basically, the size of all across, you know, she did the san wayne, she just said the night, the state south ways. and if you know, we have these dogs with russia, we child brain and which will did cool some good reviews for security. he was immediate in go to guarantee for this war there. and as you know, most of the european stepped. yes. yeah, but i mean, you're the best the change but but we're good but we're in a very, very sad place. george, this is also kind of like thinking about the aftermath of $945.00 to outside power is russia in the united states determining the fate of europe. but the europeans, a lot of this time ok, wasn't because they didn't have the capacity. it's, you know, they have the e o as a larger population, a larger g p, the united states, but it is acting in such a placid manner. ok, i mean, in 1045, your was bank which it was destroyed. but this is just a lack of leadership and foresight in a god. awful ideology. george. yes, that's right. i mean the, the europeans have been talking since the 1980s about how they're going to develop a european security and

i'm ken wayne. san francisco is in the low 40's. as you can see on your screen, we've already seeing some snow in parts of the bay area. >> and more snow could be on the way from force. chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is taking it all in and he has the latest details for us. yeah, i would see the couple of pop-up snow showers around the bay area. even. >> this evening, doppler radar tracking some of that activity outside right now. clouds begin to move on through that cold air still getting colder tonight and tomorrow, too. and i think that will set the stage 4 looks like some pretty amazing weather for the bay area outside. right now, you've got cloudy skies over san francisco. a few scattered showers begin to pop up and very cold air settling in for tonight. in fact, tonight's lows, 20's and 30's. you get numbers like that. get some precipitation. certainly we're going to be talking about some low snow level. so unusually low snow may be sticking down to about 1000 feet, at least in the north bay, 1500 feet elsewhere around th

i'm ken wayne and i'm catherine heenan. >> the san francisco fire department says there was a gas leak inside a van near the intersection of john daly pero serra boulevard. a 500 foot perimeter was set up around the van. crews used a robot to investigate kron four's. rob nesbitt has been on the scene throughout the day and rob, it is now confirmed that this was, in fact, the same van that was used to

i'm ken wayne and i'm catherine heenan. >> the san francisco fire department says there was a gas leak inside a van near the intersection of john daly pero serra boulevard. a 500 foot perimeter was set up around the van. crews used a robot to investigate kron four's. rob nesbitt has been on the scene throughout the day and rob, it is now confirmed that this was, in fact, the same van that was used to >> take materials from the home that exploded yesterday in the sunset district. so bring us the latest. >> ken and catherine. that's right. it was confirmed that is the same band. the road has now reopened. but for 7 hours of the shutdown when that van that was carrying flammable evidence, experience a gas leak at a hazmat investigation had to be done in the middle of the street. >> this is the band being loaded with evidence friday morning in san francisco, jonathan backs over the san francisco fire department was on scene assisting. he says a few hours later the driver with the city's crime lab had to pull over here in daly city, one of the items that was being transported started to jus

waynes. and if you know, we have these dogs with russia, we job brain and which will, did google some good reviews for security. he was immediate in go to guarantee for this war there. and most of the european stepped. yes. yeah. but you're the in the change. but but we're, we're in a very, very sad place. george, this is also kind of like thinking about the aftermath of $945.00 to outside power is russia in the united states determining the fate of europe. but the europeans, a lot of this time. ok, was it because they didn't have the capacity it's, you know, they have the e as a larger population, a larger g, d p, the united states, but it is acting in such a placid manner. ok, i mean, and i think 45 years was bank which it was destroyed. but this is just a lack of leadership and foresight in a god. awful ideology. george. yes, that's right. i mean the, the europeans have been talking since the 1980s about how they're going to develop a european security and defense identity. and that would

i'm ken wayne and >> from the bay area's local news station. you're watching kron. 4 news at 6. i have decided to separate from chief leronne armstrong from the city. >> without cause. >> oakland's police chief is out of a job tonight after oakland mayor sheng tao announces he's been fired from the department. good evening. i'm ken wayne and i'm catherine heenan in for pam moore. >> chief armstrong had been on paid administrative leave since january 19th for his handling of to misconduct investigations involving a police sergeant kron four's dan thorn was there when the mayor officially fired. the chief un has the latest. it appears another leader for oakland's police department. the mayor. >> deciding to let the chief go earlier today. she says it was in decision that was not easy, but it was one that was necessary for progress here in the city of oakland. this all started when ron armstrong was put on administrative leave for an investigation that was opening over armstrong's handling of officer misconduct. one incident involving a police sergeant reportedly firing a gun insid

. >> now at 10, a street vendor brutally beaten up outside the sep center in downtown san jose. thanks for joining us. i'm ken wayne and i'm catherine heenan. >> kron four's justin campbell talked to the woman who caught that brutal beating on video.

. >> now at 10, a street vendor brutally beaten up outside the sep center in downtown san jose. thanks for joining us. i'm ken wayne and i'm catherine heenan. >> kron four's justin campbell talked to the woman who caught that brutal beating on video. >> so video captures the moment a street vendor really kicked in the face. multiple witnesses say the assault came after a disagreement over a hot dog. the guy know wanting to pay for some hot dogs or i think like the speed of service him, the man being a little too slow. i guess kim laura shot this tiktok video. she says the fight happened thursday night after a mexican singer's concert at the sapd center. laura says growing up in the hispanic community, she was taught to look out for the street vendors, someone within your own. >> community and hispanic and knows the trouble that us that are street vendors go through decide to lower himself and the be the reason of it's very heartbreaking. so. it is it's a loss of words. >> laura says the vendor eventually got back up, started selling hot dogs and then was attacked again by the ma

comes as one of the attackers is apologizing now for their actions for sarah stinson has the story. >> wayne or shine people really showed up in san jose to support the 2 street vendors who were attacked. can see they've got their tense up. people have umbrellas raincoats. they came ready to eat and ready to feel >> we all the people the players. >> me and god reconco is feeling very supported by the community after seeing all these people show up at the street, vendor biota event for cocoa is selling hot dogs on the street in front of safety center. but he was brutally beaten by a person on february. 16th. he was hospitalized for injuries to his eyes, nose and face. he's still be wet. i mean, police are still looking for his attacker, another food vendor. carlos sanchez was attacked in front of in tax auto parts the following saturday video shows a man coming out of a nearby business with a baseball bat and attacking sanchez. police arrested the owner of nearby in tax auto parts, kenny home in connection with the attack. the shop's facebook page has been flooded with negative comments since

moore and ken wayne are here with a look at what they're working. so we'd story. thank you, vicki and grant coming up tonight at 6 days after that explosion destroyed a home in san francisco sunset district investigators revealing what they discovered inside and why that could help them figure out other things about this case and shake shack is settling a $20,000 lawsuit. >> after facing allegations of discrimination and bullying. why an employee in oakland. lot of details on the case coming up. i'm ken wayne. i'm pam moore. the news at 6 is next. >> from the bay area's local news station. you're watching kron. 4 news at >> now at 6, we are learning a lot more about the san francisco sunset district home that exploded last week, killing one person seriously, injuring another. tonight, investigators confirm a drug lab was revealed in the rubble. thank you for joining us for kron. 4 news at 6. i'm pam moore. i'm ken wayne. one man was arrested friday after investigators say they found evidence of an active illegal narcotics manufacturing facility. kron four's theres

a san francisco officials confirm the city's first death from a deadly new street drug. i'm ken wayne. i'm pam moore. the news at 6 is next. >> from the bay area's local news station. you're watching kron. 4 news at 6. the defendant entered personally entered a plea of not guilty to all charges. >> he gave up his right to a speedy preliminary hearing. >> the man accused of murdering 7 of his co-workers at 2 farms in half. moon bay pleaded not guilty in court today. thank you for joining us for kron. 4 news at 6. i'm pam moore. i'm ken wayne. chunli. zhao faces 7 counts of murder. one count of attempted murder in connection to that mass shooting 3 weeks ago. kron four's rob nesbitt was in the courtroom and has more on what happened during today's plea hearing. chunli zhao appeared in court with his 2 attorneys pleading not guilty to all charges against him through a mandarin interpreter. cameras captured the moment but information the case is hard to get because of a gag order that was issued last week after judge elizabeth hill read the murder charges against chunli zhao

i'm ken wayne. we have team coverage tonight. kron four's dan thorn live for us in san francisco ahead of some flood barriers they plan on setting up four's. justin campbell is in san jose talking to homeowners who now have to deal with damage from fallen trees. but first, let's check in with our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. some amazing weather. at least the potential coming our way. >> artist seeing some snow flurries show up today. it's more continuing tonight. the best i think is yet to come outside tonight. we do have some passing snow showers rolling through the bay are

i'm ken wayne. we have team coverage tonight. kron four's dan thorn live for us in san francisco ahead of some flood barriers they plan on setting up four's. justin campbell is in san jose talking to homeowners who now have to deal with damage from fallen trees. but first, let's check in with our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. some amazing weather. at least the potential coming our way. >> artist seeing some snow flurries show up today. it's more continuing tonight. the best i think is yet to come outside tonight. we do have some passing snow showers rolling through the bay area right now. so here we i think we're going to see some very interesting weather here in the next 48 hours out of the golden gate bridge that you might see a flake or 2 even move by there. that's hard to get right down to sea level. that's a possibility. the strong downdraft, very cold weather pattern settling in now. freezing temperatures overnight tonight, 20's and 30's for overnight lows. tomorrow. going to see that unusually low snow. i think tomo

i'm ken wayne. i'm pam moore. the national weather service issued a high wind warning for parts of the north bay and san francisco, which will last until tomorrow morning for u.s. chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joining us with a look at what to expect. we knew the winds are going to come. but boy, this is really something. what a change. i mean, just from 24 hours ago, we had 60's and 70's, everybody. >> feeling like spring. and then today you get slapped with those strong gusty winds out there. we see the power outages, the trees coming down and the winds going to be with him throughout the night tonight. you can see the camera shaking as it looks out toward the golden gate bridge. >> all those strong, gusty winds of 40, even 50 plus mile an hour gusts out there for today. they'll continue overnight. tonight, the high wind warnings going to continue along the coastline throughout the night tonight until 9 o'clock in the morning. the advisories for winds going continue into the afternoon, but gusty winds all

i'm ken wayne and i'm catherine heenan. we've got breaking news to tell you about out of santa cruz county. a one year-old child. >> has been seriously injured after a redwood tree fell into the child's home. this is in boulder creek. firefighters say the tree fell into the living room pending that child underneath they were able to free the child and take i'm we don't know. it was a little boy little girl but took them to the valley medical center in san jose. firefighters say 4 other people were inside the house at the time. the red cross is helping them to find shelter. we have team coverage tonight on those strong winds around the bay area. kron four's justin campbell and amanda hari are covering. >> storm damage all over the bay area. but first, let's check in with our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. yeah, dangerous winds around the bay area today. we've seen some of that damage already. numerous power outages. numerous trees coming down and power lines to those winds continuing to whip outside tonight and probabl

i'm ken wayne. dharmesh patel has been charged with attempted murder and child abuse. >> he pleaded not guilty. did a kron four's rob nesbitt was in the courtroom and has the details.

i'm ken wayne, i'm pam moore. the news at 6 is next. >> from >> the bay area's news station. you're watching kron. 4 news at 6. >> now at 6 after howling winds roared into the bay area, leaving behind scores of downed trees, damaged homes and power outages. now a bitter cold snap is set to hit the bay area tonight, bringing freezing temperatures and even a chance of snow to some areas. thank you for joining us for kron. 4 news at 6. i'm pam moore. i'm ken wayne. there are several weather threats over the next few days. >> kron four's chief meteorologist lawrence karnow here with a look at what to expect in. lawrence, i know you're you're pretty excited about all big weather coming through. it's fascinating. i mean, maybe we haven't seen an event like this since may be about 1976. i mean, we could really see some unusually low snow levels, not like we're going to see white out conditions. you're not going to be skiing down. lombard what we can see that some unusual of maybe twin peaks. we see it there. i would be surprised if somebody standing up there. >> and they see some sn

i'm ken wayne and i'm catherine heenan. 51 year-old dimitri mission was arrested last friday. he was accused of shooting inside the shoe near some center synagogue on balboa street kron four's. dan kerman has the latest on the investigation. >> it is clear that anti-semitism is still active in strong. even here in san francisco, san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins says the man who entered the schneerson center synagogue last week and started shooting. what turned out to be blanks. >> targeted the jewish community for who they are and what

i'm ken wayne. the recent events prompting calls to expand mental health services, especially for the api community. >> that was the focus of a gathering today in san francisco's richmond district kron four's dan kerman reports. >> the last couple weeks has been fairly traumatic in particular for the api community was shootings

i'm ken wayne. the recent events prompting calls to expand mental health services, especially for the api community. >> that was the focus of a gathering today in san francisco's richmond district kron four's dan kerman reports. >> the last couple weeks has been fairly traumatic in particular for the api community was shootings that occurred and half moon bay as well as in monterey park. primarily impacting each americans. san francisco assemblymember phil ting says that coupled with the surge of hate attacks directed at the api community during the covid-19 pandemic. >> has created a huge demand for mental health services. that's why he was pleased to announce friday he had secured 6 and a half million dollars in state funds for rams are richmond district nonprofit which provides community mental health services at a time. >> when so many folks nation, commute really feel under threat. this organization in particular has been a safe haven for some of the families. some of the low income families in

i'm ken wayne. dharmesh patel has been charged with attempted murder and child abuse. >> he pleaded not guilty. did a kron four's rob nesbitt was in the courtroom and has the details. dhar-mesh patel stood behind glass while his attorney read a not guilty plea to all charges. 3 counts of premeditated. >> and delivered attempted murder we believe the evidence will show intentionally driving his family off a cliff with the intent to kill chief deputy district attorney for san mateo county. sean gallagher. >> says the 41 year-old doctor from pasadena drove his tesla off devil's slide in january, but tells wife and 2 children. a 7 year-old girl and 4 year-old boy were inside the car at the time are active asleep. all 4 survived the 250 foot drop somewhat of a miracle that there were. >> they survived and that there wasn't injury. i think everyone who work the scene and recover the victims from that. we're we're expecting worse. the defense attorney reference the fact that tells wife does not want him pr

i'm ken wayne and i'm catherine heenan. 51 year-old dimitri mission was arrested last friday. he was accused of shooting inside the shoe near some center synagogue on balboa street kron four's. dan kerman has the latest on the investigation. >> it is clear that anti-semitism is still active in strong. even here in san francisco, san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins says the man who entered the schneerson center synagogue last week and started shooting. what turned out to be blanks. >> targeted the jewish community for who they are and what they believe that something that will not be tolerated by this office or by myself. >> or by the city. jenkins made the comments at a news conference wednesday. well, announcing she's charged. 51 year-old jeannette remission with 2 felonies. among them interference with religious worship. >> that comes with a hate crime enhancement. she says that's based on statements he made at the time of the incident and social media posts. >> we provided with a link social media accounts. what i believe was facebook with several postings an ind

i'm ken wayne. the people in that video shaken up by what happened. the good news is it wasn't bullets. it was believed to be blanks that were shot on 4. sarah stinson joins us here in the studio tonight with more of the video. >> san francisco police and the fbi are looking for help in identifying the shooter in this video who opened fire into the schmear son center. it's a synagogue open for prayer daily. i talked with people at that synagogue who call this a targeted attack. >> crazy. i didn't know that the >> me this feels like an act of terrorism. a deal to terrify the jewish people here. the only reason i can think of someone doing this. the vice president of the in the center a nicole of >> wasn't there. when shots rang out of the synagogue. but he reviewed the surveillance video the next morning, terrified and shocked. the night of february. first looked like any other night at the center on belbo street, a night of prayer and gathering over food and drinks. but that night around 7.20, a man walked in with a gun hidden in his jacket, took some

i'm catherine heenan and i'm ken wayne. that house exploded and burst into flames in the city's outer sunset district yesterday. one person died. 2 others were injured. kron four's theresa stasi has been at the scene all day long in the city and she joins us live now with more. theresa. >> well, good evening, a special team of investigators that make up this task force and those representatives come from the fire department as well as the district attorney's office and the police department. they are all put together and they have are created to make the arson task force to try and figure out what caused this destructive blaze. crews carefully pulled out items from the home that will be examined closely by a joint. san francisco arson task force. >> you can see this video taken earlier friday. there were multiple large tanks recovered what appears to be several small refrigerator units and possibly a boiler at this point. >> it's that has to be done in a safe manner. it's more like an archaeological dig. we've taken layer b

i'm ken wayne. the boy's name is jack traxler. the california department of fish and wildlife says the attack was unprovoked and the boy's mother saved his life. >> by picking him up and carrying a boy to safety. this is where they encounter that mountain lion, the 1000 block of to need u.s. creek road. this is south and between half moon bay in redwood city, on the peninsula in the foothills there. kron four's rob nesbitt has the story. this is the area of san mateo county with the california department of fish and wildlife says the mountain lion attack occurred. >> but they don't want the public to be concerned. they say you're more likely to be attacked by a domestic dog, the new our mountain lion. they are commonly spotted by the public but using their game cameras, the bay area puma project has been able to out lines on the peninsula. this video taken on the same property where 5 year-old jack trexler was attacked while walking with his mom tuesday evening. wildlife ecologist alice granato says the boy ran ahead and came acro

i'm ken wayne. that cold combined with that storm system that moves through, brought some snowy conditions to the bay area today. you know that. >> from mount diablo to mount tam down to the santa cruz mountains. snow closing down roadways and park snarling traffic and generally causing problems out there. but it's some lower elevations. the don't generally seew.

i'm ken wayne. that cold combined with that storm system that moves through, brought some snowy conditions to the bay area today. you know that. >> from mount diablo to mount tam down to the santa cruz mountains. snow closing down roadways and park snarling traffic and generally causing problems out there. but it's some lower elevations. the don't generally see snow. a lot of people are out there having a good time and that winter weather in a good way. alright, look who's joining us now. here's somebody that can tell us all about it. lawrence karnow with what's happening to yes. so we had a record cold low this morning. we had a record cold high today, which is 49 degrees. that broke a record back to the 1800's. i mean, yeah, we could be looking to records again tonight. but yeah, everybody is talking about the snow. i mean, just amazing scene that come down yet snows in the bay area. but this >> was a lot of snow. we're talking more than a foot of snow. mount hamilton, 14 inches. >> we're probably

i'm ken wayne. i'm moore. one person was killed, 2 others injured in that blast which happened shortly after 9 o'clock this morning. but >> fire crews

i'm ken wayne. i'm moore. one person was killed, 2 others injured in that blast which happened shortly after 9 o'clock this morning. but >> fire crews are still out on the site sorting through the debris. kron 4 sarah stinson also there and she joins us now with the latest on the investigation. sarah. >> can you imagine? i mean, 12 hours ago, people who live beyond this yellow tape, they ran out from their home, rushed scared for their lives. after hearing the explosion and some of them are still not allowed inside the blankets on pajama. still on some of them at the red cross center at sunset rec center. let's start where it all began this morning. take a >> for people who live in this part of san francisco's outer sunset neighborhood. the morning of thursday, february 9th started out just like any other day. people working from home parents taking their kids to school when a loud explosion happened around 9.20, on 22nd avenue. >> because i and then was a fire. and i think >> liz, when lives here and saw it a

i'm ken wayne and i'm catherine heenan. police say they >> booked a 53 year-old resident for manslaughter, manufacturing drugs. >> 2 counts of child endangerment. we're expecting get more details from the police will keep you updated as we get them. the explosion yesterday killed one person injured 2 others. the impact shattered glass on neighboring houses and carson. the outer sunset. meantime, the investigation continues into what caused that explosion. kron four's terisa stasio has more. >> throughout the day, crews carefully pulled out items from the home that will be examined closely by a joint san francisco arson task force. you can see this video taken earlier friday. there were multiple large tanks recovered what appears to b

i'm ken wayne and i'm catherine heenan. there really were some breathtaking views today. the snow made things. >> a beautiful and many places across the bay area. we've got video from the hills above san mateo county, an unusual sight for people in one site. >> very strained definitely not typical this area at all. you know, never. >> in all the winters expend, hear what i ever have thought it would snowed. it's it's just so far out of the realm expectations. >> kron 4 chief meteorologist lawrence karnow has been tracking the storm. he'll be a little big question. is lawrence got more snow coming? yeah, actually, we're seeing a little more snow showing up around the bay area tonight. i think as we get into this next week, we've got another series of cold storms coming in. maybe not as cold as this one. we're going to see more snow, least across the higher peaks and not unusual for us to get snow on mountain peaks here in the bay area. but it was the amounts that we saw today really just incredible over a foot of snow at mount hamilton. almost a foot in los gatos. how abou