the rise of social media and cell phones, it's just as that goes, mental health goes down. so take the phones away, kids are happier. pete: no doubt. all right, coming up, the world seems to be turning red. conservativism and populism surging across the globe. can it happen here in the u.s.? will and i will go off

then it goes back. >> the latest incident happened at herbert slater middle school last tuesday. three students were arrested after one tried to assault another with a knife. last month, a 14-year-old was stabbed by another student at santa rosa high. all of these following the fatal stabbing of 15-year-old jaden at montgomery high in march. officers were reinstated on campus without a vote by the school board and the board plans to talk about campus safety during its meeting on wednesday. >>> let's talk about our weather now. it's monday. this morning it was so cold. i had the layer of the kids. >> we headed into the weekend with frost advisory then we wake up again to new advisories. you are right. it's definitely chilly in the morning. we have 30s on the map and i know last week we had some instability that brought shower activity, but now we set up for a calm weather pattern ahead. the temperatures across the board in the 60s, upper 50s. san jose, 63. if you look at the san francisco camera this should be the golden gate bridge. we have a lot of fog and onshore flow that will

weeks. 3 days after this temporary action, a 14 year-old student trespassed on herbert's later middle school with a knife. an officer on campus handled the situation quickly. no one was hurt. >> stephanie taylor, 7th grader goes there. she says this shows just how needed officers are on campus. i think that having officers on campus, i've seen them engaging with the students and i've seen >> helping out and a multitude of ways. but not everyone for policing of our youth, which we primarily black and brown students at disproportionate instead, we want to see more mental health services, therapists counselors, the santa rosa teachers association also spoke in favor sorrows. >> hundreds of people spoke at the meeting and now the school board has a long list of recommendations. it seems like they'll need some time to decide on what they're going to do before a vote happens. >> i'm sara stinson reporting in santa rosa kron. 4 news. >> to the east bay now where a new public menorah is standing alongside lake merritt in oakland tonight. hours after someone destroyed the original menorah. police are

then last thursday at herbert slater middle school, 3 students were arrested after one of them pulled out a large kitchen knife. and then just yesterday, a 14 year-old boy was arrested for bringing a knife onto campus. the teenager is not a student at the school and was trespassing. he has now been booked into the sonoma county juvenile hall and he's charged with the possession of a knife on school grounds. so the decision to possibly bring back officers on campus does have the community divided several details still need to be worked out before the officers are back there. kron 4 michael thomas in santa rosa with the latest. >> one of the main issues that still needs to be sorted out is the bill for these resource officers to district here in santa rosa says they don't have the funds to pay for them. now they're looking to the city and the police department to help with that. >> take a look. this is video from yesterday's board meeting with a room. the topic school resource officers. they were removed from the district 3 years ago back in 2020 for social equity reasons. but after hou

number of high profile incidents including a stabbing death here this year and a lockdown at a middle schoolay, police will have an officer at the high school. you can see one officer arrived here at montgomery earlier this morning. the officers will also be doing check ins at the middle schools. the district requested this extra security out of quote an abundance of caution for the next couple of weeks. >> there's been some temporary solutions when the big things happen then the focus goes somewhere else. it changes. >> do you feel safe going to montgomery in spite of what's happened here and other campuses in the district? >> i think it's different day-to-day. some days, i feel safe. some, i don't. >> the latest incident happened last tuesday. it led to a lockdown at herbert slater middle school. police say a student tried to assault another student with a knife. this happened on campus. officials reportedly located the weapon along with marijuana in the back pack. that student was arrested and two others were arrested. late last month, a 14-year-old was stabbed on the campus of santa rosa

plus, a teachable moment at school after swastikas were found drawn on lockers at a los altos middle school. >> the abc seven storm impact scale today, storm is level one. that means light rain, so keep an umbrella handy and drive safely. track today's storm anytime on the abc seven news app. download it the bay area really all day long . today's storm ranks one on the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale. you can access live doppler seven anytime you wish on the abc seven bay area app. it does come in handy. >> a new fast growing covid 19 variant has health officials concerned nationally and locally , yet numbers show fewer people are getting the latest covid vaccine. >> data shows some groups of people continue to be less vaccinated than others. abc seven news reporter zach fuentes spoke with experts to find out why the j&j one covid variant is fast spreading and dangerous. >> it's about 21% of our strains here in this country, but the vaccine still works against it. >> still, health officials say not enough people are getting the latest vaccine statewide and here in the bay area, data

. >> and then this just this past thursday at herbert slater middle school, 3 students were arrested after one of them pulled out a large knife. look at the knives that were used in these incidents, 2 kitchen knives. and then that shorter one >> folding knife that was used in the fatal stabbing at montgomery high. the decision to possibly bring back resource officers has the community divided. yeah. there are still several things that need to be ironed out before it is official. if it ever >> becomes official and and the police department to try and cover that bill. take a look. this is video from last night's board meeting. you can see it was pretty packed out with parents and concerned people and just to step back a little bit. the school resource officers were removed from the district about 3 years ago in 2020 for social equity reasons. but after hours of debating last night, the district boarded decide that it is exploring to bring them back somewhat through a pilot program. and the biggest reason why some say it's because of the string of violent issues that the district's seen

and just days after that request was put in a 14 year-old did trespass at the middle school and went on campus with a knife. there was a temporary officer there on campus. it was able to de-escalate the situation and nobody was hurt. but again, this topic remains controversial. take a listen to what some of those parents and attendees of that meeting had to say yesterday. >> for policing of our youth, which we know primarily black and brown students at disproportionate instead, we want to see more mental health services. therapists counselors 100% in favor of sro's. i want my children to come home safe from school every day. >> now again, there are still many unanswered questions. they did reach out to the district this morning asking them, you know, how many of these officers would be coming blacdecision that was made yesterday live this morning in santa rosa. michael thomas will send it back to you. michael, thank you very much. it's 703. and happening today, the former police officer accused of shooting injuring his wife. >> and then barricaded himself in a home is expected to mak

it comes after another knife fight was broken up last thursday at nearby slater middle school. >> with the increases that we're starting to see in some student violent behavior and some acts of violence i felt it was necessary while we have a conversation on wednesday at our board meeting around additional solutions around school safety. >> reporter: but she took the action without getting approval of the school board that canceled the sros in the first place. you think it was appropriate for the superintendent to take this step without a vote of the school board? >> because this isn't a policy decision, it's important the superintendent took the action she deemed necessary to keep our students and our staff safe. i fully support her decision on this matter. while it's a short term solution, we're really interested in talking about the long term solutions. >> reporter: this morning a group of students protested outside montgomery high demanding permanent measures to address the safety issue. >> it's very likely in my opinion that we will return after winter break and it will be the sam

and just days after the request of 14 year-old trespassed onto a middle school campus with a knife, a temporary officer was on campus and was able to de-escalate the situation without anyone getting hurt. but it still caused concern. and this is what parents had to say this morning regarding the topic. >> i think police on campus carry kids. >> and somehow you like beach, you get to you know, i think even the making his mark on the wall. you know, i think just the kids are middle schoolers know they're for years old they're >> and you know, with your kids school without police officers. do. but it's about what the kids feel. >> we did reach out to the center is a school district this morning but have not heard back as of yet. that's a very latest here in santa rosa michael thomas. also back to you live in the studio. >> 10, 0, 4. and today the former police officer accused of shooting and injuring his wife and barricaded himself in his home is expected to make an appearance in court this afternoon. chameleons say chow faces 9 felony counts, including attempted murder of peace officers

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school. and a lockdown at slater middle ktvu.mus is in santa rosa this morning and we'll get a live report from her in the next half hour of news. police in pleasant hill are now explaining why they left the scene of a shooting after an hours long standoff without arresting the suspected gunman. >> police have now taken the person into custody after two rounds of long standoffs with swat teams. ctv's james torres in studio here with what many expect to happen next. >> james gasia, good morning to you. what we're talking about chun liam chow. he's surrendered to police saturday morning and took two rounds of negotiations to get to that point. but there were questions for the police department after it all started thursday night. that's when police first came to his house in the sherman acres neighborhood. police say saint chow locked his wife out of the home and shot her when she tried getting inside through a side door. swat teams then cleared the scene without making an arrest, saying saint chow was not a threat to the public. h

police will also be conducting check ins at middle schools. the decision comes after a spike in violence in santa rosa schools last thursday, for instance, out herbert's later, middle school. we had to go into lockdown after a student pulled out a knife during a fight. and earlier this month, police revealed the juvenile firearms arrests in the city have gone up 500% over last year, which they blame in large part on the increased gang violence. the district is going to be holding a public meeting on wednesday. talk about the safety measures there putting into place. it's 804, and mail carriers are getting robbed more and more in the bay area. it's a growing problem. fact, the most recent one happened last week in palo alto kron. 4 justin campbell takes a look. >> authorities tell me that the male woman was delivering her mail when 2 suspects approached are here on alma street in palo alto in strong arm, robbed her wednesday around 2 in the afternoon. palo alto police say the mail carrier didn't give her keys to the 2 suspects. so they instead p

officers will also be conducting check conducting check ins at the middle schools. this decision comes in the wake of a rise in violence in santa rosa schools last thursday. herbert's later middle school went into lockdown after a student brandished a knife during a fight. and then earlier this month, police revealed the juvenile firearm arrests in that city had gone up 500% over last year, which they blame on increased gang violence. the district is going to holding a public meeting on wednesday to discuss the safety measures being taken there at santa rosa schools. >> time now 705, and mail carriers are being robbed at a growing rate. it's a big problem in the bay area of the most recent incident happened just last week in palo alto kron. 4 justin campbell has the story. authorities tell me that the male woman was delivering her mail when 2 suspects approached are here on alma street in palo alto. >> in strong arm robbed wednesday around 2 in the ppafternoon. palo alto police say the mail carrier didn't give her keys to the 2 suspects. so they instead pushed her to

and just days after the request of 14 year-old trespassed onto a middle school campus with a knife, a temporary officer was on campus and was able to de-escalate the situation without anyone getting hurt. but it still caused concern. and this is what parents had to say this morning regarding the topic. >> i think police on campus carry >> and somehow you like you get to you know, i think bid adieu to the compost make the kids more comfortable. you know, i think just the kids are middle schoolers know they're for years old their great work. >> and you know, with your kids at school without police officers. do. but it's about what the kids feel. >> we did reach out to the center is a school district this morning but have not heard back as of yet. that's a very latest here in santa rosa michael thomas. i'll send it back to you live in the studio. >> some developing news now as san francisco bay screws has just announced that it is cutting over 900 jobs. that's about a quarter of its workforce. this move coming as the company tries to remake itself after a series of safety problems with i

herbert slater middle school, santa rosa high, and montgomery high.t incident happened yesterday. look at this. evidence herbert slater middle school and 14-year-old from a different school walks in and was arrested for entering campus with a knife. thank goodness no reports of anybody got hurt in that incident. >>> now let's take a live look outside on this thursday morning as we say good morning to the east bay. this is the look from our mount diablo camera. and it was really, really cold in the east bay this morning. i don't know what it was, jess, maybe the time that i left the house. but for some reason almost felt bone chilling as i opened the front door. >> reporter: it's interesting because the past couple of days we've been seeing that thick marine layer and it actually acts like a blanket over us keeping us a little bit warmer but today we don't have that. and so it's a lot cooler for us heading out the door this morning. 40s and upper 30s are in the forecast for us throughout the bay with these clear skies over the city of san francisco. no