back to philippe story now on november. 16th. >> 1990, maria. why offer was found deceased on trail near inspiration. point in tilden, regional park, east bay regional park district police detective christopher rudy says she was strangled to death, found with rope around her neck and bruises on her body. >> showing signs of a struggle in 1997, biological evidence found on for from the suspect was sent to the contra costa crime lab for analysis. and during a news conference held in oakland wednesday, detective rudy, his chief and members of the contra costa county district attorneys office stating initially that dna evidence determined to be the suspect. seaman. >> did not hit a match until the fbi got involved in 2020 advanced dna techniques determine john le party as a prime suspect in 2024. detective rudy says these composite sketches of law party released in 2017 ended up being accurate. party was in his mid 30's living in martinez when white hoffer was murdered. then in november party took his own life at his home in gold beach, oregon. the

philippe djegal has that story. >> in the community, i was officer. johnson. >> out fitting for an avid fisherman and well traveled golfer whose artistry was carrying out the law with compassion. i tried to show by matching that you could be a cop can be a bagman also and he did it in style. early on retired captain arthur johnson continued instructing dance and earning money as a model on runways. well, also patrolling the streets for the richmond police department stop and keep his eyes on the ladies and boy, like, oh, my goodness. laura johnson and her husband are celebrating 50 years of marriage this year about how long ago the 2 met in a dance studio. >> deeply proud of the 2 grown daughters they raised in richmond together and the 8 grandchildren carrying their name. it's been a wonderful, loving partnership johnson. retired as interim chief of the richmond police department in 1992. becoming the agency's first african american captain along the way. you're my crew. i was very >> back man with a job. joe, good debate we had before joining the po

tens of thousands of dollars in losses after the shop was hit by thieves overnight as kron four's philippe djegal reports the suspects used a car to break through the front entrance. >> in and out in less than 5 minutes just after 5.30, sunday morning, a group of suspects rushed through looking glass photo in berkeley, searching for and grabbing anything of keep reviewing the footage noticing more. as i sat through. it's really hard for me obviously to watch jen, which accounts key is president and ceo of the camera shop on 5th street. she says the thieves left a total mess behind and got away with at least $50,000 worth of inventory. the suspect's bypassed the blockade in stalled out front, something her landlord added when the business moved into the building in july. >> likely using a stolen car to repeatedly ram through the front entrance to get inside, which koski says berkeley police officers showed just minutes after the suspects took off replacing the interior damage state. >> there is no question in my mind that that exceeds $100,000 in damage. and that's excluding the losses of e

and our storm coverage continues now with kron four's philippe gaulle, who's been >> seeing a lot of wrecks in the east bay. >> spinouts and overturned cars keeping the california highway patrol and tow truck drivers busy tuesday morning from walnut creek to fairfield all the oil that's on the freeway causing slick. >> and unsafe raw truck. and driver in walnut creek approaching the ignacio valley road exit on northbound 6.80, learning the hard way just before 10 o'clock in the morning. >> 2 cars collided plane lost all other one reading freeway. the driver of the sedan says he lost control of the curve and hit a minivan. >> the driver of the minivan was transported to a hospital with minor injuries. is everybody does slow even when stops raining like i believe during this closure. and actually it's operating with roads still wet. further north off 6.80, in fairfield, scott mckinney helped the driver out of the mud after losing control making a turn onto the on-ramp. he is a toe nation with freeway service patrol. it was able to get the driver back on the road without having to tow t

kron four's philippe djegal reports a dna evidence helped track down the killer november. 16th. >> 1990, maria. why offer was found deceased on trail near inspiration. point in tilden, regional park, east bay regional park district police detective christopher rudy says she was strangled to death. >> found with rupert. >> obviously an issue with that story from philippe work to get back to that. in the meantime, there's news in the restaurant world, celebrity

. >> campus later school is now slated to reopen kron four's philippe djegal talk to the superintendent about trying to get everybody back to business. >> the lights are back on at in leadership academy in vallejo little more than a week after the entire campus lost power taking today to just test our systems. our fire systems, hvac systems and school, be back to normal. tomorrow, vallejo city unified school district superintendent ruben aurelio praising the around the clock work district staff and contractors, putin to restore electricity. >> repairs initially estimated at up to $250,000 ending up at about $160,000. last get that money from its not like flush with funds and have a bunch of dollars. we can shift to these types of repairs. it does impact our general fund impacts our decisions as we're moving towards things like school closures, one moving towards right-sizing, our district and budget reductions. >> all those factors that are says, although declining enrollment has severely impacted the school district's state funding, the we the main campus is not on the list of schools

after an early morning fire where this happened along the sycamore drive quarter and as kron four's philippe djegal reports, one of the businesses may have to shut down. >> i was passing by a nice song. he seems devastated ruiz fields for the owner of the business next door to his store on sycamore drive in antioch. it caught fire behind the any act center just before 6 o'clock friday morning. yeah, it's scary cohen's ultimate a market and says the convenience store was spared the flames but suffered smoke and water damage. while the contra costa county fire protection district. >> worked to put the fire out afterward. emergency services crews advising him his store will have to stay closed for a few days. and you know, all our products, they go bad in a few days. >> so we do know you are we going to do the flames originating from the everyday black friday liquidation store, the storage container storing products in the back. also caught fire. luciano flores filmed the aftermath when he showed up for work in the same law. hopefully. >> they can save some of the businesses here. i think one o

. >> as kron four's philippe djegal reports tonight, their business was the only one of the block that. >> this is the area that got hit erica pinto, half points to the wooden board, replacing the window to her business shattered early saturday morning. all the glass was broken. everythign, you know, all all over the door to port hull artisan all has already been fixed, but it will take a little longer to repair the window is going to cost about $3,000. surveillance video shows a hooded suspect casually walked up to the mexican gift shop on north main street in walnut creek. >> break the glass and then walk off without taking anything with recent protests against ice raids in neighboring conquered and concerns in the immigrant community over deportations until half years. this was an act of hate against her mexican heritage shuts had because we need to be now. >> for something whatever that can happen right now, this incident has been classified as a burglary and police have not indicated whether or not it's being investigated as a hate crime. i hope that this cd, the community are abl

philippe djegal all kron. 4 news. >> a driver next. think everybody wearing a red hoodie with the black straight. great answer. black shoes. >> police chase in vallejo ended inside a san pablo casino video from the chp helicopter from saturday night shows when the driver got out of the car and ran inside the casino. police say passenger later claim to be the driver but video from the chopper help track down the actual driver who police say is a felon with a string of drug convictions. the controversial homeless camping ban is moving forward in fremont. the ordinance will make it illegal for homeless people to camp on public property. after much debate, the council approved the measure in a 6 to one vote. hundreds of people showed up last night to voice their concerns both for and against the ban. the band will also find people $1000 if they're caught, quote, aiding and abetting the homeless, helping them out. the mayor tells us this is not to punish people helping the homeless, but it will punish those who allowed them to set up encamp

. >> of allay school is slated to reopen kron four's philippe djegal all spoke with the superintendent about the effort to get students and teachers back into the classroom. >> adb for students and teachers are welcomed back to campus. contractors worked with believe those city unified school district staff on the ground and on rooftops to ensure all systems are a go at in leadership academy, a at parts overnighted. we were working really around we're working around the clock to ensure that we would be up by monday and the throughout the week crews spending monday testing the power grid fire and hvac systems. the kindergarten through 8th grade campus was closed all of last week after it was discovered. copper wire was stolen, cutting electricity off to the entire campus during the closure, students had a choice between continuing their studies in person at a nearby campus or learning from home. i'm just, you know, really thankful to our we have been community for being patient with us and believe a super intendent. ruben aurelio says the repairs initially estimated at up to $250,000 an

. >> one person has died in a house fire in crown prince philippe djegal reports the fire started during a downpour and fire officials struggled in the wet and windy weather to find the victim. >> firefighters called for additional resources once they found this home on nicholas port in brentwood on fire. >> and fully involved. i saw fire trucks and everything and iowa all. the poor guy 1000 on fire. initially the contra costa county fire protection district says the call came in just after 11 o'clock wednesday night. doesn't exterior fire from a caller on a neighboring street. >> only for crews to eventually find flames shooting out of the house its. >> so that justin lives across the street from the victim who has been identified by the contra costa county coroner's division as 69 year-old james fields. justin says he was living alone after his wife recently passed away. >> but was visiting frequently by his granddaughters. it's a set old man several men with a nice man. he in kind >> kind know >> it was a good neighbor on fire. says the fire started in the garage and that's where the

you could do it. >> in richmond, philippe djegal all kron. 4 news.ll continue to honor black history all this month. be sure to tune in r our special honoring black history on february 27th at 06:30pm, hosted by noelle bellow and reyna harvey. all right. let's get you a check of your forecast now as we're taking a live view from our mount tam cam. you can see the clouds moving in across the bay area this evening. let's check in with our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow for a look at the forecast in the lawrence. yeah, a few scattered showers around the bay area right now. most of that is very light by this time tomorrow night. we're going to be rocking and rolling with some heavy rainfall moving across the bay area. some very gusty winds start develop out there as well. so slick out there on the roads now. >> i think we'll get up tomorrow morning, actually not too bad early on tomorrow morning. light showers popping up now. little snow across on the mountaintops. even mount a minute where our doppler radar located get a little snow up there as wel

yeah, kron four's philippe djegal all has more. >> spinouts and overturned cars keeping the california highway patrol and tow truck drivers busy tuesday morning from walnut creek to fairfield all the oil that's on the freeway causing slick. >> and unsafe raw truck. and driver in walnut creek approaching the ignacio valley road exit on northbound 6.80, learning the hard way just before 10 o'clock in the morning. >> 2 cars collided plane last another one red meat freeway. the driver of the sedan says he lost control of the curve and hit a minivan. >> the driver of the minivan was transported to a hospital with minor injuries. is everybody does slow even when it stops raining like i believe during this closure. and actually it's operating with roads still wet or other north off 6.80, in fairfield, scott mckinney helped the driver out of the mud after losing control making a turn onto the on-ramp. he is a toe nation with freeway service patrol. >> it was able to get the driver back on the road without having to tow the car away. very fortunate because you looking to enroll? >> i'm i'm grat

our storm coverage continues tonight in the east bay kron four's philippe djegal reports on how the public works. crews out there are responding to flooding concerns enrichment. >> flood waters receded in north richmond thursday as the rain slow down leaving mud and debris on neighborhood streets. whatever range that worse than know was a. and then just look at dennis hisey. i mean, some residents taking matters into their own hands by pulling loose trash out of storm drains, adding to the work already being done by the contra costa county public works department monitoring maintaining or control channels and ensuring that our sandbag stations are fully stocked with supplies for residents who may need them. public works. spokesperson kelly cup specs as neighbors can help crews by clearing their own properties of anything that can clog drains and catch basins. we have the ditches along side your driveway or pc new low spots or notice any erosion. >> those are things thau we encourage you to address right away. crews focusing on communities along wildcat creek prone to flooding and get a lit

tonight at 5.30, to antioch, businesses are damaged after an early morning fire and as kron four's philippe djegal reports, one of the businesses may have to shut down. >> i was passing by a nice song. he seems that say that person do ruiz fields for the owner of the business next door to his store on sycamore drive in antioch. it caught fire behind the antioch auto center just before 6 o'clock friday morning. yeah, it's kerry louise cohen's ultimate a market and says the convenience store was spared the flames but suffered smoke and water damage. while the contra costa county fire protection district. >> worked to put the fire out afterward. emergency services crews advising him his store will have to stay closed for a few days. and you know, all our products, they go bad in a few days. >> so we do know you are we going to do the flames originating from the everyday black friday liquidation store, the storage container storing products in the back. also caught fire. luciano flores filmed the aftermath when he showed up for work in the same law. hopefully. >> they can save some of the busin

philippe mateta scored both taking his premier league tally to 10 for the season, palace go above unitedns under manager ruben amorim. a ilil a in this moment, in this moment, a a in this moment, a hard moment, because we are wand the players and the players are trying am! the playereere , we try different things trying. we try different things improve the game, to to improve the game, to improve certain things from last certain things from the last name, you feel it, but then :_:: you do not win and when you do not win games and you are in rollercoaster you are in that rollercoaster of of momentum, is of results, of momentum, it is hard, at home, but hard, especially at home, but we need to move forward and to about the next game. about the next came. ~ think about the next game. we defended really well today. we defended reallyewelltoday ,, in defended reallyeuelltodayjale _ m_ defended reallyeuelltoday we in some moments at struggled in some moments at the beginning and also straight after— the beginning and also straight after halftime, especially the two minutes that place i think -

jean—philippe mateta got both of palace's goals in the second half. and palace have won three successiveand move up to 12th. a hard season in this moment. the players are trying, we are trying different things and you are in that roller—coaster of results we defended really well today. we were talking about at half—time, we had two or and we say, ok, these situations will happen again, just stay patient, stay in the let's take a look at the top of the table — liverpool six points clear of arsenal with a game in hand. and here's the bottom. spurs up to 14th after that much needed win a point at chesea tomorrow. staying with united, but not staying at old trafford — at manchester united. bbc sport understands that talks are at an advanced stage, however, there is still work to be done to finalise the move by head coach ruben amorim for the manchester the window officially closes at 11pm on monday for english clubs and united have moved to strengthen their squad with the signing of denmark defender patrick dorgu from lecce on a five—and—a—half—year deal. it's worth £25 million with a potent

philippe mateta scored both goals for the visitors. and they could have scored many more.trol the game, to improve certain things from the last game. you feel it but then when you don't win games and momentum it is hard, especially at home, but we need in the first minute of play. the early game between manchester city of arsenal. leaders chelsea win over aston villa. and the late game is between tottenham and manchester united. that ended in a 1—0 win for united. as they were beaten by india in the final match of the series. the series but they were thrashed in mumbai — they played a fantastic batting innings, they could played d a lot oi a lot at cricket and glgteya lot of cricket and. . : to sharma, is as credit to sharma, that is as a ball striking i have clean a bell etr'rbina has; r” he played clean a bell etr'rbing has; r” he played fantastically seen. he played fantastically well. you always think what we have done or how we could m sto- -ed him but some da 5 have stopped him but some days you have to give a of yoguzlyave to give a lot of to the i he played brillia

kron four's philippe djegal reports dna evidence helped track down the killer november. 16th. >> 1990, maria. why offer was found

philippe djegal reports. >> in the community, i was officer. johnson. out fitting for an avid fisherman and well traveled golfer whose artistry was carrying out the law with compassion. i tried to show. >> by matching that you could be a cop can be a bagman also and he did it in style. early on retired captain arthur johnson continued instructing dance and earning money as a model on runways. well, also patrolling the streets for the richmond police department stopping keep his eyes on the ladies and boy, like, oh, my goodness, laura johnson and her husband are celebrating 50 years of marriage this year about how long ago the 2 met in a dance studio. >> deeply proud of the 2 grown daughters they raised in richmond together and the 8 grandchildren carrying their name. it's been a wonderful, loving partnership johnson. retired as interim chief of the richmond police department in 1992. becoming the agency's first african american captain along the way. you're my crew. i was very >> back man with a job. not a job. good debate we had before joining the poli

philippe djegal all kron. 4 news. >> cruz and san francisco in the mission district today removing a controversial bike lane in the center of the lindsey a street. they're replacing it with a new. >> curbside bike lane. the change coming after business owners blame that center lane for a loss of money and customers and they threatened to sue construction was slated to start last week, but it was rescheduled because of all that stormy weather and all the work is expected to take about 2 to 3 months. >> we'll talk about our forecast let's take a live look outside here in san francisco. quite how are we got some gray skies here in the city and meteorologist kyla grogan in the weather center to go on. >> with what's happening outside pay their yes or the gray sky thing is going to continue as we get into the afternoon and evening were to see that pick up in fact. and then we're going to see a little bit of weather move our way. but right now things are pretty calm, although notice the winds picking up there at half moon bay now up to about 15 miles per hour. temperatures have been pretty

. >> following an overnight ipburglary kron four's philippe djegal reports that the suspects used a car to break right through the front entrance. >> this is our neighbor's front entrance. it is the mirror image actually of exactly what our front entrance was. which is now, you know, byron, and it looks like this now after jan. what accounts key says thieves used what she believes was a stolen car repeatedly ram through the front entrance for early sunday morning. eventually breaking through and into looking glass photo in berkeley, a minimum $50,000 worth of. >> the physical damage to the stories. >> measurable what you koski is president and ceo of the camera shop on 5th street. she shares surveillance video of the suspects ransacking the place she says they were in and out in less than 5 minutes and were gone before berkeley police officers responded just after 5.30, that morning. it's so much destruction i have no idea all the costs start at this point. the suspects bypass the blockade in stalled out front, something her landlord added when the business moved into the building in ju

philippe djegal all has more. >> a day before students and teachers are welcome back to campus.rs worked with believe those city unified school district staff on the ground and on rooftops to ensure all systems are a go at in leadership you know, had parts overnighted. working really around working around the clock to ensure that we would be up by monday and the board throughout the week approved spending monday testing the power grid fire and hvac systems. the kindergarten through 8th grade campus was closed all of last week after it was discovered. copper wire was stolen, cutting electricity off to the entire campus during the closure, students had a choice between continuing their studies in person at a nearby campus. we're learning from home. i'm just, you know, really thankful to our we have been community for being patient with us and believe a super intendent. ruben aurelio says the repairs initially estimated at up to $250,000 and get out and about $160,000, obviously is a lot of money and it impacts things we can do. i says, although declining enrollment has severely im

philippe djegal spoke with the superintendent about the efforts to get. >> students and teachers backn the classrooms. >> the lights are back on at in leadership academy in vallejo a little more than a week after the entire campus lost power taking today to just test our systems. our fire systems, our hvac systems and school, be back to normal. tomorrow, vallejo city unified school district superintendent ruben aurelio praising the around the clock work district staff and contractors, putin to restore electricity. >> repairs initially estimated at up to $250,000 ending up at about $160,000. last get that money from its not like flush with funds and have a bunch of dollars. we can shift to these types of repairs. it does impact our general fund impacts our decisions as we're moving towards things like school closures, one moving towards right-sizing, our district and budget reductions. >> all those factors that are says, although declining enrollment has severely impacted the school district's state funding, the we the main campus is not on the list of schools that may potentially clos

we also saw issues in parts of the east bay kron four's philippe chuck robb report's richmond. >> flood waters receded in north richmond thursday as the rain slowed down, leaving mud and debris on neighborhood streets. whatever range that worse than no. was the the book of genesis. you know, i mean, some residents taking matters into their own hands by pulling loose trash out of storm drains, adding to the work already being done by the contra costa county public works department monitoring maintaining or control channels and ensuring that our sandbag stations are fully stocked with supplies for residents who may need them. public works. spokesperson kelly cup specs as neighbors can help crews by clearing their own properties of anything that can clog drains and catch basins. we have the ditches along side your driveway, rpc new low spots or notice any erosion. >> those are things that we encourage you to address right away. crews focusing on communities along wildcat creek prone to flooding and get a little bit worse. we're getting there. that's why austin is grateful to see public wor

we needed more often in richmond, philippe djegal all kron. 4 news.nez refinery has filed a report saying that air quality levels did not. >> significantly worsened during last weekend's explosion and fire. the refinery was required to send the 72 hour report to contra costa county's health department with preliminary details in the report. the refinery row, less than 500 pounds of sulfur dioxide was released. the fire injured 6 workers and prompted the county to issue a shelter-in-place order. 2 nearby neighborhoods on saturday. >> what we're learning some new details this morning from redwood city where police are investigating a man who was shot to death behind a whole foods store. so investigators say they found the 18 year-old victim thursday morning at a store on adams street kron. four's will tran was live on the story for us yesterday morning. police say the victim was shot once in the torso paramedics tried to save him, but couldn't he died at the scene? longtime residents say they are stunned to hear about what happened in their neighborhood

it also caused issues in parts of the east bay kron philippe djegal reports from richmond. >> waters receded in north richmond thursday as the rain slowed down, leaving mud and debris on neighborhood streets. whenever it rains that worse than no. was the the book of genesis. you know, i mean, some residents taking matters into their own hands by pulling loose trash out of storm drains, adding to the work already being done by the contra costa county public works department monitoring maintaining or control channels and ensuring that our sandbag stations are fully stocked with supplies for any residents who may need them. public works. spokesperson kelly cup specs as neighbors can help crews by clearing their own properties of anything that can clog drains and catch basins. we have the ditches along side your driveway, rpc new low spots or notice any erosion. >> those are things that we encourage you to address right away. crews focusing on communities along wildcat creek prone to flooding and get a little bit worse. bergen there. that's why austin is grateful to see public works in t

kron four's philippe gaulle shows us what these vandals did. >> it's very said then turn.you see we're having some issues. there back open. we need to get sorted but one of the big stories that we've been talking about is the huge storm. >> that is set to arrive later go back to that story about the vandals. all right. let's do that now. >> it's very sad. then turner noticed his neighbor's sonia read spence in unincorporated san leandro was tagged with racist graffiti last week and says the messaging hurts in bold black spray paint reading no black concerns. me. >> it definitely concerns me and it hurts me that someone could have this kind of hatred in their heart. green purchased the property in december but has not moved the home is under construction. and she says some neighbors have taken exception to her decision to paint the fence. white one in particular. this isn't it? >> straight down, right cac, the lady came out of her house and told me to my face, she did not want to come out of her house and look into my black face. >> right across the street from this itself

. >> this happened right along sycamore drive the corridor there kron four's philippe djegal reports one of the businesses may have to shut down. >> i was passing by a nice song. he seems devastated or ruiz fields for the owner of the business next door to his store on sycamore drive in antioch. it caught fire behind the antioch auto center just before 6 o'clock friday morning. yeah, it's louise cohen's ultimate a market and says the convenience store was spared the flames but suffered smoke and water damage. while the contra costa county fire protection district. >> worked to put the fire out afterward. emergency services crews advising him his store will have to stay closed for a few days. and you know, all our products, they go bad in a few days. >> so we do know you are we going to do the flames originating from the everyday black friday liquidation store, the storage container storing products in the back. also caught fire. luciano flores filmed the aftermath when he showed up for work in the same law. hopefully. >> they can save some of the businesses here. i think one of them

we needed more often in richmond, philippe djegal all kron. 4 news. >> well, the martinez refinery hashat quality levels did not significantly worsened during last weekend's explosion and fire. so the refinery was required to send a 72 hour report to contra costa county's health department with some preliminary details. in this report, their finery writes that less than 500 pounds of sulfur dioxide was released into the air. the fire injured 6 workers and prompted the county to issue a shelter-in-place order for some of the nearby communities. during the day on saturday and even on sunday. we're also learning new details this morning from redwood city where police are investigating now the death of a man who was shot behind a whole foods store. investigators say they found that 18 year-old victim thursday morning at the store on adams street or behind the store on adams street. he was shot once in the upper body. paramedics weren't able to save him. longtime residents when they heard what happened, where shocked. >> i leave my front open. i've never had it again and get a jinx myself b

state senator dave cortese hosting his 14th unhoused health fair at city hall and as kron four's philippe djegal reports for us. hundreds of people showed up. >> encouraged by his friend eric max walked to the san jose city hall rotunda friday like hundreds of other people living on the streets taking advantage of an opportunity to turn his life around for the past 14 i've been homeless. he says it has been tough, but eric helps keep him positive. he spent 9 years on the streets himself before finding a home 2 years ago. a lot of people just look out to say. >> they were nothing like is the bottom of the barrel? >> the don't have feelings. we all what they're going to be a river. >> and that's i keep from getting to. this is the 14th free unhoused health fair hosted by state senator dave cortese which he has been doing since he was the santa clara county supervisor. visitors offered free dental vision, health hiv screenings, close access to mental health services and food. someone. >> extreme therapy like grief counseling because they've lost someone on the street or and extended family m

me our storm coverage continues now in the east kron four's philippe djegal reports on public works. crews responding to flooding in richmond. >> flood waters receded in north richmond thursday as the rain slow down leaving mud and debris on neighborhood streets. whenever it rains is that worse than know was a and then just look at genesis. you know, i mean, some residents taking matters into their own hands by pulling loose trash out of storm drains, adding to the work already being done by the contra costa county public works department monitoring maintaining or control channels and ensuring that our sandbag stations are fully stocked with supplies for any residents who may need them. public works. spokesperson kelly cup specs as neighbors can help crews by clearing their own properties of anything that can clog drains and catch basins. we have the ditches along side your driveway, rpc new low spots or notice any erosion. >> those are things that we encourage you to address right away. crews focusing on communities along wildcat creek prone to flooding and get a little bit worse. b

kron four's philippe djegal reports dna evidence helped track down the killer november. 16th. >> 1990, maria. why offer was found deceased on trail near inspiration. point in tilden, regional park, east bay regional park district police detective christopher rudy says she was strangled to death, found with rope around her neck and bruises on her body. >> showing signs of a struggle in 1997, biological evidence found on for from the suspect was sent to the contra costa crime lab for analysis. and during a news conference held in oakland wednesday, detective rudy, his chief and members of the contra costa county district attorneys office stating initially that dna evidence determined to be the suspect. seaman. >> did not hit a match until the fbi got involved in 2020 advanced dna techniques determine john le party as a prime suspect in 2024. detective rudy says these composite sketches of law party released in 2017 ended up being accurate. party was in his mid 30's living in martinez when white hoffer was murdered. then in november party took his own life at his home in gold beach, oreg

kron four's philippe djegal reports on that.evidence that helped track down the killer. >> maria white hoffer was reported missing november 15th, 1990, and the next day she was found dead in tilden regional park in the east bay hills. re was founded throat around her neck. and a physical signs of a struggle in 1997, the east bay regional park district police department sent the potential suspects dna from the crime scene to the contra costa crime lab. but no match was found. then the fbi got involved in the investigation in 2020 and on wednesday during a news conference in oakland, east bay regional park district police detective christopher rudy says advanced dna techniques linked to killer through this investigation. john, the party was determined to be a potential suspect. >> and later became a primary suspect in 2024. detective rudy says these composite sketches of law party released in 2017 ended up being accurate. pari was in his mid 30's living in martinez when white hoffer was murdered. then in november, party took his o

official cause of the fire, although there are suspicions that is still under investigation in antioch, philippe djegal, all kron. 4 news. >> more than 1.6 million dollars in overtime pay. that's how much employees into oakland city departments were paid in addition to their salaries. according to a new report from the oakland city auditor, the report released yesterday revealed employees and the departments of transportation and public works. we're paid 1 million, 667,650 dollars for overtime work between january 18 and may 2024. the report also found no evidence the overtime pay was authorized and this is coming as oakland is working to close a 129 million dollar budget deficit before july. the city auditor is advising oakland leaders to develop implement document overtime formulas that would prevent this from happening again. the city auditor launched this investigation following an anonymous complaint. new at 3 residents at a benicia apartment building and found a bullet hole in their ceiling leading to the arrest of their upstairs neighbor residents say the residents found the bullet hole e

wide as we know affecting parts of the north bay and the east causing issues all over kron four's philippe to god gives us a look at what the rain did enrichment. >> flood waters receded in north richmond thursday as the rain slowed down, leaving mud and debris on neighborhood streets. whatever range that worse than no. was the. and then just look at dennis hisey. i mean, some residents taking matters into their own hands by pulling loose trash out of storm drains, adding to the work already being done by the contra costa county public works department monitoring maintaining or control channels and ensuring that our sandbag stations are fully stocked with supplies for residents who may need them. public works. spokesperson kelly cup specs as neighbors can help crews by clearing their own properties of anything that can clog drains and catch basins. we have the ditches along side your driveway, rpc new low spots or notice any erosion. >> those are things that we encourage you to address right away. crews focusing on communities along wildcat creek prone to flooding and get a little bit wors

. >> kron four's philippe djegal reports. >> firefighters called for additional resources once they foundn nicholas court in brentwood on fire. >> and fully involved. i saw fire trucks and everything and iowa all. the poor guy 1000 on fire. initially the contra costa county fire protection district says the call came in just after 11 o'clock wednesday night. doesn't exterior fire from a caller on a neighboring street. >> only for crews to eventually find flames shooting out of the house its. >> so that justin lives across the street from the victim who has been identified by the contra costa county coroner's division as 69 year-old james fields. justin says he was living alone after his wife recently passed away but was visiting frequently by his granddaughters. it's a set old man >> several men was a nice man. kind >> kind know >> it was a good neighbor on fire. says the fire started in the garage and that's where the victim was found. the victim was found in unique location for the time of day. >> the crews would have made it into the into the structure for search and the common places

kron four's philippe recall has his story. >> in the community, i was officer. johnson.aveled golfer whose artistry was carrying out the law with compassion. i tried to show. >> by matching that you could be a cop can be a bagman also and he did it in style. you early on retired captain arthur johnson continued instructing dance and earning money as a model on runways. well, also patrolling the streets for the richmond police department stopping keep his eyes on the ladies and boy, atl like, oh, my goodness, laura johnson and her husband are celebrating 50 years of marriage this year about how long ago the 2 met in a dance studio. >> deeply proud of the 2 grown daughters they raised in richmond together and the 8 grandchildren carrying the%r name. it's been a wonderful, loving partnership johnson. retired as interim chief of the richmond police department in 1992. becoming the agency's first african american captain along the way during my career, i was very >> back man with job. joe, good debate we had before joining the police force in 1967, johnson served in the u.s.

philippe djegal takes a closer look at his story. >> the community, i was officer. johnson.herman and well traveled golfer whose artistry was carrying out the law with compassion. i tried to show. >> by matching that you could be a cop can be a bagman also and he did it in style. you early on retired captain arthur johnson continued instructing dance and earning money as a model on runways. well, also patrolling the streets for the richmond police department stopping keep his eyes on the ladies and boy, atl like, oh, my goodness, laura johnson and her husband are celebrating 50 years of marriage this year about how long ago the 2 met in a dance studio. >> deeply proud of the 2 grown daughters they raised in richmond together and the 8 grandchildren carrying their name. it's been a wonderful, loving partnership johnson. retired as interim chief of the richmond police department in 1992. becoming the agency's first african american captain along the way durinh my career, i was very >> back man with job. not a job. good debate we had before joining the police force in 1967, joh

yeah, we've got kron four's philippe djegal now with a look from richmond. >> flood waters receded ine rain slowed down, leaving mud and debris on neighborhood streets. whenever it rains that worse than no. was the the book of genesis. you know, i mean, some residents taking matters into their own hands by pulling loose trash out of storm drains, adding to the work already being done by the contra costa county public works department monitoring maintaining or control channels and ensuring that our sandbag stations are fully stocked with supplies for residents who may need them. public works. spokesperson kelly cup specs as neighbors can help crews by clearing their own properties of anything that can clog drains and catch basins. we have the ditches along side your driveway, rpc new low spots or notice any erosion. >> those are things that we encourage you to address right away. crews focusing on communities along wildcat creek prone to flooding and get a little bit worse. bergen there. that's why austin is grateful to see public works in the area before things get as bad as they usua

philippe djegal has more. >> firefighters called for additional resources once they found this home on. >> and fully involved. i saw fire trucks and everything and iowa all. the poor guy, thousands on fire. initially. the contra costa county fire protection district says the call came in just after 11 o'clock wednesday night. doesn't exterior fire from a caller on a neighboring street. >> only for crews to eventually find flames shooting out of the house. and that's >> so that justin lives across the street from the victim who has been identified by the contra costa county coroner's division. as 69 year-old james fields. justin says he was living alone after his wife recently passed away but was visiting frequently by his granddaughters. it's a old man >> several men a nice man. well, look, kind >> kind know you. >> it was a good neighbor on fire. says the fire started in the garage and that's where the victim was found. the victim was found in unique location for the time of day. >> the crews would have made it into the into the structure for search and the common places that someone

philippe djegal has the story. >> firefighters called for additional resources once they found this homeas court in brentwood on fire. >> and fully involved. i saw fire trucks and everything and iowa all. the poor guy 1000 on fire. initially the contra costa county fire protection district says the call came in just after 11 o'clock wednesday night. doesn't exterior fire from a caller on a neighboring street. >> only for crews to eventually find flames shooting out of the house. and that's >> so that justin lives across the street from the victim who has been identified by the contra costa county coroner's division. as 69 year-old james fields. justin says he was living alone after his wife recently passed away but was visiting frequently by his granddaughters. it's a set old man >> they say men nice man. kind kind know you. it was a good neighbor on fire. says the fire started in the garage and that's where the victim was found. the victim was found in unique location for the time of day. >> the crews would have made it into that it to the structure for search and the common places that

did firefighters say they struggled to find the victim in the wet and windy weather kron four's philippehters called for additional resources once they found this home on nicholas court in brentwood on fire. >> and fully involved. i saw fire trucks and everything and iowa all. the poor guy, thousands on fire. initially. the contra costa county fire protection district says the call came in just after 11 o'clock wednesday night. doesn't exterior fire from a caller on a neighboring street. >> only for crews to eventually find flames shooting out of the house. and that's >> so that justin lives across the street from the victim who has been identified by the contra costa county coroner's division. as 69 year-old james fields. justin says he was living alone after his wife recently passed away but was visiting frequently by his granddaughters. it's a old man >> several men with a nice man. well, look, kind >> kind know you. >> it was a good neighbor on fire, says the fire started in the garage and that's where the victim was found. the victim was found in unique location for the time of day.

. >> in walnut creek, philippe djegal, all kron. 4 news. >> new at 3, the contra costa county health department is releasing new details about the health concerns caused by the martinez. refining fiery fire. the company told officials that come the coals burn during that fire can cause cancer as well as heart and lung disease. the county's health officer said the community was fortunate that the wind blew most of the toxic smoke north of the refinery away from populated areas. the bay area air quality management district took air samples during that incident and health officials are now waiting on those results that fire took place february first. and a health advisory remains in effect for 4 days after. >> we are looking outside at our camera looking over the city of san francisco right now is kyla described it sort of the calm before the storm. we're going to check in with her to see what's happening. getting awfully grey out there, though, right? hard to deny that. we've got some weather coming our way as we take a live look here at the golden gate bridge. you can certainly see th

a kron four's philippe djegal reports. dna evidence actually help track down the killer. >> maria white hoffer was reported missing november 15th, 1990, and the next day she was found dead in tilden regional park in the east bay hills. re was founded throat around her neck. and i physical signs of a struggle in 1997, the east bay regional park district police department sent the potential suspects dna from the crime scene to the contra costa crime lab. but no match was found. then the fbi got involved in the investigation in 2020 and on wednesday during a news conference in oakland, east bay regional park district police detective christopher rudy says advanced dna techniques linked to killer through this investigation. john, the party was determined to be a potential suspect. >> and later became our primary suspect in 2024. detective rudy says these composite sketches of law party released in 2017 ended up being accurate. pari was in his mid 30's living in martinez when white hoffer was murdered. then in november, party t

amidst all that wet and windy weather kron four's philippe djegal explains. >> firefighters called forthis home on nicholas court in brentwood on fire. >> and fully involved. i saw fire trucks and everything and iowa all. the poor guy 1000 on fire. initially the contra costa county fire protection district says the call came in just after 11 o'clock wednesday night. doesn't exterior fire from a caller on a neighboring street. >> only for crews to eventually find flames shooting out of the house. and that's >> so that justin lives across the street from the victim who has been identified by the contra costa county coroner's division. as 69 year-old james fields. justin says he was living alone after his wife recently passed away but was visiting frequently by his granddaughters. it's a set old man >> they say men nice man. kind >> kind know you. >> it was a good neighbor fire. says the fire started in the garage and that's where the victim was found. the victim was found in unique location for the time of day. >> the crews would have made it into that it to the structure for search and

the area before things get as bad as they usually do it helpful we needed more often in richmond, philippe djegal all kron 4 news 7.35, the martinez refinery has filed a report saying air quality levers. >> did not significantly worsen during last weekend's explosion and fire. the refinery was required to send a 72 hour report to contra costa county's health department with preliminary details. and in the report, the refinery road less than 500 pounds of sulfur dioxide was released in the fire. that happened over the weekend. that fire injured 6 workers and prompted the county to issue a shelter-in-place order to nearby communities on saturday. >> well, we're learning new details this morning from redwood city where police are investigating now a man who was shot to death behind a whole foods grocery store. investigators say they found the 18 year-old victim thursday morning behind that store on adams street shot once in the upper body. paramedics tried to save him, but he died at the scene. longtime residents we spoke with say they were stunned to hear what happened. >> i leave my front d

left now with tens of thousands of dollars in losses following an overnight burglary kron four's philippe djegal reports the suspects used a car to break through the front entrance. >> this is our neighbor's front entrance. is the mirror image actually of exactly what our front entrance was. which is now, you know, kyra, and it looks like this now after jan. what accounts key says thieves used what she believes was a stolen car repeatedly ram through the front entrance for early sunday morning. eventually breaking through and into looking glass photo in berkeley, a minimum $50,000 worth of >> the physical damage to the stories. >> measurable what you koski is president and ceo of the camera shop on 5th street. she shares surveillance video of the suspects ransacking the place she says they were in and out in less than 5 minutes and were gone before berkeley police officers responded just after 5.30, that morning. it's so much destruction >> i have no idea what all the costs are at this point. the suspects bypass the blockade in stalled out front, something her landlord added when the busi

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. >> in walnut creek, philippe djegal, all kron. 4 news happening tonight there fremont city council is voting on banning homeless camping in public. if it's approved. the ordinance would prevent homeless people from camping on public property like parks and streets and sidewalks. the measure would target anyone who is causing permitting, aiding, abetting or concealing a homeless encampment. they would face a misdemeanor charge which could lead to $1000 fine and 6 months in jail. but the mayor does tell us that is referring to people who build structures for the homeless like tree houses and other shelters not approved by the city. >> we're not looking to penalize people for helping our community are helping our neighbors. that is not the intention of ordinance at all. >> the mayor there says that the city wants to work with agencies to support the homeless community and won't be punishing those trying to help them out. many homeless advocate who are against this measure. they're urging the council to vote no in tonight's meeting that starting in about half hour. some good news comin