s office, the investigators with the ventura county sheriff's department cold case unit and officers and detectives with oxnard never gave up. >> alexander is currently held in ventura county without bail. investigators are not ruling out there could be more victims. coming up next, a jetliner carrying dozens of people crashes into a neighborhood in brazil, the investigation into the tragedy. >>> and today marks ten years since a police officer shot and killed michael brown in ferguson, missouri, sparking a nationwide movement, how people are remembering that day. >> some of our lives have purpose as [♪♪] your skin is ever-changing, take care of it with gold bond's healing formulations of 7 moisturizers and 3 vitamins. for all your skins, gold bond. it'll be raining cats and dogs again. time to waterproof with gorilla. waterproof with gorilla? gorilla waterproof patch & seal. of course. spray it, tape it, spread it, brush it to stop and prevent leaks. for the toughest jobs on planet earth. >>> russia is rallying its forces in an efforts to repeal a surprise ukrainian offensive. a rus

a lot has changed in ventura county. since the deaths kimberley fritts smell that sanchez and the rain. rodriguez. >>but what hasn't changed is our commitment. 73 year-old warren luther alexander from mississippi is now in police custody, charged with 3 counts of first-degree murder charges that stem from a series of strangulation killings that happened across ventura county. back in 1977. claiming the lives of 18 year-old kimberly carol. fritz, 31 year-old develop its sanchez and 21 year-old lorraine rodriguez led them to believe. >>it was at the hands of the same suspect specifically. all 3 victims commercial workers. a vocation that subjected them to violence. as well as extreme exploitation in february of 2023, the ventura county sheriff's cold case unit began re-examining the 1977 cases. and thanks to the efforts of the ventura county sheriff's cold case unit along with the oxnard and port 20 me police departments, dna evidence collected from the crime scenes pointed to alexander with a perfect dna match. on tuesday

and when they entered ventura county, they did so for one purpose to hit homes and steal from businesseseople are under arrest. investigators say the thieves were directed to max out stolen credit cards at stores like target, best buy and home depot. the goods would then be either brought to the rental car dealership or shipped to other people involved in the scheme. the artwork of 24 san francisco public school students is now being featured on muni busses. the middle school students took part in the tasty roots art competition promoting california fruits and vegetables and healthy eating. it was opened to eight middle schools in the city, seven of which are low income schools. more than 5000 students were encouraged to create art pieces highlighting the state's specialty crops. the artwork will be featured on muni busses until the end of november, so check them out. all right, time to talk 40 niners. because fans can hardly wait for the week one kickoff as the team tries to get back to the super bowl and their road starts with monday night football on september 9th. right here on abc s

and when they entered ventura county, they did so for one purpose to hit homes and steal from businesses. >> in all, six people are under arrest. investigators say the thieves were directed to max out stolen credit cards at stores like target, best buy and home depot. the goods would then be either brought to the rental car dealership or shipped to other people involved in the scheme. the artwork of 24 san francisco public school students is now being featured on muni busses. the middle school students took part in the tasty roots art competition promoting california fruits and vegetables and healthy eating. it was opened to eight middle schools in the city, seven of which are low income schools. more than 5000 students were encouraged to create art pieces highlighting the state's specialty crops. the artwork will be featured on muni busses until the end of november, so check them out. all right, time to talk 40 niners. because fans can hardly wait for the week one kickoff as the team tries to get back to the super bowl and their road starts with monday night football on september 9th. r

fans have gathered at the ventura county fairgrounds, little unusual, but a much loved tradition. event does include food and drinks and live music and even a car show. today has been kobe bryant day 8.24. to 2 numbers he wore during his 20 year career with the lakers reporter jennifer mcgraw has the story. >> no doubt a party going on in downtown la to celebrate kobe's life. there's also a mom again. but people also just said they wanted to come down here so they could feel a part of it. >> happy mamba day america. y'all know what it is. a 24 honoring the late lakers legend on elese a 24 kobe day. his jersey numbers. trevor noah, part of the city's history. we missed you. kobe fans from near and from canada coming together as one to celebrate. and remember the superstar? i think it's a great thing. i think kobe was a great from his 20 years on the court to starting the mamba academy for underserved athletes. he's also honored for being a father. he set the example of how to be a great day for >> being there with my my son that he's in the best i can and setting forever funds betw

sausalito say since mid-july, they've seen cases along the coast from santa barbara to luis obispo, ventura county, more than 70 sea lions have had to be rescued this year. and you're looking at about a pound of illegal drugs seized by san francisco police. this was while they were arresting 8 people in the tenderloin. police believe at least 7 of the people arrested were holding the drugs with the intent to sell them. and they say another person wasn't is accused of carrying that gun. it was a loaded gun. the arrests were made as part of a one-day operation aimed at cracking down on drug dealing and the city. a funeral is planned for this coming friday for the san francisco police officer who died unexpectedly last week. officer luciano ortega work with the department 9 years most recently at the mission district station service has been scheduled for friday, august 9th that saint mary's cathedral. it begins at 10:00am it is open to the public. >> still ahead, kamala harris, some made-up today with some of the final contenders to be her running mate. a plane crashed into a sacramento golf course

the alleged conspiracy touched cities all across the country and included la orange and ventura counties since 2019. >> i'm proud to say that we have arrested over 130 suspects responsible for perpetrating these crimes, with a vast majority using vehicles from driver power network. >> the fbi says this diagram represents the operation starting with the rental car company and ending with money laundering and profits going to tola and the rest. >> once the crime, tourists had gone across the country and stolen merchandise, money, credit cards, debit cards, they would send much of that back to the defendants. the defendants would then fence or sell that merchandise and take a percentage of the profits. >> and that was fox 11. susan hirasuna reporting now staying now in southern california. take a look at this long line of dodgers fans waiting patiently outside dodger stadium for a shohei ohtani bobblehead. fans started lining up as early as nine this morning while the game was set to start at 710 tonight, only 40,000 fans were able to get one of the coveted bobbleheads, which depicted ohtan

most of the sick animals are showing up in santa barbara and ventura counties. people can also get sick from eating contaminated shellfish of course, fecal matter has been floating around in lake tahoe. >> carnelian west beach has reopened after a huge sewage leak nearly two weeks ago. a health advisory has been lifted. placer county says the bacteria levels have returned to a normal range. a main sewer export pipeline was struck by a worker on july 18th, causing a leak of 85,000 gallons of untreated sewage to overflow into a parking lot and reach the lake well. >> building a better bay area is what we aim to do here at abc seven every day, and we love getting a chance to find those breakthroughs here at 11 to share with you. so tonight we begin in oakland, a comprehensive new plan is being proposed for downtown, promised as a roadmap to evolve over the next 20 years. it focuses on many key priorities for the city to work toward affordable housing, public safety, and revitalizing local businesses, among them. the city says thousands of oakland residents provided

he is now an emotional support animal making the rounds at the jails in ventura county, california.2-year-old melo and his handler deputy sheriff sung lee are making their daily walk to the health and programming unit inside the todd rhode jail. >> sit. good boy. >> reporter: melo was originally trained to sniff out narcotics. >> however, he was better suited to be a therapy dog because he was so friendly and wasn't able to focus on detection. >> reporter: so now melo's assignment is doing what he does best. >> good dog. >> reporter: bringing smiles and comfort to inmates. >> to help facilitate and manage psychiatric needs in a more humane manner, so that we are accommodating to their needs. >> reporter: the animal assisted therapy program started back in 2022 because traditional methods just weren't working. >> you feel anxiety and you feel like lonely, you feel something like that. it's good to have a dog like this. just to see him, like to pet him. >> reporter: the todd road jail houses about 600 people and jail administrators say nearly 1/3 of the population is dealing with a ps

most he sick animals are showing up in santa barbara and ventura counties.can also get sick from eating contaminated shellfish of course, fecal matter has been floating around in lake tahoe. >> carnelian west beach has reopened after a huge sewage leak nearly two weeks ago. a health advisory has been lifted. placer county says the bacteria levels have returned to a normal range. a main sewer export pipeline was struck by a worker on july 18th, causing a leak of 85,000 gallons of untreated sewage to overflow into a parking lot and reach the lake well. >> building a better bay area is what we aim to do here at abc seven every day, and we love getting a chance to find those breakthroughs here at 11 to share with you. so tonight we begin in oakland, a comprehensive new plan is being proposed for downtown, promised as a roadmap to evolve over the next 20 years. it focuses on many key priorities for the city to work toward affordable housing, public safety, and revitalizing local businesses, among them. the city says thousands of oakland residents provided input o

say since mid-july, they've seen cases along the coast from santa barbara to san luis obispo, ventura county, more than 70 see lines have been rescued this year. >> said >> this poor little thing. a little curious little can't look at this and have to be rescued from the spare tiresome buddies, car spare tire heard yelling outside a home in orange county. the person who found the kitten went to the fire department. at first they tried soap and water that didn't work and then they tried a special kind of saw while they protected the kittens had with a big spoon. it did eventually work. the captain was freed. firefighters gave a bath were hoping it got back to its owners. all right. let's take a final look at whether gayle, yes, so when we come back after the break, we will be very similar temperatures like we saw today, but a warm up coming up tuesday. >> your 7 day forecast when we come back. (vo) with fargo, the new virtual assistant from wells fargo, you can pick up the tab even when you forget your wallet. (kaz) i got this. (ben) fargo, send kaz $145 dollars with zelle®. (kaz) smooth. (vo

there's also been reports of sick animals and ventura county. the east bay spca has officially opened telemedicine services through the theodore b travers family. that clinic. it's a new low-cost service to make it more convenient for pet owners to seek care for their animals from the comfort of their homes. appointments are available for services, including prescription preventative, such as flea tick and heartworm medication online consultations and medication needs. a look at california's 5th largest wildfire in history from outer space. now, just look at all of that smoke. the park fire continues to grow across 4 counties with thousands of firefighters working to keep it from spreading any further. that fire has burned more than 399,000 acres. and is 22 percent contained? just a really tough situation for firefighters out the close to 400,000 acres there. yeah. every time i go to update those numbers, i'm like you've got to be kidding me. it just keeps growing and growing and this is what happens. you get a fire that size. it's really, reall

mid-july, they've seen cases popping up along the coast from santa barbara, san luis obispo, ventura county, more than 70 sea lions have been rescued this year. >> hurricane debby made landfall in florida today. it came ashore about 160 miles north of tampa as a cat one hurricane. but it's now a tropical storm. the big problem is expected to be catastrophic flooding as the storm slowly makes its way up north life-threatening and potentially historic rainfall totals are possible all across florida, georgia and south carolina. hundreds of flights have already been canceled or delayed with airports up and down the east coast hit especially hard. >> alright, weather time here as we get a live look at the embarcadero. fortunately for us, things have been calm. some fog this morning, but nothing like what they're dealing with back east know, what's the latest there? yeah, debby is very slow moving. and in the end, that is going to be the biggest problem, debbie, because of that is latching on more moisture right there in the atlantic and bring it back on shore. >> and going to bring tremendous am

since mid-july, they've seen cases pop up along the coast from santa barbara, san luis obispo and ventura county. more than 70 see lines have been rescued this year. and martinez, there's an algae bloom. hundreds of fish are dead because of it. its in his the lakes park city employees have already scooped up most of the dead fish. they did that last week. martinez city leaders say the algae growth was the result of hot weather and a bad fountain aerator and they say it is going to take time for the lake to recover. it's 10. 22 and. >> and coming up on the kron 4 morning news. 2 hospitals are joining the ucsf health system. we're going >> it's 10 24 and happening in the state today, volunteers are helping oakland students and staff start the school year on the right note, 30 campuses are taking part in a beautification project. the volunteers are going to create a welcoming environment there decorating bulletin boards and cleaning up the gardens of the outdoor spaces. if you're interested in helping the volunteer opportunities are happening now through august 5th through the night. so this week.

there have also been reports of 60 lines and ventura county. look at california's 5th largest wildfire in history now from outer space. well, just look at all that smoke. the park fire continues to grow across 4 counties with thousands of firefighters working to keep it from spreading any further. the fire has burned more than 393,000 acres and is 22% contained? it's a tough situation for firefighters out there battling the park fire. yeah, it sure is. and i got to tell you, i just looked at the latest numbers were up to 399,008, a search still, 24% containment, it's rough up there. a look at the wildfires in the west right now. so you obviously not just in california, you see quite a few up in oregon are having a really rough season. >> there it is. 24% contained over 399,000 acres. and if we take a look at the conditions there right now, you know, they're warming up can see paradise at 91 degrees. campbellville 84, wind is out of the south. and so that is just about 4 miles per hour. so that is actually pretty decent as far as today is concer

i'm actually from ventura county, california, thank you for about 7 years now. so i'm super excited to be here that there's some height requirement clear us. >> guys are coast yeah, do you guys have a new device going to host show i don't take it too seriously. anybody to syria. you know what this is great is the new format that starts today. or when did you get started yesterday? yes, but this is show all the way through to host. we kind of did a little solo and then i introduce turn it in the beginning of the show. but yeah, full show today of having to host and we're just excited. we're having so much time. we have some plans ahead for how we're going to court parade. some fun things with 2 house, nay to to be much yeah, i'd and so watch live in the bay and we'll see you back here for the kron. 4 morning news but narrator: today on dr. phil, it's the classic case of he said-- you say that she hits and punches you. narrator: --she said. my husband has turned into a psycho. are you afraid of him? sonya: i'm very afraid of him. narrator: but with so much at stak

mid-july, they've seen cases popping up along the coast from santa barbara to san luis obispo and ventura countye than 70 see lines have been rescued this year. and martinez, hundreds of fish are dead after an algae bloom at hidden lakes park city employees scooped up most of the dead fish last week. martina city leaders say that the algae growth was the result of hot weather and a bad fountain aerator and it's going to take time. they say for the lake to recover. starting next month, children can ride caltrain at a discounted rate kids can get a one-way ticket for just a dollar. >> and in all day own passed for $2, the idea is to make travel more affordable for young riders that are under 18. there was a similar promotion last year on clipper cards which resulted in a 43% spike in ridership by young people. the new fare start on september. 1st. well, that's another county fair is back this year, celebrating community spirit and agriculture, entertainment and fun. of course, today's food bank day, which means if you bring at least 3 food items and donate them to the redwood empire food bank, you

even ventura county, more than 70 sea lions have been rescued this year.oming up at 2.30, we will be talking with the marine wildlife institute as they work to save the life of these animals. hurricane debby made landfall in florida today. it came ashore about 160 miles north of tampa as a category one hurricane. the big problem now is expected to be the flooding as the storm slowly makes its way north life-threatening. a possibly historic rainfall totals are possible across florida, georgia and south carolina. hundreds of flights have already been canceled or delays. airports up and down the east coast have been hit hard by this. we're going to check in now with our meteorologist kyla grogan to see what's happening with debbie right now. yes, so now it is a tropical storm. it did come ashore early this morning about 07:00am east coast time. >> and this is kind of a loop that kind of shows you how that happened. it was right north of cedar key. if you're familiar with this, they called the big bend area sometimes in florida and it just roared in. but befor

mid-july, they've seen cases popping up all along the coast from santa barbara to san luis obispo in ventura countyoday in the east bay, volunteers are helping oakland students and staff start the school year. on a good note, 30 campuses will be taking part in a beautification project. volunteers say they're going to be helping create a welcoming environment by decorating bulletin boards and cleaning up gardens and outdoor spaces. and you can help if you're interested, volunteer opportunities run from august 5th through the 9th. well, starting next month, children can ride caltrain at a discounted rates. kids can get a one-way ticket for one dollar and in all passed for $2. the idea is to make travel more affordable for young riders under 18, there was a similar promotion last year and clipper cards that resulted in a 43% spike in ridership by young people. the new fares start on september. 1st. in the north bay, families and local sports teams and sonoma can now enjoy and upgraded park space. the maxwell farms regional park has new sports fields and restrooms and improve parking lot. other changes

mid-july, they've seen cases pop up all along the coast from santa barbara to san luis obispo and ventura countyescued this year. and martinez, hundreds of fish are dead after an algae bloom there at hidden lakes park city employees scooped up most of the dead fish last week. martina city leaders say that the algae growth was the result. the hot weather and a bad fountain aerator. they say it's going to take take some time for the lake to recover. 50 right now. let's talk football. the forty-niners at work at training camp the preseason begins this it's finally here. but the future of 2 star players still up in the air. we don't know anything yet. kron four's erin wilson takes a look. >> as for training camp for the niners, it was a bit of a lighter day for, you know, most of them, at least because on saturday was a pretty long session, was over 2 hours long in no pay its for the guys. what a few comprehensive takeaways, if you will. up to this point. >> while there are still question marks around what happened and what's happening with the contracts of trent williams and brandon aiyuk. there's

>>everyone and welcome to the ventura county fair grounds.n, you see all different sizes when it comes to the cornhole boards know a cornhole is. but did you know that the biggest cornhole competition called the throwdown? this is a festival and truck show is right here in southern california. it was to say hi, john. we'll talk to john in just a second. this thing started in the front of his restaurant has exploded to thousands of people coming here this week any one of them. by the way, i'll give you 2 get information in just a bit. jason, you started coming here. you're from north carolina. first, tell me why you started coming to this competition and about your business now. fire cornhole. so 8 years ago we heard about a big money term in california. fuel us for the lower on. >>the guys i brawl actually won the tournament. we had a great time. been here 8 years in a row since kim us okay. and then fire cornhole. you create what we make professional bags and boards for the acl american cornhole league. okay. this is good. you tell me that m

sea lions have been found on the coast near santa barbara and ventura counties.ar. people and pets can also get sick from the algae if exposed. >> well, the parties involved in the lawsuit seeking damages for last year's deadly wildfire in maui have reached a epic $4 billion global settlement. the agreement resolves all plaintiff cases against the state of hawaii, maui county and utility companies. the term sheet with details of the deal are not publicly available just yet. the settlement comes just days before the one year anniversary of the fires coming on thursday. >> a commencement ceremony in oakland celebrated 33 new recruits joining the oakland fire department. the 33 new members completed a 20 week training course at the offd training tower. fire chief damon covington says the size of the class was larger than usual. normally about 20 to 30 or 20 to 25 recruits sign up for that training course, the fire chief said. this graduating class also had a lot of perseverance, usually about 10% of recruits drop out during training. this time, only two of the 35 wh

ventura. thank you so much for joining me this evening. i've been eager to hear your opinion and i'm glad i heard it tonight. thank you. >> thanks, laura well, new tonight. the sheriff of the sangamon countyment in illinois is stepping down from his post following the fatal shooting sonya massey sheriff jack campbell, deciding to retire after the governor of illinois, jb pritzker called on him to resign for his handling of the situation. >> sonya massey was killed on july 6 after she made a 9-1 one call and one of the deputies dispatched shot this woman the deputy officer grayson, was then indicted by a grand jury on charges of first-degree murder the sheriff's office has been under fire since it was disclosed. that officer grayson had a history of duis and was discharged from the army for serious misconduct ahead, a horrifying crash in brazil, a plane. >> oh my god, falling out of the sky, killing all 61 passengers on board will talk to an aviation expert about what happened. next work relief work blinking really, the only three and one extended release formula for dry eyes my mental health matter, but uncontrollable movements called teeny target dyskinesia started disrupting like td fel