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Weve lost . We need to assure the ones that lost all their belongings, their places to stay, that they will have shelter. vo lowery says hes been reaching out to other non profits that can help provide a place to stay, and that they are slowly taking the displaced fire victims into their facilities. As for the state of the building the conditions people were living in before the fire started, that is something that very well acould come upin a lawsuit from victims or their families. spencer a mediator hired by cook says the place was unhinhabitable when she did a walkthrough a few weeks ago. Live in oakland, Spencer Blake, kron four news. catherine also in oakland the owner of the warehouse where the deadly ghost ship fire happenedin december is facing another lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed last week by the father of one of the victims. Its just the latest in a string of lawsuits. It claims the Building Owner was aware of fire hazards but did nothing about them. It also claims the building didnt have proper Fire Prevention equipment like overhead sprinklers and smoke alarms. steve happening now in the east bay, students at Albany High School are holding a rally to denounce racism in their school. In the past week, several students at the school were disciplined for making nazi salutes in the hallways and posting racist images on instagram. Kron 4s Charles Clifford is live for us tonight at the high school with details. This afternoon, memebers of the black Student Union here at albany high held a unity rally to try and end the week on a positive note. In all 7 9th graders were recently disciplined for making racist gestures and posting racist images online. At least some of those students were allowed to return to school this week and that has many in the student body upset. At tonights, rally students say they wanted to show support for the victims of the recent problems. They also want to send a message that this sort of behavior wont be tolerated on campus. Apparently the message may have gotten through to at least one of the kids involved in the racist acdts. A teacher actually read an email she had received from one that students. Catherine Daly city police are looking for the man they say exposed himself to a 12yearold girl. Hes also accused of doing the same thing to a teenager. A suspect sketch has now been released. Police say the first incident happened monday night around 6 near westmoor park. When the man exposed himself to a 19yearold woman. They say he did it again wednesday this time to a 12Year Old Girl walking home from school on miraposa avenue. Sgt ron harrison Daly City Policewell what makes this so dangerous is we have an unknown individual exposing to people who are walking, doing their daily activities and life. Hes exposed himself to a 12 Year Old Girl and an adult female and we want to locate him and arrest him before these acts continue. Police have released this picture of the suspects car. Its believed to be a silver or gold 2003 toyota camry. With a sticker on the drivers side bumper. steve a tragic collision between a big rig and a sports car claimed a life this morning in san jose. Video from our helicopter partnership with abc7 news shows the scene just before 8 oclock here at the intersection of park avenue and mcevoy street. Kron fours rob fladeboe is atthe scene now with a live report. Rob . This area is just west of downtown san jose. Park avenue is a fairly busy thoroughfare but there is a lot of construction going on here and there is a lot of truck traffic. The car was traveling eastbound when it collided with the truck here at the intersection of mcevoy. The late model Pontiac Firebird, its roof mostly sheared away on impact, ended up pinnedbeneath the trailer of the big rig truck. The driver of the car was apparently killed on impact but a passenger in the car, a 10yearold girl, was trapped for a time and had to be rescued. Officer albert morales. Albert morales San Jose Policejust the way the car was wedged beneath the truck there was a survivor in the backseat and medical personnel and firefighters arriving on scene were able to extract the juvenile from the wreckage. She was immediately transported to a local area hospital. Unfortunately the adult make driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The young girl escaped with only minor injuries. A man on a bicycle who rides park avenue every day says the Early Morning sun can be an issue for cyclists or drivers eastbound on park butthe official cause of the crash will have to wait for the conclusion of the Police Accident investigation team. Albert morales San Jose Police theyre talking to witnesses and taking pictures, taking measurements and looking for skid marks to determine the speed the vehicles were going. They will factor in all these things to make a final determination of what appears to have been the cause. police said it appears that the big rig was westbound on park and had just made a left ontomcevoy when the firebird slammed into the bed of the truck, whose driver was not injured. A witness who helped rescue the 10 year old reportedly told police the victim and his passengerwere father and daughter. The driver of the truck is cooperating with the investigation. This was th 11th traffic fatality so far this year in the city. In san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. steve up to 100thousand dollars worth of jewelry was stolen from a Jewelry Store in San Franciscos chinatown. Now the Police Department is releasing pictures and video of the alleged thief. Catherine Kron fours Philippe Djegal tells us what the store owner says the suspect got away with. philippe a diamond necklace. And a whole tray of Diamond Rings worth between 80 and 100thousand dollars. Thats what the owner of lorettas Jewelry Company on Waverly Place says was stolen last friday. When San Francisco Police Allege this man burglarized the store in broad daylight. Officer Giselle Talkoff sfpd the Jewelry Store owner was inside at the time that this occurred and was pretty rattled. The store owner says she was standing right behind the counter inside at around three oclock in the afternoon that day. When she saw the suspect use a hammer to bash this window three times before it eventually broke. And, then thats when he grabbed the jewelry and then ran off. Officer Giselle Talkoff sfpd they knew what they were doing. Went in, grabbed it and made out with all that jewlery. The owner says she had never seen the suspect prior to the burglary that afternoon. But has noticed people loitering near her windows lately, staring intently at the jewlery on display. The owner adds though that shes always been cautious. Not just anyone can walk into her store. You have to be buzzed in. Officer Giselle Talkoff says investigators are hoping these images jog some memories in hopes of generating fresh leads. Officer Giselle Talkoff sfpd there may be something recognizable specifically to the suspect that someone may know this person or have seen them before. Neither the store owner or jeweler who was also inside during the burglary were injuried. In San Francisco, Philippe Djegal, kron four news. Catherine Gilbert baker, the man who created the rainbow flag, has died. He was 65. In 1978 he was asked by San Francisco supervisor harvey milk to create a flag that would symbolize the gay community. Gilbert was paid a thousand dollars for his design. A native of kansas, he lived in San Francisco from 1970 to 1994 before moving to new york city. A memorial will be held tonight at 7 at market and castro streets. catherine a new poll says that bay area drivers are willing to pay higher taxes. If it means finding a way to ease our often brutal traffic congestion. Details ahead. steve plus cigarettes are getting more expensive. Where the money from a new tobacco tax will go. catherine also a frightening crash is caught on camera in southern california. What happened to the man who was launched off a cliff. brittney im chief meteorologist Brittney Shipp, ill have your full bay area forecast after the break. steve yesterday we told you how a new poll finds traffic to be one of the main reasons why people want to leave the bay area. Tonight we drill down a little more in that poll and find out how people want to solve things. Kron 4s dan kerman is live in San Francisco for us with more. dan kerman sotthe worst bay area comute from tracy to San Franciscosot anything crossing dumbarton in south bay is pretty badsot80 in berkeley in either direction while drivers cant agree on whats the worst commute in the bay area they can agree on one thing sottraffic seems like its getting worsesotevery week its getting worsesotbeen working here for 15 years and its never been this bada new poll by the Bay Area Council finds 60 of residents in the 9county bay area think traffic is getting worse 83 believe a traffic emergency should be declared and 70 are calling for a big investment in regional transportation improvements even if it means raising taxessotyes absolutely im in anything to make it bettersotof course it improve the quality of life for anybody, thats what its about on thursday Governor Brown was in the bay area pushing a 52 billion dollar plan to fix roads and highways to be paid through hikes in the gas tax and vehicle registration fees. The Bay Area Council says thats start but the bay area needs to think biggerjohn grubb Bay Area Council 107117 possibly much more ferries on the bay, maybe a second bart tube, maybe other crossing across the bay, rail around the bay, connections with places like the central valley, were goingt o have to go through a lot of process with stakeholders and analysis to see what the best improvements are and what we can afford. 134 what we can afford catherine cigarette prices are about to go higher in california. A new tax is taking effect this weekend. Voters approved it in november. The current tax is 87cents a pack. And its increasing by twodollars on saturday. Its hoped the extra money will raise more than onepointfourbillion dollars a year. Much of that money is set to go to health plans for people with low incomes. Antitobacco groups have praised the tax saying it will encourage people to quit smoking. Or not start in the first place. catherine in the south bay a lawsuit has been filed against the city of santa clara claiming its atlarge election system has prevented Asian Americans from being elected to the city council. The lawsuit was filed by a retired social worker who argues something is wrong considering the fact the citys asian population is 38 percent. The suit asks for a district system instead of an atlarge or block vote. None of the five asianamerican candidates who ran for City Council Seats last year were elected. And supporters of the lawsuit argue that some of them would have been elected under a district based system. The California Voting rights act prohibits atlarge systems in jurisdictions with racially polarized voting patterns. catherine after 37 years of employment a Retirement Party took place today in San Francisco. steve kron4s jeff pierce explains what made this celebration so important. There was the obligatory cake and balloons and of course flowers but this was no ordinary Retirement Party. Shirley edelson has worked at the office suppy store patrick and company in San Francisco for thirty seven years, impressive but not particularly remarkable. What makes this celebration notable is that shirley will turn ninety in a few short months. I never thought about leaving i never ever thought about leaving. Never late, she always shows up and she really takes care of the customers, customers are number one for her. I am the luckiest woman in the universe, look at all these wonderful people. Shirleys customers crowded into the back of the store today to celebrate this milestone. She knew them all and they all held her in the highest regard. I know every one of them, i know what they do, i know all about their families. Oh this guys from the palace hotel, this guys from Golden Gate College he come in all the timeand he swims everydaytheres the swimmer. And this man with the roses, his name is ken one day he saw me walking down the muni steps and he said i never want you to fall so every night at 5 30 i will meet you at the door and walk you down the muni steps. There was a proclamation from the state assembly to mark the occasion. When was the last time you got a proclamation from the state assembly. Celebration aside Shirley Edelson planned to work until the store closes at 5 30 this evening. Im ready for another chapter in my life. We assume ken was there to walk her down the muni stairs. In San Francisco jeff pierce kron four news. anchor time now to check on time now anchor anchor time now to check on our weather. With chief meterologist Brittney Shipp. Gusty northerly winds, especially over the hills, will prevail through this evening before diminishing overnight. High pressure builds into the weekend leading to a warming trend with readings into the 70s and even some lower 80s. Dry and seasonably mild weather continues monday through wednesday with the next chance of rain by about thursday or friday of next week. catherine a new foot trail now reconnects two parts of big sur which were divided after a recent bridge collapse in stormy weather. More than 400 people who live in the area were stranded when Pfeiffer Canyon bridge on highway1 was demolished earlier this month. Thanks to a team of local volunteers. At least the new trail is giving locals and visitors away to get in and out of the area. The trail is closed from a halfhour after sunset until a halfhour before sunrise. Bicycles and pets arent allowed. As for a new bridge. That could take as long as 9 months to complete. steve take a look at this. A motorcyclist is launched off a cliff. And the whole thing was caught on camera. A group of motorcyclists were riding through southern californias Angeles National forest. Then one rider loses control of his bike and goes flying off the cliff. The accident was captured by a fellow rider. Who rushes to the mans rescue. The motorcyclist was found injured but alert in some thick bushes. Emergency officials arrived and airlifted the rider to a nearby hospital. Amazingly. He sufffered only a fractured shoulder. A tennessee teenager and the man who kidnapped her have been spotted. Well have an update on where they were last seen. The trail for the South Carolina Church Shooter continues. How dylan roof is expected to plead. catherine in the east bay. A suspect is in custody accused of stabbing a man inside a walmart last night. It happened at the walmart on lone tree way in antioch last night just after 9pm. Police say the two men involved had been arguing. And they ran into a store restroom where the stabbing happened. Officers found the victim and the knife. And arrested the suspect. Whos facing felony assault charges. The man who was stabbed is recovering in a hospital and is expected to be okay. steve we are learning new information about missing tennessee teen and her alleged kidnapper. Investigators are releasing new surveillance images of 15yearold Elizabeth Thomas and her former teacher 50yearold tad cummins. The two were caught on camera at a walmart in Oklahoma City earlier this month. As you can see. Both have dyed their hair and altered their appearance. The first confirmed sighting of the two. Investigators say this kidnapping is still an amber alert and should be taken seriously. Authorities believe cummins is armed with two handguns. steve in South Carolina. Church shooter dylann roof is expected to pead guilted to state murder charges. Prosecutors say roof will enter the plea on april 10th to avoid another death sentence. 22 yearold roof was convicted of killing nine black parishoners at a Charleston Church in 20 15. Because this is the First Federal case in which a hate crime defendant has been sentenced to death. Its unclear if or when the federal government can carry out the sentence. So South Carolina prosecutor are calling this new plea agreement, quote, an insurance policy. Meaning that if something happens at a federal level, roof would be forced to serve life in prison on state charges. steve just ahead. A freeway collapses in georgia. Why it happened and how the federal government is stepping in to help. catherine also President Trumps former National Security adviser is set to testify on possible ties between the Trump Campaign and russia. Why hes offering and what he wants in return. Dr. Stanley we can understand realize that its through the gospel that you and i can be absolutely assured at what paul said when he said, absent from the body, present with the lord. We dont have to fear death. Its through the gospel that our whole eternity has been changed. [music] this is not longer a raodway thats going to be able to be used. This now is a construction site. steve commuters in atlanta learned today theylll be facing months of backups. Heavily traveled insterstate 85 shut down after a 700 foot section collapses in a huge fire. And we have just learned that three people have been arrested. One woman and two yet know what they have been charged with. We will bring you details as they come in. catherine you might remember that just ten years ago, we went through something similar here. The macarthur maze partially collapsed when a tanker truck burst into flames. steve the maze was back in Service Within a month. Drivers in atlanta may not be so lucky. The big question on everyones mind is how long will this take to repair . Were not able to give you a firm estimate at the moment but you should know that this will take at least several months to get this rebuilt the fire broke out in a pile of Construction Material stored under an elevated portion of interstate 85. The flames roared up as cars drove past. Some of them disappearing into the black smoke. Oh my god. As a thick black cloud spread over downtown, cameras recorded the moment of the collapse. Nat there were large chunks of concrete starting to come down. I mean two, threehundred pound chunks of concrete starting to come down. Firefighters had only minutes to pull out. They heard the cracking of the concrete, they were able to see the concrete was flying all over the place, going towards the fire fighters. Amazingly, there were no injuries. How about the atlanta fire department, yall . What a great job that they did. Last nights commute was a chaotic nightmare as drivers trapped on the freeway tried to reach an exit. Engineers examining the scene today dtermined that seven hundred feet of roadway will have to be demolished, removed and rebuilt. As many as a quartermillion cars a day will have to be routed onto city streets. Youre looking at the proverbial cork in the bottle. catherine in new york city. A neighborhood was rocked by a series of explosions early this morning. Around 6 30 am. Flames blasted out of two manholes along a section of broadway. Residents say the jolts sounded like thunder. Only much louder. The underground explosions were so powerful. The windows of several buildings were shattered. No one was injured but several buildings still were evacuated. The Energy Company says the explosions might have been caused by salt from recent snowstorms making contact with underground lines. catherine theres been a Major Development in the investigation into possible ties between the Trump Campaign and russia. From our partners with cnn. Sara murray has the latest. President trumps afireda National Security adviser Michael Flynn offering to testify before congressional investigators aifa he gets aimmunitya from prosecution. Flynns lawyer saying in a statement graphic gen. Flynn certainly has a story to tell, and he very much wants to tell it, should the circumstances permit. Flynns lawyer saying discussions with both house and Senate Committees have taken place, but so far, the offer has not been accepted. The Trump Administration is already battling allegations of collusion amid probes in both the house and senate about russias meddling in the us election. The white house declining to comment about the flynn news. As flynns own words from last year about Hillary Clinton loom large over his potential testimony. Gen. Michael flynn the very last thing that john podesta just said is no individual too big to jail, that should include people like Hillary Clinton. I mean, five people around her have had, have been given immunity, to include her former chief of staff. When you are given immunity, that means that you have probably committed a crime. Thencandidate trump echoing flynns words President Trump if youre not guilty of a crime, what do you need immunity for right . For weeks, house and Senate Investigators have expressed interest in speaking with flynn in addition to at least three other former trump associates. But even after forcing flynn out the president praising his former adviser. President trump general flynn is a wonderful man, hes been treated very, very unfairly by the media. catherine for flynn to get immunity, twothirds of the Congressional Committee askingfor his testimony would have to approve the deal. Congress would also need to get approval from a district judge. steve a us official is confirming at least two white house staffers were involved in helping House Intelligence Committee chairman devin nunes. In gathering intelligence materials. The official who wants to remain annonymous. Says ezra cohenwatnick and Michael Ellis helped gather the intelligence last week. But its unclear if either of the two actually showed the California Republican materials regarding surveillance in the election. A spokesperson for nunes says the lawmaker will not confirm or deny who his sources are. And in a one onone interview nunes claims the source is lying. Devin nunes but i can tell you that those reports are mostly wrong. This is something that ive known about for a very long time. Uhhh. From people who were not affilitated at all with the white house or anybody there. The challenge was finding a place to be able to view this information to be able to get my hands on this information. So i think whats in those stories is that there is a lot of innuendo. There are people who probaly knew about this, knew about me being there. But the fact of the matter is that doesn;t make them a source of my information. steve nunes is under fire for telling both President Trump and the media about the materials. Before telling democrats on the intelligence committee. Some democrats have called on nunes to recuse himself from the panels probe into russian meddling in last years election. Nunes says he wont do that. steve about four thousand people who went to Trump University will be getting most of their tuition money back. A judge approved an agreement for President Trump to pay 25milliondollars to settle two lawsuits against the education program. The university opened in 2005. It was shut down five years later after new York Education officials ordered the program to stop operating with out a license. Former students who are eligible are expected to get about 90 percent of their money back. catherine north carolinas governor rolled back the states controversial bathroom bill this week. But its not clear yet if its going to be enough to bring back all the business and sportingevents which had been boycotting the state. Some critics say the roll back should have been a full repeal. And argue that it still leavesthe gay and Transgender Community vulnerable to discrimination. The compromise was worked out under pressure by the ncaa, which threatened to continue withholding events until at least 2023. The ncaa president is set to review the new law next week. anchor time now to check on our weather. With chief meterologist Brittney Shipp. Gusty northerly winds, especially over the hills, will prevail through this evening before diminishing overnight. High pressure builds into the weekend leading to a warming trend with readings into the 70s and even some lower 80s. Dry and seasonably mild weather continues monday through wednesday with the next chance of rain by about thursday or friday of next week. Coming up its said to be the worlds strongest coffee in the world and its now available in the united states. Well tell you about black insomnia and the people at crayola want your help in naming their latest crayon color. Those stories just ahead. catherine starbucks is rolling out what they call. The worlds strongest coffee. Theyre calling it. Black insomnia. Its apparently not for wimps. And has 58point5 milligrams of caffeine per ounce. Thats three times more than starbucks dark roast. Black insomnia has already been listed as one of the most dangerous caffeinated products. Just one cup would mean taking in roughly 700milligrams of caffeine. To put that in perspective. The fda recommends a limit of 400 milligrams a day. steve crayola says it has the color of its newest crayon picked out. catherine now they want help from the public in coming up with a name for it. catherine crayola announced today on facebook that fans will be asked to help name the blue shaded crayon this summer. The company says it will reveal more information on the new color in may. This comes just one day after crayola announced that its retiring the yellow Color Dandelion from its crayon lineup. Next how police were able to get critical information on the man they say impersonated a nurse at a San Francisco clinic. Dr. Stanley we can understand realize that its through the gospel that you and i can be absolutely assured at what paul said when he said, absent from the body, present with the lord. We dont have to fear death. Its through the gospel that our whole eternity has been changed. [music] the war of words between attorney general Jeff Sessions and sanctuary cities is heating up. Pam moore is in the newsroom with what were working on for kron 4 news at six. pam catherine. At issue. Is federal agents making immigration arrests at courthouses. Attorney general Jeff Sessions. And Homeland Security secretary john kelly. Are defending the agents actions, after californias top judge sent them a letter asking them to stop. The depertment of justice and dhs responded saying. State and local policies barring police from turning over suspects for deportation, have forced federal agents to make arrests at public places. Just a short time ago, San Franciscos District Attorney spoke out against the practice. Well tell you the three words he has for the feds. Tonight at six. Catherine now back to you. catherine a man is accused of posing as a nurse at a neighborhood clinic in San Francisco. Police say he treated close to 30 patients. The man is still in jail tonight. steve we first reported the story last night on kron 4 news at 8. And right after the story aired. A mother and daughter rushed to the Police Station saying her 12 year old daughter was a victim. Kron 4 Ella Sogomonian was there too and has the exclusive interview. This mom was in tears and outraged she tells me her daughter had attended the San Francisco city Impact School since she was in kindergarden but she recently pulled her out after she felt her daughter was no longer safe and says tonights allegations toward a volunteer confirmed her beliefs. 39yearold chad brian litz worked as a volunteer nurse practicioner at San Francisco city impact since 2013. Today he was arrested and charged for alledgely practicing medicine without a license and identity theft. Litz now faces five felony counts. The mother and daughter who is 12yearsold want to go unnamed but are both disturbed by the news. Saying litz treated the child last november they say he gave her a pill when she had a stomach ach without informing a parent afterwhich she felt worse almost cancelling her birthday party. He didnt tell me what it was his back was turned behind. All he said was here take this and youll feel better and im thinking in my head, should i . Like, i dont know. This was the first time that was one half of my saying that but the other half was saying oh wait i should trust him because he is a usf medical student. This school has a lot of volunteers coming in and out. Theyre saying everyone is screened and processed but this case shows you an example thats not true. The clinics executive director responded to the charges with a statement saying theyve complied with authorities since they learned he had a criminal background. Litz pleaded not guilty in the courtroom today. His bail is set at 65thousand dollars. If anyone has been treated by litz the da asks that you report what you know to the department of consumer affairs. That phone number is on our website kron 4 dot com. In San Francisco Ella Sogomonian kron 4 news. anchor time now to check on our weather. With chief meterologist Brittney Shipp. Gusty northerly winds, especially over the hills, will prevail through this evening before diminishing overnight. High pressure builds into the weekend leading to a warming trend with readings into the 70s and even some lower 80s. Dry and seasonably mild weather continues monday through wednesday with the next chance of rain by about thursday or friday of next week. Week. Friday of next thursday or by about thursday or friday of next week. Its one of the biggest new shows. Next were going inside hbos Big Little Lies which takes place just down the road in monterey california. catherine hbos Big Little Lies killer ending is this sunday the insiders Debbie Matenopoulos is in hollywood with more. debbie as Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman prepare to put their hbo series Big Little Lies to bed this sunday, will the viewers be prepared for who ends up six feet under . w1 26 c2. 5 g 0 c2. 5 g 0 c2. 5 g 0 catherine that wraps up kron 4 news at 5. Steve aveson and pam moore are here with kron 4 news at six. Steve Catherine thank you. Did the city of oakland ignor warnings about the dangers of a building at the center of a deadly fire . Tonight we have new information on when the city was told that building should be shut down. pam plus a show of unity at an East Bay High School that has been rocked by racist behavior by some of its students. Kron 4 news at six is next. steve some students at an East Bay School are fighting back tonight and showing unity tonight. Itcomes after numerous on campus racist incidents led to some of their classmates being disciplined. steve good evening. Im steve aveson. pam and im pam moore. pam early today students at Albany High School held a rally to denounce racism in their school. steve in the past week, several students at the school were disciplined for making nazi salutes in the hallways and posting racist images on instagram. Kron 4s Charles Clifford is live for us tonight at the high school with details. At tonights rally, students say they wanted to show support for the victims of the recent problems. They also wanted to send a message that this sort of behavior wont be tolerated on campus. Apparently the message may have gotten through to at least one of the students who was disciplined. A teacher actually read an email she had received from one that student. steve a big story we are following tonight. Bay area officials are speaking out on Immigration Enforcement entering the court rooms. Earlier this week a california judge asked federal officials to stop making arrests in court for fear that witnesses would not show up. Attorney general Jeff Sessions and Homeland Security officials responded back saying they are left with no choice since sancuary city authorites will not turn over arrestees for deportation. Today San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon said immigration officers making arrests in court is a threat to public safety. He also said if ice needs to make arrests in the court room. They need a warrant. steve gascon says courthouses should join schools. Churches and hospitals as places where immigration officers do not make arrests. pam another big story tonight out of the east bay. Is the deadly oakland apartment fire. steve we have learned in january, an oakland fire captain recommended the building be closed down because of life threatening hazards. Kron 4s Spencer Blake is in oakland tonight. Where an attorney for the Master Tenant gave us new information. Spencer,what did you find out . Because of conflicts of interest, the same legal firm that represents the Master Tenant, urojas, will anot be representing individual victims and their families. The concern is that a resident who files suit would likely list both the owner and the Master Tenant in their suit, so the law offices of john burris would be representing both sides in a case like that. But, with the deplorable conditions people were allegedly living in months before the fire, the chance for litigation is still there. There could be potential lawsuits by some of the victims, by some of the families of the victims, but i dont know that for sure. I dont know whos gonna sue who. vo the directors of urojas said today say their main priorities are helping to ensure proper burials for the dead, and then helping with housing for the survivors. Revered Jasper Lowery says other nonprofits have slowly been taking residents in to their shelters. Aurea lewis, another director at urojas, actually lost her brother in the fire. She also told us that while her family is planning a private memorial for tentative public memorial set francisco, kron four pam we have an update tonight on the deadly warehouse fire from december in oakland. Another lawsuit is being filed. 34yearold edward lapine was one of the 36 people who died in the fire. At artist collective known as the ghost ship. His family is now suing the property owner. And the man who ran it. Lapine was one of the dozens of people who were at the ghost ship for a dance party. The complaint says, the couple who ran the collective, along with the owner, knew about the fire hazards inside the converted warehouse and did nothing about it. The building had been illegally converted into housing. Kron 4 spoke to lapines father one week after the fire. He came to the scene to see it for himself. pam this is one of a number of lawsuits that has been filed over the fire. The Building Owner and its operators have not commented on the latest legal action. We should add. No criminal charges have been filed in the case. Also. We are still waiting for word on what caused the fire. We do know all 36 people died from smoke inhalation. steve yesterday we told you how a new poll finds traffic to be one of the main reasons why people want to leave the bay area. Tonight kron 4s dan kerman has more on how people in the bay want to solve the road congestion. dan kerman if you live anywhere in the bay area you know what its like top come to a stop every block you know what its like to crawl onto the freeway and once there go even slower sotit doesnt matter what time or where it is, its everywheresot now its just like all day long trafficsottraffic is getting a lot worsea new poll by the Bay Area Council finds 60 of residents in the 9county bay area think traffic is getting worse 83 believe a traffic emergency should be declared and 70 are calling for a big investment in regional transportation improvements even if it means raising taxessoti think it would be a great thing, i know last week a hit a pothole and blew out my tire so i know we definitely need more money in infrastructure it would be great. On thursday Governor Brown was in the bay area pushing a 52 billion dollar plan to fix roads and highways to be paid through hikes in the gas tax and vehicle registration fees. The Bay Area Council says thats a start sot john grubb Bay Area Council 59109but john grubb says the bay area must think biggersotstqandup dan kerman sf 124134 pam if you have been eyeing a big purchase, you might want to make it tonight. The sales tax is going up tomorrow in several places in the bay area. There is a countywide hike for santa clara county. That includes every city, except for campbell and san jose. Those two cities have there own hikes kicking in. Several other bay area cities are bumping up the sales tax by half apercent. You can find the entire list. Along with the increases, by going to our website, kron four dot com. steve a live look outside right now. Sunshine kicks off the weekend. pam lets get our first look at the weather with chief meteorologist Brittney Shipp. Gusty northerly winds, especially over the hills, will prevail through this evening before diminishing overnight. High pressure builds into the weekend leading to a warming trend with readings into the 70s and even some lower 80s. Dry and seasonably mild weather continues monday through wednesday with the next chance of rain by about thursday or friday of next week. pam a horrific Traffic Accident left a man dead early this morning in downtown san jose. steve it happened on busy park avenue, just west of the downtown businessdistrict. As kron fours rob fladeboe reports now, a young girl, trapped in the wreckage for a time, was rescued and will survive. The late model Pontiac Firebird, its roof mostly sheared away on impact, ended up pinnedbeneath the trailer of the big rig truck. The driver of the car was apparently killed on impact but a passenger in the car, a 10yearold girl, was trapped for a time and had to be rescued. Officer r albert morales. Albert morales San Jose Policejust the way the car was wedged beneath the truck there was a survivor in the backseat and medical personnel and firefighters arriving on scene were able to extract the juvenile from the wreckage. She was immediately transported to a local area hospital. Unfortunately the adult make driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The young girl escaped with only minor injuries. A man on a bicycle who rides park avenue every day says the Early Morning sun can be an issue for cyclists or drivers eastbound on park butthe official cause of the crash will have to wait for the conclusion of the Police Accident investigation team. Albert morales San Jose Police theyre talking to witnesses and taking pictures, taking measurements and looking for skid marks to determine the speed the vehicles were going. They will factor in all these things to make a final determination of what appears to have been the cause. police said it appears that the big rig was westbound on park and had just made a left ontomcevoy when the firebird slammed into the bed of the truck, whose driver was not injured. A witness who helped rescue the 10 year old reportedly told police the victim and his passengerwere father and daughter. Albert morales San Jose Police this is just another reminder to all drivers and pedestrians to be very vigilant and obviously if youre going at a low rate of speed it gives you enough time to react. Rob fladeboe san jose. The driver of the truck is cooperating say police. This was the 11th traffic fatality so far this year in the city. In san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. steve a dramatic turn tonight in the fire that caused a freeway to collapse in atlanta. Why investigators are saying this is no accident. pam plus. With all the emotion surrounding illegal immigration and a proposed travel ban. See the signs that are starting to pop up. In one california neighborhood. steve and we have some dramatic pictures of a chinatown heist. What the suspect is accused swiping. And its price tag. steve up to a 100 thousand dollars worth of jewelry stolen from a San Francisco chinatown Jewelry Store. pam now the Police Department is releasing pictures and video of the alleged thief. Kron fours Philippe Djegal tells us what the store owner says. The suspect got away with. philippe to get inside lorettas Jewelry Company in San Franciscos chinatown. You have to be buzzed in. An inconvenience for prospective burglars. Like this man, who mid afternoon last friday, police say didnt even bother trying to walk into the store. Instead breaking the front windows to grab a whole lot of expensive diamonds. Nearly 100thousand dollars worth. Officer Giselle Talkoff sfpd it was pretty sudden, so there wasnt really much time to react. Though the store owner tells me she called 911 immiedately. And, as you can see from this Surveillance Video police are sharing. The alleged suspect took off down Waverly Place right after the heist. And, hasnt been seen since. Loretta, the store owner, tells me shes owned this business for some 40 years now. And, this is the first time, shes ever been burglarized at such a large scale. Officer Giselle Talkoff sfpd so, the suspects a male, approximately twenties and either black or hispanic male that we have at this point. Dark jacket. He appears to be wearing some type of green and red top together, some jeans and some dark colored shoes. Police say the burglar never threatened the store owner. But the owner admits it was a frightening few seconds of her life that shell never forget. In San Francisco, Philippe Djegal, kron four news. pam Daly City Police are looking for the man who they say. Exposed himself to a 12yearold girl. He is also accused of doing the same thing to a teenager. A suspect sketch has now been released. Police say, the first incident happened around 6 monday night near westmoor park. When the man exposed himself to a 19year old woman. They say, he did it again wednesday this time to a 12Year Old Girl who was walking home from school on miraposa avenue. Police also released a photograph of the suspects car. They say, it is a silver or gold 2003 toyota camry. steve in the east bay. Two burglary suspects are in custody after breaking into a berkeley home last night. Authorities say it happened just after 8 pm on sacramento street near stuart street. Police arrested the two as they were walking away from the home. The suspects have now been identified as 51 yearold Reginald Patillo and 38 yearold kizzie sandling. When police searched patillos car. They found suspicious tools and an empty gun magazine. Patillo is facing several charges includeding burglary, possession of burglary tools and violating his probation. Sandling was arrested for burglary and violating her probation. pam drivers in one of the countrys most congested cities are facing a jarring new reality after a fire caused a chunk of an interstate to collapse. Steve Catherine heenan is here with more on what happened to a heavily used bridge in atlanta. catherine weve just learned that three arrests have been made in connection with the fire. Two men and a woman. Charges include criminal trespassing although police arent releasing many details. While the cause has not been publicly confirmed. We do know that some extra Construction Material had been stored under the i85 overpass that collapsed. What did become clear immediately. This is going to be a traffic nightmarein atlanta for a long time. The fire broke out during thursday evenings commute on a stretch of highwaythats used by a half million cars a day. Roughly 700 feet of the overpass will have to be demolished, removed and rebuilt, withthe help of 10 Million Dollars from the federal government. Despite the flames and chaos no injuries were reported. But commuters couldnt believewhat they were seeing. pam this year marks 10 years since part of the macarthur maze. Collapsed. It was april of 2007, when a tanker crashed at the interchange. It burst into flames. And the heat was so intense. It weakened huge sections of steel. The beams gave way. Causing part of the road to collapse. It took crews a little over three weeks to repair all the damage from the fire. And fix the roadway. As nasty as it looks. Only one person was injured. steve lets take a look at some video shot with our quadcopter 4 today in San Francisco. This is at the palace of fine arts. What a beautiful afternoon pam giving way to what is expected to be a beautiful weekend. Our chief meteorologist Brittney Shipp joins us now with the forecast. Gusty northerly winds, especially over the hills, will prevail through this evening before diminishing overnight. High pressure builds into the weekend leading to a warming trend with readings into the 70s and even some lower 80s. Dry and seasonably mild weather continues monday through wednesday with the next chance of rain by about thursday or friday of next week. pam the plot thickens. The new twist into the investigation into russias meddling with 2016 election. And the telling statement from a former week. pam the plot thickens. The new twist into the investigation into russias meddling with 2016 election. And the telling statement from a former Top White House official. steve and the battle over President Trumps revised travel ban is heating up. The Strong Language opponents are using in their legal argument. pam new tonight at eight. Binge drinking is on the rise. But you might be surprised which group of people is indulging a bit too much. It is so bad. One doctor is calling it a Public Health issue the dangerous consequences. Eight. Eight. steve at a time when many are being deeply affected by tensions over immigration and deportation. A neighorhood in Santa Barbara is doing its part to spread some love. These signs have been popping up in front of many homes around town. Theyre being called love my neighbor signs. They read no matter where you are from, we are glad youre our neighbor. The signs are in spanish, english and arabic. And are meant to promote unity and love. It was an idea that originated at a church in virginia and now has spread across the country. You can go online to purchase one for your own home. pam more pressure tonight to block President Trumps travel ban. Steve Catherine heenan is here with details on the latest legal challenge. steve Michael Flynn wants immunity to talk about what ties russia may have to the Trump Administration. Why his own statement in the past may come back to haunt him. pam spacex sent a recycled rocket into space. So why stop there. The lofty new goal elon musk has set for space exploration. steve and a Big Development tonight in the investigation into a crash that killed 13 people on a church van. What a witness says a driver told him he was doing right before the head on collision. In oakland the attorney representing the Master Tenant in thebuilding that burned on san pablo ave monday is not filing any lawsuits yet. Attorney cook is advising the victims and their families who want Legal Council to seek it elsewhere because he expects the lawsuits will philippe in San Francisco. A burglary in chinatown totals up to 100thousand dollars in losses. It happened last friday at lorettas Jewelry Company on Waverly Place. At around three oclock that afternoon. Police say an alleged thief broke through the front windows of the business. The owner says the man stole between 80 and 100thousand dollars worth of Diamond Rings and a necklace. Police are releasing surviellance video and pictures of the man on foot during his getaway in hopes of developing new leads. In San Francisco, Philippe Djegal, kron four news. Here in san jose one man was killed while his passenger survived a horrific crash early friday. It happened at the intersection of park avenue and mcevoy street just before 8 a. M. A Pontiac Firebird colliding with tractor trailer rig. The pontiac wedged beneath the bed of the trailer. The adult male driver pronounced dead at the scene while his 10 year old passenger, trapped in the vehicle before being rescue by firefighters, escaped with minor injuries. It was the 11th traffic fatality of the year in the city. In san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news in daly city the search continues tonight for a man who they say struck twice in one week exposing himself first on monday to a 19 year old woman and then on wednesday to a 12 Year Old Girl hes described as either a latino male or a white man driving a 2003 toyota camry they believe he either lives in daly city or knows the area very well. They want him arrested as possible fearing that if he strike again the next time could be violentin daly city will tran kron 4 news Dan Kerman Pam new developments in a big story tonight. The deadly bus crash in texas. It turns out the driver of the pickup truck has aknowledged he was texting while driving, in the moments leading up to the collision. A witness told police, he spoke to the driver following the collision. He says, the driver was repeatedly apologetic. And even mentioned he had been texting while driving. Texas officials have identified the driver as 20 year old jack dillon young. Thirteen people on the bus were killed. And the lone survivor remains in the hospital. steve questions continue to swirl around the Trump Administration over russian meddling in the 2016 election. pam now, a former Senior Level Administration official, Michael Flynn, may be stepping forward to tell his side. Kristen holmes with our partners at cnn with the latest twist to the investigation. Chief meteorologist Brittney Shipp joins us now. Gusty northerly winds, especially over the hills, will prevail through this evening before diminishing overnight. High pressure builds into the weekend leading to a warming trend with readings into the 70s and even some lower 80s. Dry and seasonably mild weather continues monday through wednesday with the next chance of rain by about thursday or friday of next week. pam spacex is aiming high. Less than 24 hours after sending the first recycled rocket into orbit. The new and bold goal elon musk wants to pull off. steve fresh off a historic launch, elon musk is setting an even more ambitious space goal. pam spacex put a recycled rocket into space. Its the first time the same rocket has been used on two separate missions to orbit. The next goal. Even bigger. Musk took to twitter to say. He wants to launch a rocket twice. In 24 hours. And that would defintiely be a first when it comes to space exploration. steve in sports. Gary joins us with his lovely wife to read fan emails. pam plus. Tara vandeveer and the Stanford Cardinal were looking to advance to a National Championship for the First Time Since 1992. Gary has the highlights and tara vandaveer and the cardinal were looking to advance to the National Championship for the First Time Since 1992. Erica mccall got stanford rolling in the first half. The Senior Center puts the cardinal up by seven. Russell wilson was locing it. But after losing karlie Samuelson Stanford never was able to recover. Bianca cuevas hit a triple to give the gamecocks the lead by three. Allisha gray puts the game away for South Carolina final 6253 South Carolina. They face the winner between uconn and Mississippi State on sunday bay bridge series continues tonight with game two at at and tee park. Earlier today bruce bochy announced matt cain as the teams fifth starter. Old right hander had a shaky spring, but was able to win the job over young rookie sensation ty blach. The giants are paying cain 20 Million Dollars in the final year of his fifth year deal. His first start of the against the padres next saturday. The as new Team President , dave kaval continues to try to ignite the green and gold. Oakland native and mlb hall of famer is going to a special assistant to the president. Earlier this year the as announced they were honor as legend Rickie Henderson ceremony on opening day. Famers will serve as team ambassadors. Theyll be community and on august will celebrate p season in 1992. Tiger woods return will have to wait after the masters. The former number one in the world will not compete due to back issues hes been dealing since february. Woods will not be able to celebrate the 20th anniversary since he won 1997. 1997. The masters in 1997. pam facebook is making it a little easier. To help out your friends. The new feature that is coming soon. This new gadget coming soon. pam you have probably heard of fundraising websites such as. Gofundme or you caring. steve now you have a new option to raising money. This time on facebook. The social media site will be launching a personal fundraising feature in the us over the next few weeks. Users will be able to raise money, donate to crises and give other campaigns like tuition and funeral costs. Fundraisers will have a transaction fee of 6point9 percent plus 30 cents per donation. A facebook spokesperson says adding the fee covers security and fraud protection, vetting and payment processing. Last weather the insider, tracking the biggest stories making news today. Number one. Inside brad pitts post divorce slimdown. Why life after angelina has brad getting into tip top shape. Then maks updates his dancing surgery. Why a ballroom return isnt out of the question. I want the come back and win. And number three. Amy schumer and golden hawn get candid about hollywoods weight war. I had to go and meet the head of the studio because he thought i was fat. I cant imagine what that must have felt like. Plus your insider bonus. Why lynda carter cant handle our flashback. I had such a crush on you. I dont want to hear it. Blah blah blah blah blah. Plus what brought wonder woman to tears . And Big Little Lies killer ending is sunday. Can we prise secrets from the men monterey mom . Are you the killer or the victim . I cant tell you that. I cant answer that. Now the insider tracking hollywood from the inside out. Hello, everyone and welcome to the insider. Im Debbie Matenopoulos in new york city. Louis will be joining us from l. A. In just a bit. But first to tonights number one tracking story. Brad pitt looking slimmer than ever. He arrived to his home away from home, the l. A. Art studio where hes reportedly been working on a sculpture for up to 15 hours a day. Sporting a new buzz cut and loose casual clothes, some online were concerned by what appears to be a sudden weight loss. But a source close to the 53yearold told the insider brad is totally fine and people can look thin in photos but hes not depressed. The new look doesnt appear to be for a role either