in pittsburg, dan kerman, kron4 news. (pam) as stoneman douglas high school students prepare to head back to school tomorrow -- lawmakers in florida getting pressure to make changes to gun laws . coming up... how lawmakers across the country are joining in the debate. (steve) distracted driving comes in all forms... and some behind the wheel know they are breaking the law.. others are not aware. coming up: what you need to know about cell phone use and more. (pam) the cost of raising a child is on the rise . ... more than 200-thousand- dollars. we'll explain what that price tag ádoesnt include. include. ♪ include. (door bell rings) (cell phone vibrating) hello. hello. hello. hello. hello. hello. hello. hello. hello, i got your package. you can just leave it, thanks. (cell phone vibrating) hello, can i help you? hello. hello. hello. hello. hello. ♪ (pam) almost two weeks since the massacre and the florida high school students are preparing to go back to class tomorrow .. meantime -- lawmakers in their state -- and in washi

in pittsburg, dan kerman, kron4 news. (steve) now to a big story that's breaking tonight: we've just learned... more than 150 undocumented immigrants have been arrested in northern california since sunday.(pam) and oakland's mayor... remains right in the middle of the controversy. grant lodes is here with the latest numbers... and new reaction from both sides. (grant) immigration and customs enforcement agents say despite those 150 plus arrests the past couple days...there are more than 850 undocumented people that have evaded capture...and two of them...are believed to be living in oakland. the mayor of that city, libby schaaf...made national headlines saturday night when she gave a heads up... that the raids were likely imminent. tonight...she just released a statement...saying in part...quote..."i do not regret sharing this information. it is oakland's legal right to be a sanctuary city and we have not broken any laws. we believe our community is safer when families stay together."== meanwhile, the deputy director of i

. >>> the developing story now in the east bay, a shelter in place has now been lifted in pittsburg, but crews are still looking into reports of a strong chemical odor in the air. the area around the bnsf railroad tracks on north parkside drive had to be shut down this afternoon. there were reports of a strong vapor coming from two train tank cars. kpix5 reporter mary lee is live at the scene in pittsburg with the latest from emergency officials. >> reporter: that's right. we just spoke to contra costa fire officials and they say the strong smell is not a health risk to the community which is why they lifted the shelter in place order. chopper 5 was over the scene earlier today as hazmat crews investigated that leak. this started when workers were doing regular maintenance work moving and classifying the railcars and smelled strong fumes and immediately called hazmat. officials were able to pinpoint the small leak to one specific railcar. that car is empty, but it did hold sodium sulfide which is corrosive and when it mixes with air it makes that noxious smell. it is at extremely low

a dangerous chemical leaking in pittsburg forced a shelter in place. how officials kept the material from spreading. (robin)and... ice agents are in full force in northern california. how long people should expect for the raids to go on... next after the break. (robin) and here's a live look outside...at the san mateo bridge. (robin) welcome back. checking in on your morning forecast. rebecca:look for mostly dry conditions today before a storm system brings widespread rainfall and breezy to locally gusty winds during the day wednesday to the north bay and through the remainder of the region wednesday night. after another period of dry conditions, a third system is possible late in the upcoming weekend. 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. ( robin )ice agents have made as many as 150 arrests throughout northern california during their latest immigration sweeps. kron 4's ella sogomonian reports on how lo

it happened in pittsburg this afternoon... shelter-in-place order was issued due to a leak in a railway car near city park. it affected people in the parkside manor neighborhood hazmat crews determned the chemical leak was not enough to cause serious concern. so the shelter in place was lifted... crews are repairing the leak. (grant) a man has been charged with attempted murder of an officer...accused of ramming a sheriff's deputy in hayward. authorities believe 30-year-old jack toki used a s-u-v and tried to kill alameda county sheriff's deputy payam shannon.. the incident happened on arbor avenue earlier this month. police say deputy shannon attempted to stop a suv with paper plates ...when toki...is accused of backing into shannon's motorcycle. (vicki) on the peninsula... two men are behind bars..in connection with a double-fatal shooting. 20-year-old devin lum...was arrested on suspicion of two counts of murder... and 23-year-old guardado duff ...was arrested on suspicion of being an accessory. the incident happened sunday

someone reported a strong vapor coming from one of the cars in pittsburg afternoon noon yesterday. contra costa county fire officials said they ordered a shelter in place until they could determine which car had the problem in pittsburg and exactly what was leaking. >> we were able to discover that one of the cars was leaking sodium sulfide. when that material catches the air, it turns into hydrogen sulfide which smells like rotten eggs. >> that "shelter in place" order was lifted about 2.5 hours later >>> police are hoping a $10,000 reward will help them find the gunman behind bb gun attacks on a bay area freeway. this is one of the charter buses struck over the past two months on 280 between woodside and cupertino. there are no reports of injuries in any of the attacks. >>> it is 3 minutes before 5:00. two weeks after 17 people were killed, students in parkland, florida, return to school today. more on that as congress works towards gun legislation. >> plus, new details on a police shooting that happened earlier this month following a shooting and carjacking on the panhandle in s

we've just obtained this video from a crash in pittsburg. there's a pretty extensive investigation under way right now. it happened just outside the bay point b.a.r.t. station overnight. you can see one car was smashed tape surrounding the vehicle. unclear how many vehicles involved and if police have anyone in custody this hour. our team here at the live desk has a call in to pittsburg police. as soon as we get updated information, i'll let you know. >>> thank you, jessica. it is 4:30. let's get an update on weather and traffic we start with mike. >>> live doppler 7 is really clear out there. maybe a cloud or two. let's jump into my 12-hour planner. 44 to 53. pretty mild this morning. by noon, 67 to even 70 at the coast. we're still going to be breezy in the hills. the thing you'll notice today, maybe your sinuses are bothering you or your throat is scratchy because the air will be even drier than yesterday. 70 to 74 at 4:00. and a comfortable evening at 7:00. we'll be seeing stars and feeling temperatures around 60 to 63 degrees. you're wo

it happened near city park in pittsburg... kron 4's dan kerman reports from pittsburg. it was about 1230 tuesday affternoon when rail crews smelled an unknown substance in this pittsburg rail yard along north parkside drive. fire and hazmat crews were called to the scene and they determined a chemical was indeed leaking from one of the parked rail cars.sot robert marshall/contra costa co. fire 15-28"it contained a material called sodium sulfide which when it mixes with the air it emits a substance called hydrogen sulfide which smells a lot like rotten eggs. (q:how dangerous is that?) hydrogen sulfide is a pretty dangerous material in large quantity."it was at that point sirens sounded to alert people within a quarter mile to shelter in place until they could determine just how bad the situation wassot/local resident "they blocked down all the streets which made it look like something real serious and sirens were going off. but nobody came to ouhouse."this man says there are lots of elderly people including his mother who live on this street. he wishes police had gone do

we'll check on a pittsburg accident westbound 4 next. >> the coldest weather has the bay area addingmorning. >> literally and figuratively actual layers of clothing, of course, but services for those in need when we have a freeze warning like this. matt keller is loiv for us in san jose. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, natasha and reggie. extra layers indeed. i see a lot of people with hands in their pockets and they're walking quickly to get to their train this morning here. you can see it is 28 degrees in morgan hill. pretty chilly. a lot of people are bundling up as they get ready to head to work on caltrain. some rode their bikes and say that made the temperatures even worse. some had to get creative wearing extra sweaters and jackets for their commute. >> it's layers. i go to work pretty early but today is one of the days i have to be in really early so wrapping up is key, i guess. >> reporter: and walnut creek cars were coated with ice. temperatures in the mid-20s. in danville more of the same. we're dealing with freezing temperatures. plants and pets need to be

we've just obtained this video from a crash in pittsburg.n under way right now. it happened just outside the bay point b.a.r.t. station overnight. you can see one car was smashed tape surrounding the vehicle. unclear how many vehicles involved and if police have anyone in custody this hour. our team here at the live desk has a call in to pittsburg police. as soon as we get updated information, i'll let you know. >>> thank you, jessica. it is 4:30. let's get an update on weather and traffic we start with mike. >>> live doppler 7 is really clear out there. maybe a cloud

this home is located in the bay point neighborhood near pittsburg. the crash was reported at 12:51 a.m. at 1 wharf drive, just off of port chicago highway. the chp says a truck was turning right from wharf drive to port chicago highway when it collided with a chevy camaro, traveleing at a high rate of speed. the chp says that camaro veered into oncoming lanes and hit the truck. the driver is 26-years old raul moreno ochoa jr. from concord is listed in stable condition with major injuries. the person who died the passenger in the chevy camaro. a man in his mid 20's. the woman driving the truck and her passenger are in critical condition with life threatening injuries. we spoke with the man who lives in the home. mark martin/lives in home "it didn't even seem real, when i first woke up i heard s loud boom, like an explosion and initially when i woke up i thought, i'm going crazy, i'm having a dream or something and it was the shrieking terror of the mans voice screaming, help, help! as loud as he could that made me realize, i'm not dreaming, something

curtains on the windows no sign at the entrance into that unsuspicious looking building here in san pittsburg so called internet trolls a supposed to have dramatically meddled in the us election american investigators say. this video from inside the complex was sent to touch of a left by another whistleblower that minute says they're better paid than the average russian more than a thousand people are thought to work here and it's by no means the only troll factory in russia the. tories last movement today no one can exactly say how far these trolls have really influenced the us elections and individual voters mean yes but but it's absolutely clear that there was a meddling going on in and as he is. it's enough for just one person to put out false information in return for payment that clearly constitutes an attempt to tamper at the. up with. miller says the handful of russians indicted in the us is only the tip of the iceberg. in that since there weren't just thirteen there weren't even just one hundred thirty of them there were many more that there was and still is an enormous operation goi

inland, 72 in pittsburg today. breezy tonight. good morning, frances. >> good morning, lisa.ryone. it's a pretty slow ride on westbound 4. there's an injury crash at willow pass road. here's the drive time for you from antioch to concord. it's now 33 minutes. the westbound 580 ride trace toy dublin is 36 minutes. the north bay looking great into san francisco. a 16-minute ride. brake lights on southbound 680 through-wall nut creek. a couple few more problems as you continue farther down the road. one near crow canyon and more slowing there possibly. also westbound 37 pretty heavy approaching skaggs island because of a couple earlier accidents that have been cleared. one at sears point as well. >>> thank you, frances. >>> b.a.r.t. riders are getting an eyeful of art. >> there's a lot of cool new posters on board the trains and throughout the station. the topics tackle backpack etiquette, elevator cleanliness, littering and fare evasion to name a few topics. the transit agency enlisted graphic design students from the california college of the arts in san francisco and they cam

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. >>> a shelter place has been lifted after a strong odor was detected in pittsburg. people are now allowed to go outside. fire officials say someone reported a odor this afternoon coming from two came -- take cards in a railyard. officials were asking people nearby to stay indoors just to be safe. that shelter in place a debit lifted, and cleanup crews are still in the scene.>>> new information about i.c.e. race that took place across northern california. tonight, we know more about a man that was taken into custody over the weekend. i.c.e. said today he racked up a criminal history during his time living illegally in the united states . our reporter is in the newsroom tonight with what we have learned. >> reporter: dozens of people have been taken into custody over the past few days. opponents say the organization is abusing his power and i.c.e. reports they are just taking bad people off of the street. to make their case, they highlighted one undocumented immigrant with a long criminal history. and this is a video of an i.c.e. operation in full swing. the husband o

. >>> new this morning a shooting near the pittsburg b.a.r.t. station. victim was driving his car when he was shot. he crashed into a pole at west leyland road trapping himself inside. police were able to get him out. no word on his condition or potential suspects. >>> happening today santa clara county supervisors expected to put a petition to recall the judge in the brock turner case on the june ballot. that campaign against judge aaron perskey gathered almost 100,000 signatures. he sentenced the former stanford swimmer to just six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman on campus. today's action is a formality. >> governor jerry brown has signed a bill granting protection for whistleblowers who report sexual misconduct. it was first introduced four years ago but the senate blocked it up until now. >>> a victim of the north bay fires jumped in to help as flames returned to santa rosa. this time a runaway dump truck that caused a crash that erupted into an inferno on the road. several cars burst into flames after the truck hit them y

cool spot, sunset. 48 degrees. 50 in richmond and pittsburg. 51 in belmont. very mild morning. 46 in santa clara. look at that. 49 in american canyon and petaluma at 48. now, it is raining right now in walnut creek, as you can see, on 680. if you're going to be out and about today, be ready for rain and showers. it's going to be cooler also if you're exercising. at the beaches, it's going to be quite breezy. be ready for that. take a look at today's storm. hour by hour coming up next. how about your commute? here's sue. >> it's a sloppy one out there due to the rain and we do have a lot of solo spinouts out there. let's go up to rohnert park. we have an accident involving a pickup truck pulling a boat. it's flipped over on to the two right lanes much you are seeing slow traffic towards that scene. we have a bad situation near whipple on southbound 880 with a vehicle overturned on its roof blocking middle lanes of traffic and at least three or four vehicles involved here. center lane blocked. so if you can, you can use 238 on the sideline there or a side stree

it happened around ten monday night on west leland road and southwood drive near the pittsburg/bay pointofficers responded to a call about a car crashing into a pole. once on scene...they found a man unconscious in the driver's seat -- suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest. he was taken to a local hospital where he's in critical but stable condition. ( james ) a kern county judge ruled in favor of a baker who refuses to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding. the judge says he believes the issue is a matter of free speech...and that a cake is a form of artistic expression. he argued if the owner refused to sell anything at all to a same-sex couple... then that would be considered discrimination. the owner of tastries bakery says she will sell a cake to anyone. < i am very happy to serve anyone who walks through that door anything in my case, make a birthday cake for anyone, i just cannot be a part of something that's not ordained by god.>( james ) the judge also said the state should not force the owner to bake a cake she disagrees with in the name of equal access. (terisa) a woman was

pittsburg rail crews smelled an unknown substance yesterday afternoon. were called to the area and found that a chemical was leaking. the contra costa fire department said it was sodium sulfide... which can be dangerous in large quantities. people within a quater of a mile were promted to shelter in place for over an hour. crews were able to repair a vaulve thought to be responsible for the leak. ( darya ) coming up on the kron 4 morning buzz... the warriors hang out at a museum instead of visiting the white house. tim lincecum has a new team. and serena williams gets three billboards of her own. ( darya ) and after the break... driverless cars will be tested on california roads... áwithout a person. when these cars could hit the road. ( rebecca ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast. ( james ) billy graham lying in honor at the capitol i'm april kennedy and i'm an arborist with pg&e in the sierras. since the onset of the drought, more than 129 million trees have died in california. pg&e prunes and removes over a million trees every year to ensure th

the southern part of the from pittsburg where trump won by 20 points. it's democratic territory, and it. hould be winning candidate. a a former prosecutor, connor lamb. of know he has a real chance winning, a genuine chance of i'll do all i can unlike you all now. living through an incredible moment in american history. - i find t may be myself almost every year saying most election it the consequential. my god. things are changing drastically. friend who passed away, roth.lie whenever he thought something was strange he would say who would have think it. in god's name would have thought we would be here at this moment with this president. have a president who is consumed by his political survival. it's the beginning, middle and end. runs through the trump. , how it affects and his mind. process of shr things -g core values, institutions that i never thought we'd be talking about, are in jeopardy. all-out attack on striped shirt. it's a technique used throughout history. want to clear the fields. abuse y are in a fogs to power. no matter how much damage

. >>> a place called pittsburg new york. >> it's a very nice community. very picturesque community. >> big lawns. >> a lot of executives from kodak and xerox and lawyers. >> charlie was the younger of two boys. his parents gym and gene born in china lived in canada before moving charlie and his brother to upstate new york. his dad ran a tech business that thrived. home just radiated upper middle class comfort. his friend ana had been there on occasion. >> i we went over to his house. i didn't know his parents very well. talked to his mom a couple times. didn't have much conversation when we were there. >> little was noknown about his parents and charlie didn't offer details. if he had secrets, it wasn't for the outside world to know about. >> very good at keeping emotions in. >> i have no idea what the home situation is like. i didn't know before and i don't know now. >> other than a few 911 dispatcher and a few on the officers, the wider community, the friends of charlie tan, certainly knew nothing about the whispers of domestic violence. >>> he stopped

the city of pittsburg owns the land. they hope that a new operating company might improve the staffing out there. tomorrow will be the last day to play a round of golf before the course closes. >>> some parts of europe are dealing with the first round of snow in years. in rome, it became a winter wonderland yesterday. this is really rare as heavy snow blanketed rome's famous monuments. tourists-- well, they didn't seem to mind, taking pictures of all the sites covered in snow. you can see patchy snow in the shadows. temperatures are just above freezing in rome today. all of the snow should melt and the temperatures are expected to rise into the 50s. >>> time is 4:57. new information coming in expected about app officer involved shooting that happened earlier this month in san francisco. we'll tell you more about the investigation into the homicide that led into the shooting. >> and former governor schwarzenegger is calling for changes to the republican party in california. who is joining him to promote the idea? >>> we'r

your highs will run from about san ramon and pittsburg, 67 to 70. the south bay, milder at 40.till in the mid-60s by noon and mid to upper 60s at 4:00. 57 by 7:00. your temperatures from 65 at milpitas to los gatos at 69 degrees. we're dropping into the upper 30s to mid-40s tonight. here's the arctic plunge coming our way. look who it does to our temperatures. sunday to monday. we'll be in the 70s saturday and 15 degrees cooler and with the breezes out there, you want to dress in layers. we don't say that often, do we, sue? >> no, not at all and i guess cover the plants. freezing overnight. the bay bridge, check in on your commute from san francisco on the western span and it's moving nicely at the limit. no delays. the toll plaza, same. we have a backup for the right paying cash lanes. no metering lights at this hour. we'll check back in on that. slowing out of the central valley, you can see the speeds there less than 30 miles an hour. actually just around 30 mirror less. you're looking at about a 40-minute right into dublin pleasanton westbound. >> kevin durant, klay thompso

bart will hold an emergency response drill at the pittsburg transfer platform.he fire department, police, and bart officials. it is expected to last around 2 hours and may impact traffic in the area. ( robin ) a 19-year-old man from mountain view and a 16-year-old boy from san francisco are arrested for a string of car burglaries. police say lamar nicholson and the 16-year-old are respsonisble for nearly 20 car burglaries in several bay area cities. the two are accused of stealing cellphones... laptops and tablets from cars. nicholson is charged with 19 counts of auto burglary. the 16-year-old was cited and released to his parents. ( robin ) it has been a little more than four months since a firestorm ripped through the north bay. while there is still a lot of work to be done, kron4's maureen kelly caught up with a napa homeowner who believes.. he was issued the first permit to rebuild in that county. a cement mixer backs into the driveway off westgate drive near the silverado resort in napa.from the top of the property, joe betz watches the construction crew ge

this home is located in the bay point neighborhood, in unincorporate d contra costa county near pittsburg. the crash was reported at 12:51 a.m. at 1 wharf drive, just off of port chicago highway. chp did not say if the victims from the vehicle, the house, or both. investigators are still looking into what caused the crash. reporting live in bay point, lydia pantazes kron 4 news. <"it didn't even seem real you know? when i first woke up i heard this loud boom like an explosion. and initially when i woke up i said t i was just going crazy having a dream or something. and then it was the shrieking terror of man's voice screaming help help as loud as he could that made me realize no i'm not dreaming, what's going on here? i came to the window and that is when i was like oh, yep oh my god this is not a dream this is going down"> thanks lydia. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( darya ) breaking news this morning. two fires at two separate strip malls overnight. the most recent happening in dublin.( james ) kron 4's will tran joins us live from the scene of that fire with the

it's a nice ride as you work your way westbound out of antioch into pittsburg.o delays all the way towards the eastshore freeway. your drive times look good as well loveridge to 680 only 12 minutes. so things are easy as you work your way in that area. let's jump over to the eastshore freeway. reports of a fire, a small grass fire, over to the shoulder. not affecting the main lines of the roadway on the off-ramp westbound 80 at san pablo dam road. the off-ramp is open. heads up through there. we have some roadwork running late as you work your way along the richmond/san rafael bridge. westbound 580 between the toll plaza and sir francis drake boulevard that will be there. expect it to finish at 5 a.m. but it may run late in roadwork on the westbound 580 off-ramp to the northbound exit also closed this morning. >>> time now 4:49. moving out of the bay area into pint-sized homes. this morning, we'll show you who is deciding to downsize. >> and some motorcycles are getting smarter this morning. our betty yu takes one on a test drive >>> good morning. here's a look

danville at 37. 38 at walnut creek. 39 at pleasant hill. 37 at brentwood and low 40s in antioch and pittsburg. here's the way it looks from east bay hills. camera not shaking as much as it did yesterday. it will start to again this afternoon as the breezes come back. you'll notice the most around the bay. mass transit, dress for that cooler morning. on the bay, i should say in the car, it's going to be cloudy at times. i'd still take the sunglasses. notice the cooler temperatures. 45 at 8:00. to 55 at noon. between that or around that, noon and 4:00, at about 54 degrees. our last stop will be the south bay. 44 this morning. 55 at 10:00, low to mid-60s in the afternoon hours and back in the mid-50s during the evening hours. we'll take a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast and search for rain coming up next. here's, sue. >>> as promised, let's go to the bay bridge plaza. you're looking at a mild drive from hercules into san francisco. less than 30 minutes. that's always a pleasure if you got to be up at 4:37. slow traffic out of the central valley for our early morning commuters. we had

pittsburg almost got there, sanford you almost got there. upper 70s for you. bodega bay with a high of 66. where do we go tonight? nights are still long, clear skies. concord, liver m san jose, upper 40s for oakland and passive -- with livermore, san jose, upper 40s for oakland. we will add another one and our percentages are now below 60%. since october 1, santa rosa only 59% of average rainfall. that number will decrease because of our ridge of high pressure that has gone nowhere. tomorrow it goes nowhere. on thursday it goes nowhere. storms opening up into the pacific northwest, but not here. sunshine from start to finish. don't want to minimize the fact it's beautiful outside with any one day. we are out of balance because typically in the winter we get sunshine, which is fine. we also get rainfall. that's good too. right now we have all of one and not the other. towards the weekend, we will have a front moving through. no rain with it. it's a dry front, but it will change the air mass, so it won't be as warm. 80s are definitely gone. 70s are likely gone.

it happened around 10 o'clock monday night on west leland road and southwood drive near the pittsburgoint bart station. officers responded to a call about a car crashing into a pole. once on scene ...they found a man unconscious in the driver's seat suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest. he was taken to a local hospital where he's in critical but stable condition. (robin) two men are behind bars... on suspicion of auto burglary in the east bay. it happened monday on 45th street in emeryville. a security guard at pixar animation studios says he spotted two suspects looking into parked vehicles with flashlights. once at the scene officers spotted 20-year-old andrew tyler holle ... and 22-year-old hasani malik-inari venson. police found two tablet computers and someone else's credit card on holle . officers say venson ... had insurance information for a nearby car. the duo were arrested. police also found two vehicles with broken windows nearby. (robin) still ahead on the kron four morning news... hollywood is in a rush to make sequels.from a new jumanji movie ... to more star wars

pittsburg and brentwood. here's mt. tamalpais. limited fog. haven't found any yet. there's a chance some could develop in the north bay. mass transit, milder this morning. milder this afternoon and another quiet weather pattern if you're taking a ferry today. take a look at san francisco. we're going to break out in the 50s today. and head into the low to mid-60s with the high clouds and sunshine that starts at noon and hang around through 4:00. we'll be in the mid-50s by the time we get to 8:00. in the south bay, even warmer. even though we're starting off at 50, 59 at 10:00. 67 at noon. spiking in the low 70s at 2:00. then hanging out in the 60s all the way through 8:00. now, tomorrow is groundhog day. but our chances of rain forecast has been showing us the same thing over and over. just like the movie. we'll take a look at record high temperatures coming in the seven-day forecast. natasha. >> mike, thank you. a hospital in the east bay tries to squelch rumors that it's closing soon. >>> a comfort peacock ignites an airline crackdown on service animals that may e

the suspect was located in pittsburg and arrested for murder, no names released, nor a motive. this is concord's first homicide of 2018. >>> in san francisco an online alert about a man lurking at a popular kids park ended in an arrest. someone posted this picture on next-door saying the man was hanging around the excelsior playground. yesterday officers got a call that the same man was there staring at children. >> the adult male was not with -- was by himself, was not with anyone else. their investigation we discovered that the adult naturally had an outstanding warrant for his arrest. >> that warrant was for a theft charge. the man was arrested and ordered to stay away from the playground. >>> here's something you don't see every day, a coastguard helicopter taking off near the softball field at san francisco's golden gate park. the chopper had to make an emergency landing about 7:45 this morning. it was in the air again by 11:30. chopper 5 overhead when coastguard had to touch down near seventh and lincoln. nobody was hurt. a mechanical warning forced the landing, but no ot

bart will hold an emergency response drill at the pittsburg transfer platform.he drill will include the fire department, police, and bart officials. it is expected to last around 2 hours and may impact traffic in the area. ( james ) happening now... federal investigators from the a-t-f are now looking into an explosion outside of a house on blue jay drive in suisun city.suisun city. the explosion happened early saturday morning. police say the person who lived in the home told officers that he saw a device explode in front of the home. police shared this picture of the home. there were several people inside the home at the time of the explosion. nobody was injured. ( darya ) a fire department's crab feed is now at the center of controversy after an a-r-15 rifle was one of the items up for auction. that kind of firearm has of course been used by many mass shooters, including the most recent school shooting in florida. some people who were excited to attend the event in el dorado county.... left after seeing it was being auctioned off as a prize. they say he timin

we head farther north, still a decent rainfall for concord east on highway 4 through antioch and pittsburg, brentwood, discovery bay and vallejo, the rain is tapering off. that's the main focus of the precipitation right now. we're dry around san jose. that may change by 7:00. we're dry in the north bay because it's moved through already and we're still seeing heavier showers in the central valley. that's a good looking camera right there because we need the rainfall and we received some in the past few minutes in san francisco where it's only 48 degrees, santa rosa 48, livermore 50. we will get chilly tonight as skies clear, likely will see isolated freezing pockets, so watch out for black ice on secondary roads, concord 33, redwood city tonight 38 degrees. we now have to talk about why this happened. we had rain this morning. we did have a front move through. that's why it rained and maybe woke you up about 5:00 or 6:00. then we got a break. the sun came out. why did it start to rain again? because behind the front the trailing area of low pressure which you can see very clearly right he

saratoga 82, pittsburg 82, petaluma 81, even the port of oakland, not inland, right on the water port of oakland 80 degrees. it ends today up to 14 degrees cooler coming up tomorrow, breezy as well. so the heat is over. we've had nine straight days with record highs. we aren't doing 10. livermore tonight 42, napa 44, redwood city 40 city. first thing you notice tomorrow morning is not rainfall. a breeze will pick up out of the north giving us somewhat cooler weather. we could use some cold and snow in the sierra because this is bad, snowpack 23% of average, tiny chance of a snow shower next monday night into tuesday. it will be cooler in the mountains this weekend, up near 70 today at tahoe, 46 tomorrow, 48 with breezy conditions in the mountains coming up sunday. let's talk about this change. our ridge of high pressure is beginning to retreat. it's beginning to move west. what it will allow is a couple fronts to move up and over the ridge and slide down into california. i've circled one mass of clouds. we won't see rainfall, but it may be cloudy this evening and overnight and with th

and you probably do, too, who have moved from san francisco to oakland to richmond to antioch, to pittsburg, to stockton, and brentwood and a bunch of other places that i had never even heard of 20 years ago, and now i've got friends living there and had to find out where they are just to visit. this is important, absolutely important work that is going on here, and i'm excited to be a part of it. not only the planning for the development, but the approach. i'm involved because the developers reached out to me and said we want to talk to you about it. i do not live contiguous to this ballpark in the ballpark neighborhood. i'm in fillmore. they reached out to people all over the city. including asking me to put together a meeting of a group of pastors so they could explain what they're doing and what opportunity that would create for members of their chur church. so i am all over this project. i hope you are, too. you will probably never have a better designed and -- and a project that has taken into consideration the needs of more people in this city no matter how long you end up staying on

curtains on the windows no sign at the entrance in this that unsuspicious looking building here in san pittsburg so called internet trolls are supposed to have dramatically meddled in the us election american investigators say. this video from inside the complex was sent to torture followed by another whistleblower says that better paid than the average russian more than a thousand people are thought to work here and it's by no means the only troll factory in russia. who stands in the last movement today that no one can exactly say how far these trolls have really influenced the us elections and individual voters mean yes but but it's absolutely clear that there was a meddling going on. and as. it's enough for just one person to put out false information in return for payment that clearly constitutes an attempt to tamper at the. about the. size the having sort of russians indicted in the us doesn't even begin to address the scale of the measuring. in that's it's yours there weren't just thirteen there weren't even just one hundred thirty of them there were many more there was and still is an eno

and a narrow range from the low 60s around pittsburg. mid 60s in concord.y definitely one of the days we'll feel more like the season, mid february. so the accuweather seven-day forecast showing 50s along the coast, 60s around the bay, mid 60s inland, a possible chance of a sprinkle late in the day. sun shoo inand temperatures rebounding towards the middle of the week and coming up above average as milder air works its way into the baby the end of the week. visit us with a couple of showers. >>> lisa thank you. a sweet gesture from a small business owner and her customers, "abc 7 news" was a the the candy store as diane campbell and her two recruits, helped customers get their sugar on while raising money for the lymphoma and leukemia society. helping a friend's son who is suffering from leukemia. >> hundreds already in the tip jar. families are great. customers are coming out and it is just such a happy joyful occasion. >>> campbell is donating 20% of the events sales and the mom is considered to matching that as well. >> just ahead new products on whether

right now at the 50s and 40s, 49 san roman, 60 in pittsburg, and mifr more.rancisco, 62, pacifica, 77 yesterday and half moon bay. 61 in -- 43 fog napa and santa rosa this morning. compared to yesterday, we have cooling in the inland value yes i and south bay and elsewhere it is warmer. all in all we'll look for a day similar to yesterday, except for the subtle changes at the coast. let's skip to tuesday where we've got temperatures in the 60s. notice the color contour, the yellows and greens, the greens are cooler with the 60s here, 70s inland. wednesday, little change. numbers coming up a few degrees after the weak system pushes. 70s elsewhere and thursday, we are above average. where are the changes? they flux wait a little bit coming down a bit the next few days at the coast. another look into mifr more, today a high of 73, 59 and then tomorrow your temperature goes up a degree and drops with little change as we go through even into friday. highs today around the bay in the 70s, perhaps low 70s to oakland to san francisco. -- 75 in the north bay, 74 in th

. >> after losing last night in pittsburg no rest for team teal. the sharks skating in detroit tonight. trying to sflap a three game skid. they got the arena in the detroit that replaced the little sess ar arena. no score in third. he doesn't realize the puck under the pad. right leg and now in the net pushed in. 1-0 red wing that's a detroit stick on the ice. kevin le bank takes advantage. over-the-tide at 1. hurdle has to score to keep the sharks alive and the backhand is denied. red wings win 2-140 straight losses for team teal. if you watch a fair amount of nba basketball then you almost certainly have seen the halftime performer known at red panned aifr. turns out he you flew in sfo somebody stole the 7-foot uni cycle. she has had this for 30 years and toured the world with it. there is now a $2,000 reward for red panda's uni cycle. abc 7 sports brought tout by toyota. who else would be able to ride a 7 foot uni cycle doesn't make sense. hopefully give red panda back the uni cycle. >> with any luck turns on. >> coming up tonight on abc 7 news

and for the inner east bay, 65 pittsburg.fternoon highs, upper 50s to low 60s. 62 for oakland. and around the peninsula, 63 for redwood city and into the south bay, 64 for san jose. the extended forecast now that we're back with the cool weather, it's going to hang around. low 60s for the afternoon. tuesday, wednesday, thursday, notice the overnight lows don't change a lot from one can day to the next. and as we get into the spend the forecast, a peek into the bay area weekend. it's never too early to plan. mid- to upper 60s in the forecast with dry weather, at least for the next week, maybe a week and a half. >> i see a lot of trees blooming. >> last week it was spring like, and now we've flipped to the colder winter temperatures which will wreak havoc on the trees and flowers. >> thank you, rosemary. >>> the trump administration wants to privatize the international space station. the white house wants to stop funding the orbiting laboratory after the year 2024. a transition plan could turn the space station over to the priv

and 63 for pittsburg. low to mid- to upper 60s expected for the north bay as well as the east bay. 65degrees for antioch. and low 60s in oaklands. san francisco will go to 61. and 64 in san jose. and 64 los gatos. and mid-60s for gilroy and santa cruz. so warmer than yesterday. and we'll continue the relatively dry, mild weather. and cooler for valentine's day and we rebound friday and saturday. and mid- to upper 60s and low 60s in the forecast for sunday with dry weather, dry, dry, dry. >> thank you, rosemary. >>> it's fat tuesday and festivities are underway in new orleans. >> dozens of -- the scene from charles avenue. >> reporting from new orleans. it doesn't get any better. we have people lining the streets watching the beautiful parades on historic st. charles avenue. and this is a personal mardi gras for us here in new orleans because not only is it fat tuesday, but we're also celebrating the 300th anniversary of the founding of the city of new orleans. and that party, folks, will be going on all ye

slowdowns out of antioch along westbound 4 through pittsburg. a car fire is out at suisun. of debris is blowing in the area. they are waiting for a sweeper. it could be another 30 minutes before the crews arrive. look out for the flashing lights along 4 approaching port chicago highway. headlights westbound. we are starting to see delays build and then slow on southbound 242. accident southbound 680 near treat boulevard. it's not blocking lanes. travel times 4 minutes from willow pass to 24. at the maze, it's difficult to see from this camera view but things stacking up. metering lights are on. traffic past the 880 overcrossing. 15 minutes into san francisco. i problem on the dumbarton bridge -- a problem on the dumbarton bridge eastbound. a few slowdowns approaching thornton avenue, a car blocking a lane. it's opposite commute direction so not much impact. ha t's a check of your traffic; over to you. >>> a woman is not injured but has a damaged car after a frightening incident on 80 in vacaville. [ smash and gasp and cursing ] >> shocking! katie nichols' windshield shatter

and 66 in pittsburg. with mostly sunny skies. that's a relatively mild day.emperatures will climb just a little bit more for the second half of the afternoon. mid- to upper 60s for north bay. and 66 in novato. 68 in antioch. and for the south bay, upper 60s san jose, morgan hill. 67 for los gatos. and 68 in santa cruz. tahoe, mostly sunny. and by sunday, they begin to experience the colder air, even calling for a 25% chance of scattered showers. and the afternoon high, 46 on saturday to 37 on sunday. and we'll continue to fall early next week. here at home, here's a look at what we can expect. up a little bit for tomorrow. and down sunday by 10 degrees with colder air monday into tuesday. and unfortunately, no rain in the forecast. but definitely going to feel like winter. >> thank you, rosemary. >> the favorite destination at yosemite is set to reopen after a $40 million restoration. the area is near the southern entrance to the park. it's been closed since july 2015. crews have been rebuilding hiking trails and building boardwalks. the grove includes 550 gi

. >>> we have new details on a strong odor that cost a shelter in place in pittsburg. it was coming from a leaky valve at a train yard at 17 street. someone reported the older coming from two tank cars in a railyard. people were asked to stay indoors and crews are on the scene repairing the bow. there is no threat to the public -- that bow. there is no threat to the back -- that valve . there is no threat to the public.>>> the shooting happened on sunday night and a parking lot of hillside market on villa street in the community of broadmoor. police say a a man and woman were killed and the victims were identified as michael garcia salem and 21-year-old vanessa guillory from san francisco. a third person who was also shot is expected to survive. >>> the president of a san francisco firefighters union at his car broken into outside of city hall. in a tweet seemed to blame the city's elected leaders. our reporter spoke with the mayor in the firefighter about what happened. >> i love the men and women of our fire department and i share the frustration on the tweet.>> repo

. >>> the delta energy center in pittsburg went off line in january of last year due to a fire. the facility has been operating on and off while the repairs were made. they received approval to restart full operations. the one plant can generate enough electricity to fuel 100,000 homes. >>> steve wozniak is a victim of bit coin scams. he said that at an economic summit in india. he's a fan of bit coin but there can be fraud out there. someone bought his bit coins online using a credit card. and then they canceled the credit card payment and there was no way to track that purchase since the thief was using a stolen credit card. >>> according to wallet hub, san francisco is ranked the hardest working city in the country. fremont the 2nd, followed by oakland: san jose is ranked 11th. and employment rate, average weekly hours, unused vacation time, and a percentage of workers who have more than one job. >>> you know about livermore, right? after weeks of bone dry conditions, some parts of the bay area got snow. and we'll tell you where snow was coming down and what to expect before

long line of headlights coming towards us and the willow pass grade is backed up through all of pittsburg concord. that's typical. if you're on 24 or 680 it's also crowded. the macarthur maze and 80 is also slow. metering lights are on. and a 30-minute drive between the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze and traffic is okay in both directions. we did have on the peninsula -- i want to go to the peninsula first and talk about a crash southbound 101 at marsh. not causing a big delay but there's a crash with medics on the scene. and now i can go to northbound 680 at acosta. there's a motorcycle accident and most of the slow traffic is heading south. 6:32 and let's go back to the desk. >>> several female teachers in mill valley are being sexually harassed by male student. >> the teachers say they've been harassed for years and the school district has not protected them. allie rasmus is there at mount tam high school. tell us more about the allegations made by the teachers. >> reporter: one of the teacher who is spoke at a board meeting last week pointed out that teachers and staff members

when the special ceremony is held on august 11th it's against the team i started out with the pittsburgrlts. he had 5 a 6 home resist in the season. his father also wore the number with the giants. tweeting out this this. that thet orioned and humbled that they retiring the number. they are part of my family. at some point they'll probably retire number 5 a but not rrd to cull it a contrary yet. we thoed showed you this picture. the gun show looking good. timmy holds a show showcase at the baseball academy. hits last marilyn league appearance with the angels in 2016 didn't go well. >>> sharks in colorado. this is funny. uncle, i've been kidnapped. that is great. no score in the second. gabrielle on the receiving end. 1-0. i like these two guys in the beginning. tiesen jones beats -- i've been kidnapped. mark edward to joel, watch the replay. they first disallowed this but then realized it went off the camera inside the net. that was a good goal. so that cut the lead in maf. 2-1 in the third. look at the incredible safe. the puck on martin jones's back. get it out tlf. but the sharks los

corporal summer galer/concord police department: "we did make an arrest in this case at an address in pittsburg> investigators are not talking about a motive for the deadly stabbing. however several sources tell kron4 that a dispute between two people involved in the private sale of a vehicle preceeded the incident...this is concord's first homicide of 2018. the city had a total a five homicides last year...in concord haaziq madyun kron4news coming up at eight.. a busy north bay cafeteria shut down... over the discovery of rats. two cars sent crashing into an east bay home... why east bay police say this deadly collision was avoidable.. and next. cinemark begins its crackdown on big bags.. what movie- goers are saying about the theater chains new rules. i'm kron 4 meteorologist lawrence karnow coming up, i will take a look at your 7 day forecast.details are right after the break. (pam) the cinemark theater chain is now banning movie goers from bringing ce

starting to see a few slowdowns as you head along highway 4 out of antioch and through pittsburg. but no reports of any accidents or stalls. your cruising speed around 45 miles per hour. here's the eastshore freeway and this is right near mcbryde. we are tracking an accident involving a motorcycle and another car. it's not blocking any lanes and you can see it's not slowing anyone down. where we are starting to see a lot of slowdowns is along richmond parkway for folks making their way between 80 and 580. again, no reports of any accidents along that stretch. we are tracking a bit of a backup over the bay bridge toll plaza. the backup is starting earlier and earlier. green in the travel times but they are climbing so give yourself some extra time heading there. san mateo bridge everyone own their best driving behavior this morning. taillights out of hayward to foster city. about 13 minutes. looking okay. hat's a check of your traffic; over to you. >>> a big storm is coming. right now, we are looking okay just a little cool but i want to show you where it is so it's getting closer

today, 76. 72 in san leandro. 73 the high in pittsburg today.g again tonight. >>> the san mateo bridge, you'll see brake lights across the flat section headed towards the high-rise. a slow and go drive from the toll plaza up towards foster city. about a 23-minute drive. we'll check the richmond-san rafael bridge. that's the right lanes slowing. those are the fastrak lanes. you can tell we're backed up there. we have this new accident. this one is westbound 4 near harbor. it's a motorcycle down blocking the left lane. sk very slow traffic from the antioch side of things towards concord westbound on 4 and a new accident in walnut creek. remember we had that northbound 680 accident. now we do have one in the southbound direction. we'll check on that coming up. >>> sue, thank you. >>> 6:52 now. officials at the university of california are hiring an outside consultant to review a confrontation that happened between a protester and uc berkeley police. a crowd of demonstrators marched on campus yesterday demanding that charges be dropped against 51-ye