then on august, 3rd, 2020, king sent this email follow-up to the contra costa county sheriff. quote. >> to this date, i have not heard from your department regarding this matter as a courtesy to you and your department. i wanted to reach out to you personally as i'm not sure if you are aware of the deaths of this situation, unquote. and i never heard a word. i was just making you feel. >> i'm frustrated. disappointed. scared. >> throughout 2020 was king says her divorce proceedings continued and she continued to try to bring attention to her husband weapons. then in january of this year, as part of the divorce process, clayton police came to the king's home to supervise an inventory of items. photos provided by d at cain appeared to show police collecting illegal magazines from the couple's garage. but once again yet says no action was taken. and i never heard back from clinton d. >> according to documents obtained by kron 4 john king told police he had owned the high capacity magazines for years. the purchase them at a time when they were illegal. >> although the high capacit

costa county kron four's madyun spoke exclusively with the contra costa da about the investigation. >> if lower contra costa county sheriffs volunteer now charge kron four's learned this weekend arrest warrant was issued for 54 year-old john key. he self tuesday. it has since posted bail. he had been charged with 2 felonies for illegally possessing a certain caliber of assault 2 different charges and he was also charged with one misdemeanor for manufacturing or assembling an unregistered firearm. also known as it going. >> the investigation is being led by the contra costa county district attorney's office. this is exclusive video of the search warrant being served at the home of judge back on february. 1st of this year, mister cain allegedly gained access to guns, gun parts and for the technician while working at the sheriff's gun range in clayton. according to the probable cause document obtained by kron 4, he then sold it to civilians and sworn members of the contra costa county sheriff's office. i'm curious in light of that, your office and the sheriff's office been in communica

>> the contra costa sheriff's office provides patrol to several cities under contract. it is an agreement that could soon come to an end in the wake of the county settling to civil lawsuits totaling 10 million dollars for the wrongful deaths of vladimir arboleda and tyrell wilson. both were killed by former deputy andrew hall while he was working in the city of dead bill. >> and what i'm concerned about. is ensuring that our county fully recovers the cost in order to find that out. contra costa county supervisor john gioia has asked county staff to take a look at the numbers. we paid out about 4.9 million in the case of laudemer arboleda and about 4.5 in the tyrell wilson case. again, both tragic deaths and we should not be paying out of pocket for the services that we provide for cities because we are not obligated to provide those services. it supposed to be a full repayment i want us to look at that. and that we're getting fully paid if we're not. i do. the contract should be amended or the contract ended. >> the mayor of danville cent crowd for this response. quote,

he says these allegations are extremely troubling for the contra costa. sheriff sheriff's, you allow us to go one where you just put parts out there and you let a volunteer take parts. and when he wants to make weapons, if he is. >> it just allow that to happen. you know, track. that's front and the back. >> also troubling michael cardoza says is the lack of investigation on the part of the sheriff's office. king says she tried multiple times to alert the contra costa county sheriff about her husband's weapon. shortly after filing for divorce on new year's day, 2020 on january, 29th twenty-twenty. she says 3 members of the contra costa county sheriff's office came to her home to investigate, but no action was taken. then on august, 3rd, 2020, king sent this email follow-up to the contra costa county sheriff. >> quote, to this date, i have not heard from your department regarding this matter. >> as a courtesy to you and your department, i wanted to reach out to you personally as i'm not sure if you are aware of the deaths of this situation, unquote. and i

he says these allegations are extremely troubling for the contra costa. sheriff sheriff's, you allow us to go one where you just put parts out there and you let a volunteer take parts. and when he wants to make weapons, if he is. >> it just allow that to happen. you don't track. that's frightening. the bay. >> also troubling michael cardoza says is the lack of investigation on the part of the sheriff's office. king says she tried multiple times to alert the contra costa county sheriff about her husband's weapon. shortly after filing for divorce on new year's day, 2020 on january, 29th twenty-twenty. she says 3 members of the contra costa county sheriff's office came to her home to investigate, but no action was taken. then on august, 3rd, 2020, king sent this email follow-up to the contra costa county sheriff. >> quote. >> to this date, i have not heard from your department regarding this matter as a courtesy to you and your department. i wanted to reach out to you personally as i'm not sure if you are aware of the deaths of this situation, unquote. and i

they would be place at locations in alameda and contra costa counties. a long 5.80, 80 and highway. 24 just to name a few spots. the governor says these cameras will provide important information when it comes to safety and holding suspects accountable in these acts. there have been high-profile freeway shootings in the bay area recently and they include involving the alameda county sheriff's office recruit. david, when 20 3 month-old baby jasper and cal basketball star gene ransom. in the south bay. additional charges have been filed against the 2 people charged with kidnapping 3 month-old baby brandon quayle r you said ramirez and jose por we're back in a san jose courtroom yesterday. they said just in front of each other, as you can see, they're never making eye contact. the new charges stem from allegations they tried to kidnap brandon at least 3 other times before the actual kidnapping. they have been. >> planning coordinating and attempting to kidnap him since the beginning of march. it's absolutely shocking. this is i think any parent's worst nigh

the contra costa county sheriff's office is now under investigation. he is accused of building and selling ghost guns with the parts that he allegedly obtained from the sheriff's gun range goes, skies are privately assembled firearms that are untraceable. the investigation was triggered by the man's own wife who says that she tried to report him multiple times. this is a story you will only see on kron 4 has the has more now on the investigation. >> and despite how many guys did your husband >> i didn't know the exact count until the da's open the safes. there were 132. >> that they seized being in possession of 132 firearms is not a crime. that is unless some of those firearms are ghost guns that is against the law. and that is just one of the allegations against it keane's husband, former contra costa county sheriff's bomb and tear john key. this is exclusive video of investigators with the contra costa county district attorneys office serving a search warrant at his home in clayton on february. 1st of this year, what can you tell from for about an i

we also reached out to the contra costa sheriff's department. it declined to comment due to the ongoing investigation by the district attorney's office. >> still ahead at 8 pushing the eresident to do more for the formula shortage. but lawmakers say should be done to fix bare shelves across the country and moving sports to streaming by. disney is planning to cut the cord on espn. >> and we've got a nice evening around the bay area. much nicer weather, much warmer weather part of the bay area tomorrow. we'll show you where coming up next. >> hyundai is recalling hundreds of thousands of his cars over potential fires from a faulty part. the recall is for 215,000 of its sonata sedans here in the united states. the automaker says fuel hoses can leak in the engine compartment and possibly cause fires. the recall covers certain 2013 2014 models owners will be notified in july. so not as from 2020 were previously recalled for the very same problem. federal regulators have been investigating hyundai and kia for past engine fires and environmentalists wi

he says these allegations are extremely troubling for the contra costa. sheriff sheriff's, you allow us to go one where you just put parts out there and you let a volunteer take parts. and when he wants to make weapons, if he is. >> it just allow that to happen. you don't track. that's front the back. >> also troubling michael cardoza says is the lack of investigation on the part of the sheriff's office. king says she tried multiple times to alert the contra costa county sheriff about her husband's weapon. shortly after filing for divorce on new year's day, 2020 on january, 29th twenty-twenty. she says 3 members of the contra costa county sheriff's office came to her home to investigate, but no action was taken. then on august, 3rd, 2020, king sent this email follow-up to the contra costa county sheriff. quote. >> to this date, i have not heard from your department regarding this matter as a courtesy to you and your department. i wanted to reach out to you personally as i'm not sure if you are aware of the deaths of this situation, unquote. and i never he

he says these allegations are extremely troubling for the contra costa. sheriff sheriff's, you allow us to go one where you just put parts out there and you let a d wh he wants to make weapons, if he is. >> it just allow that to happen. you don't track. that's front and the back. >> also troubling michael cardoza says is the lack of investigation on the part of the sheriff's office. king says she tried multiple times to alert the contra costa county sheriff about her husband's weapon. shortly after filing for divorce on new year's day, 2020 on january, 29th twenty-twenty. she says 3 members of the contra costa county sheriff's office came to her home to investigate, but no action was taken. then on august, 3rd, 2020, king sent this email follow-up to the contra costa county sheriff. >> quote. >> to this date, i have not heard from your department regarding this matter as a courtesy to you and your department. i wanted to reach out to you personally as i'm not sure if you are aware of the deaths of this situation, unquote. and i never heard a word. i was j

costa county. >> kron four's haaziq madyun spoke exclusively with the contra costa county da about the investigation. >> and former contra costa county sheriffs volunteer now charged kron four's learned this weekend. arrest warrant was issued for 54 year-old john key. he self tuesday. it has since posted bail. he had been charged with 2 felonies for illegally possessing a certain caliber of assault 2 different charges and he was also charged with one misdemeanor for manufacturing or assembling an unregistered firearm. also known as about spin. >> the investigation is being led by the contra costa county district attorney's office. this is exclusive video of the search warrant being served at the home of judge came back on february. 1st of this year, mister cain allegedly gained access to guns, gun parts and for the technician while working at the sheriff's gun range in clayton. according to the probable cause document obtained by 4, he then sold it to civilians and sworn members of the contra costa county sheriff's office. i'm curious in light of that, your office and the sheriff's off

. >>> some fire crews in contra costa county had to cancel their training because of today's weather conditions. kpix 5's andria bosrba live wit that part of the story. >> today is may 19th. firefighters here in contra costa county tell me that the fire fuels those grasses all around this area are already as cured and as dry as they could be in mid summer already. they say they are very worried about the next few hours and making sure that nothing pops off. this is what firefighters in contra costa county should be doing today, using drip torches to cut firebreaks near i-80 and the phillips 66 refinery. instead, they're training in concord. red flag conditions in nearby solano county and low humidities in contra costa put a pause on training and firebreak operations through the weekend. >> i want to make sure we kept our crews ready and in service. and it's so hot today that we've just felt it was in the best interests to call that training off, make sure they're prepared and ready to go if we get any type of vegetation fire today. >> reporter: the concern is real. already in 2022, c

costa county kron four's haaziq madyun spoke exclusively with the contra costa county d a about the investigation. >> and former country costa county sheriffs volunteer now charged kron four's learned this weekend. arrest warrant was issued for 54 year-old john key. he self tuesday. it has since posted bail. he had been charged with 2 felonies put illegally possessing a certain caliber of assault 2 different charges. and he was also charged with one misdemeanor for manufacturing or assembling an unregistered firearm. also known as it going. >> the investigation is being led by the contra costa countyn district attorney's office. this is exclusive video of the search warrant being served at the home of judge back on february. 1st of this year, mister cain allegedly gained access to guns, gun parts and for the technician while working at the sheriff's gun range in clayton. according to the probable cause document obtained by kron 4, he then sold it to civilians and sworn members of the contra costa county sheriff's office. i'm curious in light of your office and the sheriff's office b

costa county kron four's madyun spoke exclusively with the contra costa county da about the investigation. >> a former contra costa county sheriffs volunteer now charged kron four's learned this weekend. arrest warrant was issued for 54 year-old john key. he self tuesday. it has since posted bail. he had been charged with 2 felonies put illegally possessing a certain caliber of assault 2 different charges and he was also charged with one misdemeanor for manufacturing or assembling an unregistered firearm. also known as it going. >> the investigation is being led by the contra costa county district attorney's office. this is exclusive video of the search warrant being served at the home of judge came back on february. 1st of this year, mister cain allegedly gained access to guns, gun parts and for the technician while working at the sheriff's gun range in clayton. according to the probable cause document obtained by 4, he then sold it to civilians and sworn members of the contra costa county sheriff's office. i'm curious in light of your office and the sheriff's office been in communicatio

in contra costa county. homeless figures have spiked significantly since the start of the pandemic, and officials are pointing to the severe shortage and affordable housing figures show nearly 3100 people are in shelters or sleeping outdoors on any given night. that is compared to roughly twenty three hundred three years ago. county officials say the housing crisis , which has only gotten worse during the pandemic, is driving those numbers up. they note that renters in contra costa county need to earn more than $3700 an hour $37 an hour to afford the average asking rent. of constant $2000. a month account also found the number of homeless people in tents and cars in san francisco dropped 15% compared to 2019 mayor london. breed says the decline is due in part to shelter programs aimed at getting people off the streets. this is just another example of working together with federal, state and local resources and our nonprofit partners. how we can make something great happened for people. and this is important

as of friday, the that's on tilt rate in contra costa county was at 6%. the county add 724 new cases on friday alone. but if you look at hospital ska stigss, 33 people were hospitalized with covid-19. compare that to last year, when it was 21 people hospitalized. nbc's reporter explains, the county wants to ensure everyone has the same access to the care they need. >> reporter: more than 1,300 people have died from covid here in contra costa county. the goal of the new strategy is to eliminate barriers to treatment. >> thank you so much for being here today. >> reporter: contra costa county health leaders say vaccines remain the best defense to prevent covid deaths, they are now focused on another strategy called path to zero. >> we believe that many deaths, in fact, most deaths, are preventible at this point. we have powerful, powerful tools available. >> reporter: the county wants to make sure everyone can get equal access to those tools. specifically, antiviral medication within 48 hours of a positive test. to reduce the risk of serious illness or deat

costa county, shawn chitnis, kpix 5. >>> let's go from contra costa up into oakley where there was a close call last night. a barbecue sparked a fire that then spread to multiple homes. neighbors say the barbecue's propane tank blew up. it quickly spread, catching saturday night cypress trees and neighborhoods yards on fire. the home at the center of the story had severe damage in the back. it's now boarded up. neighboring homes also had damage. >>> fire crews are watching for hot spots from a vegetation fire. that burned in the wetlands near pittsburg and bay-point. but then winds picked up yesterday and another 30 acres went up in smoke. crews expect this one to smolder for a couple more days. >>> in pacifica the winds are prompting a warning from sonoma to big sur. the national weather service warns gale-force winds could cause boats to capsize. >>> on this memorial day, the bay area is honoring our fallen soldiers. >> a lot of very meaningful remembrances and ceremonies happening all across the bay area. listen. ♪ santa clara county held their ceremony at oak hill park in san j

and according to the contra costa county sheriff's department, they said on behalf of the contra costa sheriff's office, our deepest condolences to the family and friends of that texas school shooting victims. our thoughts are also with the community and first responders. although there are no known threats in contra costa sheriff's office jurisdiction. i have ordered additional patrols around all of our schools. obviously, there are so many schools within this particular county so they will not be station at one school, but they will be patrolling around. i'm sure they will get out as they've done before. unfortunately, james this is they've had too much practice at this. let's face it. they've had too much practice at this. they will be patrolling the schools. oftentimes they'll get out to show a presence once the kids get to school as well. teachers and administrators. i have done this story way too many times. i can basically be their spokesman for them this morning that i've done this as far as to teachers and administrators who are free, they will also be asked to stand in front

her efforts eventually getting the attention of the contra costa county district attorney, especially finding the goes >> we believe in district that we have an obligation to make for what we reached out to the contra costa county sheriff's office who declined to comment citing the ongoing investigation. john kaye was arrested and released on $200,000 bill as well. the possibility of facing additional charges. the da would only say the investigation is has it made you 4 news? >> coming up, we continue to follow developments with that school shooting in texas. what authorities are saying they did wrong in their response to the tragedy. >> also, bottle rockets back. we're going to take you out to napa for a look at this weekend's big festival. >> plus out, democrats in the state assembly are trying to remove speaker anthony rendon an (music throughout) big tobacco's cigarette butts filter practically nothing and are made of microplastic fibers that are toxic and cunning. they may seep into water and food, and air, too. and the smaller microplastics get, the more damage they do. could th

, tenemos más detalles de este importante hecho >> uno de los cinco supervisores de contra costa ofrecerán estos beneficios de salud para miles de inmigrantes indocumentados >> familias que no cuentan con acceso a servicios médicos en el condado contra costa podrán obtener estos beneficios por el programa conocido en pantalla, los supervisores votaron para invertir 9,000,000 de dólares con esta finalidad >> invertiremos más de medio millón de dólares para servicios de información por agencias comunitarias, después de varios años el condado quiere aumentar el número de beneficiarios del por estos 2700 a 9000 más >> creemos que es un reto escribir a todas estas personas en solo un año y medio de que dentro de 18 meses california será cargo del programa a nivel estatal >> este programa trata de cubrir la edad estas personas que no tienen seguro que bocabajo este programa y tres recomendaciones >> primero lo que se recomendó fue dar servicio de salud integral, lo segundo los mental y lo tercero ha sido un plan dental >> algo que algunos ven con buenos ojos >> que buena onda que a

but the contra costa county sheriff's department sending more than thoughts. they're sending deputies as well. so this is what they tweeted out late last night may say on behalf of the contra costa sheriff's office, our deepest condolences to the family and friends of the uvalde texas school shooting victims. our thoughts are also with the community and first responders. although there are no known threats in contra costa sheriff's office jurisdiction, i have ordered additional patrols all around our schools. so the key word is patrols. so they're not going to be stationed right in front of the school. not all the time. sometimes they'll stop. they'll walk around. but there's so many schools in contra costa county that they will be doing patrols. they will show a heavier presence. >> i also can tell you a lot of teachers, administrators as standard practice these days whenever they're free, there will also be in front there. also walk the hallways just to make sure that everybody is safe and just a reminder, there is no credible threat to any schools in contra

although there are no known threats in contra in in contra costa sheriff's office jurisdiction. i have ordered additional patrols around all of our schools. they obviously because there's so many schools, james and area, they're not going to be position at one particular school, but they will show presence by patrolling as many schools as they possibly can. and to also keep moving. sadly, guys, i have done this story all too often. what's going to happen is i can almost tell you this as a fact. oftentimes they will ask the administrators any free teachers to walk around to be visible as well in front of the schools as well as the hallways to show a presence as well. so yes, you have professional police officers, but unfortunately, these days and these times, we also have teachers and administrators acting like party body guards as well just to make sure that the kids inside the classrooms. >> our >> all right. thanks a >> well, we will continue to follow the developments of this story on air and online at kron 4 dot com. so to stay updated on the latest information as it comes i

very low humidity levels for sonoma, napa, solano, contra costa and alameda counties. not all bad news, dry air but strongest winds not over the bay area. lighter, offshore winds over the north bay and east bay but strongest through the central valley. greatest combination of gusty winds and low humidity won't be directly over the bay area and fire fuels in the bay area aren't as dry as in the central valley. gray line is average moisture in the fire fields, energy release component is the statistic. right where we are supposed to be this time of year. monitor throughout the day and friday, but worst fire weather conditions are northeast. breeze is picking up on black mountain. san jose, temperature in the mid-60s but 70s for concord, livermore and santa rosa. temperatures tonight, mid to upper 50s, around 60. still warm inland tomorrow, low to mid-80s. east of mount diablo around 90 degrees and fire threat is greater. upper 50s along the coast, closer to average this time of year. ups and downs through the next days, might see another burst of offshore winds monday an

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this is what firefighters in contra costa county should be doing today. using drip torches to cut fire breaks near i-80 and the phillips 66 refinery. instead, they are training in nearby solano county and low humidities in contra costa put a pause on training and firebreak operations through the weekend. >> wanted to make sure we kept our crews and ready and in service, and it is so hot today, we just felt it was in the best interest to call that off, make sure they are prepared and ready if we get any vegetation fire today. >> reporter: already in 2022, con fire has seen a 25% increase in the vegetation fires they put out. >> jumped over the fence, and started stepping on the fire. >> our camera caught a doordash fire trying to stamp out a small fire in pleasant hill with his delivery bag this afternoon. >> it wasn't real big, so i knew that i could just jump overt fence and just try to knock it out with my bag. know? but i'm glad the firefighters here now. >> reporter: with concerning conditions already upon us, this may, firefighters do have one very i

meet the newest member of the contra costa fire department. the brush truck that the fire departments hope will get to areas that were harder to reach during past fires. >> it has the capabilities to allow us to get to the remote grass fires. >> the department has a total of four of the trucks. in the coming weeks, contra costa fire is also looking to respond to calls with 12 more newly trained firefighters. all of this and more needed for what is predicted to be an early extended fire season here in the bay area. >> in the first four moonts we are at a 2% 5% increase from last year. it is a sign of what we are expecting to come this year. >> there were 442 fires in 2021. this year they have already responded to 552. that is why fire departments statewide are asking for your help. they need you to make sure your home has a defensible space zone. for people in oakland and alameda they are asking you to know your zone. >> your house and business has a zone. counties are able to let you know when your zone is in the process of evacuating or has e

there is no credible threat to any school in contra costa county. but keep in mind, there was no credible threat to the school in texas as well. so anything can happen. and that is why the contra costa county sheriff's department, they will have extra patrols at schools like this one and all the other schools in contra costa county just to be safe yesterday when the parents dropped off their kids. i'm sure they were a little bit scared this morning. terrified. probably safe to say. but the car line is a little bit slower today because they're spending a little bit extra time with their child just to make sure everything it's ok, this being a middle school safe to say that they probably have cell phones as well. also probably reminding them to make sure that their cell phone is on just in case anything should happen, god forbid, but this morning feels a lot different, obviously than what happened yesterday. everybody's thinking about what happened in texas. you can see the administrator firmly planted in front just to make sure to show presence the d

costa and solano. with so many people living with food insecurity wishing they could go back in time, when a trip to the grocery store wasn't so expensive. >> the most vulnerable in our communities are impacted even more. most of us don't have to choose, you know, whether to put food on the table or to buy gasoline. >> reporter: in april the price of food at home went up more than 10% from a year ago, with bacon up almost 18% and eggs 22%. it means paychecks don't go as far as they used to. >> before the pandemic, one in nine of the residents in contra costa and solano county relied on us for supplemental food. that number is now one in six. so that is a dramatic increase in need. >> reporter: the food banks themselves are also getting squeezed, seeing increased gas and energy prices at the same time need has basically doubled. >> those are huge costs for us. it's really impacted our food bank's ability to drive as much food as we have been. >> reporter: for some here tonight it's personal. >> my famil

we only have three lawyers for all of contra costa county. to provide these really critical, um legal services and without additional help the nearly 100 people that are awaiting already on our wait lists are not going to get representation. the director of stand together, a group that offers legal services and community education to immigrant families, and contra costa county says what is happening right now is do crisis process or due process crisis rather than county administrator by meantime, is recommending against making close to $2 million available next year, which would pay for three new attorneys, three legal assistance and to social workers. also tonight, oakland police officers say someone driving a vehicle hit a child in the city video posted to citizen app shows the aftermath of that crash. it's unclear exactly where the crash happened, and investigators have not commented on the child's injuries nor whether the driver stopped. they do say the crash happened around 7 30 tonight. if you can help investigators with the case, conta

>> chp contra costa division. officer lane. thank you for your time. what is the latest? as you know, it? >> yes, the eastbound 24 2 northbound 6.80, connector ramp to freeway that close right now we have caltrans on scene that providing some detours in the area as well. >> how bad is the backup and what are your officers saying to this person? is he talking with them and what is the game plan to try to resolve this safely? >> yeah, the traffic is a terrible at the moment we're thanking the public for their this is all in hopes to. crisis negotiators to be able talk to this man of resolve the situation the best way they can. we don't have an eta for the freeway to be completely opened at the moment. do have the right people in the place to be able to handle this. >> do we know why this man went on the freeway to begin with? this is part of some planned protest or did he go out there with this intention to cause a traffic backup. >> about one 45, we got a call of a pedestrian in the center divide in that area. when our officers arrived on when he fled to the transition ram

reporting in contra costa county, kpix 5. >>> the bay area is honoring our veterans with memorial day events all around the region. the largest ceremony is taking place earlier this morning at the san francisco national cemetery. >>> air force band providing music for this tribute to our nation's fallen service members. gold-star families were there. snalter alex padilla talked about how those families are a sign of the country's strength. >> that we don't just honor their willingness to have paid the ultimate sacrifice. we, also, honor what they represent. they collectively represent the beautiful diversity of our nation. and the incredible, awesome unity of our nation. >> small american flags were placed on each of the cemetery's more than 26,000 grave sites. >>> people in danville gathered at oak hill park to mark memorial day. the mayor joaned with the retired u.s. army major to hold this observance ceremony. you heard it there. nine-member color guard. vietnam veterans of diablo valley gathered afterward to enjoy a picnic. in mill valley, a parade taking place. a veteran ceremony

contra costa county fire crews responded to another blaze in brentwood over the weekend. you can see lots of dry brush catching fire in this creek area. the flames spread about 2 acres before crews were able to get it under control. then in fremont, another 2 acre grass fire sparked at 3 o'clock in the afternoon sunday. this one at lake elizabeth, just south of the water park there crews remained on scene until yesterday evening to monitor this one cause of both of these fires are under investigation. we do want to get you a check of your forecast now taking a live look outside across the embarcadero. you can see that tree really waving in the wind as we track critical fire danger this monday for some parts of the bank run for meteorologist dave spahr standing by. he's got the details for us a day, ok? a pretty sweet day have them base all that i skies and blue bay in hand. but we are watching solano county. that's where the problems will be. >> through tomorrow evening, it looks like with those windy conditions. humidity levels will be falling into the teens. looks like

really incredible stuff there, especially right here in contra costa county. time now is 5:16. we'll get a check on weather and traffic. >> yes, and safe to say i think all of us were in our deep rem sleep when that was happening. >> i go to bed when the sun is still out but a cool sight to see. >> jessica? >> that was beautiful. we have another live look right now, this is actually not from mt. diablo, this is just from the salesforce tower cam of the beautiful sunrise that we are luckily amake for now, as we extend into this morning hours we're still dealing with temperatures sitting in the upper 40s/low 50s throughout the bay area. oakland around 50 degrees. it's a very mild start to a little bit above-average day, about five or six degrees no matter where you live. it's changing as we extend into this weekend. temperatures are peaking today just to cool right back down into a cool setup as we start off this weekend. taking it a step back we're under a red flag warning for solano county until 8:00 p.m. this evening. the big reason for this, we've been dealing with dry condit

contra costa. >> had the highest increase of 35%. but the overall increases were actually smaller than what experts had predicted. napa and sonoma counties saw are the counties locally that saw decreases in the number of homeless people along with san francisco. yeah, the city actually had a 15% decrease in the number of people who are unsheltered. >> an organization that helps the homeless in the bay area tells us they are most worried about the 1 million plus people who are now at risk of becoming homeless. >> your average one-bedroom apartment goes for $3,000 a month and people's incomes at this level who are most at risk of experiencing homelessness is $35,000 a year? that map does not work. >> meantime, san francisco mayor london breed is celebrating the decrease and recognize the work that still needs to be done, including the challenges of addiction and mental health illness of those on the streets. >> new data from officials in the south bay shows there's been a modest increase in the amount of homeless people living on the s

veronica benjamin is a danville resident and co-founder of conscious contra costa. >> the organization was formed after the police killing of tyrell wilson, former danville police officer andrew hall shot wilson last year and is now in jail after he was charged with killing another black man in 2018. benjamin says white-supremacist behavior is not challenged enough in this wealthy east bay community. dental is a very, very white city and it's kind of like this last bastion of white privilege and wealth, according as contra costa county has about a 9 to 10% african-american population in danville, that drops to one percent. >> danville's mayor denounced the demonstration on monday saying in part to kron 4 news. >> these people were acting out. hate speech, though, not a crime. this was clearly an abhorrent gesture towards people of color. our town stands united against racism in any form and any acts that direct harm or hatred. the contra costa county sheriff's office says they responded to the demonstration but allowed to continue because no laws were being broken. benjamin says she is

contra costa county health officials will give away free covid test next week. an antioch, the event will be on tuesday. may 17th in front of the clo market on a street. it's from 3.30, to 7 in the afternoon. officials recommend keeping at home testing kits in your medicine cabinet say you have them on hand when you need him. a bill that would allow teens in california to get vaccinated about without their parents. permission passed another key hurdle today. the bill introduced by state senator scott wiener passed the state senate in a 21 to 7 vote. the bill allows children ages 12 and up to be vaccinated, not just against covid but other shots approved by the fda. supporters say teens have the ability to consent to other medical treatment like birth control and mental health. while opponents say parents should be involved in the decision. >> if the parents don't know that the child got the vaccination, how would they know to even keep an eye out for it to watch for if they're at their second job, maybe perhaps telling older sibling or their caretaker. hey, keep

veronica benjamin is a danville resident and co-founder of conscious contra costa. >> the organization was formed after the police killing of tyrell wilson, former danville police officer andrew hall shot wilson last year and is now in jail after he was charged with killing another black man in 2018. benjamin says white-supremacist behavior is not challenged enough in this wealthy east bay community. dental is a very, very white city and it's kind of like this last bastion of white privilege and wealth courting for as contra. costa county has about a 9 to 10% african-american population and dental. that drops to one percent. >> danville's mayor denounced the demonstration on monday saying in part to kron 4 news. >> these people were acting out. hate speech, though, not a crime. this was clearly an abhorrent gesture towards people of color. our town stands united against racism in any form and any acts that direct harm or hatred. the contra costa county sheriff's office says they responded to the demonstration but allowed to continue because no laws were being broken. benjamin says she

. >> the contra costa sheriff's office provides patrol to several cities under contract. it is an agreement that could soon come to an end in the wake of the county settling to civil lawsuits totaling 10 million dollars for the wrongful deaths of vladimir arboleda and tyrell wilson. both were killed by former deputy andrew hall while he was working in the city of de deux. >> and what i'm concerned about. is ensuring that our county fully recovers the cost in order to find that out. contra costa county supervisor john gioia has asked county staff to take a look at the numbers. we paid out about 4.9 million in the case of laudemer arboleda and about 4.5 in the tyrell wilson case. again, both tragic deaths and we should not be paying out of pocket for the services that we provide for cities because we are not obligated to provide those services. it's supposed to be a full repayment i want us to look at that. and that we're getting fully paid if we're not. i do. the contract should be amended for the contract. ended. the mayor of danville sent kron 4. this response, quote. >>

contra costa county sheriff david livingston tweeted this statement on behalf of the contra costa sheriff's office. our deepest condolences to the families and friends of the quality texas school shooting victims, although there are no known threats in contra costa sheriff's office jurisdiction i have ordered additional patrols around all of our schools. california senator alex video became emotional today as he reflected on his reaction to the sandy hook shooting nearly 10 years ago. i remember dropping everything on my plate that day and rushing to my oldest son's elementary school at the time just to pick him up early. give him a hug. go to yogurt, right? frozen yogurt just to know that he was okay. 10 years later, he's older. i got two other kids that are elementary school. they should not have to worry about this. we have parents shouldn't have to worry about their safety. senator padilla is joining calls for the united states senate to pass common sense gun laws shooting is the second mass shooting in the us in just over a week the mass shooting at a supermarket in buffalo, new york,

and again, eastern contra costa. kenny i mentioned it's not in the in the in the in the warning, but it's close enough that was worth imagining that goes until tomorrow. by then, we should start to see more of a westerly breeze. ken field. oakland livermore san jose bumping the highs up today 88 80 97 90 degrees, although there's really not a strong offshore event right now, that's kind of the key here for a lot of these forecast highs. coast sixties and seventies, even though it's clear inland nineties 94 96, 98 , gilroy, danville and calistoga temperatures, though over by the coast, even though it's not with the fog. they're pretty cold this morning, but the air aloft is rather warm. sonoma mountains, 71, ben lomond mountains 70 and mount diablo 63 with the north wind of 41 mph. it'll be warmth, warmth, warmest. our warmth. whatever you want, warmest day of the week will be today. clear skies breezy to blustery in the hills not so bad at the surface, but temperatures beginning to make their move here even though th

in my opinion, the first officer charged in contra costa county, livingston defended hall and called the charges political. the officer felt his life was in danger. that's why he fired the shots that he did. we did a thorough investigation and we found he was within policy. 2.5 years later, district attorney back then decides to charge. this officer, meanwhile, said the deputy should have never been in that position and blamed leadership in the department policies that come from the top. and transcend down at the bottom to the deputies actually have to do the work. sheriff livingston is running for reelection holding that position since 2010 realty is a richmond police officer and leads the richmond police officers association. if you haven't been on the ground as a law enforcement officer in the past five years you have no idea what it's like out there. another big issue was crime, everything from smash and grabs two catalytic converter theft to organized crime rings. district attorney diana beckton said the da's office is partnering with other agencies to crack down. to use the 80

. >>> and this morning contra costa is a don'ting a path to zero plan to eliminate preventable covid deaths. infection and death rates are the highest. contra costa has opened its advice nurse line to anyone who tests positive. >>> update out of the south bay this morning. >> we are seeing some push back against that plan to save the popular gilroy garlic festival. a prominent grower has stepped up to say that he will host it this summer in stock on. that's not going over well in the place where the festival was born. >> and it feels like it'll be a stolen event. >> they haven't reached out to anyone from the garlic festival association, the city, my family or company. it's irresponsible for them to use hour legacy to promote themselves. >> gilroy organizers say they are were forced to cancel due to rising insurance costs and some other issues. he only stepped up because gilroy walk away. >> i'm not trying to steal their fest ralph. i'm just trying to keep it going for the nonprofit groups, for the agricultural and for the people. >> he said that he will announce later this week on t

contra costa county supervisor john gioia has asked county staff to take a look at the numbers. we paid out about 4.9 million in the case of laudemer arboleda and about 4.5 in the tyrell wilson case. again, both tragic deaths and we should not be paying out of pocket for the services that

green has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of san jose contra costa college students as he is not going to be able to return to playing football in the fall, but he does hope to recover for the following season. that or weather and the hail that came down around the north bay today. this is video from yonville viewer also sent us video from santa rosa. you can see it was really coming down this afternoon. and in glen ellyn, officials say lightning hit a large for tree, causing it to catch fire. the homeowner says he saw the smoke after seeing the flash of lightning and then hearing the thunder. the homeowner says he is grateful hail and moisture on the ground kept the flames from spreading. despite the weather, drought conditions continue to stretch statewide california water officials say water consumption did not decrease. but instead increased by 19% in march, as ktvu jana katsuyama reports there are new restrictions now coming from one bay area water agency, hoping to encourage conservation. the drought is having one impact on dining out. some water districts are back to b

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the sheriff coroner david livingston and now that although there are no threats in contra costa county sheriff's office's jurisdiction, there will be additional patrols around schools in contra costa county. >> we will again follow this story and new developments on this breaking news on air and online at kron 4 dot com to stay up to date on the latest information. use your phone to get that qr code. it will take you straight to our web page where you get the latest on the shooting in texas. coming up, lawmakers on capitol hill are making new efforts to try to bring down gas prices. >> how soon we can expect to perhaps pay less to fill up perhaps pay less to fill up the tank. ♪ dry eye symptoms keep driving you crazy? inflammation in your eye might be to blame. let's kick ken's ache and burn into gear! over-the-counter eye drops typically work by lubricating your eyes and may provide temporary relief. those drops will probably pass right by me. xiidra works differently, targeting inflammation that can cause dry eye disease. what is that? xiidra? no! it can provide lasting relief. xii