(spencer blake)in lafayette, a salon owner wonders if vandalism to his business... was targeted.sunday morning a neighboring business owner reported glass broken at the front door of clark russell salon.russell says someone threw a rock through the glass, but didn't steal anything.he wonders if it was targeting a gofundme poster for his husband, who was a former sheriff's deputy, or the fact that they're a gay, minority couple.but, russell also says it's possible... it was just a kid and a random act.in lafayette, spencer blake, kron four news. (justine) still ahead.. cooler temperatures to start the work week..' but how long will it last?(jr stone) meteorologist lawrence karnow is back with your complete forecast. karnow: it turned into a beautiful day for most of the bay area today. highs today were hovering right around average with 80s in the valleys and 60s at the coast. the sea breeze is stronger and will bring cooler air to the valleys. if you're going out expect windier weather for much of the bay area and fog moving onshore. it was another active day in the sierra with numerou

as kron4's spencer blake reports....oday the captain and crew keep passing the praise onto each other. thursday night, the 31-foot recreational boat 'luna'sank to the bottom of the bay.it was just yards away from alcatraz island."i don't know where they were coming from or going, but real quick it ended up stopping."but before it did, erik anfinson, captain of the alcatraz clipper, heard the coast guard send a call about a small boat that had hit a rock, and was taking on water.captain tubby, as he's often called, immediately headed in the direction of 'the luna.'"captain tubby was already taking his tour back to the city when he got the distress call. he actually had to go back around the island to be able to help."soon, he had pulled his ship, full of hundreds of tourists, up next to the sinking boat.his crew, which regularly goes through rescue trainings and practices, started pulling the line to bring the luna closer. "everybody pretty much just stepped right on board."deck hand shawn christian was involved in the re

we start with kron four's spencer blake who was on the ground in berkeley as it all unfolded. he joins us live from the park tonight. spencer, what does it look like out there this evening? for a while there were officers at every turn, but later they pulled back a little.earlier in the day, antifa members were standing toe-to-toe with officers. police officers with helmets and face masks were all over civic center park.some of them were checking people and bags for weapons or banned items. others were part of this arrest of a woman covering her face with a purple bandana. (nats: "let them go!")i caught up with the man who was chanting 'berkeley cops are k-k-k.'"the berkeley police are defending nazism.by arresting people?yes.so if they arrest people who break the law, they're defending nazis?what's your name?my names spencer, i'm with channel 4. i'm just wondering, if they arrest people who break the law, if that makes them kkk."he didn't seem to want to answer at that point. that man wasn't alone in his anger towards police, who made 13 arrests at the rally sunday. "the polic

kron four's spencer blake was there as they met with reporters in pacifica. joey gibson is the man behind the patriot prayer rally that never happened in san francisco saturday.he canceled it less than 24 hours before it happened, for one main reason:"you have these antifa punks - three or four of them - or anarchists, that show up dressed in all black and they start burning things down, they start breaking windows, and they hijack the whole message."other co-organizers say they feared for their safety as they saw elected leaders label their rally as white supremacist gathering."i have received threats - numerous threats - since this has happened, and it's all based on lies."organizers say they also worried violence would break out because police decided to allow rally-goers and protesters to intermingle. "it's a no-brainer. we here in nowhere, in the middle of nowhere, so we don't have the violence. we don't want the violence."they insisted they're not in town to promote racism, but to support love, peace, and freedom - no matter your political affiliation.

kron4's spencer blake is tracking the latest.ecause of violence and bloody fights like these from opposing rallies on april 15th in berkeley, the organizer of sunday's 'no to marxism in america' rally is urging supporters not to gather.amber cummings sent out a public message friday, saying she fears anti-fascist groups like 'by any means necessary' -- or bamn - will attack people attending sunday's event, and is therefore asking people not to attend at all.as for bamn organizer yvette felarca"we don't believe them. we don't trust anything they say."she told reporters at u-c berkeley she thinks it's all a ploy to throw counter-demonstrators off their scent during an event that may have white nationalists, neo-nazis, and k-k-k members in attendance. "we intend to mobilize as many people as possible saturday and sunday."one cal student on campus told me he saw both the pros and cons of anti-fascists showing up even after cummings' cancellation."i feel like if it was a bit more organized as to how they're going to do it, exactly, as

the alumni game named after him, or setting up a scholarship in his name.at cal state east bay, spencer blake, kron four news. in concord... at least seven people have been displaced from their home... after a large oak tree limb broke and fell through their roof on tilson drive friday night. a neighbor says two men were injured, but not seriously. the concord police department says one of them was taken to a hospital as a precaution. building inspectors have visited the home and say the family living here can't enter it until the repairs are made. the electricity has been turned off. in concord, philippe djegal, kron four news. anny hong: here is the kron 4zone forecast.. a few degrees of cooling are expected over the weekend and into early next week as an approaching trough of low pressure weakens the area of high pressure currently over the eastern pacific. coastal areas will see little in the way of change with continue night and morning low clouds and patchy fog. (jr stone) and just into the kron four news room.... there was ánoá powerball jackpot winner. (justine) that means... the tota

kron four's spencer blake has the details. a man in his sixties called menlo park police early friday morning to say a strange man had come into his home.the victim lives alone on ringwood avenue, and reported the invader had held him at knife point, tried to rob him, and then sexually assaulted him. "when i woke up at 6:30 and opened the curtains, there were six or seven police cars on the street."in two minutes, police had arrived and set up a perimiter."during the perimeter we were actually able to visually see the suspect running onto the pedestrian overpass."but officers converged on the getaway route too quickly for the man to get away.(reporter) "with the suspect surrounded on either side of the pedestrian bridge, police released one of their k-9s to go after him. then police say the man actually climbed this chain-link fence, came over, and jumped onto van buren road, falling about 30 feet." the fall injured lamar stevens so badly, he could no longer move."the suspect is going to be in the hospital for an unknown amoun

hundreds of tourists on the ferry witnessed whole thing -- as kron4's spencer blake reports.hursday night, the 31-foot recreational boat 'luna'sank to the bottom of the bay.it was just yards away from alcatraz island."i don't know where they were coming from or going, but real quick it ended up stopping."but before it did, erik anfinson, captain of the alcatraz clipper, heard the coast guard send a call about a small boat that had hit a rock, and was taking on water.captain tubby, as he's often called, immediately headed in the direction of 'the luna.'"captain tubby was already taking his tour back to the city when he got the distress call. he actually had to go back around the island to be able to help."soon, he had pulled his ship, full of hundreds of tourists, up next to the sinking boat.his crew, which regularly goes through rescue trainings and practices, started pulling the line to bring the luna closer. "everybody pretty much just stepped right on board."deck hand shawn christian was involved in the rescue, which brought cheers from the alcatraz tourists.he gave credit

kron four's spencer blake hopped aboard one of the newest ferries in the bayto take a tour. passengers boarding this ferry in san francisco say it's one of the easiest ways to cross the bay. "'cause it's convenient - you don't have to pay for parking, you don't have to hassle with going over the bridge."perhaps that's why a record number of people - 288 thousand of them - took a ferry during the month of july. that new number is why the water emergency transportation authority, or w-e-t-a, is growing the ferry fleet. "there's a new ferry that's been on the water for less than a month and another one is expected to join the fleet by the end of august."the newest one, hydrus, carries more people than the other ferries."i was looking to show my friend around and i realized there was some things that looked a little bit different."things like space to hold 50 bikes, along with loading areas in the fore áand in the aft."i wish i did actually bring a bike. it would be nice to have it on here now."those who ride fairly frequently could appreciate the new details. "well it's nice ha

guidelines for the release of board member told kron was the first he had heard policy in the east bay, spencer blake, kron four news. ((pam))the clouds.. rolling into the bay area tonight.so what can we expect for the morning commute?((steve)) meteorologist brittney shipp is back with your complete bay area forecast. warm slightly across the interior as high pressure strengthens over the desert southwest through late week. meanwhile, onshore flow and the presence of the marine layer will keep conditions near seasonal averages at the coast with overnight/morning low clouds and patchy fog. overall, little day-to- day changes are forecast heading into the upcoming weekend with ongoing dry weather conditions. >>> what happened to famed sippinger sinead o'connor. >> i'm not going to die. >> her alarming motel meltdown. >> she took her mobile device, propped night the window, sat down on the bed and poured her heart out. >> how is this acceptable. >> then, freak accident. >> oh, my gosh. the baby will fall. >> a mom and her two kids are trapped in their car straight up in the air. >> more on the taylor sw

and he thinks the vandalism could be a hate crime.( darya ) kron four's spencer blake has the details. (sound of vacuum)hairdresser clark russell spent part of his sunday afternoon vacuuming up the shards of glass left behind after an act of vandalism."someone threw a giant rock into the bottom part of our door."it was a neighboring restaurant owner who called police to report it. "ya know, because we're neighbors he's a good friend of mine. so i decided to go over there and see if there was anything, ya know, suspicious."perhaps the only thing strange, was that whoever did itdidn't steal anything, or seem to enter the salon at all."the rock came flying in through here and it knocked all these products off."one of russell's theories has to do with this poster. it promotes a go fund me page for his husband, who has parkinson's and desperately needs stem cell treatment.he's pictured in the uniform he wore as a sheriff's deputy for contra costa county."could it be an act toward someone who didn't like the fact that there was a picture of a sheriff? unfortunately there are people out ther

kron four's spencer blake reporting from lafayette. (sound of vacuum)hairdresser clark russell spent part of his sunday afternoon vacuuming up the shards of glass left behind after an act of vandalism."someone threw a giant rock into the bottom part of our door."it was a neighboring restaurant owner who called police to report it. "ya know, because we're neighbors he's a good friend of mine. so i decided to go over there and see if there was anything, ya know, suspicious."perhaps the only thing strange, was that whoever did itdidn't steal anything, or seem to enter the salon at all."the rock came flying in through here and it knocked all these products off."one of russell's theories has to do with this poster. it promotes a go fund me page for his husband, who has parkinson's and desperately needs stem cell treatment.he's pictured in the uniform he wore as a sheriff's deputy for contra costa county."could it be an act toward someone who didn't like the fact that there was a picture of a sheriff? unfortunately there are people out there

kron four's spencer blake reports on how pets might respond to today's celestial event. animals have no idea what's coming.while we don our special eclipse glasses monday -- which you'd better do if you're going to be looking at the sun at áall - will pets freak out about the dip into partial darkness?"we don't have any research or data that would give us a definitive answer."shelley smith is a behavior manager with the san francisco s-p-c-a.she says it's a tough qusetion to answer, seeing as how major solar eclipses are few and far between.but veterinarians are guessing the half-covered sun ámight have an effect on crepuscular animals."these are animals like our own house cats, but also bats, birds, and potentially cows, so we could see perhaps a disruption in milk flow."it shouldn't be anything serious, but your pets could provide an interesting and educational experience, at least."i hadn't really thought about it, but now that you've mentioned it i'll probably be watching him, to see if i see any different behavior."standup"aside from the science that we don't quite

as kron4's spencer blake reports.ide lands' tenth anniversary, fans have more than 80 artists to choose from to suit their fancy."gorillaz, metallica, and the who.""we like the avett brothers, we saw vance joy, we just went and saw cage the elephant."for some people saturday night's headliner, metallica, might have made up for the lack of 'a tribe called quest,' - one of the other big bands that had to cancel its appearance for the second day in a row. friday's last-minute change of plans was due to 'unforseen travel circumstances."but this gal's not worried."i came to see the japanese house and also because my fiance loves music so here we are. we're getting married next month and i wanted to support him."he himself is a big supporter of the festival.he's been here "seven years in a row." "nothing's really changed, it's just always been a really good festival. good people, good music, great layout.""and while it has the same basic setup as all the other nine years, some people at outside lands did notice a few things

invites violence, however, is not protected, but that is a very narrow exception.in san rafael, spencer blake, kron four news. (grant) and our coverage of the violence in charlottesville continues on kron-4-dot-com. we've just posted a story with a local expert -- who talks about the moment the rally turned into domestic terrorism. (pam) new at 11. police are investigationg a man's death after an industrial incident today in lafayette. it happened around three - this afternoon on avalone avenue. once at the scene ... officers found a 35-year-old man trapped in a forklift... but the man died at the scene. his identity has yet to be released. this is an developing story. (grant) a botched risk assement process...helped free one of the san francisco twin peaks murder suspects... just days before police say he commited that murder. before the twin peaks murder...19-year-old lamonte mims was arrested on charges of possessing a gun while on probation. and when determining if mims should be released from prison before his trial the district attorney's office told kron 4 that the information used to

area school districts start classes either sometime this week, or next monday.in san francisco, spencer blake, kron four news. ( jr stone) coming up... cooler temperatures hitting the bay area as we get ready for the work week... meteorologist lawrence karnow is back with your complete forecast with what to expect.... karnow: the fog gave way to sunshine and nice weather away from the coast today. but the clouds are already racing back on shore tonight and will spread well inland. the winds have really picked up too. the fog will be thick enough again that we will likely see more widespread drizzle along the coast and maybe even inside the bay. highs today were still running below normal and we have some cooler weather coming our way. you can see the weather system coming down out of the gulf of alaska. it won't bring us any rain but it will deepen the marine layer and bring us drizzle and cooler temperatures. i'm the one clocking in... when you're clocking out. sensing your every move and automatically adjusting to help you stay effortlessly comfortable. there. i can also help with this. doe

from act to act.there are more than 80 performers at outside lands this year.in san francisco, spencer blake kron four news. ((jrs/live)) there's a chance of showers tonight in the bay area....but where? meteorologist lawrence karnow is back with your complete weekend forecast. lawrence karnow: the cool fog kept temperatures down this week and today was no different. and the thick fog is moving back again tonight and should move well inland again. if you're going out tonight the winds are picking up too. grab a jacket it will be a little cool and windy too. don't forget the perseid meteor shower tonight with the peak around 10 pm. there will be increasing fog so if you want to watch them its best to head inland. on the satellite image you can see a weak trough of low pressure along the coast that has helped to keep our temperatures cooler than normal this week. (light organ music) - so we're here in pacifica. this apartment complex has been slated to come down i guess it's just was single residence. one of many this is about the third time i've been to pacifica in my career to see one of the

member told kron fourthat was the first he had heard of such a policy discussion.in the east bay, spencer blake, kron four news. ((pam/live))clouds to start your morning, before parts of the bay area start to heat up. ((steve))meteorologist brittney shipp is back with your complete forecast. se, the number one anti-aging body treatment system for crepey skin! (male announcer) that can deliver stunning results on your arms, your legs, your hands, your chest, and even your neck! (female announcer) featuring legendary actress and crepe erase success story, jane seymour! (soft music) crepey skin makes me feel...old. (cindy) i am really sick of looking down and wondering what happened to me. (belinda) i feel like i'm missing out on life because of my skin. i want a change. hi, i'm jane seymour. have you ever had a moment in your life when you find something that changes everything? well, my epiphany was an anti-aging body treatment system

kron4's spencer blake has what we know. this video is from ground level, taken shortly after a 17-year-old boy jumped through the emergency exit of copa airlines flight 208 from panama city.you can see the door still open above the wing. after it arrived in san francisco at 2:30 tuesday afternoon , the plane was waiting its turn to roll up to the gate.that's when the teenager decided to open the door, climb out onto the wing, and drop down to the tarmac."i think it's something ridiculous. i mean, what was he thinking?""i think it must be somebody from a frat house, maybe."we don't know áwho it was, but we know some construction workers on the runway saw him, and confronted him after he landed on the ground.they made sure he didn't get away until police arrived."probably be worried about his safety and the people's safety around him." meanwhile, there was confusion among the people waiting in the arrivals terminal for family members and friends. "apparently we saw some paramedics coming in, some police coming in, so we thoug

(vicki)his family confirmed his death earlier today.kron four's spencer blake is at the school where his wife teachesand has more. (singing)about a hundred people showed up to the church sanctuary friday night at el sobrante christian school, a department of central assembly church."one of the great comforts we have is to sing to the lord."they prayedand sang for their sixth grade teacher, heidi nunes- tuckerwho had finally gotten to go on her honeymoon with husband jared, as they celebrated their first anniversary.it was jared's first time in europe.after a van plowed through a tourist spot and ultimately killed 13 people, heidi and jared got separated from each other, and heidi couldn't find him. friday, she let her father-in- law know the tragic news."we just got a text a few minutes ago that said she had gone, i guess to the morgue, and she had actually identified the body."though el sobrante christian school doesn't start classes until the 30th, the school's principal decided to invite everyone from the school to join in a prayer service for heidiand for her and jared's families

member told kron fourthat was the first he had heard of such a policy discussion.in the east bay, spencer blake, kron four news. ((pam/live))clouds to start your morning, before parts of the bay area start to heat up. ((steve))meteorologist brittney shipp is back with your complete forecast. high pressure over the desert southwest will strengthen slightly over the next few days, resulting in somewhat warmer temperatures across our region for the remainder of the week. for the most part, expect temperatures near seasonal averages through the week and into next weekend, along with dry weather conditions. my name is jamir dixon and i'm a locate and mark fieldman for pg&e. most people in the community recognize the blue trucks as pg&e. my truck is something new... it's an 811 truck. when you call 811, i come out to your house and i mark out our gas lines and our electric lines to make sure that you don't hit them when you're digging. 811 is a free service. i'm passionate about it because every time i go on the street i think about my own kids. they're the reason that i want to protect our community

kron four's spencer blake joins us live from the park ... where that man went to meet what he thought... was a 13 year old girl. and spencer, the man brought some pretty incriminating items with him. police say jose toledo brought candyand condoms with him here to hidden lakes park. fortunately, there was no actual child involved in this case, but there certainly could have been. (basketball bounces)hidden lakes park had plenty of basketball players and picnickers on a hot monday afternoon.last thursday, it's where police arrested this man, jose toledo.in the two weeks leading up to that, toledo had been using a chat app with someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl, and he had gotten pretty expliit with her."he asked for some pictures, it went back and forth and then he talked about the sort of things he wanted to do when they met up in the park."the undercover officer on the other end of the conversation agreed to the meet up, and police were waiting to arrest toledo when he showed up.he brought with him candy - which he had promised in hi

live in san francisco, spencer blake, kron four news.grant) today a former concord dental assistant pleaded guilty to multiple counts of child molestation.. alejandro saro was arrested in april of last year for molesting multiple children at dental offices across the east bay. police say saro did this while the victims were under sedation.,and that they identified four female victims were between the ages of five and 13-years-old. officials say saro will spend 25-years to life in prison when he is sentenced next month. (pam) in the south bay... the suspect arrested in the murder of a san jose liquor store owner, was in court today ... the victim was affectionately known as 'charlie' by those in the neighborhood... .(grant) k-r-o-n-4's rob fladeboe was at the court house tracking the latest. this is the mug shot of 21 year-old muniunmee hendrix, who entered department 23 in handcuffs and chained at the waist. he is charged with murder in the killing of this man, charlie ly, the owner of jim's liquors on quimby road in east san jose. polic

hoping to prevent the types of fights and injuries that happened earlier this year.in berkeley, spencer blakeron four news. (( pam )) 17th district representative ro khanna from the south bay .... spent time at kron4 this afternoon in a live facebook conversation with steve. (( steve )) pam, he spoke with passion about a range of issues important to his constituents, and when we talked about this weekends planned rallies and protests he spoke out strongly about the important distinction between free speech and hate speech. (( steve scando )) from silicon

counts of attempting pews acts with a child.his bail is two and a half million dollars.in martinez, spencer blake, kron four news. in pleasant hill, a children's train stolen from an interactives games company is recovered thanks to the power of social media. the owner discovered that the trailer with the 60-thousand dollar train was stolen early sunday morning.he called the police, but his daughter who runs the business with him said they needed to do more and posted about the crime on facebook. one woman who saw that post, then saw the trailer in person parked behind a walnut creek yoga studio monday morning and was able to break the happy news.maureen kelly kron 4 news here in san jose the city is upping the ante in it's on going battle against illegal dumping. the number calls from residents reporting the illegal dumping of mattresses, furniture and other trash in their neighborhoodshave gone up from about 32 to 45 or 50 calls per week. as of monday, the city has doubled the number of boots on the ground engaged in the clean up. the city also rolling out a new smart phone app that will enable

kron four's spencer blake is live in alameda tonight. spencer we understand there was a small, impromptu rally of sorts after this story came out? i'm at the islamic center of alameda.about ten people showed up earlier with signs of support after hearing about the islamophobic message on the flyers - one that is certainly enough to disturb people who live around here. sunday morning neil crawford found one of these flyers on his street.it shows a woman wearing a hijab, with the threatening message "help me kill you, stupid.""it's clearly something out of the ordinary. swastika's very visible."at first, he just threw the swastika-laden card in the trash.but when he found a second one on the sidewalk, he decided to let police know. an officer found a third one during his investigation on sherman street."i was sad. i was disappointed that something like that would be in our community, in our country, in our world." crawford and his wife posted about the flyer on a facebook group called 'alameda peeps,' where they heard from someone else who

kron four's spencer blake is live at the san francisco ferry terminal. spencer, what kind of numbers are we talking about when it comes to ridership? (spencer)in july it was about 288 thousand people who rode the four different routes. that's a lot of people who apparently don't want to sit in traffic. (horn blaring)about 25 minutes after hearing that sound in oakland's jack london squareriders arrive at san francisco's ferry terminal. ridership on that very route - with a quick pick-up stop in alameda - grew eight percent in july as compared to the same month last year."this last july we recorded record ridership over an july in any previous period."ernest sanchez with the water emergency transportation authority says the upward trend isn't a new one.overall ridership has gone up 78 percent since 2012.that means in total, about two point eight million people ride one of the four s-f bay ferry routes each year.and the riders themselves have their own reasons why."'cause it's convenient - you don't have to pay for parking, you don't have to hassle with goi

(pam) kron-4's spencer blake joins us live tonight from dublin... and spencer considering how fast they made an arrest --- does bart plan on releasing more video in the future? there seems to be a little confusion on that.for previous crimes, like the ones where - in some cases - dozens of teens rushed a train and robbed and assaulted people, bart has said they won't release the images because the suspects are minors.they also said to release videos of the mob of teens would create racial tensions and bias on the trains.at this morning's press conference, reporters asked bart officials if, after seeing the success of releasing the photos today, they would start releasing more.here's what a spokesmane had to say. "the bart board has begun the consideration of a police that would set guidelines for releasing video and releasing images." so i tracked down bart director robert raburn, who is also vice-president of the board this year, to ask about that policy, or potential guidelines. "can you confirm that is something that a committee is working on? are

kron four's spencer blake spoke with a veterinarian about how áanimals might react.he's live at san francisco'sduboce park. spencer, is the eclipse tomorrow going to change animal behavior and if so which animals are most effected? it just might.it may not be anything severe - especially because the bay area isn't in the path of totality, but it will be worth observingfor curiosity's sake, if nothing else. at san francisco's s-p-c-a, a successful weekend adopt- a-thon put almost two hundred pets into new homes.while none of us humans can seem to stop talking about monday's solar eclipsethe animals can't tell us what they're thinking.so how will they react when the bay area gets a little darker? "we actually don't know exactly what's gonna happen because this is something that only happens every 40 years." behavior manager shelley smith says there's not enough data to know for sure what pets will do.but some of them base their daily habits on the light that reaches our spinning planet."our cat currently gets a little bit restless - ya know, dawn he wakes up, he kinda wants to go out. and at dusk

(vicki) wings of rescue is based out of livermore, where we find kron four's spencer blake live tonight. spencer, we hear animal crates, we assume they're helping ápets affected by harvey, right. absolutely. not just animals in the path of harvey and its floodwaters, but also animals who were days away from death before the hurricane even hit. in houston, boats don't just stop for stranded peoplethey stop for pets, too.many of these owners were able to rescue their pets, and keep them by their side."we're okay. we're okay guys."some animals, though, might not be reunited with their owners, and there are already enough dogs and cats in the houston area waiting for a home.that's where cindy smith, founder of wings of rescue, comes in."we are flying those pets to our network of receiving rescue partners where they will be adopted and in turn that will open up the shelters for the pets that were displaced."the nonprofit has been flying animals around the country for more than six years, and has placed 28 thousand pets into adoptable areas.but this is the first time they've operated during a

kron four's spencer blake met up with her at the livermore airport to find out how she is bringing so many homeless pets to safety. (looklive)though cindy smith isn't literally pulling dogs and cats from floodwaters, she's hoping to help find homes for the ones who don't end up with their owners.(vo) wings of rescue has been around since 2012.basically, they go to areas where shelters are overcrowded with animals on the verge of euthanasia.they load those cats and dogs onto a plane, and fly them to other parts of the country where there are more owners so they'll be adopted quickly.so the nonprofit is focusin on the houston area now, emptying out shelters, and therefore making room for pets that have been displaced by flooding.they took a big load from texas to new jersey this morning.smith "it's life and death. it never gets old when we get to come in and save at least a hundred pets at a time."smith says they've been getting a lot of small donationsadded up to enough to find 4 or 5 flight to rescue pets from harveyone is this saturday, with room for 250 dogs and cats(looklive) smith

in the east bay, spencer blake, kron four news. (justine) happening now... san jose police are asking for help in finding two suspects from a murder that happened back in may. police describe the suspects as a white man with blonde hair in his early twenties and a hispanic man with short black hair and a goatee. both are suspects in the fatal shooting of 38-year-old george garza. the shooting happended in front a fast food resturant -- it is believed the man could have been a have been a victim of a drive-by shooting. (justine) in livermore-- police have identified the man killed in a officer involved shooting earlier this week as james terry midkiff. police shot and killed midkiff on wednesday night. it started when police received a call about a man threatening people... at a home near east airway boulevard and portola avenue. police say midkiff then made suicidal comments and several shots were fired inside the home. four officers are on administrative leave tonight. (jr stone) happening now. authorities have issued an evacuation order for the small town

(pam) kron four's spencer blake is live at s-f-o tonight.spencer, why did he do it? we don't know why he did itbut we know he got in trouble for it. police arrested him there on the tarmac, and it's possible he may have made things take longer for people going through customs. this video is from ground level, taken shortly after a 17-year-old boy jumped through the emergency exit of copa airlines flight 208 from panama city.you can see the door still open above the wing. after it arrived in san francisco at 2:30 tuesday afternoon , the plane was waiting its turn to roll up to the gate.that's when the teenager decided to open the door, climb out onto the wing, and drop down to the tarmac."i think it's something ridiculous. i mean, what was he thinking?""i think it must be somebody from a frat house, maybe."we don't know áwho it was, but we know some construction workers on the runway saw him, and confronted him after he landed on the ground.they made sure he didn't get away until police arrived."probably be worried about his safety and the people's safety around him."

(jr stone) kron four's spencer blake was there as they met with reporters in pacifica.oey gibson is the man behind the patriot prayer rally that never happened in san francisco saturday.he canceled it less than 24 hours before it happened, for one main reason:"you have these antifa punks - three or four of them - or anarchists, that show up dressed in all black and they start burning things down, they start breaking windows, and they hijack the whole message."other co-organizers say they feared for their safety as they saw elected leaders label their rally as white supremacist gathering."i have received threats - numerous threats - since this has happened, and it's all based on lies."organizers say they also worried violence would break out because police decided to allow rally-goers and protesters to intermingle. "it's a no-brainer. we here in nowhere, in the middle of nowhere, so we don't have the violence. we don't want the violence."they insisted they're not in town to promote racism, but to support love, peace, and freedom - no matter your political affiliation. "u

(steve)kron four's spencer blake joins us now and spencer what are bart police doing more of now? there going to be much more visible, thanks to a critical asset patrol team that you may see in various parts of your bart commute. bart's deputy police chief acknowledges there has been a spike in crime on trains and in stations around the bay area.that's why an 8-member patrol team is spending more time outside stations, on platforms, and even on individual trains."it's a team that's currently being funded by homeland security." the department hopes the added presence works as a deterrent to crime.meanwhile, one of the many victims of attacks on bart in recent monthssays there's something else the ápublic needs to do to combat crime.mark sommer was assaulted in the montgomery station back in july."there was a giant ball here and it was an abrasion."a stranger knocked him in the head and then used sommer's own trekking pole to beat him repeatedly on the ground. "afterwards i realized he had splintered the trekking pole into many pieces."sommer had minor head trauma, and has pretty mu

(grant) kron four's spencer blake has details from berkeley, where counter- protesters are upping thente in the wake of the cancellation. .because of violence and bloody fights like these from opposing rallies on april 15th in berkeley, the organizer of sunday's 'no to marxism in america' rally is urging supporters not to gather.amber cummings sent out a public message friday, saying she fears anti-fascist groups like 'by any means necessary' -- or bamn - will attack people attending sunday's event, and is therefore asking people not to attend at all.as for bamn organizer yvette felarca"we don't believe them. we don't trust anything they say."she told reporters at u-c berkeley she thinks it's all a ploy to throw counter-demonstrators off their scent during an event that may have white nationalists, neo-nazis, and k-k-k members in attendance. "we intend to mobilize as many people as possible saturday and sunday."some cal students feel there could have been better ways to allow safe, non-violent free speech in the first place."i feel like if it was a bit more organized as to how they're

(justine) kron four's spencer blake reports from the scene in lafayette. (sound of vacuum)hairdresser clark russell spent part of his sunday afternoon vacuuming up the shards of glass left behind after an act of vandalism."someone threw a giant rock into the bottom part of our door."it was a neighboring restaurant owner who called police to report it. "ya know, because we're neighbors he's a good friend of mine. so i decided to go over there and see if there was anything, ya know, suspicious."perhaps the only thing strange, was that whoever did itdidn't steal anything, or seem to enter the salon at all."the rock came flying in through here and it knocked all these products off."one of russell's theories has to do with this poster. it promotes a go fund me page for his husband, who has parkinson's and desperately needs stem cell treatment.he's pictured in the uniform he wore as a sheriff's deputy for contra costa county."could it be an act toward someone who didn't like the fact that there was a picture of a sheriff? unfortunately there are people out there

tonight - kron4's spencer blake is live tonight in berkeley.. ou talked to left wing activisits and the berkeley college republicans.. what's their reaction tonight? .. they tell me they were scared - scared of antifa, scared of people who wanted to chase away anyone who even appeared remotely conservative. meanwhile, reporters came under fire from antifa, for telling people about the violence that happened. "we sent a really strong message that no white supremacists are welcome in berkeley or anywhere in the bay area, and i couldn't be prouder."yvette felarca, with 'by any means necessary, or bamn, wasn't apologetic for what happened sunday at martin luther king civic center park in berkeley.some people brought tear gas, smoke bombs, and other potential weapons.a conservative from u-c berkeley told us what happened to her. "these guys show up and they start threatening us, telling us that we're dead men, and that there's more of them."in the course of the rally, police arrested 13 people.at least six people got hurt.but antifa organizers monday

kron four's spencer blake is live at the burlington coat factory. encer, who was the guard shooting at? police say there was quite a scuffle between the guard and a man who was allegedly shoplifting.things didn't end well for either of them. the burlington coat factory on the corner of fifth street and howard closed more than six hours early tuesday afternoon. the gates in front of the main doors were locked, and crime scene tape was visible inside. people walkign by kept peeking in the window, or asking our kron four team what happened. "they say a security guard shot a suspected shoplifter. wow that's crazy. i've never heard of anything like that happening around here."s-f-p-d officers say when the guard caught on to a suspected shoplifter, the suspect started attacking him, beating him until the guard finally pulled out his gun and shot multiple times.you can still see a blood stain on the ground of the front porch. "there was this other guy. he comes over and says, 'well, the security guard from burlington shot this guy for stealing a sweater.' a

those kids are just days away from going back to school and in need of school supplies.kron four's spencer blake is live in san mateo tonight, he had a chance to speak with lady gaga's mom. spencer what did she have to say? i'm here at san mateo high school.the san mateo union high school district starts school on wednesday.7 still a couple days left.7 in san francisco, the united way knows not everyone has the means to get their school supplies. that's why these volunteers were stuffing backpacks with folders, notebooks, pens, pencils - you name it.and they had some fairly famous help, too.lady gaga is performing tonight at a-t-tand-t park, so her mom cynthia germanotta represented the 'born this way' foundation at the backpack stuffing.7 400 total backpacks7 some for elementary students7 some for high school/community college students7 included hygiene kits -- some are in danger of homelessness.7 germanotta loves getting to see the kids who are on the receiving end of the backpacks. "when you're in that situation, you feel a lot of pride and i think a lot of gratitude for having the opportunit

kron four's spencer blake was there, and joins us live tonight from crissy fieldwhere this event was originally schedueled to take place. spencer, i know you spoke with organizers earlier today. are they admitting defeat? the thing joey gibson and his fellow organizers kept repeating was that they didn't want violence, but they worried there might have been violence here or at alamo square because the event had been billed as a white supremacist rally.organizers say that description of their group was wrong. after cancelling the patriot prayer rally in crissy field, then announcing a press conference in alamo square only to have it blocked off by police, joey gibson told reporters to meet him in pacifica for a quick press conference."we gotta be in, we gotta be out. basically all day that's what it's gonna be like - going from spot to spot, trying to hide from people who dress like ninjas. they run around, they wanna burn stuff down, they wanna commit violence."he was referring to antifa and 'by any means necessary,' or bamn, whom he thought might try to find his small group in pacifi

kron four's spencer blake is live in lafayette at the now cleaned-up scene.spencer, the owner says there are a ácouple reasons that someone may have gone after him. (spencer)the ground all around here was covered in broken glass this afternoon.clark russell wonders if this sign might have prompted someone to go after his business.it features a go fund me poster for his husband, who needs parkinson's treatments. the poster was hanging on the door that was shattered by a giant rock.russell knows a lot of people aren't fan of law enforcement officers, and says that could be one reason someone threw the rock.he also says, although they don't have any public display touting their sexuality, someone may have gone after the salon because it's owned by a gay, minority couple. (sot)"they didn't steal nothing. nothing was stolen, so i don't know if it was just a random thing -- someone seen a rock, decided they hated the world and wanted to take it out on the salon door this morning, i guess."(vo)it was the owner and chef of a neighboring restaurant who reported the vandalism.nobody got hurt, but

kron four's spencer blake is live in berkeley tonight. spencer, what did those organizers say? they wanted to clear some thing up about what happened yesterday while thousands of people covered this block at civic center park.they also didn't like what reporters - and published pictures and videos - said about them. the near-chaos in martin luther king park sunday wasn't as bad as it could have been. there was very little opposition to the anti-hate demonstrators, and those who did oppose themgot run out of the park.but some of the confrontations we did tell you about sundaydidn't sit well with the anti-fascist movement. "it is not always about the violence and that's why we're here, asking you as media representation to not focus on that all the time." "i don't have too much confidence that you're not going to lead with the bleeding stuff."as a reminderthis story led with áthis.not bloody, but still pretty heavy stuff.antifa leader alex u.inn says things went as she had envisioned them sunday, though she expressed remorse for people who may have been attacked, and acknowledged

(jr stone) kron four's spencer blake reports it's hard to know how pets will react to the eclipse - if they do anything differently at all. animals have no idea what's coming.while we don our special eclipse glasses monday -- which you'd better do if you're going to be looking at the sun at áall - will pets freak out about the dip into partial darkness?"we don't have any research or data that would give us a definitive answer."shelley smith is a behavior manager with the san francisco s-p-c-a.she says it's a tough qusetion to answer, seeing as how major solar eclipses are few and far between.but veterinarians are guessing the half-covered sun ámight have an effect on crepuscular animals."these are animals like our own house cats, but also bats, birds, and potentially cows, so we could see perhaps a disruption in milk flow."it shouldn't be anything serious, but your pets could provide an interesting and educational experience, at least."i hadn't really thought about it, but now that you've mentioned it i'll probably be watching him, to see if i see any different behavior."standup"aside

kron4's spencer blake is tracking the latest out of berkeley.ecause of violence and bloody fights like these from opposing rallies on april 15th in berkeley, the organizer of sunday's 'no to marxism in america' rally is urging supporters not to gather.amber cummings sent out a public message friday, saying she fears anti-fascist groups like 'by any means necessary' -- or bamn - will attack people attending sunday's event, and is therefore asking people not to attend at all.as for bamn organizer yvette felarca"we don't believe them. we don't trust anything they say."she told reporters at u-c berkeley she thinks it's all a ploy to throw counter-demonstrators off their scent during an event that may have white nationalists, neo-nazis, and k-k-k members in attendance. "we intend to mobilize as many people as possible saturday and sunday."one cal student on campus told me he saw both the pros and cons of anti-fascists showing up even after cummings' cancellation."i feel like if it was a bit more organized as to how they're going to do it, exactly, as

in berkeley, spencer blake, kron four news. (jr stone) the leader of "patriot prayer," joey gibson was chased out of the event in berkeley today.... he was the lead organizer behind the planned rally in san francisco yesterday, until it was canceled. kron four's lydia pantazes reports on the clashes between protesters and counter protesters in berkeley. in the middle of the crowd of protesters.... joey gibson.... the leader of patriot prayer, he's wearing the black hat, his hands in the air.gibson says his groups mission is free speech.but political leaders have said the group's rally's attract white supremacists.something gibson has denounced."i'm in the middle, so that's why i don't appreciate when people call me alt right. white supremacist, people try and put a label on me but you can't because i'm not even conservative."before the rally in berkeley he told me he planned to attend...we asked him why?"so i'm just going to observe the situation and see what's happening, i don't want to just leave, i want to see. we have ameri