kron four's philippe djegal reports from dublin, and shows us where search warrants were served. sex trafficking in dublin just a stones throw away from where the >> phillipe : kids play. and, families walk their dogs. >> : this is sold as luxury apartments and you just never think it would happen here. >> phillipe :dublin police say 45-year-old curtis ng and 49- year-old shelly yu were arrested friday afternoon on suspicion of pimping and pandering. search warrants were served at the connnolly station apartments on st. patrick way and the sofi apartments on san ramon road in dublin. in addition, investigators say locations in san leandro, hayward, san mateo and oakland were also searched in connection with this case. as you might imagine. the prospect of a brothel being run out these apartments is numbing news for neighbors. >> : it is surprising, because most people who live here are like young tech people who work in tech industries. so, techies, you weren't thinking brothel? i wasn't thinking brothel. >> phillipe :further proof that sex trafficking can happen anywhere. kevin

kron four's philippe djegal reports from rohnert park. where a flash flood watch and wind advisory are in effect. >> phillipe :only the unfortunate few who had no choice but to walk the streets and get to work sunday braved the elements in rohnert park. the rain started coming down by mid-afternoon, forcing drivers to pass through carefully near flood-prone areas. these two chose to walk to their destination. >> : i've seen some people with bad driving skills -- i don't know how they got their license. >> phillipe :public works crews making sand available to whomever needs help with flood control. a flash flood watch is in effect for the area until four o'clock monday morning. >> : i've seen a couple trees hit some cars and some alarms go off. >> phillipe :on saturday, more than an inch and a half of rain fell in rohnert park. the streets are saturated with water. and, keeping neighbors like sione misi indoors. >> : it sucks. you can't play basketball, can't do sports, go for a jog. gotta stay indoors and watch television. >> phillipe :an

kron four's philippe djegal reports. antioch police are investigating at least four armed robberies. >> : how are you gonna tell someone to stop being a bad person? >> phillipe :lately, at parks in antioch when day turns to night. >> : its pretty sad. >> phillipe :thieves have been targeting people parked in their cars. >> : if you are sitting in your car that late at night, just keep the doors locked. >> phillipe :on at least four occasions now, between 10-30 at night and 12-30 in the early morning. several victim's have been held up at gunpoint. >> : it's just kind of shocking to hear that. >> phillipe :last week, late monday, wednesday and thursday nights. armed robberies were reported at diablo west park, williamson ranch park, country manor park and dallas ranch park. in each case, the antioch police confirm two suspects, parked behind their victims, who were sitting in parked cars near the parks. the suspects approached both the passenger and driverside windows, and pointed a gun inside. purses, cellphones and cash

that's where kron 4's philippe djegal joins us tonight. with the latest details. philippe. >> phillipe :catherine. right now, the suspect is being questioned by f-b-i investigators here at the concord police department. he was bought here earlier this evening, shortly after he was spotted at a grocery store in brentwood, then a pharmacy, while allegedly looking for items to help with shaving his beard. here's a look at some photos taken of the suspect as he was being taken into custody. the pictures courtest of east county today. yoyu can see his head is shaven and his beard has also been trimmed. tonight, a witness tells us that the suspect was first seen at around seven o'clock in the evening at a safeway store on balfour road in brentwood. he then walked into the c-v-s pharmacy across the street, looking for items to help with shaving his head and face. at some point, he was confronted by police. and, it appears there was a short car chase, which ended with the suspect, at long last, being taken into custody. here's a look at the surviellance photos of the suspe

in alameda, philippe djegal, kron four news. >> pam : just ahead.looking for answers to an increasing number of bed bug infestations. >> pam :there has been a major increase in bed bug infestations here in the bay area. and the problem appears to be getting worse. "round the clock" pest control is now using dogs to help find the bugs. they are trained just like a bomb sniffing dog. and are imprinted with the odor of live bed bugs. if the dog finds the little creature. he scratches at the area. a pest control expert says bed bugs are all over the bay area now. gallo says bugs typically find their way into the united states on people who have been traveling outside of the country. coming up. special leap year twins in the east bay bring smiles to the family. trying to figure out how to celebrate their birthdays. i want to show you some cutting edge technology. this is a vhs tape. push that tape in and hit play. this is a flip phone. have you seen these before? it's called a compact disc. oh. looks like we're getting a facsimile. what year is it to you

that's where kron four's philippe djegal reports a eucalyptus tree came crashing down on a home. >> phillipe :a startling sight on brunell drive. >> : pretty devastated -- the >> phillipe : aubrey goo lives down this oakland street and heard this eucalyptus tree collapse on friday night. >> : i was watching television with my son all of a sudden we heard this huge explosion -- we thought it was lightning. >> phillipe : but in fact -- it was this tree toppling over. aubrey says public works crews showed up saturday and chopped it up. pg&e has also been in the area working to restore power for customers like aubrey who are without electricty. >> : fortunately, we have a gas stove, so we can cook, but uh, other than that, its pretty inconvenient, but you know what it could have been worse. >> phillipe :despite the damage. neighbors grateful that no one was injured. >> : i believe the son had just gotten home. he was in the carport when the um, tree came crashing down and apparently he was fine. >> phillipe :aubrey says the people who live here returned briefly to grab some things and left. he s

tonight, kron four's philippe djegal explains what the prinicipal at malcolm x elementary school says happened this time. >> phillipe :in southiside berkeley. >> : it's really scary. >> phillipe :near another school. >> : probably a pediphile. >> phillipe :there is grave concern. >> : it's crazy. >> phillipe :that a child predator may be ready to pounce. in light of these allegations, the berkeley unified school district encouraging students to walk in pairs. >> : i think people, you know, who are gonna try to kidnap someone would probably rather have a kid by herself. >> phillipe :a day after the inicident, the victim's mother reached out to the prinicipal of malcolm x elementary school, alexander hunt, about what happened monday morning. he then sent an email out to parents like mel bolton with a saftey warning. >> : my thoughts immediately went to that little girl and how smart she was to just run to school. >> phillipe :on her walk to class, hunt says a green van pulled into a driveway in front of her. there were two men inside, and hunt says they told the girl to move ahead. seco

as kron-4's philippe djegal reports.they're warning the public about its new neighbor. >> phillipe :while in concord, 51-year-old robert bates will be considered a transient. living out of hotels and motels. forced to bounce from one place to another every five days. and, register as a sex offender every 30 days with the concord police department. corporal christopher blakely says bates will also wear an ankle bracelt, in addition to a representative from liberty healthcare supervising him at all times. >> : and, we will also be monitoring him ourselves. >> phillipe :still, the move not sitting well in this community. >> : we understand the public and why they're upset. this wasn't a decision by the concord police department. >> phillipe : no, this was a court decision, which led to bates' release from the department of state hospitals on monday. back in the 90s, bates was convicted of molesting multiple boys here in contra costa county. last year, he was set to move into this home on dutch slough road near oakley, before the homeowner pulled out of the agreement with the county due to mo

and, as kron four's philippe djegal reports. some in law enforcement say, this move may have a negative affect on crime. >> : so, here's a few bottles of water. >> phillipe :under bridges, in ditches and along canals. over the years, we've traveled with doug stewart around the east bay, watching him help countless homeless people along the way. >> : it is rough out here, it's not easy. >> phillipe : but it appears, while doug was helping the needy, he and the organization he founded more than 12 years ago. contra costa homeless outreach -- also needed a helping hand. >> : as far as me working with county homeless programs, i think i've had enough. i feel let down by county homeless programs, to be honest with you. >> phillipe :doug says as private donations have dried up. so have many of the grants the organization used to depend on. for more than a decade, he and two other full-time staffers, have spent six nights a week stopping by homeless encampments, providing food, water and shelter. but at this point, doug says he just ca

in san leandro, philippe djegal, kron four news. >> pam :new video shows the man. who bart police believe. could be connected to a murder in west oakland back in january here is the video. you can see the man police are looking for. he is wanted in connection with the murder of 19-year-old carlos romero. romero was shot and killed at the west oakland bart station back on january 9th. police say, he was on a stopped bart train when he was shot several times. pasbart had previously released still pictures of the suspect they are looking for, but they hope by releasing this video, it might lead them to someone who if knows this man. bart is offering a 10,000- dollar reward. for information leading to an arrest a los gatos man has filed a civil lawsuit. against his adoptive parents. twenty- three- year- old denis flynn. is accusing his parents of years of sexual abuse... when he was a child. flynn was born in russia. after his mother died... he stayed at an orphanage, before he as adopted at nine years old by ralph and carolyn flynn. the couple brought him to their hom

kron four's philippe djegal joins us live from police headquarters in san francisco, where investigators are asking for the public's help. philippe. >> reporter:catherine. the 44-year-old victim fought for his life the night of the attack. and, at san francisco general hospital has been fighting his life ever since he was attacked. but unfortunately, it's a battle he lost last night. sot- "san francisco's known for tourists to come here all over the world and we wanna make sure that they feel safe." which was not the case february 18th on post street between gough and franklin not far from japantown. when a 44-year-old man from the united kingdom, visiting san francisco with another family member, was attacked by a man seen in this surviellance video. sot- "as you can tell the suspect doesn't care whether or not he kills you or not. he's gonna get what he wants to get - that's what makes him very dangerous." and, what the suspect wanted, officer carlos manfedi says, was the victim's bag. in the video, you can see the suspect stab the victim multiple times in the upper torso and head, bef

kron four's philippe djegal reports all of the crew members survived. but some had to be hospitalized. >> reporter:a 30-foot aluminimum north river rescue boat just three years old -- turned upside down in the ocean. nat- helicopter it's seven crew members tossed into the water. all of them seasoned san francisco fire fighters, who this time, were the one's being pulled out of the sea. fire department spokesperson jonathan baxter says one of the men on board was stuck in the water underneath the capsized boat for two minutes, before he was rescued. that fire fighter will spend the night in the hospital. sot- "he was concious. he came up and i grabbed him and then we just started swimming." three others were also hospitalized, but with minor injuries. the u-s coast guard called in to help out at around 11-15 in the morning just off the shores of point lobos near lands end. sot- "at first i thought they were fisherman and they deserve what they get, and um, now that i know it was the fire department, it couldn't be any better. why? well, they're out there

philippe djegal spoke with a state senator from the bay area. who is furious over all the problems plaguing bart. charles clifford. he is live atcharles. has bart been able to pinpoint the problem? it's been a rough week for commuters here on far end of bart this week and looks like these bus bridges wil contine for at least a few more days nats >> reporter:friday afternoon, bart employees handed out snacks to the hundreds people who had to wait in line to catch shuttle busses in north concord. after three days of dealing with this, commuters seem to be getting used to the disruptions. bart said friday that it expects the bus bridges to be in place through at least monday. meanwhile, work continues to try and fix the mysterious glitch that damaged 50 train cars on wednsday and forced the closure of the tracks between pittsburg and concord. bart says a team will work through the weekend. we have a one car train that has experts on board and it's equipped with special meters that measure voltage and it's going back and forth trying to pick up the

good evening i'm catherine heenan tonight, kron-4's philippe djegal joins us live from police headquarters in concord. where police are warning the public about its new neighbor. philippe. >> reporter: catherine. what was once a nightmare for neighbors in oakley. has now become concords problem. like it or not, robert bates isn't just coming to concord. he's already here. sot- "we understand the public and why they're upset." the concord police department says allowing 51-year-old robert bates, who looks like this now, to move into it's city was out of their control. sot- "it came down from the contra costa county superior court." on monday, the department of state hospitals let police know bates was being released and taken to concord where he'll live as a transient. required by law to register as a sex offender with the police department every 30 days. concord police corporal christopher blakely says he'll also wear an ankle braclet and that a supervisor from liberty healthcare will be with him at all times. sot- "and, we will also be monitoring him ourselves." police say bates will room

kron 4's philippe djegal spoke with frustrated passengers. but we begin. with kron 4's charles. bart says, service >> reporter: 50 train cars and have been damaged normally use a blunt belsen bowl selection decision the third rail to power electric motors for unreasons the third real power man respected as high of 2000 votes on wednesday more power than the cardinal. the power spikes and damaged the out pocket-sized switches takes 22 weeks to get new ones and for that reason damage car could get a service for recent months. they're looking for alternatives butter sold sooner. for what's causing the problem in the first place they're working on it. but a logical engineers experts try to speed up the process. >> pam:bart passengers are reallyriders have been jumping on and off the bus bridge. from the pittsburg- bay point station all kron 4's philippe djegalhe has reaction from passengers this. but, yes, the frustration is mainly, because an end doesn't appear to be in sight patience for passeners. sot- "it is what it is." wearing thin. sot- "i was trying to get to class on time."

live in concord, philippe djegal, kron four news. >> catherine:thank you, phillppe >> catherine:concord police say they have a man in custody in connection with a highway shooting last month. they say joshua cano was driving the car used in the highway 242 shooting. >> catherine:it happened just before the grant street exit in thea man was injured in the shooting.and was treated at a hospital. >> catherine:a new warning tonight of possible further terror attacks in europe. grant is here with the latest on the aftermath from the brussels bombing. >> catherine:belgian authorities identified three of the four suspects in yesterday's attacks on the brussels airport at a subway train. one of them is suspected of building the bombs used in paris four months ago. and all of them were reported known to police. >> these are not just trained terrorist these are criminal spirit that bag that they weren't picked up even though they had wrapped sheets as you reported shows me that day are not investigating broadly creek. >> they need to accelerate their efforts to rid. >> reporter:frustration on thi

live in berkeley, philippe djegal, kron four news. >> pam:also new at 8. >> pam:a special guest at an east bay high school. is causing an uproar from parents. >> pam:former 49er ray mcdonald, who will stand trial for on domestic violence charges, spoke with at -risk students in an assembly last month. >> pam:kron 4's alecia reid joins school, where parents did not find out about his appearance until after it happened. alecia. >> reporter:parents are not happy about this this pam. >> reporter:they complained to district that this is already a poor performing school, and using ray mcdonald as a mentor, was a bad idea. >> - all we can do is apologize to the parents, and set a policy in place >> reporter:a policy that shouldve already been in place tennyson high school has a 'drop out prevention' program where guest speakers motivate students that are at-risk for not graduating. luis renoso says with nearly 70% of the school district failing, someone with a questionable background shouldn't be used as a mentor to these students. >>- talk about respect and restraint yet if you look at his

. >> pam:kron four's philippe djegal is live at dallas ranch park -- where the latest incident happened. philippe. >> reporter:yes, pam. >> reporter:all four of these armed robberies listed on the city manager's weekly report happened sometime between 10-30 at night and 12-30 in the early morning. >> reporter:and, in each case, it appears the suspects were armed with handguns. >>- "i prey no one gets shot." >> reporter:so far no one has and benjamin mejia hopes it stays that way. >> "just let your money go. whatever you have, its not worth it." >> reporter:last week, late monday, wednesday and thursday nights. armed robberies were reported at diablo west park, williamson ranch park, country manor park and dallas ranch park. >> reporter:in each case, the antioch police confirm two suspects, parked behind their victims, who were sitting in parked cars near the park, approached both the passenger and driverside windows, and pointed a gun inside. >> reporter:purses, cellphones and cash were stolen. in one instance, the suspects grabbed the victim's car keys and threw them somewhere in the p

in san francisco, philippe djegal, kron four news. >>justine:another law enforcement weapon has been stolen in the bay area. this time, a san francisco sheriff deputy's home was burglarized. among the items taken -- a 9 milimeter glock. similar to this one you see here. as well as a bullet-proof vest, a sheriff's departent duty belt and a san francisco police badge. san francisco has become notorious for stolen law enforceent weapons two federal officers have had guns stolen from their cars in the last 12 months. police say if you're ever concerned about the legitimacy of someone claiming to be a police officer, ask for their department issued photo i-d. the theft of weapons from law enforcement officers seems to be a growing problem. >>justine:the highest profile case resulted in the murder of kate steinle on pier 14 in san frnacisco last june. the gun used.belonged to a bureau of land management ranger.who had his pistol stolen from his car in downtown san francsco. >> will:last september.a gun stolen from an ice agent near a- t&-t

. >> pam:and, tonight, he shares his account of what happened last night with kron four's philippe djegal the antioch marina tonight. >> reporter:pam. 22-year-old david quintanilla has only been on the job for six months. >> reporter:he says his long-term goal is to be a police officer. and, after last night, he says he's definitely in the right line of work. return >> reporter:sot- "if it happened again, would you act the same way? >> definitely. yeah, i wouldn't think twice." >> reporter:if not for david quintanilla's quick action. this woman seen in the back of an ambulance. >> reporter:could very well have died stuck behind the wheel of this car, eventually pulled out of the antioch marina thursday night. >> "first, i felt, scared. you know, i felt, wow, this person needs my help." >> reporter:an armed security officer for antioch-based strategic threat management. >> reporter:quiintanilla was passing by the marina at around 10-30 at night and noticed a woman driving eratically in the parking lot. >> "and, all of a sudden, i see her speeding up about 45 miles and hour and i see her ju

. >> pam:tonight, kron four's philippe djegal is live outside police headquarters. where the suspect is being questioned by detectives. >> pam:philippe. >> reporter:pam. >> reporter:lietenant robert mcmanus says the suspect is a 21-year-old caucasian man born and raised here in san leandro. >> reporter:he has no prior hate crime arrests or convictions. his motive unclear. >> "this is something that can really damage and affect a community, but in this case, we're not gonna let it happen here." >> reporter:the most offensive messages in this photo of the graffiti obtained by kron four blurred out. hate speech targeted towards african americans. the f-word, and the n-word spray-painted on the doors -- above the caption "white power." >>- "very, very troubled by this." >> reporter:san leandro police lieutenant robert mcmanus says the man believed to be behind the incident was stopped by detectives late wednesday afternoon, riding around on a bmx style bike recently spray-painted in the same colors used to tag this building. >> reporter:the 21-year-old caucasian was arr

kron four's philippe djegal reports from rohnert park. >> reporter: the wind is blowing my hook off. it comes and goes here creek as each one of those sales push through ocean beach occurred last take a look at bill here i took in the city driving up here. you can see people with their umbrellas. out here at ocean beach, you can see what the time it looks like. this is a definite concern. --tide >> reporter: from my-camera. you see this hours coming down on the wind shield. out on the road is very, very nasty. you want to keep your windshield wipers on if you have to travel anywhere again, and here at ocean beach things are going to be really nasty as the weather deteriorating in the last hour. it has been getting worse. i had seen people running all around are here in the rain. i guess they have been enjoying it. we'll have more a bid to throw out the evening. scott rates, kron4 new spirit >> reporter:where a flash flood watch is in effect. >> reporter:only the unfortunate few who had no choice but to walk the streets and get to work sunday braved the elements in rohnert park. >> re

in san jose, philippe djegal, kron four news. happening today.oric milestone for u- s - cuban relations. president obama leaves for the first presidential visit to the island nation in nearly *90 -years. take a look at the scene in cuba as they prepare for the visit. you can see signs and plaques with president obama and cuban president raul castro. during the visit, mr. obama is expected to meet with president castro, talk with society leaders, do some sight-seeing and attend a baseball game. the president and first lady arrive later today. against the san antonio spurs. *but they are still on pace for an nba season record of 73 wins. the leagues two best teams squared off. it was intense from the start. despite golden states incredible season -- the spurs are only three games behind them. the spurs focused on shutting down steph curry. and they did just that. curry didnt make his first and only 3-pointer until the third quarter. great dee by the spurs held the warriors to their lowest point total of the year. the sprus win it 87- 79. the dubs h

good evening i'm catherine heenan tonight, kron-4's philippe djegal joins us live from police headquarters in concord. where police are warning the public about its new neighbor. philippe. >> reporter: catherine. what was once a nightmare for neighbors in oakley. has now become concords problem. neighbors in oakley. has now become concords problem.

live in concord, philippe djegal, kron four news. >> pam :commuter chaos started early this morning. for the many bart riders forced to use a bus bridge between the north concord and pittsburh- bay point stations. kron four got on the bus with riders. to find out they were coping with the situation. the bus ride between two stations was longer. and waiting on lines for each bus to fill up. only added to the frustration. >>:we need extra time so we could do all of this so we plan an extra hour to get over here so hopefully i can get to work by 12:00 >>:i thought they did a good job of keeping a safe and they gave us this shuttle and accommodated us swarthout was cool--so i thought that was cool >> pam :riders we talked to said they will allocate more time on friday to take the bus bridge. as you heard, the slowdown could go on for sometime. so what do bart's elected board of directors have to say about what's happening ? kron 4's dan kerman caught up with one of them. zakhary mallett. >>:we are an old system and would have an old system that is crumbling we're sensitive to these sorts

in antioch, philippe djegal, kron four news. >> marty: the three jail guards accused of beating and murdering a mentally ill inmate are headed to trial. the ruling was made thursday following a four- day preliminary hearing. the three deputies are accused of killing 31-year-old michael tyree at the main jail in san they are set to return to court on march 14th. all three have pleaded not guilty. bcn48:sj: 3 jail guards held over for trial on murder, assault charges on inmates please let for relief on the proper more the get goa twist in the o-j simpson police in l-a are testing a with several members of attorney's to get their thoughts acquitted in a double-murder trial. the weapon used in the killings remains a mystery. which could explain the found at the former football stars home. i spoke over the phone with attorney carl douglas, part of sot "to think it would have any relevance what so ever any circumstances surrounding the oj simpson case to me is outrageous, i would rather be douglas also told me he recalls that two diff

in marin county, philippe djegal, kron four news. >> pam :the storm -tracker radar helps tell the story. our meteorologist brittney shipp is here. to fill in the details for tomorrow's commute. >> brittney : you will like to be careful just like the officer on the video and allow for some extra time so that we can decrease some of the accidents we have been seeing today. and affected people all like today in the east bay. as we go into the rest of tonight we will see another round of heavy rainfall that will be closer to your morning commute time so right now we're not seeing a whole lot of rain in san mateo satellite radar showing us all the moisture keeps pushing into the area and into northern california and this is the next section-storm it's gonna be here and that will reinforce all of the rain that we've already seen so here's what you can expect as you get up to had to work tomorrow morning there is 5:00 a.m. widespread light rain and isolated pockets of heavy down ports near napa and the same thing in san rosa and as we go through the early morning hours we are expecting a lot o

kron4's philippe djegal saw car crashes -- fallen trees -- and flooded roads. >> reporter: this previousthen sent into a tree umbel injure canyon road investigators impossibility that the plural. in front of lafayette middle school a treaty and crashing down. no one was hurt. all lawyers preparing for the worst in grudges landscapes in anticipation of flooding. rhodes drenched taking on a lot of water neighbors also keeping a close eye on the rising levels and canals. despite the rain man's best friend still need to work out. pestilence and overcast there's a bright side. >> marty:we also have storm video from the north bay. take a look: this was the scene on mount tamalpais. it gives you a good sense of just how strong this storm was you can see the rain coming down almost sideways. and the treesin mill valley -- the rain and night. in the area of camino alto. asking everyone to avoid that area if possible. now to the peninsula: video from a viewer in daly city. it appears to show some kind of according to the viewer this happened near orange street and east market street. the person wh