kron4's dan kerman is live outside highland hospital in oakland. with what we're learning tonight.dan? more trouble tonight for a private school in the east bay. centerpointe is under fire again. for how its staff treats its children. this latest incident involves a teacher. accused of pinching a student. kron 4's dan kerman will have details. and how this latest incident has lead to a fine. that's coming up tonight on kron 4 at 8:30 >> happening right now. garbage piling up across the bay area. it is because of a two- day strike by trash collection workers. who work with republic and allied waste. trash in daly city did not get collected today. and it won't get collected tomorrow either. one of several bay area cities affected. and as kron 4's justine waldman reports. people are not thrilled about this smelly situation. up and down the streets of daly city. trash cans wait on the curb for collection. some overflowing with garbage. >> it is an ugly sight to see garbage outside your home jun orbeta was perplexed as to why his trash did not to get pi

kron 4's dan kerman has details on how san francisco is responding to the attack in boston. all city departments are on alert and additional officers are on patrol. >> the officers of special emphasis of large crowds were large crowds to make sure that everybody is safe. >> these explosions for in the comparison to bay to breakers. the mayor is well aware of the safety concerns. >> we have to look at everything that occurred to figure this out so we are ultimately making sure the public safety is our word number one concern. that is what we're going to do with the cherry blossom, beta breakers, every event of any size. >> the chief made this clear that san francisco residents must play a part and report any suspicious activity. >> if there is going to be 50,000 people of the police to the apartment are not the only people on the scene here. that is 50,000 sets of eyes in the year is if you see something, say something. they want to wait of what exactly happened and boston. dan kerman, kron 4 news. >> authorities at s-f-o took action after getting the call for heightened secu

dan kerman, kron 4 news. >> jacqueline: a warm day. with one of those warm records was 85 degrees in oakland. and that was a new record high and also the year 91 degrees in napa! but much cooler and half moon bay with fog. up to coast. bumping up along the san mateo coast with sharply reduced visibility. however, he does decent ever where else but it is confined to the coast tonight. it will not make it to the bayshore it is going to be cooler but portions of the bay area will be warmer. your complete forecast, coming up. >> pam: coming up. handsfree. or not. teenagers may soon be banned from hands free texting while behind the wheel. details next. and charges for the surviving boston terror suspect. the bay area boy injured in the attack gets some special visitors. plus. >> gary: the giants are trying out arizona at at&t. the warriors are read out david lee and kobe bryant. too much on twitter!, later. you kids should count yourselves lucky. we didn't have u-verse back in my day. you couldn't just... guys... there you are. you know yo

but new legislation aims to makekron 4's dan kerman is here now with details on the homeless "bill of rights" >> this homeless bill of rights is the brainchild of san francisco assemblyman tom ammiano who says current law tend to lead to the criminalization of homeless people. this legislation allows every homeless person to move freely, rest, and solicit donations without being subject to criminal or civil sanctions, harassment or arrest by law enforcement. >> dan kerman: it requires cities to provide health and hygiene centers with bathrooms and showers 24 hours a day seven days a week. a spokesman says they did not have those answers. >> catherine: >> pam: so i'm sure there's gonna be some push back on this will they be able to continue enforcement or not. >> jurisdiction can only enforce these laws depending on how many jobs they have, public housing and other types of things. right now the spokesman says and almost no jurisdiction meet this criteria so the answer would be no. if >> pam: this will what happens then? >> ways to go. >> pam: we sent to maureen kellywe sent maureen ke

as kron 4's dan kerman reports. she was back in the bay area today, making a renewed push for wide ranging restrictions. before heading to the bay area. president obama - was colorado today. academy. he says new gun laws in example to the rest of the".dangerous people." colorado lawmakers recently checks for gun buyers and that can carry more than 15 rounds. now for today's market update. reports on the u-s economy. this just one day after the dow and s-and-p closed at record highs. numbers. the dow fell 111 points to it's worst drop in more than a month. the nasdaq fell 36 points and the s-and-p 500 fell 16 the nasdaq fell 36 points mom, i invited justin over6 for lunch. good. no, not good. he's a vegetarian and he's going to be here in 20 minutes! don't stress. we can figure this out. [ male announcer ] get the speed to make a great first impression. call today to get u-verse high speed internet for as little as $14.95 a month for 12 months with a one-year price guarantee. this is delicious. ♪ [ male announcer ]

kron 4's dan kerman has more on piedmont's plans to fight crime. with residential and auto burglaries on the upswing, the city of piedmont is considering installing cameras at a dozen locations throughout the city allowing police to capture license plates of every car that crosses the border from oakland and enters piedmont piedmont police chief rikki goede says it will help officers after a crime is committed. >> i think every bit helps. >> i think it is a good idea to put the cameras and piedmont. and it is a message that we are taking steps to protect. >> oakland has a huge responsibility to get their police for department in order. and piedmont must do what we can to make sure that the residents are secure. >> a support but does that really mean the bank for the bulk of our tax money. one half million dollars. >> some are concerned that this is not the best use of taxpayer dollars. >> i think that more officers and more patrols. >> at this amount they do not have the exact location or exact cameras that they would needmany resident support the

today -- kron 4's dan kerman got an up close, hands on look, at one of those problem bolts. opening weekend celebration plans include a walk and bike ride across the new span. and as of now, those plans have not been canceled. new at 11. a woman uses a stun gun to subdue a violent bart passenger in pleasant hill today. kron four's philippe djegal explains, the woman, and other passengers. prevented a bad situation from getting even worse. >> reporter: at the height of the early morning commute. bart police say as a train was approaching the pleasant hill station. this man. 30-year-old zachary mccabe. got into an on-board argument with a 62-year-old man. police say mccabe was occupying two seats. and, wouldn't let the man sit down. mccabe lost his temper and attacked the man. witnesses stepped in and pulled the two men off each other. and, that's when police say a woman used a stun gun to subdue mccabe. the altercation lasted about ten minutes. before police were able to board the train and arrest mccabe. who was also treated at a hospital for non-life threatening injuries. t

dan kerman, kron 4 news. >> a compromise on gun control democrat may seem like a fairytale, but it's a done deal and now the bipartisan effort to expand background checks on gun sales is now getting key conservative endorsements. cristina mutchler has the story. >> washington is saying that john mccain was a leading advocate for internet gun sales. >> republican senators are also supporting the by- partisan measure but there is still some conservative push back. alabama rep says that he does not think that it will pass and that courage, laws are not adequately enforced. and the republican from utah cannot get behind it, either. >> this is a compromise with targets for people that are mentally ill. >> try to make it more difficult for dangerous people for it them to obtain firearms which is already illegal for them. >> this could be possibility on a senate vote on possibly as early as wednesday. >> ofa beautiful view of the crescent moon. we have mostly clear skies and a very weak weather system. a dry weather system. a lot of precipitation. between 30 and 40 m.p.h.. fairfield, ocean

in richmond, dan kerman, kron 4. >> we are excited if you can not get excited on opening day? check for a pulse >> ".go giants!" >> pam: the world champion giants. return to a-t & t park. thousands of fans packed the stadium. to watch the giants beat the cardinals in their home opener. kron 4's justine waldman hasreaction from die-hard fans. hoping for another championship season. >> reporter: baseball is back at at&t park. and giants fans came to welcome home their champions. some missed work. or school. but know it is worth it for one of these tickets. to get in the spirit, they wore their best orange and black from head to toe. fans are hoping for another world championship. no pressure. at at&t park in >> we have all of the popular giants, romo, posey, the panama the skipper go giants! are expecting another championship san francisco justine waldman, kron 4 news. >> pam: kron 4 sports director gary radnich will have highlights from today's game. and player reaction. coming up in sports. ahead at eight. still ahead on kron 4-- the white house is now saying. a north korean m

kron4's dan kerman just got out of a news conference. he's live from the pittsburg police headquarters. dan what's the latest? here's what we know. attempted child abduction. child neglect. investigators say the two by tying up their legs and arms so they couldn't of the sister's has been in lida sharif in 2010 andkron4's philippe djegal henderson -- the young mother killed in front of her 4 year old son is happening kron4's philippe djegal is live in oakland where he 4- year-old son this week. her name is donitra her car, after visiting a friend in the area of 54th street and shattuck. as the murder investigation continues. oakland police are asking witnesses who new at eight a gradaute. new at 8. sketch of a man accused ofin santa cruz. after having drinks -- the suspect offered to walk the suspect sexually assaulted middle eastern male. in his with long dark hair and pronounced eyebrows. >> gary: >> jacqueline: we're still seeing clear skies here couple had a softball not a cloud in sight to temperatures are chili near the coast line.

and those incidents led pott to as kron 4's dan kerman reports.the family's attorney is now alleging a cover up by the school district. >> reporter: the scoop very clearly has acted when protecting themselves the district has issued this message the issue of bullying was never discussed with the family >> the district also states that shortly after autry's death the principal was quoted the two had knowledge that bullying was never discussed with dick in regard to her suicide. one of the suspects were seen with a cell phone in his hand with three other football players paul brown boasting, and one of them said-just not right. we think this was done to mislead or to deter further examination into the issue. do the right bank that's all we want these people to dill is to acknowledge that things should have been done differently. he's hoping that they will come forward with some answers. >> pam:thousands of people did not get their garbage collected today. many more will not get their trash pickedup on friday. in fremont. you can see bins lining the street. workers with republic service

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dan kerman has the latest on the investigation. it is here on the south 28 in virginia with this latest has occurred police say that three men were along this sidewalk shortly after a 11:00 a.m. when a somebody opened fire >> this is bad and our community. antwon cloird works with young people trying to turn their lives around. he says the man who was killed was in the neighborhood taking part in a job training program >> these people are trying to get their lives together. so that the can be active members of the community. >> reporter: while crime is common in many parts of richmond, police say this is not one of them. >> this is considered our quiet area of the city it is not a crime-ridden area. it is considered quiet. we have not had too much activity in this area for quite some time. >> reporter: police have located an abandoned vehicle, but can't confirm it's tied to the shooting at this point the richmond police have no motives or suspect. if anybody has seen anything to contact them, immediately. at the police headquarters

kron 4's dan kerman has been speaking with the santa clara county district attorney's office. dan what did they say about the possibility of charging the three as adults. >> reporter: because this case has juvenile suspects, the d-a's office can't speak directly about this case. but we talked in general terms that should shed some light on what might happen next there are specific laws that allow and prevent the d-a to directly file charges against juveniles as adults. now reports have indicated that the victim was completely unconscious at the time of the attack. the d-a's office says in general terms when a sexual assault victim is unable to give consent because they are drunk or unconscious, the law prevents the d-a from directly charging the teens as adults, but prosecutors have other steps they can take >> banff' >> pam: did the d-a's office say if that's what they plan to do, and if so what is the timeline? >> reporter: the d-a's office cant speak specifically about this case. but in general terms, here is timeline if they choose to do this. juvenile charges will be file

dan kerman, kron 4 news. tonight the san francisco police chief is defending the actions of his department last weekend. chief greg suhr says, one of his officers was justified in opening fire on a suspect. kron 4's j.r. stone is following the story and talked with chief suhr. >> reporter: this is a picture of the air gun. according to suspects, they pointed the gun had a group. >> over primary duty is to protect life. >> reporter: there were two different groups said 17th/valencia. according to the police chief, they saw somebody pull out a gun and pointed it at the others. that is when the police opened fire. >> it sure looked like a new, real guns to me. and i ever covered a lot of guns. i would not be expected for the officers to make is split second decision to compromise the safety of the public. >> reporter: the one person is in stable condition. >> right now, we do not know the involvement of the buy standard. >> reporter: pam, one of the questions i asked is that is this gang-related. at this point t

but the first victim was outside the store, and tonight, kron 4's dan kerman speaks with her. >> reporter: when sharon kaye pulled into this east san jose walmart on easter sunday she had one thing in mind >> i was going to buy some potatoes for easter dinner. >> reporter: that's because within seconds of pulling in, her car was hit by this vehicle the san jose music teacher got out of the car and it turned out to be just in time instead the driver who police have identified the driver as 33 year old hamid za-eed crashed through the front door of this walmart once in the walmart police say the suspect began beating on people >> if i am so happy that he did not get towards the children. >> reporter: the incident has now gone viral and kaye has heard from facebook friends all over the world. >> i have friends all over even germany >> reporter: police say, the suspect had been using drugs. when he rammed his car through the front of the wal-mart and began assaulting customers. authorities say, 31-year- old haamid zaid is being held without bail at the santa clara county jail. for investigati

dan kerman is in our newsroom. >> ever since they have been identified we have been reactions from family members. we hear from the suspects aunt. >> i do not know who exactly did it and they are cowards. >> and i am suspicious that this was staged. >> reporter: by who? >> was ever looking for those people that need to be blamed. >> it would be impossible. it is unthinkable. i am so fed up. >> reporter: the reaction is completely different from the suspects uncle. he said that the two brothers have brought shame to the tire family. >> i have been following this from the very beginning. i would never imagined that somehow the children of my brother would be associated with that. so, it is a atrocity. we are in shock. we would have been slightly been aware that he was involved i would've been the first one to bring him to responsibility. the what do you think this is? >> hatred for those people that are able to settle themselves. these are the only reasons i can imagine anything else, that with religion, islam, it is a fraud, it is a fake. and people from chechnya are different and peaceful

in berkeley dan kerman crown for news. >> shuts down highway nine for several hours. the signal alert went out at result of a gas leak which led to an evacuation of the bank and shopping center at the corner of highway nine and santa cruz avenue. that ghastly is blamed in part on the squirrel that caused a short shorts harkening on electrical wires which triggered the ghastly. chris cap a gas leak and repaired the wires, and reopen the road. >> investigators here at oakland police headquarters say they believe they have found the suspect vehicle used in the shooting death of 34-year-old quinn boyer. >> we recovered a vehicle we believe is associated with the offense. we are actively investigating, with the level of lead we've received from the community there may be more additional information. >> at 10000-dollar reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the shooter in this case. >> work is starting to ramp up on the new bart extension from fremont to have san jose, and there are two new traffic updates. the first is warren avenue in fremont wil

kron 4's dan kerman talked to real estate experts about what homebuyers are facing. >> reporter: this three level two-bedroom condominium is $599,000 but it will likely sell for over that price. >> we are talking about bidding wars with a lot of competition. if >> reporter: this realtor from better homes & gardens center is not enough inventory. that is why those better on the market are all over the asking price with multiple offers. >> i just close to an offer in it was listed at $429,000. 15 offers with over 564 with all cash, no contingencies! >> reporter: those are becoming more and more common. with qualifying people with limited cash for a down payment at a great disappointment. >> we want to let them know that they're going to have a difficult time in this market. >> reporter: 50 think that you complete a few months with inventory coming back that is not the case. real- estate professionals say that this will be the case for the next several months. . absent from the waters of the guadalupe river for half150 years or more. beavers are back. and in downtown san jose no less. th

as of now, those plans have not been put of been canceled today -- kron4's dan kerman got an up close, hands on look, at one of those problem bay bridge bolts. new at 8. dramatic surveillance video.showing a man with a gun.pressed up against a cashier.holding up a san leandro store. now police are offering 20- thousand dolalrs for information leading to the arrests of two armed robbery suspects. this robbery was at the grocery outlet on east 14th st in san leandro.back on january 28th. but police say the two suspects are respobnsible for seven other robberies since january. among those stores hit.the home depot on davis street. the right aid on macarthur blvd. and the dollar tree on washington avenue. in each case.the two suspect have robbed the stores at gun-point. now back to that surveillance video. keep you eye here.they suspects will enter the grocery outlet. then watch as one comes up behind the cashier. puts the silver handgun to his back. then puts the gun to his head. then he holds it against his back. then watch as he fires a shot into the air. >>pam: a beautiful day across

kron 4's dan kerman reports. there are new developments >> the district has issued a community message among other things prior to the assault the issue of bullying was never discussed with the family. the district also states that after andrÉs hawks death bullying was not the controlling factor to her suicide. the folded the photo of the attack was circulating through the school one of the suspect was seen with a cell phone in his hand with a three- year for other football players his bodies hold or round one. one stated it just wasn't right! >> it's time they did do the right thing that's all we want these people to do. acknowledge that things should have been done differently, we would still have audrey here today had they been. he's hoping they would come forth with some answers that occurred 9 kron 4 news. >> pam: tonight in the murder investigation of a santa clara paramedic. who was killed in oakland. today at the alameda county courthouse. prosecutors announced that they are charging 16 year old christia

president and disappointmentkron 4's dan kerman has reaction. new at six. >> our hearts are broken. >> a father response to the failure of the contract. disappointed but not defeated. we return home with the determination that change will happen. maybe not today, but it will happen. in >> a news conference of the white house lawn, president obama sounded equally determined, but a great deal angry with members of the senate to fill to tighten laws on gun control measures. >> most americans think that's already the law. a few minutes ago, 90 percent of democrats and the senate voted for that idea. but it's not going to happen. because 90 percent of republicans voted against the idea. >> the president blamed the national rifle association for misinformation. if they supported the background check bill. >> all in all this was a pretty shameful day for washington. but this effort is not over. >> the president says he will keep pushing of the passage of this legislation and his administration will take whatever steps it can without congress to protect

today -- kron4's dan kerman got an up close, hands on look, at one of the bay >>reporter: and record and is the spokesperson for the new span of the bay bridge what is this? >> this is one of the 32 are rods that has broken on the bay bridge. the bulls however, are much larger, with 9 ft.-17 ft. the bolts are much larger. >>reporter: is this what has snapped? >> no. this is what is shown to show where the breakage is. >> the brake is at the opposite end, this is the top end of the bolt. the other is at the bottom of the broad. from my understanding, it is that the rod is one thread of the not >>reporter: right about here? >> correct. >>reporter: hydrogen causes steel to become brittle is the cause? >> correct. >> are we able to see the erosion? >> you are not able to. but we are having in excess of hydrogen and how did that impact this deal of these rods. >> what are the options? >> there could be in excess of hydrogen during the fabrication process. or in the process of putting on a protective coating. or perhaps in the field. >>reporter: water? >> that is a possibility. >>reporter:

dan kerman, kron 4 >> reporter: in san jose this paramedic was fighting for his life after becoming a victim of violence in oakland. this car was pulled in the hills near this ravine in the oakland hills neighborhood he is a paramedic and his co-workers are taking this news heart. >> he is a team player. everybody likes him. in the north bay. adding an interchange and a bike lane. to the over crossing near the county line. widening the petaluma in each direction. this phase is expected to be completed by 2016. maureen kelly, kron 4 news. if >> pam: the secretary of state is offering up to 5 million-dollars for information leading to the arrest of a rebel warlord in uganda. and other leaders of the lord's resistance army. joseph kony and his followers are known to loot villages.kill residents and even steal children - to recruit them into the rebel group. u-s leaders say rewards have been very helpful in capturing other war crime criminals. the move follows a decision by uganda's army - to suspend its hunt for the rebels. >> jacqueline: take a look @ futurecast 4:04 a.m. for the modera

in richmond, dan kerman, kron 4. >> reporter: in fremont and other bay area's cities there are ongoing strikes. allied waste showing their support with the ohio workers brotherhood union. however, when the time comes for as much as trash can be collected with no extra charge to compensate for the inconvenience. rob fladeboe, kron 4. >> reporter: high-tech led clothing techaro greart.. it is flexible and lightweight. aro you can display anything you want. it looks like you are wearing something relatively normal but there are is graphic teletext-or text. kron 4 news at 8:00 p.m. gabe slate tech report >> jacqueline: the big brother story is showery conditions. we have seen partly cloud the tail end of this system and the rainfall impacting the north bay. a chance ofyes this is channel four and very light showers and it's only fitting that we nothing for like what we saw saturday this system is pushing towards the west coast. the tail end of this system is going to press over northern california to the futurecast showing heavy rainfall missing us to the north. some rainfall chances still

kron 4's dan kerman speaks to one of the victims of the car rampage over the weekend. the victim was inside her car in the parking lot. and was hit twice by the suspect's car, moments before it plowed into a san jose walmart. >> new at six tonight. easter sunday turning violent and deadly in oakland. three fatal shootings within about 10 hours sunday. the first murder around 10- am.near 68th and avenues. the just after 4 pm.a homicide at international and 89th avenue. and just after 8 pm.a victim found dead at hawley street and 70th avenue. no arrests have been made in any of the murders, and it's not clear if any of the fatal shootings are connected. >> and authorities are offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest. thousand dollar reward for information about the gold stolen from the siskiyou county's courthourse historical collection. police have named two bay area men in connection with the theft that's worth more than $1 million. arrest warrants have been issued for 49-year-old david dean johnson, of el cerrito, and 51-year-old scott wayne bai

kerman gives us a closer look at one of the problem bolts. >> this is one of the 32 riots that have broken on the bay bridge. this is not how big the bolt is. there are larger. they range from 9 to 17 ft.. is this the snapping point is that father long? >> this is a cut. this is to show you what either end of the bolt look like. it is threaded at both ends and it looks like this the majority of the bolt. >> the break is where? >> the break is at the opposite end. it was of the other end of the robyn the bottom of the rot. it was one thread of about and that. from what we know hydrogen which causes steal to get brittle is the cause. can we see the hydrogen? >> no we cannot. that is the investigation focusing on how did an excess of hydrogen affect the steel of these rods. >> or the options? >> the options are there was an excess of hydrogen during the fabrication process of ordering the process of putting on a protective coating. or something may have occurred in the field. muni water getting in? >> that is a possibility. we should have full repair plant within a month question are >

kron fours dan kerman is an side and will try to give us an update before the end of the newscast. i can tell you people are wondering why did this happen. it is a preventable. there is technology that should not let this go on. here is video we got during a tour of the angkor wat. they have beechor rods it they realized that some of democrat. the reason it is a huge deal because they could use the different metals that would not be brought or crack. they use metal and does not crack for airplanes. they could use that same sort of technology. how did it get to this point. they have to pass inspections. the state has to look at it. the subcontractors as well why did they not test this to the point where they realized it was brittle. >> so many questions. people are waiting for answers. was to get answers that can know how to attack it and move forward and how much it will cost. >> so far, they have said it will not delay the opening of the bay bridge. it is set for labor day with his five months away. they said that is not even guarantee they have to look at it. they believe they ca