time affecting bay area based bevmo. details on the information stolen from thousands of customers. ( darya ) good morning i'm darya folsom..( will ) and i'm james fletcher. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... temperatures dropping a touch today taking daytime highs down into the mid to upper 50's with clear and dry skies overhead. windy conditions will be seen through the

urse of the day with winds gusting as highs at 20-30 miles per hour through the day and into the evening. expect cooler than average daytime highs not just today but to take us through the next few days with evening lows dropping to eezing if not below for some inland areas. inland areas.below for some freezing if not dropping to evening lows few days with evening lows dropping to freezing if not below for some inland areas.

no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the ( darya )(ááá2 shotááá) our top story this morning ... an inmate escaped from san quentin last night ... and now authorities are out in full force looking for him. kron4's sara stinson is live at san quentin state prison in marin county with the latest.sara? our top story this morning ...authorities searching for an inmate who escaped from san quentin state prison. department of corrections

officials say 24-year-old shalom mendoza was reported missing at around 9:35 last night. they say he walked away from the out grounds support facility at the prison. mendoza was serving a 5 yea sentence for use of deadly weapon during a carjacking in los angeles ... and evading police. he arrived in san quentin in late april of this year. mendoza has a tattoo on his neck ... and over his right eye.he has short brown hair and brown eyes. he is 5-foot- 5-inches-tall and weighs 177 pounds. if you see him ... call police immediately. thanks

thanks sara. ( darya ) in another big story ... investigators are closing in on the gunman who is suspected of killing a police officer in stanislaus county. we first brought you this story yesterday morning as breaking news. the manhunt continues ... after the suspect's truck was discovered less than five miles from where officer ronil singh was shot and killed. kron 4's catherine heenan explains how a routine traffic stop in the small town of newman turned deadly.

"...his next radio transmission was 'shots fired' which immediately had a response from throughout the county including his partner who was working here in the city with him. when his partner arrived on scene, she did find officer singh on the ground with gunshot injuries. the officer was taken to a local hospital where he was declared dead.police released surveillance images of the suspect, described as a latino, and said he may have fled the scene in a gray extended-cab dodge ram truck, which was seen in the area at the time of the shooting. "it's very scary because newman is such a small town, and it's just sad and scary at the same time."as the sun rose, officer singh's s=u=v was still at the scene, with his k=9 partner sam inside the vehicle. the 33 year old singh was a native of fiji. according to his facebook page he worked for the turlock and stanislaus county police before starting in turlock eight years ago"he - he was eager to learn -- eager to learn about the job, learn about people and just what people were going through - their struggles, things like

that. he was not a type of person to really judge somebody when he when he didn't know them."sing's uncle says he was working overtime on christmas eve to provide for his family.he's survived by his wife and five month old son.he has a baby boy a family, the least the community can do for him now is find this guy ( darya ) happening today ... the man charged with stabbing and killing 18-year nia wilson is back in court. 28-year-old john lee cowell is accused of killing wilson and injuring her 26-year-old sister back in july at the macarthur bart station. today a judge will review his case to determine if he is mentally fit to stand trial. last week ... cowell's lawyer told a judge that he suffers from severe delusions and paranoia. he is eligible for the death penalty if convicted.

a man and his son are alive this morning after escaping an apartment fire in san rafael ... by tying bed sheets together to climb down a window. the fire broke out yesterday morning at 120 larkspur street.this is cell phone video of the fire. it was contained within 20 minutes after firefighters arrived. one family lived on the second floor. the father saved his son and got out using bed sheets. other neighbors heard their smoke alarms and got out quickly as well. < "i was just nervous, i was able to cry but it just got okay, we're really sorry for the people who lost their things and we hope it gets better."> the fire damaged multiple apartment units ... and the red cross is helping 4 displaced families. the san rafael fire department believes an unattended barbecue grill on the front deck is the cause of the fire. a second person has died following a fire at a

three-story home in san francisco's presidio heights on monday morning. the fire broke out just before 1 a-m at the home on clay street. officials have identifeid the two people who died as 83-year-old michael hooker and 69-year-old connie hooker. connie hooker was taken to the hospital in critical condition after the fire... where she later died. the fire started on the second floor and quickly spread to the third. the cause is still under investigation. ( darya ) a tragic end to a case of a san jose teenager who went missing in arizona. sheriff's deputies believe the 14-year-old died from what appears to be an accidental fall at the horseshoe bend overlook. the body of the teen was found about 700 feet below the popular landmark. the girl and her family are from san jose and were visiting the area for the holidays. on monday afternoon ... the girl's family reported her missing from the overlook. a helicopter later spotted her body and recovered it tuesday morning. sheriff's

deputies have not released the teens identity. ( darya ) in the north bay ... a family is looking for answers after a loved one was shot in her car on christmas eve. the shooting happened on the driveway of a home on bluebill way in suisun city. a 20-year-old emma nodine was ambushed while her 2- year-old child sat in the car with her. that child was not hurt and nodine is recovering in the hospital. the family says the random shooting is a shock ... and they have no idea who could've done

a developing story we are following this morning... a data breach at bevmo may have compromised thousands of customers' credit card information. the concord based company says that somebody planted a computer code on its online checkout page... and that may have allowed the hacker to steal the credit card numbers of more than 14-thousand people. this affects any customers who made an online purchase between august 2nd and september 26th. the hacker may have also gotten away with people's names... addresses and phone numbers. and happening today ... the city of san francisco will run discarded christmas trees through a woodchipper ... to create fresh mulch.the second annual event is happening at civic center plaza at 11 this morning. city officials will also announce the official dates for curbside pickup of a christmas trees. the city recycled more than 500 tons of christmas trees last year. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news... a san

francisco city leader is speaking out against the idea of the raiders playing next season at a-t and t park. plus ... the deaths of two children at the u-s mexico border sparks new changes ... by order of the department of homeland security. and after the break... a look at the winter storm affect most of the mid west. ( john ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast. checking the bay bridge commute on wb 80. your drive time is less than 30 min from the maze to fremont street (ácommercialá) take a look at this.

winter storms are crawling across the midwest ... causing travel delays and hazardous roadways. winter weather alerts are in effect for more than eight-million people ... and it could last through tomorrow. it's making travel rough for the millions of people returning home after the christmas holiday. the national weather service says another winter storm will develop over the southwest tomorrow.tomorrow. ( james )( darya ) welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. let's get a check of

the forecast. temperatures dropping a touch today taking daytime highs down into the mid to upper 50's with clear and dry skies overhead. windy conditions will be seen through the course of the day with winds gusting as highs at 20-30 miles per hour through the day and into the evening. expect cooler than average daytime

highs not just today but to take us through the next few days with evening lows dropping to freezing if not below for some inland areas.

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.

( darya )(ááá2 shotááá) the oakland raiders are considering a-t&t park as their new home to play next season. but one san francisco supervisor wants to take the ball park off the table.

kron 4's haaziq madyun has the story the oakland raiders are considering the possibly of playing their last season in the bay area at at&t park in san franciscosotthe giants ballpark happens to be in san francisco supervisor-elect matt haney's district. he talks about some of the reasons why he opposes the giants opening their doors to raiders in 2019 sotthis 49ers fan says he remembers not feeling too good when san francisco lost its nfl team to a neighboring citysot

a race to the bottom to steal teams from each other. we already have a bad history around that with the warriors. i think the least we can do in this instance is stand with oakland">for their part officials with the giants confirm that initial interest has been expressed in exploring the opportunity of the raiders playing at at&t park and that many details would need to be figured out. however supervisor-elect haney cautions the giants in making such a decision without considering the potential impact on the citysotcity leaders in oakland say the city's anti-trust law suit for breach of contract against the nfl has nothing to do with raiders playing the 2019 season at the coliseum. officials with the raiders see

it differently...in san francisco haaziq madyun kron4news police in oakland say officer's s-u-v was stolen during monday night's raiders game. the ford s-u-v was taken during the game at the coliseum. officers later found the s-u-v with minor damage on elmwood avenue. that's near the nimitz freeway and fruitvale avenue. they say no guns were inside when it was stolen. no arrests have been made. ( darya ) in national headlines ... the homeland security secretary is planning a visit to the border today ... to look at the medical screening processes. homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen says all children in u-s border patrol custody will now be given thorough medical screenings. children already in custody will get a new screening on top of their initial one. the changes come after an eight-year-old guatemalan boy died in border patrol custody on christmas eve. he was the second child to die in

c-b-p custody.earlier this month a seven-year-old girl's death led to calls for an investigation. ( darya ) coming up on the kron 4 morning news ... california's "real i-d's" may not meet federal i-d standards ... and it could mean more problems for people standing in line at the d-m-v. ( darya ) and after the break ...a new change for hospitals in the new year. how it could affect where patients seek treatment.

(áábreakáá) temperatures dropping a touch today taking daytime highs down into the mid to upper 50's with clear and dry skies ( robin ) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. for your for your health...

price transparency is coming to u-s hospitals in the new year. a new federal rule requires all hospitals to post an online list of the cost of their standard services. patients will be able to compare prices before seeking treatment. some consumer advocates say even though those lists will be beneficial... it doesn't do enough to inform patients about adjusted and sometimes increased costs due to insurance and other factors. those prices are expected to be available online january first. apparently everyone was spending a lot of it this holiday season. this may be the best holiday shopping season in six years. retail spending between november first though christmas eve increased five- point-one percent from the same period a year ago. online sales rose more than 19- percent compared to last year.

and according to mastercard... shoppers spent more than 850-billion dollars. coming up next... a billion dollar project in shasta lake could be put on hold ... because of a tiny animal.we'll explain. an inmate escapes from san quentin ... now the search is on to find him.im live from the prison with the latest.

( will ) ( darya ) welcome back to the kron four morning news... lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic... temperatures dropping a touch today taking daytime highs down into the mid to upper

50's with clear and dry skies overhead. windy conditions will be seen through the course of the day with winds gusting as highs at 20-30 miles per hour through the day and into the evening. expect cooler than average daytime highs not just today but to take us through the next few days with evening lows dropping to freezing if not below for some inland areas. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf.

( darya )(ááá2 shotááá) breaking overnight ... an inmate escaped from san quentin ... and now authorities are out in full force looking for him. kron4's sara stinson is live at san quentin state prison in marin county with the latest.sara? our top story this morning ...authorities searching for an inmate who escaped from san quentin state prison. department of corrections officials say 24-year-old shalom mendoza was reported

missing at around 9:35 last night. they say he walked away from the out grounds support facility at the prison. mendoza was serving a 5 yea sentence for use of deadly weapon during a carjacking in los angeles ... and evading police. he arrived in san quentin in late april of this year. mendoza has a tattoo on his neck ... and over his right eye.he has short brown hair and brown eyes. he is 5-foot-5-inches-tall and weighs 177 pounds. if you see him ... call police immediately. thanks sara.

sara. thanks thanks sara. ( darya ) the federal government is requiring the california d-m-v to implement even stricter standards when it comes to the new 'real i-d". all year long ... people found themselves in long lines and wait times over the new real-id requirement. now starting in april - the

federal government will require real i.d. applicants to provide two proofs of address at the dmv.that policy is stricter than what had been in place previously. ( darya ) beginning in october 20-20 ... the new real id will be the only state identification accepted at airports and federal buildings. in the north bay... a petaluma man is

behind bars after police say he assaulted and threatened two officers. the man has been identified as 36-year-old brent taylor. on tuesday night ... officers responded to reports of a family disturbance at a home on webster street. when the arrived -- police say taylor violently swung open the front door and rushed towards them. police ordered him to stop-- but he started punching and kicking two officers. backup arrived and they were able to arrest taylor. he is being held on 10-thousand dollars bail. and sonoma county sheriff's deputies are looking for this man ... zachary yates. they say he has a warrant for violating his probation... and he's the suspect in a stalking case. if you have any information about where yates is located, contact the sonoma county sheriff.

( darya ) a 1-point-4 billion dollar project to raise the height of shasta dam could be put on hold because of a tiny salamander. two environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the u-s fish and wildlife service ... because no one acted on a petition to put the shasta salamander on the endangered list. the salamander is found only in the shasta lake region.the center for biological diversity says if the dam is raised ... higher water levels could potentially destroy the salamander's habitat, and others as well. ( darya ) construction to raise the height of the dam is expected to begin in the summer of

2020. but lawyers for the center for biological diversity say the future of the project could depend on the outcome of the lawsuit. ( darya ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news... we take a look back at the people we lost in politics, entertainment, and science in 2018. ( darya ) and a gun group is suing the a-t-f over the ban on bump stocks. we have the details next. ( john ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast. jardiance asked-

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(ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) temperatures dropping a touch today taking daytime highs down into the mid to upper 50's with clear and dry skies overhead. windy conditions will be seen through the course of the day with winds gusting as highs at 20-30 miles per hour through the day and into the evening. expect cooler than average daytime highs not just today but to take us through the next few days with evening lows dropping to freezing if not inland areas. ( darya ) in national news... a gun rights group is taking the trump administration to court over the ban on bump stocks. the gun owners of america filed a lawsuit against the a-t-f. the group says the ban, which was announced last week, is illegal. the

lawsuit is asking for a court injunction to stop the enforcement of the ban. bump stocks are devices that make semi-automatic rifles fire more like automatic weapons. ( darya ) before we head to break ... here's a live look outside... at the bay bridge toll plaza. ( darya ) be sure to tune into kron 4 as we ring in the new year. justine waldman and grant lodes will count us down to 2019 ... capped off down to 2019 ... capped off with a huge fireworks show over the bay bridge. it is the only live fireworks show in the bay area. new years live kicks off at 11:30 p-m monday only on kron 4. (ácommercialá) ( james )( darya )( robin )

checking bay area roads before you head out the door.. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from

the maze to sf. no delays on wb 92 your drive time is less than 20 min from 880 to 101

temperatures dropping a touch today taking daytime highs down into the mid to upper 50's with clear and dry skies overhead. windy conditions will be seen through the course of the day with winds gusting as highs at 20-30 miles per hour through the day and into the evening. expect cooler than average daytime highs not just today but to take us through the next few days with evening lows dropping to freezing if not below for some inland areas.

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lost true legends in the worlds of politics, acting and music this year.from the 41-st presdient and his beloved wife of 73-years, to the queen of soul here's a look back at those we said goodbye to in 2018. george h.w. bush41st president of the united statesbarbara bushformer first ladyjohn mccainarizona senator/vietnam war veteranjerry van dyke actor, comediandolores o'riordansinger/songwriterjohn mahoneyactorbilly graham evangelical preacher, "america's pastor"huberte givenchyfashion designer stephen hawkingphysicist, authorwinnie mandelasouth african activiststeven bochco television producermilos forman film directorcarl kasell

newscasteravicii (tim bergling) swedish dj/record producertom wolfeauthor/journalistmargot kidderactresskate spadefashion designeranthony bourdainchef, author, tv hostjoe jackson patriarch, jackson familyrobin leach tv hostaretha franklinsinger, "queen of soul" ópenny marshall actress/filmmakercharlotte rae actressneil simonplaywright paul allenmicrosoft co- founder, philanthropistjames "whitey" bulgerorganized crime bossstan leecomic book writer/editor/publisherburt reynoldsactor (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá)

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down into the mid to upper 50's with clear and dry skies overhead. windy conditions will be seen through the course of the day with winds gusting as highs at 20-30 miles per hour through the day and into the evening. expect cooler than average daytime highs not just today but to take us ( robin ) no major hot spots. accident wb 80 at san pablo dam rd on the shoulder but slow through the scene. bay bridge wb 80 is min from the ( darya ) tennis star serena williams has been voted the associated press female athlete of the year ... for the fifth time. williams

reached the finals at wimbledon and the u-s open after a remarkable return to tennis. that followed four surgeries she needed after developing blood clots following the birth of her daughter on september first last year... williams is one a-p honor away from six- time winner babe didrikson zaharias ... whose honors included one for track and five for golf. the golden state warriors are expected to break a franchise record tonight. the game against the portland trail blazers could be the 311th straight sold-out came at oracle arena. the dubs are expecting a sellout crowd of more than 19-thousand-500 people. the previous franchise record is 310 soldout games from 19-89 through 19-96. ( darya ) still to come on the kron4 morning news... we'll have the latest on the

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start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... temperatures dropping a touch today taking temperatures dropping a touch today taking daytime highs down into the mid to upper 50's with clear and dry skies overhead. windy