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Top cop. What had to say on this first monday on the job and even fathom that i can do Something Like that and get away with it. Its yes. Be the list. Neighbors taking action to protect each other. How customers at the San Francisco cafe. Stop the guy who had just stolen a womans laptop. Well, 4 news at 11 starts now. News station, this at 11. Good evening. Thanks for being with us tonight on kron 4 news at 11, im grant lotus are for top story tonight is the search for an 8 yearold boy who police say is in danger. They say a ortiz was last seen around 6 oclock tonight in Mountain View on california street and its quell avenue. Its about a block from rainstorms park and el camino, they say a teen was last seen wearing a gray sweatshirt. Blue pajama pants. Police are not saying how he became missing but he is believed to be on foot. If you see him, youre asked to give Mountain View police a call. For people in East San Jose are without a home tonight as crews look into what started this fire here at a buddhist temple on fox avenue near 6. 80, they say nobody was hurt. Well keep you posted. There. Convicted killer Scott Petersons defense team. Hes trying to get him a new trial by gathering new evidence. But the status last county das office is opposing that motion. Peterson is being represented now by the la Innocence Project and they want a dna test, a rope and a stolen van that was burned near the petersons home around the time his wife laci went missing the das office is asking the judge to deny the motion, though, because of they say all the evidence that was previously used to convict peterson. He was convicted in 2004, the murder of his wife, laci, and their unborn child. Peterson has maintained his innocence see is serving life in prison. Over the weekend. Customers in San Francisco cafe stopped a man who is just take it off with the womans laptop, stole it. Kron fours. Sara stinson spoke with one of the people to stop this guy and she joins us now live in the studio with the stories share. This is a pretty dramatic. Police say a man ran into this cafe, grabbed a laptop and ran right outside was a man named henry flynn who tackled the alleged thief to the ground and held him there until police arrived. Security cameras, thankfully couple whole thing on video. Unfortunately, we did not get permission to use it. But this is video get rest. It literally felt like everyone inside the cafe was screaming. Henry flynn was enjoying a cup of coffee outside sanaa cafe saturday evening when he says he saw a man running out with a laptop. Flynn works as a security guard. So he says it fell natural to take matters into his own hands. I saw someone running out with the head. With a lot of talk in the right hand, almost like a Football Player would run with the football. I think the momentum of him running in opposite direction of my arm, pushing him in another direction, made him stumble over towards one of the cars. That was part. And then i had the ability jump on top of him. This video from frisco live 4, 1, 5, shows San Francisco police arresting a 19 yearold man and flynn talking with officers afterwards about what happened. Flynn learned from police that the man had snatched a laptop from a woman sitting inside who thinks to flynn and others got it back. Mp did you speak to the woman who is left of . It was afterwards. I did. Theyre really cool. Husband or boyfriend. Yeah, actually, i my phone that tracked what i was running after the guys. So they like the minimum. Can we just venmo you a little bit of money . Just so you can get your phone fixed. And was not really too worried about that. This video has circulated on social media. People are now calling flynn a hero, but he humbly disagrees. Most people want to do the right thing. It just takes one person to really. I get ahead of it and everyone else will follow. Flynn is a fourthgeneration san franciscan who is fundraising to run for mayor this november. See myself as representing the silent majority, the city, which is the working class in bread and butter the city. I think what we need right now is the same way what happened at that cafe where everyone came together. We need that citywide. We need everyone coming together whos invested in the heart and soul of the root system of the city like myself. The man accused of the laptop theft was booked into jail and charged with grand theft and seconddegree burglary. Im sara stinson reporting back to you. Thank you, sarah. Oaklands new police chief has officially kicked off his first work week. Floyd mitchell started the day today by meeting members of the department, including new recruits mitchell last work as chief lubbock, texas. He says one of his top goals coming into the department oakland is Building Public trust. Im looking forward to working with you and with members of the community to can say someone spend the rest of this week attending different meetings to get brought up to speed on several Different Things going on within the local Police Department and within this community. Chief also met with command staff going over the latest crime figures today. While burglaries are down. 51 1 since last year, residential burglaries went up 110 percent. Our weather time now as we get a live look to cross the embarcadero there in San Francisco. You see ball. The exploratory meteorologist Kathy Trafton joins us now with the what we can expect tomorrow morning. Right. Hey, grant. Well tell you what. We dont see much fog in that picture of the exploratorium. We dont see much fog in some spots across the bay area such as the bay bridge. Lucky them, no traffic and no fog to speak up. That could change. So whats going to happen is were going to see a lot of fog in some spots across the bay area. Visibility for santa rosa nevado and San Francisco and napa 0 at this hour tomorrow morning as the clouds and fog thicken across the bay area. If youre heading out on your morning commute, 0 visibility also in concord and livermore and san jose and hayward. So definitely make your plans to be very careful and give yourself a little extra time. Heres the fog cast. The steve ning looks like is a big blanket of clouds and fog across the bay area. Guess what . Tomorrow morning that blanket of fog is thicker. Lots of many places, it all pulled right back to the coast only to return again tomorrow evening. Not enough wind really the to make a big difference on winds are calm and Half Moon Bay current temperatures, as you might expect at this hour with that much cloud and fog. All quiet uniform, upper 50s upper 40s. That is to 50s grant. All right. Thanks, kathy. Well, as temperatures are warming up across the bay area, its important to stay vigilant around the water over the weekend. There are multiple reports of people drowning, including a 5 yearold boy who died near Bethel Island in Contra Costa County and a mom who died and status last county after going in and trying to save her 11 yearold daughter in the san joaquin river. Several organizations are using what happened this weekend to highlight water safety as rivers are moving dangerously fast with freezing cold temperatures as the snow melts. Have a flotation on your body when youre in or near that cold water. Staying out of the current really aware of where you are in relation to fastmoving current. Callaway has also says if youre near somebody who is drowning, he should immediately call 911 and then try to reach the person with the roper poll, maybe throw a flotation device towards them. If you can. They advise not to go in the water yourself to try to rescue them because there have been multiple drownings involving more than one person due to failed rescue attempts. The man has been convicted of killing a woman whose remains were found in alameda over the summer. The Alameda County District Attorney announced this afternoon Joseph Roberts has been found guilty of seconddegree murder in the death of rachael buckner. Buckner was from pleasanton. Her body was found dismembered along the shoreline of Bay Farm Island last summer. Police say buckner and roberts live together at the time of her death. No word yet on when roberts will be sentenced. Community members across the bay area are remembering the lives of 2 political leaders from the east bay, peggy moore and her wife hope would were killed in a car crash over the weekend in san diego county. Former oakland mayor libby schaff says moore had a true passion for helping others. Moore was actually chefs. Campaign manager when she ran for mayor in 2015. She had been that. State director for obama she agreed to be the Campaign Manager for one term councilmember who was challenging the incumbent. This is back in 2013, 2014, you could not walk anywhere with peggy without it taking like 2 hours, she knew every person. And if she didnt know that she would just strike up a conversation and them. Oakland representative barbara lee says she is brokenhearted to hear the news calling peggy, a friend activist and one of the best organizers. She knew more and would created a Political Consulting firm in twentytwenty called hope action change. The couple met while working on the Obama Campaign in 2008. Just into the crowd for newsroom. An update on our top story that search for an 8 yearold boy is now over. We just Learned Police say a nor tease has been found. He was reported missing in Mountain View earlier tonight. So good news there. Meanwhile, in solano county, police are looking for a man who walked away from a conservation camp. They say james joe was serving a sevenyear sentence for robbery and other charges. He was last seen on the campgrounds wearing a gray sweatshirt and pants. Police are asking people with info to contact them immediately. Take a look at car, flipped on its side in fairfield here. The chp says they arrested the driver on suspicion of hitandrun and dui. They also found guns in the car. They say the driver tried to run away after crashing but officers were able to catch up with him. In pacifica, a man is under arrest after police say he drove away from a crash and then hit a parked car and police say a 2 yearold was in the car with him. This happened saturday. Officers say theyve all do. Aguilar ran a red light and to stop signs before crashing into a parked car on and way police say they recognize this car from a previous hit and run on highway one. No major injuries were reported. Aguilar is facing multiple charges, including felony child endangerment. The vietnamese Heritage Garden in san joses about to get a major facelift for the first time in more than a decade. And it looks like it could use it. The garden was originally constructed in 2011 honor the thousands of refugees who fled vietnam after the fall of saigon in 1975. But now its largely empty. Has been that way. The improvement plans include newgarden with trees, trails and benches. There will also be a space to Host Community events. Our shared vision is a garden that remembers the past but looks ahead to the future that pays homage to the journey that thousands of families took to find a better life here in america. And it helps create a better life by providing a space for people to come together. Celebrate and share the rich these culture with the next generation. The first phase of the project will include adding a statue featuring an american soldier and a vietnamese soldier standing side by side work on the garden could start lar this year. D tune into kron 4 every thursday this month for stories highlighting the bay areas api community. Its all leading up to our special that airs thursday may 23rd at 06 30pm. Up next to San Francisco Music Festival is coming back. Some people who live in the east bay. All right. As exciting. Plus important. If you dont, dont support it. You lose it. A Historic Museum in south bay is a risk of closing. What needs to happen to keep the doors open for to keep the doors open for years to come. Network is no network for business. Thats why more choose comcast business. And now, were introducing ultimate speed for business our fastest plans yet. Were up to 12 times faster than verizon, at t, and tmobile. And existing customers could even get up to triple the speeds. At no additional cost. Its ultimate speed for ultimate business. Dont miss out on our fastest speed plans yet switch to comcast business and get started for 49. 99 a month. Plus, ask how to get up to an 800 prepaid card. Call today museum in the country dedicated to fabric arts is in danger of closing down for good. For nearly 50 years, the San Jose Museum of quilt and textiles has showcased art from all over the region at around the world. But as kron 4 jack moment tells us now the museum is racing against the clock to keep its doors open. Were the first museum in the country to focus on tax arts and thats a very, very unique bureau of other museums along the south side of san joses downtown. It may be easy to miss. I think were really incredible resource for the community. But for San Jose Museum of quote and textiles, director chris johnson, his museum hits above its weight class. Im here to this reason youll see kind of the extent of what could be done with fibers. We like the future, our local artists here because we have an incredible history of fiber arts here in the bay area. Different art from different artist from san jose. And the far all handmade in fiber. But after nearly 50 years in san jose sofa district, the vibrant and historic exhibit inside the museum may go away for good. Unfortunately, due to the pandemic. And kind of the changing face of philanthropy. We just havent been able raise the resources that we need to continue operating the way we would like to. He said the museum needs 300,000 by the summer. The funding that were asking for u. S. Help support the staff. We need to operate the museum. Its to help pay our mortgage. Yeah. And this my first time here in Julian Swanson came down from San Francisco. Have to be able be here. Little donation to them helping keep supporting local art. He says keeping arts alive in the bay has been a struggle. Feel like its difficult. You know what the downtowns, less traffic i can imagine, has been a big hit for them. The hope is that the museum can collect enough funds from the community. It can create an endowment and stay open for years to come in san jose moment kron 4 news. My weather time here is we get a live look outside the view from the crowd for studios. This is quite tower just going from blue to white on this monday night. Im meteorologist Kathy Trafton is with us. As fog is blanketing the city once again. Kathy and i notice the leaves on the tree were really dancing. But the big weather story tonight really is the low clouds. Its the fog. And the issue, of course, is visibility as well. So if youre going across the golden gate ok, low clouds and fog, not quite low enough to obscure visibility. But guess what . It is 0 visibility from santa rosa to nevado and even in parts of San Francisco. Thats now by tomorrow morning for your commute. 0 visibility. Also in concord livermore, hayward, san jose. So be careful and make your plans carefully because that is tough to drive through by midday things. Clear out great sailing. But then again, the clouds return. So heres the podcast. Looks as though weve got lots clouds and fog going on right now. We do. But guess what . They really push in they thicken up. And were going to wake up tomorrow morning to an awful lot of gray. But things will clear out unless youre right at the coastline in which case theyre going to linger. Thats okay. Were used to that. This is kind of a typical summertime weather pattern, isnt it . With some low clouds and fog at the coast and warm temperatures inland. Now, interesting weather future. You might catch us. A counter clockwise circulation off the coast of los angeles. Thats an upper low heading toward the southwest united states. And its serving to deepen our marine layer. So thats keeping things pretty much on the gray side inland. If youre heading to San Francisco tomorrow, were looking for temperatures close to 60s and also right along the coastal communities 50s to low 60s as you head toward the bay shoreline of the peninsula, mid 60s. And then as we head southward, as you might expect, were looking at numbers reaching into the 70s places such as wood side at 76 degrees and even 80 in palo alto, 70s 80s for the east bay and 70s and 80s for the north bay. If you want and hot, you know where to go, places such as pleasanton and also in sonoma. Also in wet brentwood, discovery bay, all upper 80s. And also feel at 83 degrees. But if you head towards santa rosa, 73 and if you like the cool conditions, as always point rays, its lovely. And the next 5 days were seeing much of the same little bit warmer on wednesday and thursday as the low moves way High Pressure strengthens a little bit, but not a lot kind of cookie cutter week, but well take it. It looks great. I mean, yeah, this is perfect weather for most people. I just feel like it just a few miles. There you go a skeptic. All right. Despite some bay area residents and officials calling for its removal or relocation, the portola Music Festival is coming back to San Franciscos pier 88 this september will mark the 3rd year for the event in 2023 last year. Lots of people live across the bay in alameda so they can really hear this thing. It was loud way too loud. They thought this year the festival says theyll be lowering base levels. Theyll also have a Community Hotline for people to call festival. Organizers say theyll do everything they can to keep it down. This years lineup includes artists like rufus du sol and disclosure. Next. In sports, the giants get some tough injury news and theyre looking to build off there. Walkoff win yesterday. The rival dodgers are in town. Sports director jason dumas takes us out to the ball game takes us out to the ball game next. Norman, bad news. I never graduated from med school. What . But the good news is. Xfinity mobile just got even better now, you can automatically connect to wifi speeds up to a gig on the go. Plus, buy one unlimited line and get one free for a year. I gotta get this deal. Thats like 20 a month per unlimited line. I dont want to miss that. Thats amazing doc. Mobile savings are calling. Visit xfinitymobile. Com to learn more. Doc . And now kron 4 sports. The giants havent gotten off to the best start this season that has shown in the standings and also on the injury list, just a lot of things have gone wrong. But if you look at the bright side, theyre on a twogame win streak in maybe a good showing in this upcoming series with the dodgers can turn things around. You know, its going to be a great turnout when the dodgers are in town looking at line to get oracle, bottom of the seconds, giants down a run to all for luis motto, son. He gets a hold of that bad boy, no doubt about it. His first hit of this season. Is a home run and the giants take the bottom of the 6th tied at 3 to one for elliott ramos. That gets through the hole. Matt chapman come on in his 4 brothers. Giant regained the lead top of the 7 same score tk hernandez. And that got out of the park in her east state just biden. Slimmest slimmest margins. Top of the temp now extra same score to offer will smith. And thats the warning track power. 2 runs. Come on in this core. It is 64 bottom of the frame giants with a chance to tie it at the very least cairo is trying up at plate. But he grounds that one into a 5, 4, 3, double play. Now despite the law starting pitcher jordan hicks said he liked the fight of his group. Its tough game. I like, what we thought overall i think were going to could go for coming as everybody can kind of comes off. I think were in a good spot a lot of these young guys with the brings new life. All right. The as in houston taking on the astros. Astros have been the class of this division, but theyre on the bottom this year. Top of the is down by 2 man offer jj bleday. Its off the wall. Abraham toro scored the as cut houstons lead in half and weve got a tight game. But then houston flexed on the bottom of the 7th alex bregman the watching this kid since he was at lsu. Thats his second home run of the game and it extends that lead to till and right. That was not done next. Ending strolls up 3 with the bases loaded. That warning track power. 2 runs. Come on in to score. Houston would tack on 2 more runs after that. They lose 92 game 2 of the series tomorrow. All right. Lets head out to Dallas Mavericks thunder game for the western conference emmys. For the layin the 4 we have a tie game. Shay gilgeousalexander 5 Chet Holmgren hand down man down 18, a knife or chat. Casey takes the lead under 2 minutes to go. Mavs downpour tim hardaway junior hardaway. Fake 3. Nice bucket. There. But moments later, tim hardaway junior makes costly, costly mistake. Thats can play with your food man. Jaylin williams, santa clara, 14 96 for him. That would do it. Okc. They by for the resiliency. On feels like forever since ive gotten to see warriors play. Just yeah. Its going to be a long time only along you know, hopefully get it together will see steph in paris this summer, at least definite steve that i thank thanks have a good night. Thank you for watching. Well announcer fire ant attack. Speak with her mom handcuffed by cops in a bed of fire