. >> reporter: rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >> vicki: temperatures are hovering all around freezing for the bay area. >> steve: so we have to prepare >> steve:meterologist, extraordinaire. brittney shipp! >> brittney: oh, thank you! >> brittney: thursday, and look like we will have it what command going in to work and home from work. another system will also move in. 52 degrees in san mateo. 53 will be your high in oakland. temperatures are stable average as well. and the cool air will filter and the lender. --and linger >> brittney: temperatures will warm up because of the ring as we go into friday. and then, as we approached the weekend we will have a few showers. but, on monday we will start to dry out. but not for the trajected. -- do not forget your jacke t! >>audio difficulties >> steve:good >> announcer: if you're looking to make more money and take control of your personal and

. >> vicki:kron four's rob fladeboe joins us now live from the south bay where the c-h-p is gearing up for a crack down on any kind of impaired driving. rob? >> reporter:officer ross lee says that beginning friday at 6 pm and running through midnight sunday, the chp will be out in force across the region looking for impaired drivers in what's known as the period of 'maximum enforcement.' >> reporter:it's not just about drinking and driving anymore. studies show that 30 percent of drivers in fatal crashes had one or more drugs in their system. mixing prescription drugs and alcohol can be especially risky and the crack down includes drivers impaired by marijuana. >>officer ross lee/chp -- we will be everywhere. alley want to make sure that we are reminding people to remain safe. if they are going to be drinking they need a driver. >> reporter:coinciding with similar zero tolerance enforcement tactics by cities and counties through the holiday season, there will be specially trained officers to evaluate those suspected of impaired driving. and then there's the high cost of getting caught,

. >> reporter: rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >> vicki: temperatures are hovering all around freezing for the bay area. >> steve: so we have to prepare for tomorrow. we will have a complete prepare for tomorrow. we will have a complete breakdown in a few minutes stand back, ya hear! prepare for tomorrow. we will have a complete breakdown in a few minutes breakout the syrup because denny's new fluffier, tastier, better rudolph pancakes are here for the holidays. you may sometimes suffer from a dry mouth. that's why there's biotene. and biotene also comes in a handy spray. so you can moisturize your mouth anytime, anywhere. biotene, for people who suffer from dry mouth symptoms. keeping the power lines clear,my job to protect public safety, while also protecting the environment. the natural world is a beautiful thing, the work that we do helps us protect it. public education is definitely a big part of our job, to teach our customers about the best type of trees to plant around the power lines. we want to keep the power on for our customers. we want to keep our community safe. this is our c

rob fladeboe, kron4news despite the wet weather. california is still technically in a drought. but at least the areas affected are shrinking. >> pam:catherine heenan is here with the latest update from the u.s. drought monitor. >> catherine: every time we show you the latest map. you see less anddark colors indicating bad drought conditions. >> catherine: things are really improving.at least for half the state. the map on the left is the latest one. >> catherine: the one on the right -- is from one year ago at this last year a huge chunk of the state from north to south was included >> catherine: in the worst of the dry conditions. and the bay area was in the 'orange zone'.the darker the color.the dryer the region. these days.the map is looking much better. >> catherine: with parts of northern california completely drought free. others areas have dramatically improved. >> catherine: right now it's mostly the southern and central part of the state -- from orange county to tulare county - still stuck in "exceptional drought conditions. >> catherine: water authorities continue to

kron4 rob fladeboe is live in san jose with a glimpse of what went on. inside the house as deputies moved in. rob? cornered and >> reporter:captured escaped inmate rogelio chavez wednesday night. augustino shot these photos of the swat team before he was evacuated. this morning, he was permitted inside the home show how deputies had to literally tear down the at chavez, who was hiding in >> reporter:arrested along with chavez karla fernandez. she, along with with 35-year-old emily vaca, who traveling with chavez and arraigned on wednesday, are charged with harboring a fugitive, says deputy district attorney janet attorney >> reporter:24 year old marcaysha harboring fellow escapee laron campbell, who was arrested earlier this week in antioch. he too attic. both campbel and chavez now back in the same a week ago wednesday after their second floor cell and climbing to the ground on a rope made from bedding. sheriff laurie smith says it doesn't end here. >> reporter: live in san jose, rob fladeboe, kron 4 news. >> vicki:okay, rob. >> vicki:two years later --

my condolences to you. >> reporter:in berkley, rob fladeboe, kron 4 news. >> steve: thank you, rob!ay, he met with the principal of montalvin manor elementary school in san pablo. worked -- one of the victims who did not survive the fire. affectionately known as >> reporter: >> at this time i'd like to have achieved or read, up and brief you. -- chief reid >> at this time we have proclaimed a local state of emergency. this has been scheduled to be ratified by city council on december 8th. some of you may be asking, what does that mean? once the state of an emergency has been proclaimed it allows the city to be available to receive refunds from state and federal government. for multiple disasters. >> to receive funding to help in regards to their businesses for local businesses and baulked or impacted by this horrible tragedy. >> there were some areas of the interior of the structure that we had to secure. the second floor of the mezzanine that was located was compromise with potential to collapse and we had to bring our other companies to shore it up. >> this had to take place befor

that's where we find kron four's rob fladeboe tonight with a look at the situation there. rob? nats >> reporter: imagine living here some twenty feet from cars whizzing by on interstate 280 near downtown san jose. or here at oakland road and 101. or here at 280 and meridian.the list goes on and it gets longer every day and it's not safe. sot amy/homeless that said, amy insists living here along highway 101 is safer than living along the creeks but there are fewer and fewer camp sites to be found on private property these days says homeless advocate robert aguirre. sot robert aguirre/homeless advocate it's happening on city streets too. campsites here at curtner and almaden road. at 6th and virginia and here at story road and highway 101 among many others despite ambitious efforts by the city and county to get some 4,000 homeless people off the streets. sot robert aguirre/homeless advocate given 72 hours notice, steve and a dozen others were evicted by caltrans this morning, saying they would simply pitch their tents again tonight across the freeway because there is no place els

. >> vicki:kron four's rob fladeboe is live at police headquarters with more on the story. rob??? >> i met 24. we were just like little kids. -- i met him berfore >> it could be from any think it happens. not just here but everywhere-- could be from anything i >> reporter: homicide investigators were still here late monday morning questioning the neighbors about the 46, side of the year compared at 34th 2015. >> even if we had this happen and will it would not been possible to prevent necessarily because we cannot be everywhere. >> reporter: at least nine of these homicides are at least, gang-related and to our domestic violence. the others could be a combination of past--crimes of passion or like to say gang-related. >> technica; difficulties >>--technical >> reporter:but "president- elect" donald trump is not technically the winner until the electoral college has its say. >> reporter:the results from the electoral vote- next. >>linda edwards \ protestor from sunnyvale -- "vote your conscience please electors. especially the gop electors. we really need them to vote their conscie

but as kron four's rob fladeboe reports now live from where it's been happening, residents are fighting back. rob?? * * * >> reporter: in san jose chorine neighborhood not the west should west village shopping center sunday at what's been happening here the goal is to call attention to everyone in this large neighborhood and police as well urgent reads the bright yellow fliers across the neighborhood 6 alert burglaries' in nine days upheaval the fees are clever organized said to be three men in their twenties driving a silver nissan. and people are scared. urgent, reads the bright yellow fliers posted across the neighborhood. six burglaries in nine days, 3 more since the signs went up last week. the thieves are clever and organized. said to be three men in their twenties driving a silver nissan. bahia fear says people are afraid. sot bahia fear/resident >> reporter:it's happening across town. san jose police are struggling to deal with the holiday spike in home burglaries on top of the 600 reported every month all year long. the word on the street is that san jose is the place to commit

kron four's rob fladeboe bring us up to date on the story now. he's live on the campus in downtown san jose. rob?? >> reporter: one could argue that as a form of assault the less and one thing is certain it's got the attention of students here at san jose state let's take a look. >> reporter: meghan and many others here no serious damage reported. at 6-49 in the morning. a magnitude six-point-five earthquake struck about 112 miles west off the coast of eureka. it happened within the vicinity of the mendecino transform fault. a strike slip fault, which over the years, us geological survey geophysicist doctor brad aagaard says has been consistently active. sot- "we've had magnitude seven and magnitude six events within the last 15 years in this region. so, its ongoing, normal earthquake activity." aagaard says this quake was relatively shallow. a depth of about six miles, still within the earth's crust. from oregon all the way down to santa cruz. he says more than two thousand people reported shaking. but all only light to moderate, with no serious

kron four's rob fladeboe joining us live now from san jose with more on this story. >> grant:rob? >> reporter:pastor scott wagers of the san jose-based c.h.a.m. ministries has devoted much of his life to helping the one who could use a little >> reporter:for more than a year now, wagers has been using his motor home, known as the 'mercy mobile,' to deliver food and clothing to homeless camps around town. but parking the 37 foot r-v on city streets at night has led to complaints from neighbors, some of whom feel the mercy mobile is an eyesore and may be drawing more homeless people into their neighborhoods. >>sot pastor scott wagers every time we go to a homeless camp. it is adjacent to a neighborhood congested so people came out yesterday. they were very upset with me. we see what the problem is now. >> reporter:only last week, someone broke into the mercy mobile and blankets inside but some of wagers' personal items as well. a day later, church groups and others stepped up and replaced all of it. >> reporter:wagers says the police are mobile on private property. he's had several

. >> vicki:kron four's rob fladeboe is live for us now in san jose. at the scene. with more. rob? >> reporter: we know that the sheriff's swat team are arrived around 1240 s surrounded a house that they believe that the residents of and now associate rogelio chavez. >> reporter: i will step aside to see the flashing lights. we are losing like. across the street just to the south. he we have seen members of the swat team with gas masks the pulling tear gas here a couple of times the earlier this afternoon. there are not sure if he is here or not. they have received a lot of tips. . around time-just all around town following up on what a bunch of leaves. they are focusing on the attic. >> reporter: will have more on that little bit in regards to what is happening with the added. --attic >> i was watching outside my front door. and i saw someone across in front of my window so i took a closer look and they had us all rifles. so obviously this is sworn to catch my attention. --assault rifles >> there was a sniper in the bushes so i started to take further notice. and then there was ga

kron4's rob fladeboe has reaction from campus. sot maria bernal/student ready to fight back if it comes to that, san jose state sophomore maria bernal was relieved tolearn that university police have made an arrest in at least one of six cases of sexual battery dating back to october. sot maria bernal/student this is the booking photo of 19 year old huaien david kong, who was arrested thursday and charged with sexual battery. police were led to kong based on tips from students who recognized him in this surveillance photo. sot pat lopes harris/san jose state university the investigation suspects others may be to blame for incidents in duncan hall and sweeney hall where at least two other women were groped in the stairwells on monday and wednesday of this week. sophomore london pitts feels more disappointed than scared. sot london pitts/student sot cheyenne brandon/student in a statement, university president mary papazian told students that sexual battery may sound less severe than sexual assault, but can be traumatizing to studen

kron four's rob fladeboe join us now live from san jose with more on the story. rob?? the disturbing video begins with the moment when the suspect, riding his bike on the sidewalk, intentionally knocks the victim down from behind. he then circles back and helps the man to his feet. but the victim has a speech disability and when he tries to communicate with the suspect via text message on his phone, the suspect grabs the phone. there is a struggle as the victim tries to get his phone back but the suspect pulls a gun and then kicks the victim, knocking him to the ground again before riding away. sgt. enrique garcia/san jose police >>: their vote and to generate enough to set the investigation let's take a look. the disturbing video begins with the moment when the suspect riding his bike on the sidewalk intentional and knocks the victim down from behind. the answer goes back and helps the man to his feet. but the victim has speech visit visibility in 20 tries a committee with assess back to get tetanus shot his phone, the suspects grabs the phone. there was a struggle to

kron four's rob fladeboe takes a look at what many are calling a dangerous situation unfolding in sanats imagine living here some twenty feet from cars whizzing by on interstate 280 near downtown san jose. or here at oakland road and 101. or here at 280 and meridian.the list goes on and it gets longer every day and it's not safe. sot amy/homeless that said, amy insists living here along highway 101 is safer than living along the creeks but there are fewer and fewer camp sites to be found on private property these days says homeless advocate robert aguirre. sot robert aguirre/homeless advocate >> reporter:it's happening on city streets too. campsites here at curtner and almaden road. at 6th and virginia and here at story road and highway 101 among many others despite ambitious efforts by the city and county to get some 4,000 homeless people off the streets. sot robert aguirre/homeless advocate given 72 hours notice, steve and a dozen others were evicted by caltrans this morning, saying they would simply pitch their tents again tonight across the freeway because there is no place else f

kron4's rob fladeboe shows us.he disturbing video begins with the moment when the suspect, riding his bike on the sidewalk, intentionally knocks the victim down from behind. he then circles back and helps the man to his feet. but the victim has a speech disability and when he tries to communicate with the suspect via text message on his phone, the suspect grabs the phone. there is a struggle as the victim tries to get his phone back but the suspect pulls a gun and then kicks the victim, knocking him to the ground again before riding away. sgt. enrique garcia/san jose police police released this sketch of the suspect. he is described as an african america male between 16 and 25 years old with a thin build. he wore a dark beanie cap, dark shirt and grey seat pants. the victim was not seriously hurt but police point out how it might have been worse given the fact that the video shows how the suspect at one point dropped the gun and later waved it around, putting others in the neighborhood at risk. sot sgt. enrique gar

however as kron-4's rob fladeboe tells us -- police believe all three incidents are not related. * *pkg* sot maria bernal/student ready to fight back if it comes to that, san jose state sophomore maria bernal was relieved tolearn that university police have made an arrest in at least one of six cases of sexual battery dating back to october. sot maria bernal/student this is the booking photo of 19 year old huaien david kong, who was arrested thursday and charged with sexual battery. police were led to kong based on tips from students who recognized him in this surveillance photo. sot pat lopes harris/san jose state university the investigation suspects others may be to blame for incidents in duncan hall and sweeney hall where at least two other women were groped in the stairwells on monday and wednesday of this week. sophomore london pitts feels more disappointed than scared. sot london pitts/student sot cheyenne brandon/student in a statement, university president mary papazian told students that sexual battery may sound less severe than sexual assault, but can be traumatizing to stude

as we take you for a ride over the loma fire zone in the santa kron4's rob fladeboe is your co-pilotight. >> reporter: resist letting extra terrestrial images of mars and the moaning. that's as bad as it was the fire completely bar of vegetation and exposed areas and potential problems that no one knew was there. until now. where we can get a good look from the drawls perspective. --drones perspective. >>technical difficulties >> vicki:habitat for humanity is known around the world for building homes quickly for those who are in need. and today that need was right here in the bay area. kron 4 employees joined the other volunteers in hayward on a special habitat project. >> grant:but they were not building a house..they were there to make improvements to an existing home. a woman bought her house five years ago and knew it had a bad roof. but she didn't have the money to fix it. >> grant:the team of volunteers today the roof. and by friday. a new roof will be in place. kron 4 is proud to be involved with habitat for humanity. working on several projects around the bay area the past tw

. >> vicki:tonight, kron four's rob fladeboe shows you the lengths police went to the sheriff says the case doesn't end here. >> reporter:captured escaped inmate rogelio chavez wednesday night. augustino shot these photos of the swat team this morning, he was permitted inside the home and took these photos that show how deputies had to literally tear down the living room ceiling to get the attic. >> reporter:arrested along with chavez was a woman identified as with with 35-year-old emily vaca, who is thought to have been arraigned on wednesday, are charged with harboring a fugitive, says deputy district attorney janet berry. >> reporter:24 year old marcaysha harboring fellow escapee laron campbell, who was arrested earlier this week in antioch. he too was found hiding in an attic. both campbel and chavez now back in the same jail from which they escaped a week ago wednesday after sawing through the bars of climbing to the ground on a rope made from bedding. sheriff laurie smith says it doesn't end here. a de la salle high school detention center tonight sexual assault. war we will >> v

. >> pam:kron four's rob fladeboe has police are saying about the most recent homicide last night. >> reporter:as friends gathered to remember the man shot and killed late sunday night here outside a gas station near the corner of winchester and cadillac avenue, san jose police suspect the killing is the result of gang violence >>sot sgt. enrique garcia/san jose police we are looking at this incident as possibly gang motivated. we do not have any other information about the case. >> reporter:francisco, a close friend of the victim agrees with clear what led to the violence. >>sot francisco/friend of victim --it could be any thing. and happens everywhere not just here. >> reporter:police were called to scene just before midnight sunday where witnesses said the victim was standing in the parking lot of the gas station when he was shot. he was rushed to the hospital where he died. homicide investigators were still here late monday morning, questioning neighbors about the city's 46th homicide of the year, compared with 30 for all of 2015. >>sot sgt. enrique garcia/san jose police i do now

as kron four's rob fladeboe reports now, police have released surveillance video from the september 5th robbery. * * * >> reporter:the disturbing video begins with the moment when the suspect, riding his bike on the sidewalk, intentionally knocks the victim down from behind. he then circles back and helps the man to his feet. but the victim has a speech disability and when he tries to communicate with the suspect via text message on his phone, the suspect grabs the phone. there is a struggle as the victim tries to get his phone back but the suspect pulls a gun and then kicks the victim, knocking him to the ground again before riding away. sgt. enrique garcia/san jose police police released this sketch of the suspect. he is described as an african america male between 16 and 25 years old with a thin build. he wore a dark beanie cap, dark shirt and grey seat pants. >> reporter:the victim was not seriously hurt but police point out how it might have been worse given the fact that the video shows how the suspect at one point dropped the gun and later waved it around, putting others in the n

kron four's rob fladeboe reports on what police are saying about the discovery and about the man who lives at the home where the chemicals were found. >> reporter:this was the scene here in the 1700 block of view drive early tuesday as milpitas police, back by a swat team, served a search warrant at a home from which strong chemical odors had been noticed recently by neighbors and passers by. a sample obtained by police was sent to the county bomb squad for analysis. sot sgr. bryan hinkley/milpitas police police have not disclosed the nature or quantity of chemicals. the closest neighbors were evacuated for a time while others on the street were advised to shelter in place as a precaution. a male resident of the house was detained for questioning but not immediately arrested. sot sgt. bryan hinkley/milpitas police members of a hazardous materials team could be seen at times moving between the home and a series of tents and a mobile lab on the street. police emphasized there is no immediate danger bud said the investigation, including an inventory and on scene analysis of the chemical

kron four's rob fladeboe is following the latest developments for us tonight. and joins us now in san jose with more. rob? >> britteny: they do not think that this man is responsible for all of these incidents here and keeping some others may be involved with more and things of some of the other incidents are going unreported so they are asking students be especially vigilant going forward. and a report anything suspicious years more. ready to fight back if it comes to that, san jose state sophomore maria bernal was relieved to learn that university police have made an arrest in at least one of six cases of sexual battery dating back to october 17 sot maria bernal/student this is the booking photo of 19 year old huaien david kong, who was arrested thursday and charged with sexual battery. police were led to kong based on tips from students who recognized him in this surveillance photo. sot pat lopes harris/san jose state university the investigation suspects others may be to blame for incidents in duncan hall and sweeney hall where at least two other women were

at lexington reservoir rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >> the reservoirs might be filling up even more. a little bit of rain in the forecast as we take a live look at downtown san francisco. >> let's hope they do. but the check in with britney. there is rain in the forecast. >>> there is rain in the forecast as we go into friday. we can see anywhere from half an inch to up to and inch of rain depending. and we are also adding up all of our rainfall totals the from the entire year from jittery first and we definitely saw an above average year. the normal amount would typically see 19 inches. this year only 20 into the last year only 7.1 this year only 20 into the last year only 7.13 inches. has been pretty impressive and we will add a little bit more to that as we head into friday 52 degrees from napa. 46 in about a. temperatures in san francisco 54 degrees. temperatures in mountain view 50 degrees. 51 in san jose. in the 40s and concorde. 24-hour temperature teams. up a 5 degrees in half moon bay. you probably know a slight warming trend. temperatures overnight are not as cool either th