spencer blake is bringing us the details live from san leandro tonight. spencer? >> reporter:it's hard to forget the original story - a good samaritan actually stopped that kidnapping in progress while a man was dragging a woman down the street by her ankles. fortunately, nothing that violent has been reported since. but some women say they have seen the suspect, and the car he's driving.

in concord, spencer blake, kron four news. covering california.her of a 14-year-old boy shot and killed by los angeles police. is asking that body camera footage of the incident be released. jesse james romero was killed on tuesday. republican presidential nominee one of the worst weeks of the campaign season and he is paying for it in the polls. kron 4's chief national things down as he looks at the battle to reach the magic number of 270 electoral votes. >> reporter: drugs campaign is in trouble no way to gloss over it wayne the lot toro colleges narrowing. trump himself is to blame for one campaign one after another. carefully not about note to vote for them. happens in does that do much pepper. >> reporter: last week's mass clinton still lag about cohen he the electoral votes behind. our analysis on this matter heading for clinton and pennsylvania and new hampshire. drawing your attention to georgia l. up for grabs because of recent polling. >> reporter: 3 electoral votes kron 4 hundred 48. today it is trump's worry. without it very difficult

that was kron four's spencer blake reporting. and in more world news. >> marty:the death toll has risen to at least 291 people after an earthquake hit central italy. many more are still missing in the three mountainside villages destroyed by wednesday's powerful earthquake and aftershocks. italy observed a day of national mourning yesterday for those killed. >> marty:a state funeral was held for 35 of the victims. thousands of survivors are now living in camps. rescue workers continue to look for victims under tons of rubble. but hope is fading of finding survivors as time goes on. coming up. a come from behind win for the a's, and spectacular catch by amari cooper. your sunday morning sports recap is next on kron four. >> marty:live look outside. san francisco international airport. for the weekned. it's the italian family festa in san jose. come out and enjoy food, a wine garden, and a grape stomp. it's all happening at history park from 11:00 to 6:00. the event is free to attend. comfort food... you've had a good long run. but

live from market street in san francisco, spencer blake, kron four news. thank you spencer. kron4's alecia reid is just a short distance away. at sutter and sansome streets. she spoke with witnesses and has more on what happened. alecia kron 4 was the first to tell you about this breaking news story. through our mobile app. >>alecia: people hear her get their shoes shined people come the market's really fast and then put a solid one-two market pinsetter. the stand and then the german who runs took some of the hit. lot of folks here still in shock about this unfortunate accident as the investigation continues they are keeping victims and their prayers. >> pam: we sent a push alert at 3:49 this afternoon. make sure you download the kron- 4 news app to always get the latest breaking news. it's free for iphone and android devices. >> steve:another big story.is a terribly tragic story. two young sisters.dead tonight.after the pick-up truck they were in.plunged into the russian river. tonight, a sonoma county community is mourning. and the girls' mother. who was driving that truck

in redwood city, spencer blake, kron four news." >> marty:in the south bay. a reward is being offered for information that will lead police to those responsible for cutting multiple shade trees in san jose. police say 23 young chinese fringe trees were destroyed this week along meridan avenue and willow creek drive. last month, the same number of trees were destroyed directly across the street. now, a 5 thousand dollar reward is being offered for information in the case that could lead to an arrest and conviction. the city promises to replace the fallen trees. >> rebecca: is visiting his grandson's first person to come to his aides said that he was a doctor. founded breathing but no paul said please come to help as you see automated external the familiar with have and after that another officer, puts the figure later passed on his chest piquancy his wife rainproof. after a few minutes of the man had a week holes and the fall happened last month where finally hearing from responding officers to save this man of life. >> reporter: the oil we are directly affect

in san francisco, spencer blake, kron four news." >> marty:in rio. in their first game of the olympics. the men's basketball team got off to a slow start, missing their first five shots against china. but the team quickly rebounded back and took the game going away, 119 to 62. here's a look at today's events. the women's basketball team will tip off at 8:00 this morning. they will be taking on senegal. also the women's gymanstics team will begin qualifying rounds later this afternoon. and the women's swim team will be competing in the 400 meter final later today as well. >> marty:here's where the unite states currently stands in the medal count. the red-white-and blue have collected 5 medals early on. one gold and four silver. one of those silver medals belongs to stanford graduate maya dirado who earned it competing in the 400 meter individual medley. coming up on the kron 4 morning news. >> marty:the family of a man killed by police is now suing the department for wrongful death. but the family's lawyer feels like there is proof that the police did

kron four's spencer blake is live in the newsroom this spencer. what led up to the violence? >> reporter:the violence only happened *after the suspects stole a couple laptops. this is now the second violent crime *inside the westfield mall, in the past three weeks. there are plenty of places for people to sit and use their laptops on the fourth floor of the mall. that's what two people were doing monday night when a group of young people worked together to create a diversion. giselle talkoff >>:"one of the subjects started to make some loud noise, bang on a rail behind one of the victims, and they turned around and the suspect distracted them and took off with one of the victim's laptops." >> reporter:the two people started running after the kids to get the computer back. but the second person realized too late that he had left *his computer and cell phone behind. when he looked back, another suspect from the group was swiping them, too. "at some point one of the suspects confronted the second victim and punched the victim in the face." that makes the crime somewhat similar t

tonight one of his close friends shared memories of the good times with kron four's spencer blake. "that's calvin, his sophomore year." marco mosqueda and calvin riley met at a swim party their freshman year of high school. riley was the new kid in town. "i just remember he had a thick boston accent, and i was like, 'wow this is a cool kid.'" with mosqueda playing football and riley playing baseball at a relatively small, catholic schoolthey were in the same circle of friends over the years. "we took a dance class at notre dame high school, and this was after our last dance show." at the mosqueda home today, marco and another friend pulled out the high school yearbooks and relived the memories. like how they got to see calvin and his dad - who was a coach at serra - interact away from home. "you couldn't tell that they were father and son; they just seemed like best friends." in their freshman year of college, they got even closer as friends. "i was going through some tough times in january so i reached out to him, and he was always there for me. literally, i could talk to him ever

spencer blake is bringing us the details live from san leandro tonight. spencer? >> reporter:it's hard to forget the original story - a good samaritan actually stopped that kidnapping in progress while a man was dragging a woman down the street by her ankles. fortunately, nothing that violent has been reported since. but some women say they have seen the suspect, and the car he's driving. it's easy to find a place to eat at 14th street and juana avenue in downtown san leandro. but this is apparently also the area where a kidnapping suspect tried to find another victim. "i thought this was a safe city, so it's scary. it's like freaking me out." a woman tells police a man who looks like this pulled up in his car and started talking to her. "she was a little bit freaked out. she quickly turned the other way and left." another woman in the east bay says she saw the suspect's car - a 2014 silver nissan sentrafollowing her. after digging up some surveillance photos, police noticed the flashy wheels on the car - black or gray, and clearly an add-on. "those wheels and the

. >> pam:five people died in that crash, >> steve:now that the road has been cleared, spencer blake is live at one of the hospitals where injured passengers were taken. what's the latest this evening, spencer? >> reporter:there are six patients here at doctors medical center in modesto, with amputations being some of the most severe injuries. some of those patients were in critical condition this morning, have been improving throughout the day. it will be hard to shake this haunting image of a charter bus with 30 people on board.wrapped around a sign pole on the freeway. moises onsurez  chp "the bus struck the pole at the right, front portion, and then the pole somewhat went through the center of the bus." >> reporter:the bus left l-a monday night and was heading for pasco washington. instead, at about 3:30, it crashed near livingston on highway 99 - about 26 miles from modesto. "the bus split open, and that's how i got out." >> reporter:five people died on scene. twenty others were injured, and ended up in at least four different hospitals. the on-call suregeon at doctors medical cen

in lower lake, spencer blake, kron four news." in southern california.ing more progress in their efforts to put out the blue cut fire. officials say that fire is now 73 percent contained. it has consumed just over 37 thousand acres. the fire first began last tuesday in the cajon pass area along interstate 15. some of the mandatory evacuations in that area were lifted on friday. the cause of the blaze is still under investigation. happening today. hundreds of athletes will brave the frigid waters of the san francisco bay to compete in the san francisco triathlon. joining us now is kron 4's averi harper who is live from the little marina green as the race is about to kick off averi? >> averi: there is is going from the first leg and from marina green this morning guy and joined by the announcer 2004 and beyond. the two couples in the background family supporting them a very exciting time and transitions and it's very quiet so time to reflect and race and focus on what their plan was for the race today. what is especially challenging what this and sampras's

spencer blake was there today finding out more about the sting. >>reporter: numbers don't lie. officers can arrest seven people in 4 hours for soliciting prostitution or loitering with the intent to, that's a problem.>> we can arrest and get back out there. >>reporter: sergeant bob denied led the team. they wanted to send a clear message that prostitution will not be tolerated. >> members of the crime reduction team spearheaded this operation and they are specifically trained to participate in these type of operations. tran26 of the people arrested were females and one was a man. 2 of the suspects had additional charges related to bail and probation. >> very active first street prostitution >>reporter: elsewhere police made similar arrests three weeks ago. they made arrest while posing as prostitutes. >> we've been receiving some -- numerous complaints. >>reporter: police are not done. i can't go into detail about it but you can expect more sting operations in the future. crime reduction team involved in this operation is trained in many other areas but tackling prostitution an

>>kron 4, spencer blake found out what happened, firefighters and paramedics rolled them away from the building. >> it was supposed to be the celebration of a girl entering into womanhood. >> all these people started to have certain symptoms. >> the buildings security guard said that one man got sick after eating unwrapped party candy. and then a girl had trouble breathing. >> they said there was a kid in the men's bathroom vomiting. >> as more people started to get sick firefighters had to call for more more people to get help. >> first responders took 14 people to the hospital. others took themselves too the hospital -- took themselves to the hospital. the department of public health is involved taking test samples of food from the party to see what may had given people rashes , swollen tongues and rapid heartbeats. >> we do not know if it was intentional but this information were hoping to get from the investigation. all the food came from family members and from caterers. >> it is either the kids to have the candy. >> they treated and released five patients. none of the patients we

spencer blake in berkeley kron 4 news. >>> a bartender loses his finger after an angry patron bites it off. it happened here in san francisco's marina district. this is surveillance video of the suspect police say they are hoping someone will identify the man. it was back in july the suspect got mad at a closing time and attacked the bartender during a struggle he bit the man's ring finger off. he now must get a prosthetic. if this man looks familiar call the police. trip to throw -->>> bart is spending $2 million on improvements to keep their elevators like smelling -- from smelling like toilets. it will be coded and an epoxy that absorbs liquid. they are trying out a prototype at civic by putting a mister that sprays a bacteria enzyme meeting enzyme. >>> cooler temperatures across the bay area as students head back to school.>> we have to get over ,$8drw >>> what can we expect in the morning. >> a fast-moving day around the bay area. the high country had some thunderstorms and hail and lightning. that will settle down and we don't have to worry about that here. it was fascinating to

kron-4's spencer blake joins us now.and spencer is there progress tonight on the fire lines? >> reporter:the progress is very slow-going, let's put it that way. the cold fire up in yolo county is still just 15 percent contained, and it's burned 47- hundred acres. and down in monterey county, the 54-thousand acre soberanes fire is 35 percent contained. those stats are comign from cal firebut even on the municipal level, fire stations like this one in palo alto can feel the heat of the 2016 fire season. in some ways, this summer's fire season isn't as bad as 2015's. through the end of july, fires only burned *half as many acres as they did during the first seven months of last year. but when it comes to strike teams from local station, things are on track to be a lot busier. "last year we went out on three wildland fires and this year - for the whole summer of last year. and this year, we've gone out on three already, and we're still right in the middle of wildland season." palo alto's third strike team of the year comes home tonight from the soberanes fire. earlier this week,

tonight spencer blake looked into why this fire season might be more of a challenge for crews.>> reporter: the cold fire near winter is still only 15% contained. the silver on this fire you have heard so much about near big sur has scored 54,000 acres and is and even 40% contained. >> as we continue in this drought and in california it seems to be each year gets busier. >> reporter: the palo alto fire department is about to welcome home its second strike in this week. so far they have had three strike teams deployed this year equaling their total from all of 2015 even when he's water restrictions make you think the drought is backing out none of that matters when it comes to wildfires. >> even with the water restrictions it doesn't affect what we do because they are very dry.>> reporter: fewer acres have burned. cow fire says it is because of a late start. >> this year because we did see precipitation over the winter time it took longer to get into fire season because we now we have this huge grass crop and it is dried out. >> reporter: the end might be late to. they estimate they will ha

tonight spencer blake tells us when the smoke my clear out. >> reporter: all over the bay area friday people couldn't miss the gross looking color in the air. >> we're coming off a 101 and what i thought was fog was clearly haze. it is surprising how much it blanketed the area. >> reporter: it's blowing smoke from the nearby fire all the way to the bay area. >> smoke is a regional pollutant. we have had it at the 1500 foot level for some time. that could drop down easily. >> there were reports of smoke as low as 1000 feet. the worst air quality is south and east of the bay. check out this view of oakland. even in the city it's not hard to see the wind blowing or what it brought in. >> it seems darker out here. >> unfortunately we don't have a big rain event which would clear out the rain -- air a lot. we have stronger winds coming but you will still see the haze. >> it comes saturday which is not the spare the air day. even though saturday might look a little better, we still have the hottest part of summer ahead of us which likely means more wildfires pushing in more smoke and that c

as people dig through the ashes kron4's spencer blake has more on how victims are getting back on their feet. >> reporter: helping things to be -- seems to be the theme. will this friend helps our friends go through a burned-out house,. >> a lot of people are able to get back but they're waiting for the smoke clear off. and some people because they lost their home. >> reporter: the red cross has consolidated its shelter operating at the twin pine casino in middletown. pg&e set up a station for people who have questions about their utilities. the salvation army center is offering drinks and more. the main street fire station has bulk items for families whose food has been destroyed. as people look through ashes they can see how predictable flames could be. this home is burned to the ground. take a look up the hill, that building was untouched. >> over in the corner by this tank was a hot the. >> reporter: this couple came back home for the 1st time friday night. a few special pieces survived but not much else did. their pets did and their friends are letting them sleep in a tent. >> it's

. >> spencer blake is live now, in the studio with this story. after talking to the family, today, how are the kids doing after seeing such horror? >> reporter: they are eight and six years old. still asking alot of questions to mom and dad as you can imagine. very hard questions for mom to answer we remember all of the images we saw from that night. emergency response, confusion. luca family of walnut creek saw it all if real time last month. they say it was almost as confusing as it was terrifying. >> reporter: on the night of the attack in nice, france, sara was with her son and daughter, watching fireworks. she saw the truck that sped through people, from 25-yards away, she couldn't tell that anything was wrong >> i didn't realize it at the time. >> reporter: as soon as the show was over, mass panic set in. >> fireworks, so, everybody got confused >> everybody was running and my shoe fell down. >> reporter: they didn't think about turning back to find the missing shoe. they had no idea whether an attacker would make another move. >> i just la

in san francisco, spencer blake, kron four news. a wildfire raging in riverside county has forced 700-people from their homes. the blaze... known as the bogart fire...brokeout around noon today in the unincorporated cherry valley area. one outbuilding has already been destroyed. a mobile home park and other homes have been evacuated. so far the flames are only five percent contained. one firefighter has been treated for a non-life threatening injury. investigators have determined the outbreak was human-caused. anyone with information is urged to contact officials. >> pam:happening now. a pair of hurricanes. heading towards hawaii.,. kron-4 meteorologist brittney shipp joins us now.she is tracking both storms. brittney--could either make landfall? >> britteny: watching this really closely already for y e two different hurricane systems a full look at our maps first one category six sustained wind speeds moving to the west run 10 mi. an hour. this is why standard time 2:00 p.m. right near the southern tip of the big island. when speed

live in san francisco, spencer blake, kron four news. a man accused of killing his wife yesterday afternoon at their blackhawk home in contra costa county has been arrested. officials say 69 year old john tercheria was arrested on suspicion of murder and was booked into the martinez detention facility early this morning. tercheria is being held on a one million dollar bail. deputies say the victim is john's wife - 69-year-old marie tercheria. >> steve:sheriff's officials did not say how tercheria died and did not provide a motive for the alleged homicide. san jose police are searching for the hit and run driver that left a young man in a coma. kron 4's alecia reid spoke exclusively with the family, that is pleading for the driver to turn themself in. she reports from regional medical center, where doctors are doing their best to keep the victim alive. hundreds of delta flights canceled today - due to complications from a power outage. delta says it canceld more than 740 flights scheduled for today. >>alecia: use in clinical condition fro

in palo alto, spencer blake, kron four news. live look outside.nternational airport. >> marty:for the weekend: it's blues festival in palo alto. come out and enjoy music, food and more. it's all happening at bell street park from 12:00 to 7:00. the event is free to attend. >> gary:live look outside. kirkwood for the weekend: it's the annual rib cook off in come out and enjoy ribs, chicken and more. it's all happening in downtown clayton from 10:00 to 6:00. the event is free to attend. ♪ ♪ ♪ taking a live look outside from the bay bridge toll plaza. rebecca strom is here with what you need to know before you head out the door this morning. rebecca. >> rebecca: >> marty:decision 20-16. donald trump doing some campaign repair work. as the g-o-p presidential nominee officially endorsed house speaker paul ryan at his rally in green bay. the endorsement ends a four-day standoff that had exposed the split in the republican party over his candidacy. trump also implored his party to unite behind him. it was an unusual gesture for trump, who is known for hi

. >> in san francisco, spencer blake. >>> the wildfires running across california. this fire is 45% contained and that has burned nearly 50,000 acres. firefighters say that winds blowing 20 miles per hour overnight pushed the flames high in the southwest section and 57 homes in 11 buildings have been destroyed. 600 structures are still threatened. 5000 firefighters are working to put it out, one man was killed and two others were injured since the first 32 weeks ago. officials expect to be fighting the flames until the end of the month extract this fire has burned 5300 -- >>> this fire has burned 5300 acres. 1400 firefighters are working to put this particular fire out. there are chris from 12 different agencies there. there have been no injuries or deaths reported and no buildings are threatened. the cause is under investigation. officials say that they expected to be 100% contained by next week. >>> firefighters catching a bit of a break, we have seen an onshore wind and that has brought some higher humidity and cooler temperatures. in fact, high temperature has b

kron4 spencer blake spoke with her wife today.>> reporter: the high school district is where she worked as a bus driver and apparently it was a job she was not only good at that one that she loved. today the woman who loves her shared a little bit more about her. >> she was an amazing human being. she lit up the world. she had a personality on like nothing i've ever seen. >> reporter: that light left the world sunday when she died at the hands of the gunman who also injured for other people. >> she was deceased on scene. there were three other individuals transported to the hospital. >> reporter: she loved being around kids and had a special bond with the special needs kids. >> she brought something to them and they brought so much love to her. >> reporter: they had gone to austin to visit her grandparents. they were enjoying the nightlife when they were killed. now she is left-leaning on other loved ones. >> very supportive including her grandparents who are now my family. >> reporter: they had just gotten married in april in a small ceremony only the grandparents were there. they had

in san francisco, spencer blake, kron four news. we are following this story and all breaking news online and on our mobile app. we sent out a push alert this afternoon about the taxi crash. stay connected by downloading our app and getting up the minute updates on news that matters to you. kron4news-dot-com >> pam:another big story. a terribly tragic story. two young sisters. dead tonight. the pick-up truck they were in. plunged into the russian river today. tonight, a sonoma county community is mourning. and as kron-4's dan kerman tells us the girls' mother. who was driving that truck. is heartsick. police continue to search for a suspect who was responsible for robbing a u-s bank in lafayette today. police say the robbery happened around five this evening in the 34-00 block of mount diablo. in an attempt to search for the suspect police issued a helicopter and k-9 search. the suspect who was caught on surveillance video is described as a latino man, about five-feet six inches tall. >> reporter: the town board of yaks it spread qu

. >> the video of the rescue is there and we have spencer blake live on the beach with the details. spencer? >> reporter: i am at princeton point specifically in between two landmarks if you check out the rocks to my right where a lot of people like to go fishing. if you check in the water to my left, you can see mushroom rock . that out there in the water is where a lot of paddle boarders and kayakers like to go to catch big waves. but in between is where the waves got too big too fast. >> carlos flores comes to these rocks at half moon bay to fish pretty regularly. with the tide is just write it comes splashing up the rock walls just like it was saturday afternoon. >> the waves were pretty gnarly. >> he had a perfect view of kayakers in the distance but as the waves got bigger, five or 6 feet tall, they noticed one man struggling. >> he got surprised by the waves and got tumbled and as he kept coming in his kayak got flooded full of water and you cannot make headway. >> reporter: the waves toss the man from his post and when he finally surfaced to grab the kayak another set of ways

. >> especially downtown area and kron 4 spencer blake was in vallejo today getting details on the bigbest. >> the corridor is mainly where please were able to prosecute and look for prostitutes on the job and they say with three quick and easy process because those people lawns friday night. the vallejo nearly created crime team is in central vallejo from the end of last week and had no trouble finding criminals involved. >> the investigation was run for only four hours with seven arrests and that amount of time. >> reporter: the arrests happened in a steady stream. armistice one as they finished one arrest they would pick up someone else. six other suspects were female and one was a male posing as a female. the all face prostitution related charges and some of them had related charges relating from bill and probation issues. >> it is an ongoing issue they were aware of for many years. have been receiving numerous complaints from citizens entering to address the issue and be receptive to those compliance.>> reporter: vallejo is not the only time of the problem but all early in the mon

kron4 spencer blake spoke with her wife about her love of life and others. >> reporter: if anyone cares for children like she did they certainly have a good thing going. she was a bus driver at the sequoia union high school district where her wife says that she always felt like she had something to give. sabrina read the wife of the victim is still an austin processing the tragedy. >> i am so broken. our future was ripped away. >> reporter: they were visiting family when a night on the counter and deadly during a random shooting spree. >> she was taken to soon. >> reporter: colleagues in redwood city put flowers on her bus. they said everyone loved her especially the kids she worked with. >> she loved her job, she loved being around the kids and she worked with special needs children for a long time and those kids letter to. >> reporter: their most exciting plans were dashed. they had a small private wedding ceremony and april and they had planned a big one for october. >> i'm going to miss her so much. she was my world. she was my everything. >> reporter: she is leaning on family both

. >> grant:kron four's spencer blake is live in san leandro. spencer is the original case still open? >> reporter:yes, it isand because this story has been on kron four, two other women say they racognize the sketch of the suspect, and the car he's likely driving. take a look at that sketch. police say the suspect is a black man, anywhere from 25 to 40, about 5 foot ten. they say he's mostly likely driving a 2014, white nissan sentra. that's the type of car that a woman in another east bay city reported following her just a few days ago. the key things to look for.are tinted windows, and some aftermarket wheels that are either gray or black. officers think this car is flashy enough, that it's probably still on the streets, and they need your help finding it. "we know that somebody knows this man. we know that somebody knows this car. and right now we're exploring the possibility that it may not be his car." so, if the suspect *doesn't own the car, police think he may have borrowed it from a friend or family member, or maybe he might work at a de

spencer blake took the court copter with scientists are trying the learn more.ntists in this field, in my their research will also help first responders in the event of another napa earthquake. "we produce something called shake maps, and this type of information goes into those shake maps, so it makes them much more accurate such that when an earthquake occurs, they can look at those shake maps and know exactly where to go." >> reporter: figure what to the materials are underground create and then also help first responder is not that of another nine are earthquake. let's just hope there isn't a in napa, spencer blake, kron four news. >> britteny: to the next few hours and) the tunnel of a clock is certain wouldn't see wind speeds definitely throw the entire area. and then mostly clear conditions in mind coastal fog. the wind direction is not favorable and the release strong onshore flow right now and tomorrow little bit cooler for us. we will stick closer than average and a sector cover again. feature cast for san jose and warm conditions fairfield and not any

kron-4's spencer blake joins us live from one of the hospitals. where people are being treated spencer - any update on their condition? >> reporter: there and five i'll be in favor of connecting with their families as he met him the data and early in the film. he mouthed and live the fur vault the people of bordeaux fifth half. >> reporter: think it crashed into a post. happened in the middle of the that the damage was so severe the fuss was still there and almost 12 hours later. " five people died. this girl one of the few who did fan of the hospital county medical center they were prepared for the sudden influx fifth. most of the injuries ranked from head and neck broken bones and an abdication. then of the passengers here are in critical condition anymore. >> reporter: services workers are trying to make contact with family members can. art seriously hurt the sun the mouth. ended up at doctors medical patients, one of the hard thingsthe bus they were on began itsjust a few miles from livingston, this charter bus with 30 people on board almost co

spencer blake is live at the department of health with an update. r, how are the people who got sick doing today? as of this morning they had all been discharged from the hospital. >> reporter:while they were there, they weren't just getting treated for their symptoms -- heart palpitations, high blood pressure, dizziness, and nausea. 12 of those patients were also tested for t-h-c -- which is the chemical component of marijuana. all their tests came back positive. so did the tests on these. check out the gummy rings that were served at the party. they look like candies you can get at a convenience store, but these had pot in them. police say they were unwrapped at the party. police are still trying to figure out where they came from. they've been interviewing a catering company from oakland that served food at the party.but they *did not say the caterers were the ones who brought the candy. i asked about what kind of charges someone could face in a case like this. they said it all depends. "if it was intentional, and let's say that intention was spec

. >> steve:kron four's spencer blake has been digging up details from ground level. he joins us now with the details. spencer. >> reporter:you're gonna get a high-flying view from our drone tonightbut all the scientific action is really happening *underground. geologists realized the damage from that napa quake in 2014.was much worse than their models would have predicted. so now they're figuring out how bad things might getthe *next time an earthquake hits. in the dry grass behind napa's westwood hills park, scientists from the u-s-g-s unloaded this machine to bore into the earth. meanwhile, our quadcopter four pilot, mark, unloaded his drone. this is just one site in a project that spans about 120 square miles across the napa valley. "we are not trying to predict when earthquakes will occur; we're trying to understand what the effects are likely to be, and how we can minimize those effects." but before the complicated physics and computer science come into play, there's the grunt work. "you get bounced around pretty good." this crew has to drill 42 holes, each 20 to

around the ba today, we caught a gray glimpse of stuffy skies6 c13 lot of tr ofes6 c13 ron four's spencer blake joins us l we >> reporter: outside the view from the kron 4 studio. i could smell smoke from insidecoming in from the east bay today, i could *smell smoke from inside my car on i-80. and there are plenty of cities where you can *see it, too. but there is probably some *short-term relief on the way. "right now you can just see the numerous fires around the state." those fires are something our kron four meteorologists are always watching, along with wind patterns. "but those places where you get high pressure overhead, it helps to trap those pollutants right in between those canyon walls and before you know it, the air quality suffers a lot." it's bad enough that the air district issued its *18th 'spare the air' day of the summer friday. in 2015, they only issued nine. so, do those 'spare the air' alerts make a difference in the smoke particulate data? "it's hard to be able to just say, 'yes we see a difference.' we do know that a number of people will actually take transit, work from

spencer blake is live tonight with details on this the best. spencer. >>reporter: it is not an uncommon problem around this part , police have been getting calls from all around town of that as part of the reason why they set up this organized staying along busy roads. the numbers don't lie. officers arrested seven people in 4 hours for soliciting prostitution or loitering with the intent to, that's the crime problem. >> that's a lot of arrests in a short time, we can get many arrests. >>reporter: sergeant night led the team he wanted to send a clear mess -- message the prostitution will not be tolerated. >> members of the crime reduction team in the community services division are specifically trained to participate in these types of sting operations. >> six females and one man arrested some from berkeley and oakland and 2 of the suspects had additional charges related to bail in probation. >> it's very active in terms of prostitution. >>reporter: elsewhere police made 11 similar arrest three weeks ago. undercover officers made arrest while posing as p

in san francisco, spencer blake,/// ." ((christianne klein)) >>> a federal lawsuit has been filed on behalf of the texas clock boy -- ahmed mohamed. in september of last year, the 14-year-old made international headlines when he brought a handmade clock to school. the police were called after one teacher thought it was a bomb. ahmed was detained, quei the school said it reacted with caution because the contraption could have been an explosive device. turns out it was just a clock ahmed wanted to show his teachers. the lawsuit claims the city of irving, texas...the school district...and the mcarthur high school principal violated ahmed's civil rights. ((paul joncich)) >>> it's the "bark to school special" over at the animal foundation! right now, there are more than 90 dogs and 45 cats available for all dogs six months and older -- only 25- dollars. fees are being waived for pit bulls six months and older. the adoption specials runs through august 22-nd. /// ((christianne klein)) >>> doctors may have found a way to make bre

live in the newsroom, spencer blake, tron 4 news. >>> donald trump tried to link the murder of dwayneusin to why he should be in the white house. >> a 32-year-old pushing a stroller down the street on the way to register her children at school. the mother of four got caught in the crossfire of shooting. the child she was with was not injured. investigators say that she was an innocent bystander and not the intended target. republican presidential candidate donald trump commented on her death during an event in iowa. >> it breaks all of our hearts to see it it's horrible and it's only getting worst. this shouldn't happen in our country. this shouldn't happen in america. >> reporter: trump caused a stir on twitter about this, taking heat for this tweet -- trump did misspell wade's first name in the tweet, later deleting it and fixing it and adding a tweet saying he can fix inner city problems. four hours later, he tweeted some condolences. >>> tonight, a bitter battle in the presidential race with both candidates using some of the strongest language in attack adds, yet to label each oth

and palo alto, spencer blake kron 4 news.>>> we are headed into the heart of fire season, we've had high pressure sitting on the desert southwest cranking up the temperatures, we will see relief in the next couple of days. this area will sweep down and bring with it a stronger seabreeze and more humidity on shore to help cool down those temperatures and bring up the humidity. that is great news. it looks like the next couple of days these temperatures that have been in the 90s and triple digits will be down in the 70s and 80s and along the coastline the temperatures are running in the low 60s. a stronger seabreeze may be a concern, it's good to get the seabreeze bringing in the moisture, it is improving the air-quality. that's been the big benefit. bay area air-quality is good across the board and will stay that way throughout the weekend. we will have more in just a couple of minutes. >>> two new cases of the zika virus are confirmed in san francisco. the most recent cases bring the total count of infected residents to 10, we learned this week's that one of the two babies born with the

. >> looking at video of the rescue, spencer blake spoke with the good samaritan tonight in a store youly see on kron4 news. >> reporter: preston -- kristin point attract a lot of anglers. mushroom rock attracts kayakers. sunday afternoon the waves got too big for one man. five or six fight high. >> that's been dwindling on the water you see this wall. jarkko karlos laura's saw the waves overpower the kayaker. he had seen it happen before but this time was different. >> usually kayakers serving their are well prepared if they don't turnover, they write themselves right away, this guy fell out of the kayak. jarkko fortunately >> reporter: fortunately he grabbed the world. feeling of the waves, floors caught the man's attention. he yelled back he was freezing so far is called harbor patrol. >> within minutes of the rescue boat's bekelech showed up and pulled the man who was wearing a life jacket aboard. hit symptoms of mild hypothermia but should be okay. his kayak will be okay also. patrol pulled to safety and a few minutes later. >> for his vicious your often he says he sees kayakers ca

tonight i'm reporting live in lower lake, spencer blake. >>> official haves made progress in trying to put out another fire in the county. she has been picking up that part of the story. >>> soon starting the mopup phase. about 70,000 people are under evacuation orders. la teesh ya. >> reporter: in the west ka hone valley , this windmill is all that remains intact. while up the road, manuel looked at what was left. many of his neighbors were not as lucky. >> you know, some people might not come back. >> just over the hill gary hopkins would barely contain his emotions. >> this is devastated, all of it. i have done my best to take care of it, but man, this isn't good. >> a piece of history now gone forever after the fire tore through clyde ranch. it has been here since before the civil war. he is is caretaker. >> nothing but ash now. >> reporter: they continue to mop up hot spots, but with the fire seemingly out, some of the residents want to know why they can't go home. >> everybody just wants to go home. >> this isre1 the challenge and danger, hundreds of power lines down in the burne

in san francisco, spencer blake, kron4 news a string of vicious attacks as one popular mall in colorado caught on camera. more of this video coming up. >>> former pro basketball star dennis rodman could be facing a felony charges. find that what he did in southern california. >>> will tell you what donald trump is doing today to try and unite his party plus his latest attack on hillary clinton.>>> the republican presidential nominee donald trump has received a lot of backlash after a refusing to back several top republican lawmakers for reelection. beltran is giving his support in hopes of healing and deepening rift within his party. from our partners at cnn, we have the latest. >>> in our shared mission to make america great again, i support and endorse our speaker of the house, paul ryan. >> reporter: it's better late than never. donald trump now supporting house speaker paul ryan bid for reelection. the endorsement came during a campaign event writing it in green bay wisconsin. >> working hand-in-hand, we will grow our majority in the house and in the senate. we need that. we have to

spencer blake and berkeley, kron 4 news. >>> the san jose police department is facing a crisis. the number of police officers patrolling is at an all-time low. safety is a challenge for the officers and the people. today city officials met with the chief of police and the association to try to remedy the shortage. alecia reid joins us. what can you tell us? >>reporter: good evening, the president of the police officers association believes an emergency should be the clear, there are 1 million people living in san jose, there should be 500 officers patrolling the streets. right now, the city has 400 patrolling. street patrols are in dire straits. >> we are talking about over 340, 10 hour shifts that need to be filled every single week in patrol.>>reporter: with those number, the mayor doesn't believe the department will survive the next six months. officers are worn out working doubles and covering shifts on days up.>> it's not safe for any of us, the officers or the community. >>reporter: monday's meeting was the first step trying to fix the problem. the city manager, chief of p

spencer blake, "kron" 4 news. >>> a woman taken to the hospital by helicopter. she had life-threatening injuries police are still searching for the driver in this crash. >> >> a warning tonight from police in the east bay. they tell us someone is going around shooting people with a bb gun. police believe the shots were fired from this car that you are looking at now, a 2013 jeep cherokee. the latest shooting was captured by surveillance camera and it happened near east 14th and 159th avenue. police believe that the shooter might be as young as 13 years old. there were three other people in the car. they believe police tell us that a woman was driving the car. police say that the license plate -- they don't have a really good read on it, but they believe it begins with the number 7. >> >> string of bb related shootings. first, there were buildings, these were the culprits targeting those cars and bill willings. now, it has turned into people getting shot at by a pellet gun. police released these images in an effort to fine the people they believe is responsible p

tonight spencer blake tells us when the smoke my clear out. >> reporter: all over the bay area fridayle couldn't miss the gross looking color in the air. >> we're coming off a 101 and what i thought was fog was clearly haze. it is surprising how much it blanketed the area. >> reporter: it's blowing smoke from the nearby fire all the way to the bay area. >> smoke is a regional pollutant. we have had it

. >> kron 4 spencer blake is live in the studio. he spoke with his family. what did they go through? >> reporter: it is amazing. they were not hurt physically but you can imagine mentally because we saw the images of the first responders coming in, the confusion, and the rising death tall and beluga family saw it in real-time. they say was almost as confusing as it was terrifying. on the night of the attack in nice sarah luca was with her son and daughter watching fireworks and she took this video from the promenade where a truck sped through. she saw the truck but from about 25 yards away, she could not tell that anything was wrong. >> he was riding in a zigzag -- i know because he was probably -- as many as possible. i don't know. what was going on -- i saw that there was a patrol. >> reporter: as soon as the show was over, mass panic set in. >> fireworks were making noise, so everybody got confused. but from the promenade, the fireworks -- they started walking and some of us -- we noticed a whole bunch of -- a group of people, hundreds, running. we alread

spencer blake went there to see what people employees are saying about the spike in crime. >> reporterthis is precisely the spot where a man died after getting stabbed sunday night. he had an out having a drink from a nearby store and was attacked on the way home. neighbors say he lay bleeding on the corner less than a block from his own home before he passed away. before all this happened hayward police were already shocked by four other homicides in the first week of august. >> is it an anomaly that we have for homicide in the city? it's something that has never happened that people who have been here for many years can't remember that happening. >> reporter: now that number has climbed to five in the first two weeks of august, making it homicides in town for all of 2016. >> i was unaware of this. usually there are on other places besides a. >> reporter: police say the stabbing does not appear to be related to the four other cases. the first two with domestic homicides. the next two may have common gang ties to go one of the victims was a teenager. >> i think that's pretty crazy. gro

spencer blake kron four news. >> officers are going to be hold holding a news conference this morning to give us us an update on the crash. the bus is owned by autobusses usa. the federal motor carrier safety administration says that the company has been sited 44 maintenance violations in the last two years. now the bus involved in yesterday's crash was sited three times in april this year. it was also sited in february of last year for four violations including having a driver with a suspended commercial driver's license. it's unclear right now whether it's the same driver that was involved in the crash now. the driver has been identified as 57-year-old mar owe david vasquez from los angeles and he was -- mario david vasquez from los angeles and he was injured in the crash. >> a 30-year-old was arraigned yesterday for shooting at a police sergeant on july 23rd. that happened after the sergeant had been involved in a crash while responding to another call. he walked up to the patrol car after the crash and started shooting but did not hit the sergeant. she was treated for injuries she