a bad car crash in the outer sunset park on for sarah stinson just arrived on scene. joins us now live with the sarah, what's going on? >> yeah, serious crash here in sunset. we are here at sunset boulevard and santiago street where both directions are closed. this crash happened just before 4 o'clock. can see just how serious it was by taking a look at the damage. i mean, the car here, the sedan. it has heavy damage so much so crumbled up to all the airbags are deployed. there's glass everywhere and fire crews, the first responders. they had to use the jaws of life is intense power tools, too, break into the car and actually get the driver out of the car to get them to the hospital. and in fact, we've learned that driver was taken to a nearby trauma center in serious condition. then we have 2 other trucks involved in this crash. big trucks at that one. looks like some kind of construction truck and the other looks like a box truck. it's being towed right now. and we're told a driver in each of those trucks have been taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening inj

sarah stinson joining us live from moss landing with the very latest. sara, what can you tell us? >> well, here, the scene still active and evacuation order still in place at vistra vistra power plant in moss landing. you can see that orange glow behind me. the plume of smoke from a fire that started hours ago. but yet it continues to burn. it's a large fire that and it seems to be contained to the plant. weve got video from the flood of flames roaring earlier this evening. a spokesperson for vistra tells us the fire sparked this afternoon in an area of the plant where levy on ion batteries are stored and employees. they called the north monterey county fire district. everyone there safely evacuated. thankfully because this can be a very dangerous situation for all. you know, you'll never see fire crews here with their big ladders putting water on an electrical fire. that is not the way to extinguish something like this because that could cause some serious electrical shock. so instead from what we can see, i mean, we can see a building. we can't see what's going on behind those w

i'm sara stinson reporting in san francisco.k to you. >> man is dead and a woman and toddler injured after a shooting in san francisco's bernal heights neighborhood. police were called to a residence on tompkins avenue in san francisco just after 8 o'clock this morning for reports of a shooting when officers arrived, they found a man and woman injured. the man died at the scene. the woman was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. a toddler connected to the shooting was also taken to the hospital with injuries. the father of the man who was killed says he believes his son killed himself after shooting the 2 others. >> tell people to stay away from guns and it just just try to work out problems the best way. what you can and i have you know, bury bury my son, which of which i have to do. >> police did not reveal the relationship of the 3 who were shot or their identities. if you or someone, you know, is having suicidal thoughts, you are encouraged to call the national suicide prevention lifeline at the number there

the video taken by our own sara stinson delay, and gas. animal control officers say they've looked for this coyote several times. haven't been able to find him. if you come across the injured animal, do not approach it. just walk away on call. animal care control to report where you've seen it. get you a check of the forecast here at home. taking a live look at downtown san francisco. it's a cold evening out there. frigid, some would yes, very cold least. remind you that it's winter time by day. you're saying, wow, it's so sunny and bright some. >> mild warm temperatures around the bay area. just feeling almost a little like late march. but it looks like we may just get back in the somewhat stuff here. soon least. we hope so up there right now clear is can be. and that's the way it's going to stay overnight tonight because it's so clear all those offshore winds bringing that dry air back into the bay area. so that's allowing these temperatures to really fall off outside. beautiful outdoor coit tower. no fog to speak, of course, with those

i'm sarah stinson reporting back to you. >> sarah, thank you. well, the evacuation order has now been expanded to santa monica as well. the city posting on social media tonight that they are evacuating all areas north of saint dissent. and a little bit more on the eaton fire, which told you about at the top of the show. it's burning in altadena, which is just north of pasadena. this is the fire that started around 6.30 this evening about 40 miles away from the palisades fire. >> it has grown to more than 400 acres authorities there using city buses and even swat vans to try and evacuate residents as of now, there aren't any reports of people injured, but there. but news crews there do say they have seen homes on fire. kron four's meteorologist kathy trafton. she's been watching this all day long. kathy, they have not had any significant rainfall and this wind is scary. that is correct. that had so little rainfall way in less than you'd expect by this time of year. so the atmosphere's dry. and then guess what? we've got these terrible, terrible w

i'm sara stinson reporting in moss landing. back to you. >> all right. another big concern tonight is, of course, where all of the smoke is going. yeah conference. chief meteorologist lawrence karnow has been tracking the wind conditions in monterey county. he's here now with the very latest, lawrence guys, if in fact it is burning in some of those batteries, those are a lithium-ion batteries. they've got some bad medals and they're very toxic out there as well. so concerned about some of the smoke conditions in there. right now. we're getting a little bit of a southerly component to some of those winds there. so you see moss landing care of that smoke eaking its way toward the north. you've got places like elkhorn, you've got laslo most and of course, a much larger populated area in watsonville. but some of that smoke, a travel all the way up. an app toss also in the santa cruz as well. so we're going to be watching that throughout the night tonight and early tomorrow morning. electrical fires with batters traditionally very hard to put out. right now.

i'm sara stinson reporting in gilroy. back to you. >> new at 11 police in antioch are looking for a driver who struck and killed a woman and then took off the crash. happened on wilbur avenue around 6 o'clock last night. investigators say the driver drove away after this collision. police are asking anyone with any information to give them a call. in southern california, the fight to contain a devastating wildfires continues. tonight. first responders are working on the front lines to keep residents in there. homes safe. the palisades fire has burned nearly 24,000 acres and is 21% contained. the fire now b5% contained and that fire has burned more than 14,000 acres. we want to send things over now to our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow for a look at the conditions down there tonight. a little good news tonight as we're seeing some improving weather conditions in southern california. so those strong offshore winds. >> even a light on shore breeze. as we head toward this afternoon, you can see the winds staying fairly l

sarah stinson has been there all night. she has more. >> day one for new mayor daniel lurie. and it was quite the day into the night full of celebrations. people packed to enjoy live music and atown vendors. time for us to roll up our sleeves and get tonight celebrate a celebration in san francisco's chinatown for the new year. and the new mayor, daniel lurie. fireworks and dragon dances kicked off the inaugural night market on grant avenue. >> it's historic event, really, from what i know. this is the first time that mayor has chosen to celebrate in chinatown. about 1000 people gathered at far east cafe for a banquet really >> some of the big names include senator scott wiener, california attorney general rob bonta sf district attorney brooke jenkins and police chief bill scott. so every know, every what the wants to staff, you guys up. i mean, obviously, that's always your go that hear that. that's a that's really important. we've been running at about 75% of where we should be. so. >> as we get higher as that we can do better and do more thing. former mayor willie brown wa

i'm sarah stinson reporting back to you. >> sarah, thank you. new at 11 the justice department has released its special investigation on president-elect trump's interference in the 2020 election concluding of trump had not won the 2024 election. he would have been convicted. the justice department sent the report to congress late tonight after a judge refused to block its release. special counsel jack smith and his team have indicted trump back in 2023. on charges of working to overturn the election in connection to the january 6 capitol insurrection. but after s veral delays in court, smith ended up dismissing the indictment following the november election because of the longstanding policy that sitting presidents cannot face a federal prosecution. smith also resigned this week from the justice department. a life-saving deal for hundreds of thousands of people living in east side. san jose, the county of santa clara announcing today it's buying regional medical center for 150 million dollars purchase would save the only hospital equipped to han

kron. 4 sarah stinson has been monitoring the situation around the palisades fire and she joins us live in studio right now with the very latest. sara. >> that's right. we just learned a 25 year-old firefighter has a serious head injury. she's been taken to the hospital and multiple burn victims have been reported. now this is stunning video from up above this aerial footage really shows us just how catastrophic this fire has become its expansive. it's active it at the last check, of course, are saying nearly 3,000 acres. but of course, they can tell in the dark and at this time. so you can see for yourself just how much land is burning. i spoke with a cal fire battalion chief who says they have resources from across the bay area down there helping fight this fire, which really doesn't seem to be letting up anytime soon. >> it's blowing really hard now. so it's it's going to be a really dangerous situation tonight. our firefighters have a tough fight on their hands. brent with cal fire says it's all hands on deck to fight the palisades fire with crews from all over the state down in pac

sarah stinson is live there with the latest. a scare. >> that's right. the inaugural night market is really starting to get going. we're feeling the buzzing going around. you can see the road is closed here on grand avenue for the night market. people are starting to come out there taking pictures of some of the entertainment that we will see out here. there's going to be a lot of entertainment throughout the night. not only what you're seeing right now, but also a lot of live music. 5.45, the music? it started with just jam in then dj ruckus at 6.45? and then dj zoo. famous dj is at 7.45? in the meantime, lots of food vendors out here and entertainment. as you see, people are taking pictures. this is kind of what you would see at a regular night market in chinatown. of course, this is a special one for the inauguration of daniel lurie. and it's an exciting of event here tonight. i just spoke with one person who says he's going to 4 different events tonight. it looks like we need to send it back to you. we will be out here for the night. it's quite excit

. >> as kron 4 sarah stinson reports the game family is extremely disappointed. >> it's over for there was a big day and very big the supporting day for us. >> when gabe feeling defeated after learning the mother of the man accused of killing his daughter, alexis will not be facing charges. very sad day o% for it'll be 3 years the sunday since gabe was last seen. the oakley woman was 24 years old when her remains were found in amador county after her family reported her missing in january 2022. gabe's ex-boyfriend, marshall curtis jones was charged with her murder, but he was shot and killed by arresting officers in washington state in june of 2022, the contra costa county district attorneys office was also investigating if jones's mother, alicia coleman, clark helped cover up the murder. the da's office says investigators searched her home and interviewed her boyfriend to see if she paid for her son to fly to washington. and while prosecutors say some information raised suspicion about coleman clark's potential culpability as an accessory after the fact they could not find sufficient

i'm sara stinson reporting back to you. >> sarah, thank you. taking a live look tonight at the bay bridge. not too much wind to speak of. looks a little still. and i know what lawrence you've been saying night, it's going to be cold up there those winds really decreasing blustery especially across the mountain tops the north bay. today, some of those gusts over 50 miles an hour. but >> the winds have calmed down quite a bit now and how those temperatures are really fallen off, as you all mentioned, clears could be our across the bay. have those offshore winds that dry air in place. that means we're fog free right now. the temperatures, though, yeah, it's getting chilly out there. 43 right now in san jose. it is 48 in san mateo. you're in the 30's now in dublin. 36 degrees now in napa. 39 in saline and 35 degrees in fairfield. so cold numbers developing around the bay area right now. and as you might expect, likely going to see those get even colder overnight tonight. and a frost advisory going up in the north bay valleys could extending all the

i'm sara stinson reporting back to you. >> sarah, thank you. taking a live look now from our mount tam cam. another gorgeous night here in the bay area. yeah. from this vantage point, though, it looks like maybe a little bit of moisture there off off the distance in the air. maybe kathy, what's going you are correct. >> yeah, absolutely. some moisture coming in because the winds are going ship. we will see that in the seabreeze but looking focus on southern california right now with all that damaging winds. >> with the red flag warnings, a particularly dangerous situations. it's critical fire concerns. extreme fire behavior and this petite pds red-flag warning, particularly dangerous situation that goes from 03:00am to 03:00pm tomorrow. so the gusty winds will be up to 70 miles per hour. low relative humidity, high risk for large fires. so here are some of the winds and i stopped it at 03:00pm cause those those are the strongest winds starting early tomorrow morning, all the way through 03:00pm. and the concern really is, of course, the fire. i

kron 4 sarah stinson reports. >> there are 2 ways the antioch police department is being held accountable. one is criminally, which includes the prosecution of officers involved and the other civilly which involves this agreement between police and the department of justice. i spoke with a civil rights attorney who says there's still a lot more that needs to be done. but it's not like there was a flip that was switched and everything's fine. now. >> by the removal of a few bad apples. venison bomb is a bay area attorney who has handled cases involving police misconduct for decades. his law firm currently represents. 24 plaintiffs suing the antioch police department to them some of the racial discrimination, excessive force, some of this misconduct was spelled out in a series of text messages sent by officers in 2020 2021, those messages came to light last year, including admissions of the program, decides that misconduct by field will kick in. person said in total, the contra costa county district attorneys office identified 17 officers who are being investigated. the department of justic

i'm sara stinson reporting in the newsroom. back to. >> still ahead here at 11 o'clock opens police commission considering adjusting their police pursuit policy. >> and after the break, san francisco records a presumptive case of bird flu in a child's more on their condition. the break. >> tonight, the oakland police commission discussed loosening the city's police pursuit policies. the policy went into effect in 2014 and has undergone a couple of revisions since then. currently city officers cannot chase suspects for sideshows, reckless driving. burglaries are other property crimes they can, though, pursue for viorent crimes, including murder, kidnapping, carjacking and austin. however, if a vehicle reaches more than 50 miles per officers actually need to get permission by a watch commander before continuing on that pursuit. governor gavin newsom has asked the city to adopt less strict pursue policies. public comment has been ongoing. san francisco health officials say they found a presumptive case of bird flu in a child. they

i'm sara stinson reporting in vallejo. back to you. >> at last count, san jose has about 4,000 people living outdoors. the city wants to reduce that number. it unveiled plans for temporary housing today on a lot along cherry avenue near highway. 84 once completed, there will be housing for 136 people there in recent weeks. the city also launched an effort to clear rv encampments and discourage those people to enter temporary housing mayor matt mahan says is part of a long-term effort to move as many people as possible off the streets. this project. >> represents an evolution in our solutions. as a city currently have 499 units of emergency interim housing and over the course of this year, we will be nearly rippling. our capacity as we open an additional 1000 >> the new cherry avenue site is on water district property. those living along the nearby guadalupe river will be given priority access to it. once it's completed, the project could be completed later this year. >> let's get you a check of your forecast now as we're t

i kind of fell in love with the stinson center's transparency. it was only one of two organizations that got our full five-star rating in transparency. it really does it all. they put out their annual reports and list all of their donors. they don't just list them, they list the exact dollar amount that each of those donors is giving. it is a level of transparency that we just don't see at think tanks. they are hiding behind anonymous donors. we really recommend that when think tanks are considering how to they improved transparency, look at the stinson center. host: what do they do? guest: they do a little bit of everything. they have a large focus on u.s. foreign policy. they are an action tank. they are making recommendations for proposals in the foreign policy space. again, they are doing it in a transparent way. host: paulette in florida, good morning. caller: good morning. i wanted to say something else that the funding is not relative to the domestic, i think that is a lie. the countries that fund -- the rich stay rich. i wanted to make a

the goal is to slow down drivers and save lives from for sara stinson. joining us live in the city now with more details. sarah. >> no, all these cameras are beings installed. a san francisco comes off its deadliest year for traffic crashes in a decade. i spoke with street advocates from walk sf. they say speed is the number one cause for deadly crashes. they're hopeful these cameras will prevent more deaths >> speeding drivers will soon be caught on camera in san francisco. sfmta is installing speed cameras at 33 locations across the city last year. there were 42 people killed in traffic crashes in san francisco. that was the worst in a decade. and so the speed cameras can't really get on the ground soon enough. this map shows where the cameras will be with at least 2 in each district and 7 in the south of market neighborhood. marta lindsay with walk sf says they recently visited one of the locations on ala many boulevard where they measure drivers going. 48 miles per hour in a 30 zone. all of the locations make a ton of sense. if you look at how the ci

i'm sara stinson reporting back to. >> sarah, thank you. the man convicted of kidnapping and assaulting denise huskins in the so-called delay. hogan girl case is facing new charges in another bay area kidnapping. matthew mueller was charged today with a 2015 kidnapping in contra costa county last week. he was charged with a series of 2009 home invasions in santa clara county. prosecutors say these new charges stem from recent confessions he made in prison letters. mueller is serving a 40 year sentence for kidnapping and huskins as documented in the netflix series american nightmare. hoskins is set to appear in monterey county tomorrow at seaside city hall to talk about the new charges. again, smaller. >> the usually quiet city of alameda now dealing with a series of break-ins and robberies. kron four's. lindsey ford has more. >> i'm standing in the marina village parkway plaza in front of the 3.60, gore mabry toes, which was vandalized and burglarized last week. additionally in the same plaza, a lucky california was also looted. >> growing.

kron 4 sarah stinson has reaction from students and faculty. >> sonoma state students tell me the news about the cuts came through an email wednesday morning on the second day of the spring semester. every single student i spoke with says this has them in disbelief, but they also say this has the morning to transfer to another university. i was honestly shocked because my roommate, he's on the baseball team. >> and he was completely like she was shocked to it was actually really shocking. we did not think about having whatsoever to do with state students in disbelief after learning about the university's plans to layoff faculty, eliminate academic departments and cut the entire athletics program. student athletes will remain eligible to receive scholarships as long as they meet the current requirements. but to first year, students on the women's soccer team say this disrupts their four-year college plan we all had like offers everywhere else and chose here for soccer. and so now it just makes us all want to leave 11 division. 2 ncaa teams will be cut by this fall. the university says t

i'm sara stinson reporting live in san francisco. back to you. >> all right, sarah, thank you for that. to mean time to the east bay, fremont fire department announced an expansion. there was a ceremony at fire station number 6 this afternoon. the department is adding a new track and 9 additional firefighters. we got a chance to speak with east bay congressman eric swalwell about the expansion. >> why meyer with i saw today in fremont they added fire company today because they did an assessment of where the majority of the calls are coming from and they surged more resources at a new engine and additional firefighters, 2 station 6 there. so that's the direction you should be going. and that's what responsible government leaders >> now these additions mean the fire station 6. it's located on central avenue. there will now have and engine and truck staff to each and every day. >> we're learning the names of the 4 family members found shot to death in a santa rosa home earlier this month. authorities have identified them as 67 year-old

we'll just have to see what happens. >> i'm sara stinson reporting in san francisco. back to you. >> all right. we'll see what happens with tiktok. let's get you a check of your forecast now. what we have from the puffin about. >> will take time. just kind of fun. i the as as that one woman was talking about the vibe on tiktok thing different than the other apps. it's true. take talks a little bit more. you know, light hearted for the other apps. you get a little bit more negative commentary or i'm just i'm yeah. i mean, i just speak tonight. you ever even open to take every not and, you not a big change you can't night or whether on tech right? you go. see where you could that be different. guys, for this weekend, we've got changes coming our way. you felt little bit of that today. the temperatures cool down. >> as that onshore winds started to kick in, brought with it. some low clouds and fog slow to break up along the coastline. you had a lot cloud cover there. really tnock down the temperatures all around. so. >> yeah, these numbers take a hit all around the bay a

sara stinson reports the game family is extremely disappointed. >> it's over for it was a big day and very big, disappointing day for us. >> when gabe feeling defeated after learning the mother of the man accused of killing his daughter, alexis will not be facing charges. very sad day for it'll be 3 years the sunday since gabe was last seen. the oakley woman was 24 years old when her remains were found in amador county after her family reported her missing in january 2022. gabe's ex-boyfriend, marshall curtis jones was charged with her murder, but he was shot and killed by arresting officers in washington state in june of 2022, the contra costa county district attorneys office was also investigating if jones's mother, alicia coleman, clark helped cover up the murder. the da's office says investigators searched her home and interviewed her boyfriend to see if she paid for her son to fly to washington. and while prosecutors say some information raised suspicion about coleman clark's potential culpability as an accessory after the fact they could not find sufficient evidence to charge he

i'm sara stinson reporting at sonoma state. back to. >> still ahead, a wave of backlash in pacifica tonight after the district votes to close an elementary school. why some parents say it will hurt low-income students. >> plus, living in fear how the president's immigration orders are already having an impact on families here in the bay area. and we continue to track issues fire burning in los angeles county tonight. the latest on the conditions and the steps that lawmakers are taking to aid wildfire victims and the emotional message from a mother. her son message from a mother. her son was killed in a multi c excited about saving big with the comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. five years? -five years. and he's not alone. -high five. it's five years of reliable gig speed internet. five years of advanced securit. five years of a great rate that won't change. it's back. but only for a limited time. high five. five years? -nope. comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. powering five years of savings. powering possi

i'm sara stinson reporting in san francisco. back to you. >> new at 10 santa cruz is set to reopen its worth this weekend after it partially collapsed just days before christmas. city officials say an assessment showed the wharf is safe to reopen, but the portion of the pier that collapsed will, of course, remain closed. leaders are set to hold a ceremony saturday morning for the reopening on december 23rd about 150 feet of the war of collapse. within seconds as huge waves battered the pilings beyond their breaking point. big pieces of the broken dwarf are still scattered across santa cruz county beaches. this reopening will take place as officials are warning about another high surf advisory this weekend conference. chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us now with a little bit more on that morning. last winter time in the bay area. we've got some big storms in the middle of pacific. and once they move across those waters. >> those winds are strong enough. they'll generate some big swells. and we've seen that play out this

i'm sarah stinson reporting back to you. sarah, thank you. toght, the suspect in a deadly shooting in oakland remains on the loose. that shooting happened overnight along 12th street. >> near the intersection of 20nd. the victim wataken to the hospital where they died. if you have any information on this shooting, you're asked to give police a call. to oakland. fire stations are set to temporarily close on monday. this is the result of a 129 million dollar budget deficit. the city of oakland is facing despite wildfires breaking out in recent years. the stations set to close are located in the oakland hills. the most recent fire in october burned multiple homes and forced evacuations in that area. oakland's fire chief says the closures will have an impact on residents which >> kind of put an advisory out to make sure our community knows about these reductions and understands that while it will definitely altar our delivery we will still show up when you call 9-1-1. >> the plan is to reopen both stations on july first, but then other stations w

i'm sarah stinson reporting back to you. thank you, sara. we do want to get your check of the forecast >> we're having some pretty nice days here in the bay area. i would say the bay area's the place to be if you take all of california, i think this is a really good spot to especially this week. it's been absolute beautiful weather and we will continue to see gorgeous weather. so here we go. start off with this beautiful view of the golden gate bridge. my goodness, gracious. it's particularly the lit up tonight. it looks just lovely, quiet weather, tranquil weather today. temperatures to to 10 degrees warmer than normal. and our range this afternoon was 59 in livermore up to 70 degrees in san jose. so it was really a warm one tomorrow, perhaps not quite as warm but similar. here are your headlines. quiet weather, clear skies, dry air. so the air is drying out after all of the rain, we have a weak, offshore flow of wind. now this morning, my goodness, it was really strong winds enough to trigger advisory, but then they die down so quickly. th

i'm sara stinson reporting in vallejo. back to you. >> still ahead, another vacancy in downtown san francisco. the major store set to leave san francisco center mall. plus the race to replace recalled alameda county da pamela prices on 7 finalists making their pitches to become the county's next top prosecutor. >> and as the bay area wildfire ready, how san jose's taking cues from las angeles taking cues from las angeles plan for an emergency. excited about saving big with the comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. five years? -five years. and he's not alone. -high five. it's five years of reliable gig speed internet. five years of advanced securit. five years of a great rate that won't change. it's back. but only for a limited time. high five. five years? -nope. comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. powering five years of savings. powering possibilities. comcast business. >> winds are once again a concern for fire officials as extreme fire conditions. a sweep across southern california, which include the vu

we'll just have to see what happens. >> i'm sara stinson reporting in san francisco. back to you. >> the ceo of tiktok meantime says they have no plans to divest but could be working with the trump administration to get it back up and running in the united states. the president-elect spoke to china's president about the issue this morning right before the supreme court decision was announced. it's still not clear what will happen on sunday, but many experts say if something does happen, it'll be a slow process and it doesn't mean that. >> you know, if you're already a tiktok user, you can't use the platform. but what it does mean that eventually if things do not change, that app is going to let out. so people, you know who users and is a lot of them in the u.s. 170 million users of this of app. we'll media to find an alternative or hope that something's going to change with the new administration. >> appstore providers like apple and google as well as oracle. the cloud computing from that host. tiktok could face huge fines from the justice department if they defy the

i'm sara stinson reporting in the newsroom. back to. >> all right. thanks a lot, sarah will tonight the oakland police commission discussed loosening the city's police pursuit policies. the policy went into effect in 2014 and has undergone a couple of revisions since then. currently city officers cannot chase suspects for sideshows, reckless driving, burglaries or other property crimes they ever pursue for violent crimes, including murder, kidnapping, carjacking and arson. and if the vehicle reaches more than 50 miles per hour, police actually need to get permission by a watch commander before continuing that pursuit. governor gavin newsom has asked the city to adopt less strict pursue policies. public comment on this situation still ongoing tonight. >> bay area legislator is calling an audit into the bay area toll authority after officials approve toll increases for the next 5 years. the bay area toll authority says the money goes into maintaining all bay area bridges except for the golden gate. officials say the tolls also paying for operations and

i'm sara stinson reporting in gilroy. back to you. >> the fbi raids, the home of an east bay council member. according to the feds, agents served a warrant at the home of san leandro council member brian acevedo. the reason for the warrant still unknown tonight. kron 4, though, has reached out to acevedo for comment. but as of this report, we have not yet heard back with just days after the closure of 2 fire stations in the oakland hills and overnight blazes left a home in the area destroyed. crews were called to the fire around 1 o'clock this morning on lockard street. thankfully no one was inside or injured the home had been undergoing some renovations, but firefighters say it took them longer to respond because the city of oakland recently shot down nearby station. 28. >> there's no way of saying we certainly would have been better off. we don't know what how far involved it would have been. have we gotten but there 5 minutes away at the most, you know. so that's another 7 to 8 minutes of time that the that the fire ca

i'm sara stinson reporting in san francisco. >> back to sara. thank you. a new traffic installation. meanwhile, in the sunset neighborhood of san francisco is causing some confusion. it's called the neck down. it's located on street between 9th and 10th avenues. it follows the two-way traffic into a one-way street. and then back to a two-way street. the sfmta says the purpose of neck down is to slow down cars and address traffic volume in the neighborhood. >> the people on this side to that are yielding don't know what to do. there's the bicyclist that i worry about because i feel like people are trying to the neck down and it's just confusing. >> sfmta says the neck down is a trial. it is subject to evaluation and possible changes in the future. new at 10 scientists have detected in unusually high concentration of heavy metals at hamas landing nature reserve just 2 miles from the site of the recent battery plant. fire researchers with san jose state university of been monitoring the soil in elkhorn slough for years in the week and a half since the fire. t

i'm sara stinson reporting in the newsroom. back to. the oakland zoo is sharing an update on the spider monkey. the chp rescue during a traffic stop in the central valley. >> vets say she's still thin and has muscle loss but is recovering and taking just following a healthy diet, i should say. the zoo named the little one less after the marches as biased fear preserve in mexico, which is home to the spider monkeys. that's think she is 5 to 6 months old. the zoo is still figuring out where she will be moved to when she's fully recovered. heavy metal band. metallica comes to the bay area on their tour. the ben announced their tour dates on their website. they plan to perform at levi stadium in santa clara dates are set for june 20th and june 22nd is when they will also perform tickets. go on sale, january 17th at 10:00am. still ahead on the kron. 4 morning news. a bay area based is helping people in la stay safe from those wildfires. >> the services that developers are offer. >> how the latest technology can help in a natural dis

we'll just have to see what happens. >> i'm sara stinson reporting in san francisco. back to you. >> still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news neighbors in southern california begin the emotional process of returning home after the deadly wildfires. >> hi, i'm karen purcell. this is jacob palmer were back from best reviews dot com. be sure to take out your phone and scan that qr code. get ready to scan shop and save. we're talking cozy products for your home. we're starting with this space heater, which really awesome. my office is freezing at home. so i really want that. well, it's perfect for because if it under the death. >> make sure that you're always comfortable in your office because this time of year, it is really expensive to heat the whole house but using space heaters strategically, we'll allow you the remote and isolated. so that's really great. okay. we're moving on even find get something. and i use a lot of home. this is by better. it looks so yeah, and it's great because it is so affected that you wore those frigid night. and one thing we've noted from t

i'm sara stinson reporting kron. 4 news. >> to the planets will put on raised tonight. will we be able to see if you're in the perfect how the coast guard is trying to save thousands of lives every year with drills. >> after the break, musicians in the bay area coming together and helping people impacted by the la finest. "the doctor will see you now." but do they really? do they see all that you are? at kaiser permanente all of us work together to care for all that is you. >> here in the bay area music city, san francisco put on a benefit concert to help musicians in southern california affected by the fires. kron four's lindsey ford has more. >> cars, it and songs bringing people together monday night. all for a good cause. >> we told that guys, the music, music city, san francisco, hosted a benefit concert for musicians in southern california affected by the palisade fires. the message staying california, strong usually don't take the vow of >> chastity, but they do take a vow of poverty. if there's anyone in like the social structure that's going to be hurt. it's a

i'm sarah stinson reporting back to you. >> barry, a mexican restaurant has shut down the whole chain shut down after being fined by the federal government for allowing underage workers to work outside of business hours and operate dangerous equipment. the place was called see cars. so they had 3 restaurants. they have won in emeryville, napa and one in san ramon in all of them are now closed. you will if you know the restaurant in new go there, you'll see this message on the front door, u.s. department of labor find the chain more than $45,000 for allowing employees as young as 14 to work outside of permitted hours during school days. and they say the chain didn't give an employee the proper space to pump milk during the workday, the restaurant was fined more than $3,000 in wages. in that case. >> well, the famed taco bell cantina out in pacifica has temporarily closed again temporarily. they made the announcement sunday on facebook. there was a sign posted outside that restaurant that reach closed for remodeling. it's unknown exactly when it will reopen that restaurant located right

i'm sara stinson reporting kron. 4 news. >> and developing this morning, the suspect in a deadly shooting in oakland remains on the loose. it happened overnight on thursday along 12th street near the intersection of 22nd street and another roadway there. we're going to work and get that information for you. the victim was taken to the hospital where they later died. if you have any information, please give police a call. and the controversy surrounding san mateo county sheriff christina corpus continues into the new year. report against the sheriff was released last year followed by calls for her to resign. the corpus is now countering with a complaint against the county claiming discrimination kron four's rob nesbitt reports. >> this 5 page claim filed against the county of san mateo by sheriff christina corpus is lawyer was filed on december 3rd. and if there's a claim that there are some in the county who still believe that law enforcement is a, quote, white man's world. the claim filed against san mateo county says this is a case of discrimination and harassment against sheriff christ

call for sarah stinson has more on that. >> some people yelled at health care conference attendees saying they are fed up with the current system. protesters called for public takeover of the health care industry, eliminating the profiteers with medicare for all. >> a little been talking about moment said talking about how they can make more by denying people health thousands of people attending the biggest healthcare conference in the world confronted by protesters in san francisco monday dozens held up signs calling on the companies to put people before profits you, sir, may come millionaires who making billions profits off of the backs of patients. what i see people deny healthcare that makes me steve seltzer helped organize the protest. he says the health care system is failing americans. why should people be denied health care in the richest country in the world? at the same time we're spending trillions of dollars for wars abroad. ukraine, israel, and yet we don't have money. i mean, israel has national health the 43rd annual healthcare conference held by jp morgan with united healt

i'm sarah stinson reporting. back to you. all right. thank you, sara. 9.39. the time the ongoing bird flu crisis has turned deadly in some parts of the u.s. health officials in louisiana confirming the first human death from the virus. >> happened on monday. none reported here in the bay area. but we are dealing with. and make sure to judge as a result of the bird flu at this lion market in west san jose eggs were available but for $10, a dozen and then $22 for 2 dozen. if you want to buy in bulk. shortage is also impacting local businesses like bakeries at bakery and cafe. they've had to raise their prices for their pastries, but they say they have no choice if they want to keep buying eggs. >> yeah, my my my boss who live one who on doing that no matter what, even those expensive be no choice. this is a vive a price too high. >> the usda says that demand and prices for eggs is continuing to grow because of the rise and bird flu. they also say in twenty-twenty for just under 40 million eggs are angling hands were lost. and that's having ripple effects. now,

sara stinson spoke with some local tech experts and political analysts about what that might mean. >> if you like game of thrones, what you saw was the bending of money tech. >> donald trump front and center at the inauguration of president donald trump. tech moguls from silicon valley. you have that enriches people you know, on the planet is sitting, you know, in one place in the second row next to spacex and tesla ceo elon musk was apple ceo tim cook, google ceo, sundar pichai >> amazon ceo jeff bezos and meta ceo mark zuckerberg. each of these tech billionaires donating 1 million dollars to the trump inaugural fund as they aim to win favor over trump political analyst michael yaki has attended several inaugurations and says he was surprised that's never been done before and never been seen before. tech expert and engineering professor ahmed banafa says this group of big tech would have been unlikely in trump's previous term. >> but wasn't actually was not good. you know, there's a lot of that back and forth. you know that silicon valley state away from politics office says a lot of

i'm sarah stinson reporting in gilroy. back to you. >> now happening police, any other looking for driver who struck and killed a woman. the crash happened a little avenue around 6 tuesday night. investigators say the driver drove away after the collision police are asking anybody with information to please give them a call. and the fbi raided the home of an east bay council member. according to the fence, agents served a warrant at the home selling councilmember bryant as a battle. the reason for the warrant still unknown. now we've reached out to as a battle for comment, but as of this report, kron 4, we still haven't heard back. take a look at this fire breaking out in the oakland hills, leaving a home destroyed. thankfully, nobody lived in the home. firefighters say to them about 10 minutes to get to that scene. they also tell kron four's lezla gooden. it could there quicker if it wasn't for the recent budget cuts. take a look. a home engulfed in flames according to oakland fire. they got the call around. 01:00am of re

one of them is a social worker and now they are in critical condition. 4 sarah stinson spoke with her mom. >> i spoke with daniel drake's mom on the phone as her daughter fights for her life to me says she's calling on her daughter's employer to have more security on site for social workers. i also spoke with a woman who lives at the building where this shooting happened. she couldn't believe what unfolded. >> oh, my god. all shot by the same person. >> christie abrams in shock learning the details of a shooting that happened inside her building at mercy housing that injured 2 people. it happened last thursday morning around 10 at the supportive housing building on bryant street across from the hall of justice. the complex is home to people who are formally unsheltered, according to the san francisco district attorneys office. 49 year-old monique davis punch someone multiple times inside the elevator. prosecutors say davis then grabbed a pistol from her room when down to the lobby and opened fire. a social worker was shot in the face. another person was shot in the arm. police arreste

. >> cropper sarah stinson actually spoke with her mother. >> i spoke with daniel drake's mom on thene as her daughter fights for her life to me says she's calling on her daughter's employer to have more security on site for social workers. i also spoke with a woman who lives at the building where this shooting happened. she couldn't believe what unfolded. >> my god. while shot by the same person. >> christie abrams in shock learning the details of a shooting that happened inside her building at mercy housing that injured 2 people. it happened last thursday morning around 10 at the supportive housing building on bryant street across from the hall of justice. the complex is home to people who are formally unsheltered, according to the san francisco district attorney's office. 49 year-old monique davis punch someone multiple times inside the elevator. prosecutors say davis then grabbed a pistol from her room when down to the lobby and opened fire. a social worker was shot in the face. another person was shot in the arm. police arrested davis about a mile away mercy housing partners wit

i'm sara stinson reporting in vallejo. you. >> happening today, the pacific, a school district board will host a meeting ahead of proposed school closures there. this meeting is coming after some parents rally last week in opposition to the closure of the ocean shore k through 8th grade school. here's some video from that rally. the district says the closure is a result of a 3 million dollar budget deficit. the meeting that they're having to discuss. all this is happening tonight at 5 at the district's building. the coalition on homelessness and allied organizations are demanding mayor daniel lurie, protect families facing eviction from san francisco shelters. according to advocate homelessness amongst families now doubled in the past 2 years. they're calling for the restoration of the family shelter, waitlist. they're hoping it will be a more transparent process for shelter extensions and offer more permanent housing solutions. the coalition on homelessness as 300 families currently live in shelters that have received evi

sarah stinson has reaction. >> sonoma state students tell me the news about the cuts came through anil wednesday morning on the second day of the spring semester. every single student i spoke with says this has them in disbelief, but they also say this has the morning to transfer to another university. i was honestly shocked because my roommate, he's on the baseball team. >> and he was completely like she was shocked to it was actually really shocking. we did not think that happened whatsoever to do with state students in disbelief after learning about the university's plans to layoff faculty, eliminate academic departments and cut the entire athletics program. student athletes will remain eligible to receive scholarships as long as they meet the current requirements. but to first year, students on the women's soccer team say this disrupts their four-year college plan we all had like offers everywhere else and chose here for soccer. and so now it just makes us all want to leave 11 division. 2 ncaa teams will be cut by this fall. the university says they have to address a nearly 24 mi

kron 4 sarah stinson actually spoke with that person's mother. >> i spoke with daniel drake's mom on the phone as her daughter fights for her life to me says she's calling on her daughter's employer to have more security on site for social workers. i also spoke with a woman who lives at the building where this shooting happened. she couldn't believe what unfolded. >> my god while shot by the same person. >> c ristie abrams in shock learning the details of a shooting that happened inside her building at mercy housing that injured 2 people. it happened last thursday morning around 10 at the supportive housing building on bryant street across from the hall of justice. the complex is home to people who are formally unsheltered, according to the san francisco district attorney's office. 49 year-old monique davis punch someone multiple times inside the elevator. prosecutors say davis then grabbed a pistol from her room when down to the lobby and opened fire. a social worker was shot in the face. another person was shot in the arm. police arrested davis about a mile away mercy housing partn

i'm sarah stinson reporting in gilroy. you. >> 6.38 is the time governor gavin newsom is still in los angeles county, doubling down on his invitation to president elect donald trump to visit southern california and meet with those impacted by the fires. this comes as the governor continues to make plans to move forward with his special legislative session to allocate funds towards basically legal defense fund against the trump administration. candid immigration-related legal services. meanwhile, earlier this week, newsom and democratic legislative leaders announced that they are also expanding the special session to include 2 and a half billion dollars in emergency fire aid. notion that seems to have outrage, some republicans. >> i think we need a dedicated special session just on emergency preparedness on how we improve brush management. water management, utility management fire response. all these are issues that have been long overdue for reform. and unless we have a dedicated session on just those topics, i don't think

i'm sara stinson reporting back to you. >> it's 6.12, right now. and still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news station and leaders from around the world say goodbye to president jimmy carter. and we're taking another look at what's going on in southern california with a live look at a home burned to the ground here. one of thousands of structures that have burned. and now the death >> we are back at 6.15. here are 4 things to know today. a grim discovery in the north bay. 4 people were discovered dead inside of a home in santa rosa. investigators are calling it the case of homicide. we did speak to neighbors as they try to figure out what happened in that. typically quiet neighborhood. and then a san jose family has filed a lawsuit against the parent company of a behavioral health program for autistic children. they claim a therapist sexually assaulted their daughter. >> 48 year-old alejandra lopez. nunez was arrested last june after police say he assaulted an 11 year-old girl more than once during therapy. nunez was a behavioral therapist with trump

sara stinson brings us reaction from students and faculty. >> sonoma state students tell me the newsut the cuts came through an email wednesday morning on the second day of the spring semester. every single student i spoke with says this has them in disbelief, but they also say this has the morning to transfer to another university. i was honestly shocked because my roommate, he's on the baseball team and he was completely like she was shocked to it was actually really shocking. we did not think that happened whatsoever. sonoma state students in disbelief after learning about the university's plans to layoff faculty, eliminate academic departments and cut the entire athletics program. student athletes will remain eligible to receive scholarships as long as they meet the current requirements. but to first year, students on the women's soccer team say this disrupts their four-year college plan we all had like offers everywhere else and chose here for soccer. and so now it just makes us all want to leave 11 division. 2 ncaa teams will be cut by this fall. the university says they have t