(darya) good morning i'm darya folsom..(james) and i'm james fletcher. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... temperatures just a bit cooler today ranging from the mid 50's to a few spots hanging onto the low 60's. skies will be partly cloudy through the day before some showers moving in early tomorrow

morning. heavier rainfall can be expected to start next week on christmas eve. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is

less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( darya ) a big story this morning. a san francisco c-e-o is pleading with police and mayor london breed for more officers to keep his employees safe. ( james ) he tweeted out a video of a beating right outside of his office. kron4's will tran is live outside the police department with the story.

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( darya )happening today ... the man charged with murdering 18-year-old nia wilson on a bart platform ... is scheduled to make another court appearance. 27-year-old john cowell is expected to enter a plea to the charges. nia wilson was stabbed to death at an oakland bart station back in july.cowell is also accused of stabbing and injuring nia wilson's older sister during the incident. cowell could face the death penalty. ( darya ) now to a big story this morning ... a yemeni mother ... barred from traveling to the u-s, has arrived in the bay area, and is finally reunited with her dying two year old son.( james ) this is video of her arrival at s-f-o last night. the state department granted shaima swileh a visa after she spent more than two months apart from her son. she had been living in egypt. the father says the u-s needs to change its travel ban policy, so no other family has to go through something like this

again.

a homeowner told police his doorbell rang. a few moments later a man began kicking the rear door then broke a window in order to get into the home. the homeowner shot the man out of fear for his life.the man died in the backyard of the home. investigators believe the homeowner was targeted because he cultivates and distributes marijuana. ( james )in the south bay... two women are recovering in a hospital after getting hit by a car in san jose. this is surveillance video showing the car barrelling down the street before hitting the women in the crosswalk. in happened at the intersection of 33rd avenue and berrywood drive .. at around 6:30 yesterday morning. according to officials ... the driver was speeding in a school zone.

freeway, they don't think this is a school zone, or a residential zone. they think at least we need on this street, at least.">( james ) police do not have a description of the car that hit the women. this is the second hit and this is the second hit and run accident in san jose in three days. ( darya ) in san francisco ... police are are releasing more information about a car involved in a deadly hit and run. this is surveillance video showing the suspect's car ... as well as the woman believed to be the driver. the hit and run happened a week ago at bush and leavenworth. police are now saying that the car that fled the scene is a dark colored 2007 or 2008 honda fit. the car is expected to have front end damage. 58-year-old teresita collins was killed in the crash. ( james )in the south bay ... the tesla car that caughtire twice ... is raising safety concerns about electric cars. right now the cause of that fire is still under investigation... but an anonymous source at tesla tells kron4 just by looking at

the wreckage... either the cars battery pack got damaged... or the tow truck may have damaged the car getting it onto the bed. even though the cause of the fire remains unknown... tesla shoppers say they're not worried. ( james ) the battery pack takes up the bottom of tesla's. past fires occured from people running over debris, puncturing the battery packs. ( james ) take a look at this. a mysterious light appeared in bay area skies last night. the light ... caused a lot of speculation all over social media. kron 4 viewers sent us lots of pictures of what they saw.( darya )(ááádoubleboxááá) this morning the mystery has been solved.kron4's sara stinson is at the california academy of sciences in golden gate park with more.

take a look at take a look at this. a mysterious light appeared in bay area skies last night. it's cause is not 100-percent certain yet... but the national weather service said it was likely a meteor.the first time phenomenon was seen in it is still causing a lot of the light appeared to streak across the sky during rocket launch at vandenberg air force base. so some take a look at more. ( darya ) thanks ( darya )still ahead... congress approves a partial spending bill... in an effort to stop the government from shutting down. ( darya )plus... the demolition of the ghost ship warehouse has been put on hold. but hear what family members of victims are asking city officials to ánot do... once the building ( darya )and... a califoia doctor connected to borderline mass shooter... ian david long... is facing federal charges. we tell you why after the break.

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(darya)(james)( robin ) welcome back. lets get a check of weather and traffic this morning. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. temperatures just a bit cooler today ranging temperatures just a bit cooler

today ranging from the mid 50's to a few spots hanging onto the low 60's. skies will be partly cloudy through the day before some showers moving in early tomorrow morning. heavier rainfall can be expected to start next week on christmas eve.

(2-shot)( james )in national news... the house of representatives is set to take up a measure... to keep the government funded and running until early february.( darya )

it comes after the senate passed the short term funding bill wednesday. reid binion reports. nat sot: "all in favor say aye. "aye""the aye's appear to have it, the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to."the senate -- voting late wednesday to approve a stop- gap government funding bill... ...in an effort to avoid a partial government shutdown at the end of the week.sen. mitch mcconnell / -r- majority leader: "a continuing resolution that will ensure continuous funding for the federal government. the measure will provide the resources necessary to continue normal operations through february the 8th."it brings washington a step closer to keeping some federal agencies from having to close friday ... just days before christmas.one thing the bill doesn't fund is president trump's long-promised border wall.he wanted five billion dollars for it......and promised last week to block any funding bill that didn't include money for the wall. trump: "i am proud to shut down the government for border security chuck."with the senate's funding measure passed -- some conservatives

are now calling on trump to make good on his threat.rep. mark meadows / (r) north carolina: " mr. president, we're going to back you up if you veto this bill. we'll be there. let's build the wall and make sure we do our job in congress."but the bill appears likely to pass the house of representatives......and white housofficials say the president is likely to sign it. i'm reid binion reporting. ( darya )back here at home... police in petaluma are looking for a man who they say stole a football jersey from a sports memorabilia store. these are pictures of the thief walking around "national sports memorabilia" in the petaluma premium outlets. police say he stuffed the jersey into his pants before leaving the store. in the photos you can see a large tattoo on the back of his neck. ( james )a california woman has been accused of collecting donations for firefighters... and then keeping all of it for herself! 28 year old ashley bemis appeared in court yesterday. she's facing 35 criminal charges right now.

detectives say she posted fake pictures on social media of her and her fictitious firefighter husband, claiming she was raising money and collecting donated items for firefighters battling the holy fire.investigators say bemis fraudulently collected more than 2-thousand dollars. during a search of her apartment and garage, they found donated items she collected from locals and businesses. police say bemis even pretended to be a struggling single mom who faked pregnancies and even claimed she lost babies, to get money from unsuspecting victims who wanted to help. (2-shot)( darya )a california doctor is facing federal drug charges... and he's being linked to two high-profile criminal cases in the state.( james ) one for possibly sellng narcotics to the gunman of the borderline bar shooting in thousand oaks... and to a man suspected of d-u-i. chip yost has the story. the name of the suspect who killed 12 in the borderline bar shooting in thousand oaks was released. federal investigators say irvine

doctor dzung ahn pham became concerned about his possible connection to him.brett sagel assistant u.s. attorney "there's a text message from dr. pham himself in which he reached out to a patient to ask and showed concern of whether he had any exposure since he learned that the borderline shooter was using prescription drugs that dr. pham had written but written to another individual."it appears that wasn't the doctoronly reason for concern.just a few days before the shooting, stephen scarpa was arrested for suspected dui after hitting off duty costa mesa fire captain mike kreza, while kreza was out for a bike ride.nicola hannau.s. attorney, central dc"a mission viejo man who's currently facing state murder charges stemming from a traffic collision on november 3rd which claimed the life of a costa mesa fire and rescue captain, told investigators that he was on medications prescribed by this doctor and in his car at the time of the collision, they found pill bottles that had ts doctor's name on them." ( james )that was chip yost reporting. dr. pham was in

court yesterday and is set to be in court again today. if convicted he faces a maximum of 40 years in prison. ( james )cong up on the kron 4 morning news... san francisco mayor london breed is facing scrutiny for what she's asked governor jerry brown to do. ( james )plus... we tell you about a new bill passed by senate leaders... that now makes lynching a federal crime. and here's a live look outside... san mateo bridge. you know when you're at ross and you find a deal on cookware that makes you say. yes! ...oh, yeah! bring on the holidays! that's yes for less. everything you need to prep, cook and serve up the season. it feels even better when you find it for less-at ross. yes for less.

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temperatures just a bit cooler today ranging from the mid 50's to a few spots hanging onto the low 60's. skies will be partly cloudy through the day before some showers moving in early tomorrow morning. heavier rainfall can be expected to start next week on christmas eve. (robin) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge

drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( darya ) the u.s. senate is taking action against racism ... and california senator kamala harris helped lead the way. the senate unanimously agreed to make lynching a federal hate crime. in a tweet senator harris called the passing of the 'justice for victims of lynching act', a historic moment. lawmakers have tried for more than a century to make lynching a federal offense. the bill was introduced earlier this year by harris, cory booker and republican tim scott. ( darya ) still ahead... the demolition of the ghost ship warehouse has been put on hold. hear what family members of victims are asking

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(james)(darya) lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic... temperatures just a bit cooler today ranging from the mid 50's to a few spots hanging onto the low 60's. skies will be partly cloudy through the day before some showers moving

in early tomorrow morning. heavier rainfall can be expected to start next week on christmas eve.

wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 (2-shot)( darya ) the demolition of the ghost ship warehouse in oakland has been put on hold.( james ) meanwhile... the attorney representing the victim's families ... tells kron 4 she does not want the property sold ... at least not yet.

haaziq madyun reports. demolish but do not sale. that is what the attorney representing the families of the 36-victims of the ghost ship warehouse fire in oakland against the owner of the property is asking a judge in the civil lawsuit against the owner of the propertysotmary alexander, the attorney representing the families, says if the property is awarded as compensation to her clients, they could then build a memorial to their loved ones on the site where they died in fire while attending an illegal musical event sotshe says her clients are not opposed to demolishing the building. the city previously approved a permit for the work. it has since been put on hold due to a technicality discovered on the permit application, which is news to the councilmember who represents this districtsot noel gallo/oakland city council: "i am surprised! the date wasn't right or the address? how can that be? but

anyway we are here today as part of the neighborhood saying tear the building down. honor those who lost their lives and let's create something for the young people the future generation">also named as defendants in the civil suit are the the city of oakland, pg&e, max harris the person who hosted the event, derek almena the person who leased the property and the owner of the auto shop next door who allegedly allowed ghost ship to use the auto shop as a source of electricity. trail date has been set in october 2019...in oakland haaziq madyun kron4news ( james ) a bay area man wanted in connection to the murder of a 17-year-old teen from san ramon-- has been arrested in texas. police arrested 21-year-old christian kelling of fremont-- at a home in travis county, near austin. officers say they received a tip that he fled to that area to avoid being caught. kelling was wanted in connection with the murder of

17-year-old damani chadly, a senior at california high school in san ramon. the incident happened in fremont three weeks ago. police are describing it as a marijuana deal gone wrong. they say kelling was selling pot to chadly and his 19-year-old friend, when there was a fight. officers say that is when kelling fired several shots into their car-- killing chadly. the driver was taken to the hospital and later released. ( darya ) san francisco mayor london breed is facing scrutiny and criticism ... for asking the governor to reduce her brother's prison sentence. mayor breed's brother ... napoleon brown - was convicted of killing a woman in 2000 ... by pushing her out of a car on the golden gate bridge. brown has served nearly two decades of a 46-year prison sentence. the mayor wrote a letter asking governor jerry brown to commute her brother's sentence, and grant him an early release.

community, my advisors, and others and decided that, did it feel right? was it right? and how did i feel about it, not just as a sister, but as someone who cares about givi people second chances.">( darya ) the mayor says she has not spoken directly to the governor. and the governors office says, it does not comment on pending requests. ( james )police have found the body of a missing woman out of roseville. briana ferguson went missing last friday... she was last seen at her home just before 3- in the afternoon. roseville police received a tip ... that ferguson's jeep had been seen in a remote area of nevada county. her body was found nearby. nevada county investigators do not suspect foul play was involved. ( james ) a fresno mother is charged with child endangerment after her 8- year-old daughter was killed after being hit by a train. police say the mother encouraged the girl to cross under the train while it was stopped. the mother ... 44-year-old joy collins said she was afraid her kids would miss the school bus and told her two children to cross the

tracks ... by climbing underneath the stopped train. her son made it through.. but the train started up when the daughter was underneath. her son is now in child protective services. ( darya ) with christmas just right around the corner. some families in need got a little extra help putting gifts under the tree. 25-hundred wrapped presents eeted kids at a service workers union office in oakland. all the gifts were donated. if it was not for these gifts, kids might not get any presents under the tree. this is the first year the union hosted a toy giveaway. and based on the success ... the union wants to make this a holiday tradition. ( darya ) take a look at this. a mysterious light appeared in bay area skies last night. the light ... caused a lot of speculation all over social media. kron 4 viewers sent us lots of pictures of what they saw.( james )(ááádoubleboxááá) this morning the mystery has been solved.kron4's sara

stinson is at the california academy of sciences in golden gate park with more. take a look at this. a mysterious light appeared in bay area skies last night. it's cause is not 100-percent certain yet... but the national weather service said it was likely a meteor. this isn't the first time this phenomenon was seen in california, but it is still causing a lot of speculation. the light appeared to streak across the sky during a scheduled rocket launch at vandenberg air force base.

so some people thought it was related to that... however, officials say that launch waactually canceled because of issues with the booster. nasa has not yet commented. ( darya ) thanks sara. thanks ( darya ) thanks sara.

( james ) coming up... chp is cracking down on toll evaders. how they say one man tried to avoid paying tolls-- and ended up getting caught. ( james )plus... former president barack obama makes a surprise visit ... to sick children at a hospital. ( james )and... he messed with the wrong mom. a woman confronts a thief who broke into her car... and it was all caught on camera. ( john ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast.

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back. lets get a check of weather and traffic... temperatures just a bit cooler

today ranging from the mid 50's to a few spots hanging onto the low 60's. skies will be partly cloudy through the day before some showers moving in early tomorrow morning. heavier rainfall can be expected to start next week on christmas eve.

no major hot spots. no delays

on 101 across the golden gate. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf.

down on toll evaders. police say drivers are covering up parts of their license plates to avoid paying tolls. kron 4s michelle kingston talked to chp and has the story. (mk)officer andrew barclay, california highway patrol"i will say that is one of the most obscure ways we've seen people cover digits on a license plate, but it's not an uncommon thing to see people doing different things to try to disguise or hide their license plate."michelle kingston, mkingstonnewstolls are expensive in the bay area ... and some drivers -- according to chp -- are finding creative ways to get through without paying up. officer andrew barclay, california highway patrol"it's a big issue and we do see it around here. my area of patrols is both the golden gate and the richmond bridge so we do see a lot of toll evasion."on tuesday night -- an officer noticed something covering up a white mustang's license plate on 101. when he pulled the driver over, he

noticed a safeway terriyaki chicken wing sticker covering the first two digits of the front and back license plates on the car.officer andrew barclay, california highway patrol"the driver was not exactly sure how those stickers got on there covering the exact same two digits on both license plates, but based off of our investigation, we are in marin county and this is an individual who actually lives in the east bay and so obviously they are traversing different bay area roadways, likely going over toll bridges somewhere along the way and again, you know we've seen toll evasion before by covering license plates. this is just a new unique way to do it."the driver was cited for driving on a suspended license and having an obstructed license plate. his car was impounded.in marin michelle kingston kron 4 news ( james )in the south bay, a san jose family says someone has been stealing their christmas decorations.. it happened last week in the willow glen neighborhood and the thief was recorded on surveillance video. the thief stole some disney themed decorations ... before taking off in a car. the homeowner is doubtful his missing ornaments will be

returned but he says this won't dampen his christmas. (2-shot)( james )a would-be car thief got more than he bargained for... when the woman he tried to steal from... fought back!( darya ) at one point-- she even sat on him! and it was all caught on camera. aundrea (aun-dray-uh) cline-thomas has the story from new york. it was the wrong day to mess with tihisha jones. that's her captured on cell phone video, taking matters into her own hands.tihisha jonesfought off thief"i just kept hitting him saying you're trying to steal my car, like really are you serious."this morning tihisha was preparing to take her son to school, when her five year old noticed someone was inside her car.tihisha jonesfought off thief"as i got closer i see the guy in the drivers seat bending down over like something was in there. i don't know what happened. i blacked out after that. i couldn't tell you. i just went into rage."the commotion got the attention of katie mack,

herself a filmmaker and director..who was in her apartment and does not know tiesha.katie mackwitness"when i looked out the window i saw the woman pulling the guy out of her truck, throwing him to the floor and beating him." mack shot this video. police say the suspect is 19 year old bernardino santiago.tihisha jonesfought off thief"and then he tried to get away. he tried to take off his shirt. that's when i sat down on him."she sat on him until police arrived. it was hours before tihisha saw the video. most of it she doesn't remember. you see, her car had been vandalized twice in recent weeks.tihisha jonesfought off thief"i saved to get that car myself. i'm a single parent. i saved to get that."she has a heart uses a walker- but her kicked in. not going to be a victim.tihisha jonesfought off thief"i just had enough. it's time to fight back. i don't think it's fair for people to work hard for your things for people to take your things away." ( james ) according to police--

bernadino santiago was "highly intoxicated."and apparently he told police he thought he was in an uber.he thought he he told police he thought he was in an uber.( darya )he's facing multiple charges right now, including attempted grand larceny auto.auto.grand larceny attempted grand larceny auto. ( darya ) still ahead in the next hour ... a california man runs over his own neice and doesn't stop... now he is not the only one in trouble with police.

auto. grand larceny attempted (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) ( robin ) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( james )former president obama made a special surprise visit to some lucky children at a hospital. obama stopped by the children's

national hospital in washington d.c yesterday... bringing tons of holiday cheer and rocking a santa claus hat. there, he handed out presents and visited with patients and families. obama's last visit to the hospital was in 20-14... while he was president. ( darya ) one california bakery is taking the holiday tradition of gingerbread houses to the extreme. this gingerbread house took them six weeks to create and weighs more than 150 pounds! it's on display in the lobby of the four seasons biltmore hotel in montecito, california. ( darya ) coming up in the next hour of the kron 4 morning news... a family reunited in the east bay in time to say goodbye to their dying son.

( darya )plus... an s-f-p-d officer that is no stranger to controversy is know facing possible criminal charges. ( darya )and... the latest on the strange lights streaking across the sky last night. ♪ toyland, toyland ♪ little girl and boy land ♪ while you dwell within it ♪ you are ever happy there daddy, it's christmas! ♪ childhoods, joyland never let go of your dreams. the mercedes-benz winter event is back. lease the glc 300 for $459 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing.

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arrives in the bay area to see her dying 2 year old son. we have the latest on the reunion. ( darya ) mystery solved. we know what caused the streak of light over the bay area last night. (darya) good morning i'm darya folsom.. (james) and i'm james fletcher. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... temperatures just a bit cooler today ranging from the mid 50's to a few spots hanging onto the low 60's. skies will be partly cloudy through the day before some sho