it happened early this morning at john reed elementary school in rohnert park. >> abc seven news anchor dion lim was there and found it's not just this one incident that's worrying parents. >> for people to break into their classrooms, it's scary. >> the lights are off and doors are shut at john reed elementary school in rohnert park. classes canceled for over 400 k through fifth grade students. after about half of the school's classrooms were vandalized early monday morning. >> if it had been a couple of classrooms, we definitely would have held school, but it was enough to warrant us closing the school today. >> the cotati-rohnert park unified school district superintendent wouldn't specify what kind of damage was done to the ten or so classrooms affected, but noted crews would be spending the rest of the day cleaning up. >> it's definitely concerning. hopefully that doesn't happen again. >> this isn't the first incident where john reed has been targeted for crime. i obtained two messages that went out to parents in january, alerting them of another act of vandalism, and a man who was

in rohnert park, velena jones, nbc bay area news. thanks, elena.he hunt continues for the gunman who ambushed a police officer. tonight, police are asking for your help. hillsboro pd released this sketch on your screen over the weekend. they say this man was seen nearby after the shooting. it all happened a little over a week ago in the hillsboro police department parking lot. you're looking at now, the veteran officer was taken to sf general where he was treated and then released. police say he was shot in his bulletproof vest and that potentially saved his life. the gunman ran off, triggering an hours long shelter in place as police searched door to door. they say they're still trying to determine a motive. so if you recognize this man in this sketch, you're being asked to call hillsboro pd. up next, as we touched on a few minutes ago, a major investment in the us by aa taiwanese chip maker with tis to the bay area. what $100 million will be used for? as president trump calls it, the most powerful company in the world. also, firefighters continue

in the north bay know rohnert park elementary school shut down after vandals left the school. a mess over the weekend. well, now the school district is scrambling to try and clean it up. kron four's terisa stasio reports. >> i'm theresa here in rohnert park that john reed elementary school right behind me. the superintendent of the school district says that they're doing everything they can to try and get school reopened on tuesday shutdown. john reed elementary school closed monday due to widespread vandalism on campus. we had some individuals break into the school and and do quite a bit of damage. sure classrooms, which >> made impossible school to open today. and we had to cancel school and it's a huge impact. our community, the district superintendent says that they were notified about the vandalism monday morning. and what are you guys doing to fix the school? so right now after our public safety team left, which we're very grateful to run a park public safety for their support. >> they released the classrooms to us and now we have our maintenance and custodial teams in t

reporting from rohnert park.ews. >> to the east bay now is dublin is the latest bay area city to see cuts in the school district. dublin unified's board voted to cut about 30 jobs, including 13 teaching positions by the summer. many of the teaching positions impacted are in electives such as language or music. the district says it needs to cut spending by about $6 million for the next school year. the school board says it would consider reversing the cuts of the district can find a way to bring in more money. berkeley unified is considering layoffs in an effort to balance its budget. the district reportedly sent out notices to teachers and staff members warning of possible job cuts that could happen before the next school year. the superintendent stresses the district has not made a final decision on any job cuts. berkeley unified, currently facing an $8 million deficit. >> in san francisco, a long running wine shop in the nob hill area may be closing soon and for good. the jug shop opened 60 years ago. in 2021,

what a north bay school district says it had to do, after authorities say vandals tore apart a rohnert parklementary school. nbc bay area's velena jones spoke with the district and parents about the crime and the damage done. investigators spent their day searching through john reed elementary school for hints about a suspec. after an early morning break in left 50% of the school's classrooms damaged. the damage was so widespread, the superintendent decided to cancel all classes for the day. we couldn't prepare it and be ready in the short amount of time we had for students to come back and have their classrooms look the way they did when they left on friday. superintendent mike teetee terry declined to provide specifics on what was damaged, citing the ongoing investigation, but anticipates repairs will be costly. what would they go to a middle school, you know, the elementary when what they can take. the parents of the school's 400 students were sent this letter announcing the school closure. veronica cabrera was among those who had to make other plans for her third grade child because of

school was canceled today in rohnert park after vandals caused extensive damage at john reed elementarychool. more than a half of the classrooms had damage, and cleanup crews had to be called in. ktvu jana katsuyama has the story. >> i didn't know until i got here and no one was here. and he was like, yeah, there's police officers there right now. >> officers with the rohnert park department of public safety say an automatic alarm went off early monday morning, and when detectives arrived, they found a mess. >> the school had been broken into and that classrooms had been vandalized. >> the superintendent said damage was so bad they had to cancel classes for all 375 students. >> it was enough classrooms to determine that we couldn't open school today. had it been 1 or 2 classrooms, we certainly would have opened school because we want kids in school, it's the most important thing. >> cleaning crews were called in to make sure broken objects were cleaned up. the superintendent says there was no graffiti. the vandalism appeared to be random, but it damaged more than 50% of the school. >> m

here in rohnert park theresa kron. 4 news. >> looks cold. first responders among those making a big splash at the annual polar plunge event over the weekend. dozens of people braved the cold waters, a crown beach in alameda, the event to raise money for the northern california special olympics. the money goes toward sports training educational programming and health resources for special olympic athlete. our very own kron. 4 meteorologist kyla grown grogan mc that event. she joins us i love. >> did it? i did it. >> i got in the water and then i directly out line or that cold. it's true. it was freezing. but what a wonderful day. >> crowd for viewers out there who got involved and boy, that just made my heart so happy. so thanks, everybody and everybody. the station to help to promote it to it was a wonderful day for a wonderful organization. we've got some blue skies out there right now. you're taking a live look from mount tam and we're getting a little breezy out there more than a little in some spots. san francisco. 25 miles per hour. we'

officers with the rohnert park police department say the school was vandalized this morning.e classrooms were targeted. the superintendent, superintendent of the cotati-rohnert park unified school district, says the damage was so bad they had to cancel classes for all 375 students. >> i feel that it's important to keep an eye on the area. you know, it's like such a family neighborhood around here. all the houses and the kids and the apartments and stuff. it's sad to know that somebody would try and damage it. >> and some neighbors and parents we spoke to say they hope to see more officers patrolling the area. no word of any arrests in the case. >> dramatic new video shows the moments a hayward police officer jumped into action to save a choking baby, and it was all caught on video. ktvu is an rubin spoke with that officer who says he was just doing what he was trained to do. >> thanks to good timing and good training. hayward police officer emilio gonzalez saved a life. it happened february 5th. gonzalez had just started his shift when he was approached by a panicked family,

a cati rohnert park unified school district officials are saying theorning hours. multiple classrooms vandalized. now the school district is saying that parents get an update later today the school's condition. and as for the plans for tuesday's classes, you'll find out then kron 4 is sending a crew to the scene and they're gonna bring you the latest details. kron. 4 news at noon to make sure you tune in to that. i'll send it back to bill to the desk. thanks right now. >> time now 10 31 in some east bay residents are pushing back now against a possible move to reopen the former women's prison in dublin as an immigration center. >> this comes after a very calm. so members, marc gasol named zoloft send a letter. 2 federal officials about the concerns and adequate space for the detainees. and now we get a closer look from kron four's lindsey ford. >> and that community members, immigration activist and over 20 coalitions in support of immigration rights collected in dublin saturday afternoon, along with a small group of trump supporters. this all happenin

start of the north bay where classes have been canceled today at john reed elementary school in rohnert park>> due to a very destructive break. it this afternoon. the district is now scrambling to fix the damage. kron four's terisa stasko joins us now live from the school with more on what happened there. >> well, i just and i just spoke with the superintendent for the district here in rohnert park. and she said that they are doing everything they can to get the school reopens. so take a look for yourself. you can see some of the video that i captured earlier today. a cruise on campus as they are trying to fix the problem out here. now, there are those crew from the maintenance department as well as a private contractor on campus. we have been told that the vandalism happened in several classrooms. the damage to a level that they could not allow children to come to school on this monday. district officials are not elaborating exactly on what happened out here because they say that they are working with police to 0 in on the damage and catch those responsible for causing the damage. here's mo

. >> to john reed elementary in rohnert park and the trash. some of the classrooms. so now the school district is scrambling to fix the damage. kron four's terisa stasio as live for us there at john reed elementary with a look at the damage and what the school is planning to do now. >> just a nice spoke with the superintendent just a short time ago. and she says that they're doing everything they can to get the school reopened on tuesday. shutdown. john reed elementary school closed monday due to widespread vandalism on campus. we had individuals break into the school and >> and do quite a bit of damage. sure classrooms, which made impossible for school to open today. and we had to cancel school and it's a huge impact. our community, the district superintendent says that they were notified about the vandalism monday morning. and what are you guys doing to fix the school? so right now after our public safety team left, which we're very grateful to run a park public safety for their support. >> they released the classrooms to us and now we have our maintenance and cust

and school was canceled today in rohnert park after vandals caused extensive damage at john reed elementary school. more than half of the classrooms had damage, and cleanup crews had to be called in. ktvu jana katsuyama joins us live from the school with what is happening there now. jana. >> claudine. right now there are still cleanup crews that are here, as well as some people from the school district, just to make sure that they can get everything cleaned up. i have learned that the vandals or vandals broke multiple items in the classrooms and also unleashed a fire extinguisher over several classrooms and other parts of the school. >> i didn't know until i got here and no one was here, and he was like, yeah, there's police officers there right now. >> officers with the rohnert park department of public safety say an automatic alarm went off early monday morning, and when detectives arrived, they found a mess. >> the school had been broken into and that classrooms had been vandalized. >> the superintendent said damage was so bad they had to cancel classes for all 375 students. >> it was en

and rohnert park theresa stasi, back to you. theresa, thank you. >> just a nod to the kron 4 news room. the vta is warning riders to be prepared to find another way to get around the santa clara valley. transportation authority says it's working to reach an agreement with the union before the current contract expires at midnight. the union represents bus and light where operators and other frontline staff union members voted to authorize a if there is one vta bus and light rail service will be an available vta paratransit service will continue regular operations. we have reached out to the union to learn more. so stay with us here. kron 4 as we get more details. also in the south, a disgraced former san jose councilmember omar torres has pleaded not guilty to child molestation. the santa clara county district attorney's office sharing this update following towards his appearance in a san jose courtroom this morning. he's accused of sexually assaulting a minor in the 90's. he has been held in custody without bail since his arrest

. >> vandalism shutdown john reed elementary school in rohnert park today at forest. >> hundreds of kids to stay home. the district superintendent says maintenance crews have been at the school for most of the day, cleaning up. she says that teachers are also being called in to go over classrooms just to see if anything was stolen. john reid is expected to back open tomorrow for school, but we'll certainly update you on air and online if anything changes the investigation into the vandalism is ongoing. we now know the identity of the woman arrested for pulling a horse's tail causing it to throw a child off its back. police say 29 year-old told pan, whoa, dion. can pronounce to correctly walked up to the horse while the child was having writing lesson and then yanked on its tail, this was at ocean view stables in daly city 2 weeks ago. the child was hurt, but is doing ok today? she was. the woman was arrested for felony child endangerment. >> aids research has been happening at ucsf for decades, but federal cuts infectious disease experts concert kron four's rob nesbitt talked with the di

♪entyvio, entyvio, entyvio♪ >>> john reed elementary school in rohnert park is bringing therapy dogsampus tomorrow to help students after the school was vandalized. it was so bad they had to cancel classes today. the superintendent has not released pictur pictures of the vandalism, but said multiple classrooms were hit. >> it's very disturbing and upsetting. >> police are investigating and have not released information on any suspects. for many high school seniors, college acceptance letters are starting to roll in and now is the time to decide what post high school life will look like, but traditional four-year schooling is not for everyone. len ramirez introduces us to a bay area teen who is shifting gears and traveling on a different road. >> reporter: kevin estrada is a 19-year-old college student studying a subject he loves, how to fix cars. >> really i just want to get a good paying job doing what i enjoy and i guess i'm good at and make a future for myself. >> reporter: kevin is in the automotive program at evergreen valley college in san jose. it teaches students the nuts and

. >>> parents at rohnert park had to scramble this morning after vandalism forced john reed elementary school to shut down today. there was too much damage for them to hold classes, but all the details about the vandalism have not been revealed. about 400 students go to that school. >> this is a huge impact to our community, to our families and it's really disturbing and upsetting to everyone here. the. >> the superintendent says they're still trying to figure out the cost of the damage and they hope to open the school tomorrow. >>> i'm anne makovec with a check on some of the other headlines this evening. a driver in oakland is in critical condition after a horrific crash into a pole. our chopper flew over the wreckage. you can see that car wrapped around the pole, nearly cut in half, much of it torn into pieces of mangled metal. this was on 54th avenue and international boulevard early this morning. we don't know what caused this crash, but we could see a yellow bollard protecting the bus stop nearby was bent. crews were clearing up the crash this morning. >>> check out this sketch h

the break-in happened early this morning at reid elementary school in rohnert park. the school declined to share details on the damage, citing the ongoing investigation. we do know that about half of the 20 classrooms were impacted. school leaders expect the repairs to be costly. our community depends on our education. kids losing a day of education is significant. we don't want them to lose any. and disruption to school can have a huge impact on students. so we and especially, you know, in light of what happened, we don't want people to be concerned about coming back to school because this is a safe place. i got scared, i got really scared thinking that sending my kids to school and not knowing what's going to happen. you know, it's really scary. police are still trying to determine the motive for this, but don't believe there is any ongoing threat. the district plans to resume classes tomorrow. district is also looking at implementing additional security measures. also this evening, he was at the right place at the right time with the right training. a hayward cop

will reopen tomorrow, but investigators are asking anyone with information to reach out to the rohnert park police department. well, a day of protest is being held nationally here in the bay area as well. it is called a day without immigrants. now, this is new video from nbc bay area. sky ranger over oakland high school students there walking out of classes within the hour, marching to lake merritt. meanwhile, students at san jose's overfelt high school are among those planning to take part in some point today. organizers are really hoping to show economic power of the immigrant community, especially in the wake of the ongoing federal immigration crackdown. activists on social media are calling for boycotts and protests. well, for people who are already struggling to make it in the bay, there is concern over health care. that's because congress has 11 days to approve a new spending bill. and health advocates, well, they fear drastic cuts to medicaid. we turn now to nbc bay area's ginger conejero saab, who explains what's at stake? congress last week took its first steps in kick starting the

school website, we're told he's also a football and lacrosse coach at rancho cotate high school in rohnert park. police say they received a tip about the crimes which led to the arrest last night. the suspect is charged with crimes against one student. but detectives are trying to determine whether there may have been other victims. a daylong economic blackout is coming to a close. a nationwide call to action ends at midnight. organizers called for no shopping today at the country's biggest retail stores. they say the goal is to show corporations who really holds the power. for some bay area shoppers, that meant shopping at small business locations today. >> for one day. it's a great start, but i think the real impact we need to make is we need to put it into our regular purchasing practices. we need to be shopping local sunday through saturday. >> organizers say today's boycotts was also designed to show disapproval with the trump administration for rolling back corporate diversity, equity and inclusion, or dei programs. >> time now for our abc seven news at 11, helping you get ahead on the he

north bay police looking for vandals who damaged a rohnert park elementary school so badly administratorsncel classes today. the break-in happened early this morning at john reed elementary. vandals damaged 20 classrooms, so the superintendent made the call to cancel classes for all 400 students. the district says classes will resume tomorrow. reed elementary hasn't given specific details on the damage, but school officials expect the repairs to be costly. they're also now looking into more security options. get ready for a major makeover. san francisco's ocean beach is about to be transformed into a new park. that means the great highway will be closed to cars starting march 14th. the two mile stretch between lincoln and sloat will be permanently shut down. you can see it here on the map. after that, crews will start laying out this new park. it's going to include recreation areas, seating, and art installations. the san francisco rec and parks department is managing this project. the grand opening is april 12th. organizers recognize, though, there is some pushback. we're doing a lot of

it happened early this morning at john reed elementary school in rohnert park. the superintendent would not confirm what kind of damage was done, but says about half the classrooms were affected. we spoke with parents who say they wish there was more security measures, or were more security measures going forward. >> when i moved out here, i noticed that the schools aren't gated and for i'm very scared for my kids to start school here because that's one thing i don't like. >> we're also assessing that and what we need to do to make sure that our campuses are safe. >> crews spent the day cleaning up and determining if anything was stolen. class is expected to resume tomorrow. police are investigating the vandalism, but they have not made any arrests. >> a possible battery fire and explosion caused $100,000 worth of damage to a restaurant in mountain view. the flames raced through maison elysee on castro street this morning. firefighters say the fire caused a co2 cylinder inside to explode. one employee evacuated. firefighters are looking into whether the spark ca

school website, we're told he's also a football and lacrosse coach at rancho cotate high school in rohnert parkpolice say they received a tip about the crimes which led to the arrest last night. the suspect is charged with crimes against one student. but detectives are trying to determine whether there may have been other victims. a daylong economic blackout is coming to a close. a nationwide call to action ends at midnight. organizers called for no shopping today at the country's biggest retail stores. they say the goal is to show corporations who really holds the power. for some bay area shoppers, that meant shopping at small business locations today. >> for one day. it's a great start, but i think the real impact we need to make is we need to put it into our regular purchasing practices. we need to be shopping local sunday through saturday. >> organizers say today's boycotts was also designed to show disapproval with the trump administration for rolling back corporate diversity, equity and inclusion, or dei programs. >> time now for our abc seven news at 11, helping you get ahead on the head

. >> vandalism shutdown john reed elementary school in rohnert park today forcing hundreds of children to have to stay home. the district superintendent says maintenance crews have been at the school for most of the day cleaning up. she said teach rs have been called in to go over their classrooms to see if anything was taken. john reid is expected to be back open tomorrow. the investigation into the vandalism is ongoing. >> governor newsom has issued an executive order requiring all departments in his administration to work in person at least 4 days a week. the executive order goes into effect on july. 1st, the governor is also directing the california department of human resources to streamline hiring for former federal employees. specifically those looking for employment and rules, including firefighting force management and weather forecasting. >> new at 10, a hayward police officer being called a hero tonight after he saved a baby from choking. this is just released body cam video from earley february. a family pulled into the police station parking lot last month, desperate for h

investigators are asking for anyone with information to reach out to the rohnert park police departmentlice are investigating a serious crash that left a car wrapped around a pole. it happened around four this morning near 54th avenue and international boulevard. we know that the driver was taken to the hospital in critical condition. nbc bay area sky ranger was over the scene just a couple of hours ago, and it captured video of the horrific scene. the cause of the crash still under investigation. we are having a cool start to this week. temperatures are dipping back into the 50s in some parts of the bay area. here's meteorologist kari hall with the details. here's what to expect with our new week ahead. the wind will gradually calm down today and becoming mostly sunny with overall cooler than normal temperatures. we will see an increase in cloud cover starting tomorrow with some spotty rain midweek, and then for the weekend it gets slightly warmer as we go back to sunshine. but taking a look at our high temperatures for today, we only make it up to 59 degrees in nova, as well as oaklan

ktvu james torres is live at john reed elementary school in rohnert park. so good morning to you. we've actually seen a number of parents come through this way trying to drop students off, only just now getting the word that school isn't happening today. all because some officers, deputies, detectives from the department of public services say that someone had come in. possibly a group of people came into the school, ransacked a number of classrooms, leaving a great big mess behind. and that mess was enough for police to ask the local school district to close school for the day today and give them time to investigate how this all happened. if there's anything stolen, what exactly is going on and likely school will reopen tomorrow. so we'll show you what we're looking at right now. we know that just a few administrators are here this morning, in part to tell parents school isn't happening today, but also to help direct some of the officers and the detectives who are on scene here who will be making their way through the school campus. i spoke to the superint

john reed elementary in rohnert park told parents this morning that whoever broke in caused significantnd because of that, they cannot open the campus today. in the note to parents, the principal said they will provide updates as they learn more about the next steps for students later this week. >> people are being warned to be careful at the coast today, because waves could be higher and stronger than normal. a beautiful live picture here of mori point in pacifica. this is not far from shore park beach. this is a popular place for people to exercise or take their dogs out for a walk. and you see some activity out there now. ktvu zac sos reports on this past weekend's water rescues and rescue attempts up and down the coast. >> crews rushing to the sonoma county coastline sunday after someone was swept into the ocean. it happened near the campground before jenner and sea ranch at around 1045 in the morning. the sheriff's office says the man was standing on the rocks when he was hit by a large wave. a sheriff's helicopter pulling him from the water and flying him to shore. cpr was perform