cause for six small fires... all of them ignited hours before the tubbs fire last october.good evening i'm jr stone.(justine) and i'm justine waldman. investigators are pointing to sparking pg&e power poles and strong wind.kron4 's ella sogomonian is live in the newsroom with details. this is not to be confused with the larger north bay fires the cause revealed tonight is specific to a half a dozen that erupted within santa rosa city limits well before. five of the six fires investigated in this report ignited around 8pm on october 8th before the larger tubbs, nunns, or atlas fires so those are still under investigation. the fires in this report burned 10-12 acres and destroyed at least four homes a commercial ilding and an out building and playground at montessori school at three differeent locations: sullivan way, brush creek road, and guerneville road. firefighters who responded to the flames

report they saw sparks coming from pg&e utlity poles but it was essentially the strong wind that night they blame for the widespread damage. sot: paul lowenthal, santa rosa fire department // "the investigator identified there were sparks that had omitted from the utility but definitely identified the fact that had it not been for wind especially the significant winds that we had that night we wouldnt have had the circumstances that we did meaning that if we didnt have the wind we wouldnt have had the fire."((continuing vo))to try and give perspective for those still seeking closure on what caused the larger tubbs, nuns and atlas fires lowenthal explained these were smaller and were contained quickly so it's going to take much longer for calfire investigating those fires to reveal a cause. pg& e couldn't get back to us in time for comment. live in the newsroom ella sogomonian kro n4 news.

(justine) coming up in about 15 minutes ... we take a look at a star-studded benefit concert that took place over the weekend for victims of the thomas fire in ventura county. (justine) taking a live look outside....(jr stone) meteorologist lawrence karnow has our forecast. . (mabrisa rodriguez) synoptically the ridge of high pressure overhead will remain the dominate feature through the end of next week with just minor variations day-to-day. at the same time surface pressure gradients will generally favor offshore flow leading to the heat making it

down to local beaches. highs will continue to be in the 60s and 70s with lows in the 40s to the lower 50s for most spots. only real weather concern is for offshore winds especially for higher elevation spots. local gusts of 30 to 40 mph may combine with minimum humidity readings of 30 percent or less. this will lead to elevated fire weather concerns. still no clear indication of when we can expect to see the pattern substantially changing. long range cfs and ecmwf continue to highlight a potential return to rain starting around the 20th. (mark) okay here we go. thank you to those joining us

after watching a wild super bowl between the new england patriots and philadelphia eagles. the birds...are this year's world champions...after pulling off a massive upset. dethroning tom brady and the 5-time champs...behind an outstanding performance from backup quaterback nick foles and clutch plays from that ferocious defense. --let's get to the highlights--é the 40-year- old brady, fresh off his 3rd mvp award. nick foles...who took over this team late in the year for the injured carson wentz. --we'll pick it up in the 4th-- the pats trailed by 10 at the half, but roared back late. less than 10-minutes to go-- brady....connects with rob gronkowski. his 2nd td of the game... and new england leads 33-32. ----but still a lot of drama to get to. the eagles ate 7-minutes off the clock... and capped off a drive with this play. huge! foles...threads the needle...to zach ertz. and the danville native, stanford product with an amazing grab. eagles lead 38-33. --but still...2-20 to go. a lot of time for tom brady.

look out...brady is stripped..and the eagles pounce right on it. --and philly...takes more time off the clock. doesn't take any chances... kicks a field goal. they make it 41-33. --then here, we go last chance for brady to pull off a miracle. does he have it in him... last play of the game...brady goes for the hail mary. but it's batted down. and that's your ball game. eagles win 41-33...for their first super bowl title in franchise history. we'll have postgame reaction later on in sports at 8-45. (justine)(justine) people protesting police brutality locked themselves across a light-rail near u.s bank stadium. the protest...temporarily halted trains carrying fans to the super bowl. in the end, police cut the locks the protesters had to create a

human chain. and officers arrested 17 people. chp stepping up patrols across the bay area tonight... they'll be looking for people driving under the influence after the super bowl. kron 4's hermela aregawi rode along with officers.. and joins us live with the details.

(jrstone) investigators are on the scene in south carolina after two were killed and more than 100 injured in an early morning train crash involving amtrak and c-s-x freight trains. kim hutcherson from our partners at c-n-n has more. an amtrak train headed to florida from new york and carrying nearly 150 people crashed into a c-s-x freight train... derailing several passenger cars and the lead engine in cayse (casey) south carolina early sunday. two people were killed and

more more than 100 others injured.amtrak identified the dead as the train's engineer and conductor.no one appears to have been aboard the c-s-x train at the time of impact. south carolina's governor addressed the situation.sot gov. henry mcmaster, south carolina"the csx was on the track that it was suppose to be on. it appears that the amtrack train was on the wrong track."the national transportation safety board are on the scene investigating. a source with knowledge of the investigation says investigators are focusing on the signal systems and whether they were working properly. this is the latest deadly incident involving an amtrak train.in december, an amtrak train derailed near dupont, washington killing three.i'm kim hutcherson reporting. (jr stone) a local hospital was able to repurpose one of their flu tents to use as a triage center to treat the wounded. lexington county officals are estimating about 5-thousand gallons of fuel were spilled, but say that there is no threat to the

greater public at this time. in other national news... president trump was golfing today in west palm beach ahead of his super bowl party held tonight at the trump international golf club. but he did sent out a tweet: "my thoughts and prayers are with all of the victims involved in this mornings train collision in south carolina. thank you to our incredible first responders for the work they've done!" (justine)ride share company uber will be in a san francisco court tomorrow -- details on the billion dollar lawsuit. coming up... much more on tonight's super bowl -- including a live report from minneapolis. (spencer)

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(justine)it's wind-down time for football fans who soaked in an action-packed super bowl

52.sports bars all over the bay area were packed, and kron four's spencer blake found allegiances to both the eagles and the patriots.(jrstone)he's live in san francisco tonight. where did you catch the game? i was here at green sports bar. it was easy to find people who wanted to share their football thoughts. :00-1:27 local fans pick sides ÷ san francisco(pkg)on super bowl sunday at any given bar, it's often easy to tell who people are rooting for. "eagles! die patriots! fly eagles, fly! fly!""pats! patriots!"but in the bay area, of course we're going to find raiders and niners jerseys, too.most of áthose fans were united áagainst tom brady and the patriots."the patriots are a bunch of cheaters - deflategate, tucking the ball,

i mean, filming other players. forget it!""haters gonna hate! i mean everyone that's jealous is gonna find things.""who does a 49ers fan root for in the super bowl?anybody but the patriots."maybe it's just that it's easy to hate a dynasty.but between the drinks...and the super bowl snacks...there were plenty of new england jerseys, too."it's tough; a lot of people are haters out here. they don't like the patiots. it's just interesting because tom brady and a lot of other guys from the patriots are actually northern california guys." "people are pretty nice. i got this jersey last year at about 10 pm the night they won. one of the greatest nights of my life."during a game filled with trick plays and a álot of offense, some fans had to be áconvinced of who they wanted to win."undecided still.really? because i'm a packer girl."and some folks...just root for the home team."the niners! forty-niners! wooo! go jimmy g! you guys know who's playing in the super bowl, right?yes, we

do (laughs)." (adlib live)in san francisco, spencer blake, kron four news. (jr stone) taking a live look outside....(justine) meteorologist lawrence karnow has our forecast. . (mabrisa rodriguez) synoptically the

ridge of high pressure overhead will remain the dominate feature through the end of next week with just minor variations day-to-day. at the same time surface pressure gradients will generally favor offshore flow leading to the heat making it down to local beaches. highs will continue to be in the 60s and 70s with lows in the 40s to the lower 50s for most spots. only real weather concern is for offshore winds especially for higher elevation spots. local gusts of 30 to 40 mph may combine with minimum humidity readings of 30 percent or less. this will lead to elevated fire weather concerns. still no clear

indication of when we can expect to see the pattern substantially changing. long range cfs and ecmwf continue to highlight a potential return to rain starting around the 20th.

(jr) a lawsuit against uber is set to begin in a san francisco courtroom this week. google's former self- driving car project, waymo, is seeking up to one-point-eight billiion dollars in damages against the ride-sharing app. waymo alleges that a former google employee stole "trade secrets" and shared them with uber. uber claims the allegations are "meritless" and absolutely false. opening statements will begin tomorrow. (justine) as the horror film based the winchester mystery house opens this weekend... we go inside the south bay haunted house.. to see how it can still scare your socks off. (jrstone)and a benefit for thomas fire victims brings out the stars in southern

california. ♪ ♪ with the chase mobile app, michaela deprince could pay practically anyone, at any bank, all while performing a grand jeté between two grand pianos. she could... in a commercial. in real life she uses it to pay her sister, from her couch, for that sweater she stained. what sweater? (phone buzzes) life, lived michaela's way. chase. make more of what's yours. (justine)(justine)a

star-studded benefit concert for victims of the thomas fire took place over the weekend. (jrstone)it's expected to raise at least a half million dollars.reporter senerey santos has the story. thousands of people coalesced in downtown ventura's plaza park on saturday for a night of big-name musical entertainment powered by a serious purpose.about 5,000 people packed the park for the sold-out thomas fire benefit festival, which starred performances by grammy award- winning singer olivia newton- john, acclaimed actor kevin costner and his band modern west, superstar

singer-songwriter colbie caillat, swing revival band big bad voodoo daddy, and three-time platinum hip-hop and rap artist super duper kyle.put together by local community members and organizations, the benefit was expected to raise at least half a million dollars for victims of the recent thomas fire, said kevin clerici, executive director of downtown ventura partners, which is acting as fiscal receiver for the funds. sponsors underwrote the entire cost of the event and the artists performed free of charge, allowing every penny of the proceeds to go to those in need, he said.all the artists performed at the benefit free of charge, organizers said. many, including costner, spoke onstage about the hardship caused by the fire, which destroyed hundreds of homes. "we often don't know what to do when this happens, there's no words. but i'd like to say we're the only species on the planet that when something goes like this, we might not know what to say but we know to gather," said costner, whose set included songs called "the sun will rise again" and "stand strong."

(jrstone)coming up next -- a balancing act has made one

homeless man a local celebrity. (justine) a side show ends with several cars towed and several tickets handed out... what police are doing to crack down on the illegal activity. (jrstone)and an alleged hate crime in the south bay has one student too scared to go to class... is the school doing enough to help? that story coming up.

(jr stone) the search is on for a man responsible for attacking a de anza college student on two different occasions.(justine)the suspect is described as a white man in his late 30's or early 40's. about 5 foot 11, 200 pounds with silver hair. as kron 4's ali reid reports, these attacks are being investigated as felony hate crimes ... 7-12deejea smith / hate crime victimdeejea smith tells me he no longer feels safe attending classes at deanza college.i don't go to a class without an

escort. i don't go to or from my car without an escortwhile walking up the stairs at the flint parking structure on january 24th, dj says this man seen here in a sketch . walked past him, shouted an anti-gay slur then punched him in the face.deejea smiththe second he saw me he screamed fáááát and punched me straight in the face and then i was knocked out.d-j was treated for a concussion and head injury. he says the friday before, he was knocked out from behind. the person in that incident also screamed the same derogatory term. but because d-j is partially deaf, he couldn't tell if it was the same individual. but it was the same parking structure, and same as before at night. i could see my car. it was within arms length. and came from behind, hit me in the back of the head and knocked me downsince then the victim has withdrawn from all but 2 of his classes which are both during the day. he makes sure to leave campus before the sun goes down.i feel like i can no longer call this place a safe space.in a

statement, the school says in part "we are saddened and angered that such an incident could occur on our campus, which is deeply committed to inclusion."it goes on to say that both on and off campus resources have been provided for d-j. but the victim says none of that has helped.the resources they gave me for outside has nothing to do with me. they gave me a pamphlet for aids rejuvenation. that has nothing to do with what happened to methe on-campus police department says officers have increased patrols on campus, both on foot and in vehicles. and that neighboring law enforcement agencies are also on the lookout for the suspect. meanwhile, d-j is set to see a school psychologist sometime this week.reporting in cupertino ali reid kron 4 news. (justine) a shooting in san jose sent one woman to the hospital. this happened around midnight on cadillac drive near highway 17. police found the woman suffering from at least one gunshot wound. she was

taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. the condition of the woman is unknown at this time. no arrests have been made. (j.r.) another large sideshow in oakland early this morning. police cited numerous drivers and towed a number of vehicles. you can see some of the vehicles that were taken away in this video. police reported the sideshow around 2 o'clock this morning ... in the area of high street and foothill boulevard near fremont high school. according to police, spectators broke windows of businesses and threw bottles at officers. last weekend there were two major sideshows in the east bay. this is surveillance video from the chp chopper that was monitoring one of those two in oakland. someone there pointed a green laser pointer at the chp helicopter. one person was arrested in that case. in richmond there was a sideshow last sunday as well. an officer was hit and suffered a head and shoulder injury. two people were

eventually arrested in that case. (justine) police arrested a suspect accused of breaking into cars at the rockridge bart station early this morning. a witness says they saw the man break into multiple cars in the bart parking lot. police later arrested andrew friedman of oakland on suspicion of auto burglary and possession of stolen property. officers say a total of five vehicles were broken into. (justine) jack walcott is a homeless man who's just trying to get by. he's also very talented. you may have seen photos of "jack jack" on social media -- his balancing acts have made him something of a local celebrity. reporter nicole comstock has the story from stockton.

up. he can tip toe in between cars to collect cash.walcott can steady his neck walking backwards in traffic and throw up a peace sign at the same time. he can bob and weave his body as the bike leans without breaking a sweat."there's the, 'oh my god, he's gonna drop it on my bike.' there's the, 'look at this weirdo.' there's the, 'oh my god, that's so awesome!'" walcott told fox40. the more he's been seen, the more he's been posted about online.day after day, for the past year, people post pictures of walcott balancing all kinds of stuff. water bottles topped with backpacks, inverted traffic cones, towers of tupperware, christmas trees -- just about anything and everything goes on his head for money."the only thing i haven't balanced is a person. a car," he said.and his shtick is sparking an online debate about whether he's a skilled street performer, or just a strange panhandler."'get a job,'" said dona rivera, who is an admin for "stockton wtf moments." "the same rhetoric of he's a drug addict, you know?"those are some of the comments rivera sees as an admin on that facebook page that helped make walcott facebook famous."you don't know the whole story, you

know?" she said.rivera said she sees walcott as a "person with a lot of potential who has fallen." walcott is the first person to admit that. he admits that he's a recovering addict."it makes it really heard because when i bust that out people are like, 'ok, later,'" he said.walcott says he's taking doctor-prescribed methadone to wean off opiates."starting using opiates, thinking i'd be able to quit that as quickly as amphetamines, but hit a brick wall when i tried," walcott told fox40.he said he eventually lost his job at a grocery store. the 30-year-old has been homeless now for four years."i felt really just alone... " he said.so he found himself on the streets of stockton, holding a sign, and

holding more than the weight of a bicycle on his shoulders. "it's not anybody's fault, except for mine," walcott said. walcott found something in his balancing act that he hasn't found elsewhere. he says it's "relaxing," it's the least of his struggles.oc: "...least of his struggles.">

sailing the seas day and night. they knew where they were going, by watching the clouds move in the sky or the way their boats rocked. that's how the waves and stars would speak to them. guide them. sometimes, you can find your way in the world, by getting lost in it. let your legend begin at aulani, a one-of-a-kind disney resort in hawaii (justine) it's been a busy

couple of weeks for the chp-- officers made an estimated 307 arrests for drunk or drugged driving from january 22nd through the end of the month. (jr stone) but as stanley roberts shows us -- that's not all officers have to watch out for as they try to keep people safe both on -- and off -- the freeways. i have done dozens upon dozens of ride alongs with the california highway patrol looking for anything unsafe or out of place the fact is not much shocks me, until i stumbled across this scene on my day off while heading to monterey what you are looking at is 7 people standing next to a table. about 50 feet from the active lanes of traffic on highway 101 in san jose nats: ambiance they set up the table to hand out food the homeless, feeding the homeless i can get on board with... but not on

the side of a freeway their intentions were good trying to feed the homeless but we have some obvious precautions we need to think about the san jose office of the california highway patrol get calls for a lot of people legally and illegally stopping on california freeways a lot of times we get reports pedestrians that are on the freeway and sometimes drivers will call it in that they are actually trying to cross the freeway to get to the other side stopping because you have a flat tres, acceptable like this driver the tire was shredded but the driver already called roadside assistance the california highway patrol has seen a lot of things ...that being said i personally haven't seen a picnic on the side of the road before but i have stopped for drivers on the side of the road usually to make a quick phone call to send out a quick text or maybe look at their

gps and while it turned out not to be a picnic from the someone driving on the freeway myself included that exactly what it looked like stopping along side unnecessarily causes some risk that is not really needed that swerves off the road that could possibly collide with them of if someone has a blown out tire possibly swerves off the road as well the chp did respoond the the group and they were cited for making a non- emergency stop which carries a 238 dollar fine and 1 point but the fact is, no matter how intentions are. you can't help anyone if you get hit by a car . in san jose stanley roberts kron 4 news adlib sports (justine) the

weekend's only new, wide release movie -- helen mirren's "winchester," took third place at the box office this weekend --- making over 9 million dollars. the movie is based on the legend of the winchester mystery house in san jose. kron4's will tran went to the house to see if it's as spooky as it's cracked up to be.

(justine) taking a live look outside....(jr stone) meteorologist lawrence karnow has our forecast.. . (mabrisa rodriguez) synoptically the

ridge of high pressure overhead will remain the dominate feature through the end of next week with just minor variations day-to-day. at the same time surface pressure gradients will generally favor offshore flow leading to the heat making it down to local beaches. highs will continue to be in the 60s and 70s with lows in the 40s to the lower 50s for most spots. only real weather concern is for offshore winds

especially for higher elevation spots. local gusts of 30 to 40 mph may combine with minimum humidity readings of 30 percent or less. this will lead to elevated fire weather concerns. still no clear indication of when we can expect to see the pattern substantially changing. long range cfs and ecmwf continue to highlight a potential return to rain starting around the 20th.

(justine) this year's super bowl ads feature celebrities galore and light humor.(jr stone) so mant good ones!(justine) also among the most-tweeted were tide, ram trucks, and pepsi. and this one... your favorite jr... the doritios / mountain dew. it showed a lip sync rap battle between morgan freeman and peter dinklage. this year's super bowl

ads feature celebrities galore and light humor. jr, what did you like about it? next up, a battle between wendy's and mcdonalds. the two companies have some beef with each other! its first quarter ad called out its rival for using frozen beef in most of its patties. the trailer for "solo: star wars story" is getting the most twitter attention so far, followed by wendy's attack ad against mcdonald's. a new approach for budweiser.. instead of featuring the brand's iconic clydesdales or talking frogs, the company's one minute long spot was all about water. budweiser is touting its humanitarian work in supplying drinking water to victims of natural disasters. the ad brings attention to the brand helping areas victimized by high-profile disasters in the past year like florida, california, texas and puerto rico.

(justne) -ram trucks is getting mixed reactions. many twitter users were put off by the use of an mlk speech to sell trucks.- athlete's olympic story skier lindsey vonn. many companies released ads online early in hopes of generating extra buzz since ads cost $5 million per 30 seconds. (justine) (jr) fans celebrate in philly adlib

and we'll continue our super bowl coverage. now turning to the actual game. the philadelphia eagles...are your world champions after upsetting tom brady and the five-time super bowl winning new england patriots. -let's get to the highlights--é the 40-year-old brady, fresh off his 3rd mvp award. nick foles...who took over this team late in the year for the injured carson wentz. --we'll pick it up in the 4th-- the pats trailed by 10 at the half, but roared back late. less than 10-minutes to go-- brady....connects with rob gronkowski. his 2nd td of the game... and new england leads 33-32. ----but still a lot of drama to get to. foles...2- minutes on the clock, threads the needle...to zach ertz. and the stanford product with an amazing grab. eagles lead 38-33. --but still...2-20 to go. a lot of time for tom brady. look out...brady is

stripped..and the eagles pounce right on it. --and philly...takes more time off the clock. doesn't take any chances... kicks a field goal. they make it 41-33. --then here, we go last chance for brady to pull off a miracle. does he have it in him... last play of the game...brady goes for the hail mary. but it's batted down. and that's your ball game. eagles win 41-33...for their first super bowl title in franchise history.

the eagles shock the sports world... as backup nick foles beats tom brady... and brings the city of brotherly love their first super bowl championshipbay area native tom brady wins his record 6th super bowl... we will break it all down and go live to u.s. bank stadium in minneapolis... and have postgame reactionbut of course the game isn't the only show... we will talk justin timberlake's halftime show... pink's national anthem... and give you our favorite super bowl adsso let's make history... sports night live is...... next! (nats - show theme music> "this is kron 4's sports night live."