refugees from richmond. forhtening northern press the support indicates the case that the regime was oppressive. there were southerners yearning to be white southerners. message filled with northern morale. prisoners often attest to the fact they had been aided by southern blacks in their plight. the positive image of african-americans best. effortsrground's undermined confederate morale. if mr. maddox seats of these richmond unionist were two things you cannot make up if you tried. the escape of 109 union officers from prison, the heart of the confederacy, the hard the confederate capital the dug a tunnel underground. they helped many make their way to safety in the north. the second of the most amount of contribution was the re-burial on it unionist soil of slain union kernel all right -- ulrich. the confederate press is only where of these incidents and called them the libby prison escape. the great escape the great resurrection. a fascinating story. it is a failure. killing confederate suggesting that hi

white richmond earth railed against the appointment of a female spy to be postmaster of richmond. but no one charged her with craziness yet. in her eight years in office as postmaster of richmond, van lew by her own account tried to project a public fairness of fairness and efficiency. -- image of fairness and efficiency. she was friendly to the goodman across the political spectrum. and she also bravely and with great pride adopted the mantle of truth teller on the subject of race relations in richmond. she wrote letters as postmaster to the northern press , revealing the repressive treatment of african-americans in richmond by confederate trying to convey the facts as they really are. this racist prescription that fell upon free people. neither the white republicans, whom she sought to represent, nor the white democrats, former confederates in richmond whose policies she opposed, were willing to concede van lew's competence and rationality. only the cities african- americans were willing to honor her. she made the unprecedented move of hiring african-americans to work in the pos

government in the city of richmond." a remarkable thing for 19th-century man to say about a 19th century woman. van lew could not vote. she did not have basic rights of citizenship. on the outs in the confederacy, but she represented nothing less than the power of the u.s. government in the estimation of this intelligence chief. turn to why she was not caught. all of this begs the question -- how did she get away with it all. madness, the fact that she went around town dressed in of a drive old way, mumbling to herself, gave her a kind of impunity. but it's just not so. van lew's agents were literally traveling to and from her house with dispatches and orders and the van lew family was vulnerable to exposure. and indeed a moment of reckoning comes in 1864 when, evidently acting on a tip, the confederate authorities launch a formal investigation into the van lews. under theill be microscope, elizabeth and her mother eliza. the confederates seek to build a case by getting inside her social circle. they want to find someone

richmond. and to this day as a pariah in others. so today, i'm going to start by briefly sketching the van lew myth, the legends of her that has been sort of handed down over the years. then i'll focus on offering my corrective to that myth. and then i'll close with some observations about van lew's historical significance and her significance for our field of civil war studies. so the legend first. the principal features of the van lew legend are as follows -- van lew was so the story goes a rare white southern abolitionist whose anti-slavery sentiments can be traced to her northern parentage and her education in philadelphia. motivated by her opposition to slavery, van lew headed up the union spy ring in the confederate capital that aided prisoners there, federal prisoners, and she had again according to the myth almost unfettered access to these union soldiers in confederate prisons. although her northern sympathies were well-known to many confederate richmonders, so the story goes, van lew

we think he is in richmond still. sightings of an entire core of confederates marching across the maryland countryside reached grant and he thought there was another failure in intelligence. he got troops to washington to defend the capital. goes out to fort stevens to watch the confederates on the field and he came under fire. and granted back realizes, i have to do something about this. it cannot happen again. he brings sharp to his headquarters. and he has sharp in the process of being his intelligence officer. did, thee things they bmi had a branch offices in the valley and north carolina and other union commands. they were getting information from all over. they also had scouts placed along the railroads running north out of richmond, poking with the shenandoah valley. was a guy scouts named isaac silver, the old man. he lived in spotsylvania. unionists some other in the area, he tirelessly moderated confederates applied trains. his activities were phenomenal. usually there were confederates in the area. they nev

the only warning right here for the city of richmond. i've seen numerous video showing these tornadoes and they're big. these are not small tornadoes. thesere big around the richmond area. a lot of dama. all because of theemnts of florence. you see the little bands here and you see anotherne here. i want to you think about that. most of thetively moving out.av we it along the blue ridge. that's an area i'm really concerned about. a couple of thunderstorms. 7:00 a.m., some showeactivity. most of us on the dry side. tomorrow around noon. we see the showers redevelop. >> we could have another strong storm or tw the threat is not as high as what we've got out there today. so the forecast,ee degrees. maybe a couple rumbles of thunder.ot we have seen much of it. it goes away for the weekend. sunday, monday, psibly into tuesday as well. the temperatures cool as we head into the first full week of any war nings that are issued by the national weather service when we first bring them to you in the storm center. >> all right. we'll get back to you

i know as a mayor of richmond with my kids in the richmond we put school, resource officers in to trykeep schools safe. so there is no one-size-fits-all strategy. but the area that is so critically important was the most painful day of my life in 2007 at virginia tech. a deranged young man who was mentally ill but whose high school teamers and counselors and parents knew how to help him succeed with medication and treatment, walked onto a campus where nobody knew anything about him. his mental health declined. he was adjudicated mentally ill and dangerous, thus it was illegal for him to have a weapon. but because of weaknesses in the background check system, he was able to buy a weapon he was prohibited from having, and 32 beautiful people lost their lives. many were injured and these families suffer to this day. the painful lesson i learned that day through that loss is, hey. there's a solution. if there's universal background checks where every time a gun is bought or transferred, the person doing it has to make sure that the recipient isn't prohibited from having a weapon, we can r

this is why i say the richmond is a great place for families.re is a treasure in our neighborhood. it has been around for a very long time. is one of our two neighborhood theatres that we have here. i moved here when i was 1959 when i was two years old. we would always go here. i love these neighborhood theatres. it is one of the places that has not only a landmark in the richmond district, but also in san francisco. small theatres showing one or two films. a unique -- they are unique also to the neighborhood and san francisco. >> where we are today is the heart of the richmond district. with what is unique is that it is also small businesses. there is a different retail here it is mom and pop opening up businesses. and providing for the neighborhood. this is what we love about the streets. the cora door starts on clement street and goes all the way down to the end of clement where you will see small businesses even towards 32nd. at the core of it is right here between here and 20 -- tenth avenue. when we see this variety of stores offered here,

richmond.e preserved some statues and put up some new statues to recognize heroes whose voices and stories had never been told. when we had to take down bridges that were obsolete that were named after civil war generals, when we put the bridges back up, we named them after civil rights heroes. one of the reasons we did is there were so many other buildings and squares and streets in virginia named after some of the same civil war heroes, but people who battle for civil rights and equality, their stories were told. what i learned when i was mayor and i continued to do as governor when we inaugurated the civil rights statue on the capitol grounds in virginia, what i basically believe is you need to listen to your community and you need to make sure you are telling the full story, not just a part of the story. when monument avenue in richmond was only civil war generals, four years is not the only important thing about richmond. we put up a statute of richmond hero, athlete, scholar, civil rights

sadly, when i was elected first to the richmond city council, richmond had the second highest homicidein the united states. tough, tough situation. over the course of my time in office we were able to bring down violent crime and homicide by more than 50%. when i was governor we achieved a recognition that virginia hadn't achieved for a very long time, if ever. we got virginia into one of the 10 safest states in the country. now, we didn't do it by cracking down on immigrants generally. instead what we did is we focused our attention on the bad guys. if there's a general crackdown on immigrants a generally and you get your law enforcement to start to focus on people's immigration status rather than if they are rapists or murderers or arsonists, you can dilute your effort to battle crime. that's why the head of my state police when i was governor said don't make us don't be immigration law enforcers. let us fight against the crimes of the kind that you just mentioned. these ms13 members perpetrated. we should always go after bad guys. bad men and women. we should have tough law enforcem

he embodies the stirrist one richmond, where we're inclusive and take care of the richmond and shop and eat locally. tony is a great supporter of community events and when i'm with him, i'm impressed with all that know him. he seems to know almost everyone in the richmond district and volunteers his time at the richmond senior center, occasionally serving up the buffalo dinner celebrating his native-american roots, too. it is people like tony that are the backbones of our neighborhoods and our community. they bring us together, celebrate who we are, and give of themselves every day to serve others. i am honored to recognize our latinx leader of the richmond district, mr. tony ortiz. [cheers and applause] >> it's an honor to be here today. thank you very much for being honored here, supervisor fewer. i just -- it was great to have the drumming earlier. it actually was an opportunity for me to really get centered. i appreciate my ancestors. if it wasn't for my ancestors, i would not be here today. my journey began when my grandmothe grandmothe grandmother, cecelia, came here from new mexi

we're tracking a tornado down near richmond. >> there five warnings around the richmond area. and just south o fredericksburg. what we're saying is when we're putting on our storm track right now, it is another way to see what's happening. is there any rotation. we're getting some early indication of rotation. we might see another one issued just south of fredericksburg. and that would be again the next tornado warning potential will you in our area. >> and they just canceled the warninun for charles . and we're not seeing that anymore. we're not seeing the rotation i anymore whi why we're thinking, maybe it will be canceled. >> a the severe thunderstorm moved out of the area. out of where the warning wasle ch county. and you can see we're seeing it build to the west. so it is going to be an absolute nightmare with. the tornado watch in effect for the 95orridor from our area through richmond. and these storms that have a history of producing known tornadoes are moving up into our area so we're requesting to track it again. most of the area is under a p.m. until 10:00 we're goi

richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 bay...oakland's colesium station last april.( darya ) the video shows a lot of teens jumping the fare gates... kron 4's maureen kelly talked to one of the victims who was aten and robbed that night. these surveillance cameras show the scene as about 40 young people came streaming into the colesiumstation that night back in april 2017....jumping the fare gates or pushing thru the emergency gates.another angle shows they stream past the overwhelmed station agent who called for assistance..shortly after this video....the mob gets on board a train with rusty stapp, his wife and 18 year old daugther.... he says that's when three males reached for his phone.three of them jumped on top of me, two of them were swinging at me one of them was kicking at me. i released my phone and at that point they got off of me, they went on down the car, rob and a few other people bart is now saying that two juveniles and one 18 year old were arrested. the 18 year old copped a plea and did one year in jail.stapp ha

richmond: mr. speaker, it is essential that the men and women of the department of homeland security have reliable and effective communications equipment in the field. unfortunately, in recent years u.s. customs and border protection has been unable to achieve and maintain baseline communications capabilities. with devices exhibiting a range f issues from system incompatibility to outright inoperability. for remote areas of the border, particularly along the u.s.-canadian border, such issues give rise to troubling operational and offenser safety challenges n response, h.r. 6742 directs the secretary of homeland security to ensure that c.b.p. agents and officers are equipped with secure radio technologies that are interoperable regardless of whether used along the border. additionally, it authorizes the secretary to evaluate new and emerging communications technologies to determine their suitability for use along the border. on a related note, a recent positive development came this summer when c.b.

richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( james ) coming up ...ind a naked man in her bedroom. ♪ well well well, what have we here? a magical place... that's lookin' to get scared! with bats...and ghouls... and cars in disguise. i've cast quite a spell now... you won't believe your eyes! (laughter) the spell is cast. halloween time is back with spook-tacular experiences in disneyland and disney california adventure parks! (laughter) (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) a drop in temperatures can be expected for inland areas today as highs fall in some cased out of the low 90's and back into the upper 80's. along the coast in the meantime conditions will remain for the most part unchanged as highs will range from the 60's to 70's under partly cloudy skies in the morning and increasingly clear conditions into the afternoon. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( darya )a california neighborhood is shaken... after a naked man sneaks into a teenage girl's room. t

eight undocumented immigrants were released from the richmond facility in the last week. that includes hugo aguilar who says he is greatful to be back with his family. and now that he is out he says he wants to do more to help other undocumented immigrants.

richmond bridge drive less than 20 toll to 101 toll to 101min from the less than 20 bridge drive richmondanother night when you get to ghost your family to watch tv: this is how we did it in the old days: what's on tv tonight mom? well kids.. let's check the tv guide (or somebody would get up and turn the dial through all four channels): tonight it's the ravens versus the bengals. sunday it's the 49ers versus the lions at levis.. and the raiders playing the broncos.. good thing that game's in denver because the coleseum stinks.. and it's not all the raiders fault.. while they were stinkin up the field against the rams on monday night.. a skunk got in to the lockerroom.. gruden says he didn't see it but he sure smelled it and they haven't caught it yet. the coleseum may stink but the a's sure don't.. they're smelling more and more like winners.. they're now 1 game behind the yankees for the top wild card spot. cuz they won and the yankees lost.. oakland pummeled the baldimore orioles 10 to nothing.. 10 runs in one inning.. that's more hits than the giants have had in their last five games.

>> sadly, when i was elected to the richmond the council, richmond had the second highest rate in the united states. in my time in office, we were able to bring down by the crime by more than 50%. when i was governor, we achieved -- we got virginia into one of the safest states in the country. we did not do it by cracking down on immigrants generally. we focused our attention on the back guys. one of the challenges is if there is a general crackdown on immigrants and you get your law enforcement to start to focus on those with immigration status rather than whether they are rapists or arsonists, you can dilute your effort. when i was governor, the chief of police said let us fight against the crimes of the time that you just mentioned that they perpetrated. we should always go after bad uys. we should have tough law enforcement against them. if we wage a war against immigrants generally, we will not reduce crime. we will make our cities less safe. >> stuart martin is studying engineering and has a question about history. >> many of our historical monuments are being destroyed areas wh

it includes all of southern maryland, the heavy hijack of storms from richmond. some very heavy i rain some areas. i want to take you into this areaere around the university of maryland. they have an alert fg out about a tornado warning. there is to warning for the university of maryinnd. we're gea lot of calls on it. they're taking kids and putting them that interior rooms. that does not need to happen. it is a strong warning but no tornado warning. wre to the south. a tornadoch for areas in yellow. >> thank you. >>> to th flooding down south. water reaches the o rooff some homes in north carolina. >> you can see some major roads who go like rivers. and this is thecene playing out in so many communities. >> and chris shows us the damage of one. the damage is just about everyone. the guy down the street had a car turned around sideways against his front door. the storm s age did lot of damage to the main street down. as new bernries out from the storm, there's a guy asking, do ayou needthing? >> i've had about four or five people already. just trying to be a good

live in richmond, j.r.on 4 news. ( robin ) in santa clara.... police want to know if you recognize this individual. he is described as a person of interest, captured by a surveillance camera outside a home on white drive ... where a gun was stolen. the victim tells police, someone broke into his home last thursday afternoon.... and the thieves made off with a glock- 9 millimeter handgun and ammunition. ( robin )the homeowner suspects the burglars were a group of teenagers. police are worried the gun could be used to committ another crime ... and somone could get hurt. ( robin )a kidnapping hoax in fresno could end with the fake victim in jail. police say six detectives worked the case non-stop because of the violent nature and desire to get the supposed criminals

at a house on south 47th street in richmond west of 80.s and a big plume of black smoke were pouring out of that home. it took firefighters about 45 minutes to put it out along with the house, at least one suv parked in the driveway on fire. firefighters say the people who live there got out safely. >>> san jose police say they have made some big changes when it comes to diversifying their police force and solving crime. the department has created a new burglary suppression unit. after residents in the willow glen neighborhood began to see an increase in home break-ins and car thefts, residents there say they are under attack and they are fed up. so starting next month there will be a special task force of officers dedicated to solving and preventing burglaries. >> i'm of the belief that to put a dent into burglaries and robberies and other things, you have to be pro-active and take the criminal element off the street before they have an opportunity to commit crimes. >> residents can also expect to see more female officers on patrol. the c

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as a mayor of richmond, with my kids in the richmond goals, we put resource officers in to keep kids safe. area thatl you, the is so critically important was the painful lesson that i learned on the worst day of my life in april of 2007 at virginia tech. -- youngd young men , throughs mentally ill his tears and teachers knew how to help them succeed with medication. he was mentally ill and dangerous. to have aegal for him weapon but because of weaknesses in the background check system, he was able to buy a weapon he was prohibited from having. students, grad students, faculty lost their lives. many were injured. the painful lesson that i learned that day was that there is a solution. if there is universal background checks where the person who has to check to make sure that the recipient is not prohibited from having a weapon, we can reduce these crimes. will never eliminate crime. crimest is can we reduce and key people safer? if we are not willing to do something, shame on us. there are answers that would work. universal background checks are the ones that i think would do the most

police found a pool of blood in her richmond home. her body was found 10 days later in the trunk of her car in west sacramento. at that time... investigators didn't have a suspect. in 2008... they reopened the case. sherill lynn smothers was arrested in 2016. she'll be sentenced next week. ( darya ) in the east bay... we're now learning the details of a machete attack in fremont. a 28-year old man is now in custody. the attacked happened sunday night. the victim -- john mosley -- suffered traumatic injuries... he could lose sight in one eye. but is expected to survive. mosley's daughter says zekria joyaa attacked her father without warning. joyaa told police he does ánot remember the attack. joyaa is expected in court next week. ( darya ) san francisco police arrested a man in connection to a series of strong arm robberies in the portola district. police arrested 29-year-old michael crayton. police say crayton robbed 4 women. ( james ) we're learning more about the arrest of a 19- year-old accused of trying to rape a woman in menlo pa

a 24/7 richmond guy. you understand, we were talking earlier about military, social, economics all tied up in that particular spot. lots of ups and downs. maybe not one particular one but lots of back and forth. >> definitely. richmond, the last couple of years i have really studied the confederate war effort. the policies of the government. the impact on civilians. that's why i threw in the conscription act, it takes that political will to maintain and do what the confederacy did with mobilizing its resources. >> hi. i'm from the -- from long island. you mentioned and led to -- atlanta as a critical turning point. a more important one was right before the election. there are going to influence a lot of people voting three weeks later. >> that's a good point. cedar creek happens close to the election. it's a battle that helps protect that pennsylvania, washington, d.c. area. if that would've been a confederate victory that would've been terrible for union morale. it is important because of its timing and

it keeps happening on moyers road in richmond... and people who live there say the city is doing nothing to stop it. kron4's michelle kingston has the story. (mk)michelle kingston, mkingstonnews"that's right. neighbors here are fed up. they say it's happening 6 or 7 days a week here now and they're afraid someone is going to get hurt."hulan barnett, neighbor"violence. anger. that's what i hear. i call it terrorism."neighbors on moyers road are tired of looking at this ...leftover tire tracks from sideshows happening almost every night of the week.hulan barnett, neighbor"i see cars out of control when they're actually doing it. isee cars performing these circles like they are performing at stunt of some type."samuel khelifi, neighbor"people they come down here or they come up and they just see all these marks here and all the donunts and when i'm riding my bike you never know they could be going too fast they won't see you they won't stop and you could get run over."samuel and his friends ride their bikes on this busy road after scho

richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 bay...nnounced by the valley transportation authority ... following the discovery of a mistake by a subcontractor. v-t-a says hundreds of routers and switches were actually used parts when the specs called for new parts. the discovery was made back in june ... and only now made public. ( darya ) the parts are used in the system's communications network ... and must be replaced. the extension is now set to be ready by next fall. ( darya ) coming up on the kron 4 morning news... a bay area school is burglarized and now the district is asking the communtiy for help. (darya)(james) welcome back to the kron four morning news... lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic... plenty more sunshine to be expected today to begin the work week with daytime highs similar to yesterday's peaking in the 80

richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( james ) breaking news...onsin.. that's about six miles north of madison. atf is responding. ( darya ) new this morning... the man accused of killling iowa univeristy student mollie tibbetts has pleaded not guilty. tibbetts grew up in the east bay. cristhian rivera is facing first-degree murder charges. tibbetts disappeared after going for a jog in the town of brooklyn, iowa on july 18th. her body was later found in a cornfield... after rivera led authorities to the spot. he claims that he blacked out and doesn't remember what happened. rivera's trial has been scheduled for april of 20-19. ( james ) checking the markets this morning... winners and losers is next with our financial expert rob black. (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) no major hot spots. golden gate bridge drive time is 64 min from 37 to the toll plazabay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. . richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 after a clear but cool start to the day temperatures will noticeably boost into the af

richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101.0 in dublin ( james ) like most shopping districts in san francisco and the bay area... the retail landscape in union square is peppered with empty businesses. and filling those vacancies is the city's top priority. the question is what should go in those spaces? supervisor aaron peskin is proposing the first three floors in the union square area remain the union square business improvement district agrees. but they have one concern. ( james ) the district believes a healthy mix of retail, hotel, restaurant and office space will be best... saying that restricting office space on floors 2 and 3 might not be best. ( darya ) this morning... we're taking you to the national museum of american history in washington, d-c... to learn about a woman who paved the way for labor activists like cesar chavez.( james ) alex

if richmond falls a year into the war, what does that mean? does it mean the war is over? wounded,hnson getting yet. what if robert e lee decided to leave his army off into the wilderness instead of going to appomattox? lecture he said the quote so quickly i did not get the original source, it was a quote war and politics by other means. did i lose my credibility? [laughter] what if the first landing at sumpter had not worked. would be safer under the stars and stripes would be sitting that today. >> another question from beckett? >> i'm from chancellorsville. my question is about turning points within a turning point, i am thinking about where for want of a nail, the shoe is lost. is this something small that occurred that made it a turning point? >> that is a question that gets you scratching their chins. start tap dancing about time. >> high-heeled. >> i yield. >> i feel like we are looking at a huddle. credit, theve defective confederate artillery shells made in richmond that were used in gettysburg which exploded -- diffuses did not work city cannot explode on target

major hot spot eb 580 at the entrance to the richmond bridge.st week of fall. highs will range from the 60's and 70's along the coast to the 80's and 90's inland. skies will be clear and dry yet again today with just a touch of fog up and down the coast. ( james ) in the east bay... the oakland police department cracked down on a sideshow this weekend that led to a number of arrests and nearly a 100 vehicles being towed. take a look at this chopper video from c-h-p. you can see how massive this crowd was... two officers were assaulted while they arrested people. this all happened early sunday morning... at the 880 off ramp that funnels into the high street area. kron 4's ali reid has the details. put together a specific detail for the illegal side showboth spectators and participants were warned to dispersetowed about 85 vehiclesnumber of citations2 arrestsmatter of public safety2 officers assaulted880 off ramp that funnels into high street area between 1-30 and 5 sunday mornignconstruction in the area will begin soon, but councilman noelle gall

richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. toll to 101.min from the major hot spot in oakland eb 580 after 35th ave . injury accident blocking several lanes. take sb 880 instead. 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 ) a developing story we are following this morning... mandatory evacuations are in place as hundreds of firefighters work to contain the snell fire burning in napa county. it has now burned more than 24- hundred acres and at last update was only 20% contained. kron 4's gayle ong has the latest on the firefighting effort. over 12 hundred firefighters are on the frontlines fighting this fire tonight.the challenges today are getting access to remote locations. one paved road to the burn zone..is the only way in and out of the berryessa estates community..which is under mandatory evacuation orders for at least the third time in recent years..the snell fire broke out 2:3

right now we're looking at very light volumes on the richmond side of the richmond/san rafael bridge. toll plaza looking quite empty this morning. westbound 80, highway 4 to the maze, about 17 minutes. southbound 101 san francisco to sfo looking great fin the greenn about nine minutes. >>> brett kavanaugh and the bay area woman who accused him of sexual assault will both testify before the judiciary judiciary y on thursday, which means the vote for monday will be postponed. >> abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield live in palo alto with more. >> reporter: reggie, it's been quiet here, where she works. she's a professor at palo alto university. students and staff here have had knot comment. take a look at what a different scene it was at uc-berkeley where activists came together to show their support for her. they want everyone to know that they are ready to protest against brett kavanaugh and his nomination to the supreme court. >> we cannot allow someone who's a predator into our government. it's not safe, it's not fair and it's wrong. >> reporter: palo alto university christine blasey f

look at the jam here on the richmond side, cutting aross the richmond/san rafael bridge into the northan rafael side, jammed up, sounds like there's a crash just past the toll plaza what's holding up traffic right here. you see it on our maps as well, a lot of pronounced slowing coming off the east shores wi' the crash is not affecting the eastbound direction coming from the north bay, so we'll track that. we also see some slowing south 680 the second of two crashes at north main looks like they're making progress. the rest of the bay shows a smooth drive except for smack drive, now iddle tha crossing we saw the crews clear and i just saw another big jam as another set of flashing lights arrived over the shoulder. sounds like there's one more car they have toer cloo, the distraction slows west 92, consider west 84 the dumbarton bridge. back to you. >> we have breaking news out of the nation's capital. president trump's former campaign chairman paul manafort pleaded guilty reaching a deal with special counsel robert mueller with charges of money laundering and failing to register as a f

she was killed in her richmond apartment.arching, her 17-year-old killer was arrested tuesday night. >> we got to a point where an arrest could be made. it was an important milestone. you know, not a victory celebration. >> bittersweet. >> i'm glad there's a killer off the street but still upset of what happened to her. >> reporter: jock was one engaged to harley. since her death he worked with police to help catch the killer. the way she died, he says, is unforgivable. >> to stab somebody and set them on fire, there's no understanding to that. >> i'm just glad that the police did good work this time around and did their job very well. i commend them for that. >> reporter: for four years he criticized richmond police after his unarmed son was shot and killed by a richmond officer. surveillance video doesn't show the shooting but the officer claimed that richard pd perez tried to grab his gun and killed him. the officer who is no longer with the department was found justified in the shooting. the family thought he should be pr

if richmond falls a year into the war what does that mean? it doesn't mean the war is over, i don't think that. or joe johnson getting wounded. eah. decidedif robert e. lee to leave his army off -- lead his army off into the wilderness instead of going to appomattox. >> in scott's lecture he said his quote so quickly i didn't get the original source. it was a quote "war and politics by other means." did i just lose my credibility? [laughter] >> yes. >> so what if that had worked? wouldn't -- what if that first -- a at sumter had never been? we could wonder all we wanted to. would we be sitting here today? no, we'd probably be drinking bourbon like normal people on friday night. [laughter] >> doing both. >> john from chance legislatorsville, nine miles away. you said turning points within a turning point. i'm thinking of the old proverb, lost a nail the shoe was lost and so forth. if such a small event that occurred within a turning point that made it a turning point? >> that's a good question. geez. >> this is the sort of question that gets h

along the east bay shore, 76 in richmond.be 91 in san aramone to brentwood at 95. we'll be in the upper 40s and 50s tomorrow morning. look how hot it gets. 90s inland, 80s hang on for friday, and saturday and monday, i'm tracking the chance of rain. sue? >> love the change of seasons. let's take a look at b.a.r.t. experiencing a 20-minute delay due to police activity. that's in all directions. they are in recovery mode. hopefully next time we check back we'll see improvement there. there's your drive time from highway 4, hercules all the way into san francisco. that includes your bay bridge backup. metering lights were on at 5:20 this morning. you can see the carpoolers, as usual. necessity are just whizzing right on by without a delay. overall, we are seeing some slow traffic out of the central valley and westbound on highway 4. as a matter of fact, let's take a quick look at some of our drive times. just flipping to red, one hour westbound on 580 into dublin. just under 30 minutes. antioch into westbound 4. >>> "the chronic

. >>> a the city of richmond is getting complaints about new energy efficient lights. some people say they can't sleep. as kpix fives -- maritime but is calling for action. >> we are having some issues with that story. we want to bring it to you so hopefully we will get it fixed and turned around. >> in the meantime let's go to traffic and see what the roadways are looking like. >> we are seeing some brake lights this morning for drivers headed along 880. that is been a tough commute due to some ongoing roadwork. plus a crash in the same construction zone. it was southbound 880 at tennyson. it looks like they have cleared the activity but you can see we're tracking a lot of delays with yellow and red sensors lighting up the screen through hayward. you will be tapping the brakes and it is a 13 minute ride down to 84. we are tracking a crash involving a car versus a pedestrian. this is in the westbound direction on-ramp to 84. let's check with mary lee on the forecast. >>> we have been talking about how cool it has been. especially yesterday and all summer. check out the

richmond san rafael bridge.sonal averages. along the coast temperatures will be felt in the 50's and 60's with inland and bayside highs in the 70's. plenty more sunshine can be expected into the afternoon after a partly cloudy start to the morning. (robin) medical emergency on capitolcorridor delays systemwide. bay bridge .wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. toll to 101 ( darya ) the macy's men's store in union square is closing and the changes can already be seen. this is what the shoe department looked like yesterday. you can see the empty shelves. the macy's building was sold for 250 million dollars back in 2016. the five floors and basement of men's items are now being brought across the street to the main macy's building in union square. the men's store is gradually closing this week. the different floors will close at different times during the week. according to employees... a number of people who had worked at macy's for several years were given severance packages. ( james ) coming up... we'll

east bay shore, breezy, upper 60s around richmond and berkeley. to mid-70s. breezy inland too with upper 70s to low 80s. tonight, the cloud cover making deeper penetration. temperatures about the same. pretty good sleeping weather. accuweather seven day forecast. a little bit cooler tomorrow. sunday, monday, tuesday a lot like today. warmer weather wednesday and thursday. alexis? >>> okay. good morning, mike. solano county, a crash. a solo vehicle crash somehow. i car facing the wrong way. it is blocking the left lane. it has cleared from the board. we are just starting to thin out westbound 80, mason street. residual delays. bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights at 5:22 this morning. pretty early start for a friday. no major incidents if you are taking the commute into san francisco. overall, drive times looking good. santa rosa to petaluma, 14 minutes. westbound 580 castro valley to the maze, 13. 280/680 to highway 85, still in the green at 12 minutes. >>> new at 6:00, you have to look at this. the new self-driving motorcycle. yes, you heard th

richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( darya ) in the east bay...of driving under the influence and injuriing a 63-year-old. the arrest was caught on camera. police arrested a 25-year-old woman. they say she ran a red light... and crashed into another car. the woman in that car was hurt... but she's expected to recover. witnesses say they could smell alcohol coming from the woman who was arrested. ( darya ) over the labor day weekend... the c-h-p arrested more than 960 drivers for d-u-i across the state.. since friday night. officers say this year... 17 people have been killed on the roadways. ( james ) a sunyvale man drowned in a reservoir in stanislaus county. 26-year-old victor sagastume- menjivar was swimming yesterday afternoon with family members at the woodward reservor when he went missing. a sheriff's dive team found the man's body last night. he was not wearing a life vest. ( james ) the community has come together to support a berkeley girl who was the victim of a crime. 14-year-old kassiopeia o'melay was riding her bike home from school

about 14 miles west of richmond. chesterfield county. co investigate sex abuse allegations... involving catholic priests. (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) major hot spot in oakland sb13 at redwood. overturn crash blocks the left lane. 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. compared to yesterday temperatures this afternoon will peak just a few degrees warmer, in the 60's along the coast with temperatures nearing 80's for some inland areas. much like monday skies will begin primarily overcast with conditions gradually clearing into the afternoon eventually leading up to sunny skies to finish the day. into tomorrow highs will boost significantly as high pressure builds back into the region. morning... we will soon hear from the bay area professor who is accusing supreme court nominee judge brett kavanaugh of assaulting her. on monday... christine blasey ford will appear before a senate panel. kavanaugh will also testify about the assault allegations from dec

eight undocumented immigrants were released from the richmond facility in the last week.reatful to be back with his family. and now that he is out he says he wants to do more to help other undocumented immigrants. ( james ) with the cancellation of the contract in richmond... the closest ice dentention facility to the bay area is more than 100 miles away in yuba county. ( darya ) this week... the martinez city council will consider allowing pot shops to open. the council will look into a report that recommends the city allow two retail licenses. they will also discuss possible locations for the businesses. right now... the city is under a temporary moratorium on all commerical pot activities. that moratorium is set to expire november first. ( darya ) in sonoma county... a santa rosa police officer welcomed a new baby girl into his family... after respo