the seat is empty after councilman omar torres resigned following his arrest on rape charges. the special election to fill the seat will be held april 8th. the council will also appoint an interim member at the end of january, who would then serve until the election is held. five people have applied for that job. the application process ends on friday. authorities in santa rosa have started a homicide investigation after four bodies were located inside a home. ktvu betty yu has the latest from sonoma county. >> santa rosa police said they were called to a home on monarch court wednesday afternoon when they made the deadly discovery. it's located in a senior citizen community called valley vista. >> an associate of the family living out of state had not heard from anyone in the home for multiple days and requested to check the welfare. >> inside, they found four bodies. police have not released their identities or shared their relationship to each other. authorities said there was no threat to public safety and there are no outstanding suspects. it's unclear how the victims die

that seat was left empty after former councilman omar torres resigned after he was arrested on sexual assault charges back in november. ktvu south bay reporter lamonica peters has the story. >> after months of vetting applicants to fill the open seat, san jose city council voted 6 to 4 for carl salas as interim city council member for district three. salas was sworn in tuesday night. before the vote, the council listened to the final four applicants make their case. after answering questions about the state of downtown homelessness and the city budget. applicants robert stadler and danielle christian were eliminated from the process. jamal williams and carl salas were the last two remaining. >> i want to make sure that residents see me, see our team, and that we get a clear understanding of what the unique needs are so that we are working in an equitable fashion. >> i expect. >> to be able to listen and talk and really communicate as we're answering the phone and answering those emails, so that we really can respond and have the feeling that we're responsive so we can bring it up to c

nos vamos a una pausa y las autoridades de san josé deciden quién reemplazará al concejal omar torres tiempo. continúa el frío esta noche, pero se acercan algunas lluvias para el fin de semana. los detalles luego de la pausa. y también queremos recordarle que tiene a su disposición nuestro número de whatsapp para que se comunique con nuestro equipo de producción. usted puede abrir la cámara de su teléfono en este momento. escanee ese código qr que ve en pantalla. desde allí nos podrá escribir. también podrá hacerlo llamándonos al 4 ♪♪ ♪♪ los sueños comienzan aquí. bienvenidos al goodnight club. tendrán un representante en el consejo. pero también hay que decir que al menos de forma temporal claro que sí, porque hoy se nombrará a la persona que va a fungir como concejal, pero de forma interina. fátima navarrete nos tiene más detalles de este proceso que se está llevando a cabo. fátima cómo va esto? bueno compañeros, el concilio de la ciudad de san josé continúa reunido. ha estado entrevistando a los candidatos. son 4 en este momento. se encuentran en la sección de opiniones públicas de

. >> disgraced former san jose councilmember omar torres appeared in court today. he was supposed to enter a plea for several felony counts of child molestation. but his defense team is asking the judge for more time requesting a new day in february. is jack moment joins us live now from san jose with the latest on this case. >> yes, stephanie, that's right. omar torres was only in court for literally just 3 or 4 minutes today, but the judge ended up granting his defense attorneys more time to come up with a i did speak with his defense attorney earlier today. he told me they're actually looking into the possibility of entering a plea deal, which would avoid a trial altogether. >> former city councilmember omar torres may be looking at a plea deal for 3 charges alleging he raped a minor more than 2 dozen times from 1990, to 1999. torres was supposed to enter a plea at santa clara superior court on friday morning. but as attorneys requested more time, nelson nicole marie towards his attorney told kron 4, they're looking at a plea deal. and the reason the court case

as far as omar torres. well, he tried to get bail. it was denied bail. and right now this morning, instead of being in the city council, he is sitting in jail awaiting his trial. >> thank you will for the update. all right. let's talk about a new district attorney in alameda county. 3 months after voters recalled pamela pri at county supervisors have chosen judge ursula jones dixon. as for replacement covers, sara stinson takes a look at that. >> alameda county superior judge ursula jones dixon now holds a new title district attorney. it has happened you know, sounds crazy, but this is good work and i can touch more people jones dixon beat out 6 other finalists for the job after a lengthy interview in voting process by the board of supervisors. the moment the final vote was tallied tuesday night. several families of murder victims cried. tears of relief. that includes the widow of slain kron. 4 security guard kevin ishida. i feel very hopeful. i i see light at the end of the tunnel. >> i am a static emotional >> the founders of safe or say the alameda fo

council member for district 3, a position that was left vacant after former city councilmember omar torres resigned amid allegations of child abuse. carl to losses now filling this position and will hold the seat for at least 3 months until a special election is held in june. and we heard from him last night during his appointment. >> of lived here and work here and raise my family here in cannes, the public schools here for 50 years. so i'm looking forward to meeting with of i mean, the plan is i've got a 30 day plan to meet with all the neighborhood groups and and just say we're here to help. >> 7 people are currently running for the district 3 seat and asked for omar torres. he has been denied bail and is currently sitting in jail. his next court appearance is this friday. still ahead here on kron news, alameda county now has a top prosecutor when the next district attorney. >> we'll take office. plus. high school students in san jose taking to the streets to protest a crackdown and immigration. also ahead. i want to make sure that that doesn't. magic teaming up with governor gavin news

kron. 4 news. >> well, just in to the kron 4 news room, disgraced former san jose councilmember omar torres not enter a plea today as expected a judge instead granted a continuance until february 14th. defense attorneys made that request because his attorney was caught up in another case today, torres was expected to enter a plea for multiple counts of child molestation. he was arrested last november and resigned after his arrest. his plea hearing will now be 09:00am february 14th at the santa clara county superior court. >> a massive rally at sonoma state university with students, staff and members of the california faculty association protesting major budget cuts last week the university announced it would be laying off dozens of employees canceling 23 academic programs and discontinuing all athletic teams. the protests happened before a virtual town hall will where people also expressed their frustration. fears and shock. >> i have to say that i'm appalled and disgusted by the actions taken by our president. and could your communication has been nonexistent in completely self-serving. yo

. >> a san jose city councilmember omar torres front of a judge today, but did not enter a plea as expected. plus. it's heartbreaking following that deadly crash between an american airlines jet. army helicopter. thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 justine waltman. our top story today. >> the atmospheric river that's coming through the bay area. so get ready for. >> a few days of wet weather, we're going to take a live look outside right now at the conditions at the embarcadero here in san francisco can barely see the bay bridge behind. but those flags are blowing and it's wet out there. so we have live team coverage for you this afternoon. kron 4 charles clifford as live for us in the north bay hood up. there must getting wet. we're going to send things over first that a crowd for u.s. meteorologist collin gergen, who's tracking this wet weather system. yeah, i always feel like we should go to charles first in the event since but all right. i'll go golden gate bridge here. you can see. >> the wet roads are out there. rain starting come down a little bit more in earnest now we are unde

as for omar torres, well, he's been denied bail and is currently sitting in jail.is next court appearance is this friday. >> there's a big push to replace the plaques. 10 plaques honoring the music and culture history on 7th street west oakland were stolen recently and now there's a fundraising effort to trying to get them back on the sidewalk. the displays called the music they played on 7th street. oakland, walk of fame and it's been there for about 10 years now. you see where the plaques were. it honors greats like bb king henry, the franklin who performed in the area. it's assumed they were ripped out of the ground so the bronze could be sold to scrap metal yard. ronnie stewart runs the west coast blue society and those committed to righting this wrong. it hurts to see the tribute ripped from the ground. >> i was so saves us the mp, the emptiness inside terrible. i said, how can anyone? do this? can anyone be so? unaware of level her bring it to come. everybody know that. all the negative is made about 7 street made about what's he is positive about either of t

. >> plus, san jose may get a new councilmember soon to replace omar torres, who resigned and was arrested for resigned and was arrested for al ♪♪ ♪♪ dreams begin here. welcome to the goodnight club. for all those making it big out there... ...shouldn't your mobile service be able to keep up with you? get wifi speeds up to a gig at home and on the go. introducing powerboost, only from xfinity mobile. now that's big. xfinity internet customers, cut your mobile bill in half vs. t-mobile, verizon, and at&t for your first year. plus, ask how to get the new samsung galaxy s25+ on us. >> welcome back. 7.14, on this thursday morning and getting closer to the weekend in the weekend comes along with some pretty big changes that at least compared to where we've been for most of the month. gorgeous sunrise right now. just take a moment to look at this. you'll notice the camera is wobbling just a little bit. and that's because of winds in our upper elevations and the coast where it's windy or like in san francisco in half moon bay, temperatures are generally more mild closer to 60 degrees where it's c

disgraced former san jose councilmember omar torres appeared in court today. he was supposed to enter a plea for several felony counts of child molestation kron four's jeff moment tells us why tourists did not enter a plea. >> or torres was in court on friday for just a couple minutes before judge granted his attorneys a couple more weeks to decide on a plea. i did have the chance to speak with omar tories. attorneys. tell me they're actually looking into the possibility of a plea or city councilmember omar torres may be looking at a plea deal for 3 charges alleging he raped a minor. more than 2 dozen times from 1990, to 1999. >> torres was supposed to enter a plea at santa clara superior court on friday morning. but as attorneys requested more time, nelson, michael murray towards attorney told kron 4, they're looking at a plea deal. and the reason the court case has been delayed for months is because they're waiting for san jose police department, all their investigations into the former council member michael mary told kron 4 in a statement, quote, he wants

omar torres is expected to enter a plea. police arrested him last november in the wake of sex crime accusations he's now facing three child molestation charges. this week, council members filled his district three seat, appointing engineering executive karl salas. santa clara county is suing the trump administration over the president's executive order to end birthright citizenship. today in the bay's bob redell joins us live from the south bay this morning. and, bob, a number of states have already filed suit. did county attorneys say why it was so important that they file suit as well? they did. good morning to you, laura. santa clara county, as you're well aware, the population is very diverse. it's home to a large hispanic population. county leaders want to send a message to their citizens that they will do what they can to protect them. a number of immigrants here, not only in the south bay, but throughout the bay area. they are afraid the trump administration is going to separate their families, sending some members ba

salas takes over for disgraced councilmember omar torres tours resigned back in november hours before he was arrested on felony molestation charges. >> we in san francisco. will not be scared and we will come together as an entire city and has entire community. >> what leaders in san francisco expressing their support for the immigrant administration was for with plans to increased deportations in the past few days. there have been reports of ice agents operating here in the bay area, including san jose and san francisco city leaders are vowing to protect the immigrant community and refrain that san francisco remains a sanctuary city. high school students in the sales. they walk out of school on tuesday and what they're calling a protest against increased deportations. unrest across the country. it comes 3 days after ice agents were spotted in east san jose. right on the corner of story. cain conducting enforcement in nearby neighborhoods coverage. that moment has that story. >> well, at the height of this demonstration, there were upwards of 500 people protesting a blocking off this

and today disgraced former san jose city councilmember omar torres is supposed to make a court appearance very shortly from now. records show that he is scheduled to have a plea hearing at 8.30, this morning in santa clara county superior courthouse. he was arrested last november on child molestation charges and resigned after that on tuesday, carl salas was sworn in as the is the interim council member representing district 3 and they'll be a special election for that seat in april. kron four's jacmel made is at the courthouse for that and he'll bring us the latest as it happens. >> for his the time. let's get back to the developing news out of washington where search crews have recovered the bodies of at least 40 victims. now after that american airlines flight crashed with a military helicopter. the investigation now really getting under way now are just beginning to learn who died. 67 people and all and also. >> how it happened by looking at the black boxes. let's take a closer look. the ntsb is sharing photos of them with the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the a

omar torres resigned from the position back in november. he was arrested accused of child abuse. he denies those allegations, but his trial has not begun yet. and in the meantime, they didn't have anybody in that position. you might recall that the city of san jose, they never had to do this before, but they had to look at the city charter to see if they could possibly remove torres from that position. turns out they could not. and then he resign, which opened up that they can see for carl salas. here's what he penned plans to do for the next several months. >> i'm blessed of lived here and work here and raise my family here in gun. the public schools here for 50 years. so i'm looking forward to meeting with love. i mean, the plan is i've got a 30 day plan to meet with all the neighborhood groups and and just say we're here to help and and a listen. >> 30 days will eat up his approximate 3 to 4 months in office because this is not a permanent position hold that office until a special election will take place in june. not exactly sure if you want put his name on that list to be a

now he fills the seat of former council member omar torres, who resigned after being arrested followinghild sex abuse allegations in november. ktvu south bay reporter lamonica peters live tonight at city hall with more from tonight's meeting. lamonica. >> mike. this process began with nearly a dozen people vying for this interim position. but tonight, the council decided to appoint someone so that district three can have a representative. >> so can you just talk a little bit about, you know, how you might go about interacting with residents and providing them the service that they need from this role? >> after months of vetting applicants to fill the open seat, san jose city council voted 6 to 4 for carl salas as interim city council member for district three. salas was sworn in tuesday night. before the vote, the council listened to the final four applicants make their case. after answering questions about the state of downtown homelessness and the city budget. applicants robert stadler and danielle christian were eliminated from the process. jamal williams and carl salas were the last

and just in case you're wondering about omar torres, he asked for bail. he was denied bail and he is sitting in jail today awaiting his trial. >> well, 17 this afternoon live look outside at the transamerica building in san francisco. let's check in now with meteorologist kyla grogan. hi there. want to talk about the rain that's going to be coming our way. so this is the next 5 days. but i hate to tell you this. it's going to be a longer event. >> then that so not only will be getting rain on friday saturday and sunday, but we also start off the week next week, a little bit soggy as well. so right now we are still and in that what it called omega block, meaning that you can kind of see the shape of the greek letter omega when you have high pressure that is flanked on either side, buy low pressure in that kind of creates this blocking pattern, meaning that thing stay pretty steady. but notice that we're starting to see this break down a little bit today. that's why the cloud cover has come in. that's why that marine layer has returned and is the beginning

disgraced former san jose city councilmember omar torres makes an appearance in court. court records show tour essex suspected to have that hearing at 8.30 this morning at the santa clara county superior courthouse. he was arrested last november on child molestation charges and resigned shortly after the arrest on tuesday, carl solace was sworn in as the interim council member representing district 3 and a special election for that seat will then be held in april. kron. 4 jack moment is going to be at that plea hearing this morning and we'll get the latest updates as soon as they're available. >> developing news this morning, search crews have recovered the bodies of at least 40 of the victims. now after that american airlines flight collided with a military helicopter, though the investigation is just beginning to key pieces of evidence have been recovered from the icy potomac and now being evaluated. those in the black boxes. the ntsb sharing these photos. >> of the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder from the american airlines regional jet. they were

the city is holding a special election in april to fill the seat of city council member omar torres. he resigned before his november arrest on charges of sexual misconduct with a child. city officials have now narrowed down the list of candidates for that post from 11 to 5. other stories we're following around the bay area in san francisco. an investigation now underway after police shot and killed a man. this was at ninth and mission streets after a standoff with the suspect. police say the man was wanted in a shooting in the sylmar neighborhood that injured one person. and these four men are under arrest for a police involved shooting in san jose last week. it happened around melbourne boulevard and mclaughlin avenue on january 20th. police say two suspects drove toward plainclothes officers. at least one of them fired a gun and hit the patrol car. an officer fired back, but they got away. police say both officers were not hurt. it's unclear if the suspects were injured or if they knew they were shooting at police. and new billboards are up around san francisco letting people know

that seat has been vacant since last year, when omar torres resigned after he was charged with molesting a minor. now, whoever they picked tonight will start the job next week until a special election is held in april to find a full time replacement. so this is just kind of a stopgap here. we're keeping a close eye on this meeting. we'll update you once there's a decision that's made. also this evening there will be no ban on artificial turf on land owned by santa clara county. this has been a big issue. after hearing public comment from 120 people on both sides late this afternoon, county supervisors voted against the ban. the fight is between those who feel chemicals in the turf are potentially dangerous and people who support artificial turf who believe time has shown the grass substitute is safe and is the only way to provide safe fields for kids and competitions. now, the proposed ban would not have applied to private homes, just county owned property. only a handful of locations in the south bay would have been affected, including a sports complex in sunnyvale, b a ban would have l

el concejo municipal de san josé escogió al concejal que sustituirá a omar torres, pero ojo, ocuparásu identidad cuando el irs les devolvió su declaración de impuestos y hoy arlen fernández tiene el testimonio de una víctima y nos explica qué hacer si esto le pasa a usted. en este caso, el contribuyente es un especialista en tecnología que sabe proteger su información personal. pero dice que piratas cibernéticos lograron robar sus datos de su preparador de impuestos. cualquier persona puede ser víctima de robo de identidad, lo que significa que un impostor puede utilizar tus datos personales para declarar impuestos en tu nombre. cuando yo recibí una carta del irs informándome de que mis impuestos para el 2022 fue sometido y querían verificar de que yo sometí la papelería, pero no fue armando, sino un estafador que había robado su información de su preparador de impuestos. resultó de que mi contador público, su computadora, fue hackeado y mucha información de que o de otros clientes también fueron expuestos. armando tuvo que someter al irs el formulario 403 9 la declaración jurada de

as for former councilmember omar torres. well, he's been detected, denied bail and is currently sitting in jail amid allegations of child abuse. his next court appearance is this friday. >> there's a big push to replace the plaques. 10 plaques honoring the music and culture history on center street in west oakland were stolen recently. and now there's a fundraising campaign to try to get them back on the sidewalk. the display is called the music. they played on 7th street. oakland, walk of fame and it's been there now for about 10 years. you see where the plaques used to be here honoring greats like bb king and aretha franklin who performed in that area. it's assumed they were ripped out. so they kids, you know, sell the bronze at a scrap yard, get the money from the metal. renee stewart runs the west coast blue society and though he's committed to righting this wrong, hurts to see this tribute ripped from the ground. >> i was so saves us the mp, the emptiness inside terrible. i said, how can anyone? do this? can anyone be s

noviembre 5, donde por cierto, el día electoral hizo que la detención del concejal de san josé, omar torreslcaldesa. london breed we will always do everything we can to ensure the success of this city. optaron por un nuevo político, daniel lowry. y en antioch ocurrió algo similar. lamar hernández no fue reecto. ganó ron bernal y los votantes también retiraron cargos. la alcaldesa de oakland fue destituida, al igual que la fiscal de alameda, pamela price. y mientras los votantes le decían no a la fiscal que llegó al cargo promoviendo una política de rehabilitación y no punitiva, le dijeron sí a la proposición que endurecía penas. gracias a dios que ya vino esa ley que nos va a beneficiar a todo el mundo, no solo a mí. y así se fue el 2024 pintando un nuevo mapa político, pero también dejando. n continuará en el 2025 asuntos políticos tan importantes como la posible destitución de una alguacil, pues termina con los esfuerzos de la junta de supervisores de san mateo para destituir al alguacil del condado cristina corpus, tras una investigación en su contra. ya el tiempo y el 2025 dirán. hablem

distrito 13 ya cuenta con un representante en el consejo después de la renuncia y del arresto de omar torres distrito 3 elijan a un nuevo representante en una elección especial programada para el 8 de abril. el condado de alameda tiene nueva fiscal de distrito. los supervisores votaron el martes y eligieron a la jueza ursula jones dixon, quien compartió y compitió contra otros 6 candidatos. ella prestará juramento la próxima semana y servirá hasta la elección de 2026. james dixon sustituye a pamela price, destituida por los votantes hace 2 meses en el norte de california. continúa situado un sistema de alta presión, lo que provoca situaciones contrarias a s que son usuales para esta temporada del año. nuestro meteorólogo marcelo rivera nos explica un poco más sobre esto. feliz miércoles, marcelo. cuéntanos. gracias. qué tal? llegó el miércoles. estamos más cerquita del fin de semana, pero así están las condiciones del tiempo. continuamos bajo la influencia de este sistema de alta presión. lo que quiere decir es que continuamos con condiciones secas, pero no por mucho tiempo. y también vamos

that is the seat vacated last fall by omar torres, who is now fighting criminal charges. salas beat out jamal williams, director of advocacy for racial justice, over at san jose state, in a narrow vote. special election is scheduled for april 8th to decide a permanent replacement, along with a runoff if needed in june. a new home, at least for now. coming up next on nbc bay area, the bay area destination that's giving these adorable mountain lion cubs temporary shelter and teaching the skills they need to suive onrv when migraine strikes... do you question the tradeoffs of treating? ubrelvy is another option. it works fast, and most have migraine pain relief within two hours. you can treat it anytime, anywhere. tell your doctor all medicines you take. don't take... ...with strong cyp3a4 inhibitors. get help right away for allergic reactions like trouble breathing or face, tongue, or throat swelling, which may occur hours to days after use. common side effects include nausea and sleepiness. migraine pain relief starts with you. learn how abbvie could help you save on ubrel

if a runoff is required, souths takes over for disgraced councilmember omar torres who resigned back in november hours before he was arrested on felony molestation charges. >> new tonight at 11, a santa rosa man in custody tonight facing a murder charge for the death of a woman santa rosa. police say they found the victim just before 7 o'clock yesterday evening on the sidewalk of white would drive. thwoman was unresponsive, should at least one gunshot wound to her torso. investigators soon found the victim and the suspect had been staying at a nearby motel. that's where they found the suspect, along with the firearm. police are still investigating what led up to the shooting. high school students in east san jose walked out of class today and what they call a protest against increased deportations and arrests across the country. it comes 3 days after ice agents were spotted in east san jose. y> on the corner of story and king conducting enforcement in nearby neighborhoods. >> kron four's zac moment has more. >> well, at the height of this demonstration, there were upwards of 500 peop

en san josé, la audiencia de declaración de culpabilidad del exconcejal de san josé, omar torres, seeen el distrito 3 nombrando al ejecutivo de ingeniería. carol salas y decenas de trabajadores de oakland están perdiendo sus empleos como parte de la última ronda de recortes presupuestarios de la ciudad. los departamentos más impactados son los de obras públicas y el departamento de la policía, según lo indican algunas fuentes. los puestos eliminados incluyen a ciertos agentes que no tienen la autoridad para realizar arrestos o hacer cumplir las leyes. los líderes dicen que esto es necesario para compensar un déficit de casi 130 millones de dólares. y esta es la segunda ronda de despidos y se espera otra en menor escala. eso sí, en las próximas semanas hacemos una pausa y al regresar le informaremos que un aeropuerto enfrenta a incertidumbre debido a la posible falta de controladores aéreos. tendremos todos los detalles. un dramático video muestra el choque entre el avión y el helicóptero. mientras sabemos más de las víctimas, enseguida los detalles. ya regresó con esas vigilancias y a

este puesto había estado vacante desde la renuncia y arresto de omar torres en noviembre, quien enfrentó industrial en la avenida 49, cerca de la avenida 12. durante el intento salió y fue confrontado por los agresores, quienes le habrían disparado varias veces. aún se investiga si él fue un objetivo específico o si el robo fue al azar. los sospechosos huyeron en un vehículo desconocido y nos quedamos en oakland. las autoridades de esta ciudad están en la búsqueda de los responsables que robaron las 40 placas del oakland blues walk of fame. una serie de placas que conmemoran la historia de la música de la ciudad. instaladas en 2015. las placas se encuentran en las calles wood y willow. según el bay area blue society, cada placa tiene un valor de 1.000 $ superior a 1.000 $ y el robo causó daños por casi 150.000 $. veamos estas imágenes. ahí lo está viendo. ahí lo está viendo. ustedes. marcelo rivera. son las imágenes de marcelo rivera, jajaja. oye, a ver, cuéntanos de qué se trata ese mapa que tienes ahí. bueno chicos, esto se trata de que 2 cosas por el momento mucho aire seco, pero las

that's when omar torres resigned after he was charged with multiple counts of molestation of a minor. now, whoever the city council picks tonight will start the job next week until a special election is held in april to find a full-time replacement. so this is a temporary measure here. we're keeping an eye on this meeting, and we'll update you once they make a decision tonight. another city in san mateo county will hold a no confidence vote for the sheriff, christina corpus. it's leading up to a measure where voters will ultimately decide if she should remain in office. nbc bay area's ian cull spoke exclusively with the sheriff's deputy about the latest developments and about morale within the department. i'm really seeing that elliott stauch is a detective in san mateo county and secretary for the deputy sheriff's association. today he sat down with us. he says, to let people know what's happening. i've been with the sheriff's office for a little over eight years, and this is without a doubt the lowest i've ever seen. morale. this is the worst climate that i've been in. tonight, the

. >> in the south bay, an empty seat once held by san jose city councilmember omar torres. there has been filled. carl solace will now be representing district 3 for the next few months. you see him there raising his right hand. the spot was vacant after tour is resigned amid allegations of child abuse. he's still behind bars tonight after being denied bail. he's due back in court friday. meanwhile, solace there will hold the seat until a special election occurs in june 7 people are currently running for the position. >> today is the start of the lunar new year. crowds of people have been in san francisco chinatown all day long to celebrate it. fund a kron four's. rob nesbitt joins us live in the studio to talk about the economic impact the year of the snake is having a route. grant vicki, the lunar new year kicks off today, but celebrations will be happening in san francisco for the next few weeks, ending with the largest nighttime parade in north america. >> the sights and sounds of the lunar new year started wednesday in san francisco. crowds lined the streets of chinato

tonight, san jose city council officially replaced former district three councilman omar torres after a couple of hours of listening to the public and the candidates, the council voted on four of them. karl salas, an engineering executive and longtime san jose resident, was the top vote getter. salas is going to have a say when the council takes up the budget, and these are his priorities. >> it's real, straightforward, safe, clean, efficient. i mean, this city has got to have a reputation as the safest, the cleanest. it's got the best weather. let's make it the safest and the cleanest. >> salas won't hold the seat for long. there is a special election in april and a possible runoff in the summer. torres resigned last november amid a child sex abuse investigation. >> president trump's immigration policies fueled protests in the south bay today. sky seven overhead as demonstrators marched through san jose. joined at one point by students walking out of overfelt high school. the white house says ice's goal is to arrest 1800 people per day, well above the record set during the obama admi

the third district seat has been vacant since last year, when omar torres resigned after he was chargedsting molesting a minor. salas will start the job next week. i'm so excited to have an opportunity at the end of my professional career to really try to add some value, especially at this tough time here in the city when we have a $60 million deficit, we'll have the job for a couple of months. a special election will take place april 8th to find a full-time replacement. okay. it is official. less than 30 minutes ago, alameda county supervisors officially picked their next district attorney. supervisors picking alameda county judge ursula jones dixon over six other candidates. dixon joined the alameda county district attorney's office in 1999 before being elected judge in 2013. she graduated from uc berkeley and the university of san francisco school of law. after lengthy public comment today. supervisors voted for their top picks with the top three dixon, annie esposito, and venus johnson moving on to the final round. congratulations judge dixon. you know, you have been in my top three

también omar torres, quien enfrenta múltiples cargos por agresión sexual a un miembro de su familia. autoridades que esto sería con el fin de obtener las famosas visas u para permanecer en el país de forma legal. dayanna sí, eso es lo que aseguran las autoridades, pero flavio lacayo sigue de cerca este caso y entrevistó también a una abogada para saber cuál va a ser las consecuencias para estas personas y también con una representante de la fiscalía. según la fiscalía del condado san mateo, en septiembre 5 personas cometieron delitos graves al presuntamente mentirle a las autoridades que ellos habían sido víctimas de robo y de asalto en cajeros automáticos para poder calificar para una visa u que se le otorga a las víctimas de crímenes. estos hechos nunca sucedieron, según las autoridades. filed complaint on entablamos los cargos el 18 de diciembre y los implicados se presentaron en corte el 20 de diciembre. según la fiscalía, los 5 acusados son víctor cano ruiz, de 45 años. urtzi gómez quiroz, de 47. rickson iván rodríguez, 32. ramón ramírez méndez, 45 y orbelina carranza quintanill

tonight, san jose city council officially replaced former district three councilman omar torres after a couple of hours of listening to the public and the candidates, the council voted on four of them. karl salas, an engineering executive and longtime san jose resident, was the top vote getter. salas is going to have a say when the council takes up the budget, and these are his priorities. >> it's real, straightforward, safe, clean, efficient. i mean, this city has got to have a reputation as the safest, the cleanest. it's got the best weather. let's make it the safest and the cleanest. >> salas won't hold the seat for long. there is a special election in april and a possible runoff in the summer. torres resigned last november amid a child sex abuse investigation. >> president trump's immigration policies fueled protests in the south bay today. sky seven overhead as demonstrators marched through san jose. joined at one point by students walking out of overfelt high school. the white house says ice's goal is to arrest 1800 people per day, well above the record set during the obama admi

recordemos que este puesto ha estado vacante desde que omar torres renunció y fue arrestado en noviembrepadres dicen que lo que más les molesta es que la policía asegura que no pueden hacer nada al respecto. según ellos, la policía sostiene que los agentes no pudieron desarrollar una causa probable para detener a este hombre. sin embargo, los vecinos en castro aseguran que lo han visto y que incluso lo han grabado. y en muchas ocasiones es muy común que él viene los miércoles después de las 14:00 de la tarde. cuando los niños salen de la escuela, se vienen a la boda y él está puntual a esa hora para estar aquí en frente de los niños. increíble. hasta con fecha y hora, un analista legal dice que los delitos menores no cometidos en presencia de un oficial tienen que ser llevados al fiscal del distrito para su procesamiento. y los padres afirman que van a seguir luchando hasta que este hombre sea detenido. y continúa el debate sobre el césped artificial al sur de la bahía. más de 120 personas de la comunidad se inscribieron para hablar hoy ante los líderes del condado de santa clara, tanto

required from that special elections, solace takes over the spot once held by disgraced councilmember omar torres, torres resigned back in november, just hours before he was arrested on felony molestation charges. well, it's been a chaotic day at the nation's capital on the federal judge has temporarily blocked the trump administration >> from taking the unprecedented step of stopping all federal grant and loan programs. the white house has proposed funding freeze would not affect people directly receiving aid, meaning it would not affect medicare, social security or snap, which is the federal food assistance program. >> there is, however, a long list of programs and initiatives that would take a hit. that includes a public safety nutrition assistance, child care, health services and veterans care just to name a few here at home bay area. lawmakers are detailing which programs could be hurt if the federal assistance freeze does go through. >> many of the health care programs, other research programs at ucsf uc berkeley and beyond are frozen. we know that head start is maybe not frozen. we know th

disgraced former san jose council member omar torres is scheduled to appear in court for injury.is district three seat, appointing engineering executive karl salas. state water agents will be in the sierra today to conduct the latest sierra snowpack survey. other data currently puts the statewide average at about two thirds normal for this time of year. but as everyone knows, this latest measurement comes at the tail end of an unusually dry january. and let's hope some of that atmospheric river rain changes the narrative for meteorologist. kari hall, of course, has that for us there. and we're already seeing the rain here in the bay area already. the north bay, san francisco, the east bay and starting to move into san jose. so we'll start to see that rain soon and continuing to move across the bay area throughout today, with some light to moderate rain. and there will be some breaks in the activity tomorrow, but it looks like it picks up again going into sunday, as this atmospheric river just kind of waves back and forth. some significant rainfall totals expected. not so much for

district 3 council seat, the district is holding a special election in april to fill the seat of omar torres, he resigned before his november arrest on charges of sexual misconduct with a child. city officials have narrowed down the list of candidates from the post from 11 to 5. >>> in sonoma county, the fight is on to save the school, the school announced last week it is eliminating all sports, several departments and dozens of jobs as it faces a nearly $24 million budget deficit. student athletes and coaches have filed a federal civil rights complaint against the university. attorneys are also working on a class action lawsuit. >>> president donald trump delivering on his promise to detain and deport people who are in the united states illegally, more than 1100 people taken into custody monday. so let's drill down on the local moves, first of all moving on the map to the south bay. we have not confirmed this through ice, we have tried that we can't, a san jose immigrants rights group said there was another raid monday, the second in just two days. those volunteers from the rapid response n

former san jose council member omar torres will appear before a judge this week.torres was arrested in november on multiple sex crime charges. now he is facing three charges of child molestation. torres resigned from city council shortly after his arrest. he is expected to attend a plea hearing this friday. president trump's controversial pick for director of national intelligence will face questions from lawmakers thursday. that's when the senate intelligence committee is set to hold a confirmation hearing for tulsi gabbard, the director of national intelligence services, as the serves as the head of the intelligence community. a group of over a dozen spy agencies, including the cia and nsa. when asked if he would support gabbard's nomination, senator lindsey graham said he would wait and see how she responds to certain questions. i tend to vote for almost everybody at both parties, but i want to see how the hearing goes. why did you go to syria? what did you do? regarding assad? why do you think edward snowden should be held as a hero? i certainly don't. we'll s

that seat has been open since former councilman omar torres resigned after being arrested on chargesxual assault. carl solis founded an engineering company and has lived in san jose and served the community for years. san jose mayor matt mehan supports the appointment of solis. >> i need to know that we have experienced, thoughtful people making tough budget tradeoffs. >> i'm so excited to have an opportunity at the end of my professional career to really try to add some value, especially at this tough time here in the city when we have a $60 million deficit. >> salas will fill the council seat until april. he will not be on the ballot for the special election. right now, seven other candidates are running for that city council seat. well, a man from fresno is leading the latest long shot campaign to make california become its own country. marcus evans was approved by the secretary of state to begin collecting signatures to put the measure on the ballot. evans says president trump's reelection puts a spotlight on how california is much more liberal than the rest of the country. on al

the seat is empty after councilman omar torres resigned after he was arrested on sexual assault chargesspecial election will fill the seat. on to that election will be held on april 8th. the council will also appoint an interim member at the end of january, who would serve until the election is held. five people have applied for that job. the application process will end tomorrow. meantime, in san francisco, sheriff paul miyamoto was sworn into office for another term. the sheriff is a fourth generation san franciscan. former mayor willie brown atere miyamoto's oath of office at the ceremony. miyamoto expressed gratitude to being able to serve the city and county with another term. >> what we're trying to send the message about is we're all in this together. not that it's any one person's job, not that it's the government's job, not that it's any elected official's job alone, but it's something that we all do together. and i appreciate the opportunity to continue to be a part of that. >> now, as sheriff, miyamoto will continue to oversee san francisco's jails and security for key buildi

potential candidates being suggested to fill the district. 3 seat left behind by former councilmember omar torres, who resigned after he was arrested in november for alleged child abuse. the list of new candidates you are bob stabler. jamaal williams, danielle marie christian karl eugene selous and baltasar lopez. all 5 will be interviewed on january 28th and one will be appointed to represent the downtown area until voters pick a permanent replacement in a special election in april. >> still properties at to the year of the snake. quickly approaching how san francisco is getting ready to celebrate. and the latest on the hughes fire burning in southern california. we've got the latest details. plus, how federal aid for california may federal aid for california may have strings attached. - man, i need some serious help with this health insurance stuff. - check out covered california. it's a free service from the state that helps you get health insurance. millions of people have used it. - wait, for real? - mmm hmm, they even offer financial help to lower the cost. - nooo... how you know about all

that's the one that used to be filled by a councilmember omar torres. he resigned and was arrested last november for alleged child abuse. so here you see the list of those that are being contemplated to fill the seat. bob stadler, jamaal williams, danielle christian karl eugene salsa, solace, and then the ball to czar lopez. all 5 will be interviewed on january. 28 one of them will be appointed to represent the downtown area to voters can actually elect a replacement during that special election in april. >> despite pressure from the trump administration, officials in some bay area cities say they are committed to protecting immigrants, including those without legal status. alameda county officials held a meeting yesterday in oakland announcing a new effort to uphold protections for those at risk of being deported >> i have asked president president david haubert to put forward a committee ad hoc committee that will protect our alameda county communities. i am very, very excited that we're moving forward in that regard. i hope that you will come and exp

being considered right now suggested to fill the district 3 seat, which was left by councilmember omar torres, who resigned and was arrested in november, accused of child abuse. there you see bob stadler, jamaal williams, danielle marie christian, carl, eugene solace and baltasar lopez. all 5 will be interviewed january. 28 and then one is going to be appointed to represent the downtown area until voters pick a permanent replacement. and that's in a special election in april. >> they eliminate my major, completely just seemed like. >> the university, if there's no sports. >> it did not think that happened whatsoever. >> still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news, sonoma state university slashing its athletic program and getting rid of some academic programs entirely 2 days into the semester. can you imagine how disappointed the students and staff are? we'll take a closer look. meanwhile, the family of a woman that died when she was pushed in front of a train is holding part responsible. details on that lawsuit too. and after the break, the city of san jose unveiling a new project to help foster

omar torres resigned back in november amid allegations of child abuse. he's currently in jail right now waiting for his trial. but even before then he did not show up to many council meetings effectively leaving that area without representation. but he refused to step down to the point where council members they were combing through the city charter to see if they could forcibly remove him from that position in the answer was no. the charter does not allow that. so he resigned and that left a vacant for a couple of months until last night when the city council members decided that karl sallis should take over that position for people actually wanted. he was the one that they they and ended up choosing. here's his reaction on what he plans to do moving forward. >> i'm blessed. have lived here and work here and raise my family here in gun. the public schools here for 50 years. so i'm looking forward to meeting with of i mean, the plan is i've got a 30 day plan to meet with all the neighborhood groups and and just say we're here to help and and a listen. >>

were lotking for representation, but they did not get one, especially starting in november when omar torres resigned from the position he's been accused of child abuse. he did not show up to city council meetings from all of november and parts of october to the point where the city council members and the mayor, they were looking to remove him, but they couldn't because the city charter never saw something like councilmember being accused of such heinous crimes, but refusing to step down. so their hands are tied into ultimately he resigned. they've been looking for a replacement and they found one in carl solace. here's his reaction to now being the represented. >> i'm blessed of lived here and work here and raise my family here in gun. the public schools here for 50 years. so i'm looking forward to meeting with love. i mean, the plan is i've got a 30 day plan to meet with all the neighborhood groups and and just say we're here to help and and a listen. >> it is not a permanent position for him, however, because he's going to hold it at least until june when they will have a special electio

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we got left by former councilmember omar torres who resigned. it was arrested in november for alleged child abuse. we have bob statler jamaal williams, danielle marie christian called eugene solace and deltas are lopez. all 5 going to be interviewed on january. 28 and one will be appointed to represent the downtown area. voters pick a permanent replacement is special election in april. we are the snake starts less than a week in san francisco is busy gearing up for the annual lunar new year parade in february. actress and director joan chen will serve as the this year's grand marshal. the parade is going to be saturday, february 15th and the committee strength. there's gonna be on 15 and the 16th. well, are saying this year's parade will be huge. francisco's chinatown. >> it's going to all hands on deck. everybody working to ensure the safety not only for the participants and viewers for the cia's, you pray, but for the nba all-star game. also, that's particularly important thing to remember that in this moment because we're also facing some cha