rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >> pam: in oakland. investigators are trying to determine the identity of the person, whose torso washed up a short earlier today. >> steve: it was found this out of the old eastern span of the bay bridge. if that is where kron4 is live tonight with more on this alarming discovery. dan? >> reporter: a grisly discovery wednesday just south of the old oestrus fan of the bay bridge, a worker having lunch and taking in the views discovers a partially closed torso on the rocks. >> torso looks like it has been on the rocks for several days. >> reporter: the corner and homicide investigators were dispatched to the scene, but early indication is there was no foul play involved, and they have been the result of a drowning, a boat accident or a suicide. >> there is always difficult to say in these cases but we will not rule out anything. >> reporter: the core of beliefs the torso is deck of a young man, but cannot specify the age because the torso is so decomposed. >> we will test the and a on the torso to see wha

. >> catherine: as kron four's rob fladeboe reports now -- stubblefield himself went before the cameras today to proclaim his innocence. >> these charges but again, are completely false spirit. >> wanted to hold a press conference and have the truth come out. >> reporter:at a news conference tuesday, dana stubblefield said he is 'completelyis planning a vigorous defense. >> reporter:stubblefield was arrested monday and booked into the county jail in connection with allegations he raped a woman in april of 2015 here at his home in morgan hill. his attorneys say the former football star is being targeted because he is wealthy. >>ken rosenfeld/stubblefield's attorney -- he is being of used because he is a wealthy man and we are not going to allow this to happen. >> reporter:stubblefield is accused of raping the unidentified 32-year-old woman who went tohome to interview for a job as a nanny. prosecutors say stubblefield is said to have passed a private polygraph exam, insisting the sex occurred, but was consensual asked for money. >>dana stubblefield -- i am not a perfect man but the accus

rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >> reporter: governor brown like to ask for funding to finish this earthquake awareness is from her at 16 million will be required to keep it going per year. no one knows where they will be able to get that funding from grid >> pam: we do not want to leave you tonight without a check on the weather! >> steve:we have the urologist--meterologist, brittney shipp... >> brittany: we will track a slight chance of rain showers for the weekend. as the weather will who down. 66 degrees and napa, 58 in livermore and 70 in san jose. some are mild temperatures as the concertgoers are taking any the beyonce concert tonight. most >> brittany: of the israel will see clear skies. --most of the area will see clear skies tonight. >> brittany: we will see more of it on shore drop between wednesday and friday. >> brittany: not quite as drastic if you are close to fairfield or antioch. >> brittany: bit cooler in pleasanton. 65 in santa rosa, as we go through the day tomorrow patrick pushing into the 70 and by 4:00 p.m., 89 degrees for portions of the bay area. but your officials hi

in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >> grant:after the wet winter and spring. you would think the fire danger this summer would be less. >> vicki:but think again. coming up. the new warning about why this year could be dangerous and difficult. >> grant:plus. a horrific attack caught on camera. as a little girl walking on a sidewalk is mauled by a pit-bull. we'll hear from the girl. and tell you how she was saved. next. >> vicki:and if this nice weather has you thinking about a trip to the beach. we have some video that might have you thinking twice about getting into the water. i don'or wonder whether i theshould seek treatment.c. i am ready. because today there's harvoni. a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. harvoni is proven to cure up to 99% of patients who've had no prior treatment. it transformed treatment as the first cure that's one pill, once a day for 12 weeks. certain patients can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. harvoni is a simple treatment regimen that's been prescribed to more than a quarter of a million

and the homes are rounded. -- around it. >> reporter:in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >> brittany: we have a chance to see if you bring showers moving in our later on friday. let's look outside to see an increase in cloudiness as we had a pretty nice warm up for part of the week. now we are back to average. >> brittany:with windy conditions. and that is the change of the environment. 56 and livermore, seven degrees in santa rosa and here is the land speed sustained at 24 mi. an fairfield. 28 and half moon bay. if you are closer to the coast is definitely a windy day today. >> brittany: 7:00 p.m., temperatures are still fairly mild for the inland locations. we will stay mainly in the '50s through out the rest of tonight. but take a look at in the clock .. start to drop down in the '60s into the mid '50s as we clear the 9:00 hour. >> brittany: it was still a little bit cooler because we have been so much warmer for the last few days. >> brittany: mainly to the north of our region should see a system that will bring this rainshowers into the weekend. we would take a closer look at wh

kron 4's rob fladeboe has what we do know about the mysterious san jose hero. linda and jessica pedregon/neighbor's home damaged by fire-- someone was walking all round at the right time. linda and jessica pedregon agree the man who stopped to help their neighbors-- you never know if this might happen to you. you know? >> reporter:escape a fire here on pala avenue is a hero. it was about 2;30 a.m., when a passer by, a man say firefighters, who posted this photo on twitter shortly after they arrived, stopped when he saw flames shooting through the roof. he then pounded on the door to to alert those inside, very likely saving their >> reporter:lives says san jose fire captain chris salcido. other neighbors agree. >>leticia franco/neighbor -- thank you for doing that because that could be my children as well. >> reporter:the four adults and two children who live here are cross. they too would no doubt like to thank the man 911. by the time she arrived the good samaritan was gone. >> 911 -- it is a good petit was able to get them out there. the roof collapsed. >> r

as kron4 is rob fladeboe reports now, this feature live today is in san jose creek was no exception. >> reporter: and downtown san jose, many supporters have been here since the dawn. did canada it was over an hour late what she got going the crowd was nonstop. (cheers & applause) >> we know a lot about donald trump. he works for himself and not for you creek he wants to put results for himself and he does not care who get hurt in the process. that is not the kind of person that should be president of the indicted states of america. we cannot let that happen! >> people say to me, you talk about troppo lot and i do and i tell you why it is dangerous and the spice of of what he says. what he is saying is harmful. to our future and our country. >> need to make sure that donald trump, this loose cannon never get close to the white house! (cheers & applause) >> reporter: addition to those attacks on donald trump she mentions a woman's white--a woman's right to choose, tighter gun control and immigration. rob fladeboe, kron 4 news. >> steve: we carried this event on our lives trying to rid

. >> pam:kron four's rob fladeboe was there. when the special fries returned to the mcdonalds on monterey road in san jose. >> reporter:judging from the way she was devouring her order, one would have to say that mary helen, among the first in line for the garlic fries, was, well, she was lovin' it. >>sot mary helen/customer i get off the bus to try them and told my friends to come down. >> reporter:this is one of four san jose mcdonalds that were chosentest out the garlic fries earlier this month, only to sell out in a few days. the response then and now has exceeded the company's expectations. >> reporter:the garlic fries, made with garlic grown and processed in gilroy, are made to order, hand- tossed, one batch at a time. paul sigafoos says they're better this time around. >> delicious. they are less greasy. >> reporter:if the test goes well, look for garlic fries on the menu at a mcdonalds near you, although it's not clear exactly where or when that will happen. but one thing is certain; they won't be running out this time.

. >> grant:and as kron four's rob fladeboe reports now, it did not disappoint. >>awesome!:the aroma from steaming wicker baskets of xaio longother varieties of soup-filled dumplings is second only to the way they taste. >> the whole ambiance. everything. it was done right. hundreds of dumpling fans fung's grand opening here at may li was among the first to be seated. >> i have that anxiously waiting for the opening here. >> reporter:adding to the anticipation, waiting and watching as thousands of the bite-sized dumplings are rolled and filled by hand.from ancient family recipe, >> reporter:naturally. alber yang/co owner din tai fung-- my grandfather started this restaurant in the '60s. that has taken off from there. >> reporter:there's much more on the menu but the dumplings, bin tai fung's claim to fame. the shrewd dumpling fan, not wanting to brave that line again, will order a basket or two to go. as for the reviews. >> says may li, who recommends the truffle-filled xaio long bao, they're just like back home in taipei. in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >> grant: it

rob fladeboe kron 4 news. --the motive for the murder >> reporter: and later convicted. for kidnapping a 13 year old girl from the bart station and making her have sexual acts with strangers. he has kidnapped her twice. at oakland, terisa estacio kron4 is. --kron4news >> reporter: bay area bike to work day. with numerous health benefits. and for energizer stations like this point. bikers are stopping to catch their breath and have healthy snacks. and marin county, every harper kron 4 news. >> pam: bringing together graduate students designing earlier education technology. the goal of the meat but is to share ideas and combine product development. for young children before they enter kindergarten. the almost 30 percent of children heading to can and garden last language skills that are needed to learn how to lead. >> is not just things that we thought about that would be neat ideas through it is actually grounded in research and the design. >> pam: former tennis star and lamar burden--lavar had ideas on how to fix a broken education center and america. to an end to night

kron four's rob fladeboe explains what happened. b fladaboe:seven people, including two children, were taken by ambulance to the hospital after they were exposed to a chemical spill here at the indian health center. >>reporter:indian health center c.e.o. sonya tetnowski said that both patients and staff were exposed when they were splashed by droplets from a single ounce of the mildly corrosive but fairly common chemical, that somehow spilled onto caps worn by the staff. >>rob fladaboe: following a complete the contamination the clinic is scheduled to reopen first in tomorrow morning >>pam m: the santa clara county fire department and the doctors patched up its aftermath the currency crashed on east bloc have no >>catherine h:the president has taken a drink of the filtered water in flint. >>catherine h:partly to appease photographers.partly to assure skeptical residents that the filtered tap water is now safe. >>catherine h:he got a briefing from city officials on what they're doing about the problem.which came to light last year. >>

as kron four's rob fladeboe reports now, police opened fire on a man who had just hit his mother in the head with an ax. >> reporter:this was the scene early wednesday morning on lansing avenue, in san jose's cambrian district, where a pair of officers had responded to what was initially reported as a traffic accident. what they found was a man with an ax. sot lt. tom sims -- lee says the the suspect had an axe in his hand at some point. >> reporter:the officers were not hurt, the woman and her son both the woman said to be coherent talking with police motive for the violence, police initially characterized this as a domestic incident. neighbor trish harvey knows the family. >> reporter:what appears to be a long-handled ax lay in the street with some other items marked as details about the confrontation except to say the officers had precious little time to react. >>sot lt. tom sims/san jose police-- to have this unfold right in front of you. to realize what was going on, it was over. >> reporter: >> grant:two alameda county sheriff's deputies who are charged with beating a suspect afte

kron four's rob fladeboe brings you up to date on a motive for the killings. >> pam:the man accused of shooting and killing his former -girlfriend at an antioch convenience store. made his first court appearance today. >> pam: junior did not enter a pleawilliams junior was arrested outside of the police shooting. >> reporter: 22 year old, handcuffed and shackled at the waist. and the department of the nine thursday afternoon for a bill hearing. the tried as an adult. just off camera. in a hallway being reported accounting two counts of murder. their bodies were found in the home a week ago last saturday. the reason or motive for the shootings are not clear. they are looking at mental health issues in this case. >> that will be paramount. what is the reason for how this the hell is so important here. there are going to want to have the mental health expert examined the two brothers to see if there is some catalyst to calls this horrible family yvette. -- event. >> reporter: asking for more time to prepare for the case. the preliminary hearing is double monday. san jose brought fladeboe,

. >> vicki:as kron four's rob fladeboe reports now, they are hoping a new one- hundred-thousand dollarreward will help them crack the case. >> reporter:at a news conference monday santa clara county supervisor joe simitian announced that applied materials corporation has re-issued a $100,000 reward for information in the march 17, 1994 murder of employee matthew flores. >>joe simitian/santa clara --was shot and killed plant like rage at his car. the case has never been solved. >> reporter:a native of rhode island, flores, a desert storm veteran, had recently been discharged from the army and had only been on the job at applied materials for ten days. he was shot and killed with a single bullet to the head as he was getting out of his rented chevy corsica at approximately 8:14 a.m. outside building twelve on oakmead village drive in santa clara. >>mike sellers/santa clara police chief-- it has been a very tough investigation have spent thousands of dollars to try to solve this investigation and it is extremely important to us. >> reporter:police have discovered little about a possible m

rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >> pam: bill cosby walked out of a pennsylvania courthouse today.after beingred to assault charges. >> catherine:dozens of women have accused him -- but it's a 2004 case that finally caught up with him. could land him in prison. prosecutors cleared their first hurdle today - proving there's enough evidence to >> catherine:send cosby to trial. his accuser has claimed that he gave her blue pills and wine. >> catherine:and she developed blurred vision and couldn't walk or talk. >> catherine:prosecutors say that's a key point - which disputes cosby's claim that the sex was consensual. >> it was intoxicating to hurt and that she was un able to consent. that is the crime that is the charge is that we are revealing. >> catherine:andrea constand - a former basketball coach at temple university - says that cosbyassaulted her at his suburban philadelphia mansion in 2004. >> catherine:criminal charges were not filed at the time since police said there wasn't enough evidence. cosby's lawyers are arguing that there still isn't. >> catherine:if convicted - cosby could get 1