four members of the westboro baptist church ended up showing up around 8 am.>> we are responding with nonengagement in terms of not countering hate with hate. we are going to counter hate with love. our response will affirm that we are out here to witness for a faith that includes all. all people have worth and dignity. >> it was not clear why the westboro baptist church trojan this particular church. the protesters plan to continue the demonstration in the bay area tuesday morning in front of an elementary school in alamo. >>> a 92-year-old man is recovering after falling into a well in fremont. fremont fire was called out yesterday morning to a farm near driscoll and mission streets where the elderly man fell into the 26 foot deep well when the florist pays -- floor of his pumphouse gave way. the man spent 20 minutes treading for water waiting for rescue teams to arrive. they threw him a life jacket. the 92-year-old man suffered minor injuries but otherwise was okay.>>> the facebook ceo ran an apology letter over the data controversy affecting tens of millions of users. mark zuckerb

members of the mount diablo universalist unitarian church, received word that westboro baptist church plan to protest, the southern poverty law center calls westboro baptist church a hate group that targets the tran44 -- lgbtq community. >> we are going to counter hate with love, and does a few things, we are out here to witness, for a fate that includes all, everyone has dignity. >> it wasn't clear why westboro baptist church members were protesting in front of this particular church in walnut creek, sheriff's were on hand, they plan to continue the demonstrations on tuesday morning in front of an elementary school in alamo. >>> massive crowds gathered in washington and cities across the country yesterday, hundreds of thousands of people showing up in solidarity demanding tougher gun laws in response to the shooting in florida. their message appears to be having an impact. >> reporter: many of the hundreds of thousands of people were students directly affected by gun violence. some in elementary school. they are demanding stricter gun control measures from washington policymakers. >>

another group quietly protested against westboro's message. westboro believes california is being punished with wildfires and floods for breaking the ten commandments. >> every awful thing is continually pouring out on california. you have same-sex marriage. >> i think they need to keep their hate to themselves. this is an opportunity for all of us to go within and to dig really deep and to realize that we're all one and we're all our brother's keepers. >> the westboro group also plans to rally outside an elementary school in alamo on tuesday. >> a man in sonoma county faces several charges of animal abuse after a dead horse was found on his property. the cronicle reports the animal was found in cloverdale and joseph rafael faces 12 counts of animal abuse. investigators say in addition to the dead horses, at least a dozen others showed signs of malnourishment. a neighbor had been secretly feeding the animals after noticing their condition and reported the dead horse to officials. also in the north bay. deputies discovered a cache of weapons wh

(nats westboro)protesters from the westboro baptist church say they came because of this image.its called the gender unicorn created by the trans student educational resources. rancho romero elementary school had a bulletin board maintained by a pta committee that promotes inclusion and diversity.in january the theme of the board was gender stereotypes which featured the gender unicorn.it was up for four hourse during school day. once parents complained it was revised."this is where we found the story and we saw the images so this is where we have to be because our job is to preach the gospel to every creature."but the westboro protesters say their protest isn't just about this school... they say it's about the entire state. of california. "california is the tip of the filth spear and you're paying in deep coin for it." but counter protesters say being here isn't so much about westboro but about sending a message to the community as a whole."i think it's really important to show any families that have a kid that's at all different that we support them and that they're included in our comm

members of the westboro baptist church are planning a demonstration at rancho rom row elementary school in alamo this morning. >> the organization claims the school is encouraging discussion of sexual and gender identity. "today in the bay's" pete suratos is live outside of the school this morning with counterprotests also expected today. pete? >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus and kris. well, we are expecting that counterprotest to begin roughly around 6:00 a.m. but so far we are not seeing any protesters outside of rancho romero elementary school in alamo but it is westboro baptist church that is planning to do this protest in just a couple of hours over what they say are their disagreements with the school when it comes to a gender equality lesson plan, the school's stance on transgender issues, that's what's leading to this protest. this church was considered a controversial hate group in some senses, hating on both sides of the aisle, in fact, our newsroom did some digging overnight on some of the protests that they have had over the years. dating back to more than a decade

the mount diablo unitarian church united in song after 4:members of the westboro baptist church showed up to picket in front of the church yesterday morning. the law center has listed westboro as a hate group that targets the lgbtq community. >> we are responding with physically nonengagement in terms of the -- we are not going to kantar hate with hate. we're going to counter hate with love. and we are going to have a response that does two things, that we are out here to witness for a faith that includes all. >> it's not clear why the westborough chose to protest this particular church. no problems were reported. the westborough protesters say they plan to continue their demonstrations here in the bay area tomorrow morning. outside of rancho romero elementary school in almo. >>> organizers of saturday's national march for our lives plan to build on the success of the event by pressuring congress to pass new gun- control laws. sparked by last month's shootings in florida at marjory stoneman douglas high school in florida. several rallies and marches were held in the bay area. the bigge

we are talking about westboro baptist church. they said they plan to picket outside of rancho romero elementary school in alamo this morning. the -- this is designed to counter the protest. a handful of members with the baptist church so they would be picketing outside of this elementary school. the group is known for its extreme anti- lgbt find that agenda. the organizer of the local counter protest apparently is apparent at a school at another alamo elementary. when she said she heard about the plans, she decided to organized other -- to organize other parents and supporters. >> my hope is that there is a visual, beautiful and powerful message that every child in our community knows they are loved, celebrated, valued for exactly who they are. >> reporter: why is this group coming to this elementary school in alamo? it is not entirely clear. but according to the organizer of the counter protest. rancho romero had a fine on a campus that talked about issues like gender identity that some parents objected to. the sign did get some

members of the controversial westboro baptist church are in the bay area this morning. how parents at an east bay school are fighting to protect their kids from the group and what many call their hate speech. >>> new police video from sacramento and an emotional cry for justice. we hear from sacramento police and the family of the unarmed man who was shot and killed by police. the family and their supporters demand charges be filed. mornings on 2 continues. >> announcer: this is ktvu mornings on 2. >> good morning. thank you for joining us. tuesday morning, almost the end of march, march 27. i'm pam cook. >> i'm dave clark. let's talk about whether or not. steve knows everything. he is right here. >> i try to know some things. much about everything. okay, we do have -- spring training, a smalltime. last one. some nice weather, though. 6:05. 64. the city is sitting at 57 degrees, so it will be a nice little breeze there. i'm thing may 50s across the city -- mid 50s across the the city. 60s to 70s on the temps. looks like it's kind of waning a little bit. it's still out o

some members of the groups sang in celebration when the westboro picketers [ >> ♪ hey, hey, hey, good bite ♪ >> there's no anger or hate. there's none of that victory all or aggressiveness. it is just a really celebratory , joyful, loving group of people. >> a member of the westboro group told ktvu they came to the elementary because they were upset about a sign. it talked about the issues of gender fluidity and gender identity. the sun was up for about a month and it was taken down at the end of january. the school district decided to delay the start of school to accommodate the people. >>> oakland teachers are protesting this week to call attention to their stalled contract talks. the teachers have been working without a contract now for nearly nine months. they see as part of their protest, dave decided not to do any work outside of their paid work day. that includes writing lesson plans, grading student work, or attending unpaid meetings before or after school. the teachers are calling for more paid planning time, higher salaries and smaller size -- class sizes. >>> is present d

the westboro protesters say the plan to continue their demonstrations here in the bay area tomorrow morning outs i'd -- outside of an elementary school. >>> organizers of saturday's national march for our lives plan to build on the success of the event by bill -- pressuring congress to pass new gun- control laws. taking part in demonstrations against gun violence. it was sparked by last month's shootings at marjory stoneman douglas high school. several rallies and marches were held right here at the bay area. the biggest was in san francisco. speaking out, demanding that lawmakers take action. >> i'm here because i am sick and tired of seeing innocent children and people getting killed by the gun. >> it's going to affect this generation. so it needs to be right. we don't want to mess up this generation wants to fix the problems. >> reporter: -- >> dine find stan pushed a band, but that expired in 2004. she's been trying to get it approved again. it's going to need backing from twice that number to pass. >>> organizers in washington, dc have made about 800,000 demonstrators joined their marc

that may be how the group westboro baptist church found out about it. that candace based group has been listed -- kansas-based group has been listed as a hate group. wendy learned about this extremist group coming to the school, they decided to counter it with a non-engaging positive display of unity. it could be as many as 50 or more plan to stand around the school holding hands. they are also going to be carrying rainbow colored umbrellas. >> i'm an antidiscrimination attorney. we feel very strongly on everyone being treated equal and we want to make sure we send a message to the children that we love them regardless of who they are and we want to make sure they feel safe and comfortable going to their school. >> five members of this same extremist group westboro baptist church held a picket outside the church on sunday in walnut creek. in response, more than 150 members of the congregation came out in display of unity and solidarity. they were singing songs, holding up signs. there were no problems, no phone close -- complex. law-enforcement officers

the westboro members carried signs with their usual messages of hate against the lgbt community. local demonstrators countered with rainbows and signs of their own. police is sheriffs deputies were there to keep the peace but no problems were reported. >> i just don't understand how people can come out and protest against other people in the form of their own hatred and against their fellow residents. it just doesn't make any sense to me. i'm glad people stand up against that. >> we asked them why they chose walnut creek in particular but they didn't give us much of an answer except to say that souls are everywhere. >> a fire that tore through part of a church in san francisco may have been set deliberately. an employee at christ church lutheran opened up the building this morning smelled smoke and called 911. firefighters got the fire under control quickly. but the flames had already caused extensive damage to sunday school classrooms in the basement. investigators spoke with the head pastor. >> they're doing an arson investigation. they said that they were excel rant marks on t

westboro members think california is being punished for breaking the ten commandments. >> every awful thing is continually pouring out on the state of california. you have same-sex marriage. >> i think they need to keep their hate to themselves. i think that this is an opportunity for all of us to go within and to dig really deep and to realize we're all one and all our brother's keepers. >> tomorrow the westboro group plans to protest at an elementary school welcoming a transgender child. >>> steph curry will not play in the first round of the playoffs after injuring his knee friday night. he suffered a grade two sprain of his mcl. before yesterday's game, curry disagreed with kerr. >> hopefully i prove what coach said wrong and put myself in a position to get back as soon as possible. but right now, who knows? try do my job in the rehab process and get back as soon as i can and control my presence with the team and everything -- help anyway i can while not on the floor. >> curry will be reevaluated april 14th, the first day of the playoffs. >>> fingers crossed he's okay. >> everythi

there was a counter protest that was scheduled here, definitely out numbered the westboro protesters. they were all holding rainbow umbrellas. we talked with a representative from the church about why they came here. >> this school is nationally known for teaching little children that can't even read yet. they use graphic images to teach them to rebel against god. >> reporter: the school district actually delayed the start of school so kids won't be here until after 10:00 this morning. >> thanks. >>> breaking news just into the kron4 newsroom. facebook sources say that ceo mark zuckerburg has come to terms with the affected that he will have to testify before congress within a matter of weeks. facebook is planning the strategy for his testimony. insiders believe that his willingness to testify will put pressure on ceos of google and twitter to do the same thing. senate judiciary committee has invited all three ceos to a hearing on data privacy on april 10. >>> in the east bay, off ramp at port chicago highway and concord reopened. the ramp was closed until earlier because of a police

but that protest by the westboro baptist church is expected to take place at 8:00 a.m. pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> hopefully everything is remaining peaceful this morning. thank you, pete. >>> protests are expected in oakland at alameda county supervisors vote to fund a controversial law enforcement training program called urban shield. at least one local group of activists say that the material militarizes law enforcement agencies. they plan to protest before this morning's meeting. last month supervisors voted to continue with training but also called for changes. >>> so far no specific comment from president trump or his personal lawyer after a nud lawsuit filed by stormy daniels that takes things up a notch. the new suit filed yesterday claims that the president's personal attorney michael cohen defamed daniels by saying she lied about her affair with the president years ago. the suit access cohen of breaking campaign finance law by paying daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about it. the white house continues to insist there was no affair and shoots down dan

coming up next on the "kron4" news westboro baptist church will be at a school protesting a transgender student and we have that story coming up in a live report. >>> a man recovering after a pine tree fell on top of him and we will tell you what caused that tree to fall. and a car pulled from lake. yesterday afternoon and how this is leaving police with more questions than answers in the death of two people and a live look outside. chilly outside and we are in store for a warm up and strom has the forecast after the break. stay with us. fries have been crinkled, curled, waffled. but they've never been... nachoed. golden fries dusted in mexican-spices with a side of warm nacho cheese sauce. new $1 nacho fries from taco bell. taste what's next in fries. sfx: bong >>> breaking news. we have major police activity on a highway. >> let's go to "kron4" will tran. >> i'm on highway four headed towards pittsburgh and you can see the flares behind me and officers have shut down the on ramp and it looks like more chip officers are on their way here and i saw some blot test driving past this block

in the east bay, a protest outside of an elementary school in alamo by members of the controversial westboro baptist church. members of that church travel around the country protesting against the lgbtq community. this morning that the protest targets rancho romero elementary school in alamo but we're not sure why that school is being targeted. it may be because of a recent poster at the school that encouraged discussion about sexual and gender identity. a statement released by the san ramon valley school district said, quote, our primary concern is the safety of the students. the staff and the parents. we have a plan in place to hopefully mitigate the protest in our school. >>> on sunday, more than hundred 50 members of a walnut creek church sang songs and held signs to counter approach -- counterprotests. it wasn't clear why the church was targeted for a protest. >>> alt -- also new this morning, a driver led several chp officers on a chase across three bay area counties. it started when the driver of the truck drove through a toned off construction zone. there was a cease the officer stat

members of the westboro baptist church will be at alamo's ranch elementary school claiming they discuss gender identity. they held a similar protest in walnut creek last week. we did take a look at the past notable protests. protesters protested at matthew shepherd's funeral. in 2006 the group protested at the funeral of matthew snyder, a u.s. marine killed in iraq. a lawsuit followed, but the supreme court sided with the church's right to protest. the church also protested after the pulse nightclub shooting. >>> the san carlos city council has approved adding another license plate reader in the city. there are already about a dozen such readers in san carlos. late last night the council voted to expand the program and keep the data collected for up to a year rather than six months. costs to cover the expansion would be slightly more than $100,000. >>> coming up on "today in the bay," will yesterday's big gains on wall street continue? next an early check of the market. >>> and race to the top. all new, apple's push to return to the head of the class when it comes to the devices that yo

the westboro baptist church with a hate group based in kansas. out of respect for family members tied to the issue the aclu is pulling back to focus its efforts on fundraising campaigns for transgender youth. but again parents who support the school still plan to be there. >>> right now taking a look at what's going on weatherwise for you. going to be a nice day today. >> it does start out cool but with all of this sunshine it will be a warmer day. as we take a live look outside from our san bruno mountain camera looking over san francisco it is such a nice start. as you head out the door we are going to have some 40s, but look at where we're headed today, up to 65 in san francisco, santa rosa 75 degrees and 72 in san jose, livermore and morgan hill. in concord look for a high of 76, oakland 69 and our temperatures will stay warm and also clear. weather over the next several days our warmest day moving in by wednesday into thursday. >>> let's get an update on the commute. >> northbound 280 still slow but looks like they've cleared the lanes at wo

the westboro baptist church known for years for their protest at military funerals and having an antilbgtq agenda, classified by the southern poverty law center as a hate group. why they are here is not entirely clear, but it'sen in a message of unity in response to the hateful messages. i have with me kevin wilk, a city councilman from walnut creek, and you decided to come out today. what were you concerned about or watching for? what encouraged you? really to support the group coming out to show love and acceptance and opposing the hate groups. why they chose walnut group, i'm not sure. i have always stood against these hate groups, and i'm so proud to see the residents coming out at the different churches to show their support for the acceptance we have in town. >> reporter: and the police had advanced notice, and of course the city probably had advanced notice. were you expecting something different today? >> no. we have had marches, just like yesterday's march for life, and we had about 10,000 people at civic park, and i was expecting it to be very peaceful and just singing and really

but the hate group westboro baptist church is trying to bring negative attention because he's gay. jake bain, high school football player:"from the beginning i wanted to just be myself and i wanted to show people around st. louis and everywhere that you can be whoever you want to be."local support groups including pride st. louis are denouncing the group's planned protest scheduled to happen at the school.landon brownfield, pride st. louis:"we need to speak out where there is hate when their is prejudice, it is incumbent upon us to speak out and challenge that."bain admits at first he was bothered by the upcoming protest, but he is confident his supporters are bound to outnumber those looking to spread hate.jake bain, high school football player:"i was able to realize that if this international hate group is coming after me and my community then we must be doing something right."andy abbott, head of john burroughs school:"we like to say we want students to bring their identities with them when they come to school." (steve) the church protest and the counter-rally will be held on mo

. >> reporter: these parents were standing up to the westboro baptist church who came out here unhappy that the school is openly discussing jernld identity. this school is known for being controversial including protests in the past against the lgbt community. in fact, winter of organizers was wearing a shirt that we cannot show on television, pro claiming her stance against the lgbt community. i spoke with the school grikt the situation. he said there was a bulletin board put up in january that focused on gender stereo types. she said it was approved to a committee, the specific purpose is to focus diversity and inclusion. >> that became something, it was up for about four hours where there are some questions about the contents of it and it was revised and we moved on. >> there were only a handful of protesters with the church. with the protest barely lasting 30 minutes. the sheriff's office kept things in line with both sides remaining peaceful. the message from parents counter protesting, it was loud and clear. >> you don't stay home when hate announces it is showing up at your door

you may have heard of the westboro baptist church based in kansas. sometimes the protests are at funerals. from time to time they have brought their ral causes to the bay area as well. now they plan , the aclu is calling for a koirnl protest. >>> new details on a deadly stabbing outside of the chinese christian dmuch san francisco west do know that, we do know how the suspect, how old the suspect and the victim are. police say that a 30-year-old woman was stabbed yesterday on chester avenue. the paramedics rushed that woman to the hospital. sadly she did not make it. they also took 42-year-old man to the hospital. police believe he may have stabbed himself. the neighbors say they are surprise that had this happened outside of an otherwise quiet church. >> police are investigating. they believe the crime is connected to domestic violence. >>> as easter sunday approaches, a fire in a church is being called suspicious. >> it sparked at christ lutheran. christi smith talked to churchgoers and leaders. >> where do you begin should. >> reporter: he tans ch

creek church sang songs and held up signs in solitary against a planned protest by the kansas taste westboro baptist church. [ singing ] >> reporter: congregants of the unitarian church received words that members of a baptist church in kansas plan to picket in front of the church. the southern poverty law center has listed this group as a hate group that targets the l.g.b.t.q. community. members showed up outside of the church this morning. >> we are responding with non- engagement in terms of not countering hate with hate. we are going to have a response that does two things. we will affirm that we are out here to witness for a faith that includes all. all people have dignity. >> it is not clear why the church is being protested. will not creek police and deputies were on hand. no problems were reported. the protesters say they plan to continue their demonstrations tuesday morning. they will go to an elementary school. >>> there were crowds in washington, san francisco and in cities across the country to push for stricter gun laws. what happens next? the student's message appears to be hav

children will be greeted by protesters as they arrive at school tomorrow morning, this is an element, the westboro baptist church from out of state will be protesting trans use. -- youth. the schools say they are focusing on safety and they have a plan in the event the product gets out of hand. counter protesters are also planning to be at the school tomorrow morning.>>> the sun was shining today, finally giving a glimpse of spring. >> chief meteorologist lawrence carter is here to explain it. i know you like the rent -- rain but now we don't have that anymore. >> is nice to see the sunshine after days and days of rain. nice to have a son back and it will stick around. that ridge of high pressure is going to strengthen, that will bring up more sunshine and some beautiful skies like this over seven cisco, we are looking good toward the brave bridge -- bay bridge, not that cold tomorrow morning we start out with cool temperatures but not freezing in the 40s and 50s, tomorrow is a good day to get outside and enjoy your lunchtime with some beautiful weather. 60s all across the board here, even some up

you may have heard that many of those people are westboro baptist church, this is based in kansas, but from time to time members have brought their radical causes to the bay area. now they are planning to protest over what they say is an issue regarding transgender police tied to local elementary schools. the aclu is among groups calling for counter protests. >>> the reverend al sharpton is among those planning to attend the funeral for an unarmed man shot and killed by sacramento police. stephon clark was holding a cellphone when officers shot and killed him on march 18th. police say they didn't know it was a cellphone, they thought it was a gun. police body camera video shows officers firing 20 times after telling clark to show his hands. that shooting sparked outage and protests in the sacramento area. >>> the sacramento kings basketball team is among those showing support for stephon clark. before last night's game you can see the players wearing black t-shirts, they read, accountability, we are one. on the back there is a hashtag with stephon clark's name on t listen as police cal

you may have heard of the westboro baptist church based out of kansas. they're planning to protest over what they say is an issue regarding transgender people tied to a local elementary school. the aclu is among groups calling for a counterprotest as well. >>> developing this morning san jose police just confirmed a driver who was under the influence smashed into about a dozen cars parked in a neighborhood this weekend. neighbors sprang into action to detain that suspect who was sent to the hospital and is expected to be okay. this happened early yesterday morning on menker avenue south of scott street. neighbors say after smashing one of those cars the driver zigzagged down the street striking more cars before coming to a stop. >> and the whole neighborhood was out here trying to stop him. they were crowded around his car, we opened his door, we took his seat belt off and pulled him out. we were just trying to just have him lay there until the authorities came. >> neighbors tell us this isn't a one time thing for them. they say it seems like at least on