in petaluma, sara stinson, kron four news." four news." (ken) in paradise -- state officials say debris removal on the areas scarred by the deadly camp fire will resume next week after being suspendewd for 10 days because of all the wet weather we've been having. cal-recycle announced today that at least 240 workers will restart work on monday in paradise and nearby communities. crews had fully cleaned 213 properties as of march 8th. some 11,000 properties in paradise and the nearby communities of magalia and concow are scheduled for cleanup and debris removal. at more than $2 billion, the cleanup is expected to be the costliest in state history. (ken) and the san francisco giants will host a baseball game at oracle park tomorrow afternoon between the paradise high school bobcats and the corning union high school cardinals. the free event is open to the public, and fans attending the game will receive a limited edition, paradise strong t-shirt while they last. the willie mays gate will open for tomorrow's game at 3 p.m. first pitch is 4 p.

petaluma police are investiagting a vicious assault in the downtown area as a possible hate crime. police say two saturdays ago a white couple exited this restaurant about 9 in the evening, and as they walked to their car a block away, the man was attacked by 4-5 african american men. sot lt. tim lyons/petaluma policehe received injuries from one suspect and a second then came up and kicked him in the face and they believe it was racially motivated.the 60 year old victim, who suffered broken bones to the face and was hospitalized for two days, maintains the assault near the intersection of petaluma boulevard north and mary street was unprovoked and racially motivated sot he said there was a derogatory term made to him before the assault. petaluma police says there are some inconsistancies between the victim's statement and his companions, which they are trying to clear upsotwe have checked with some restaurants and bars checking for some surveillance video, we havent been able to independantly confirm that it did occur but the victim did receive injuries. the search for the suspect

<"i spoke with the organizer of the youth climate strike right here in petaluma.junior in high school and she says it's incredible to be apart of a worldwide effort to fight against climate change."> <"i mean you hear about all these things other kids are doing and you see yourself in them and it's just inspiring."> <"we're taking apart of a huge movement and we're showing that our small community of petaluma is apart of something big.">lucia garay planned the rally and march with celeste chavez with a vision to bring awareness about climate change to their community.<"issues like climate change isn't discussed enough. it should be the topic in every news story because it's happening now and it needs to be addressed now."> dozens of petaluma students walked out of the classroom and marched from the library across the freeway with their signs. <"our community can make a big difference even if it's just a couple of people or a bigger group or even just us two high schoolers can organize something as big as this.">these students aren't alone - youth in 75 different c

police in petaluma are investigating the beating of a man as a possible hate crime.(pam) the incident occurred right in the downtown area. police say hate crimes in the area... are highly unusual kron 4's dan kerman is live there tonight with more... dan? it's here in petaluma's downtown area where police say a man was attacked and now they are investigating it as a possible hate crime. police say two saturdays ago a white couple exited this restaurant about 9 in the evening, and as they walked to their car a block away, the man was attacked by 4-5 african american men. sot lt. tim lyons/petaluma police :18 facila injuries broken bones to the face, brusing and some other contusions to his face. the 60 year old victim, who was hospitalized for two days, maintains the assault near the intersection of petaluma boulevard north and mary street was unprovoked and racially motivated based on what was said to him before the attacksot the derogatory statement mentioned his race and he believes it was racially motivated the assault and thats why we are investigating it as a ha

for comment for this story. in petaluma, charles clifford kron 4 news. (jrs) taking a live look outside.... rain is getting ready to move back into the bay area.(justine) meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez takes a look at our futurecast to track when the heavy rain is coming in. . lingering showers are possible during the overnight hours before dry weather returns monday. overnight lows will be cooler, tracking widespread 40s. daytime highs monday will the interior valleys. our next storm will arrive tuesday with widespread light-moderate rain. breezy winds are expected tuesday night into wednesday. rain totals of 0.50" to 1.00" will be common in most urban areas, with 1.00" to 1.50" in the north bay valleys. in the hills and coastal ranges, rain totals of 1.00" to 2.00" appear likely. temperatures through the week will not fluctuate much, highs in 60 and overnight lows in the 40s to lows will then week into the 30s dries out. showers look likely late in the week and into next weekend. (jrs) kron 4 is making a major change in the way we bring you the news.

this is right at petaluma boulevard, north. so far traffic nice but again as mary said we'll see rain this morning and slick roadways. careful on the roads. if you are taking the san mateo bridge, a broken-down vehicle at the high-rise so that may slow you down in the commute direction until you pass the scene towards 101. no delays on the bay bridge. no problems past treasure island into san francisco. everything is clear. a clear ride on the eastshore freeway. nice speeds westbound out of richmond. you are clear all the way into berkeley, should be an easy commute towards the bay bridge toll plaza. where we are starting to see a few brake lights is the area near the altamont pass. westbound 580 loaded upcoming away from 205. eastbound delays. they have some construction and paving work happening as you work your way between the railroad tracks and north flynn. slow speeds in both directions. drive time 28 minutes from 205 to 680. >>> happening today, golden gate bridge officials will vote on a toll hike that would make crossi

we did reach out to safeway and the city of petaluma sunday afternoon ...but no one was available for comment. (robin) in sacramento....s tephon clark's familyay their hearts are broken again. no charges will be filed against the police officers who fatally shot the man in 20-18. john lorinc has the story. protests this weekend in sacramento.....stevante clark/stephon clark's brother "i would like accountability. i want justice and accountability."the county's district attorney announced this weekend that no charges will be filed against the two police officers who fatally shot....stephon clark nearly a year ago.anne marie schubert/district attorney"was a crime committed? there's no question that a human being died. but when we look at the facts and the law. and we follow our ethical responsibilities the answer to that question is no."nat sound from police tapethe officers were responding to a vandalism call when they came across clark in his grandmother's backyard.clark, who was unarmed, was shot at least seven times.salena manni/stephon clark's fiance "my boys, aiden and cairo, have

petaluma police are investiagting a vicious assault in the downtown area as a possible hate crime.y two saturdays ago a white couple exited this restaurant about 9 in the evening, and as they walked to their car a block away, the man was attacked by 4-5 african american men. sot lt. tim lyons/petaluma policehe received injuries from one suspect and a second then came up and kicked him in the face and they believe it was racially motivated.the 60 year old victim, who suffered broken bones to the face and was hospitalized for two days, maintains the assault near the intersection of petaluma boulevard north and mary street was unprovoked and racially motivated sot he said there was a derogatory term made to him before the assault. petaluma police says there are some inconsistancies between the victim's statement and his companions, which they are trying to clear upsotwe have checked with some restaurants and bars checking for some surveillance video, we havent been able to independantly confirm that it did occur but the victim did receive injuries. ( will ) that was dan that was dan t

right there from petaluma down to san francisco, southern marin county, parts of the east bay, heading even all the way down to the santa clara valley which i show you in a second, mostly cloudy today, like morning rain, clouds, son, muggy, humid, the committee factor very high, dentures in the dew point, very close, now for the system tomorrow, tuesday afternoon and evening into wednesday morning, half- inch with isolated amounts, the heavier deeper moisture looks to be going towards central and southern california. you can see how it takes the turn, that gives widespread heavy rain, some is getting caught up in the system, that will be tomorrow. light rain this morning, some of that all the way down to the santa clara valley, santa cruz mountains, not a lot but a little bit, once that gives way, if you sun breaks, temperatures upper 50s, 60s, starting 40s and 50s now, that will be the rainmaker tuesday and wednesday, the amounts of about a half inch to an inch and a half for us as we head towards tuesday night into wednesday. >>> 6:30, sale tells you monday traffic is -- >> it is bus

some of the most intense cells we are seeing over there in petaluma and highway 101. showing you the heavier showers up towards sonoma and straight downtown san francisco, not seeing a whole lot at the moment, where our storm ranger mobile doppler radar is scanning you from at the top of the san bernardino mountains, castro valley, west of dublin. there is the view, that's the wette wettest swath of moisture right now. still more showers. it is a little unusual that we are seeing more snow in mount hamilton right now than the sierra. the actual weather system is right off our coast, it is going to attract to the south. watch hour by hour and still seeing the chance for some thunder showers or hail through 8:00 and then winds changed. 11:00, everything disappears. it should stay that way until monday. clearing skies and better looking forecast for tomorrow morning. it will be chilly, 30s and 40s to start the day. highs with all day sunshine should be trending warmer. we are talking about low 60s around san jose. upper 50s around san francisco and sunny as you see in yo

petaluma city leaders are deciding whether or not to approve the project today. if approved... the gas station would be built at the intersection of mcdowell and maria drive. people against the project say that's too close to the petaluma child development center and mcdowell elementary. they also worry that the new fuel station would increase traffic in the area. (grant) today... vallejo unveiled its first new water ferry in about 15 years. service for the one hour ride into san francisco began at 5:30 a-m. the last ferry returns tonight at 8:15 p-m. one way trip tickets are just over 14 dollars. and round trip tickets are just over 29- dollars. 24 hour parking will run you 7-dollars. the ferry fits about 450 people on board. lawrence karnow: skies were mostly cloudy with a few scattered light showers today. its mostly quiet on the doppler radar now but that will change later tonight. another round of rain will move in late tonight especially the southern parts of the bay area. rain will be heaviest in the santa cruz mountain south in the morning tomorrow. you can see the stor

according to the press democrat, the man, who was white, was walking in downtown petaluma near petaluma north on march 9th. just after 9:00 that night, he was there with a woman, hen he was attacked by a group or four or five african-american men. one of the attackers yelled a racial slur. he suffered a fractured eye socket and a broken nose. anyone who knows anything about the incident is asked to call police. >>> new this morning, the city of mountain view is trying to balance the rights of property owners with those who are homeless. overnight the city council unanimously declared a citywide shelter crises. it allows the city move fast to hope those living in vehicles. but in a 5-2 vote, the council also passed a motion telling its staff to put restrictions on rv dwellers such as where they can park. in december the city counted 290 inhabited vehicles, two- third of them were rvs. >> i had no choice. it was either to live in my van or live in the park or live in the streets just right over here. >> now, the city law now lets people park on the streets for up to 72 hours. a after that

mention him in petaluma -- >> it's a curse on the community. >> reporter: remains on death row for thepping and murder. it's news after governor gavin newsom suspended executions, split the town. >> mixed feelings. >> reporter: and angered marc klaas in meeting when heard the announcement. >> advocating for pure evil. >> reporter: has waited for him to die, remembers the searches, vigils, search for polly's body and pain. victims need closure no matter how much it costs. >> he needs to meet his fate, and all the other scumbags rotting away on death row. >> reporter: in petaluma, feelings remain mixed. >> i'm sure him being in a cell the rest of his life isn't a picnic either. >> reporter: not enough for marc kla klaas. would you watch that execution? >> i would take champagne to the execution. >>> vallejo's police chief announced resignation. been the head. just last month fatal police shooting of local man in taco bell drive thru sparked protests. and mistakenly accused couple of orchestrating a kidnapping. >>> in silicon valley, nothing, not yet. >>> facebook forced to tweet. what we

including the father of polly klaas, girl from petaluma kidnapped and killed. >> doesn't mince words as orpft he doesn't, governor is advocating for evil. >> reporter: won't go away soon. >> monster. >> sad soul. >> curse on the community, still in san quentin, wish he weren't. >> richard alan davis on death row for kidnapping and killing of polly klaas. when governor newsom stopped executions, made mark in the town. >> mixed feelings. >> died a little bit. >> in meeting about victims' rights issues. >> advocating for pure evil. >> waited for him to die since sentencing. vigils, searches, discovery of the body, personal pain, families of victims deserve closure no matter how much a death sentence costs. >> think the guy needs to meet his fate as does scott peterson, ramon saucedo, all the other scum bags rotting away on death row. >> reporter: in petaluma, feelings mixed. >> him being in cell for rest of his life isn't a picnic either. >> reporter: not enough for marc klaas. >> would you watch the execution? >> i would take champagne. >>> family of woman who presumably died in landsl

helena, petaluma, it is pouring right over your. from the east bay, as well from richmond right over the richmond san rafael bridge, from oakland, alameda, across the bay bridge into san francisco, the golden gate, sausalito . i want to focus on the east bay. you can see west oakland, as well as alameda and oakland, it is just pouring right over you fr lnut cr the tri-valley, dublin and pleasanton. you can see a light rain from milpitas into the south bay. it has been raining pretty muhe we are in the low to mid 50s. we have moderate to heavy rainfall this morning, the worst of it happening right now. showers are lingering through most of the day today, we get a short break on thursday and we had more rain on friday. we will take you hour by hour when this will all lead up and when her next system arrives. >>> let's check on traffic. >>> your morning drive is a tough one this morning. we have two separate traffic alert. one along the peninsula into san francisco. let's zoom in here. this is 280 south bound past 92. two left lanes ar

the yellow and orange indicating that from glen ellen, santa rosa, petaluma, it is a wet start to the day for you. marinwood, san rafael, right over the richmond/san rafael bridge. over the bay bridge to the east bay from berkeley, alameda, oakland, san leandro, hayward, union city, fremont, it is pouring over you. the peninsula san bruno, san mateo, through redwood city, palo alto, and even into the south bay. our second round every rain will bring steady rain this afternoon. so one round of rain this morning. a second round later today. we'll take you hour by hour as we time out this weather system with the rain coming up. >> this vehicle is along 101 in san francisco. the southbound side of 101, right near ninth street. that fire is out but we are seeing smoke in the freeway and you have fire crews on scene. still slow. delays for spectator slowing and in case they do close another lane to tow that vehicle out of there, again, so two right lanes were blocked at one point but looks like we upl the backup is on 280. here's a live look at westbound 80 coming off the bay bridge right a

. >> polly was kidnapped from her home in petaluma and killed. her dad mark told abc 7 news reporter wayne friedman today governor newsom is advocating for evil. >> reporter: if marc klaas had his choice -- he would not have needed to do so many interviews today. >> well, the system is screwed up when people don't follow the law. >> reporter: it has been a long road for klaas since 1993 in petaluma when richar allen davis kidnapped and then killed his 12-year-old daughter polly. if you mention davis at all in petaluma -- >> he's a monster. >> a sad soul. >> it's a curse on the community. that guy's still in san quentin. i wish he weren't. >> reporter: richard allen davis remains on death row for that kidnapping and murder. it is news again after governor gavin newsom suspended executions in california yesterday. that split this town. >> i have mixed feelings. >> reporter: and it angered marc klaas who was in the room at a meeting about victims rights issues when governor newsom made the announcement. >> he's advocating on behalf of pure evil. >>

but right now -- petaluma police say, there are some inconsistancies between the victim's statement... and statements from his companions. police say they are now trying to clear that up. <"we have checked with some restaurants and bars checking for some surveillance video, we havent been able to independantly confirm that it did occur but the victim did receive injuries.we know that for sure." >(robin) neither the victim nor his companion could provide a good description of the suspects .... other than they were driving an emerald green honda civic. (robin) two redwood city police officers will not be charged with criminal offences ... in the death of of a man who tried to stab them with a knife. police were called to kyle hart's home on december 10th ... when they say, hart's wife called police because he was apparently trying to kill himself. hart accused him of charging at officers with a butcher knife ... but when a stun gun did not stop him... one officer shot him. hart died at a hospital. the san mateo county district attorney said... the use of force by officers... under the c

up in the north bay 68 petaluma, tons of sun for calistoga. near east bay look for mid-60s newark and oakland. fantastic out there. by 4:00 in the inland valleys we should hit some low 70s today. enjoy it. another beautiful day tomorrow, though clouds will be on the increase. the high clouds. still spring warmth all around the bay. by monday we've got increasing clouds. late in the day we could see a few showers, numbers dropping out of the mid-70s into the low 70s and low to mid-60s around the bay. cooler weather for everyone on tuesday, as that cold front pushes past the bay area, leaving some cooler, breezier winds in the wake. as we look at our closer map here for the rain coming in late monday, you can see not a great chance. in fact it gets out of here pretty quickly on tuesday, but then the next system is a stronger one. it's certainly late in the season for such a strong system. by late friday we could see heavier rain, so maybe getting in the giants' opener before more rain heads our way friday night. but that's a long ways out. today

in fact, limited visibility in petaluma, down to a fourth of a mile.oon bay, elsewhere it's clear. here's the 12-hour planner for st. patrick's day, sunrise at 7:17, temperatures in the 40s. mostly sunny and mild by lunchtime we'll be in the mid-60s in many areas and still a warm afternoon above average, so mid-70s in the inland

(justine) police in petaluma are investigating a murder-suicide. it happened yesterday around 4:00 in the afternoon. police say they responded to a home on the 800 block of echo court-- to reports that two people appeared to be dead. officers found the bodies of a man and a woman inside. they say both appeared to have gunshot wounds-- and the believe the deaths are the result of a murder-suicide. police have not released their identities or revealed their relationship to one another. (justine) on the peninsula... a man is caught on this surveillance video... stealing a woman's undergarments from an open house. this happened in san mateo. you can see the man being shown the home. the realtor steps outside ... leaving the man free to roam around alone. that's when he moves to the bedrooms and it looks like he puts something in his jacket. the homeowner didn't want to show his face on camera -- but says five of his wife's bras are now missing.

. >>> a pittsburgh man with a long history of identity theft and forgery has been arrested in petaluma. police say they found 47 -year-old jaime flores passed out the driver seat of a car parked at a petaluma gas station, sunday night. the allegedly found drug paraphernalia on the console along with purses containing personal documents not in his name. police are following up on possible victims of identity theft in connection with those documents. he was booked into the sonoma county jail. >>> water coursing through the russian river has been carrying flood debris 4 miles, now reaching as far as the pacific ocean. wilson walker is live in gender with a closer look. >> reporter: last week we were watching the force of the river move through guernville and towns upstream. today, we got a look at everything that has made its way out here to the pacific. >> it is amazing. when you come down you can see the normal line but where the river meets all that energy, all that mock. >> reporter: the russian river making a big push into the pacific ocean. the line where the two meet hard to miss.

we're standing in petaluma, no rain since we've been here this morning, but we've seen parts of the baya experience some rain. i want to show you some new video. the first video is in san jose off the montague express way. that was the situation earlier, then cell phone video i was able to film on auer way heading towards petaluma, it's on 101 north. of course you want to be careful when you're driving in they conditions. we'll seen a lot of rain in the fort bay now in march we saw it reach above 6 inches, we've seen more than -- above normal, with a record-setting season with february having the third wettest season on record here's what folks at petaluma said were saying about all the wet weather we've experienced so far this season. >> not a big deal. i know we need the rain, all the creeks are full, but you've got flooding in guerneville and other places, so i know it's a hard smp on other people. >> i think it's pretty good. we need the rain definitely. i know in tahoe it's pretty overwhelming right now, but i welcome it. i have no problem with it at all. i know a lot of my friends

kron 4's charles clifford is live for us tonight in petaluma with details. charles. . . natswoo hoo!sunday afternoon, dozens sunday woo hoo! nats natswoo hoo!sunday afternoon, dozens of people walked along mcdowell boulevard honk! honk! natsand drove around the block to oppose a plan by safeway grocery stores to build a fuel station. . or gas station. . on this corner.if approved, the fuel station would be built here at the intersection of mcdowell and maria drive. those opposed to the project say that's to close to the petaluma child development center and mcdowell elementary. sotwe would welcome a safeway gas station if it wasn't across the street from what are know as sensitive receptors. according to bay area quality management district. children, small childern, lungs.they also worry that the new fuel station would increase traffic in the area.the gas station was proposed over a year ago, but so far the city has not given a green light.late last year, the city council delayed the project and asked safeway to do additional work on its environmental impact review . the issue is sc

it's coming down hard around petaluma road.rates as you will see here, about 6/10 of an inch an hour. sfo reporting those delays because of the weather presidenten ton seeing some light rain, in the south bay, parkmore, san jose, willow glenn, keep those umbrellas handy. you see the rain, 11:30 the rainfall will pick up, in intensity, it starts to move out as we head toward tomorrow morning, by 8:00 a.m. most of those showers are gone. 50s, 60s for the high saturday. lots of sun and clouds, for the oakland marathon on sunday, our producer kate is going to take part. mid to upper 40s as you take a look at the accuweather 7-day forecast. other than that, the weekend is dry. sunday night into monday we have another level one system coming. >> here we go again. >>> on to sports. a lot to talk about. >> she had some positive oakland news for you, larry. >> it's not like i created the news. i'm talking about it. the a's lost more than a couple games in tokyo. they just lost their gold glove first baseman. tto harrison, the wine tcoll

>>new this morning, a murder suicide investigation in petaluma where police found the bodies of a man and woman inside of the house you've got the details live from crawford delia 7 has impaneled only only. >>there was already on the front of paddle in the police department waiting to hear back from them because we still don't know the names of 2 people that were found it and nor do we know what their relationship is. let's just show you some video. the scene and where this all happened now this happened on the 800 block of echo court. it happened around 4 o'clock yesterday in the afternoon. police responded to a report saying that someone found 2 bodies unconscious p%ssibly dead and in fact when the police did arrive that is what they found a dead man and woman. the dead. because of the gunshot. wounds and their bodies. so as they were there they didn't think there was any danger to the neighborhood at the time they've doing seen or appear that there was possibly a 3rd party or someone else involved. that's when investigators came in they were able reveal later on that this was a mur

seniors in distress. >>> >> they were both incredible characters. >> reporter: article court and petaluma, one couple had lived here as long as anyone could remember. >> both of them were in bad shape. and i can't imagine either one of them wanting to live without the other. >> reporter: a relative found the couple, in their 80s, thursday evening. a murder suicide. both were in failing health, spiraling in recent months. but no one thought there lies within this way. in a house where they lived for decades, and raised a family. >> i was just shocked when i came home and heard this. they will be greatly missed. >> i used to go have coffee with them, take my dogs over, visit. solve the world's problems. >> if they wanted to take their life, is there going to be a better option for them than this? i just don't get it. something has to be done. >> if we don't find resources for these individuals, that is when these tragic things happen. >> reporter: those who work with elders say it is startling for a community to realize the seniors in their midst are so despondent. but caring for a frail sp

to the radar and show you the one spot with the statist amount of rainfall, napa, valeo, concord, petaluma, lots of thunderstorms in the sierra. up toward tahoe it is snowfall. even a few pockets of thunder snow, coming up in the sierra, this evening. futurecast showing us scattered showers continuing overnight. we could see a few showers toward morgan hill and gilroy as late as lunchtime tomorrow. most of the bay area coming up drive-by afternoon. this is only the fifth time in san francisco history we will start march with seven straight rainy days. seven straight rainy days once we get showers tomorrow morning. that has only happened five times in the city's history. coming up another opportunity for rainfall over the weekend. >>> the toxic crisis after the flood. sonoma county to clearing a health emergency. live in guernville with the effort to clean up hazardous trash that could be putting people at risk. >> reporter: residents are still trying ofto ge riruined jheunk that used to be their worldly possessions. while i can be a big mess, some is extremely toxic. when the floodwaters b

inside of a home crowd for zulia 7 is is live in petaluma now from the police station with more. >>yes daria well, i'm not here still trying to wait to hear if they have any news on the names of those 2 people that were found dead. and what their relationship was show you some video from yesterday. at the scene where the neighborhood in the house of that was that the went to last night it was about 4 o'clock in the after 8 afternoon when they really responded to a report saying that they saw someone saw 2 bodies possibly dead. a house and when they got in there that's in fact what they found dead man and woman. they were but they're both the dogs died from gunshot. wounds now that the time police in the think that the neighborhood was under any kind of threat they didn't see any evidence of that of a possible 3rd suspect or anything like that and then it was investigators who then later revealed that in fact it was a murder suicide again at this point we're not sure what the motive was. why this happened and what the relationship between the man and the woman and actually who did

doppler showing showers from petaluma, and ponding on highway 37. a few showers, as the bay bridge and the northern end of the peninsula. over lick observatory tonight with strong thunderstorms or at least strong enough updrafts to produce that hail. futurecast shows things going severely clear by tomorrow. after a cold front sweeps through, a little low like that rinses out the atmosphere. you can go to the top of diablo o w some say you can see vanedenburg, it will be off vanedenburg by mid week. the only wrinkle,ewlight showers on tuesday. but it will be warmer and drier next week. so a caveat in the forecast as well as a few showers. mostly sunny for monday. drier and warm except maybe tuesday a shower or two. heading out of the bay area, mostly sunny out of sfo for tomorrow. as of the rest of the country, in seattle, where it belongs. it will be 52 degrees. extended forecast, sunshine for monday. tuesday, partly cloudy skies, sprinkle or two possible. after that, high pressure possible and once it grabs aheld, it's not letting go anytime soon.

so far, 101 right around petaluma boulevard, traffic looks okay. southbound there are a few more cars on the roadway where we are seeing the bulk of the slowing this morning, at least more volume through that portion. 29 minutes through that portion. >>> i am anne mackovec at the live news desk. we are going live to concord where there was a house fire earlier this morning that injured a grandmother who lived in this home . she has burns to her hands and feet but she will be okay. that fire is under control. i want to give you a look at what it looks like at about 3 am. it broke out at about 2:40 am and it looks like it started in the garage. when firefighters got there, they heard loud explosions. they don't know if it was from ammunition or some sort of power tank. the cause of the fire is under investigation. the damages pretty severe to that home. firefighters don't know if they will be able to move back into that home. as far as the cause of this fire, there is nothing suspicious. >>> the newest battle on capitol hill revolves around healthcar

a 60-year old is found beaten outside a petaluma restaurant.ttack as a hate crime. ( john ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast. (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) after some rainfall to kick off the first day of spring today looks to be dry from start to finish with nice conditions as your stepping outside the door this morning. skies have cleared out significantly overnight just as they did through the afternoon yesterday and expect conditions to remain primarily clear throughout the day today. now future cast shows that things wont necessarily stay dry for long as another system pushes through into tomorrow afternoon bringing with it more rain that will take us through friday night into early saturday morning. saturday into sunday after that point look dry though making for an overall favorable forward to.after that your 7 day forecast more rainfall into next week. a man in petaluma is beaten and police now trying to figure out if it was a hate crime. witnesses say they were about a block away from from the 2-5-6 north restaurant ... when they s

they lived on echo court in petaluma. we are live in petaluma tonight were social workers want elders to know help is available. >>> the first case this month was domestic violence. a man gunned down his wife who wanted a divorce. but counselors find there are longtime couples advanced in age who find death a way out. >> they were both incredible characters. >> reporter: on echo court in petaluma, one couple had lived here as long as anyone could remember. >> both of them were in bad shape. i can't imagine either one of them wanting to live without the other. >> reporter: a relative found them. they are in their 80s. it was a murder suicide. both were in failing health. spiraling in recent months, but no one thought there lies within this way. in a house where they lived for decades and raised a family. >> i was shocked yesterday when i came home and heard the news. they will be greatly missed. >>> i used to have we would visit. solve the world's problems. >> if they wanted to take their life, isn't there going to be some

people against the project say that's too close to the petaluma child development center and mcdowell elementary. they also worry that the new fuel station would increase traffic in the area. ( james ) last year, the city council delayed the project and asked safeway to do additional work on its environmental impact review . ( james ) happening today....vallejo is debuting its first new water ferry in years. service for the one hour ride into san francisco starts at 5:30 a-m. the last ferry returns at 8:15 p-m. one way trip tickets are just over 14 dollars. and round trip tickets are just over 29- dollars. they even offer 24 hour parking for 7-dollars. the ferry fits about 450 people on board. ( darya ) there will be áno criminal charges filed against five san mateo county deputies involved in a deadly tasing incident. back in october... 36-year-old chinedu okobi was tased 4 separate times.

napa, down through petaluma, as well.or the east bay, hercules, el sobrante, kensington and berkeley right now. you can see the heavy rain pushing through from emeryville, oakland, across the bay bridge. looking at rainfall rates, about an inch and a half per hour. that is some intense rainfall coming down across the golden gate into san francisco, the tri-valley from dublin, pleasanton and livermore. it is a wet start to the day as well as from the south bay, sunnyvale down through san jose and for the peninsula. all of us are catching the rain this morning. we have a wet san jose camera. temperatures are in the low to mid 50s right now. we have moderate to heavy rainfall this morning, a wet morning commute. the worst of it is happening right now. we will see off and on showers as we go through the day but the showers will be lingering. we have a short break on thursday with more rain on friday with another weather system. we are tracking it all for you. we will time it out on futurecast in a bit. >>> weather and traffic

police say -- 19-year-old brandon cortes from petaluma ...saulted a female student on monday at the school's library. cortes is in sonoma county jail. his bail is set at 126-thousand dollars. ( james ) happening now... the santa clara county medical examiner is asking for help identifying this man. he died in militas back in september. he died of natural causes on piedmont road back on september 29th. the medical examiner released this sketch hoping somebody will recognize him. ( james ) in the east bay ... four oakland police officers who fatally shot a homeless man with mental health issues ... have been placed on administrative leave. last march... 32-year old joshua pawlik was killed after police responded to reports of an armed and unconscious man lying between two homes. police say pawlik did not respond to their verbal commands. a federal monitor criticized the department's response ... saying the officers overracted to slight movements by pawlik. he also criticized the department's light punishment of the officers. ( james ) coming up

at lightning strikes moving into portions of the north bay, it's best right around santa rosa and petaluma, the main action we are talking about moving to the east of the bay area out towards the sacrament of valley. we still have his line showing up here, now, the radar coverage right now does look like a bit of a break for portions of sonoma county. but, here we go. right around the napa area, those yellows and oranges showing increasing rainfall rates and snow showing up right around highway 37 to searsport, central portion of the bay. the main focus right now is the intense downpours in the east bay, that is walnut creek, looks like we have heavy rain here, moving closer to martinez and around the hercules area, some pretty good downpours. that is what is happening right now then we will move the map closer to the south bay, not nearly as much coverage for san jose, we are watching this on the approach closer to palo alto, mountain view, and this impacting rides right across the san mateo bridge, more of a challenge with that downpour moving in. wind speeds have been up throughout the

we have some of the fog from rohnert park, pen grove to petaluma.he streets, bodega avenue, towards maria drive. visibility could be less than an 8th of a mile. use the low beams there. looking south on 101. it's cooler for the rest of us. dress accordingly. low to mid-40s there. 48 to 55 degrees at noon with a few clouds out there. we'll stay in the 50s at the

people against the project say that's too close to the petaluma child development center and mcdowell elementary. they also worry that the new fuel station would increase traffic in the area. ( james ) last year, the city council delayed the project and asked safeway to do additional work on its environmental impact review . ( james ) happening today....vallejo is debuting its first new water ferry in years. service for the one hour ride into san francisco starts at 5:30 a-m. the last ferry returns at 8:15 p-m. one way trip tickets are just over 14 dollars. and round trip tickets are just over 29- dollars. they even offer 24 hour parking for 7-dollars. the ferry fits about 450 people on board. ( darya ) there will be áno criminal charges filed against five san mateo county deputies involved in a deadly tasing incident. back in october... 36-year-old chinedu okobi was tased 4 separate times.

a man in petaluma is beaten and police now trying to figure out if it was a hate crime. say they were about a block away from from the 2-5-6 north restaurant ... when they saw four to five men attack a man. the 60- year old victim suffered broken bones in his face. he was in the hospital for two days. but right now -- petaluma police are trying clear up some inconsistancies between the victim's statement ... and statements from his friends. <"we have checked with some restaurants and bars checking for some surveillance video, we havent been able to independantly confirm that it did occur but the victim did receive injuries.we know that for sure." > neither the victim nor his friends could provide a good description of the attackers ... other than they were driving an emerald green honda civic. ( will ) prices are continuing to rise in the bay area housing market.( james ) kron four's rob fladeboe has some reaction to a new survey by zillow that new survey by zillow that finds the highest average home price in san jose. according to a new survey from the on line real esta

scott anderson of petaluma is facing felony hit-and-run and dui charges. the 45-year-old had a blood alcohol content level of .29%, well above the legal limit. >>> police released surveillance photos of the suspect and yesterday stabbing at the farewell station in oakland. he described as an african america man, 30 to 35 years old, five feet seven with a slender build. he was seen wearing an army green jacket and blue jeans carrying a green backpack and a black duffel bag. police say he got into a fight with another man on board a richmond bound train, stabbed the man and left the station. the victim was taken to a hospital with non-life- threatening injuries. anyone with information is asked to cpolice. >>> chaos and confusion at sfo this morning. is centered around the security checkpoint. loaded magazine and ammunition were detected causing problems for passengers. has several reports, that cause flights to be grounded in security checkpoint shut down as they search for the owner of the magazine. >> reporter: this is what a normal saturday looks like at

police say -- 19-year-old brandon cortes from petaluma ...onday at the school's library. cortes is in sonoma county jail. his bail is set at 126-thousand dollars. ( james ) coming up next on the kron 4 morning news ... we're continuing to follow the college cheating scandal... a look at the new lawsuit the universities involved are now facing. ( james ) plus... here's a live look at i-80 in the sierra.we'll have an update on the snow conditions for the weekend. ( james ) and next... ( john ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast. < ella: i'm ella sogomonian - we've been telling you a lot about kron-on.. the bay area's only commercial free streaming news service... but the kron on app gives you a lot more than just live local breaking news around the clock. it also gives you on-demand access to the kron 4 archives... that includes people behaving badly. plus - all the in-depth award winning bay area documentaries produced by kron 4..

(á2 shotá)( james ) happening today...city leaders in petaluma could approve the construction of a safeway station along a busy intersection. ( darya ) kron4's charles glifford was at that intersection sunday where dozens of people were protesting the gas station. natswoo hoo!sunday afternoon, dozens of people walked along mcdowell boulevard honk! honk! natsand drove around the block to oppose a plan by safeway grocery stores to build a fuel station. . or gas station. . on this corner.if approved, the fuel station would be built here at the intersection of mcdowell and maria drive. those opposed to the project say that's to close to the petaluma child development center and mcdowell elementary. sotwe would welcome a safeway gas station if it wasn't across the street from what are know as sensitive receptors. according to bay area quality management district. children, small childern, lungs.they also worry that the new fuel station would increase traffic in the area.the gas station was proposed over a year ago, but so far the city has not given a green light.late last year, the city council

a man in petaluma is beaten and police now trying to figure out if it was a hate crime.from from the 2-5-6 north restaurant ... when they saw four to five black men attack a man. the 60- year old victim suffered broken bones in his face. he was in the hospital for two days. but right now -- petaluma police are trying clear up some inconsistancies between the victim's statement ... and statements from his friends. <"we have checked with some restaurants and bars checking for some surveillce video, we havent been able to independantly confirm that it did occur but the victim did receive injuries.we know that for sure." > neither the victim nor his friends could provide a good description of the attackers ... other than they were driving an emerald green honda civic. ( james ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news... for one unlucky bay area driver ... a pothole is now costing her thousands of dollars. we have her story. ( james ) plus..... march madness is in full swing... and the bay area's own saint mary's gaels are hoping for an upset against the reigning n-c-a-a champ

a man in petaluma is beaten and police now trying to figure out if it was a hate crime.ey were about a block away from from the 2-5-6 north restaurant ... when they saw four to five men attack a man. the 60- year old victim suffered broken bones in his face. he was in the hospital for two days. but right now -- petaluma police are trying clear up some inconsistancies between the victim's statement ... and statements from his friends. <"we have checked with some restaurants and bars checking for some surveillance video, we havent been able to independantly confirm that it did occur but the victim did receive injuries.we know that for sure." > neither the victim nor his friends could provide a good description of the attackers ... other than they were driving an emerald green honda civic. ( will ) still to come on the kron4 morning news... new problems for boeing and their super max jets as the department of justice is looking into what caused those two deadly crashes in less than 6 months. and major problems in the east bay regarding sideshows. a look at how officials are

this is the hail after it came down in petaluma.ail covering a playground in san jose. and on the right ... hail in hayward blanketing one neighborhood. (james)(darya) welcome back. lets get a check of weather and traffic... (dave)an upper level low moving south offshore will continue to produce scattered showers across the southern portion of our area through late evening. dry conditions will return by monday, but slight rain chances return on tuesday as a weak cold front moves through the area. most locations will see little to no precipitation as the system passes on tuesday. high pressure will build over the west coast for the remainder of the week and into next weekend, resulting in a warming and drying trend. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. ( james ) a big story this morning. attorney gloria allred says she has turned over a new video to police ... that appears to show em

in fact, the warmest temperatures should arrive tomorrow afternoon. 72 santa rosa, 66 petaluma. 70 inmore. numbers are warmer, 3 to 7 degrees warmer today just like we thought and as the ridge gets stronger tomorrow, the overnight lows begin to get modified as well. notice the absence of 30s as you wake up tomorrow. 46 in san francisco and oakland. 44 in vallejo, and we'll adjust a few high clouds into the mix into monday. it's still going to feel like spring. numbers above average for the afternoon. we've got more clouds on tuesday, still kind of mild. temperatures will be slipping just a little bit. look what's happening on wednesday, first day of spring and we will be looking at pring time showers. let's take a closer look at that system into tuesday morning, it's cloudy, tuesday night a slight chance of a shower, wednesday, scattered showers, this model wants to keep the showers on thursday. i'm going to keep it partly cloudy, and more rain looks like moving in by next weekend. this system, though, looks a little bit stronger. one on our storm impact scale but if you're betting on

several injuries were reported ( darya ) happening today...city leaders in petaluma could approve the construction of a safeway gas station along a busy intersection. dozens of people walked along mcdowell boulevard yesterday speaking out against the project. if approve... the gas station would be built at the intersection of mcdowell and maria drive. people against the project say that's too close to the petaluma child development center and mcdowell elementary. they also worry that the new fuel station would increase traffic in the area. ( darya ) last year, the city council delayed the project and asked safeway to do additional work on its environmental impact review . ( darya ) on the peninsula... san mateo county officals are bracing for up to 915 human services employees to go out on strike tomorrow and wednesday. during the strike... the county plans to maintain essential services bu

people against the project say that's too close to the petaluma child development center and mcdowell elementary. they also worry that the new fuel station would increase traffic in the area. gas station if it wasn't ay across the street from what are know as sensitive receptors. according to bay area quality management district. children, small childern, lungs.>( james ) last year, the city council delayed the project and asked safeway to do additional work on its environmental impact review . ( james ) happening today....vallejo is debuting its rst new water ferry in years. service for the one hour ride into san francisco starts at 5:30 a-m. the last ferry returns at 8:15 p-m. one way trip tickets are just over 14 dollars. and round trip tickets are just over 29- dollars. they even offer 24 hour parking for 7-dollars. the ferry fits about 450 people on board. ( darya ) there will be áno criminal charges filed against five san mateo county deputies involved in a deadly tasing incident. back in october... 36-year-old chinedu okobi was tased 4 separate times... when a deputy attempted