kron 4's spencer blake has the details. everett taft is a five-year-old kindergartner at mckinley elementary in san francisco.friday morning, he came down with norovirus."what part of you hurt?my belly."he was one of 53 students and four teachers to catch the nasty bug since the new semester began.he missed school the day before the long martin luther king weekend. "what'd you do instead?watch shows."norovirus attacks your stomach and intestines, meaning vomitting and diarrhea are two of the worst symptoms. everett's dad andrew says his son got over it in less than 24 hours."my wife has it; it's a little bit worse. so far i've been able to avoid it, so wipe down the microphone when you're done with that."dad says everyone's been talking about it at school, and he's heard all about it from other parents at pick-up time, too. "they sent out a warning i think wednesday or thursday saying that a lot of people were getting sick."standup "though there are some northern california schools that have actually closed because of norov

kron 4's spencer blake has the details. everett taft is a five-year-old kindergartner at mckinley elementary in san francisco.friday morning, he came down with norovirus."what part of you hurt?my belly."he was one of 53 students and four teachers to catch the nasty bug since the new semester began.he missed school the day before the long martin luther king weekend. "what'd you do instead?watch shows."norovirus attacks your stomach and intestines, meaning vomitting and diarrhea are two of the worst symptoms. everett's dad andrew says his son got over it in less than 24 hours."my wife has it; it's a little bit worse. so far i've been able to avoid it, so wipe down the microphone when you're done with that."dad says everyone's been talking about it at school, and he's heard all about it from other parents at pick-up time, too. "they sent out a warning i think wednesday or thursday saying that a lot of people were getting sick."standup "though there are some northern california schools that have actually closed because of norov

in san francisco, spencer blake, kron four news. <"i just decided to contact you guys because i think about it everytime i go on the train, and i told several people about it and they say they always check now.>( darya ) it's an image one bart rider cannot get out of her head... after she found these needles stuffed next to her seat on a bart train. kron four's haaziq madyun talked to the rider....and got a response from bart.. it's a story you'll only see on kron4. so this happened to morgan kordic on a recent bart ride... ...and this is a photo of what was there... kind of gross...

kron4's spencer blake talked to witnesses. (reporter)there was a person at the bank who saw the suspect pacing around with a gun, so they called police, who ended up getting into a shootout with the man.i spoke with one person who saw the shooting as it happened.just before four saturday afternoon, redwood city police arrived at this wells fargo at broadway and main.ignacio jimenez was nearby at the time. he was parking his car when he saw police cars zip by, so he turned the corner to check it out."that's when i saw officers behind the suburban with their weapons drawn. they were hiding behind the trees right across the street where there's a park, and so i saw that their attention was on a gentleman that was right outside the wells fargo bank." jimenez says it seemed like the suspect wasn't complying with officers' orders."he had his hands in his pockets in his sweater and then soon after that he took his hand out, and he had something in his hand and shots rang out - i'm not sure who shot first or what - and then the gentle

and our spencer blake is in santa rosa where the rain could cause flooding and landslides in the areas affected by the wildfires. first though...lets check in with lawrence... to find out how long the rain is going to last... lawrence karnow: heavy rain continues across the bay area. flash flood watches have been posted across most of the north bay. the areas that experienced fires are of biggest concern. more heavy rain is expected thoughout the night and could lead to rapid rises in small stream and creeks leading to flash flooding. mudslides area also a major concern in the burn area especially. debris flows are also a possibility. gusty winds will accompany the storm this evening. gusts of 50 mph or higher are also possible near the coast and over the mountains. downed trees and power lines are likely during this storm. as the storm moves through there is also a chance of thunderstorms. heavy rain will turn to showers late tonight. over 2 inches of rain has already fallen in some locations and we could see another 2 inches tonight. you can see the area of low pressure off the coast

(pam) kron four's spencer blake is live in the burned- out fountain grove neighborhood. spencer, what did yesterday's storm.... mean for flood control up there? it meant there áweren't any major slides or floods...but it also means we don't know yet if the city's erosion control measures are sufficient. right now, there are a few dry days in the forecast that crews can use to double check everything - gravel bags, storm drains, and erosion control methods - before the next rain.but without that first big test, the city can't know if what they have in place is good enough.assistant fire marshal paul lowenthal feels pretty comfortable with how things went monday night, but he does call the lack of more water and wind a double-edged sword. "you know, we don't want to put our community at risk, but at the same time, you kind of want that amount of water to test and make sure that everything we've done is gonna hold and is gonna work."(vo) the burn scars and the hills up here are especially prone to mudslides and flooding in big rain events, but to give you an idea of how mu

in san francisco, spencer blake, kron four news. (live) taking a live look outside at san francisco's embarcadero.... . (anny hong): dry weather conditions can be expected through the weekend and well into next week as a ridge of high pressure strengthens and maintains its position over california. cool overnight temperatures can be expected, and a warming trend is forecast through early next week. (jr stone) thousands of jobs right here in the bay area could be in jeopardy because of new tariffs on imported solar panels. president trump announced the tariffs this week, saying they would boost u-s production. (justine) but as cnn's dan simon reports from pleasanton, many local industry workers could get left in the dark. natsot: workers on roofthe solar industry has been hot. thanks, in large part, to cheap solar panels from asia. jobs have been plentiful.but now the industry is bracing for a slowdown and even possible layoffs.reporter: "what did you think when you heard about it?"shiloh wernick, solar industry employee:"it's defini

kron4's spencer blake shows us what's being done to prevent floods and mudslides locally. (looklive)"in santa rosa the rain wasn't as bad as forecasters originally thought and the assistant fire marshal says that's a two-edged sword." (pkg)before monday, this year's winter has been almost bone dry."meaning that we've had a lot of time to put in erosion control measures, storm drain inlet protections, whether it's hydro seeding, hydro mulching."burned-out fountaingrove in santa rosa is filled with those measures, because the hilly neighborhood could easily face flooding and/or mudslides during a big rain event.monday's storm was forecasted to be big - and it was indeed very soaking -- ...but then it died off sooner than expected.the winds slowed down and the flash flood watch got lifted hours early."we made it through it well, but again we just didn't get that amount of rain that we had initially forecasted and had planned and prepared for." assistant fire marshal paul lowenthal with the santa rosa fire department says he's comfortable with how erosion control went, but kno

spencer blake and charles clifford in the north bay.. but first tonight... let's get to j.r stone... live in the east bay.. j-r -- you've been out on the roads all day - what's the situation like out there? monday night's commute home was an all out stand still for highway 101 drivers in the peninsula trying to get onto the san mateo hayward bridge. a car fire on the bridge forced these massive backups. this though was just one of the many problems as chp was backlogged responding to crashes.sotnon stop crashes since we started.keep the traffic flowing.in daly city one driver, who was cruising in the fast lane, hydroplaned across traffic.sothe cut across all lanes and was hit by a truck that was traveling in one of the others lanes. that driver is going to be okay but it's unclear how these other drivers are doing. like the driver of this car that appeared to hydroplane into the center divide and this driver who appeared to have hydroplaned right off of 280.sot all the drivers are horrible out there..that's all i got to say about it hopefully not too horribl

it's likely that he left the country last summer.in palo alto, spencer blake, kron four news. ( marty ) still ahead on the kron 4 weekend news ...the warriors wrap up a 5 game road trip in houston.it could be a preview of the western conference finals . j-r stone has the highlights for us in sports. live look outside... richmond bridge smiling sparkles. how do they clean the toilet, grin at it? (laughs) stop laughing. the stomach flu is not funny. get a cleaner with bleach in it. good, you can smile now. clorox means clean. hey, what are you guys doing here? we've been helping you prepare and invest for retirement since day one. why would we leave now? because i'm retired now. so? we're voya. we stay with you to and through retirement... ...with solutions to help provide income throughout. so, you'll still be here to help me make smart choices? well, with your finances that is. we had nothing to do with that, uh, tie. or the suit. or the shirt. voya. helping you to and through retirement. (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) we are now less than 24 hours away from the nfc and afc champions

kron four's spencer blake reports from santa rosa. when the flames of the north bay wildfires died down, mark and evan neumann waited until they thought it was safe to go back to their mom's house - mark's childhood home...the place where their dad died in 2011."we wanted to figure out what was there. we wanted to figure out what was left. you know, what could be saved of my dad's things, my mom's things."they especially wanted to beat the rain that was on its way, so about a week after the fires began, they went around a police barricade about a half mile from the home on lyon court.they hadn't gotten express permission from any law enforcement officer (though they tried to get it)...but they also say neither a national guardsmen, nor a police officer who talked to them inside the evacuation zone...directly commanded them to leave.then, before they reached the house..."the police came screeching up with squealing wheels and everybody jumped out of the car and said, 'freeze!' which we did. they said, 'drop the tools.' we did. 'put you

kron four's spencer blake has the details. the license or i-d card you get at the d-m-v will always be accepted on a state level. but unless it has the same verification as, say, a passport...it soon won't fly with federal agencies like the t-s-a."there's no need to rush into a dmv field office right away; a valid california driver license or id card can still be used for federal purposes until october first, 2020."after that, one of the new 'real i-d's' or a passport would be needed to get you into, say a military base or any other secure federal facility."no one explained it, i just knew about it. just about the basics of how you can get into certain places. if you don't have it then you can't."to get it, you must apply áin-person at the d-m-v with the following or similar documents:a birth certificate....a social security card....and valid mail that proves your california address.standup"if gathering up all that paperwork is just too much for you right now, you don't have to get the real id; you can choose not to. but if y

(jr stone) kron four's spencer blake is live in the fountaingrove area of santa rosa. spencer, explain to us why they were arrested. california's penal code 409- point-five prohibits anyone from entering and remaining in an area closed off by police because of public safety, like the fire damage.but these brothers say their minor offense is being used to make an example out of them. eight days after fire ripped through santa rosa in october, evan and mark neumann decided they were finally going to go up to their mom's house in fountaingrove to see what, if anything was left."we had to try to salvage what we could from our father's life. he as a big figure in the community." rain was in the forecast, and they didn't want it to further destroy anything that might have survived.they had a hard time finding the right authorities to talk to about getting permission to go in. "one sergeant even said, 'ya know, the police have better things to do than to arrest you and your brother going up to your mom's house. i took that as, 'ok, like they're not going to arrest us.'"so in

kron four's spencer blake reports from castro valley on the latest incident. (reporter)"that swatting hoax was called in for an address here along grove way in castro valley. fortunately, the alameda county sheriff's office was one step ahead of the prankster."the call came in on thursday night.alameda county sheriff's officials say a man claimed he would use an assault rifle to kill his three hostages if he didn't get 15-thousand dollars."you got the whole town turned upside down for a phone call, you know what i mean? so i definitely think they should look into it before they send the whole cavalry."it's a very serious claim, and of course law enforcement responded.but they ádid look at the case closely, and deputies realized they were headed to an address where similar demands had been made before.without actually deploying a swat team, they figured out that the previous resident of the home was the target of swatting.they say it likely came from online gaming, where people often use the hoax as payback for other players.some neighbors on the street have s

in oakland, spencer blake, kron four news. (steve) turning now to our four zone forecast(catherine) meteorologist lawrence meteorologist meteorologist lawrence karnow is here,..and lawrence there are some changes ahead for us lawrence karnow: it was a beautiful start to the new year with just a few patches of fog, a few high clouds and lots of sunshine. a weak ridge of high pressure continues to bring us dry and mild weather. but that is all about to change. there is also a supermoon tonight meaning the moon will be full and at it's closest point in it's rotation around the earth. a flood advisory is up for coastal areas and around the bay through tomorrow with unusually high tides. on the satellite image you can see the storms continue to spin off of the coast. as we head into the middle of the week, high pressure will flatten allowing us a chance of rain. one the pattern opens up we could see above normal rain over the next couple of weeks. the air quality continues to suffer but should improve vastly once the rain returns.

kron four's spencer blake was there, and reports live from pittsburg. the front lawn of the cardoza's home was packed with at least 150 people who came to remember the two young girls...who were inseparable in life and in death. candles lit up the night as loved ones of lenexy and camila cardoza remembered the two little girls who died their uncle, johnny cardoza, spoke on behalf of the parents, jesus and edith. "mentally they're destroyed. there's no words to explain the feeling they're feeling. like we feel miserable; i can only imagine how they feel." after four-year-old lenexy died when a stolen pickup truck crashed into the cardoza's truck wednesday, her father spread the word saturday that two-year-old camila...was pronounced brain dead.she's still on life support, but her parents already signed documents to have her organs donated, and will likely turn off life support sometime monday.one of the girls' relatives had a dream at the hospital that camila had woken up and started talking to him."uncle, tell mommy and daddy i'm so sorry. they still ha

kron four's spencer blake reports live from corte madera, where the scene has already been secured. spencer, what happened inside the store while the robbery and investigation were happening? employees from the store came here where i am - across the street to a town-owned evacuation assembly area.it's meant for occassions just like this one. the armed robbery itself happened behind nordstrom where a u-p-s truck and driver were in the delivery area near the ramps.security here says the driver was the target.i spoke to some employees coming to eir cars, and their employers instructed them not to talk on camera, but they guessed they were out here in the evacuation area for about an hour.by mid afternoon, some shoppers had caught wind of the robbery, and others didn't even know it had happened. (sot)"then i heard somebody in nordstrom saying something, but i missed that too. you know, that were just saying what happened earlier this morning."(vo)inside the store, nothing is out-of-the ordinary - it's open, shoppers are there.u-p-s sent kron four a statement today.spokesman matthew o'c

(grant) and as kron four's spencer blake reports, things might have been much worse...if it had been a different átype of quake. :00-:10 usgs explains quake effect:10-:17 brian kilgore ÷ usgs geophysicist:17-1:30 usgs explains quake effect seven-point-nine magnitude.the shaker off the alaskan coast tuesday morning was the world's biggest since september.people felt some shaking hundreds of kilometers away."this is a large earthquake, no doubt about it. from the human impact issue it wasn't such a big deal."part of the reason it wasn't a big deal, is because it was a strike-slip earthquake.that's where two plates slide laterally against one another, and don't produce much vertical motion.this is what usually happens along the fault lines in the bay area. but what's most common in the gulf of alaska, are subduction zone quakes."this line here marks the subduction zone." that's when one plate, the pacific plate in this case - slides underneath another plate - the north american plate.had that happened with seven-point-nine magnitude... "there would have been up and down motion of the

in santa rosa, spencer blake, kron four news. in national news. the governor of hawaii is confirming that an emergency alert about a missile threat...was a false alarm. the alert went out today... saying there was an inbound ballistic missile threat to the state. the message also told people to seek shelter right away - and that it was not a drill. however... governor david (e-gay) ige says that was an error... caused by someone pushing the wrong button during a shift change.(sot) "what happened today was totally unacceptable and many in our community were deeply affected by this and i'm sorry." /butted to/ "i'm too very angry and disappointed that this happened."(jr stone) a second alert that clarified that the threat was not real was sent out 38- minutes later. hawaii's emergency management administrator is working to find out what went wrong in the agency's operations center. (jr stone) after the break.. we'll talk to someone who was in hawaii today and get átheirá account of what happened. (justine) and we'll tell you why angry protesters ar

kron four's spencer blake reports live from the city tonight. spencer, what happens with all the people who've had reservations for weeks to go on a tour of alcatraz? they actually have a few options - and it's still within the realm of possibility that alcatraz áwon't close down, despite the shutdown. (pa announcement: "we hope you had a great night exploring the island and sailing with us, and have an excellent time in the city."at alcatraz landing, the last returning ferry friday afternoon carried tourists who just barely squeezed in a trip to the iconic island before the federal government shutdown began."everyone's on pins and needles until we hear the official instruction from the national parks service because that's what we're really waiting on."marketing director for alcatraz cruises antonette sespene says that's how friday played out - waiting to hear áwhat would be happening with the budget deal on capitol hill.some of the tourists who ádid get to visit the island realized how close they came to missing the opportunity completely."

kron four's spencer blake spoke with a few dispensaries today. he joins us live in san francisco tonight. spencer, is there a major issue with marijuana supply tonight? (spencer)it depends who you talk to, and it depends who those dispensaries use as suppliers. i went to sf fogg in the city today to see how things are going for them.you heard from an employee about how they had a big stock of marijuana products at the beginning of the year, because legal recreational pot use is still so novel.dominic lucio says their dispensary is not running dry, but there are fewer products on their shelves than there were just a couple weeks ago. "we've ran into some of our companies who weren't able to get their permits, so unfortunately they are no longer to sell to dispensaries here in california."(vo)lucio also thinks some people might have underestimated the high demand for marijuana once it became legal for adults all around.i also spoke with the manager at urban pharm.she tells me they áare started to run dry on certain things, and again, the supply is

(justine) kron four's spencer blake spoke exclusively with one of those witnesses. he joins us live tonight in san francisco...spencer? umeko motoyoshi is the woman i spoke with today.she doesn't allege assault or harassment against herself, but says she saw many of the sexually explicit things listed in the lawsuit when they happened. four barrel coffee has multiple locations in san francisco.the mill on divisadero, was open for business as usual sunday, but the coffee bar on valencia, was locked up.many customers were confused by the unnanounced closing for the day "i actually didn't know what was going on until i heard just now, and i just sort of think its odd to close your entire business because of allegations."a lawsuit filed friday claims the company's founder, jeremy tooker, engaged in sexually explicit acts involving employees."what i saw and witnessed there was, first of all, a culture that enabled abuse and assault and harassment to go unchecked." umeko motoyoshi left the company on her own accord in 2015.but the suit alleges that other employees were fi

live in san francisco, spencer blake, kron four news. (j.r.) now that pot is legal there are serious questions on how a driver is busted for d-u- i involving marijuana. sunday we went out with chp officers to answer that very question. kron 4's ella sogomonia is on the road with chp and picks up the story. smoking marijuana is now legal in california but highway patrol officers have been on the look out for drivers under the influence of the drug way before january first of this year.there are a few tell-tale signs they look for to make a stop.(nats) sot: officer charlette brannon, california highway patrol// "impaired driving it can be extremely noticeable or not that noticeable. some indicators are swerving back and forth across the lanes accelerating excessively and then decreasing in speed. fluctuating drastically in speed. maybe making unsafe lane changes swerving back and forth between traffic. could just be speeding those are the main ones."once pulled over an officer will take a closer look for things like a greenish white film on the t

kron 4's spencer blake talked to witnesses. (reporter)there was a person at the bank who saw the suspect pacing around with a gun, so they called police, who ended up getting into a shootout with the man.i spoke with one person who saw the shooting as it happened.just before four saturday afternoon, redwood city police arrived at this wells fargo at broadway and main.ignacio jimenez was nearby at the time. he was parking his car when he saw police cars zip by, so he turned the corner to check it out."that's when i saw officers behind the suburban with their weapons drawn. they were hiding behind the trees right across the street where there's a park, and so i saw that their attention was on a gentleman that was right outside the wells fargo bank." jimenez says it seemed like the suspect wasn't complying with officers' orders."he had his hands in his pockets in his sweater and then soon after that he took his hand out, and he had something in his hand and shots rang out - i'm not sure who shot first or what - and then the gentle

(grant)kron four's spencer blake is live there tonight. spencer, why is this iconic place closing? (spencer)like most things, it's a matter of dollars and cents.i spoke to the owner of new rheem theater today, and the business just can't pay rent anymore. people in this area know the sixty-year-old theater well. it's closed and reopened multiple times in that stretch, but after sunday's movies, the theater will be closed once again.ábut, there's hope to get it reopened once again, too.owner derek zemrak tells me there's no ill will between him and the building owner. "the landlord and i have always had a really good relationship. he actually subsidized the rent for many years, so i completely understand. so we're working together."(vo)they're also working with the moraga community foundation to figure out a way to get a nonprofit to buy the business and then reopen itwith the same setup and equipment.most local movie theaters nowadays áare owned by nonprofits.zemrak is optimistic they can work something out...he just doesn't know how long it will take. but in the meantime, this i

kron four's spencer blake has more on the annual vigil.. (nats - rapping)the ninth anniversary vigil for oscar grant urged the one or two hundred people outside the fruitvale station, to take action when they see injustice. one speaker held a brief moment of silence for all those who have been lost to what she called state- sanctioned terror."and i call it terror because it's not violence. we can't speak in euphemisms about what is happening in our community, right? we have to call it what it is. this 2009 cell phone video has been viewed millions of times.it was part of the evidence in the case that convicted the officer who shot grant...of involuntary manslaughter.grant's mom, wanda johnson, still feels the pain, but says mothers of other black men killed by police...have reached out with supportive words again this year."we come here to bring togetherness, to bring a closeness, to bring solutions." standup"over the last nine years it seems each of these vigils has grown. this year's vigil was slated to be four hours long and also had thi

kron four's spencer blake reports in the city on just how bad the illness has gotten at mckinley elementary. everett taft is a five-year-old kindergartner at mckinley elementary in san francisco.friday morning, he came down with norovirus."what part of you hurt?my belly."he was one of 53 students and four teachers to catch the nasty bug since the new semester began.he missed school the day before the long martin luther king weekend. "what'd you do instead?watch shows."norovirus attacks your stomach and intestines, meaning vomitting and diarrhea are two of the worst symptoms. everett's dad andrew says his son got over it in less than 24 hours."my wife has it; it's a little bit worse. so far i've been able to avoid it, so wipe down the microphone when you're done with that."dad says everyone's been talking about it at school, and he's heard all about it from other parents at pick-up time, too. "they sent out a warning i think wednesday or thursday saying that a lot of people were getting sick."standup "though there are some northern california schools that have actually closed because of noro

in santa rosa, spencer blake, kron four news. lawrence karnow: we enoyed a lot of sunshine and warmer weather today with some highs in the low 70s. it will be a nice mild evening and more spring like weather is ahead. if you're going out tonight you'll need a light jacket or coat. temperatures will begin mild but cool off rapidly. you can see some rain on doppler radar but it is well to the north. high pressure can be seen on the satellite image. it's a rather flat ridge allowing a few clouds to move over from time to time but we'll stay dry. as we head toward the later part of the week the ridge will strengthen to bring more sunshine and temperatures well above normal. for tomorrow we will see sunshine and a few clouds with mild temperatures in the 60s. we can expect a similar day on thursday. by friday offshore winds begin to clear our skies unusually warm weather all the way to the coast. warm and dry weather will continue into the weekend. (grant) up next... a sneak peak of the just released trailer for the new movie 'ant man

(justine) kron four's spencer blake is live in castro valley tonight. spencer how did this latest case turn out differently than others? (spencer)this time, nobody got hurt, and law enforcement didn't have to use their tactical methods...because they noticed some clues early on...that pointed to the whole thing being a fake. there's nothing terribly loud or busy about grove way in castro valley.but thursday night, one neighbor wondered just áwhat was happening. "helicopter flying behind my house and then i seen a bunch of sheriff's and chp coming down grove at about 50 miles an hour with their lights on." alameda county sheriff's deputies were responding to a 9-1-1 caller who said he was holding three hostages on this very street.he claimed he had an assault rifle inthe home, and demanded a ransom of 15- thousand dollars from arriving paramedics.but deputies had been at this particular address before, and had heard similar threats and demands within the last year.that's how they knew it was a so- called 'swatting' call."it's kind of scary, to be honest

live in san francisco, spencer blake, kron four news. (j.r.) tonight the health department in alameda county is trying to determine what caused an elementary school student to die. the case involves a student in dublin who went to kolb elementary school. health officials say they do not believe that other people at the school were exposed to or at risk of getting this disease from the ill student. counselors will be on campus tuesday for students who may be having a tough time dealing with the death. (justine) a man wearing a hospital gown was arrested after running on to highway 101. it happened near the cesar chavez street off-ramp in san francisco. c-h-p had to shut down parts of the freeway...causing heavy traffic in the area. it is now back open. the man was taken to s-f general hospital for medical evaluation. (jr stone) crews continue to search through debris after deadly mudslides hit southern california. 20 people have been confirmed dead with at least five people still missing. alys martinez has the latest. --nats--it's day five for t

(justine) kron four's spencer blake is live in the east bay right now. what's the latest, spencer? . (spencer)the water got turned back on at about 6:45, which means the pipe itself is fixed.there were 16 homes that didn't have running water during these repairs. highland boulevard might as well have been called highland river on sunday morning, when this brown water spewed from a broken water main underground and started rushing down the hill."the water was like pouring out from up top so i was like, 'oh, it's just a water pipe. it's nothing that big.' and then i noticed all the houses getting filled up with water."jose magallanes and his sister maribel had their phones out as they watched their own front yard start to flood...all the way to the top step of their patio. the water created somewhat of a sinkhole that at least one car almost fell into.water was also running ábehind the magallanes' house."we have a room in the back. it went inside the room, the water. it was pretty high up."about an inch or so in that bedroom. there was at least that much in the neighbors garage, too

kron four's spencer blake spoke with the u-s geological survey to find out why it was not.(steve) he joins us live from the coast in san francisco. what did you learn, spencer? that area near alaska is known for quakes that often produce tsunamis...but the one this morning...was a different átype of quake that didn't disturb ocean water as much. 1:18-1:25 francis zamora ÷ sf dept. of emergency managementby the time you woke up tuesday morning, you may have seen the push alerts on your phone that a tsunami watch had come...and gone during the night.it was all because of the seven-point- nine magnitude earthquake in the gulf of alaska. geophysicist brian kilgore heard about the quake on the morning news."without any further information i assumed it was probably a subduction zone earthquake simply because alaska is known for its large number of large, subduction zone earthquakes."those are quakes where one tectonic plate dives underneath another one.but this quake was different - it had very little vertical motion, and mostly lateral motion, much like the typical quakes here

live in corte madera, spencer blake, kron four news. (catherine) a big story we're following we now know the identity of the man arrested in the alleged d-u-i crash that killed a c-h-p officer on christmas eve. 22 year old mohammed abraar ali of hayward now faces five counts, including second degree murder in the death of officer andrew cammilleri. kron4's maureen kelly says that court records reveal new details about what led up to that tragic accident. preliminary black box analysis shows that that red cadillac had been speeding approximently 120 miles per hour before rearending the chp patrol car. witnesses told investigators that the driver of that luxury vehilce had also been seen agressively weaving thru traffic before the collision on southbound 880 near 92. that's according to the arrest warrent of 22 year old mohammed abraar ali of hayward.....seen here from a mug shot after being charged with mideamnor burglary back in 2013, that was later dropped. now he faces a total of 5 counts....including second degree murder for the deat

(justine) as kron four's spencer blake reports, the family says the father of the girls....has been very forgiving toward the man who drove the stolen truck. . lenexy and camila cardoza were with their mom, driving home from a doctor's appointment wednesday, when a stolen truck crashed into them, injuring mom edith and ultimately killing both little girls."i mean we love them girls. they were like my daughters. (breathes heavily) sorry." their uncle johnny cardoza lives with the family, and organized this vigil for the sisters at their home.150 people or more showed up, and mourners poured into the neighborhood street.standup "the first several minutes of the candlelight vigil were almost completely silent, though you could hear some people crying audibly. then family and loved ones started praying aloud together, and then they began singing." police arrested noe saucedo , who was driving the stolen pickup, on suspicion of murder and evading police.at the vigil, kron four learned saucedo is actually a distant cousin of the cardozas.johnny hopes saucedo gets what he deserves.but the famil

kron four's spencer blake reports in the rain from santa rosa's hard hit coffey park neighborhood. debris is already gone from many of the burned-down lots in coffey park.but in its place...is standing water - inches deep in some cases. "it's been slowing us down, but we're still working out here trying to get the job done."daniel mercury is a contractor foreman whose team has been finding water and sewer lines, cutting them, capping them, and marking them with colored stakes.the job involves digging, so imagine how tough things were in the rain."we dig holes out here looking for lines and the water just fills up the holes that we're digging quicker than we can take it out."a lot of other contractors weren't able to work at all.a line of parked cats is evidence of how hampering the rain has been. the city of santa rosa worked on erosion and flooding control before the rain started.standup"check out the city's stash of these rolls and rolls of wattles; they're filled with straw and you've probably seen them before. and here's where they end up. they're staked into the ground in fron

it's likely that he left the country last summer.in palo alto, spencer blake, kron four news. (justine) police in the north bay arrested five juveniles after an armed robbery at a park. it happened earlier today around three at los robles park on rio ruso drive near highway 1- 0-1 in windsor. police tell us two young men were robbed at gunpoint by a group of at least five juveniles. the suspects stole car keys and rode off with one of the victim's black acura t-l. the victims chased the suspects but lost sight of the car. officials later spotted the suspect's car at a gas station and the suspects were taken into custody without incident. (jrstone) and police are searching for two suspects... in connection with an armed robbery at a bank in woodside. it happened around 11 this morning at the chase bank on woodside road. there officers say two armed suspects opened the door, approached bank staff with guns, and demanded money. the suspects successfully stole an undisclosed amount of cash...before speeding off in an unknown vehicle. no one was hurt however... the suspects involve

(justine) but as kron four's spencer blake reports from castro valley, this one didn't turn out that way. (reporter)"that swatting hoax was called in for an address here along grove way in castro valley. fortunately, the alameda county sheriff's office was one step ahead of the prankster."the call came in on thursday night.alameda county sheriff's officials say a man claimed he would use an assault rifle to kill his three hostages if he didn't get 15-thousand dollars."you got the whole town turned upside down for a phone call, you know what i mean? so i definitely think they should look into it before they send the whole cavalry."it's a very serious claim, and of course law enforcement responded.but they ádid look at the case closely, and deputies realized they were headed to an address where similar demands had been made before.without actually deploying a swat team, they figured out that the previous resident of the home was the target of swatting.they say it likely came from online gaming, where people often use the hoax as payback for other players.some neighbors on the street h

(justine) but as kron four's spencer blake reports, there's still a lot more crews have to do to get everything back to normal. it wasn't a natural disaster that caused this muddy creek to run down highland boulevard sunday....it was more of a public works disaster."i heard my mom screaming. she was like, 'the floor has fallen inwards!' she thought it was a tsunami. then i went out and i checked and i saw the floor going upwards where the pipe broke, and my whole patio filled up with water."jose magallanes and his family are some of the people who were most adversely affected by what firefighters and city crews quickly determined to be a water main break.the asphalt broke apart in some places where water gushed underground, and it was pretty powerful above ground, too. "you always see big rocks going down, down the hill, so we were like, 'oh snaps!'" magallanes had water up to the top step of the porch for a couple hours, leaving everything in the front yard caked in mud.there was an inch of water in a back bedroom of their home.their neighbors had about that much in their garage, to

the hope is that a plan for new ownership will bring movies back to moraga.kron four's spencer blake is live at the new rheem theater. spencer, this place is a big deal for people in lamorinda. i heard a lot of gasps in the concession area as i talked to people about it.people say it's tough to see a local icon go...but there is hope to bring it back, too. the new rheem theatre most recently reopened about eight years ago.that was one of many times since its initial opening in 1957...that it closed down...and then opened back up.the reason it's closing after down after sunday's shows....is pretty simple."as you know with movie theaters, it gets more and more difficult, especially a neighborhood theater like moraga. what it is is the rent is higher than what we can afford."it's not an issue of ill will or head-butting - owner derek zemrak says he gets along great with the building owner, who has even subsidized the rent for several years.but now, it's just too much to be worthwhile for the business.moviegoers were bummed to hear the news. "we see a lot of movies, especially with our f

kron 4's spencer blake spoke with u-s- g-s officials ... about the danger of a tsunami. :00-:10 usgs explains quake effect:10-:17 brian kilgore ÷ usgs geophysicist:17-1:30 usgs explains quake effect seven-point-nine magnitude.the shaker off the alaskan coast tuesday morning was the world's biggest since september.people felt some shaking hundreds of kilometers away."this is a large earthquake, no doubt about it. from the human impact issue it wasn't such a big deal."part of the reason it wasn't a big deal, is because it was a strike-slip earthquake.that's where two plates slide laterally against one another, and don't produce much vertical motion.this is what usually happens along the fault lines in the bay area. but what's most common in the gulf of alaska, are subduction zone quakes."this line here marks the subduction zone." that's when one plate, the pacific plate in this case - slides underneath another plate - the north american plate.had that happened with seven-point-nine magnitude... "there would have been up and down motion of th

kron four's spencer blake explains how, from santa rosa. (looklive)"i'm on the campus of the sonoma county buildings, right across the street from the administration building and now there's a new line of five portable buildings going down this curb, and expect long lines coming out of them when they start helping people get their building permits fast."(pkg) the actual rebuilding of homes in santa rosa after the october wildfires just began a couple weeks ago with this home in coffey park.but thousands of families are getting to the point where they're ready to rebuild...but have to get through the sonoma county permit process first. chair of the board of supervisors james gore was excited to share a plan that he says won't let beuracracy get in the way."what we have done is approved setting up its own recovery and resilience center here in the county to process only permits at an expedited and reduced cost factor so that people can get back to their lives." starting on febbruary 13th, these portable buildings on the county's campus will b

(steve) amy and chad kempel invited kron four's spencer blake into their hospital room to talk about the event that more than doubles their family in size. spencer's live in the east bay tonight. spencer - how are those babies doing? that's the best news - not only did they all survive a high-risk delivery, but all five babies - and mom - are doing as well as can be expected right now. after spending a month in the hospital already, amy kempel was felt calm as she went into delivery."it wasn't until like right before that i started freaking out a little bit." which is completely allowed, seeing as how she had five babies that were ready to be born."they just were taking babies out one after the other, we were hearing cries." when kron four first talked to the kempels in november, they were worried that no bay-area doctors had experience with delivering quintuplets.but dad chad says...the care they got at kaiser permanente in walnut creek, has been great.there was a team of 60 specialists with hands on deck when the babies entered the world on thursday."our obstreticians, our neotaolo

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kron 4's spencer blake has more on how the babies are doing.. after spending a month in the hospital already, amy kempel was felt calm as she went into delivery."it wasn't until like right before that i started freaking out a little bit." which is completely allowed, seeing as how she had five babies that were ready to be born."they just were taking babies out one after the other, we were hearing cries." when kron four first talked to the kempels in november, they were worried that no bay-area doctors had experience with delivering quintuplets.but dad chad says...the care they got at kaiser permanente in walnut creek, has been great.there was a team of 60 specialists with hands on deck when the babies entered the world on thursday."our obstreticians, our neotaologists, our ancillary staff - our pharmacists, respiratory therapist, radiologist, and as well as our fabulous nurses from labor and delivery, post- partum, and our nicu team."in birth order, lincoln, noelle, grayson, preston, and gabriella are all in the nicu. they each weighed about two

kron four's spencer blake reports from santa rosa, which was under a flash flood watch during most of the storm. (looklive)"in santa rosa the rain wasn't as bad as forecasters originally thought and the assistant fire marshal says that's a two-edged sword." (pkg)before monday, this year's winter has been almost bone dry."meaning that we've had a lot of time to put in erosion control measures, storm drain inlet protections, whether it's hydro seeding, hydro mulching."burned-out fountaingrove in santa rosa is filled with those measures, because the hilly neighborhood could easily face flooding and/or mudslides during a big rain event.monday's storm was forecasted to be big - and it was indeed very soaking -- ...but then it died off sooner than expected.the winds slowed down and the flash flood watch got lifted hours early."we made it through it well, but again we just didn't get that amount of rain that we had initially forecasted and had planned and prepared for." assistant fire marshal paul lowenthal with the santa rosa fire department says he's comfortable with how erosion control we

kron four's spencer blake reports from the east bay. several people at the starbucks on atlantic in alameda heard about the triple laptop theft that happened on sunday."i'm really cautious. the only thing i've had stolen here is some of these cords to hook up to my ipad."going through any coffee shop, you can always find people on their computers, and that's what the crooks in sunday's theft were counting on.police say three black men in their 20s walked in, each picked out a laptop to grab, and ran out. "they like to strong arm, ya know, just take your stuff."a woman we talked to says she personally saw átwo computer thefts at this store afew months ago - and each time it happened on a sunday.there have been well over a dozen laptop thefts at bay area coffee shops in the past few months, and five instances just since the new year. (reporter)"now you may be wondering, with laptop thefts seeming to be on the rise at this location and at others, why don't police set up some sort of operation where they're monitoring these specific spots?

kron four's spencer blake explains how, from santa rosa. (looklive)"i'm on the campus of the sonoma county buildings, right across the street from the administration building and now there's a new line of five portable buildings going down this curb, and expect long lines coming out of them when they start helping people get their building permits fast."(pkg) the actual rebuilding of homes in santa rosa after the october wildfires just began a couple weeks ago with this home in coffey park.but thousands of families are getting to the point where they're ready to rebuild...but have to get through the sonoma county permit process first. chair of the board of directors james gore was excited to share a plan that he says won't let beuracracy get in the way."what we have done is approved setting up its own recovery and resilience center here in the county to process only permits at an expedited and reduced cost factor so that people can get back to their lives." starting on febbruary 13th, these portable buildings on the county's campus will be

(catherine) kron four's spencer blake has more on the annual vigil.. (nats - rapping)the ninth anniversary vigil for oscar grant urged the one or two hundred people outside the fruitvale station, to take action when they see injustice. one speaker held a brief moment of silence for all those who have been lost to what she called state- sanctioned terror."and i call it terror because it's not violence. we can't speak in euphemisms about what is happening in our community, right? we have to call it what it is. this 2009 cell phone video has been viewed millions of times.it was part of the evidence in the case that convicted the officer who shot grant...of involuntary manslaughter.grant's mom, wanda johnson, still feels the pain, but says mothers of other black men killed by police...have reached out with supportive words again this year."we come here to bring togetherness, to bring a closeness, to bring solutions." standup"over the last nine years it seems each of these vigils has grown. this year's vigil was slated to be four hours long and also had thi

in oakland, spencer blake, kron four news. (catherine) a new mother is being forced to start 20-18 without a car.(steve) she says the thieves dumped her baby's car seat in the southland mall parking lot before taking off with her vehicle.(catherine) kron 4's ella sogomonian is in hayward with the video -- along with some advice from police.. pkgsot: ella sogomonian, hayward// "the victim tells me a quick thinking sales associate noticed suspicious activity on surveillance cameras while she was shopping inside the sears department store, but unfortunately it was too late by the time she got out into this parking lot the thieves and the car were gone."sot: car theft victim// "i just can't believe it i feel like they just ripped my heart and ran with it." surveillence video captured the moments two young men throw out a car seat and take off in this suv in the parking of lot of the southland mall in hayward.it happened on saturday between 4 and 5 at night leaving the victim - who wishes to remain anonymous - without a car heading

kron4's spencer blake joins us live tonight.. spencer - how much did the thief get away with? the pot shop here keeps a pretty low profile - you might miss it as you drive down the street.but someone got away with a pretty big haul during the christmas holiday. it was just minutes into december 26th when this man broke into the back of west manor wellness, a marijuana dispensary in pacifica."we were taken advantage of on christmas. we were pretty vulnerable."these jars sometimes hold more than a pound of cannabis, and the robber in this case took a dozen or more jars."they took a lot of partial units of exotic strains."owner karina cardenaz says the robbery is pretty atypical in pacifica. but with the demand for pot growing, she wonders if someone wanting árecreational pot was angry that her dispensary is still only licensed to carry medical marijuana."as grassroots as we are, we are trying to come up to code with all of our regulations."the new regulations she's referring to are not only the licensing process for a legal recreational pot shop...but also pacifica ordinances t