even when sebastopol became part of independent ukraine russia's black sea fleet stayed put. when russia annexed crimea in twenty fourteen not even russia's closest allies recognize the move but the locals like activist drama all of that doesn't matter. crimea and russia she says share an identity we definitely all greek to sigh of relief it was about returning home before i didn't have a country i could be proud of when the olympics were on i always supported russia when it came to reading my child's bedtime stories the stories were russian ones which i told my kids about russian history russians that's what i know. back in twenty fourteen the west responded with economic sanctions that just took place international companies left and mcdonald's became peace good. more crucially so did many banks sanctions mean the international cards are not accepted in crimea and it's not possible to withdraw cash it's the same story with foreign mobile phones crossing into crimea means losing signal but apart from sanctions what else has changed for people in sebastopol it's not an easy q

from what you see thanks to your decision sebastopol in crimea have returned home to our common. to mother russia mastery of those years i see. i on sunday russia in crimea go to polls to date is no coincidence coming as it does for us today since russia annexed an insular i believe twenty years since he first became president vladimir putin will now be hoping the memory of those and events is enough to bring people to the ballot box this is despite the fact that many see the election as a foregone conclusion. here in sebastopol those memories are still very much alive what's less clear is where the crimea still has the same emotional pull across the length and breadth over russia's ten times owns. you know as nick conley there reporting the election style murder the execution style murder of a brazilian city councilwoman has sparked huge protests in rio de janeiro and beyond tens of thousands of taking to the streets to protest the killing of mariella franco an outspoken critic of police violence who was gunned down by a known assailants angry protesters marched to the city stat

thanks to your decision sebastopol in crimea have returned home to our common. to mother russia three of those years. i think on sunday russia and crimea go to the polls today it is no coincidence coming as it does for you today this russian makes the peninsula really twenty years since you first became president vladimir putin will now be hoping the memory of those in the events is enough to bring people to politics this despite the fact that many see the election as a foregone conclusion. here in sebastopol those memories are still very much alive what's less clear is where the crimea still has the same emotional pull across the length and breadth over russia's ten times owns. was. ok two are developing now on our top story of the route between russia and western allies over the poisoning of former double agent a surrogate script all in britain now in comments made just a short while ago where british foreign secretary boris johnson has said that it was likely that russian president vladimir putin personally made the decision to carry out the nerve agent attac

well sebastopol sevastopol is the one of the main russian cities in the peninsula of crimea of course of vital importance here in this election and we've been speaking to voters as they sounding out they've been saying things like this is a prior celebration one man that we've spoken to a travelled all the way from i five in israel to come here and vote for his preferred candidate we can't say who he was voting for but there's a kind of idea of how russia crimea are seeing this particular election. there if you see. as and for us is that really the typical view across the area though. well one point five million voices in crimea the majority of those are ethnic russians the majority of those are supportive of crimea is reabsorption into russia they voted for it four years ago in the referendum but there are minorities here particularly the muslim minority that are felt very marginalized victimized and oppressed under the new russian or thora teas they've been wanting to boycott this election but they say that they have been subjected to various pressure tactics to get them out to vote

as the evening draws in downtown sebastopol crime story. true to form putin keeps everyone guessing i wait. for what will be an appearance just a few minutes. from what you're saying you give us all thanks to your decision i'm a vast appalled and crimea i have returned home to our common home to your mother russia but i see. i on sunday russia in crimea go to polls today it is no coincidence coming as it does for you today this russian expediency law was really twenty years since it first became president vladimir putin will now be hoping the memory of those in the events is enough to bring people to the ballot boxes despite the fact that many see the election as a political issue. here in sebastopol those memories of twenty four still very much alive what's less clear is where the crimea still has the same emotional across the length and breadth of russia's ten times. and of course such a big factor in these elections is always the economy christoph has more on that that's right sara the russian economy has gone through some pretty rough t

even when sebastopol became part of independent ukraine russia's black sea fleet stayed put. when russia annexed crimea in twenty fourteen not even russia's closest allies recognize the move. but the locals like activist drama all of that doesn't matter. crimea and russia she says share an identity we definitely all great just die of grief it was about returning home before i didn't have a country i could be proud of when the olympics were on i always supported russia when it came to reading my child bedtime stories the stories were russian ones which i told my kids about russian history russians are as good that's what i know . back in twenty fourteen the west responded with economic sanctions the distiller place international companies left and mcdonald's became piece book. more crucially so did many banks sanctions mean the international cards are not accepted in crimea and it's not possible to withdraw cash it's the same story with foreign mobile phones crossing into crimea means losing signal but apart from sanctions what else has changed for people in sebastopol it's no

was the russian black sea fleet based in sebastopol peace in crimea moscow says is guaranteed by. russia for a long and costly war against the tars and the turks for position of crimea. it's conquest and annexation in seven hundred eighty three marked the start of russia's rise as a major european power. establishing sebastopol as the base of its black sea fleet enabled russia to control the key maritime links with the mediterranean. on her journey across the newly conquered lands in the south in seven hundred eighty seven catherine the great also visited crimea which was also known as the tower of peninsula. she was impressed by its oriental flair but she also observed backwardness and poverty. katherine had an advisor and a favorite prince gregory potemkin whom she appointed governor general of what was called new russia. his task was to oversee the swift economic development of the new lands. to ensure that they were populated by loyal subjects the empress invited settlers and colonists from central russia and abroad. he would but he was speaking of. the russian empire laid cla

forty meters tall the soldier in salem ornament towers above sebastopol. a potent reminder of the city's place in soviet military history. even whence of us the ball became part of independent ukraine russia's black sea fleet stayed put. when russia annexed crimea in twenty fourteen not even its closest allies recognized moscow's ownership of the region. but the locals like activists all good or all over all that doesn't matter crimea and russia she says share a common identity we definitely all great just die of relief it was about returning home before i didn't have a country i could be proud of when the olympics were on i always supported russia when it came to reading my child's bedtime stories the stories were russian ones which i told my kids about russian history russians are that's what i knows to get . back in twenty fourteen the west responded with economic sanctions that just took place. international companies left and mcdonald's became peace. and more importantly most banks left to. sanctions mean the international cards are not accepted in cr

moscow and that's when it will start being felt but we'll have to see them first or a challenge in sebastopol for a story thank you. and the group of activists in eastern huta have launched a campaign urging countries to boycott the football world cup in russia over president putin's bombing of syria they released campaign videos on you tube using syrian children to highlight their message. students have walked out of classrooms across the united states calling for tighter gun safety laws following the deadly school shooting in florida last month. from washington to new york to florida the walkouts began at ten am local time across each u.s. state coordinated using the hash tag enough and they lasted for seventeen minutes in memory of the seventeen people killed at parkland high school last month and the gallagher has more now from parkland than florida. in the seventeen minutes of protest and remembrance have just finished a look at what's happening here you can see the students from the marjorie stillman douglas high school in the field behind the fence and then over my of the shoulder stud

with the russian black sea fleet based in sebastopol peace in crimea moscow says is guaranteed. russia for a long and costly war against the touch ours and the turks for possession of crimea . its conquest and annexation in seven hundred eighty three mark the star. of russia's rise as a major european power. establishing sebastopol as the base of its black sea fleet enabled russia to control the key maritime links with the mediterranean. on her journey across the newly conquered lands in the south in seven hundred eighty seven catherine the great also visited crimea which was also known as the tower of peninsula. she was impressed by its oriental flair but she also observed backwardness and poverty. katherine had an advisor and a favorite prince gregory potemkin whom she appointed governor general of what was called new russia. his task was to oversee the swift economic development of the new lands. to ensure that they were populated by loyal subjects the empress invited settlers and colonists from central russia and abroad. he would put the most good of. the russian empire laid

yeah exactly crimea is important for this election and sebastopol is a special case within crime here this is a port city a naval city it's the hard to move russia's black sea fleet and has been for centuries there's been a whole procession of. naval cadets sailors and military police moving into this polling station behind me because their ballots today we've been to other polling stations as well and there's a general atmosphere of celebration here uprising that is is what it was described as by one vote so we spoke to which is this a celebration people have been coming with their families one man told us that he come all the way from israel high for an israel to vote for his favored candidate we could probably guess who that candidate is for crimea. this vote is important it's the kind of culmination of a four year cycle four years ago crime in voted in that referendum which most countries around the world viewed as a kind of thin democratic veneer on war what was essentially an illegal annexation then they went through two years ago parliamentary elections and now from means of vo

the vote would be also held in crimea leading to increased tensions with kiev challenge reports from sebastopol probably its largest city. as the home of russia's black sea fleet sevastopol has always felt like a russian city even in the years before crimea was annexed when this territory was leased off ukraine. so the polling stations here bustled with cadets naval officers military policemen and civilians most seemingly happy for crimea to be voting in its first russian presidential election and most seemingly happy to cast their ballot for one man. is that the animal of course we voted for the president of the russian federation for number one vladimir putin. if he didn't take civil stop all in the whole of crimea under his arm it would have ended up in the wrong hands if he didn't do what he did who knows who would have been in charge of this fleet now watches or thirty's want to connect this presidential election as much as possible with another vote that happens four years ago and so everyone in the cast their ballots in this polling station today and around sebastopol gets a medal and th

with the russian black sea fleet based in sebastopol peace in crimea moscow says is guaranteed by. russia for a long and costly war against the touch ours and the turks for possession of crimea . its conquest and annexation in seven hundred eighty three marks the start of russia's rise as a major european power. establishing sebastopol as the base of its black sea fleet enabled russia to control the key maritime links with the mediterranean. on her journey across the newly conquered lands in the south in seven hundred eighty seven catherine the great also visited crimea which was also known as the tower of peninsula. she was impressed by its oriental flair but she also observed backwardness in poverty. katherine had an advisor and a favorite prince gregory potemkin whom she appointed governor general of what was called new russia. his task was to oversee the swift economic development of the new lands. to ensure that they were populated by loyal subjects the empress invited settlers and colonists from central russia and abroad. he would but he was speaking of. the russian empire la

with the russian black sea fleet based in sebastopol peace in crimea moscow says is guaranteed. russia for a long and costly war against the tars and the turks for position of crimea. its conquest and annexation in seven hundred eighty three mark the star. of russia's rise as a major european power. establishing sebastopol as the base of its black sea fleet enabled russia to control the key maritime links with the mediterranean. on her journey across the newly conquered lands in the south in seven hundred eighty seven catherine the great also visited crimea which was also known as the tower of peninsula. she was impressed by its oriental flair but she also observed backwardness and poverty. katherine had an advisor and a favorite prince gregory potemkin who she appointed governor general of what was called new russia voted settlers in colonists from central russia and abroad. in what i think is good of. the russian empire laid claim to the former territory of the ottoman empire on the northern shore of the black sea. russia had long been cut off from the black sea and set itself

it happened at analy high school in sebastopol. kron 4's will tran has the story. teachers weren't the only ones greeting students as they returned to schoolpolice officers were right in front to help the kids and parents feel a little bit safer"i think she is safe here. it's a good school. the police officers, they have really quick response from the department. i don't see a problem"on tuesday the school abruptly canceled classes around noon and told parents to pick up their kids after discovering a threatening message in the bathroom that said there would be violence on the same daythe school took to the p-a system and made the announcement that school would be shutdownrohan pagare/student- "i was sitting in class at the beginning and i notice police officers walking around and later on afterwards i noticed the bathroom upstairs was locked and on the announcer they announced there was a note threatening school and they were really concerned about our safety and they had to close school and had us leave" many parents dropped off

with the russian black sea fleet based in sebastopol peace in crimea moscow says is guaranteed by. russia for a long and costly war against the touch ours and the turks for position of crimea. it's conquest and annexation in seven hundred eighty three mark the star. of russia's rise as a major european power. establishing sebastopol as the base of its black sea fleet enabled russia to control the key maritime links with the mediterranean. on her journey across the newly conquered lands in the south in seven hundred eighty seven catherine the great also visited crimea which was also known as the tower of peninsula. she was impressed by its oriental flair but she also observed backwardness and poverty. katherine had an advisor and a favorite prince gregory potemkin whom she appointed governor general of what was called new russia. his task was to oversee the swift economic development of the new lands. to ensure that they were populated by loyal subjects the empress invited settlers and colonists from central russia and abroad. he would for the most good of. the russian empire laid c

it's been hanging over guerneville and sebastopol. highway 101, highway 29, it's raining and windy along the south bay now, san jose 17- mile-per-hour winds. so i will talk about the heaviest round of rain on the way and the strongest wind when it will get here. >>> drivers are dealing with crashes in the east bay. we are seeing delays continue along southbound 680. this crash right near treat boulevard blocking a lane with traffic backed up to 4. westbound 24 gateway boulevard an earlier accident causing a big backup near gateway boulevard blocking a lane and traffic backed up past moraga. we can see that travel time climbing. 35 minutes between 680 and 580. southbound 880 as you are making your way through oakland, it's going to be a tough ride. we have a crash blocking a lane near 23rd avenue and then once you get past that another accident, this coming in right near davis. one of the cars caught fire after the crash happened so that has two lanes blocked. fire crews and chp on the scene and that backup is stretching close to fruit

ukiah, american canyon, sebastopol 39. napa and guerneville at 36. mill valley and rohnert park at 38. those are some of the cool spots. 45 in foe vat owe and -- sobrante -- redwood city, cupertino 44. tracy checking in at 46. along with brentwood. great time to be there. little breezy in you're going to be south of the bay bridge on b. lower humidity today. this is my personal forecast. it's too soggy for me to do. >> quick look at the south bay after starting off in the mid-40s. here's alexis. signs of spring break out there. i think there are, mike. we haven't had any major issues so far this morning. we're seeing lighter than average volumes. except for at the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights on for just under an hour. 5:21 this morning. westbound 580, richmond-san rafael bridge. you are wide open, 17 across san mateo. reports of a stall around the high-rise and dumbarton bridge looking great in the green at 8 minutes. >>> do you trust driverless car technology? vote right know. we'll keep the poll up on the screen. you can watch it update.

and it looks like up towards sebastop sebastopol, 47 degrees. the haze is hanging out as the fog is on the move. as we look down the embarcadero towards of the ferry building and the bay bridge. yard work, good day to get it done. in case you missed out on something over the weekend, it's going to be too soggy. exercising, the sooner you can get that accomplished, the better. at the beach, morning fog and afternoon showers. let's roll through your afternoon temperatures. how about 70 in places like antioch and san jose. the rest of us in the mid to upper 60s. east bay, yes, 72 degrees. max out at 2:00. notice, a lot of cloud cover going from 53 at 8:00 to 67 at noon. to hanging out in the mid to upper 60s when showers develop around 6:00. each warmer because you'll stay in the 70s for a couple of hours. 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 in the mid-60s. your best chance of getting wet is around 8:00. look at the yellow and orange. the light green becomes moderate rain. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s once again. this is going to have a big issue with tom's m

one from rohnert bark to is he bass -- sebastopol. speaking of marin county, cottages at point reyes, it is raining. .61 so far with a storm total of just over two inches of rain. bogs mountain up to four. mount diablo over two. but marin county, you have to remember, yesterday ross in ken field had three and -- kentfield had three and a third. north napa had over an inch. alameda, oakland, half an inch. san francisco just shy of that. san jose, a third of an inch. there were heavy totals boulder creek, cobb mountain, windsor an inch and a third and clearlake over an inch. the main sub tropical band has come through. as the cold front gets closer, that is enhancing that. monterey highway down to gilroy. and then also to the east of fremont. back over to fremont and milpitas, that is tough. same for oakland, alameda, marin county. even though there is still some coming on shore, nothing as heavy as it was. there is a decent band near stinson beach. but a lot quieter than it was overnight when they had a lot of rain. now comes the colde

got a little break and it's picking up again in sebastopol and along the coast also right on highway 1, bodega bay definitely coming down strong there. and now through richmond and berkeley it's starting to pick up a little bit. you had a light drizzle the past 30 minutes and now look at this, darker cells coming through right along 80. oakland easing up but it's expected to pick back up. same with downtown san francisco. light drizzle, not too much nuisance but earlier we saw decent amounts of rainfall totals so far are already impressive. livermore, altamont, this whole area is now dealing with a lot of wet. berkeley and oakland was dealing with, it's moved further that direction through pleasanton and dublin. it's lighter. easing up now in n

the vote would also be held in crimea leading to increased tensions with kiev chalons reports from sebastopol crimea as largest city. i suppose her of russia's black sea fleet. has always felt like a russian city even in the years before crimea was and it's with this territory with the east of ukraine. so the poles. stations here bustled with cadets naval officers and military policeman and civilians most seemingly happy for crimea to be voting in its first russian presidential election and most seemingly happy to cast their ballot for one man. of course we voted for the president of the russian federation for number one vladimir putin. if he didn't take civil stopped all in the whole of crimea under his arm it would have ended up in the wrong hands if he didn't do what he did who knows who would have been in charge of this fleet now watches or thirty's want to connect this presidential election as much as possible with another vote that happens four years ago and so everyone the cost their ballots in this polling station today i'm around sebastopol get some medals and this medal has the date

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mid-40s in lafayette, sebastopol. >>> caution, the roads are going to be pretty bad this morning. not quite as wet during the evening commute. mass transit is going to be wet and cool. dress appropriately. on the ferries, might wand to stay inside, especially this morning. temperatures today, almost like a broken record, isn't it? a lot of mid to upper 50s until the coast where there's low to mid-50s. the peninsula, 12-hour forecast at 8:00. 49 degrees. you can see the best chance of rain from noon -- from 10:00 to noon, very isolated. the mid-50s in the afternoon hours. dress for low 50s this evening. as far as the east bay valleys, we've got 47 at 8:00. we'll hit 51 at 10:00. mid-50s through 6:00 with, again, the rain chance -- tonight, you can still see -- well, i was going to say snow. and showers around. temperatures in the mid-30s in the north bay. low to mid-40s for the rest of us. it will be cooler tomorrow morning. it will be really a beautiful sight if we could see mt. hamilton with snow on it when we wake up tomorrow morning. everybody is getting wet this morning. it's

that continues over sebastopol. you can see the latest round of wet weather, it's now developing. it's going to push to the south as we continue throughout

was pouring when a 100-foot firs tree came down between san pablo pot and objection -- between -- at sebastopol. they have. >> they have tree wires damaged and cable tv and phone lines. >> more than 70 people were without power as a result. it's unclear if occidental road is still closed this morning. >>> also last night, another tree toppled in the berkeley hills. it happened on lathem lane. no injuries but the branches were blocking half the road. emergency crews spent much of the night clearing it away. >>> check out the scene in sausalito last night. the rain turned a parking lot into a pond. >> boy, i heard that wind whipping outside my window. >> yeah. >> i mean, it was action packed, yeah. so much calmer today. we are still not ruling out the chance of rain so it's still going to be windy. there will be rain throughout the day today and chance of thunderstorms. >>> let's show you what we did yesterday. so here are some 24-hour rain totals. this was significant, over 2 inches of rain for st. helena. san francisco .89." ben lomond 3.63. san rafael 2.12." not bad for 24 hours. we had strong

was held on the fourth anniversary of the annexation of crimea from ukraine or challenge reports from sebastopol that's crimea is largest city. as the home of russia's black sea fleet sevastopol has always felt like a russian city even in the years before crimea was and explain this territory was leased off ukraine. so the polling stations here bustled with cadets and naval offices military policemen and civilians most seemingly happy for crimea to be voting in its first russian presidential election and most seemingly happy cos that ballot for one. of course we voted for the president of the russian federation for number one vladimir putin. if he didn't take civil stopped all in the whole of crimea under his arm it would have ended up in the wrong hands if he didn't do what he did who knows who would have been in charge of this fleet now watches or thoughts to connect this presidential election as much as possible with another vote that happens four years ago and so everyone the cost their ballots in this polling station today i'm around sebastopol get some medals and this medal as the dates of

also moving through sebastopol within the next 30 minutes. the east bay, the rain also scattered there with some heavy downpours. this is going to make your morning drive very soggy. as we widen out the picture, still a lot more rain to go. this will be sticking with us through saturday. i will detail that coming up in just a few minutes. mike is tracking the impact of all of this rain on the roads. >>> we just heard about a new crash, we have westbound 24 at gateway, that's where our latest crash s you see this green highlighting here, that's our road weather

sebastopol 6:01. and just after that, again, more wet weather there into healdsburg. off to the south, also some wet weather likely making into it the lucas valley as we head throughout 6:08 tonight. i want to show you the futurecast. and you can see where the bulk of the wet weather will stay through 9:30 tonight. it's primarily marin, napa, sonoma counties down through about san francisco. and as we head into the early overnight hours, that's when we'll pick up our best chance for the east bay. also the peninsula into san francisco. but you can really see how things just fall apart. there is nothing really indicating at this point that this would hold together and bring us widespread heavier rainfall. in fact, we're going to be hard-pressed to get any accumulations above a tenth of an inch down towards the south bay. you can see by tomorrow morning at 7:30, we're primarily left here with widespread cloud cover throughout the bay as we start off tomorrow morning's commute. cloud cover through tomorrow. that's going to help keep those temperatures on the milder side.

chalons is standing by for us in the crimean city of sebastopol we're talking about the election with him neve barker is in london for us first let's take it to john the whole who's in the russian capital so precisely exactly tit for tat london says twenty three go moscow says twenty three get out. yes tit for tat in terms of the diplomatic expulsions peter and that had largely been expected this precedent for it it's happened before twenty three as you say declared persona non grata here they've got to leave within a week it's exactly what the british did but there is there are further steps also being taken here a symmetrix steps as the russians would call them in response to the direction that the reason may went in terms of further n.t.s.b. measures further anti money laundering and corruption measures applied to british russian nationals rather in britain the russians here say and this is a statement from the foreign ministry taking into account the disparity of the number of consular offices in the two countries they've decided to close the british consulate general in some pete

recognize i was in many times after the return of creaming or russia and i think i was for example in sebastopol for four months ago for the election of good. and well i'm sorry for my country don't recognize the process included but there is a fact and there was a referendum and it was difficult to don't recognize the referendum or when to people who wants to return. it will deal excuse me the eighteenth thinking of another candidate was projected to win basically someone other than putin and characters be what it seemed any different man. i think so but you know everybody knows that the result will be the president putin will be reelected again and you saw what's happened in the next the past few days we just probably need to learn we are a little bit surprised by the reaction of france there is no proof and. i think. that president putin would be reelected nights nearly sure it's time to start a new period with russia. ok well so we could leave it there we will be coming by to a little bit later so we're hoping to go over to that. coming this party briefing for . what comes to the moment for

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fourteen after the territory was an extreme ukraine for more on this rory chance joins us live from sebastopol in crimea so it's important for them at this stage i think most people expect who will win it's a question of the turnout and perhaps nowhere is that more important to get a big yes vote where you are right yeah i mean crimea considering its relatively small size has an outsized importance to the kremlin at the moment and it will it's always been vital strategically because of its warm water ports and its position on the black sea but these days it's emotionally important as well because it symbolizes russia's resistance to the west and it's key to understanding these elections as well i think because for hussein for the kremlin crimea basically symbolizes the highest achievement of the president's last in power his previous term and i put together a report with my team here and we can watch that now for some more explanation of this. crimea with its dramatic coastline has long held a romantic place in russian hearts and since it was an extreme ukraine four years ago it's russian ones

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sebastopol police arrested a 16 year-old analy high school student who they say admitted to writing a threat in a bathroom on campus this week. authorities say they used handwriting analysis to identify the suspect. the teen was booked in sonoma county juvenile hall for making criminal ( robin )here in the bay area - the news about dicks sporting goods banning assault weapons... including ones that were used reportedly by the gunman in the florida shooting... is getting some strong reaction. kron4's teresa estacio has more on what the c-e-o of the sporting goods chain says, factored into his decision. edward w. stack / chairman and ceo, dick's sporting goods, inc.: "we were so disturbed and saddened by what happened in parkland that we said we need to do something, and we talked about what we needed to do and we felt that we needed to make a statement that we will no longer sell assault type rifles, high capacity magazines and a few other things, and what - our hearts went out to those kids into their parents. and you know everybody talks about thoughts and prayers going out to them.

crimea was brought back to russia four years ago voters here are being given this little medal and sebastopol when they when they have done their deed in the in the in the voting booth and it says the on the back with russia forever and it's got on the front a little memorials basically for the sixty the march two thousand and fourteen that's the date of the referendum four years ago and tonight we're going to get a big concert on red square and that concert is called russia sevastopol crimea so it kind of shows really exactly how these two events are being linked to the presidential election and the crimean referendum the annexation of crimea four years ago i understand the other person actually used his final campaign speech he made in crimea is of a sense that he's almost preaching to the converts into. what yeah absolutely but that never hurts does it. you know people here particularly in sevastopol where i am at the moment are by and large ethnically russian and very much supportive of the president's policies and most of the people we spoke with everyone we've spoken to here today has s

happens four years ago and so everyone that cost their ballots in this polling station today and around sebastopol gets a medal and this medal has the dates of the referendum sixteenth of march two thousand and fourteen that referendum of course in which the annexation of crimea was formalized and then on the back we have the motto with russia forever very consciously election day here has been made a celebration of being russian it's a tactic that's likely to play well for the kremlin both in terms of crimean turnout and results but it's the an experience has been a central if i'm declared campaign platform for putin nationally to in kremlin eyes it's the biggest achievement of his last presidential term and for many russians it's a source of huge national pride got it seems serious by ciba so on sunday evening shortly after the polls closed big celebrations were held in red square named russia sevastopol crimea. so the annexation of crimea may resonate strongly and positively with crime ins mostly and it may resonate strongly with russians mostly but it is a huge bone of contention of course bet

crimea was brought back to russia four years ago voters here are being given this little medal and sebastopol when they when they have done their deed in the in the in the voting booth and it says the on the back with russia forever and it's got on the front a little memorial basically for the sixty the march two thousand and fourteen that's the date of the referendum four years ago and tonight we're going to get a big concert on red square and that concert is called russia sevastopol crimea so it kind of shows really exactly how these two events are being linked to the presidential election the crimean referendum the annexation of crimea four years ago people here particularly in sevastopol where i am at the moment are by and large ethnically russian and very much supportive of the president's policies and most of the people we've spoken to everyone we've spoken to here today has said that they have only voted for one man guess who it is. kurdish fighters in syria's northwestern african region have vowed to fight home after the main town was taken by forces and their allies declared victory

happens four years ago and so everyone in the cast their ballots in this polling station today and around sebastopol gets a medal and this medal has the dates of the referendum sixteenth of march two thousand and fourteen that referendum of course in which the annexation of crimea was formalized and then on the back we have the motto with russia forever very consciously election day here has been made a celebration of being russian it's a tactic that's likely to play well for the kremlin both in terms of crimean turnout and results but it's the an experience has been a central if i'm declared campaign platform for putin nationally to in kremlin eyes it's the biggest achievement of his last presidential term and for many russians it's a source of huge national pride to god it seems just by seeing. so on sunday evening shortly after the polls closed big celebrations were held in red square named russia sevastopol crimea. how does iran crimea. as we mentioned the russian president has dismissed allegations by the u.k. that moscow was behind the chemical attack on a former double agent as nonsense brita

establishing sebastopol as the base of its black sea fleet enabled russia to control the key maritime links with the mediterranean. on her journey across the newly conquered lands in the south in seven hundred eighty seven catherine the great also visited crimea which was also known as the tower of peninsula. she was impressed by its oriental flair but she also observed backwardness and poverty. katherine had an advisor and a favorite prince gregory potemkin whom she appointed governor general of what was called new russia. his task was to oversee the swift economic development of the new lands. to ensure that they were populated by loyal subjects the empress invited settlers and colonists from central russia and abroad. he would but he was speaking of. the russian empire laid claim to the former territory of the ottoman empire on the northern shore of the black sea. because russia had long been cut off from the black sea and set itself the goal of gaining access. over cool through peter the great had opened a window on europe but communicating with european nations solely through a w

kingdom if that route develops ok barnaby for the moment thank you very much for a challenge is in sebastopol on the russian controlled crimean peninsula so i guess the u.k. government employees at the embassy in moscow might be thinking about getting the luggage ready for a flight back to london rory any reaction yet from the kremlin. here the early indication is that that is exactly what is going to be happening. as far as i've seen the kremlin hasn't commented on this directly yet we have had. a response from a russian senator. joe biden of who basically says that the ministry of foreign affairs here will have to respond essentially in mind and british diplomats will be going home very soon possibly more british diplomats going home and leaving russia than the u.k. has kicked out of russian diplomats going back to moscow we have also heard from the spokesperson for the ministry of foreign affairs and there is a quarter of a who has posted on facebook and her facebook statement basically that was defending her boss from attacks that she thought to reason may have launched against him now of

the chp says a 73-year-old pilot from sebastopol was trapped inside. he was rescued and taken to the hospital with major injuries but he is expected to survive. the faa and the sonoma county sheriff's office is investigating it. >>> an 8-year-old man in custody for allegedly driving under the influence and hitting four people sunday morning in santa rosa. jose ortiz drove into 4b pull. witnesses say ortiz tried to drive away after losing a rear tire but stopped his ford explorer about two blocks away and decided to run. police set up a perimeter and found ortiz hiding in the bushes just a couple blocks away. he was arrested for dui and felony hit and run. they are all expected to survive.'s >>> 500 say they are overworked and understaffed. in a post on their facebook page, they say they're currently working mandatory overtime nearing 100 hours straight on duty. they say there's an increase in the number of fire cars -- calls as well. in the post, they see, outstanding contract issues hinder the department's ability to hire qualified personnel. >>> thou

that continues over sebastopol. you can see the latest round of wet weather, it's now developing. it's going to push to the south as we continue throughout tonight. i'll put a track on that. we also want to give you a view across the sierra, across the past 24 hours, it has been nonstop snow here for the higher elevations. we'll have specific city totals throughout this hour. we'll also take you out to stormranger and give you a live view of the truck as well. >> thank you, jeff. these rains are a true flood test for the north bay. that community is still recovering from the fires. the fear is that the rain could push fire debris into storm drains and create flooding. nbc bay area's sam brock continues our coverage live. sam, what's the plan there? >> reporter: the plan, jessica, as we know, fire officials are saying right away they knew immediately following the tubbs fire they had a challenge on their hands. their plan was putting in wh wattling, hopefully keeping debris in and flooding out. from the ashes we will rise. except in this case the ashes and leaves are actually leadi

tonight after admitting to writing a threatening message on a bathroom stall at annalee high school in sebastopol. it prompted administrators to dismiss students early yesterday. the campus could be searched. the teenager was booked into sonoma county juvenile ohio -- juvenile hall for making threats.>>> school administrators at san jose state took a measured approach to a written threat found inside a campus bathroom this afternoon. he sent out an alert to students and staff as police launched an investigation. they quickly determined the threat did not seem credible. the university did not cancel classes.>> have these occasionally that happened. if every time we got a threat we evacuated from our buildings and premises you would be -- get a lot more of these.. they increase foot traffic along dudley -- dudley morehead hall where the threat was found. >>> a new food and beverage provider and levi stadium. what it means for hundreds of existing workers.>>> president trump's longest-serving aide has announced her resignation.>>> san francisco contractors waiting for the city to pay up. we investig

meanwhile sebastopol police arrested a 16 year-old analy high school student...who they say admitted to writing a threat in a bathroom on campus yesterday. the graffiti threat prompted school officials to dismiss students at staff just before noon. the threat was later determined to be not credible..but there was a beefed up police presence at school today. authorities say they used handwriting analysis to identify the suspect. the teen was booked in sonoma county juvenile hall for making criminal threats (vicki) walmart is raising the minimum age to buy guns and ammunition to those 21 and older. the retail giant will also remove items resembling assault-style rifles from its website, including non-lethal airsoft guns and toys. the company pledged to continue to serve hunters and other sportsmen in a, quote, "responsible way". walmart's decision comes hours after dick's sporting goods announced it would stop selling assault-style weapons similar to the one used in the parkland, florida, school shooting. (vicki) here in the bay area - the news about dicks sporting goods banning assaul

brentwood, 54. 45 in sebastopol. it's quiet already. microclimates developing. here's a look at sfo. we'll need to worry about arrival delays there. it's going to hang around for several days on the roads. still comfy mass transit. hopefully they're turning the air conditioners on for a couple of days. all sunshine can -- the south bay again. 51 at 8:00. already 69 at noon. look at the temperatures in the mid-70s from 1:00 through 7:00. 8:00, still 65 degrees under stars. east bay valleys, 50 this morning. 69 at noon. you're not finished there. look at that, 75 at 2:00 to upper 70s from 4:00 to 6:00 and still a comfy 68 at 8:00. it's going to be a great evening if the kids have outdoor activities. if you like to do a little yard work before going to bed like i do, calm you down a little bit, that's there. temperatures in the upper 50 -- upper 40s. excuse me this time tomorrow morning. got bus think time of the morning. how about today, same pattern? >> a few minor issues that have popped up. nothing major so far. since we've been on the air at 4:30. we are cross

santa rosa, rohnert park, is sebastop sebastopol. you can see, 57 right now in san jose for the warm spot. cupertino, daly city at 51. here's at look at sfo. there's a little wetness on the tarmac. with clouds hanging around. we may have delays arriving. we'll keep an eye on that. sfoors your commute planner, everything revolves around being wet this morning. roads, wet morning commute, mass transit, damp stops this morning and drizzle if you're going to be out on the bay again. here's what happens this afternoon. the clouds thin out. sunshine breaks out. everything dries. we have a really comfortable afternoon with temperatures in the mid to upper 60s. except for the south bay, we'll hit the 70s. may hit a few 70s in the inland east bay areas. let's take a look at the east bay. cloudy up until 10:00. you can see the sunshine break out. temperatures hit the low to mid-60s from noon all the way to about 4:00. then for the north bay, cloudy through 8:00. sunshine starts to break out at 10:00. you hit the mid-60s from 2:00 to 4:00. toni

meanwhile sebastopol police arrested a 16 year-old analy high school student who they say admitted to writing a threat in a bathroom on campus yesterday. authorities say they used handwriting analysis to identify the suspect. the teen was booked in sonoma county juvenile hall...for making criminal threats. (pam) in the east bay... police arrested this man for carrying a loaded gun into an emeryville hotel. a guest called police after the suspect.. san leandro resident james cornn.. reportedly knocked on her door... the caller believed cornn had a weapon... police arrived to the 'courtyard by marriott hotel' on shellmound ...and contacted the suspect ... who is a convicted felon... he allegedly told officers he had a gun in his jacket pocket... which was then removed .. he was arrested. (steve) tonight the california highway patrol is taking aim at those who have targeted tech buses traveling up and down the peninsula. the buses have been hit by b-b's from b-b guns and chp is now using decoy buses and undercover officersto try and catch the shooters. kron 4's j.r. stone is following th

meanwhile sebastopol police arrested a 16 year-old student analy high school student they say admitted to writing a threat in a bathroom on campus yesterday.the graffiti threat prompted school officials to dismiss students at staff just before noon.the threat was later determined to be not credible..but there was a beefed up police presence at school today.authorotoes say they used handwriting analysis to identify the suspect. the teen was booked in sonoma county juvenile hall for making criminal threats ((pam/ots)) tonight.. walmart announced it will now only sell guns and ammunition to those 21 and older. the retail giant says, it will also remove items resembling assault- style rifles from its website, including non- lethal airsoft guns and toys. the move comes after the dicks sporting goods chain announced, it will stop selling assault- style rifles at all of its stores .. that decision comes after learning, the company legally sold a gun to the parkland, florida school shooter. you will now have to be 21 to buy a gun from the nation's largest sporting goods retailer. kron four's t

sebastopol's in there. if it wasn't for the breeze, there will be colder things. we do have a northerly breeze. i expect that to pick up a little bit later. 10 up in truckee. there's that 34 in ukiah and around lake tahoe. truck he was 9. now 10. tahoe city is 21 degrees. lots of sun today. our temps will start to up a little bit. 30s and 40s. we will end up with 60s. maybe a few upper. the winds will decrease tomorrow. sunshine and warmer temps will take us to the end of the week. so march is going out pretty quiet, but that's all right. >> it's a big weekend for people wanting to head outside for church events and easter egg hunts, so that's good. looks pretty nice. >> time to 6:18. pam is one of my favorites. with a lot of fresh snow, the snow -- slopes were packed. >> many businesses depend on that snow. we talked to some of the locals in truckee. >> reporter: even with the sun shining down, mother nature is still spitting out the last of that we can's snowflakes in downtown in truckee. >> it's been snowing. snow, snow, snow. >> reporter: this ends what has be