the city of pittsburg is joining that fight ... to let their police monitor a large scale freeway safety project.pittsburg// "pittsburg city council voted 5-0 in favor of their police department hosting a large scale security system across contra costa county freeways. there have been more than 100 shootings on bay area highways in the past two years. the growing violence has cal trans investing $3.5 million dollars to add more tools that will be installed along highways 4 and 80 that they hope will stop the violence.sot: dan mcelhinney, caltrans// "monday night pittsburg city council unanimously approved a partnership and their police department who already have a freeway system in natural fit for them to be the multimillion expansion project known security network. shot spotters, thanks lydia. we will with you through out the morning. (darya)new details about the off-duty richmond police officer who was arrested after a standoff.45-year-old sergeant philip sanchez was arrested and taken into custody after

at pittsburg city hall ... with the upcoming changes. nian, pittsburg// "pittsburg city council voted 5-0 in favor of their police department hosting a large scale security system across contra costa county freeways.there have been more than 100 shootings on bay area highways in the past two years. the growing violence has cal trans investing $3.5 million dollars to add more tools that will be installed along highways 4 and 80 that they hope will stop the violence.sot: dan mcelhinney, caltrans// "monday night pittsburg city council unanimously approved a partnership with caltrans and their police department who already have a freeway surveillance system in place. a natural fit for them to be the hub for the multimillion dollar expansion project known as the freeway security network. shot spotters, wireless cameras and microphones along with plate readers will be installed across both freeways. opposition to the initiative call it an invasion of privacy. sot: tracy rosenberg, oakland privacy// "well i think it's pretty clear there was a lo

. >>> the pittsburg city council approved a plan for a security system on two freeways. this is all in response to several freeway shootings. >> congratulations. [ applause ] >> reporter: the pittsburg city council unanimously approved the freeway security network. >> our citizens have been driving in fear along the highway. and so the safety of the motorists has actually been one of our highest prior toes. >> reporter: by late spring or early summer 2018 city and county officials say the freeway security network will be up and running in contra costa county. eight people have been killed. the system will be made up of cameras, shot spotter technology, and license plate readers. >> when shots are fired on the freeway, the shot spotter will turn the camera in the direction of the gunfire. and then shot spotter will send an alert to our task force commander. >> the task force is made up of the fbi and chp. the system will be installed on interstate 80 and highway 4 from richmond to hercules and all the way to antioch. pittsburg, san pablo, and richmond are participating in

(james) and the city of pittsburg is joining that fight. kron 4's lydia pantazes joins us live with the details. lydia. ( lydia )with an average of one car shooting per week on bay area freeways. pittsburg city council the council members just voted to let their police monitor a large scale freeway safety project. pittsburg city council voted 5-0 in favor of their police department hosting a large scale security system across contra costa county freeways. there have been more than 100 shootings on bay area highways in the past two years. the growing violence has cal trans investing $3.5 million dollars to add more tools that will be installed along highways 4 and hope will stop the violence. (james) thanks lydia. we will check back with you through out the morning. (darya) another big story we are following this morning... new details about the off-duty richmond police officer who was arrested after a standoff. 45-year-old sergeant philip sanchez was arrested and taken into custody after opening fire inside the four

tonight here at the pittsburg city council meeting officials believe they've taken a step toward stopping them. for over a decade video cameras have been hovering many of the city streets of the east bay. and that's precisely why the pittsburg police know that gang members have chosen to shoot at each other on the freeways. >> what we found is gang members will target other gang members and they will specifically follow them and wait until they get on the freeway then shoot at them. >> reporter: tonight officials say that will change. >> as a person, as a citizen, someone that lives and drives on interstate 80. i'm going to drive on that freeway a lot more on ease than i have been. >> reporter: the new freeway security measure project will run along highway 4th through pittsburgh an along interstate 80. it the read license plates of passing cars and listen to gunfire with special microphones. >> the shot spotters will activate the cameras and turn them in the direction of the gunfire. then an alert will go to our task force commander. he'll be able to log into that system through a smart

. >> the pittsburg city council will vote on whether or not to allow the police department to overseesecurity cameras. >> this is in response to the highway shootings. it will stretch from richmond to highway 4 in antioch. and includes the shot spotter gun fire detection system, several surveillance cameras and license plate readers. pittsburg police already have a center that monitors cameras. there have been 100 highway shootings. >>> police are looking for who is responsible for firing a flare gun at homes. rob malcolm shows us the surveillance video that recorded the incident. >> shooting a pumpkin off a porch at one thing but firing an incendiary device at someone's house could have lit the house on fire and people could have been badly hurt. >> reporter: gary's home is decorated for the holidays. and it seems not everyone is in the christmas spirit. san ramon police are looking for the suspect that fired on the homes with flare guns. >> heard a bang and got up to check it out and see what was going on. and the window was pretty much on fire. >> reporter: the house sustained mino

kron 4's ella sogomonian is live at pittsburg city hall.. ella what have they decided? 's a unanimous vote 5 - 0 in favor of the partnership between pittsburg pd and caltrans who is investing $3.5 million dollars to combat this growing violence on east bay highways. this money is going to pay for adding more technology along highways 4 and 80 where most of the more than 100 shootings in the past two years have taken place. tools like shot spotter, wireless cameras and microphones along with plate readers will be installed.but it's those same tools that worry opponents of the expansion project who say this will invade privacy commuters uninvolved in these violenct acts. sot: tracy rosenberg, oakland privacy// "well i think it's pretty clear there was a lot of vagueness about where all of this data is ending up. when you're dealing with mass bulk surveillance as i said at least 99% of the video collected here has nothing to do with crime. so question is who has access to it who is it being shared with and where is it ending up?"(( cont vo)) but the police chief points to

collaboration between the chp, caltrans, the contra costa district attorney's office and the city of pittsburg, which will act as the lead agency.sotwe all drive the highways and we want highway 4 and 80 to be safe. david biggs is the city manager in hercules, which sits at the cross roads of highway 4 and interstate 80. he says they have been spent years pushing to get the camera network installed and are thrilled it's about to become a reality.sotwe are glad caltrans and the state stepped forward to assist in the effort because it's all our duties to protect citizens. biggs is also encouraged to hear that the cameras that are already operational have been put to good use.sotthere's also anecdotal evidence that the cameras are working and it will be great when the full network is operative.caltrans has said it will take about 3 years to finish building out the entire camera network. (vicki) a brazen home invasion robbery in los gatos... a man assaulted... and his car and other valuables stolen. as kron four's rob fladeboe reports now, the hunt for the perpetrators led authorities to modesto.

. >> reporter: the pittsburg city council unanimously approved the idea of the freeway cameras and it'saned in that people in pittsburg like. >> it will stop criminals from doing bad things and shooting people. >> reporter: the city council unanimously approved the network aimed at providing officers realtime information as shootings occur. by late spring or early summer of next unique. the new system should be up and running in contra costa county. as you may remember, there have been dozens of shootings in the past few years. eight people have been killed. the system will be on interstate 80 and highway 4 from richmond to hercules and all the way to antioch. >> finally, we'll have tools to help the chp. this is about being a deterrent. we can't expect our law enforcement to be everywhere. but the cameras will allow the chp and other agencies to get a picture of what's going on as it occurs. >> reporter: pittsburg is hoping to integrate their system with all existing systems. the project received $3.5 million from the state to get started and supporters say they hope to get grants to k

the pittsburg police were asked to operate the network because they already have a center to monitor city >>> in san ramon, police are looking for who is responsible for firing a flare gun at homes. the surveillance video that recorded the incident. >> shooting a pumpkin off a porch at halloween is one thing. but firing an incindy device at -- incendiary device at someone's house is something else. >> reporter: many homes are decorated for the holidays but it seems not everyone is in the christmas spirit. san ramon police are looking for the suspects in this vehicle. >> heard a big bang in the front of the house. and got up to see what was going on. and the window was pretty much on fire. >> reporter: the house sustained minor damage. the vandals missed their mark he believes. >> we have a santa claus and i think that was the original target. >> gary's neighbor turned this video over to police. you can see a car believed to be a nissan centra drive by slowly. >> judging by what i saw next, looks like an old nissan sentra. and that's the kind of car that's easy to drive around in. >> it's

. >> reporter: pittsburg city council voted to approve the camera system. the camera security network is aimed at providing information in realtime as shootings occur. by late spring or early summer. city and county officials say the new system will be up and running on interstate 80 and highway 4 in contra costa county. there have been dozens of shootings in the past few years, and eight people have been killed. cameras, shot spotter technology, and license plate readers are part of the technology. >> it can turn the camera in the direction of the gunfire and then shot spotter will send an alert to the task force commander. >> reporter: the system will be installed on interstate 80 and highway 4 from richmond to hercules and all the way to antioch. they are all participating in the three year pilot program. the project received $3.5 million to get started and supporters will seek grant funding to keep the pilot project going. >> all right, thank you, christian for the update. >>> 20 suspicious fires all of them on interstate 680 in san jose during the past

most calling from outside califronia and even outside the country. ( darya )the city of pittsburg will vote on whether to approve the freeway security network project at tonight's city council meeting.pittsburg city council will be discussing the proposed freeway security network that they hope will decrease freeway shootings. the meeting will start at 7 p-m and it is open to the public ( james ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news... check your lotto tickets... there is a 40 million dollar winner in the east bay. find out where the ticket was sold. (james) a warning for future marijuana buyers... we'll tell you what experts want buyers to watch out for. ( james ) and an east bay church is the target of vandals and it is not the first time. we will show you more of the damage. ( dave ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast. slow on wb 80 from the maze for mild-to-moderate eczema? it can be used almost everywhere on almost everybody. the face of a fisherman? the hand of a ranch hand? the knee of a needle pointer? prescription eucrisa is a nose to toes eczema ointment. it blocks ov

. >>> the pittsburg city council has voted to install new freeway cameras to stop freeway shootings. they will be put in place along stretches of interstate 80 and highway 4. data will be collected from a system of shot spotters, cameras and license plate readers. several people are raising concerns about privacy. >> there was a lot of vagueness about where all of this data is ending up. when you're dealing with mass bulk surveillance as i stated 99% of the data that's being collected here at least has nothing to do with any crime. >> law enforcement will be allowed access to the system information on a need to know criminal investigation basis. >> caltrans is funding the project with $3.5 million over three years. >>> surveillance video shows the danger officers face while monitoring a sideshow in oakland. you see those lasers. they are pointing right at a chp helicopter that was assisting police during the sideshow saturday night. officers say more than one person shined those lasers at the chopper and at cars in the sideshow. of course, that can temporarily blind a pilot or a driv

(james)the city of pittsburg will vote on whether to approve the freeway security network project at onight's city council meeting.pittsburg city council will be discussing the proposed freeway security network that they hope will decrease freeway shootings. the meeting will start at 7 p-m and it is open to the public (james) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news... the power at the atlanta airport is back! we'll tell you what may have caused the outage .... (james) plus... and after the break... 5 years after the deadly shooting at sandy hook elementary school. find out what people in the bay area did to honor the victims ... (james) a warning for future marijuana buyers... we'll tell you what experts want buyers to watch out for. (dave) and i am tracking your bay area forecast. sunny and cool today with rain later ? we're back after the break. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. when my smile is bright, i feel ready to shine. some whitening toothpastes only remove surface stains, colgate optic white high impact white is different. it has hy

and the city of pittsburg has just voted to join that fight.he pittsburg city council voted 5-0 in favor of their police department hosting a large scale security system across contra costa county freeways. there have been more than 100 shootings on bay area highways in the past two years. cal-trans is now investing three-point-five million dollars to add more security tools to try to deter the shootings. people we spoke with say they don't mind the extra security as long as it keeps them safe. <"i think it's a good thing. you can never be too safe. i understand the cameras and people get freaked out when your privacy is at risk, but if it can help save lives i'm for it and all we can do is try it out and hope it works"> (vicki) the freeway security network will be installed along highways four and 80. shot spotters, wireless cameras and microphones along with plate readers will be installed across both freeways. (grant) next at 5:30... with just days to go until christmas... the government could shut down over a funding fight. we'll take a loo

. >>> this is what it looks like inside of the city of pittsburg surveillance headquarters. they will need mormon torse because the city counsel has unanimously voted to install freeway cameras to try to stop freeway shootings, katie utehs has the story. >> reporter: surveillance cameras will be installed along stretches of interstate 80 and 84 in be couldn't costa free ways. >> the city of pittsburg has had cameras on our streets since 2005. >> reporter: city council voted for pittsburg pd to be the hub for the county wide data collection. take a look inside, you can see the setup that's already in place for pittsburg's current program. the data collection will come from shot spotters, cameras and license plate readers. >> we will have eyes on the freeway basically in real time. >> i, too, have concerns about privacy. >> several people raised concerns about privacy. >> there was a lot of vagueness about where all of this data is ending up. when you're dealing with mass bulk surveillance, as i stated, 99% of the data that's being collected here at least has nothing to do with

we have all the news, traffic and weather to get you through the day. >>> we are live in pittsburg where the city council has just approved new cameras for the freeways, it's called the freeway security project, it's going to run along highway 40 threw pittsburg and along i-80 two richmond. the cameras can pan is zoom as they record traffic going by reading the license plates of passing cars and listening for gun fire with special microphones. police believe that gang members have been opting to shoot each other on the freeways because there are no cameras there. the cameras will be installed late spring or early summer as part of a pilot program. >> thank you, time for your final five. >> firefighters have been battling the raging thomas fire in southern california for three woaks, containment is at 53%, one thow structures have been destroyed. officials estimate it will be contained by january seventh. >> congressional republicans are poised to pass their tax overhaul bill. >> three people are dead after an amtrak train derailed in washington state. the train was making it's inaugural run. >> a

. >>> the streets a little bit safer in the city of pittsburg tonight. investigators say these eight people were part of the so called broad day klap gang. one of them was accused of the murder of robert moffett. >> i know everybody liked him in the community. >> the brazen nature of this crime shows the level of danger this gang entered into our community with no regard for public safety or life. >> officers also seized the weapons you see here. the investigation was going on for 16 months, it's not over yet. >>> a family is looking for answers after a hit and run driver killed their daughter a year and a half ago. a witness told police that a white suv slammed into her and then just kept going. today carly's father pleaded for the driver who killed his daughter to come forward. >> we would have thought or hoped their conscious had gotten the better of them by now and they would have taken responsibili responsibility. >> police have found only one witness. the holiday was busy with traffic. the family is now offering a reward. >>> a new strategy to deal

. >> reporter: raj, the city of pittsburg has had cameras long this stretch of highway 4 for a year and a half. and they say it's put the brakes on freeway shootings. tonight the city as you mentioned is poised to take t reins of camera project. >> you're looking at the camera control room where police monitor activity on the freeway around the clock. >> a crime occurs, within minutes we have officers researching city cameras. >> the city added freeway cameras and license plate readers along highway 417 months ago. police made 160 arrests and recovered 162 stolen cars since they've gone up. >> for us it has been a game changer. it is no doubt again an invaluable tool that we have at our disposal. >> now the plonlt is set to expand throughout the account. the chp says 40 shootings, including eight deaths have taken place on contra costa county freeways in the past two years. >> using technology to fight crime is the best we've got right now. >> drivers say they are hopeful cameras make the frooways safer. this woman says she is scared every time getting on the frooway after witness ago h

the city of pittsburg and contra costa d.a.'s office will install cameras today.ay shootings have taken place in contra costa county. it will cost $3.5 million. >>> oh, it's much cooler outside, up to 17 degrees cooler than this time yesterday. it touches just about all of our neighborhoods. inland to east bay where we're getting close to frosty levels in some neighborhoods and probably will get there as we have about two and a half hours of cooling left in the morning. 34 in danville. 35 in san ramone. 36 in pleasanton. 38 in livermore. 35 in walnut creek. 38 pleasant hill. even 30s, pittsburg, antioch and brentwood, upper 30s there. 40 in concord. that's the warm spot. a look from our east bay or emeryville camera. looking at the eastern side of the bay bridge. clean air today. we've got rid of the spare the air days after, what, eight consecutive ones. not a single day did we exceed unhealthy air standards. congratulations to you. roads, because you did that, will be dry today. wind gusts pick up tuesday evening in the north bay. we wake up wednesday morning, a

it's below zero for windchill for buffalo, binghamton, pittsburg, nine philadelphia and new york city the number continues to tumble going into the morning and daylight hours of sunday. satellite and radar all that snow, the clouds are long gone at this point. the arctic air avoids the area of clouds. hard to support a lot of cloud cover. that's the case through the day on tuesday. windchill tracker into the day on sunday, eight degrees or so for the next few hours, dropping to three degrees, winds 15 to 2. by lunchtime tomorrow, seven degrees. as we press into new year's eve, evening, bitter cold, windchill near zero 6:00 and midnight despite the air temperatures in the teens. if you know someone or you are planning to head to the poconos, windchill advisory sta startingt 6:00 through lunchtime for the ski resorts. windchills during the time period, 20-degrees below zero. we'll chat about all of this cold and also when it could or could not break in the seven-day forecast. >> let's hope for the best. we are not alone. people throughout the country are dealing with dangerously cold we

right now we have a 10 minute delay at the bay ferry and richmond dale city direction. and the pittsburgaypoint sfo direction, a 20 minute delay so plan accordingly. back to you. >>> the time is 4:52. san francisco is in mourning. mayor ed lee has died at the age of 65 early this morning. much more after this. morning, the city of san francisco is in shock after the death of mayor ed lee this morning. mayor lee died just after one this morning at zuckerberg san francisco general hospital. he was surrounded by family, friends, and colleagues. he's survived by his wife anita, and two daughters, brianna and tania. board of supervisors president london breed becomes acting mayor, effective immediately... we'll have reaction from those who knew him in just a few minutes. >> reporter: we are live at the scene of a massive fire in the oakland hills. we will have the latest, coming up. died... it's tuesday, december 12th. >>> we begin with breaking news. the san francisco mayor ed lee has died. it is tuesday, december 12th. i am michelle griego. >> and i am kenny choi. we got word he died after

the city of pittsburg and contra costa county d.a.' will talk about a freeway camera system today. the freeway camera system expected to cost $3.5 million. >>> a new high-speed ferry may be carrying passengers in marin, negotiating the purchase after vessel on the east coast. it can carry up to 400 passengers at a speed of 37 miles an hour. golden gate plans a major overhaul. >>> an nfl owner is selling his team after sexual harassment allegations. the people lining up to possibly buy the carolina panthers. >>> if you were hoping for apple air pods, you may be out of luck. >>> the for mild-to-moderate eczema? it can be used almost everywhere on almost everybody. the face of a fisherman? the hand of a ranch hand? the knee of a needle pointer? prescription eucrisa is a nose to toes eczema ointment. it blocks overactive pde4 enzymes within your skin. and it's steroid-free. do not use if you are allergic to eucrisa or its ingredients. allergic reactions may occur at or near the application site. the most common side effect is application s

the city of pittsburg put cameras and license plate readers up 17 months ago. they save made 160 arrests and recovered 162 stolen cars since the cameras went up. >> for us it has been a game changer. it's no doubt an invaluable tool at our disposal. >> tonight the city council votes on a resolution to lead the region's freeway security project. the california department of transportation has offered $3.5 million to fund it. drivers hope the cameras will put the brakes on freeway shootings once and for all. >> it will give us something to think about if they want to go to jail. the cameras are pretty good. >> reporter: we are back here live again. the city will be voting on a resolution tonight that will allow them to head up the program and expand the program across the county. they're hoping to start putting more cameras up along highway 4 and along highway 80 very soon. reporting live in contra costa county, jodi hernandez. >> we need help. thank you jodi. >>> as suspected san francisco's medical examiner made it official, mayor ed lee died from a heart attac

a brisk day tomorrow in santa clara, 58, union city 57, redwood city 58 degrees, pittsburg hitting 61n francisco 56, novato 58. tomorrow's high in cloverdale only 55 degrees, lakeport 51. after tomorrow morning's rainfall we will not see a pattern change other than slightly cooler and cloudier weather heading towards the christmas holiday. we will be mainly dry. there may be a few light rain showers in the far north bay. that will be it. it is time for our food for families bay area. this is a very big check, more than what you donated last year, $125,000. first off thank you and secondly, tell us about gilead's desire to help out the food bank on an annual basis. >> yes. so gilead has actually been partnering with the san francisco marin food bank 13 years. we believe so much in their mission and are proud to help them do what they can to make sure people don't go hungry, especially at this time of year. >> reporter: -- >> paul, this time of year is tough, but we hear the stories all the time about housing is so hard to obtain and expensive. there are folks in san francisco and marin

pittsburg police already have a center monitoring city cameras. more than 100 bay area highway shootings since 2015. >>> the family and friends of the late san francisco mayor ed lee are remembering him as a great man of integrity and humility. the memorial was inside the city's rotunda. the medical examiner's office has not released an official cause of death. former mayor willie brown was at the celebration of life. and mayor brown called mayor lee different in the best possible ways. he was diplomatic, friendly, and unflappable. >> held on any given day do what needed to be done to solve the problem and make it work. and i'm very pleased. >> the mayor told stories about mayor ed lee and his sense of humor. and he joked that mayor lee told terrible jokes and there wasn't a single line that was good. willie browned ad that he will always remember the goodness in mayor ed lee. >>> president trump could be days away from fulfilling a major campaign promise to overhaul u.s. tax laws. doug luzader is in washington talking about the vote this week. th

with the city of pittsburg in charge of it all. (robin) caltrans has said it will take about 3 years to finish building out the entire camera network. (robin)in other bay area news ... the berkeley police department is facing a major crisis: a staffing shortage. the department is suspending units, eliminating departments and desperately trying to keep officers on the force. hanging in a storage locker - are all the patrol bikes. the program got suspended in the fall. we asked the police chief andrew greenwood what does the staff shortage means for the community. <"some investigations in narcotics that are not going to get done? the answer is yes. are there some calls we are not going to go to yes. that is so we can focus our people on community safety while they are working on patrol.">(robin) the deparment is currently short 20 officers ... and