(robin) good morning and thanks for joining us for the kron 4 morning news.im robin winston. lets start this morning with a check on weather and traffic. cloud cover will continue to rise through the day today with high temperatures in a similar range of 50's. overnight rainfall chances will increase along with stronger winds through the evening. heavy rain will be seen at times through the day tomorrow with showers to take us through next week.

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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. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the ( robin ) in the east bay - in the east bay - in the east bay --- a

teenage boy is in critical conditon... after a car runs him over on the streets of oakland. police are looking for the people responsible for hitting the boy on his bike and dragging him several blocks. kron4's justine waldman sat down with oaklands' chief of police ... and has the details. nats "oh my god please call an ambulance!!" on the ground, with his legs twisted out of place, a 14 year old cries for help. after a car runs him over at 12:30 in the afternoon wednesday right near the fruitvale bart station. the car dragged him 4 blocks down the street, according to police.sot this is a little kid in pain obvi broken legs deep wounds to his skin that is what is uncon to me oakland police believe the people responsible for hurting the teenager are in this video. the male driver and the female passenger it appears, switch

roles... she is behind the wheel when the car speeds away. nat please!! charles green recorded the video, because when he saw the teen on the ground, somthign looked suspicous. sot who does that? i really pray for the family and the kid a tweet from someone claiming to be the victims cousin... says the teenager has two broken legs, broken pelvis, liver damage and his ear detached. ending with ... the family wants justice. oakland police chief anne kirkpatrick tells kron 4 news, with the gold honda in custody and this cell phone video showing the couple from inside.. it is just a matter of time before they are caught.sot they will be captured one way or the other but it is best if they com forward there is a reward for any information that leads to an arrest. justine waldman kron 4 news. ( robin ) ( robin ) staying in the

east bay --- in pleasanton... police are trying to find the driver who struck a pedestrian as they tried to cross the street. it happened last month at the intersection of tom burnett lane and johnson drive. police say the driver stopped at the scene and provided information that was later determined to be false. kron 4's gayle ong has details and surveillance video of what happened. pleasanton police are searching for the driver of searching for the driver of this truck seen in this surveillance video, turning left from johnson drive to tom burnett lane,into a pedestrian crossing the street.asking for the public's help on social media, pleasanton police say the driver - believed to be this

man - stopped at the scene but prodivded false information. after leaving the collision site, he entered a nearby security controlled building.. by following an employee inside..workers in the area who did not want to speak on camera say - based on the security footage, the driver went inside this building..right across the street from the collision site police say it happened around 8:30 in the morning on december 21st, the driver failing to yield to the pedestrian in the middle of the marked crosswalk.it is unclear if this was an accident or intentional but workers say they are not surprised..as vehicles are often speeding down johnson drive,especially because there is no stop sign.. ( robin ) deveoping ( robin ) deveoping news out of livermore... the alamea county sheriff's department has identifed the body found at a landfill... as 23-year-old karina banta of hayward. the sheriff's

office says they've had interactions with her in the past.. and she had a history of mental illness and sustance abuse. deputies believe her death may have been the result of an accident or overdose and not a homicide. ( robin ) the sheriff's office says the body was badly decomposed.. the medical exam was completed thursday... although they are waiting on the toxicolgy report. the sheriff's office says that there are no obvious signs of trauma. ( robin ) bart's west oakland station has re-opened after a vigil and protest shut it early thursday night. family and friends of sahleem tindle gathered at the bart station one year after he was officer. bart officials

situation for passengers. protestors left flowers and candles were tindle was shot. the station re-opened just after 7 last night. ( robin ) some encouraging news out of the east bay. oakland's homicide rate is at a nearly 20-year low. and now, city officials are saying it's due to a change of tactics in reducing gun violence. but it is not just gun violence which is declining. the latest crime statistics from 20-18 ... show double- digit declines in many other major crimes in oakland. kron 4's maureen kelly reports. overall major crimes were down 11 percent in 2018 from the year before in oakland....mayo r libby schaaf saying the downward trend for homicides and shootings has been happening for some time. this represents an unprecedented six-year reduction in homicides an injury shootings combined six consecutive years

that is unprecedentedast year.. homicide rate being the lowest in nearly two a life lostthe ma and police chief say they've been focused on making the city safer and reducing gun violence....and one tactic has been operation ceasefire...whic h has been focusing on strengthing bonds with the community...and change the way they tackle gang activity. nstead of going to these individuals and trying to get them out of gangs we try to go with that to them with our human services division and try to embrace them and help them navigate their life try to meet them where they are so our messages and about stopping being involved in gangs in the people who your friends hanging out in your neighborhood because that's their life. our message we don't want to engage in violence we want to put down guns and we want to help you navigate situations i can minimize your chance of being

shot or going to jail the chief says they did see a rise in arsons and commercial burglaries last year....but many other property crimes were down by double digits.....car break ins for exampe were down by 25%.the chief says they still have to do....and one of her get the to full staffing by the mid year.there are ( robin ) a person of interest is in custody in connection to the murder of three children in texas. 27-year-old junaid mehmood was arrested thursday night on an unrelated warrant. the bodies were found during a welfare check thursday. investigators believe the oldest child was just 5 years old and the youngest was an infant. during the same welfare check --- police also found a woman who was shot in the head. she was hospitalized in stable condition. the children's cause of death has not yet ( robin ) take a look at this... video of a garden grove couple jumping from the second-floor window to surive an apartment fire. neighbors helped them land safely. the couple also managed to save

two of their cats... but six others did die in the fire. it took about 50 firefighters half an hour to get the fire under control. officials say the fire displaced a dozen people from the apartment complex. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. (robin) coming up on the kron 4 morning news ... we take a look at what democrats plan to do after taking power in the house thursday and nancy pelosi was voted speaker for the 2nd time. (robin) and then... we'll speak to local business owners on the reason so many are having to close their (robin) but first... we'll take a look at another bay area city's crime rate that is heading in the wrong direction. (robin) welcome back.

checking in on your morning forecast. cloud cover will continue to rise through the day today with high temperatures in a similar range of 50's. overnight rainfall chances will increase along with stronger winds through the evening. heavy rain will be seen at times through the day tomorrow with showers to take us through next week. 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. richmond to 101. min from 880 less then 30 mateo bridge no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 bridge wb 80 is spots. bay no major hot next week.

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no major hot 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. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. ( robin ) trend in crime in both san

francisco and oakland we looked at a few minutes ago--- violent crime is up in the bay area's largest city. kron four's rob fladboe has a look at the numbers and a conversation with san jose's chief of police. violent crime is trending upward in what not that long ago was consistantly recognized as the safest big cty in america. (full screen graphic)new numbers released by police show violent crime was up 6 percent in 2018, driven by a 19-percent increase in robberies and a 2-percent increase in rapes. police chief eddie garcia eddie garcia/san jose police

chief "....obviously, no chief is happy when the crime rate goes up like that..we need to keep our eye on the ball and continue to rebuild....."chief garcia says those numbers reflect a department still struggling to rebuild after it was decimated by an exodus of officers resulting from pension reform and austerity measures. (full screen graphic)as this graphic shows, staffing has improved in recent years through better pay and inspired recruitment but there's still a long ways to go.eddie garcia/san jose police chief "....the reality of it is that ten years ago we were up to 14 hundred officers and now we are about 300short of that..."fewer officers may also be to blame for slower response times according to a city audit. more cops on eddi "...the issue we need to look at is the aggravated assaults with weapons that are occurring, that's the true measure of the violence that is trending on the other hand are homicides. there were five fewer last

year than the year before. and going forward.....eddie garcia/san jose police chief ".....were going to have to be more strategic and more surgical about how we deploy officers and at the same time make people feel they are not being ignored, they should stull see a cop drive up and down their street once in a while...." rob fladeboe/san jose "...there is some evidence that having more cops on the street doesn't necessarily mean chief says he thinks deloying more officers to would make a says he simply rsources to do basis.... fladeboe kron4news ( robin ) a 61-year-old woman was fatally stabbed in san francisco' it happened wednesday just before noon in the area of ellis and leavenworth streets and is the first homicide in the city for 20-19. police say an "edged weapon" was used in the attacked. a 49-year-old

man has been arrested. police are not releasing the names of the suspect of the vitcim until they have gathered more information into the stabbing. ( darya ) an update we want to share with you this morning --- a six- year old oakland girl hit by celebratory gunfire early on new year's day is improving. she is in stable condition, but comes in and out of consciousness. the incident happened on the 9600- block of thermal street in east oakland, just before 2 - in the morning, on new years day. the girl was able to speak with her parents this morning the bullet will remain in the girl's head ... as doctors say, it would be too dangerous to remove. however, police say, to determine who fired the gun. ( robin ) on the peninsula.. a los altos y' charge of driving under the influence .. that's after he was found asleep in a moving tesla last november.

45-year-old andrew samek was cited for two misdemeanor d- u-i charges.. stemming from the incident. c-h-p officers say they tried to stop his tesla model- s... traveling on highway- 101 at 70- miles an hour, shortly before 4 a-m on november 30th. the c-h-p says, samek was asleep at the wheel. officers say, they drove in front of his vehicle to activate the tesla's automatic stopping system. officers obtained a warrant to measure his blood alcohol level ... which registered as at least or 50- percent over the legal limit. he is due back in court in april. (robin) still ahead on the kron four morning news... we'll take what democrats plan on doing in washington today after taking control of the house thursday. (robin) and here's a live look outside... at the golden gate bridge. the minute is

after the break.

cannot change the laws of god. when he has visited you in some form of adversity and he brings you through that, that's like he

has increased the strength of the foundation of your life and your faith in him. [music] welcome back to the kron four morning news. i'm tracking your entertainment headlines today... it's the beginning of the year: and some people in the entertainment world are preparing for award shows, while others for a big music festival. and at least one person is doing both. david daniel has that and more in the hollywood minute. (nat)this year's golden globes will feature a slew of past winners. presenters are set to include halle berry, gary oldman, octavia spencer,

jessica chastain, jamie lee curtis, and allison janney. they'll all help announce this year's winners on sunday (1/6). (nat)idris elba is another past globes winner and a presenter this year -- in fact, he seems to be everywhere! the actor, record producer, and people's current "sexist man alive" is set to d-j at this year's coachella music festival. elba's been d- j'ing since he was 14, and spun some tunes at prince harry and meghan markle's royal wedding reception."ooh, i'm gonna get grease on my blankie!""green book" is scoring with older audiences! it's a leading nominee for the a-a-r-p's 18th annual "movies for grownups" awards. both "green book" and "roma" are up for four awards, including "best picture / best movie for grownups." the other films vying for the top prize: "a star is born," "black klansman," and "can you ever forgive me?" the awards will be handed out febuary fourth. in hollywood, i'm david daniel. (robin) and here's a live look outside... at the bay

bridge toll plaza. we'll be back with more of your kron 4 morning news after the break.

>> dr. stanley: remember this: cannot change the laws of god. when he has visited you in some form of adversity and he brings has increased the strength of

the foundation of your life and your faith in him. [music] welcome back. checking in on your morning forecast.

cloud cover will continue to rise through the day today with high temperatures in a similar range of 50's. overnight rainfall chances will increase along with stronger winds through the evening. heavy rain will be seen at times through the day tomorrow with showers to take us through next week. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 bridge wb 80 is spots. bay no major hot next week. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is