Transcripts For KRON KRON 4 Early News 20170718

Morning with relatively clear skies and temperatures in the 50s and 60s. Its cooler than it was yesterday morning with fog at the coast. Later today, we should see sunny skies for all communities away from the coast and temperatures that are considerably cooler especially for the inland valleys. In fact, some communities will see a 10 degree drop in temperatures compared to yesterday. Inland highs will only reach the mid 80s, bay shoreline communities will be in the upper 70s, while coastal locations will max out in the mid 60s. Slight warming is expected for rest of the week, but otherwise not much change is expected. No major hot spots. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. james our top story this morning. There is heightened security at a Popular San Francisco tourist spot after a man is shot and killed. The killers are still on the loose this morning. tiffany this happened at twin peaks on sunday. Kron fours Ella Sogomonian reports from San Francisco with more on the victim this morning. Twin peaks attracts tourists and locals alike for its specatular view of San Francisco. Sot dennis alberti, photographer this place is very good and the view is amazing. But visitors are becoming increasingly vulnerable to violent theives at the iconic site. Sot dennis alberti, photographer now i am scared because my camera is very expensive so i dont know what to do. The latest victim 71yearold Edward French was on his usual run up the peak less than half a mile from his home. When he got to the top french was robbed of his camera then shot and killed around 8 sunday morning. Sot omar assef, photographer something needs to be down about that. Its sad that weve come down to this that there are criminal activities in these kind of beautiful areas. The last homicide at twin peaks this year happened on valentines days when two santa rosa residents were killed and one seriously hurt after they were also shot. 28yearold Richard Contreras remains in custody facing felony charges for the double murder. Not to mention the burglaries in between. Sot officer robert rueca, San Francisco Police Department we have had a number of car breakins in the area weve done operations in the area that have slowed that down. In response to the lastest Homicide Police will now patrol the look out 24 hours a day seven days a week until further notice. Sot dennis alberti, photographer it looks safe because i see a lot of police cars everywhere so the story that i hear about yesterday is crazy. Police are looking for two suspects responsible for frenchs death although no surveillence video has been released. A black man described to be between 20 and 25 years old with shoulder length dreadlocks. james some other instances of crime that you may remember at Popular San Francisco tourist destinations. In 2015 a tourist was shot and robbed a block from the popular windy portion of lombard street in russian hill. The tourist had his camera stolen, chased after the robbers, and was then shot in the shoulder. And in november of 2016. Eight people held up a man at gunpoint at coit tower in the city. The group took two cell phones before they ran away from the scene. Police were able to track down and arrest one of the robbers. tiffany new this morning. A father is dead after rescuing his two children and four other kids from the coyote creek in san jose. 35yearold saul garcia drowned on sunday. Several children were playing in the creek when they got swept up from the fast moving waters. Garcia and another adult jumped in the water to help them, but garcia did not make it out. Police say the area where the kids were playing is shallow near the shore and then makes a sudden drop. A gofundme page has been set up for the family. Thats on our website at kron four dot com. tiffany in the east bay. A teenager is arrested and accused of shooting and killing a 20 yearold woman in richmond. Allie sweitzer was killed back in may. She was at a park when she got into an argument with a teenager, who later shot her. A 15year old boy from el cerrito was arrested yesterday for that shooting. Police have not yet released any information on the teenager. tiffany another set back for republicans trying to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act. james the plan has once again stalled after two more republican senators came out and opposed the bill. John lawrence has the latest. Trumpcares pulse has flat lined. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell issued a statement saying the republicans plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act will not succeed. David gergen former president ial adviserweve never seen a president put forward a major legislative piece in his early days and have it greeted with such derision and such fear. The defection of gop senators, jerry moran of kansas and mike lee of utah, slammed the brakes on one of President Trumps top goals. We must repeal jobkilling obamacare, we have to do that. But that isnt going to happen, at least not for a while. Mcconnell says the senate will soon vote on a bill that will delay the repeal of the Affordable Care act. For a twoyear transition. For years the Republican Party railed against the aca. And donald trump made it one of his Main Campaign pledges. So what happened . Bakari sellers attorney donald trump, with all due respect, in all his ability to speak to the common man, does not have any idea about health care policy. That is apparent. Margaret hoover gop strategist instead of attacking msnbc anchors and all of these dalliances weve had on twitter, he should have been driving his agenda and trying to force senators to feel that they had to go along with the Republican Health care policy. President trump tweeted monday night saying republicans should just repeal failing obamacare and work on a new Healthcare Plan that will start from a clean slate. Dems will join in Vice President pence agreed with mister trumps statement, saying inaction is not an option. Im john lorinc reporting. james the trial date for the woman charged with orchestrating the murder of her cihldrens father in redwood city is pushed back to january. This is video from back in april when tiffany li posted a record breaking bail amount of 35 Million Dollars. Her family came up with the money, and she is free from jail pending trial. Li pleaded not guilty to murder and directing her boyfriend and another man to kill keith green. Prosecutors say she feared losing custody of her children. A judge set a new trial date for january 16th to allow more time for both the prosecution and defense. james in the east bay. The Berkeley Police chief hosted a Community Forum and addressed the concerns of People Living in the area. The chief says he has seen a slight uptick in crime in berkeley. He said officers are investigating several leads in some of the high profile crimes, including several incidents that took place near the u. C. Berkeley campus. City council and in september we will report to the council. We are seeing a rise in reported rapes and a slight rise in robberies. james the chief says the department finished an investigation and made several arrests in a series of commercial burglaries. Chief greenwood says he is focused on getting the department up to a full staffing level as soon as possible. tiffany state lawmakers vote to extend the states landmark law to combat Climate Change. Californias capandtrade program will survive through 2030. The program caps Carbon Emissions and requires polluters to obtain permits for each ton of carbon they release. Californias program is the only one of its kind in the United States. Support for the system comes as President Trump is pulling the country out of the paris climate agreement. Governor jerry brown says the program is essential for the survival of civilization. james coming up. A fire breaks out near a popular south bay winery and concert venue. Well show you the progress fire crews have made on the fire. Plus. A baby is safe this morning after being kidnapped. Well hear from the two people who took action after spotting the baby in the south bay. And. A woman is shot and killed by police after calling 911 herself. Hear what the family is pleaded for police to do and heres a live look outside. San mateo bridge James Tiffany welcome back. Checking in on your morning forecast. james its a mild Tuesday Morning with relatively clear skies and temperatures in the 50s and 60s. Its cooler than it was yesterday morning with fog at the coast. Later today, we should see sunny skies for all communities away from the coast and temperatures that are considerably cooler especially for the inland valleys. In fact, some communities will see a 10 degree drop in temperatures compared to yesterday. Inland highs will only reach the mid 80s, bay shoreline communities will be in the upper 70s, while coastal locations will max out in the mid 60s. Slight warming is expected for rest of the week, but otherwise not much change is expected. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. S. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 james the family of a woman who was shot and killed by a Police Officer is making a desparate plea for information about what led up to that shooting. Justine damond called 911 to report a possible Sexual Assault near her home in minneapolis on saturday. Moments after Police Arrived she was shot and killed. Family members say they have been given almost no Additional Information from police. Burning near a popular south bay winery and concert venue. james its happening near the mountain winery in saratoga. The fire is now 75percent contained and have burned about 10thousand acres. tiffany kron fours Charles Clifford reports no homes are in danger. Around 330 monday afternoon, fire crews from Santa Clara County responded to reports of a wildfire spreading near the mt winery. The flames were burning in heavy brush and timber along a ridge near the winery. Temperatures were in the 90s monday , but fortunately there was very little wind and the flames spread slowly. While there are many homes in the area, none were seriosly threatened by the the fire. Mt winery also appears to be safe. Residents along mt eden road were asked to shelter in place, but mainly to keep the roadway clear so fire crews could move heavy equipment into the area. Sotto close for comfort. Bruce thibault works at nearby garrod farms. He says he heard the sirens and saw fire trucks around 4 oclock. Hes not worried about his safety, but is concerned the flames could spread quickly through the dry brush near the farm. Sotfor us its the stables. The dry hay, the dry grass , the dry everything. Through out monday afternoon fire crews from multiple agencies worked to surround the fire. Cal fire also made multiple fire retardant and water drops on the burnzone using helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. Bruce thibault is relieved this fire appears to be under control and says its a reminder that wildfires can strike anywhere. Sotsome people think it never happens around here, but it does. tiffany land this morning at least at least 16 fires are burning in the state. One of the most alarming is a huge fire in Mariposa County just west of yosemite. This is near near lake mcclure in the sierra foothills. And people are being forced to evacuate their homes. 300 homes are threatened this morning. It has burned over 11 thousand acres and is only fiveprecent contained. The detwiller fire has destroeyed one structure. Damaged another. Nearly 800 fire personnell are dealing with heavy brush. The rapidly growing fire has forced this woman and her two pets out their home. tiffany no injuries have been reported. The cause of the fire is being investigated. tiffany land in Santa Barbara county. The Whittier Fire has burned more than 18thousand acres. The fire has destroyed 46 structures. Including 16 homes. The fire is now 49 percent contained. It started over a week ago. More than two thousand firefighters are still working to contain the fire. james Police Arrested the woman they say ripped off High School Band members at a bake sale last week. This is video of the woman Walking Around the store before going outside to the bake sale. Police say Michelle Marie kruse used a fake 100 dollar bill to buy baked treats. The students then gave her 80 dollars in change. Authorities say when the students discovered the bill was fake they tried to confront her but she left. Police arrested kruse at her rohnert park home on sunday. She is facing multiple charges including counterfeit money offenses and drug possession charges. james the man police say kidnapped a baby boy in Monterey County is in custody this morning. The boy is safe after being found in san jose. tiffany this is a story we first broke to you yesterday during the kron four morning news. Kron fours rob fladeboe spoke with the two people who took action when something just didnt seem right. Rob fladeboe san jose. The Unlikely Partnership began when the woman who lives in this motorhome first encountered the stolen child and became suspicious. She then communicated her suspicions to another neighbor who confronted the alleged kidnapper, whom he suspected was under the influence of drugs. Lcolin blevin rescued baby. I could tell right away the guy was hopped up. When colin blevin arrived for work here at ciarra construction near taylor and walnut, there was an unfamliar car blocking the gate and he noticed there was a baby in the back seat. Colin blevin rescued baby. I put my man voice on and i said, hey, whats going on here, whats up with this baby, you know, because it was going to be a hot day and there was this homeless woman and she had this look in here eye as if to say, help me. The woman, who lives in this rv, says the kidnapper had arrived moments earlier and wanted her to take the baby, whom she later learned was 8 month old emeliano salinas, who was the object of an amber alert after being kidnapped in soledad. Mama ramirez kidnapper asked her to take baby. He knocked on the door and woke us up and said come and take this baby, i took this car and theres a baby in it. Next, as the suspected kidnapper was breaking into a nearby car, colin blevin decided it was time to act. Colin blevin. So i snatched up this baby that i didnt know anything about but it wasnt right so a called 911 and asked the guy again if knew the baby and and he just said i gotta go. as colin was calling 911, the suspect got back in the stolen car and sped off. Emeliano, said to be just fine, was reunited with his family a short time later at San Jose Police headquarters. Mama ramirez, as she is known on the street, and colin blevin are both crediting the other for rescuing the stolen baby. Mama ramirez. When i picked him up he was kj nd of stiff at first but then he rea;ized and grabbed at me, i thin he knew he was safe. Rob fladeboe san jose. After being confronted by colin blevin and relieved of the child, the alleged kidnapper was said to be making his way back to soledad when he was pulled over and taken into custody in the salinas area. He was identified as 43 year old Raymond Randy gutierrez. In san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news kron 4 newsjose rob fladeboe gutierrez. In san Raymond Randy 43 year old Raymond Randy gutierrez. In san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news james before we head to break. And heres a live look outside. Toll plaza in entertainment headlines. The comedy girls trip hits theatres this week, and one of its stars has some advice for anyone planning their own girls trip. Rick damigella has that story and more in the hollywood minute. What do you want . I want to ask you some questions. What happened . I covered my tracks. Scrambled the records. We were being hunted its a test designed to provoke an emotional response. Actually, its a preview for the upcoming sequel to blade runner. Warner brothers has released a new trailer for blade runner 2049. The clip features Harrison Ford as rick deckard, ryan gosling and new footage of the villain played by jared leto. Blade runner 2049 hits theaters october 6th. We havent hung in five years i miss you guys. We need a girls trip. Girls trip heads to theaters this weekend, and one of its stars shared with us some advice if you are planning one of your own. Do not talk about it after its over, because um, you know thats where we go get free and do our thing. Whoevers at home will think everythings just fine. So no need to show too many pictures. And make sure you bring everything you need for your trip. Dont expect him to bring it. Have your own nat flowers have been placed on the hollywood walk of fame in honor of the late martin landau. The oscarwinning actor passed away over the weekend due to unexpected complications according to the hollywood reporter. Martin landau was 89. In hollywood, im rick damigella. tiffany coming up. We are just days away from oj simpsons parole hearing. Hear what a local Attorney Says about simpsons chances of being set free. And. A family is held at gunpoint at robbed at their home in the east bay. The attackers are still on the loose this morning. Well hear from witnesses after the break. tiffany were coming up on 430. Here are the big stories were working on for you this morning. A man is shot and killed near San Franciscos twin peaks and the killers are still on the loose. 71yearold Edward French was on his usual run sunday morning. French had his camera stolen once he reached the top and was then shot and killed. Police are now patrolling the area 24 hours a day. Two people are wanted in the case. Police have not yet released a detailed description of the attackers. james a teenager has been arrested and accused of killing a 20 yearold woman in richmond. Allie sweitzer was killed back in may. She got into an argument with a teenager who then shot and killed her. Police are only identifying the suspect as a 15yearold boy from el cerrito. He was arrested yesterday. tiffany senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell has decided the senate will give up on its health care bill. This comes after four republican senators said they couldnt support the bill. Mcconnell says the senate will instead vote on whether to repeal and replace obamacare within the next two years James Tiffany welcome back. Checking in on your morning forecast. james its a mild Tuesday Morning with relatively clear skies and temperatures in the 50s and 60s. Its cooler than it was yesterday morning with fog at the coast. Later today, we should see sunny skies for all communities away from the coast and temperatures that are considerably cooler especially for the inland valleys. In fact, some communities will see a 10 degree drop in temperatures compared to yesterday. Inland highs will only reach the mid 80s, bay shoreline communities will be in the upper 70s, while coastal locations will max out in the mid 60s. Slight warming is expected for rest of the week, but otherwise not much change is expected. No major hot spots. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. james happening now. Police are looking for two men who held a family at gunpoint and robbed them at their home in walnut creek. tiffany kron 4s Justine Waldman spoke to witnesses in the neighborhood. Sot i dont have security cameras but i will in the near futurejust before 9 monday morning, neighbor keith graven heard a commotion outside his home. And saw a woman helping a man. Wearing nothing but his underwearthe man who was in a panic pacing by his front hedge. Sot he told her he had been robbed at gunpoint and he was forced to open his safe and she gave him his cell phone so he could call police that man keith says is the victim. Who police say lives on the 2800 block on oak grove. The he along , his wife and their child all home. When the two male suspects came in through an unlocked gate. Police say the suspects were holding guns. And stole cash and personal property from the family. Then ran away south on cedro lane. Keith graven neighborsot the police took their dog down the circle courtanother homes surveillance camera recorded the suspects running down the Street Holding a white bag. The homeowner shared it with police. But declined an interview with kron 4 news. Police are investigating if the family was targeted. Sot we think of it as a quiet neighborhood but it is certainly concerning james happening today. The copilot of an air canada plane that almost landed on a crowded taxiway at sfo is set to be interviewed by transportation officials. The ntsb has already spoken to the pilot about the incident on july 7th. It expects to wrap up interviews with the air Traffic Controllers by tomorrow. The ntsb said they will soon release Surveillance Video of the near disaster. Officals want to figure out how the air canada plane carrying 140 people ended up nearly landing on the taxiway instead of a runway. Four other planes were lining up to take off. The air canada plane came within less than 100 feet of at least one other jet before aborting its landing. tiffany a parole board in nevada will soon decide whether oj simpson should be set free. Hes been in prison for the last nine years. james kron fours Spencer Blake spoke with a local attorney who shared his thoughts on how things might play out. We the jury in the above entitled case find the defendant, Orenthal James simpson, as follows count one conspiracy to commit a crime guilty. Count 2 conspiracy to commit kidnapping guilty. Those verdicts came in 2008, the year after oj simpson got involved with a Sports Memorabilia heist in las vegas. He and four other men broke into a hotel room to get the memorabilia, which simpson says belonged to him. He is now the last of the group left in prison. One of them served just over two years before getting released. The others made plea deals and only ever had parole. By the time a person is seriously given consideration by a parole board, the crime that is the reason why theyre in prison is no longer particularly relevant. San francisco attorney Charles Carbone has lots of opinions on the upcoming parole hearing. Hes been involved in thousands like it, though perhaps none this famous. Carbone says the chances of simpson getting released are exceptional, and adds that that is the general consensus among respected attorneys and judges. They realize that ojs gonna get out. If he doesnt get it this turn, hes certainly gonna get it the next, but i think all indicators point that hes coming home. But he would still have to wait until october first at the earliest. The parole boards biggest considerations will deal with ojs current behavior in prison. Is he getting rules violations . Is he committing mini felonies or mini misdemeanors . Can he socialize well with others . The fact that the juice is already 70 will play into the decision, as well. Carbone says someone that age is amuch less likely to commit any crimes again. looklive tag about 83 hundred nevada inmates appear before parole commissioners each year. Over the last four years, 82 percent of them who had hearings as they approached their minimum sentence just like simpson ended up getting parole. In San Francisco, Spencer Blake, kron four news. james kron4 is heading to reno this week for oj simpsons parol hearing. We will have live coverage. Be the first to know the updates on this story by downloading the free kron four mobile app. You can also get all the updates. On our website kron four dot com. tiffany still ahead. There is a rise in Sexual Assault crimes at bart this year. Well show you what bart is doing to make people safer at its stations. Plus. Hear the changes that could be coming to the foster care system. And. Getting from point a to point b in the bay area could get even more expensive. Well explain after the break. james a bridge toll increase could be happening for just about every major bridge in the bay area. tiffany with a need to find a way to get people from point a to point b faster. Crossing the bay could get a little more costly. Kron 4s dan kerman found out where the money would go. With Traffic Congestion getting worse and worse everyday few would argue major improvements are needed but are people willing to fund those improvements by paying 3 dollars more to cross the bay areas 7 state owned bridges. Soti would pay 5 dollars if it would reduce congestion,soti would not pay 3 dollars because everytime we put money into one of these huge projects we never see the end result. Not this time says backers of the plansot john grubb Bay Area Council 3036 theres projects that target the entire region, north bay, south bay east bay, San Francisco and the peninsula, everyone should be seeing improvements. John grubb is with the Bay Area Council, which backs the toll hike. He says the idea is to reduce traffic gridlock by expanding improving troubled interchanges, adding express lanes, and improving Public Transit that includes hundreds of more bart cars and an expansion of Ferry Servicesotwere talking 2030 new boats and they could be up and running and you could take a ferry from anywhere in the north bay to Silicon Valley employersultimately it will be for commuters to decide sotwe need transportation improvements we all know this, are we will to reach into our wallets and pay a little more to get the improvements we know we needstandup dan kerman bay bridge toll plaza 123133legislators are putting the finishing touches on the ballot measure, if approved it will go out to a vote of the public in the bay area, either in june or november of next year. At the bb toll plaza, dk k4n. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is james welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. Here is a look at the major headlines before you head out the door this morning. A father is dead after rescuing his two children and four other kids from the coyota creek in san jose. 35yearold saul garcia drowned on sunday. Several children were playing in the creek when they got swept up from the fast moving waters. Garcia and another adult jumped in the water to help them, but garcia did not make it out. tiffany the trial date for the woman charged with orchestrating the murder of her cihldrens father in redwood city is pushed back to january. Tiffany li posted a record breaking bail amount of 35 Million Dollars back in april. Li pleaded not guilty to murder and directing her boyfriend and another man to kill keith green. james state lawmakers vote to extend the states landmark law to combat Climate Change. Californias capandtrade program will survive through 2030. The program caps Carbon Emissions and requires polluters to obtain permits for each ton of carbon they release. Now lets get a check of the roads with robin winston. No major hot spots. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. Golden gate bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. james its a mild Tuesday Morning with relatively clear skies and temperatures in the 50s and 60s. Its cooler than it was yesterday morning with fog at the coast. Later today, we should see sunny skies for all communities away from the coast and temperatures that are considerably cooler especially for the inland valleys. In fact, some communities will see a 10 degree drop in temperatures compared to yesterday. Inland highs will only reach the mid 80s, bay shoreline communities will be in the upper 70s, while coastal locations will max out in the mid 60s. Slight warming is expected for rest of the week, but otherwise not much change is expected. Tiffany Tiffany in bay area headlines. Bart is seeing an increase in Sexual Assault crimes in 2017. Kron fours Haaziq Madyun reports that bart has seen nearly double the number of sex crimes so far this year than in all of 2016. There has been seven reports of Sexual Assaults on bart property in the first half of 2017. This is a surveillance image of man wanted in connected to the most recent sex crime, a woman who was groped onboard a train back on may 24th here at the North Berkeley bart station in fact bart Officials Say the seven Sexual Assault cases involve different suspects, committing crimes in various locations throughout the Transit System including bart trains, stairwells and parking lots bart stationssome passengers say people need to do more to protect themselveslynnette robinson concerned bart passenger well it is not necessarily the Police Presence that will make the difference. Its the people actually being awarebart police Officials Say they have made arrests in five of the seven Sexual Assault cases this year. In berkeley Haaziq Madyun kron4news. james lawmakers in washington are pushing legislation aimed at allowing more relatives to adopt children who are taken state custody. tiffany kron4s washington correspondent drew petrimoulx pettrimmo reports on the regulations they say are getting in the way. Frustrated family members in arkansas let their feelings be heard. File testimony 12 09 2015 im perfectly able, perfectly capable of taking care of my grandchildren. They say state Child Welfare officials are blocking them from adopting children from relatives. Alabama congresswoman terri sewell says the roadblocks are a nationwide problem. Rep terri sewell, dal we want to encourage more relatives and family members to be engaged with the lives of our foster care. Sewell blames outdated licensing requirements in many states. Rep terri sewell, dal some that have restrictions on the number of bedrooms that have to be in a house. According to advocacy organizations age and gender requirements also present obstacles for relatives seeking to adopt. They say relatives who live across state lines also face hurdles. Rep. Lloyd smucker, rpa federal policy should make it easier for children to be children to be placed with family members. Congressman Lloyd Smucker from pennsylvania representative sewell are sponsoring legislation that passed the house last month. It would direct the department of health and Human Services to produce new adoption guidelines for states. The idea is to give Child Welfare workers more flexibility to place children with relatives by exempting some nonsafety adoption rules. Rep. Lloyd smucker, rpa Research Shows that placement with relatives is better for the child. Thats likely why a slew of child Health Organizations are supporting the legislation which is now being considered by the us senate. In washington, im drew james coming up. Sleeping with your contacts in can get uncomfortable, but how about over two dozen contacts in your eye. Well show you what a doctor found in a womans eye after the break. And heres a live look outside. Toll plaza robin no major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. james take a look at this. Doctors in england found this Massive Cluster of contact lenses. In a womans eye. The 67yearold woman was scheduled for routine cataract surgery in november she thought it was dry eye and old age causing her discomfort. But doctors at discovered a27a contact lenses stuck in her right eye. The woman had been wearing monthly disposable contact lenses for 35 years. She told the surgeons that sometimes, when she would try to remove a contact from that eye, she couldnt find it. So she kept putting more in. james coming up in kron four news at five. A teenager is arrested for the murder of an east bay woman. Hear what led up to the shooting up ahead. tiffany plus. A baby is safe this morning after being kidnapped. Well hear from the two people who took action after spotting the baby in the south bay. james and. A fire breaks out near a popular south bay winery and concert venue. Well show you the progress fire crews have made on the fire. darya this morning on the kron 4 morning news. A man killed at a popular tourist spot and the killer is still on the loose. tiffany and another attack on a bart train. Where it happened and what police are saying about the attackers. darya and breaking overnight. A Major Development in the fight over health care. Why the republicans have decided to give up. darya good morning im darya folsom. tiffany and im Tiffany Mcelroy. Lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic. james its a mild Tuesday Morning with relatively clear skies and temperatures in the 50s and 60s. Its cooler than it was yesterday morning with fog at the coast. Later today, we should see sunny skies for all communities away from the coast and temperatures that are considerably cooler especially for the inland valleys. In fact, some communities no major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. darya our top story this morning. A killer is on the loose after a man is shot and killed at a popular tourist spot in San Francisco. tiffany will tran is live at twin peaks with the details. Will. will there is heightened security at a popular tourist spot in San Francisco after a man is shot and killed. And the killer is still on the loose this morning. It happened on twin peaks on sunday morning. 71yearold Edward French was running up the peak, less than a half a mile from his home. When he got to the top he was robbed of his camera, and then shot and killed. This is the third homicide on twin peaks this year. On valentines day, two people from santa rosa were shot and killed. People who visit the iconic spot say they wouldnt expect these crimes to happen there. will police are looking for a man and a woman in connection to the murder. They were last seen driving a dark gray honda accord with rearend damage. In response to the crime, police are now going to patrol the area around the clock. tiffany thanks will. We will check back with you through out the morning. darya friends of ed french are speaking out about his tragic death. The 71year old was a well respected location scout for television commercials. Friends say he was a great mentor, dedicated to capturing the best of San Francisco. They say he died. Doing what he loved arrested yesterday for that shooting. Police have not released any information on the teenager. darya new this morning. Police are looking for a group of teens who attacked and robbed a man at the bay fair bart station. This happened around 11 30 last night. The victim says he was attacked by 3 or 4 teens while on the train. They took his phone and laptop. The man had to be taken to the hospital with cuts to his face. The attackers have not been caught. darya happening today. Bart officials will hold a meeting to talk about safety on trains and at stations. Later this morning the victims of the mob attack back in april will be at the meeting. In that attack, dozens of teenagers jumped the gates at the coliseum station and punched and robbed several passengers. Also during todays meeting, bart officials will discuss new proposed policies about surveillance and possible license plate readers. tiffany breaking overnight news from washington. It was announced late last night that the us senate will give up on its bill to replace obamacare and vote instead on legislation to repeal the law within two years. darya john the latest. Trumpcares pulse has flat lined. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell issued a statement saying the republicans plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act will not succeed. David gergen former president ial adviserweve never seen a president put forward a major legislative piece in his early days and have it greeted with such derision and such fear. The defection of gop senators, jerry moran of kansas and mike lee of utah, slammed the brakes on one of President Trumps top goals. We must repeal jobkilling obamacare, we have to do that. But that isnt going to happen, at least not for a while. Mcconnell says the senate will soon vote on a bill that will delay the repeal of the Affordable Care act. For a twoyear transition. For years the Republican Party railed against the aca. And donald trump made it one of his Main Campaign pledges. So what happened . Bakari sellers attorney donald trump, with all due respect, in all his ability to speak to the common man, does not have any idea about health care policy. That is apparent. Margaret hoover gop strategist instead of attacking msnbc anchors and all of these dalliances weve had on twitter, he should have been driving his agenda and trying to force senators to feel that they had to go along with the Republican Health care policy. President trump tweeted monday night saying republicans should just repeal failing obamacare and work on a new Healthcare Plan that will start from a clean slate. Dems will join in Vice President pence agreed with mister trumps statement, saying inaction is not an option. Im john lorinc reporting. tiffany in the east bay. The Berkeley Police chief is addressing public concern about the rise in crime in the city. The chief says they have seen a uptick in crime in berkeley. He said officers are investigating several leads in some of the high profile crimes. Those include several incidents that took place near the uc berkeley campus. tiffany the chief says the department finished an investigation and made several arrests in a series of commercial burglaries. Chief greenwood says he is focused on getting the department up to a full staffing level as soon as possible. darya police have arrested the man they say kidnapped a baby boy from Monterey County. We first broke this story yesterday on the kron 4 morning news. The child was found safe in san jose after a construction worker noticed the baby in the back seat of a car. A woman who was also nearby says a man was asking her to take the baby. That baby was 8monthold emeliano salinas who had been kidnapped in Monterey County. The construction worker says he then saw the man trying to break into another car and he decided to act. tiffany a grass fire that started near a popular winery and concert venue in saratoga is now 40 percent contained. The fire started yesterday afternoon spreading along a ridge near the mountain winery. It has burned 10 acres. People living on mount eden road were told to shelter in place, so firefighters could bring in heavy equipment. The mountain winery and other structures are not threatened by the fire. No one has been injured. tiffany this morning at least 16 fires are burning in the state. One of the most alarming is a huge fire in Mariposa County just west of yosemite. This is near near lake mcclure in the sierra foothills. And people are being forced to evacuate their homes. 300 homes are threatened this morning. It has burned over 11 thousand acres and is only fiveprecent contained. The detwiller fire has destroyed one structure. Damaged another. Almost 800 firefighters are there fighting the fire. darya still ahead on the kron four morning news. How a fathers effort to save his own children ended up costing him his life. And later. A man accused of killing 4 people reveals more. Hear what he is now confessing to. And after the break. A family is held at gunpoint at robbed at their home in the east bay. See what neighbors are now doing to stay safe. james and i will check your bay area forecast coming up robin and i am tracking you commute after the break. tiffany darya welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. Lets get a check of the forecast with james fletcher. james its a mild Tuesday Morning with relatively clear skies and james its a mild Tuesday Morning with relatively clear skies and temperatures in the 50s and 60s. Its cooler than it was yesterday morning with fog at the coast. Later today, we should see sunny skies for all communities away from the coast and temperatures that are considerably cooler especially for the inland valleys. In fact, some communities will see a 10 degree drop in temperatures compared to yesterday. Inland highs will only reach the mid 80s, bay shoreline communities will be in the upper 70s, while coastal locations will max out in the mid 60s. Slight warming is expected for rest of the week, but otherwise not much change is expected. No major hot spots. San mateo bridge no major hot spots. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. tiffany a family in the east bay is held up at gunpoint and robbed in their own home. darya this morning the attackers are still on the loose. Kron4s Justine Waldman has the details. Sot i dont have security cameras but i will in the near futurejust before 9 monday morning, neighbor keith graven heard a commotion outside his home. And saw a woman helping a man. Wearing nothing but his underwearthe man who was in a panic pacing by his front hedge. Sot he told her he had been robbed at gunpoint and he was forced to open his safe and she gave him his cell phone so he could call police that man keith says is the victim. Who police say lives on the 2800 block on oak grove. The he along , his wife and their child all home. When the two male suspects came in through an unlocked gate. Police say the suspects were holding guns. And stole cash and personal property from the family. Then ran away south on cedro lane. Keith graven neighborsot the police took their dog down the circle courtanother homes surveillance camera recorded the suspects running down the Street Holding a white bag. The homeowner shared it with police. But declined an interview with kron 4 news. Police are investigating if the family was targeted. Sot we think of it as a quiet neighborhood but it is certainly concerning tiffany new this morning. A father is dead after rescuing his two children and four other kids from the coyote creek in san jose. 35yearold saul garcia drowned on sunday. Several children were playing in the creek when they got swept up from the fast moving waters. Garcia and another adult jumped in the water to help them, but garcia did not make it out. Police say the area where the kids were playing is shallow near the shore and then makes a sudden drop. A gofundme page has been set up for the family. You can find a link on our website at kron four dot com. darya the trial date for the woman charged with orchestrating the murder of her childrens father in redwood city is pushed back to january. This is video from april when tiffany li posted a recordbreaking bail amount of 35Million Dollars. Her family came up with the money and she is free from jail pending trial. Li pleaded not guilty to murder and directing her boyfriend and another man to kill keith green. Prosecutors say she feared losing custody of her children. A judge set a new trial date for january 16th to allow more time for both the prosecution and defense. darya one person has been arrested after a pedestrian was hit and killed on highway 101 in south San Francisco. We first broke this story yesterday on the kron 4 morning news. It happened yesterday morning near grand avenue. Police say the driver tried to speed off after the crash but was caught and arrested for felony hit and run. Officers spent the day interviewing family members of the victim to figure out why they were on the highway. tiffany in the north bay. Police arrested the woman they say ripped off High School Band members at a bake sale last week. This is video of the woman Walking Around the store before going outside to the bake sale. Police say Michelle Kruse used a fake 100 dollar bill to buy baked treats. The students then gave her 80 dollars in change. Officers say when the students discovered the bill was fake they tried to confront her but she left. Police arrested kruse at her rohnert park home. She is facing a string of charges including counterfeit money offenses and drug possession charges. tiffany the pennsylvania man accused of killing four men and dumping their bodies in a mass grave claims he has killed before. The New York Times is reporting that Cosmo Dinardo has confessed to two other killings. He claims that he carried out the murders when he was just 15 years old. Right now police are looking to see if his claims match any open cases. Dinardo has already confessed to luring four men to his parents property and killing them. The bodies of those men were found in a grave on the property last week. darya still ahead on the kron four morning news. Driving to work could get more expensive. See how much you could soon pay. And next. Former 49er Colin Kaepernick is still without a team. And michael vick knows why. Hear his grooming advice for kaep. And heres a live look outside. Bay bridge. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. tiffany now to bay area baseball. The giants at home taking on the indians. darya lets get to the highlights. In the 4th inning. Brandon crawford drives in Buster Buster posey with a double. That gives the giants a 2run lead but the giants defense would let them down. The indians would score 2 unearned runs after two errors by the giants. The indians win by a final of 5 to 3. The two teams play again tonight. First pitch is at 7 15. tiffany things did not go much better for the as taking on the Tampa Bay Rays at the coliseum. They only had two hits. Fortunately one of them was a home run. But it was not enough. The rays win by a final of 3 to 2. That snaps a three game win streak for oakland. The two teams play again tonight. First pitch is set for 7 05 from the coliseum. darya nfl Training Camp starts in just a few weeks and former 49er Colin Kaepernick is still without a team. And now he is getting some advice from former nfl quarterback michael vick. Even if he puts corn rows in it i dont think he should represent himself in that way in terms of the hair style. Just go clean cut. I mean why not . darya vick says after all the controversy around the former 49er quarterback. Kaep needs to look presentable. During last season kaepernick decided to protest Police Brutality by kneeling during the national anthem. Training camp starts in just a few weeks for nfl teams and kaepernick still has not signed with a team. tiffany up next on the kron 4 morning news. There is a rise in Sexual Assault crimes at bart this year. Well break down the numbers and tell you what bart is doing to keep passengers safe. james your bay area forecast is next. burke at farmers, weve seen almost everything, so we know how to cover almost anything. Even a coupe soup. [woman] so beautiful. [man] beautiful just like you. [woman] oh, why thank you. [burke] and we covered it, november sixth, twothousandnine. Talk to farmers. We know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. We are farmers. Bumpadum, bumbumbumbum then you belong at Bass Pro Shops for freedom days. With clearance savings of 20 to 40 on select shorts and shirts. And save 50 on this eclipse speed frame tent. tiffany darya welcome back to the kron four morning news. Lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic. james its a mild Tuesday Morning with relatively clear skies and temperatures in the 50s and 60s. Its cooler than it was yesterday morning with fog at the coast. Later today, we should see sunny skies for all communities no major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 darya bart says there been an increase in sex crimes on their property and trains. Bart Officials Say rapes and other Sexual Assaults have been steadily on the rise over the past two years. There have been seven Sexual Assaults so far this year. Bart Officials Say the crimes are happening on bart trains, in stairwells at stations and in parking lots throughout the bay area. darya bart police say they have made arrests in five of the seven Sexual Assaults cases that have happened so tiffany in the south bay. Police are investigating a homicide after two people were found shot to death in saratoga. Police were called to a home near glen una drive in saratoga yesterday morning. Officers found two people shot to death. Police have not released their names. darya you could soon be paying more to cross almost every major bridge in the bay area. tiffany there is a new proposal that would raise the toll to cross bay area bridges. Kron 4s dan kerman has the details. With Traffic Congestion getting worse and worse everyday few would argue major improvements are needed but are people willing to fund those improvements by paying 3 dollars more to cross the bay areas 7 state owned bridges. Soti would pay 5 dollars if it would reduce congestion,soti would not pay 3 dollars because everytime we put money into one of these huge projects we never see the end result. Not this time says backers of the plansot john grubb Bay Area Council 3036 theres projects that target the entire region, north bay, south bay east bay, San Francisco and the peninsula, everyone should be seeing improvements. John grubb is with the Bay Area Council, which backs the toll hike. He says the idea is to reduce traffic gridlock by expanding improving troubled interchanges, adding express lanes, and improving Public Transit that includes hundreds of more bart cars and an expansion of Ferry Servicesotwere talking 2030 new boats and they could be up and running and you could take a ferry from anywhere in the north bay to Silicon Valley employersultimately it will be for commuters to decide sotwe need transportation improvements we all know this, are we will to reach into our wallets and pay a little more to get the improvements we know we needstandup dan kerman bay bridge toll plaza 123133legislators are putting the finishing touches on the ballot measure, if approved it will go out to a vote of the public in the bay area, either in june or november of next year. At the bb toll plaza, dk k4n. tiffany the Golden Gate Bridge is not affected by this proposal. Right now the tolls for every bridge except the bay bridge are at five dollars. That means under the new proposal. If you cross a bridge every day you will be paying 40 dollars a week in bridge tolls. That comes to more than 2thousand dollars a year. tiffany now the bay bridge is a different story. The toll already varies depending upon the time of the day. If you drive at peak times. It is 6dollars. So the toll could be 9dollars. If you crossed it 5days a week for an entire year. Youre looking at over 23 hundred dollars in tolls. darya happening today. The copilot of an air canada plane that almost landed on a crowded taxiway at sfo is set to be interviewed by transportation officials. The ntsb has already spoken to the pilot about the incident on july 7th. The agency expects to wrap up interviews with the air Traffic Controllers by tomorrow. The ntsb said they will soon release Surveillance Video of the near disaster. Officals want to figure out how the air canada plane carrying 140 people ended up nearly landing on the taxiway instead of a runway. Four other planes were lining up to take off. The air canada plane came within less than 100 feet of at least one other jet before aborting its landing. darya in Santa Barbara county. The Whittier Fire continues to burn out of control. It has burned more than 18thousand acres. The fire has destroyed 46 stuctures. Including 16 homes. The fire is only 49percent contained. It started over a week ago. More than two thousand firefighters are still working to contain the fire. tiffany state lawmakers have voted to extend the states landmark law to combat Climate Change. Californias capandtrade program will survive through 2030. The program caps Carbon Emissions and requires polluters to obtain permits for each ton of carbon they release. Californias program is the only one of its kind in the United States. Support for the system comes as President Trump is pulling the country out of the paris climate agreement. Governor jerry brown says the program is essential for the survival of civilization. tiffany coming up on the kron four morning news. We are just two days away from oj simpsons parole hearing. Hear what a local Attorney Says about simpsons chances of being set free. And later. Another attack streamed live on the internet. Where it happened and what police are saying about the victim. And after the break. A weird discovery. You wont believe what doctors found in a womans eye when she went in for surgery. And heres a live look outside. Bay robin no major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. tiffany doctors in england found this Massive Cluster of contact lenses. In a womans eye. darya the 67yearold woman was scheduled for routine cataract surgery in november she thought it was dry eye and old age causing her discomfort. tiffany but doctors at discovered a27a contact lenses stuck in her right eye. darya the woman had been wearing monthly disposable contact lenses for 35 years. She told the surgeons that sometimes, when she would try to remove a contact from that eye, she couldnt find it. So she kept putting more in. tiffany thousands of dirty needles turning up in another bay area city. What officials are doing to make sure families are safe when you walk down the street. james your bay area forecast is after the break. tiffany darya robin checking bay area roads before you head out the door. No major hot spots. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. james its a mild Tuesday Morning with relatively clear skies and temperatures in the 50s and 60s. Its cooler than it was yesterday morning with fog at the coast. Later today, we should see sunny skies for all communities away from the coast and temperatures that are considerably cooler especially for the inland valleys. In fact, some communities will see a 10 degree drop in temperatures compared to yesterday. Inland highs will only reach the mid 80s, bay shoreline communities will be in the upper 70s, while coastal locations will max out in the mid 60s. Slight warming is expected for rest of the week, but otherwise not much change is expected. darya disturbing video streams live on facebook showing a man chained to a fence being beaten and taunted. The attackers used a bicycle ulock and put it around the mans neck to lock him up against the fence. This happened in jersey city, new jersey. In the video you can see that the man is repeatedly doused with water and hit with a stick. People who live in the area say they think he is a homeless man. Police have arrested one person for the attack. They are still looking for the other people involved. Police have not said how seriously the man was injured. tiffany more than ever, dirty syringes are being left by drug users in parks in San Francisco. In march alone this year, the city says it has collected more than 13 thousand syringes. In the same month last year, the city says it found about three thousand. People, often children, risk getting stuck by discarded needles which could lead to bloodborne diseases such as hepatitis or hiv. Cities are responding to the growing threat by stepping up their tracking and collection efforts. darya on thursday, a parole board in nevada will decide whether oj simpson should be set free. Hes been in prison for the last nine years. tiffany kron fours Spencer Blake spoke with a local attorney who shared his thoughts on how things might play out. We the jury in the above entitled case find the defendant, Orenthal James simpson, as follows count one conspiracy to commit a crime guilty. Count 2 conspiracy to commit kidnapping guilty. Those verdicts came in 2008, the year after oj simpson got involved with a Sports Memorabilia heist in las vegas. He and four other men broke into a hotel room to get the memorabilia, which simpson says belonged to him. He is now the last of the group left in prison. One of them served just over two years before getting released. The others made plea deals and only ever had parole. By the time a person is seriously given consideration by a parole board, the crime that is the reason why theyre in prison is no longer particularly relevant. San francisco attorney Charles Carbone has lots of opinions on the upcoming parole hearing. Hes been involved in thousands like it, though perhaps none this famous. Carbone says the chances of simpson getting released are exceptional, and adds that that is the general consensus among respected attorneys and judges. They realize that ojs gonna get out. If he doesnt get it this turn, hes certainly gonna get it the next, but i think all indicators point that hes coming home. But he would still have to wait until october first at the earliest. The parole boards biggest considerations will deal with ojs current behavior in prison. Is he getting rules violations . Is he committing mini felonies or mini misdemeanors . Can he socialize well with others . The fact that the juice is already 70 will play into the decision, as well. Carbone says someone that age is amuch less likely to commit any crimes again. looklive tag about 83 hundred nevada inmates appear before parole commissioners each year. Over the last four years, 82 percent of them who had hearings as they approached their minimum sentence just like simpson ended up getting parole. In San Francisco, Spencer Blake, kron four news. darya kron4s will tran is heading to nevada this week to cover the oj simpsons parol hearing. We will have live coverage on thursday morning. Also be the first to know the updates on this story by downloading the free kron four mobile app. You can also get all the updates. On our website kron four dot com. tiffany happening today. The danville Police Department will welcome a new police chief. Allan shields will take over for outgoing chief steve simpkins. Shields currently lives in danville and has worked for the Department Since 2013. Today. Workers will finish removing the last piece of a barge that sank in the bay back in april. The barge. Called the vengence. Sunk just south of the bay bridge. It carried at least 27hundred gallons of petroleum which was safely removed from the bay. Workers cut the barge into two pieces and began removing them last week. The final piece of the barge should be completely removed today. darya coming up on the kron four morning news. A baby is safe this morning after being kidnapped. Coming up at six well hear from the Good Samaritan who rescued the child. And after the break. See how a little boy is going above and beyond to say thank you to Police Officers. Whats the story behind Green Mountain coffee and fair trade . Lets take a flight to colombia. This is boris calvo. Boris grows mindblowing coffee. And because we pay him a fair price, he improves his farm and invest in his community to make even better coffee. All for a smoother tasting cup. Green mountain coffee. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. darya a nineyearold boy is traveling the east coast to thank every cop. The boy from florida is hand delivering donuts to state troopers and Police Officers. He is calling himself donut boy. He says he loves cops because they keep him safe. The boy is traveling with his mom for six weeks along the east coast. They have paid for some of the donuts and others have been donated. Officers who have received the donuts say they are touched by the kind gesture. darya the boy says he wants to be a k9 officer when he grows up because he gets a dog. tiffany coming up in the next hour. A wildfire burning in the south bay. The progress firefighters made overnight trying to get that fire under control. And. A family is held at gunpoint at robbed at their home in the east bay. See what neighbors are now doing to stay safe. And hear how a fathers effort to save his own children ended up costing him his life. This morning on the kron 4 morning news. A man killed at a popular tourist spot and the killer is still on the loose. What police are doing to make sure you are safe. tiffany and another attack on a bart train. Where it happened and what police are saying about the attackers. darya and breaking overnight. A Major Development in the fight over health care. Why the republicans have decided to give up. tiffany good morning im Tiffany Mcelroy darya and im darya folsom. Lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic. Lets check the roads with robin first. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. james its a mild Tuesday Morning with relatively clear skies and temperatures james its a mild Tuesday Morning with relatively clear skies and temperatures in the 50s and 60s. Its cooler than it was yesterday morning with fog at the coast. Later today, we should see sunny skies for all communities away from the coast and temperatures that are considerably cooler especially for the inland valleys. In fact, some communities will see a 10 degree drop in temperatures compared to yesterday. Inland highs will only reach the mid 80s, bay shoreline communities will be in the upper 70s, while coastal locations will max out in the mid 60s. Slight expected for rest of the otherwise not much change is expected. darya our top story this morning. A killer is on the loose after a man is shot and killed at a popular tourist spot in San Francisco. tiffany will tran is live in the twin peaks neighborhood with the details. Will . will there is heightened security at a popular tourist spot in San Francisco after a man is shot and killed. And the killer is still on the loose this morning. It happened on twin peaks on sunday morning. 71yearold Edward French was running up the peak, less than a half a mile from his home. When he got to the top he was robbed of his camera, and then shot and killed. This is the third homicide on twin peaks this year. On valentines day, two people from santa rosa were shot and killed. People who visit the iconic spot say they wouldnt expect these crimes to happen there. Absolutely not. Eddie was too smart for that will police are looking for a man and a woman in connection to the murder. They were last seen driving a dark gray honda accord with rearend damage. In response to the crime, police are now going to patrol the area around the clock. tiffany thanks will. We will check back with you through out the morning. darya there are other instances of crime that you may remember at Popular San Francisco tourist destinations. In 2015 a tourist was shot and robbed a block from the popular windy portion of lombard street in russian hill. The tourist had his camera stolen, chased after the robbers, and was then shot in the shoulder. And in november of 2016. Eight people held up a man at gunpoint at coit tower in the city. The group took two cell phones before they ran away from the scene. Police were able to track down and arrest one of the robbers. tiffany new this morning. Police are looking for a group of teens who attacked and robbed a man at the bay fair bart station. This happened around 11 30 last night. The victim says he was attacked by 3 or 4 teens while on the train. They took his phone and laptop. The man had to be taken to the hospital with cuts to his face. The attackers have not been caught. tiffany happening today. Bart officials will hold a meeting to talk about safety on trains and at stations. Later this morning the victims of the mob attack back in april will be at the meeting. In that attack, dozens of teenagers jumped the gates at the coliseum station and punched and robbed several passengers. Also during todays meeting, bart officials will discuss new proposed policies about surveillance and possible license plate readers. darya in the east bay. The Berkeley Police chief is addressing public concern about the rise in crime in the city. The chief says they have seen a uptick in crime in berkeley. He said officers are investigating several leads in some of the high profile crimes. Those include several incidents that took place near the uc berkeley darya the chief says the department finished an investigation and made several arrests in a series of commercial burglaries. Chief greenwood says he is focused on getting the department up to a full staffing level as soon as possible. tiffany breaking overnight news from washington. It was announced late last night that the us senate will give up on its bill to replace obamacare. darya John Lawrence has the latest. Trumpcares pulse has flat lined. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell issued a statement saying the republicans plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act will not succeed. David gergen former president ial adviserweve never seen a president put forward a major legislative piece in his early days and have it greeted with such derision and such fear. The defection of gop senators, jerry moran of kansas and mike lee of utah, slammed the brakes on one of President Trumps top goals. We must repeal jobkilling obamacare, we have to do that. But that isnt going to happen, at least not for a while. Mcconnell says the senate will soon vote on a bill that will delay the repeal of the Affordable Care act. For a twoyear transition. For years the Republican Party railed against the aca. And donald trump made it one of his Main Campaign pledges. So what happened . Bakari sellers attorney donald trump, with all due respect, in all his ability to speak to the common man, does not have any idea about health care policy. That is apparent. Margaret hoover gop strategist instead of attacking msnbc anchors and all of these dalliances weve had on twitter, he should have been driving his agenda and trying to force senators to feel that they had to go along with the Republican Health care policy. President trump tweeted monday night saying republicans should just repeal failing obamacare and work on a new Healthcare Plan that will start from a clean slate. Dems will join in Vice President pence agreed with mister trumps statement, saying inaction is not an option. Im john lorinc reporting. darya police have arrested the man they say kidnapped a baby boy from Monterey County. We first broke this story yesterday on the kron 4 morning news. The child was found safe in san jose after a construction worker noticed the baby in the back seat of a car. A woman who was also nearby says a man was asking her to take the baby. That baby was 8monthold emeliano salinas who had been kidnapped in Monterey County. The construction worker says he then saw the man trying to break into another car and he decided to act. That started near a popular winery and concert venue in saratoga is now 40 percent contained. The fire started yesterday afternoon spreading along a ridge near the mountain winery. It has burned 10 acres. People living on mount eden road were told to shelter in place, so firefighters could bring in heavy equipment. The mountain winery and other structures are not threatened by the fire. No one has been injured. tiffany this morning at least 16 fires are burning in the state. One of the most alarming is a huge fire in Mariposa County just west of yosemite. This is near near lake mcclure in the sierra foothills. And people are being forced to evacuate their homes. 300 homes are threatened this morning. It has burned over 11 thousand acres and is only fiveprecent contained. The detwiller fire has destroyed one structure. Damaged another. Almost 800 firefighters are there fighting the fire. darya Walnut Creek Police are now investigating after a family was robbed and held at gunpoint inside their own home. It happened yesterday morning on oak grove road. A husband, wife and their child were all held at gunpoint after two men came in through an unlocked gate. The men stole money and personal property from the family. A home surveillance camera caught the thieves running down the Street Holding a white bag. A woman was seen helping the man that was robbed shortly after it happened. He was seen wearing nothing but his underwear. darya police are investigating whether the family was targeted. tiffany still ahead on the kron four morning news. Two bay area counties are taking action after they say millions of people could be impacted by catastrophic flooding in the future. Hear why they are blaming oil companies. And rkelly is accused of luring young women and trapping them in a cult. Hear how the randb singer is responding to the allegations. robin and im tracking your commute this morning. Handballer 1 you know what i could go for . Some scrambled eggs and pancakes. Lilly we got a craving go, go, go crashing cravings in the crave van jacks gonna crash your crave jack hey, guys. Try my jumbo breakfast platter with sausage or bacon, plus 8 mini pancakes, eggs and a hash brown for just 2. 99. 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Later today, we should see sunny skies for all communities away from the coast and temperatures that are considerably cooler especially for the inland valleys. In fact, some communities will see a 10 degree drop in temperatures compared to yesterday. Inland highs will only reach the mid 80s, bay shoreline communities will be in the upper 70s, while coastal locations will max out in the mid 60s. Slight warming is expected for rest of the week, but otherwise not much change is expected. darya the trial date for the woman charged with orchestrating the murder of her childrens father in redwood city is pushed back to january. This is video from april when tiffany li posted a recordbreaking bail amount of 35Million Dollars. Her family came up with the money and she is free from jail pending trial. Li pleaded not guilty to murder and directing her boyfriend and another man to kill keith green. Prosecutors say she feared losing custody of her children. A judge set a new trial date for january 16th. darya one person has been arrested after a pedestrian was hit and killed on highway 101 in south San Francisco. We first broke this story yesterday on the kron 4 morning news. It happened yesterday morning near grand avenue. Police say the driver tried to speed off after the crash but was caught and arrested for felony hit and run. Officers spent the day interviewing family members of the victim to figure out why they were on the highway. tiffany new this morning. A man dies saving his two children and four other kids from the coyote creek in san jose. 35yearold saul garcia drowned on sunday. Several children were playing in the creek when they got swept up from the fast moving waters. Garcia and water to help them, but garcia did not make it out. Police say the area where the kids were playing is shallow near the shore and then makes a sudden drop. A gofundme page has been set up for the family. You can find a link on our website at kron four dot com. tiffany rescuers continue to search for a man after nine of his family members were found dead from flooding in an arizona canyon. Dozens of volunteers are expected to help today in the search for 27yearold hector garnica. He was last seen in the canyon on saturday celebrating his wifes birthday. Deputies say they are hoping to find garnica alive. Five people have already been rescued. Some of them were found clinging to trees. darya two bay area counties are taking legal action against oil companies. Saying they are responsible for sea rise and flooding. Marin and san mateo counties filed the complaints in a superior court yesterday. The claim names 37 companies that they say concealed the harm of fossil fuels to the atmosphere. Officials in the beachfront communities say people who live there are experiencing flooding and higher tides from Climate Change and sea rise. The marin county lawsuit claims more than 12thousand homes and businesses could be at risk from tides and flooding by the end of the century. darya in the north bay. Police arrested the woman they say ripped off High School Band members at a bake sale last week. This is video of the woman Walking Around the store before going outside to the bake sale. Police say Michelle Kruse used a fake 100 dollar bill to buy baked treats. The students then gave her 80 dollars in change. Officers say when the students discovered the bill was fake they tried to confront her but she left. Police arrested kruse at her rohnert park home. She is facing a string of charges including counterfeit money offenses and possession charges. tiffany the pennsylvania man accused of killing four men and dumping their bodies in a mass grave claims he has killed before. The New York Times is reporting that Cosmo Dinardo has confessed to two other killings. He claims that he carried out the murders when he was just 15 years old. Right now police are looking to see if his claims match any open cases. Dinardo has already confessed to luring four men to his parents property and killing them. The bodies of those men were found in a grave on the property last week. darya rkelly is responding to allegations that he lures young women into a cult. This comes as a report from Buzzfeed News claims the randb superstar brings young women into his inner circle, and keeps them against their will inside his homes in a cultlike atmosphere. The accusations come from parents of two aspiring singers who say they lost contact with their daughters after they went to live with kelly. Three former members of kellys inner circle also confirmed the cultlike conditions to Buzzfeed News. Rkellys lawyer says the singer is disturbed by the accusations and will work diligently to clear his name. darya still ahead on the kron four morning news. Your commute could get more expensive soon. Well explain why. And a desperate plea from a Dallas Cowboys player after his dog is stolen. Well explain what happened after the break. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 tiffany cowboys wide receiver lucky whitehead says his beloved dog blitz is back home after someone took the pitbull and demanded a 10 thousand dollar ransom. Whitehead posted this morning that his dog was returned. He was in florida last week when blitz was taken from his texas home. He says he received phone calls demanding he cut a check if he wants to get blitz back alive. Its not clear how the dog was returned, but he is back home safe this morning. darya nfl Training Camp starts in just a few weeks and former 49er Colin Kaepernick is still without a team. And now he is getting some advice from former nfl quarterback michael vick. Take a listen. darya vick says after all the controversy around the former 49er quarterback. Kaep needs to look presentable. During last season kaepernick decided to protest Police Brutality by kneeling during the national anthem. Kaepernick still has not signed with a team. Well chat more sports with gary at 7 45. james tracking your morning forecast. Details coming up. Who are these people . The Energy Conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something. Humongous. A little thing here. A little thing there. Starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. Who are all these caretakers, advocates too . Turns out, its californians its me and its you. Dont stop now, its easy to add to the routine. Join Energy Upgrade california and do your thing. tiffany welcome back to the kron four morning news. Im Tiffany Mcelroy. darya and im darya folsom. Lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic. Check the roads with robin first. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. james its a mild Tuesday Morning with relatively clear skies and temperatures in the 50s and 60s. Its cooler than it was yesterday morning with fog at the coast. Later today, we should see sunny skies for all communities away from the coast and temperatures that are considerably cooler especially for the inland valleys. In fact, some communities will see a 10 degree drop in temperatures compared to yesterday. Inland highs will only reach the mid 80s, bay shoreline communities will be in the upper 70s, while coastal locations will max out in the mid 60s. Slight warming is expected for rest of the week, but otherwise not much change is expected. darya bart says there been an increase in sex crimes on their property and trains. Bart Officials Say rapes and other Sexual Assaults have been steadily on the rise over the past two years. There have been seven Sexual Assaults so far this year. Bart Officials Say the crimes are happening on bart trains, in stairwells at stations and in parking lots throughout darya bart police say they have made arrests in five of the seven Sexual Assaults cases that have happened so far this year. tiffany happening today. The copilot of an air canada plane that almost landed on a crowded taxiway at sfo is set to be interviewed by transportation officials. The ntsb has already spoken to the pilot about the incident on july 7th. The agency expects to wrap up interviews with the air Traffic Controllers by tomorrow. The ntsb said they will soon release Surveillance Video of the near disaster. Officals want to figure out how the air canada plane carrying 140 people ended up nearly landing on the taxiway instead of a runway. Four other planes were lining up to take off. The air canada plane came within less than 100 feet of at least one other jet before aborting its landing. darya you could soon be spending more money just to cross every major bridge in the bay area. A new proposal would raise the toll by three dollars. Backers of the plan say the toll hike is designed to reduce traffic gridlock. The hike would do this by improving interchanges and adding express lanes. It would also help improve Public Transit. Hundreds of bart cars would be added and Ferry Service would be expanded. darya the public could vote on the measure in either june or november of next year. darya the Golden Gate Bridge is not affected by this proposal. Right now the tolls for every bridge except the bay bridge are at five dollars. That means under the new proposal. If you cross a bridge every day you will be paying 40 dollars a week in bridge tolls. That comes to more than 2thousand dollars a year. darya the bay bridge is a different story. The toll already varies depending upon the time of the day. If you drive at peak times. It is 6dollars. So the toll could be 9dollars. If you crossed it 5days a week for an entire year. Youre looking at over 23 hundred dollars in tolls. tiffany a warning as the city of San Francisco collected more than 13thousand used needles in just one month this year. darya thats compared to only 29hundred during the same period in 2016. Kron4s Stanley Roberts takes a closer look. San francisco has a litter problem usually before the 1st of the month and the 10th everyone gets paid so everyone is doing their thing by then the litter problem is not basic trash, in fact if youre not careful you could get seriously injured. Some people call them land mines for example less than a half a block from westfield mall is stevenson street and just a casual walk you might find used needles in doorwaysnats ambiance in fact in two separate doorways there were needles some capped and some uncapped. People who frequent this street says its become a normal part of life it sounds crazy but its true. I see anywhere between one a day to seven to ten a day outside the federal building. If you glance down inside the grates used needles dumped inside and across the street there is the American Conservatory Theatre they have seen their fair share of dumped used needles. The frenced off section is a dumping grround where more than 2 dozen needles have been tossed over the fence nats ambiancei was told a city worker came by and picked up at least 30 that were lying in the street however i was still able to find more. Its like as soon as they get picked up more of them get dumped nats ambiance in some cases i was able to see the candles that were used to cook the drugs and the used needle lying right next to them nats ambiance pretty much any where you look there is a good chance you will see a discared syringe often with the needle exposed even in the shadows of San Francisco city hall see this monument. Inside there is whats left of a used needle over at un plaza next to the water fountain another needle. If you dont watch where you walk or what you grab you could accidentally get needle in case you didnt know according to the center for Disease Control aka the cdc. You could contract, hepatitis b, hepitatis c or even hiv and aids so this is a serious safety issuefor the record this is not the first time i went searching for needles in San Francisco but this is the first time there were so many and so easy to find. And even if the city made injections sites availablethere is a strong chance that many simply wont use it because there will be rules to follow. And we all know following rules, is not one of San Franciscos strong points in San Francisco Stanley Roberts kron 4 news darya coming up on the kron four morning news. A woman is shot and killed by police after calling 911 to report a crime near her home. Hear the desperate plea from her family. And we are just two days away from oj simpsons parole hearing. Hear what a local Attorney Says about simpsons chances of being set free. Plus after the break. It will soon cost you less to take a vacation. Well tell you when airfares are expected to drop. And heres a live look outside. Golden gate bridge. robin a major hot spot on wb 580 at foothill, accident blocking the right lane slow from santa rita rd. darya many people are skipping vacations as airfares are at their summer peak. But the best dates to book a flight is coming up. tiffany on august 22nd fares are expected to darya many people are skipping vacations as airfares are at their summer peak. But the best dates to book a flight is coming up. tiffany on august 22nd fares are expected to get cheaper. Industry experts say this is the start of Airlines Fall season. Its also when kids go back to school so demand for flights goes down. darya reports say you can expect to save 11 to 20percent on flights. Website farecompare says the best day of the week to travel is on a tuesday. The cheaper rates are expected to last until thanksgiving. james and im tracking your morning forecast. What to expect as you head out the door right after the break. darya in the Traffic Center with robin. robin a major hot spot on wb 580 at foothill, accident blocking the right lane slow from santa rita rd. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. james its a mild Tuesday Morning with relatively clear skies and temperatures in the 50s and 60s. Its cooler than it was yesterday morning with fog at the coast. Later today, we should see sunny skies for all communities away from the coast and temperatures that are considerably cooler especially for the inland valleys. In fact, some communities will see a 10 degree drop in temperatures compared to yesterday. Inland highs will only reach the mid 80s, bay shoreline communities will be in the upper 70s, while coastal locations will max out in the mid 60s. Slight warming is expected for rest of the week, but otherwise not much change is expected. tiffany the family of a woman who was shot and killed by a Police Officer is making a desparate plea for information about what led up to that shooting. Justine damond called 911 to report a possible Sexual Assault near her home in minneapolis on saturday. Moments after Police Arrived she was shot and killed. Family members say they have been given almost no Additional Information from police. Comfort as we grieve this tragedy. Our lives are forever changed as a result of knowing her. It is difficult to fathom how to go forward without her in my life. tiffany damond moved to minneapoolis from austrialia to live with her fiance. They were set to be married next month. The Police Officer who fired his gun has been identified and is placed on administrative leave. darya on thursday, a parole board in nevada will decide whether oj simpson should be set free. Hes been in prison for the last nine years. tiffany kron fours Spencer Blake spoke with a local attorney who shared his thoughts on how things might play out. We the jury in the above entitled case find the defendant, Orenthal James simpson, as follows count one conspiracy to commit a crime guilty. Count 2 conspiracy to commit kidnapping guilty. Those verdicts came in 2008, the year after oj simpson got involved with a Sports Memorabilia heist in las vegas. He and four other men broke into a hotel room to get the memorabilia, which simpson says belonged to him. He is now the last of the group left in prison. One of them served just over two years before getting released. The others made plea deals and only ever had parole. By the time a person is seriously given consideration by a parole board, the crime that is the reason why theyre in prison is no longer particularly relevant. San francisco attorney Charles Carbone has lots of opinions on the upcoming parole hearing. Hes been involved in thousands like it, though perhaps none this famous. Carbone says the chances of simpson getting released are exceptional, and adds that that is the general consensus among respected attorneys and judges. They realize that ojs gonna get out. If he doesnt get it this turn, hes certainly gonna get it the next, but i think all indicators point that hes coming home. But he would still have to wait until october first at the earliest. The parole boards biggest considerations will deal with ojs current behavior in prison. Is he getting rules violations . Is he committing mini felonies or mini misdemeanors . Can he socialize well with others . The fact that the juice is already 70 will play into the decision, as well. Carbone says someone that age is amuch less likely to commit any crimes again. looklive tag about 83 hundred nevada inmates appear before parole commissioners each year. Over the last four years, 82 percent of them who had hearings as they approached their minimum sentence just like simpson ended up getting parole. In San Francisco, Spencer Blake, kron four news. darya kron4s will tran is heading to nevada this week to cover the oj simpsons parol hearing. We will have live coverage on thursday morning. Also be the first to know the updates on this story by downloading the free kron four mobile app. You can also get all on our website kron four dot com. darya still ahead on the kron four morning news. A family is held at gunpoint at robbed at their home in the east bay. Coming up at seven well show you what neighbors are doing to stay safe. This is a story about mail and packages. And its also a story about people and while we make more ecommerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country, we never forget. That your business is our business the United States postal service. Priority you tiffany a man who works at a college dorm is teaching his dog not to disturb students while they study. darya he taught his dog how to bark in a whisper. Take a look. darya the man and his wife live in an apartment in the freshman dorm at Greenville University in illinois. His dog dudley barked too much when they played together and was disturbing he says he slowly trained him to bark in a whisper so they arent so loud when playing while students are sleeping or studying. darya ahead at seven on the kron 4 morning news. How to succeed in the nfl. A good haircut goes a long way. And the worst sport for tanlines. And why a Baseball Team held a funeral on the field before the game. The world according to gary is at 7 45. tiffany and other stories we are working on. A fire in the south bay come dangerously close to a popular winery and concert venue. Well have an update on the overnight containment efforts. Plus. A baby is reunited with his family after the car he was in was stolen. Well hear from the good sameritan who helped rescue the child. Handballer 1 you know what i could go for . Some scrambled eggs and pancakes. Lilly we got a craving go, go, go crashing cravings in the crave van jacks gonna crash your crave jack hey, guys. Try my jumbo breakfast platter with sausage or bacon, plus 8 mini pancakes, eggs and a hash brown for just 2. 99. Handballer 2 2. 99 . How bout we play you for it. Handballers oooooooh. Jack vo you crave it, we serve it. Try my 2. 99 jumbo breakfast platter. Crave van will this the kron 4 morning news. A man killed at a popular tourist spot and the killer is still on the loose. What police are doing to make sure you tiffany and another attack on a bart train. Where it happened and what police are saying about the attackers. darya and breaking overnight. A Major Development in the fight over health care. Why the republicans have decided to give up. tiffany good morning im Tiffany Mcelroy darya and im darya folsom. Lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic. Lets check the roads with robin first. Robin first. The roads with robin first. A 640am this morning we sent out a push alert for this hot spot in dublin on wb 580 at foothill san ramon to warn you about the accident and the delays. Thats a great way to stay on top of breaking news tr