kron four's rob fladeboe was there today.and has the story of one man's close encounters. back marine biologist and shark enthusiast giancarlo thomae shot that video on wednesday right out there just north of the cement ship. >> giancarlo thomae : it is pretty nearly i'm not going to lie. i was just hoping my camera did not get >> reporter :described as juvenile great white sharks, most of them about ten feet long. he showed >> giancarlo thomae : still thomae says lifeguards are doing the right thing by posting warnings and advising people not to venture too far out into the water, which he says is unusually warm and may be why the young great whites are here. >> giancarlo thomae : thomae >> reporter : says he's spotted the sharks as close as 20 yards from shore but unlike what's been happening on the east coast, these sharks have so aggression. >> giancarlo thomae : no we just have great whites, like the one on thomae's tee shirt. what's it like >> reporter :seeing one, even a small one, up close like this??? >> giancarlo thomae : it is exhilarating and then at the end of

rob fladeboe kron 4 news.harged with a murder as he hit her body inside of a dumpster. >> reporter: they say that this boy was a role model for young children in the area. they're also seeing a plane together and no altercation that anything that could have happened. dan kerman, kron4 news >> reporter: this is what the lookalike on first thing tuesday morning one hour before water world even opened. eager to call off and find some relief. i also saw people celebrating their birth date and they said, why not. you can combine both, call off and have fun with their family and friends. >> reporter: what started out as a typical test drive and an alleged kidnapping as a salesman runs for his life. chris >> reach down here, and ran for his life. >> this is a really bold move on his part. i'm really glad that we were able to get this guy in custody. >> diane: it will be a scorcher tomorrow specially in these areas with the upper 100 separate will be hotter tomorrow than it was today. 102 for livermore 1034 plaza tent

in >> reporter: san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >> reporter: due to be booked on murder charges on former girlfriend. >> reporter: forensic pathologist determined that his dad was a homicide as a result of an abuse. >> diane: would not have much change for tomorrow's temperatures goal. even the hot spot cities like brett would will be much lower at about 10 degrees floor. temperatures in the upper 60's and 70's at that. so we are keeping things cool. >> diane: patchy f o g and well below seasonal temperatures for this time of year. >> diane: scattered a drizzle and patchy f o g r wrongful coastal regions. >> diane: 7 day forecast. jumping up 1 to 2 degrees by saturday. you will feel the warming trend monday and tuesday of next week when we start reaching high 80s to 90 degree temperatures. >> catherine:donald trump's presidential campaign is headed to the u-s/mexico border. >> catherine: where he's expected to expand his controversial comments on illegal immigration. >> catherine: he'll travel to laredo texas tomorrow for a tour with us border agents. >> catherine: right now - trum

kron 4's rob fladeboe reports on the teen's first appearance in court. > >rob:handcuffed and downcast, the appearance in court of adrian gonzalez, the 15-year-old accused of murdering an 8-year- old girl, evoked feelings of sadness and disbelief. among those in courtroom was former classmate katie carole. >>:i was not expected back in what i would see but you do not think of someone the same way after suddenly this happens > >rob :something so heinous would be the alleged kidnapping and murder of 8-year-old maddy middleton whom sources say was raped and strangled by her friend adrian gonzalez, who police say lured her to his apartment here at the tannery arts complex before hiding her body in a dumpster. like so many others, katie carole was shocked when she found out. gonzalez is charged with murder, rape, kidnapping and a special circumstance of lying in wait. district attorney jeff rosell says justice demanded he be tried as an adult. public defender larry biggam says gonzalez deserves a fair trial. katie carole simply can't believe it's happening to the kid she and so many others

burning terret moderate frontage road south of gilroy creek rob fladeboe is joining us right now. >>orter: grant? i am just south at 125 between gilroy and hollister to rid commuters heading south will be able to see the smoke. sis is it private cattle ranch. just south of gilroy 40 a. bernie east to west and i am actually downwind. we are not sure if any homes are in the area. cal fire is using a lot of resources and have full strike teams. all broke out about 3 per your soul. there are some low areas. so far from what i can seek hellfire getting a ring around this bank. -- around this thing. >> reporter: >> gary: is it wendy there or just talk? >> reporter:is it windy or just hot? >> reporter: both! probably about 20 the 25 mi. per hour here to it which is why hellfire hennessy spotting with embers of the fire being blown down and starting smaller fires ahead of the main fire. >> reporter: >> grant: the he is the factor the wind is the factor which is probably what they're using some and resources. >> reporter: it is in french. so it could be a ranch house one or two and outbuildin

kron 4's rob fladeboe joins us live from santa cruz with the never"left chinos or she can and can't bee she's supposed to be king over here in the house last saw of her on surveillance." >> pam: latest on the search. rob? >> reporter: good news here from police headquarters where regatta update an hour ago so far to fall play is not suspected evidence of a kidnapping or abduction here so far this is the official missing persons case began as you said 24 hours ago outside the apartment on river street sent a crew is the cattery arts apartment complex where young maggie middleton was last seen 530 sunday evening everybody in town looking for her ever since even now as you can see here in the video police stopping cars cautioning people arriving and leaving at that apartment complex their 1030 reverse street this is the cannery arts center on every street please handle fliers s many when a man seen many please provide information also up and take another gentlemen curries scattered describe themselves as a family friend very close acquainted him you just heard from and how out kirby and a

kron four's rob fladeboe reports now. on the first court appearance by the young suspect accused in the crime. his hands cuffed to his ankles, adrian gonzalez shuffled into a packed courtroom early thursday. wearing the standard issue green and khaki juvenile hall garb gonzales appeared downcast as was arraigned on six felony counts including murder, kidnapping and rape in connection with the slaying of 8-year-old maddy middleton. the county district attorney "says the the case as we know them basically demand we philae's charges as an adult. >> reporter:prosecutors refused to discuss friend and neighbor, 8-year- old apartment, where he allegedly raped and strangled her and hid was discovered by police after "sure the minor like every citizen accused receives a fair trial. >> reporter: no formal plea, responding with asked whether he would wave his his order back in court a kron 4 plea. >> grant: wildfires.burning up and down we'll focus in on two near us. the lake berressa fire.which has been burning since last wednesday

on his visit to assess the impact of the drought, kron four's rob fladeboe shows you how the water ining lower and farther away. every day. >> reporter: if you want to take a dip in lake tahoe you'll have to walk a ways because the water is just ankle deep for hundreds of yards. >> : there is only a few ball ran center opened >> reporter: the tahoe conservancy's patrick farther away every day. >> : even as we speak the lake is trying-drying>> patrick wright/lake tahoe conservancy: most of the big boat docks around the lake are indeed high and dry and the exposed lake bottom is a stark reminder of the relentless drought which is of course impacting lake dependent commerce. >> matthew nolasco/south lake taho standup paddle: in most years you can see a few snow- capped peaks around the lake, not this year. on the up side, the lack of rain and runoff has made for the best water clarity in more than a decade. and longest>> patrick wright/lake tahoe conservancy: as the summer wears on, the water level could drop another two feet by fall. the stark reality of the drought's impact is not lost

. >> pam: new at eight, in the first of a 2-part report, kron four's rob fladeboe shows you how the drought. and now the weather. are increasing fire danger in the high and dry sierra. >> pam: rob? >> reporter:july is bringing some rain to the south lake tahoe area. i drove through a down pour here in meyers and there was a bit of hail too. >> reporter:welcome as it is, the rain means thunderstorms and lightning and that means an already elevated fire risk just got higher. >>brice bennett/calfire -- the rain comes through so quickly with this lightning. we are getting dry lightning strikes as well. the drought has reduced the >> reporter: american river here along highway 50 to a trickle in places and while the trees may look lush and green, the lack of water has hurt their natural resistance to fire. >> rita mustatia/u.s. forest service -- trees need water to survive. when there are company they become stressed. --competing >> reporter:what's more bark beetles are killing thousands of trees like this one at calfire headquarters in camino, trees that are quite literally standing firewood. t

kron four's rob fladeboe was there.and has the story of one man's close encounter. > > rob : >>:right here is where i saw that sharks > > rob : that the you just saw was taken by the man who saw the sharks >>:i started getting it on video and then about five seconds into the video the shark changes course and comes right after me > > rob : if the sharks were described as juvenile great wall--whites >>:it was pretty scary am not going to lie but i was more worried that would get my camera what because salt water and electronics to not next > > rob : the salt water levels are higher than normal and that may be why the great whites are hanging around more than usual >>:we are getting a lot more exotic species here in the bay them usually see > rob : he says he spotted the sharks less than 20 ft. from shore, but the sharks have not shown much aggression >>:bull sharks tend to be much more aggressive than great whites but fortunately we do not have them in this area we'll have great white sharks > > rob : was it like seeing a sharp like that even of close? >>:you just feel humble than amaz

kron 4's rob fladeboe is live in san jose tonight. rob we understand two suspects are still on the loose? >>rob fladaboe: one suspect is in custody this is a big fear mom us with so that it is one of the largest in the history of the santa clara county a marijuana eradication program it is located right up there somewhere 760 a. this garden i am telling it as an unincorporated area just east of the park he is fit into the park with a look in some video this to the scene about 1030 this morning here in the parking lot at the north entrance to the park at the end of the penitentiary creek road wave this time some of the police joined this manhunt such an for the three suspects eventually they took one suspect into custody the deputies said they found a couple of loaded semi- automatic handguns at the mayor monocyte growth does go to the ariels and the first in will see is a scene setter. >>rob fladaboe: 1 see a couple of heavily armed and camouflage raiders here that one of those suspects into custody the other two escaped of course as y

to turn on a camera on and off spirit police admit that it is and work and progress in san jose rob fladeboe: in dublin there is a new policy to help side heat exhaustion for canine officers. when it gets too hot and the vehicles powered by sometimes the system fails and the up and tragedy. reporting in dublin police the greek kron 4 news >> reporter: california's drought is providing extra emanation to take a banish of the recycle water policies. >> they are filling up with a free recycle water. no cost to them for residents that are in our service area here in central san print they can come as many times of the day monday to saturday and fill up as much as 3 gal. of water. >> catherine: happening today scientists are getting there really close look of pluto. they are beginning to release some stunning photos to rid this one of the ic to reign of the doors planet including a mountain range as high as the rockies. to the scientist, a great surprise there are no impact craters. >> catherine: some of the photos also show big moon sharon which has deep canyons more falls are expected to be rel

kron four's rob fladeboe breaks them down and explains how the drought, as expected is putting it's stamp reporter: fires across california has increased 20 a., 20 percent cut this time year ago in actual number of acres burned has decreased dramatically cal fire says there's been 1000 on a more fires so far this year than an average year a and you can guess why. the july 18th and then 18,074 last. year just 2600 on fireboat a 567 like acres burned and the drop and acres burned more resources made available by the declaration of a drought emergency. "research is access the full potential starting much earlier in the spring than normal. most >> reporter: afire seven relatively small and contained. the weather is helping. "the storm system is going to moderate fire behavior even after this fire started. >> reporter: 20 fire season to go out sept. oct. normally the peak of fire season here in the bay area and before it's all over, fire expect both members a number of fires number of acres burned will increase dramatically. >> reporter: 00 lot of relief with this wind speed right now dealing

in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news dramatic new images of worsening california's drought. water released newthe video shows folsom oroville and shasta reservoirs earlier this week. new images show el niÑo building up strength >> grant: a submersion of water exposed and bone and dry. what all the bridges see right there water normally would be these banks would be covered in muck it those boats just all kind of cold and the middle right there start video showing sent to say it 90 percent chance of a strong on the new winter which will hopefully bring drenching rain and unfortunately it does not always equate to reign as in see him badly this year " the whole video kron-4-dot-com additional images compelling. >> grant: visual show how desperate things are. 46 percent nearly half the state is in the darkest read exceptional drought categories listed areas not in the severe category i get are drug coverage continues online kron-4-dot-com tips on how to conserve water at home also the rise of job training for water wasters looks at which pay various cities sitting the most wate