(pam) now at ten: a very dangerous storm system expected to slam the hawaiian islands. a live look from waikiki beach ... which is calm now, but that will soon change. (pam) hurricane lane is expected to weaken before it makes landfall.. but there are still serious concerns about... flash flooding... and damaging winds. good evening im pam moore. (ken)and im ken wayne. it's now a catergory four hurricane as it pushes closer to hawaii.let's go straight over to chief meteorologist lawrence karnow who has been tracking this storm for us. lawrence what is the latest ? lawrence karnow: hurricane lane is headed for hawaii. it's a major hurricane and will likely effect all of the islands with flooding back in the bay area it was a little warmer today with more sunshine with 70s and 80s

inland and 60s at the coast. on the satellite you can see a couple of weak areas of low pressure moving across the pacifice. it will help kepp temperatures cooler than normal with slight warming this weekend. (ken) thanks lawrence... joining us now live from honolulu - kron 4's mark this weekend.slight warming normal with slight warming this weekend.

(ken) thanks lawrence... joining us now live from honolulu - kron 4's mark carpenter... mark is from hawaii so he knows what it feels like to prepare for this type of storm. (pam)mark, what is it like right now... ?

(ken) this storm (ken) this storm has people on the islands stocking up... (pam)store shelves have been wiped out as people prepare to

hunker down. we are joined live on skype by alan richmond of the hawaii police department... alan- where are you right now and what is it like there tonight?

(ken) and we are tracking 'hurricane lane' on kron-4 dot com. there you will find an interactive map.... as well as full forecasts of conditions around hawaii... it's all at kron-4 dot com. and always stay connected with push alerts from our free mobile app.

(ken)here in the bay area: a local rescue team in menlo park has been deployed.36 members of california's urban search and rescue task force left for oahu in advance of hurricane lane.kron 4's ali reid joins us live from the menlo park fire district with details on the deployment .... ali ? the fire district was put on alert last night .... there are actually 3 teams heading to hawaii from the west coast ... here in menlo park .... san diego and washington.pkgit was chaotic todayhurricane lane is expected to be a powerful stormwhen we're needed, we're neededmenlo park sent 3 dozen search and rescue personnel. just after midday

they loaded up on a bus and headed to san francisco airport. the team .... made up of rescuers with advanced search and rescue capabilities, flew out on 7 different planes. there was also 40-thusand pounds of equipment, and 2 search dogs. we have civilian professionals, doctors, heavy equipment operators ... so all these different specialties are brought together.the team is always ready to head out on missions, but this particular call was tough. they recently finished moving into a new facility last week, and got word tuesday night about today's deployment. they quickly had to figure out where to find whatever was needed.not only where is it, but how ddo i get that and the whole family, all 36 people out the door. this isn't the first time we've been challenged bu t i give the team those deployed and not deployed credit for getting it done essentially within 12-18 hours. standupthe 3 teams from the west coast are heading to different islands ... each group can use rescue supplies for 7 days before needing replenishment..reporting from menlo park ... ali reid ... kron 4 news.

lawrence karnow: hurricane lane is headed for hawaii. it's a major hurricane and will likely effect all of the islands with flooding rains, gusty winds and huge waves. back in the bay area it was a little warmer today with more sunshine with 70s and 80s inland and 60s at the coast. on the satellite you can see a couple of weak areas of low pressure moving across the pacifice. it will help kepp temperatures cooler than normal with slight warming

this weekend. ((ken)) ((ken))new at 10a story you'll

only see on kron 4 news.a north bay woman is recovering tonight.. after she says she was brutally attacked by a ride share driver. ((pam))she tells her story exclusively to kron 4's hermela aregawi... ((dbl bx))who joins us live in the newsroom with the details.. hermela, what led up to this? the victim.. erica tells me thdrhis headphones appear to hear her throughout the ride. she says.. when he took yet wrong turn.. she tried to get his attention by snapping her fingers.. and that's when she says, he went into a rage.an uber ride turns

violent i get in the car like i always do. i say, hello, you know, how are you? i noticed he has both of his earphones on. erica says she was going from vallejo to her job in san francsico last thursday around 8:30 in the morning..it was just one of multiple rideshares she takes on an average day.but she says.. this one wasn't like any other. he takes the wrong freeway exit. i tried to get his attention then but of course he couldn't hear me then because he had his earphones on. we're driving, driving driving and we get to where the gps is telling him to turn and he doesn't turn. so i finally get his attention. i had to snap my fingers to get his attention. that's when he went off, don't ever snap your f'n fingers in front of me and just get the f out and then i know, next thing i know, i'm getting punched in my mouth. he just turned around reached back and started punching me erica called 911... and so did the driver.. who she says claimed she broke his glasses. according to her.. the police suggested they do a citizen's arrest since they were both claiming being attacked.she went to her job as a currier

afterwards.. but eneded up in the er after feeling ill. according to medical records.. she suffered a sprained neck.. contusion in her mouth.. and a loose tooth. i still have pain here in my jaws and it's radiating down to my neck back here and my back.we reached out to uber.. in statement the company says.. this is not a bed. it's a revolution in sleep.

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killing mollie et appeared in the court hearing comes a month after tibbetts went for an evening run in brooklyn, iowa, and did not return home. our grant lodes explains.. the suspect is accused of pursuing and killing tibbetts. (grant) mollie tibbets is that young lady from oakland...spend her early grade school years here before moving to iowa. cristhian rivera's bond has been set at 5 million dollars. investigators say he confessed to following tibbetts as she ran on a country road. polcie say he later led polcie say he later led polcie say he later led them to the field where a body believed to be hers was found

this week.but today in court - rivera's attorney... reminded the court that his client deserves the presumption of innocence. officials said rivera came to the u-s illegally-- a detail getting illegally-- a detail getting the attention of the president and of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.the tibbetts family... releasing a statement thanking all the people who have sent their thoughts and prayers. final autopsy results are expected in 4-8 weeks but police say mollie's clothing was found at the scene.and now - there are reports that suspect was allegedly using a fake name for work.. the owners of the farm that employeed him... are receieving him... are receieving him... are receieving death threats.

(ken)(ken)coming up: bay area law coming up: bay (ken) coming up: bay area law makers say preventing side shows remains a major challenge for police. but one oakland official thinks he has a way to reduce this dangerous... and illegal activity. (pam) the search is on for a missing 66-year-old local woman. the desperate plea from her family- next. (lawrence)ten at ten

(pam) happening now: the search for this missing 66-year-old woman. (ken)it has been six days since wamaitha kaboga- miller was last seen... and no sign of her. (pam) kaboga- miller was last seen at a market in east palo alto. family members say, they have been searching extensively... but have not found anything..(ken)kron 4's j.r. stone is following the story explains that police and family members are trying to get the word out. sot...just want to say i love you if you're out there mom i want you to know that i love you mom and i care about you

and i will never stop looking for you.nj kaboga-miller trying to reach out to his mother. 66 year old wamaitha kaboga-miller. a woman who is considered at risk and has not been seen since last friday morning.sot she hasn't driven for well over two months she's been pretty much disabled and wheelchair bound.that because of a major back surgery...but friday wamaitha got in her car and left her palo alto home around 9 in the morning. she can then be seen in this surveillance video purchasing cigarettes at the country time market on university avenue in east palo alto. a transaction that took a very long time because of her health condition.sot she was wearing jewelry that was well into the thousands she had a checking account with lots of money as well as cash so that could be def an idea that someone might want to rob her or steal her car...kawaitha's sons have been looking everywhere for their mother. someone who has been on pain medication because of her back. she hasn't made any bank or credit card transactions since this purchase on friday but they are holding out hope that she is still alive...sot my fear

is that she out out there alone maybe she is hungry or needs food.kawaitha's car is also missing. it's a 2002 mercedes benz, license plate d- p-2-4-1-l-u. if you have seen that car or kawaitha police are hopeful that you will call them. in palo alto, j.r. stone kron 4 news. (ken)a big story we are tracking: the man suspected of stabbing and killing 18-year- old nia wilson at an east bay bart station... could now face the death penalty. as kron 4's terisa estacio explains... it is a move that a legal expert says could complicate the (ken)a big story we are tracking: the man suspected of stabbing and killing 18-year- old nia wilson at an east bay bart station... could now face the death penalty. as kron 4's terisa estacio explains... it is a move that a legal expert says could complicate the case... and even make it harder on the victim's family. sot: frank zimring, uc berkeley law professor. "it

changes the dynamics and in some preverse ways." uc berkeley law professor frank zimring has written two books on the death penalty in the u.s. he says for prosecutors it can be a tool to hammer down the harshest punishment possible for a defendent... however, he quickly adds, for those looking for a closure to a painful event, such as a murder of a loved one... it can be a long drawn out experience - that could stretch out over decades. frank zimring, first thing you do is make it more expensive and longer and more public and more acromonize and lenghten out the process. alof ot people then suffer especially the families of the victims. they are told this is the ultimate, however, they will end up the paying the e of what (continue vo)zimring says currently there are 750 people on death row in california, the largest number in the world... he says california has not executed anyone for ten years.... he adds in addition, because of legalities, the entire trial will now be more focused on

the accused, in this case john lee cowell rather than the victim zimring. 'the center of the attention goes to the subject now and the punishment because of the focus, rather then the victim." (estacio live) john lee cowell faces mutliple charges in this case... including lying in wait... for the allegeded murder of nia wilson - and the stabbing of her sister who survived the attack. the case was continued today until september when cowell is expected to enter a plea. te (pam) the u-s state department has issued a travel advisory for mexico

....after eight bodies were found in the streets of cancun. the bodies of a man and a woman were found in an abandoned taxi yesterday, and the dismembered bodies of two men were found in several plastic bags at another spot. also yesterday - one man was found bound and shot to death. officials also say, another man was killed while lying in a hammock.... another was found shot and covered in a plastic bag. details of the eighth body were not immediately available. none of the killings occurred in the city's beach-side hotel zone. lawrence karnow: hurricane lane is headed for hawaii. it's a major hurricane and will likely effect all of the rains, gusty winds and hu back in the bay area it was a little warmer today with more sunshine with 70s and 80s inland and 60s at the coast. on the satellite you can see a couple of weak areas of low pressure moving across the

pacifice. it will help kepp temperatures cooler than normal with slight warming this weekend. (pam) a lot of hardware store employees and customers .... have been caught off guardas lowes announched it this weekend.slight warming this weekend. (pam) hardware store employees and customers .... have been caught off guardas lowes

announched it is closing all of the orchard supply hardware stores.(ken) orchard supply harward or "osh" started in the south bay in 19-31.kron 4's gayle ong has reaction from customers and employees. this store opened 9 years ago - a lot of long time employees here just shocked and sad about the news. this store helped customers rebuild their homes from the devastating wildfires.it's a sign of the times..another big name store closingsot orchard supply hardware - which is owned by lowes is shutting it's doors for goodthe sudden closure announcement came tuesday night but it was business as usual at the hardware store in santa rosa,a store where contractors like mike valderrama chooses to shopsotsteve conroy also a contractor anthe company says 're closing down there's about 4-thousand employees who will get priority at lowes stores..all stores are set to close for good by the end of the year.meantime, liquidation sales begin tomorrow.here in

santa rosa, gayle ong kron 4 news (pam) (pam) (pam) as

the saying goes... where there is a will there is a way. find out how one man's determination paid off ... after handing out his resume on a bay area street corner. (sports) coming up, the nfl is not budging on their new helmet rule.. and richard sherman isn't biting his tongue on how he feels about it.. we have the latest with the 49ers next..

(pam) there does not appear to be much progress when it comes to preventing illegal sideshows before they take place.. (ken) that is according to one oakland city leader whose district has a popular sideshow spot.. kron4's haaziq madyun reports.

(pkg)nats/sideshow/courtesy @yuungóqueen/twitterthis was the scene last weekend where 42nd ave meets the high street on ramp to the 880 freeway in oakland. an illegal sideshow in the intersection, numerous spectators in the street and on the on-ramp, blocking traffic in all directionssot this section of town is in oakland city council member noel gallo's district. he says preventing a sideshow from taking place on city streets remains a major challenge for law enforcement sotin fact he says other bay area cities are experiencing the same problem

stopping sideshows before they get startedsotthe most effective unding sideshow vehiclessot it is not clear if that message is getting out there or sideshow participants know they are taking a risk of getting their vehicles impounded and doing it oakland haaziq madyun kron4news kron4newshaaziq madyun kron4news (ken)a bicyclist caught on camera... riding on the lower deck of the bay bridge. this happened monday night. you can see the bicyclist on a pink bike riding eastbound... in the middle during the commute. the woman was taken into custody. authorities say she was incoherent... and taken a mental health facility.

(pam) the young man standing on a street corner handing out resumes in ago.... has landed a job! david casarez (casa-rez) was homeless and eager for work in the bay area -- with dreams of being a part of a tech company. with a little creativity and some social media magic -- david is no longer homeless and starts a new career next week. kron4's michelle kingston has the story. (mk)"it worked! i don't think it's crazy. if it worked, it's not crazy."standing confident in his blue polo today ... david casarez was in a much different position just a few weeks ago.homeless -- hungry for success -- handing out resumes in mountain view. michelle kingston, mkingstonnews"this is the spot where david stood last mont handing out resumes ... unaware that in just a matter of minutes -- his life would change.""i just felt it in my heart that if i were in that position i would've wanted someone to help me too"jasmine scofield snapped this photo of david and posted it to twitter -- it went viral.companies started reaching out and now -- david has a job."it's been

a long process from being on the streets to standing on the street corner holding that sign you know just hoping that someone would take a look at me and give me an opportunity." david just accepted an offer with white fox defense -- a drone airspace management company ... where he'll be building their website and working on software development -- exactly what he came to california to do ... david says they were one of the first to reach out to him after the tweet went viral."i wasn't expecting any of this to blow up and then it just blew up and it's just been a blessing."david -- thanking the young woman who posted his picture -- grateful for what she did."because of her i've been blessed with opportunities that have come my way and it's been a very overwhelming experience in a positive way.""i knew 100% that he was going to get a job and it made me happy that the ball was in his court and it ended up coming down to what is best for him"david starts his new job on monday.in palo alto, michelle kingston, kron 4 news.

excited about right now and in the future.. so, if you are already looking ahead to 2019.. the schedule is out.... the a's flying overseas for their opener-- hosting the mariners in japan in march.... as for this season... the a's looking to wrap up this series with the rangers before another road trip.... top 4th... 2-0 rangers... joey gallo takes edwin jackson deep to right and it's gone for a 2-run shot.. 3-0

rangers... 33rd homer on the season for gallo... bottom 8th... 4-1 rangers... jed lowrie... he pulls one down the right field line... chad pinder scores... 4-2 rangers... bottom 9th... bases loaded with 9th... bases loaded with two outs... nick martini... gets shaken, not stirred... by jose leclerc... the check-swing strike out ends the game... final... 4-2 rangers.. a's take 2 out of 3... they are on the road at the twins tomorrow.. so we heard the rumors earlier this week on the possibility of an andrew mccutchen trade.. tonight there are more reports that he has cleared waivers... espn reporting the giants are looking for a deal to move mccutchen before the trade deadline august 31st... in the big apple...400 merchant marines at new york's citi field... the academys 75th anniversary is next month... top 7th... 4-2 mets... austin slater... hits his first homer of the season for the giants... lead cut to 4-

3..slater taking the place of mccutchen tonight... but in the bottom of the frame... todd frazier... takes hunter strickland deep to left... slater leaps at the wall... but the ball hits above the orange line... that's a home run... 5-3 mets... and that was the final score.. giants go for the series split tomorrow morning.### big news tonight in college football... ohio state suspended their head football coach urban meyer for the first three games of the season... meyer had been on administrative leave since august 1st... former assistant coach zach smith's ex-wife...courtney...claimed meyer knew that her 15 and did nothing...at big ten media day...meyer initially said he was unaware of any domestic issues between smiths...recently, he backtracked...saying he followed proper protocal... meyer said tonight: quote: "i followed my heart, and not my head" meyer will miss the buckeyes' games against oregon state, rutgers and 16th ranked

tcu...offensive coordinator ryan day will serve as the interim coach... checking in with the 49ers... richard sherman says he plans to play this week against the colts.. it will be the first time we'll see sherman in game action since he went down from that season ending achilles injury with the seahawks.. sherman says he was ready to play last week against the texans...he says he feels good, just ready to get into game shape...and when he returns he'll get a taste of the new helmet rule..it's one that has frustrated players and coaches around the league... the nfl said today... there will be no changes...### "it's an idiotic rule. there's no need to even go down that road. there's no way you can tackle the way they're asking people to tackle. and play football. i could probably tackle like that if i was standing still, getting on my knees, if nobody's moving and i'm tackling bags or something. to ask people to do that at full speed is just ridiculous. it might be, in your words an idiotic rule, but it's a rule, and a 15-yard penalty. it's gonna be a 15-yard penalty. it's gonna be a 15-yard penalty every single play on darn near every player.

(weather) coming up i'll have the seven day forecast.

(ken) an update now on a story we have been following about those long lines and hours- long wait times.... at the department of motor vehicle offices across california. today, complaints were few and far between.. as d-m-v's top official was in san jose to explain what has been happening. many d-m-v offices ... like the one on senter road, are reporting shorter lines and considerably shorter waits. director jean shiomoto says, "efficiency teams" are moving between offices... gathering data and making changes to those transactions which take the most time. slso says a new sacramento- based command center is monitoring wait times... and making adjustments on the fly ... and that is helping to reduce wait times for good. lawrence karnow: hurricane lane is headed for hawaii. it's a major hurricane and will likely effect all of the islands with flooding rains, gusty winds and huge waves. back in the bay area it was a little warmer today with more sunshine with 70s and 80s inland and 60s at the coast. on the satellite you can see a couple of weak areas of low

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