very baby is going on in montgomery. high school needs to stop an administration is to take care of it because this is accountability for this is not ability. well, police found and arrested the you're obviously back right near a nearby church. >> the freshman now faces several charges, including homicide, attempted homicide, both of which are felonies. classes at montgomery high school event canceled for the rest of the week because of this school safety is now front and center santa rosa after wednesday's deadly stabbing. the city's police chief pointing out that there's not a school resource officer at montgomery high school or any of the santa rosa city schools coffers. dan thorn reports from santa rosa with that side of the story. >> the memorial continues to grow here at montgomery high school following the violence and it has intensified the debate over police officers being at santa rosa city schools. the school resource program was under scrutiny back in 2020 following the death of george floyd by june 2020, tha

>> reporter: robert brown is the father of a student at montgomery high school. >> i feel disappointed that the school system has failed our children. >> reporter: he brought his daughters to the memorial to remember a young life lost to a senseless act of violence. >> it should have never escalated to what it did. there's been constant violence to the school with fights all year long last year and the kids causing these fights aren't reprimanded in a way where they're fearful of their actions. >> reporter: chaplains with therapy dogs were brought in to sit with those mourning. they say their job is just to listen. as so many grieve, many are concerned jayden's death won't be the end to this violence. >> what fight is going to erupt in the hallway again? is there going to be more knives, retailation? >> reporter: the santa rosa police department will be working with the school to insure students can return safely next week, but some parent like robert brown are looking to pull their child out of school altogether. >> she needs to learn in an environment that is safe. if she doesn't fee

this happened the same day the stabbing happened at montgomery high.ecurity is an issue across all the schools in the district. students say the best friend of jayden pienta, the students stabbed to death at montgomery high, witnessed the stabbing. she says the three boys involved had a history of issues and the school knew about it multiple times. other students say that the freshman who did the stabbing previously slashed pienta's car tires and nothing was done. >> my school absolutely failed him, 100%. i was the one who called 911. i walked him into the office saying he was stabbed. >> reporter: the school district would not comment on what they knew or any intervention that went down before this stabbing. but what is clear, the police department here would like to see more officers, would like to see officers in general inside the schools. we'll dive into that in the next 30 minutes. >> students deserve a safe place to have an education. thank you for the report. we'll see you in a little bit. >> we will continue to follow this story. find more on

we can update what happened montgomery high in santa rosa today. santa clara county is making some changes to its gun buyback program. the county will now be offering incentives for people who turn in unwanted guns to the sheriff's office. the board of supervisors approved these changes yesterday. currently people who turn in guns to the sheriff's office did not receive anything in return. unlike gun buyback events that are hosted by the county during those events. people can receive up to $200 depends on the type of gun. and so now incentives will be rewarded at the sheriff's office says, well, it's not clear what those incentives will be just yet, but according to the county, 700 guns were collected during the gun buyback events last year. that includes 26 assault rifles. we'll talk about our weather forecast now with this live look outside from our camera on top of mount tam looking out there towards the ocean and it's nice to see the sun back today. meteorologist kyla grogan here now detail sunny, but cool. that's for sure. yeah. it started ver

montgomery high will reopen on monday. i understand the students plan to have a walkout on monday when the school does reopen. back to you. >> a lot of outrage there. thank you so much. police tell us the school district will be hosting community meetings next week to ask students what they want to see going forward, like bringing back those school resource officers. >>> an antioch woman under arrest accused of making criminal threats to a private school in walnut creek. they say 33-year-old danielle nye sent a number of threatening emails and voicemails to contra costa christian schools on tuesday and wednesday, including a photo of a rifle. the school ended up canceling classes yesterday. nye was arrested later that night. police say they believe it was an isolated incident and no students or staff are in danger. >>> the city of oakland just gave an update on the ransomware attack that disrupted services for nearly a month, and is not good news. end an joins us now with the alert the city justissued today. >> whoever acc

. >> the 16 year-old was one of 2 teen stabbed at montgomery high school wednesday morning. his family says that the 2 teams and the 3rd student accused to stabbing jayden have been fighting for weeks. >> parents called the school until the school of what happened in that they had made complaints that there was people that they were. there's these 2 kids that were threatening them and to give him a hard time. his father made complaints to the school and school did so you don't know what was at the heart of the matter. we're live. this all started, you know. >> but it wasn't whatever it was. was it worth losing his late wednesday afternoon, the santa rosa police chief said that around 11 they received multiple 9-1-1, calls to students have been stabbed after a fight broke out in an art class. >> the 2 juniors have reportedly entered the class and confronted a freshman. >> a teacher tried to stop the altercation. police say that the freshman pulled a knife stab one student 3 times. the other ones. >> medical staff arrived here on the scene and quickly started treating the stud

-- at montgomery high school. santa rosa police chief expected to be there. it comes a day after montgomery high school reopened and students holding a walkout calling for justice for 16-year-old student who was killed. the 50 euros suspect faces two felony charges. it has brought back debate of school resource officers. many schools in the bay area no longer have. many voiced their desires to bring those officers back. >> i would like to know if there are talks regarding ringing back and start over. >> i realize when the pandemic hit we lost our sorrow because everybody was working from home. but it is time to bring them back. reggie: santa rosa police say they assigned three officers to santa rosa -- to montgomery high school yesterday. jobina: hackers behind a ransomware attack have leaked stolen data of thousands of city employees and small business owners. the ransomware attack has been crippling oakland city systems for nearly a month. councilmember noel gaia says the group claiming response ability is known

this comes after the deadly stabbing of a 16-year-old student at montgomery high. and today we learned of another incident, another campus, where a student brought an unloaded gun to school. we spoke to the students about the message they want to send to administrators. >> reporter: students say if they don't feel safe, then they can't forcust on learning. before they marched, maria's high school students rallied on campus to demand better security and communication from administrators. >> for god's sake, change the locks. why do they sound the exact same? i'm sorry, it would be very different if there is somebody on campus or if there is a fire. >> reporter: students say the shooting happened recently. thissic woo, police arrested a student for bringing an unloaded gun to school. >> there was a gun on campus, and we were not educated of that in light of recent events. i do not feel safe at school. >> why does it take my best friends to see that eye opener to do better? >> reporter: among those that came to speak at the rally, a junior from montgomery high. she wit

he tweeted our thoughts are with montgomery high school students, staff and families. this afternoon, a fatal stabbing on campus has left us all in shock. truly awful and tragic. we have reached out to santa rosa city schools offering any and all assistance from the state. and congressman mike thompson tweeting saddened to hear student was killed and another was injured at montgomery high school today. my thoughts are with the family and friends of the students. the entire viking community and our santa rosa schools in the wake of this attack. >> the east bay, now person is dead. another is injured after a shooting in oakland's fruitvale district. it happened just before 11 o'clock this morning. on international boulevard near the fruitvale bart station responding. police officers say they found 2 people who had been shot, took them both to the hospital where one of the victims later died. no other details are being released at this time. >> murder charges have been filed in connection to that mass shooting outside an oakland gas station in late january. a big group wa

marÍa: estoy al frente de la escuela montgomery de santa rosa, donde la comunidad estudiantil estÁ dedo un altar, hemos visto a lo largo del tiempo que hemos estado aquÍ, a lo largo de esta tarde que han llegado padres de familia, tambiÉn estudiantes, no solamente de la escuela montgomery, sino tambiÉn de otras escuelas cercanas para dejar flores y para rendirle un homenaje a este joven de apenas 16aÑos. el sentimiento aquÍ es muy sombrÍo, estuve conversando con un joven que estudia en otra escuela, un joven de 17 aÑos, quien dijo que conocÍa a la vÍctima. me dijo que habÍa jugado deportes con Él cuando estuvieron en otra escuela y eran mÁs chicos. dice que Él mismo no se ha sentido seguro cuando iba a la escuela.estuve conversando con su madre y me dice que el sobresalto que sintiÓ ayer despuÉs de escuchar la noticia de la muerte provocÓ que tratarÁ de contactarse con su hijo. las calles se cancelaron en la escuela montgomery, tambiÉn estarÁn canceladas el dÍa de maÑana y los jÓvenes que estÁn detrÁs de nosotros pidieron respeto, dijeron que no nos acerquemos al altar porque estÁn pr

is in santa rosa where a 16 year-old student has died after being stabbed by another student at montgomery high school. good evening, everybody. thanks for being with us tonight on kron, 4 news at 5, i'm grant lotus vicki liviakis. well, police are investigating the search for the weapon continues tonight. police say the student used a 4 inch knife. >> it happened about 11 o'clock this morning at montgomery high school. police say it started with an altercation. the teachers tried to break up the incident. clearly upsetting to some students. one of them spoke directly to officers about what they saw. >> kind of call 9-1-1, right? nobody else. yes. we it. >> you think? >> now, students, the whole community, they're understandably shaken, upset after what they heard about or actually saw what happened in only imagine to get the latest now on the investigation. >> let's go ahead and go live to the scene where current first theresa stasi, you is standing by for how is the school handling this what? well they can grab. there's a lot of anxiety here. parents and >> students tell me that they are

vicki liviakis, a student at montgomery high school in santa rosa is dead. >> after stepped on campus yesterday, the victim is 16 year-old jayden pm to and there's a growing memorial for him outside the school where he was killed. police say another student is responsible for the death kron four's. rob nesbitt has been outside the school all day talking with parents and students. he joins us live with what they had to say. rob, such a tragedy. it is grant and vicki classes were canceled here at montgomery high school. >> but still, students, teachers and others here in the community felt the need to come here today to memorialize jpn to in some way. >> pictures in tears. i was devastated that think like any other parent, this memorial for jayden pn to came with a lot of emotions thursday. 24 hours after he was stabbed to death inside a montgomery high school classroom. sirens went off the lockdown, sirens and i panicked for a little bit. >> and we learned later that it was with a knife. and then we just kept learning more and more police say pn to add another 6 year-old student entere

classes at montgomery high school have been canceled for the rest of the week. police say the 15 year-old student who they believed to be responsible for p and his death is in custody. but they're not releasing his name because of his age reporting in santa rosa. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> the sonoma county district attorney released a statement that reads in part, all students deserve to learn in a safe and supportive environment. my office will continue to work collaboratively with the school district, law enforcement and community partners to support the well-being of our young people and to keep our schools safe. >> the stabbing has reignited a conversation about whether there should be a police presence on campus. the santa rosa police officers association says just within the last 2 weeks, police were called to schools for emergencies, including stabbings, battery robbery, criminal threats, public intoxication and arson. and last year alone, santa rosa police responded to 945 emergency calls from schools. >> yes, as catherine mentioned, the stabbing

students and teachers return to montgomery high school in santa rosa today. less than one week after a fight in an art class turned deadly. 2 students were stabbed. one of them died. we also learned that the 15 year-old suspect is now facing manslaughter charges as the school increases, security students are calling out the high school for how they handled the incident. kron four's haaziq madyun has more from santa rosa. >> students here at montgomery high school in santa rosa staged a walkout, demanding more safety and security for themselves and justice for classmate. jaden, beyond that. >> it was 11, 15 monday morning when students begin leaving class and filling the quad area outside of school for we don't want change. we need change rally. parents were also in attendance wearing justice for jayden t-shirts. last wednesday, 16 year-old jayden pn to was stabbed to death by a classmate during the fight on campus. another student was also wounded during the incident. santa rosa police arrested a 15 year-old fellow student as the alleged stabbing suspect in t

very baby is going on in montgomery. high sc needtotop an administration is to take care of it because this is accountability for this is not aby. >> police have arrested the 15 year-old freshman the suspects. they say they found 10 near a church after he to off the freshman now faces several charges, including homicide and attempted homicide. both of which are felonies. classes at montgomery high been cancele for the rest of the week. catherine, pam, back to you. sa and santa rosa after today's deadly stabbing and the city's police pointing out there is not a school resource officer at montgomery santa rosa city school. >> well, foéwqdan thorn reports from santa rosa tonight on that side of the story. >> the memorial continues to grow here at montgomery high school following the violence and it has intensified the debate over police officers scols. the school resource program was unr scrutiny back in 2020 following the death of george floyd by june 2020, that program was paused and the school board president sayshey are

and this is montgomery high school in santa rosa. we'll have a live report on this breaking news in about 30 minutes tonight on kron. 4 news at 6. protesters rallied outside the san francisco hall of justice today demanding the da move forward with prosecuting a san francisco police officer for killing an unarmed man. our kron four's haaziq mod-yoon has the latest details on the court's decision. fighting for. children. what >> community organizers gathered for a rally outside the hall of justice in san francisco to protest against sf district attorney brooke jenkins move to dismiss the manslaughter charge against former sfpd officer christopher, some iowa for the 2017 shooting death of who was unarmed at the time. this is my >> but it's about the future. the city of san francisco settled a 2 and a half million dollars civil lawsuit in the case. however, key males april green voices, her concerns with the da's desire to dismiss criminal charges against the former officer message will be >> it does and walks away. it will matter what

moving on, students at montgomery high school in santa rosa will be back on campus for the first time since that deadly stabbing in a classroom last week. lena howland joins us from the newsroom with what students and teachers can expect on campus. good morning. lena: as students return to montgomery county in santa rosa for the stabbing they will be greeted by three extra police officers for added security. this comes after 16-year-old jason be into was killed on campus last wednesday. police -- the mother of student that was also injured and stabbed in the hand during the dispute says she warned the school the students were having issues and says for three weeks they have been trying to find a resolution. she says her son was assaulted by the same 15-year-old freshman and jaden's tires were slashed last week, allegedly by the same student. >> district failed by son. they failed jaden and the rest of the students that attended school. lena: the 15-year-old freshman accused of stabbing jaden as well as another student has been arrested. amid safety concerns brought up by families acro

we are on our way to montgomery high school in santa rosa, picking our way up 101 northbound where a growing memorial is sitting outside that high school right now as the community works to process what happened in the middle of the school day yesterday morning. police tell us that two juniors entered another classroom and started fighting, unprovoked with a freshman sitting in that class. despite the teacher trying to break it up, they continued to fight and the freshman broke out a knife, stabbing both a knife, stabbing both 16-year-old students. critically injuring one with stab wounds to the handanother d by family hospital. other family members say there had been recent run-ins and the student accused of this, and they say jaden isn't here to give us the full story. his grandmother spoke with us in tears at the school last night. >> he was stabbed in the heart three times. he was kindhearted loving, gentle. >> he is a big boy. but he wouldn't have harmed anyone. lena: the freshman believed to be involved in this fight was later found hiding in a creek bed and taken into custody.

luego de darse a conocer la muerte a puÑaladas de un estudiante en montgomery.santa rosa padres de familia lamentaron lo ocurrido. hablamos acerca de este tema que ha estado ocurriendo desde muy temprano. marÍa: muy triste y sombrÍo el ambiente hoy afuera de la escuela montgomery en santa rosa, donde la comunidad estudiantil estÁ de luto, luego de la muerte de jaden, un estudiante que fue vÍctima presuntamente de otro estudiante de apenas 15. un pequeÑo altar con flores y velas fue colocado al frente de la escuela montgomery de santa rosa, donde jaden, un estudiante de 16 aÑos fue apuÑalado por otro de 15, tambiÉn esparza dice que cuando se enterÓ de su muerte no podÍa creerlo ya que lo conocÍa y habÍa jugado algunos deportes con Él. >> jugaba bÉisbol y basquetbol con Él. Él se muriÓ. marÍa: a lo largo del dÍa jÓvenes y adultos acudieron al pequeÑo altar para rezar y llevarle flores. una madre de familia que tiene una hija adolescente lamenta lo ocurrido. >> la verdad muy mal, porque no me gustarÍa que pasara lo mismo. es muy triste que los muchachos actÚen de e

montgomery is known is literally known for fighting this year. and police say they've been called to the high school 97 times in the past year. >> senior maley a chatham says she'll be coming back to school. but that's just because she wants to graduate on time. at the end of the day, none of us feel safe here. the none of us want to return and there i don't know why they're making its return. so suddenly students have planned a walkout from monday to advocate for a safer campus. >> in santa rosa amanda hari kron. 4 news. >> it was a hail of a storm down in the south bay around noon today. a hail storm coming down hard and fast as you can see this video. take a look at this. meanwhile, no, not snow. that's just the aftermath of the hail storm. a cold enough in the late morning early afternoon hours for all that frozen rain to stick to the ground. kind of funny to see it with the blue sky and then you know, the hail there on the ground. >> meanwhile, >> in south san francisco, your tv's on messed up that white flash was a lightning strike in south

of montgomery high school. from ktvu. fox two news. this is the fourth. deadly fight at montgomery high school in santa rosa today, a confrontation between students led to one teenager pulling out a knife and stabbing two classmates. one of them died from their injuries. welcome everyone to the four this afternoon. i'm alex savage. good afternoon, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. that fight broke out just after 11 o'clock this morning. ktvu is henry lee joins us live in santa rosa. with details, henry. well students and parents here at montgomery high school in santa rosa, or in shock. after 2 16 year old boys were stabbed. one of them did not make it. a 15 year old boy is now in custody. he is also a student. let's show you some video from earlier that all have an at montgomery high school here in santa rosa at about 11 10 this morning in an art classroom here on campus to 16 year old boys went into the room, and they're not students in that art room. they got into a fight with a third student who is 15 years old. now that 15 year old and took a folding kn

classes at montgomery high school have been canceled for the rest of the week. police say the 15 year-old student who they believed to be responsible for p interest debt. >> is in custody. but they're not releasing his name because of his age reporting in santa rosa. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> well, the stabbing is reignited conversations about police presence on campuses. santa rosa police officers association says that within just the past 2 weeks, police say were called to schools for emergencies, including stabbings, battery robbery, criminal threat, public intoxication, even arson. and last year alone, santa rosa police responded to 945 emergency calls from schools. napa police say they found that stolen van that was carrying 16 cats. that's a u.s. citizen. call them saying it was parked near harris6n and cornwall avenues. police say the cats are all accounted for and they appear to be okay. van was stolen sunday by a man who road of on a bicycle and just took it. the van belongs to an animal shelter called whiskers tails and farrell's. it's not clear

. >>> police just told us about an hour ago that a deadly fight broke out at montgomery high school in santa rosa just after 11:00 this morning. police say two juniors walked into a classroom and started to fight a freshman. the freshman then pulled out a knife and stabbed the two juniors. both were taken to the hospital. that's where one of the students died. the student with the knife ran away. and santa rosa police found the 15-year-old hiding in a creek. >> been some previous altercations between these students. that would be one of the things that our investigators are looking into. and we're looking for students that may have information about that, to come forward to the santa rosa police department. another thing we're seeking is any videos students may have recorded of this incident. >> obviously, the investigation is ongoing. administrators did send students home soon after that fight. students spoke up after that news conference, and she felt the school hasn't done enough. >> held accountable. a student had to call 911. >> right. >> nobody else did. a student did. >> i get t

. >> return to montgomery high school in santa rosa today. less than one week after a fight in an art class turned deadly. 2 students were stabbed. one of those students died and we learned today the 15 year-old suspect is now facing manslaughter charges as the school increases. security students are calling out high school leaders for how they handled the incident prep for rays he you reports. >> students here at montgomery high school in santa rosa staged a walkout, demanding more safety and security for themselves and justice for classmate. jaden, beyond that. >> it was 11, 15 monday morning when students begin leaving class and filling the quad area outside of school for we don't want change. we need change rally. parents were also in attendance wearing justice for jayden t-shirts. last wednesday, 16 year-old jayden pn to was stabbed to death by a classmate during the fight on campus. another student was also wounded during the incident. santa rosa police arrested a 15 year-old fellow student as the alleged stabbing suspect in the case pr

he was that olivia cruz is a junior at montgomery. she was with jaden when he was attacked. my best friend came out of that came up to me and said living he stabbed me. he stabbed me. >> and i had his blood on me and i helped him and he took his last breath to tell me that he loved me. she believes that the school district has not done enough to prevent violence on campus. >> they don't care. and that is why my best friend got stabbed in a classroom, a place where we're supposed to feel safe. kron 4 did reach out to santa rosa city schools for comment. but as of friday afternoon, we have not heard back. there is a school board meeting scheduled for next wednesday. now following jayden's death, montgomery high school canceled classes for the rest of the week. school is set to resume next week, although we have heard that some students plan on walking out of class on monday morning. >> but for now in santa rosa, charles clifford kron, 4 news. >> oakland, first responders had a pretty busy morning. police say a suspect wanted in connection to a killing was arrested after a near

s are seresume at montgomery high school. this comes after a 15-year-old was arrested for stabbing another student to death and injuring another in the middle of a classroom. on this first day back, students plan to walk out of class demanding safety changes they want to see. justin andrews is live at the school this morning. justin, what can we expect from the students today? >> reporter: amanda, ever since this tragedy struck the high school, students have been bold letting us know they don't feel safe inside classrooms here. that feeling is one that's felt across the district. like i said, these students say returning to class today will be pretty hard and they don't feel safe. it's really forced them to not be able to focus on learning. today's planned rally could be similar to the one last week after police arrested a student for bringing an unloaded gun to school. that happened around the same day of the stabbing at montgomery high. security is an issue across the school district students say. the best friend of jayden

there were 97 calls just at montgomery high school in the last 12 months. police responded to maria carrillo high school twice within a week, first for an arson, arresting a student setting fire near the school building, then arresting another student accused of bringing a gun to campus since eliminating its more than 20 year long partnership with school police resource officers, the district says it's only method of preventing these incidents. is education. we do talk regularly to our students about safety and about caring for each other on campus, but we do not have anything that detects those kinds of weapons on campus. right now. it's why students are calling for change, saying concerns are being ignored. they say school leaders know about problems between students and don't do enough to address them. montgomery high school is closed again today as the district works to address the quote, immediate physical and emotional needs of students and staff. reporting in santa rosa. i'm james torres, ktvu fox two news. senator dianne feinstein is hospitalized in

fong is not new to the role she served as montgomery's principal from 2006 to 2016. the leadership change comes after the recent deadly stabbing that we just mentioned as well as student walkouts and protests over campus security. meantime, west valley college show was placed on lockdown for several hours today because of a report of an armed intruder that lockdown has was lifted about one 30 this afternoon after police detained 2 suspects and the campus was deemed safe. well for us, nesbitt is live in west valley tonight, though he has more on what took place. rob. pam, it was an employee of west valley college who called in the report. >> saying they saw a white male with what looked like a long rifle and one of the college's parking lots. well, students, teachers and staff at west valley college were told to lock down in place. i mean, complete fear that this could be happening here. concerned parents like me and myers rushed to the saratoga campus to try to find out more immediately called my son. >> who is in a classroom and said he had been in lockdown. they ha

two weeks later, they marched from montgomery with dr. king, and even bigger coalition of people from different races and faiths. five months later the voting rights act was signed into law. as i come here in commemoration not for show, selma is a reckoning. the right to vote, to have your vote counted is the threshold of democracy and liberty. with it, anything is possible. without that right, and nothing is possible. this fundamental right remains under assault, conservative supreme court has guided the voting rights act over the years. a wave of states and dozens of anti-voting laws fueled by the big lie in the election deniers now elected to office. new law here in alabama among other things a new congressional map that discriminated against black voters by failing to include what should've have been a new nominally black district. that case, you know better than i, u.s. department of justice has joined many of you in arguing that the map violates the voting rights act. all of this after a deadly insurrection on january the sixth. we

announced montgomery high school principal adam paulson and assistant principal tyler. all born have been put on leave through the end of the year. leadership change comes after a series of student walkouts and protests over campus security. >> in the south bay, west valley college was placed on lockdown for several hours today because of a report of an armed intruder on campus kron four's rob nesbitt reports from the college with more on what happened. >> an employee of west valley college called in the report saying they saw a white male with what looked like a long rifle and one of the college's parking lots while students, teachers and staff at west valley college were told to lock down in place. i mean, complete fear that this could be happening here. concerned parents like me and myers rushed to the saratoga campus to try to find out more immediately called my son. >> who was in a classroom and said he had been in lockdown. they have locked down the door and they've moved away from the windows and that he was pretty frightened. >> initial reports from police of th

you got students at montgomery high school in santa rosa. they're all expected to be back in class this morning. just less than a week after deadly stabbing on campus. but some argue it's not enough times. crawford's amanda hari reports students are forcing their concerns about the safety on the campus. there. some of the students i spoke to here at montgomery high schooe say >> they didn't feel safe here even before the stabbing. and now they feel like they're going back to class. >> too soon after a tragedy sunday afternoon, the montgomery high campus was mostly empty except for a few students preserving this memorial by moving it indoors. the memorial is for 16 year-old jayden pm to who was fatally stabbed on wednesday. olivia cruz says she and jaden have been best friends since kindergarten. she was on lockdown in the school office after the stabbing when she% found out her friend was the victim. i was devastated. i was crying >> i was yelling at everyone knows that you guys could have done better. cruz says after losing her best friend,

montgomery is known is literally known for fighting this year. and police say they've been called to the high school 97 times in the past year. >> senior maley a chatham says she'll be coming back to school. but that's just because she wants to graduate on time. at the end of the day, none of us feel safe here. the none of us want to return and there i don't know why they're making its return. so suddenly students have planned a walkout from monday to advocate for a safer campus. >> in santa rosa amanda hari kron. 4 news. >> well, if you're in the south bay around noon today, you may have seen some hail. it was cold enough in the late morning early afternoon for this matter and to stick to the ground long enough for viewers to send us videos like this one. thank you so much for this viewer. chelsea 9 for sending this in. so let's send it over now to meteorologist rodriguez with a a little bit more on what's happening. weather wise. same of recent. yeah, the national weather service has just reissued another round of winter weather advisories not

veterans who do not fully access their montgomery g.i. bill up to $1200. the montgomery g.i. bill is being phased out for the more generous g.i. bill. many veterans may not remember the money they paid in or aware they are entitled to a refound of the unused funds. the process to claim that can be difficult and there are times when the veteran can lose out on the money because they waited too long. this legislation eliminates this process making so that the veteran is repaid, no questions past. the bill is fully offset and served by student veterans of america. i thank representative banks for his work on this legislation and the v.s.o. community for bringing this issue to our community. we were able to pass this legislation in the house last fall but unfortunately the senate was unable to consider it. that is why thankfully consider this bill early in 2023. jim and our colleagues and the senate plenty of time to complete it. no disrespect to the senate, mr. speaker. i urge the rest of my colleagues to support this legislation to ensure no veteran loses out on what is owed to

at montgomery high friday afternoon a school sponsored gathering, grief counselors and a therapy dog met with the students and staff, and around the same time a school walkout at maria carrillo high school. before they march, maria carrillo high school students rallied on campus to demand better security and communication from administrators. >> for god sakes, change the alarm tone. why is the sound the exact same for a lockdown and a fire? i'm sorry, my response is going to be very different if there is somebody dangerous on campus or if there's a fire. >> reporter: students complained of recent security incidents, including the arrest of a student for bringing an unloaded gun to school this week. >> there was a gun on campus and we weren't educated of that. in light of recent events, i do not feel safe at school. >> why does it take my best friend's death to be an eye- opener to do better? >> reporter: among those who came to speak at the rally was olivia crews, a junior from montgomery high. she witnessed the stabbing that killed her best friend, 16- year-old jaden p.m. to. >> my

and the experience in montgomery shows us that. host: this is my final question.nd this is one that i thought about asking you earlier but i think that is great time to ask it i would like to know how do you feel -- tell me how you feel as a white journalist having to navigate these complications to be able to bring this out in the open? nick: that's something i thought about from the very moment that i conceived the idea for the book. it's something i still think about a lot. it's not as if there were journalists of color cueing up up to to do this. it's not like i was pushing nib aside. i would not have done that i felt if i didn't do it, it was not going to happen. so what i did was approach people i had met in africatown, community leaders and others and said, look, i have this idea for a book. but i'm a white journalist. i don't even have a connection to alabama. what would you think about me doing this? and the response pretty much universally is look, we need all the help question get. if you want to tell the story in a responsible way, we would love to hav

her feelings are shared among many students here at montgomery high school. they are now scared. here is why. it was yesterday when a fight inside an art class involving three students here at the high school, two juniors and a freshman, got out of hand. that is when the freshman pulled out a knife and started stabbing the junior classmates. jayden pienta is the one who died . this morning, there are questions swirling from parents and students wondering if anything could have been done to prevent this. >> i feel like this could have been prevented if they would have taken action sooner. everyone knows a lot of people do bring weapons to school. a lot of people do have knives. i feel like they're not really taking enough action as they could be. >> reporter: that is the core of this. so tion oy orow this could happen. that is something we will certainly continue to follow and get answers for for the students and parents. >> does not just heartbreak, it is anger in a situation like this.>>> let's look at the other stories this morning. oakland police arrested and charged a 21-year

be aware of conditions and we will keep tracking for you kumasi: santa rosa as montgomery high school is adding security, putting an officer on campus today and tomorrow in the wake of the second concerning incident this month. jobina is life. jobina: friday, parents called police to report the school had sent an email saying two students wrought knives to school before police even heard about this from administrators. 15 and 17-year-old students were arrested the next day. prior to the16-year-old was stad killed inside a classroom during a fight. a second student was stabbed in the incident. and is recovering. a 15-year-old has been charged with voluntary manslaughter in this death. students in the district have expressed they don't feel safe. parents are echoing concerns because montgomery high school is not the only school with incidents within the district. the montgomery high school principal and assistant principal have been placed on administrative leave through the end of the school year. reggie: to the collapse of silicon valley bank and concerns about a ripple effect through

i think they also take inspiration from the museum memorial in montgomery and the level of the kind of experience that it that it provides to people who visit which as i said, is a very stirring experience and it's encouraging to see that they're such a big audience for this this sort of thing. you know, i at the the smithsonian african-american museum pretty recently just just a few weeks ago on a saturday and i had to reserve my ticket weeks in advance. then when i got there, i had to you know, even having a ticket i had to wait for 20 minutes or something just to see the in a long line, just to see that, the first the first exhibit in the museum. and i mean, i was encouraged to see that. i was happy to be waiting. i was happy to see that there were so many people there because it reminded me and black and white, this crowd seemed pretty evenly mixed and it reminded me that i think that if they build something like in africatown, people will come and. the experience in montgomery really shows us that, well, this is my final question and this is one that i thought about asking earlier

students at montgomery high school in santa rosa are now back. in the classroom for the first time since the student was stabbed to death in a classroom last week. ktvu is james torres is live outside montgomery high this morning with the change of students. are seeing on campus today, james sal garcia. andre will. the police chief here in santa rosa says he handpicked three officers to be on campus this morning. not just for that security presence, but also to be a point where students can feel that their voices of heard. that has been pretty much the contention of what they've been arguing for several weeks now students have made a number of noticeable protests since rather over the last few weeks to call attention to the issue of safety at school. this morning, we noticed graffiti at montgomery high school all around the building with phrases reading. we don't want to die, and i don't feel safe. students also walked out at maria carrillo high school late last week, police say. over the last two weeks, they've responded to a student with a gun,

the deadly stabbing that happened in montgomery high school. police say 2 students were stabbed during a fight. >> in class, one ended up dying. the victim identified as 16 year-old jayden pn to we've crop was will tran standing by live in santa rosa with the latest on the story. will. >> well, james, because of what happened, school administrators have canceled classes for today and for the rest of the week, we will zoom in just to show you what's going on. you can see the memorial. it is burning brightly in the dark and it continues to grow to remember that 16 year-old student who was stabbed on campus yesterday. let me show you video. this all happened at around 11 o'clock yesterday morning. according to police officers, 2.16, year-old students going to an art class. they were not students of that. our class. they were trying to confront a 15 year-old boy. investigators say that's when the 15 year-old boy and the other 2.16 year-olds they get into teachers and their aides try to break it up. but unfortunately, it resumed a short time after t

the idea was to march to montgomery because he came up with the idea of marching to montgomery with jackson's and presenting that body to the mayor -- to the governor of alabama. so we have got to remember that violence, the catalyst for the march, and still with us, and it is a result of the third march because the second one was also kind of aborted but the third march where the issue of voting rights became essential, the other thing i have to add is that we sometimes think that the march was the beginning of the struggle. everyone knows, i mean, organizing goes back to the 1960s and before that. we have to remember that there is a lot of work being done in selma long before they showed up in january in 1965. >> robin kelly, and melanie campbell, i apologize that i don't have more time with you today. but because of live tv, and president biden's speech, we obviously don't have it. i really appreciate your patience for doing this today, thank you so much. and when we come back, the splintered republican party was on full display this weekend at cpac and the club for growth. we will break d

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the city's police chief pointing out that that no in santa rosa has not a montgomery high. not anywhere anymore. a resource officer school resource officers kron four's dan thorn actually took a closer look at that part of the story. >> the memorial continues to pgrow here at montgomery high school following the violence and it has intensified the debate over police officers being at santa rosa city schools. the school resource program was under scrutiny back in 2020 following the death of george floyd by june 2020, that program was paused and the school board president says they are not sure if a police officer would have made a difference in this stabbing. >> the deadly stabbing of a student draws police officers to montgomery high school in santa rosa. investigators say the killing happened during a fight among 3 students inside in our classroom. the police chief was pressed on the department's response just hours after the stabbing. i think it's really important understand that the santa rosa police department did not remove arose from the school campus. so i think that

now, the school montgomery high school canceled classes for the rest of the week. we understand they're set to resume on monday, but i've learned that there may be a student walkout at montgomery high school on monday as well. now back here at maria students are starting to leave. some of them are starting look like they're going to leave for the day. but we understand they are going to have a rally here in a short time asking that the school district do more to protect their safety. we reached out to the school district a short time ago to get comments if they have anything planned as far as grief counselors or making changes at the schools we have so far not heard back. we're going to head over and see what we can learn here this afternoon. but for now in santa rosa, charles clifford kron, 4 news. all right, charles, thank you so much for that update on the story. >> and there is a growing memorial at montgomery high school where 16 year-old jayden pm to was fatally stabbed. classes were canceled until monday. the santa rosa school board held a special meeting al

here's your update, police be leave it began with altercation at montgomery high school. two boys, juniors, and to our class yesterday morning, looking for a 15-year-old freshman. they started fighting with him in the middle of the class. police say that is when the freshman pulled out a folding knife and stabbed both of the other boys. one was injured, the other, 16- year-old, jayden pienta, was killed. >> we are teenagers. this is not normal for us to be fighting, this and that. over little petty things. >> classes have been canceled today and tomorrow. a lot of people shellshocked over this. hugs offered outside campus while the memorial grows. that is where we find betty yu. she has been gathering the story and has more reports coming up tonight. we want a couple minutes, we thank you for your busy time. what is the mood on campus? >> reporter: it is very solemn this afternoon. that memorial has grown since we have been here. students and parents alike are stopping by to bring candles, balloons, and flowers. as you can see behind me. and reflect on this deadly stabbin