male announcer this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. The last few days weve seen encouraging signs in part because of the incredible threat of the military action u. S. Military action. Threat of military action. Pam the navy ships will stay off the coast of syria. But their cruise missiles will stay in their silos for now, pam the president has asked congress to delay any vote on military action, pam a time out. While the diplomats do their talking. Pam the president is still trying to convince a skeptical country. That syria must be held accountable. Pam but tonights white house address ended with cautious hope for a peaceful resolution. Grant lodes is here to tell us about it. Reporter as late as yesterday it was expected to be a hard sales pitch. Thats how it started, but the ending took a different turn, as he cautiously acknowledged russias diplomatic efforts. The russian government has indicated a willingness to join with the International Community in pushing assad to give up his chemical weapons. The assad regime has now admitting that it has these weapons and even said theyd join the chemical weapons convention, which prohibits their use. Its too early to tell whether this offer will succeed, and any agreement must verify that the assad regime keeps its commitments, but this initiative has the potential to remove the threat of chemical weapons without the use of force, particularly because russia is one of assads strongest allies. I have therefore asked the leaders of congress to postpone a vote to authorize the use of force while we pursue this diplomatic path. Im sending secretary of state john kerry to meet his russian counterpart on thursday, and i will continue my own discussions to index of stories. Reporter the president promised that any attack on syria would be extremely limited. No boots on the ground. He also promised that if the u s acts, assads government will suffer. In his words, we dont do pinprick strikes. And he said he does not believe the u s should be the worlds policeman. But he says if we do not act, the world will become less safe. Pam now at eight. So the color got you i am all about color i like gold the new i phones are here. Apple fans tell kron four what they like about the latest versions unveiled today pam this is the first time the company has ever introduced two different i phone models at the same time. Our tech reporter gabe slate was at the press event today pam gabe, fill us in on the big news pam there was lots of big news. But lets start with this there is now a plastic i phone a cheaper i phone called the i phone 5 c. Lets take a closer look at it. Reporter the 5c comes in 5 different colors. Reporter blue, yellow, green, pink and White Reporter it has a plastic body but is reinforced by steal on the inside. Reporter it has a 4 inch screen. Reporter it has the same specs as the iphone 5. Reporter it is the iphone 5 but built with plastic and has a better battery. Reporter felt it in hand. Very light reporter it will cost 99. Preorder begins this friday, the 13th, it hits the market on september 20th. Reporter stay tuned coming up later in this newscast ill show you the other new iphone the iphone 5 s and its amazing new finger print Recognition Technology it has built in reporter this is a first for smartphones its a big deal ill see you later reporter stay tuned coming up later in this newscast ill show you the other new iphone the iphone 5 s and its amazing new finger print Recognition Technology it has built in reporter this is a first for smartphones its a big deal ill see you later pam developing tonight. Firefighters are trying to pam get a handle on the large fire burning on mount diablo. It has already forced dozens of people from their homes. Pam here is the latest. The blaze has burned more than 32hundred acres. That is actually down from 37hundred acres yesterday. And is now 60percent contained. All evacuation orders have now been lifted. And all roads are back open. Hundreds of firefighters and support crews remain on the scene. Three have been hurt none seriously. Pam kron 4s Justine Waldman is live in contra costa county. With new video of the fire damage. Justine . New at 8 pam reporter while Fire Fighters are making Good Progress on controlling this blaze, full containment is not expected for at least a few more days. This used to be a big oak and 0 pin open meadow. This is very sad and very different. Reporter tells me that it was the saddest ride of his life but he has praised for the people that stopped the fire from total destruction. Talking to the fire crew as i told them got blasts them all and every single one of them. God bless theam all reporter theyre still in doing the handwork out there trying to get the fire out but from talking to firefighters earlier this evening the are telling me that there are getting the upper hand on this fighter. Fiveyeaire pam continuing our coverage on this story, kron 4 charles fire has burned so far. Reporter there is the town of clayton to the north and summit to the top of the mountain. This map of the more than fires burned sound conceited about 5 mi. Long the fire has burned mainly on the southeast and east of the mountain spirit and crossed over to summit. Also have information from nasa or they can dictate the pace hotspot spirit this is where nasa has detected fire and activity. Burning in the canyon and slope of mount diablo. After the fire started, most of the evacuations and road closures were in this area about 6 00 p. M. Cal fire stated that all of those closures at evacuations have been lifted. And the news room Charles Clifford kron 4 news. She pam today kron4s cameras got a evacuated area, along marsh creek road in clayton. There were spots where the fire is still smoldering in the hills. Some of the evacuated residents made signs thanking the fire homes. We caught up with one curry creek park resident. Who was happy to find that his home was still standing. It looks pretty good today. I was really worried that i was on to lose everything but the lord works in mysterious ways. Reporter just got this one and half from yours shot last night she is a professional photographer out on her back porch really really amazing pictures we always act suit asks that you send us your pictures to facebook or twitter. This is looking at the east side of mount diablo. You see all of the smoke right there may pam . Pam our dan kerman takes us to an east bay fire station. That was hit by a burglar. As crews battle the mount diablo fire. Pam thats coming up. Pam and to our north. A fire near redding has burned more than 67hundred acres. Evacuations are underway as the socalled clover fire has already damaged or destroyed some 20 structures. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. Pam firefighters still trying to get a handle on the yosemite wildfire. It has burned more than a quarter million acres. Right now it is 80percent contained. Also toight, weve learned the cost of this wildfire. Has reached 100 Million Dollars. The blaze was started by a a hunters camp fire. Jacqueline lists look at the current temperature and surround the areas in the 50s and 60s. About 4,000 ft. Temperatures mormon. This evening singing about and you also note that the humidity is in the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s. One thing that we are seeing are gusting lance still. Seen dust to paren winds. Pam ahead at eight. Our Stanley Roberts uncovers a scam. People selling fake bart tickets. Pam plus new video showing George Zimmerman being handcuffed after a domestic dispute with his estranged wife in florida. 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Stone talked with some people in the community who are outraged that classes are still going on. Reporter tonight a bizarre story in vallejo. The School District admits that one of its Elementary Schools has a bat problem. Reporter dozens if not hundreds of bats living in the roof of the school buildings. Reporter kron 4s j. R. Stone talked with some in the community who are outraged that classes are still going on. Reporter concern for his wifes health. And the health of those children that attend school there. Number one at the children and can them in has a ways. Hazard. Reporter hes worried that the droppings could be making their way into the ventilation system the school was told that they cannot move or stomach the thats because they are protected by law. The school plans to place openings over the thats inclining the schoolwide poorly. Schoolwide clearly reporter and vallejo j. R. Stone kron 4 news. Pam a crime of opportunity. A burglar ripped off a walnut creek fire fighter. Reporter as firefighters battled the wild fire of mt. Diablo the station said empty but not for long and burglar breaks and from the back door crying and and broke into the crew quarters and started stealing wallets and a personal ipad of one of the firefighters perished a couple of wedding rings were taking as well terret 22 years of the job he has never seen anything like this protection to very this concerning that someone would do anything like this while firefighters are out there trying to protect people. In the meantime where did the work of the break and is getting out. He heard about it and decided to stop by cookie spiris. Some reports on the news and it is appalled me i will decide to do something for the Fire Fighters taking care of me by to bring the end some cookies. Reporter the person or persons is still at large in walnut creek dead carmen kron4 news. Dan carmen all pam we now know the name of the baby boy who died monday at a Day Care Center in san jose. The Santa Clara County medical examiner identified the child as threemonthold connor jung, who was being cared for here at the discovery years Day Care Center in north san jose. Care givers told police they thought the child was sleeping only to discover he ultimately the child was pronounced to ceased at the scene. Pam there were no arrests in the death. For now, police are saying there is no evidence a crime was committed. The coroner will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause of the death. Pam pg and e has a deal to pay 565 Million Dollars in legal settlements and other claims. Stemming from the explosion in san bruno. A filing with federal Company Shows that number includes 455 Million Dollars pg and e agreed to pay. And another 110 million it expects to pay, from recent settlements and other claims. Pam the utility has already settled with 347 san bruno victims. There are still two claims still pending. The explosion sparked a gas fueled fire that destroyed 38 homes. And killed eight people. Pam president obama today nominated bay area congresswoman barbara lee as a representative to the united nations. Lee has been representing east bay voters since 1998. Now, the president also wants the democratic leader to represent the United States in the 68th session of the un. In a statement, lee said she believes now more than ever that the u. S. Has to fully engage the un and the International Community to ensure a more peaceful world. Pam jacqueline temperatures were sadistically cooler than yesterdays. But low clouds hung on. Out and fairfield we were and 80 degrees yesterday 100 degrees and livermore went to yester that today 86 degrees. Today the fault will return tonight and the wide spread. Making its way from peak to the entirear with n colder than today talking in the 60s and 70s. As we head into the week and it will be a ship with a slightly warmer conditions. Reporter all because of people behaving badly coming up next. 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With a wireless gateway, connect all your devices and save on tablet and smartphone data usage at home. Now i can do the things i want to do, like email my motherinlaw. Or check celebrity gossip. [ male announcer ] at t brings it all together. Pam new tonight at 8 there are many forms of pam begging that takes place on bart one we know about but there is another that is costing unsuspecting riders twice. As Stanley Roberts expains in this edition of people behaving badly. Reporter the man with the phone to his ear is buying a bart ticket to the east bay the interesting part this is his he is about to buy his first ticket from this man wearing the back pack he places what appears to be a valid bart ticket in the machine where is shows 8 dollars and 30 cents on the ticket reporter the unsuspecting buyer gets offered the 8 dollar ticket for just 6 dollars, seems like a fair deal so money changes hands reporter and the seller quickly heads off on his merry way. Now here is the kicker the buy was warned to not buy from this panhandler nats that whey i was looking at it what it is, it that they take off the strip and it says that amount of money some ot the time well actually all the time its not so it will let you go in but whe you come back out it wont let you go out reporter yes he was just ripped of for 6 dollars for a bart ticket the wont work it happen every day in fact if you just spend a little bit of time watching the powell street bart station it happens way too often reporter on bart the beggers come in all shapes and forms many of them use the altered bart tickets to releive you of your cash and some just straight out beg reporter like this woman asking people for money, the same for this man in the twinkie shirt as they get pushed away they return reporter these guys work in tandum using the altered bart tickets to get cash which buy the way is illegal laughter reporter then there are the beggers that have what i like to call a captive audience by approching you while you are on the train reporter in just a few minutes this man rack up a few dollars that he openly counts and then places the neatly folded money in his shoe reporter first off never buy a bart ticket from anyone except from one of the machines and if you need help ask a station agent or a Community Ambassador reporter and if you must give a begger money donate it to a homeless shelter at least you know its bsing used properly reporter on bart Stanley Roberts kron 4 news. Youre my wife . pam coming up on kron 4 news at 8 pam our grant lodes takes a look at the viral video of a man waking up from surgery. And forgets hes married pam plus new Surveillance Video of the dispute between George Zimmerman and his estranged wife. That landed him in handcuffs. Pam apple may be hoping to take another big bite out of the smartphone market. But are iphone users ready to take the bait . We head to the apple store for reaction. Next. [ male announcer ] at sizzler. Its back for a limited time fire grilled steak and golden allyoucaneat shrimp for an incredible 9. 99 only at sizzler for an incredible 9. 99 [announcerthers noidin thgobeful ked lights. New artfs armadeith al con. Andvenked cri rfecon. Nehearuls om befulakeddeghts con. male announcer this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. The most forward thinking, who created. Pam the i phone 5 s is the new flag ship high end i phone. Apple built in new features we have not seen before in smart phones. Our tech reporter gabe slate was at the press event today today in cupertino. Gabe, what features stood out to the media there . The new finger print recognition security feature reporter is major innovation it pushes smart phones forward beefs up security lets take a closer look at the new iphone 5s. Reporter if apple was hoping to take another bite out of the smartphone market. The new offerings juiced up some people and left others flat. I went straight to the apple store in san franciscos union square to find some iphone officiandos. Hot on the heels of the apples announcement. Reporter heres reaction. Reporter and while many seemed excited. This apple fan also wanted to see more than just color. And while apple customers will have to wait to get their hands on the next generation iphones. This guy is sticking with the competition. For everybody else. Both the iphone 5c and 5s will be on sale, both online and at stores on the september 20 reporter so this iphone 5 s is really a new height and iphone made out of a star be somebody. Silver, gold, and gray. The iphone 5 as had a lot has a much better camera. It will also offer a bull elk b. P. Flashy greatly improve the quality of pictures. Five s will sell for 200 with a two Year Contract hitting the market on september 20th at the paren. Gabe slate kron 4 ne reporter i only have they 4 s i would ditch that and purchase an iphone 5 c. More colorful. That is what i am all about. I like the gold or silver. I have the five right now im not sure from going to traded in yet. The iphone what should have ben announced yesterday and they havethey have the cash to hire engineers sol i cant wait to see what happens. Samsung is the apple keller i like things big and that iphone is too small. The influence. Still ahead reporter did the doctor sent you . Because you are i candy. Wall whoa you must be the prettiest woman ive ever seen it . Are you and are you a model . laughter what is your name . My name is candace, and i am your wife. You are my wife how long have we been married . A long time. Teacher crackers. Reporter i hit i hit the jackpot. Your teeth are perfect. We are married . Reporter so if you want to see this beautiful woman that is canvassed and jason and she is butiful. Some people are questioning the off then to seek of this video. We cannot imagine how he forgot that he had been married for six years. It appears to be real but again home house is huge online in one of the most Popular Videos that has gone viral. We always act for you to join the conversation. Pam an amazing hightech invention helps a child fighting cancer to still be that story. Next. Jacqueline we will see cooler temperatures as a result and will see when the fog will clear up there result and will see when the fog will clear up there tomorrow coming up unbelievable. Shhhhh in our day, we didnt have uverse high Speed Internet. Yeah, our babysitter didnt have a million ways to serve mom up on a silver platter. We had to count sheep to fall asleep. And i always worried that i was creating an overcrowded sheep farm. In my head. Never looked like that farmer took proper care of those sheep. Too much . A little. [ male announcer ] connect all your wifienabled devices with uverse high Speed Internet. Rethink possible. New pam new details tonight after the dispute between George Zimmerman and his wife. Butcamera video expose more of the dispute and confrontation between shellys zimmerman and her father and George Zimmerman that escalated. And a 911 call Shelley Zimmerman static that i did her guns her husband threatened her with a gun and hit her father. They could still charged zimmerman if they could get the video from her father. Pam the judge announced that the agreement had been scheduled for today will be moles for tomorrow due to 4 to do to court procedure. Pam and still ahead tonight an amazing hightech convention helps a child fighting cancer continue to be a student. That story is next. It pam a middle School Student undergoing Cancer Treatment is able to go to class and see his friends through a robot. Pam 7th grader Kyle Weintraub isnt physically attending his school in broward county, florida this year. Pam hes getting treatment for a rare form of cancer over in philadelphia. Pam but thanks to the v go robot, kyle can participate in class back home, and even hang out with his friends. I can make the robot spin, so i can see the whole classroom, so its basically just like im there hes no longer isolated. Hes part of the class. Hes a normal kid sitting or standing, whatever your perspective is on what the robot is doing, but hes right there in front of the classroom zooming in zooming out, watching the blackboard, watching the teacher, participating in the conversation. Pam the robot cost about six thousand dollars and his fellow students helped raise mall pam still to come pam the surprising number of people signing up to take a oneway trip to mars. Thats next. [ male announcer ] with at t, youre sure to get a better bundle. Just choose the two, three, even four services you want to build a bundle that works for you. [ female announcer ] call at t now. Choose a uverse tripleplay bundle for just 79 a month. Get the same great price for two years. Plus switch today and get a total home dvr included for life. [ male announcer ] with uverse high Speed Internet, connect all your wifienabled devices to your wireless gateway and save on smartphone and tablet data usage at home. 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Inland valleys in the 70s and 80s as well. 60s and 70s for the east bay shores and north bay bacalls what impact temperatures would tomorrow and 68 in santa rosa. Extended forecast cooling into wednesday but at by the end of the week warming up just a little. 49ers seahawks last time pam gary has highlights and all of the sports coming up next male announcer now, the Orchard Supply sports report with gary radnich. But gary seahawks manhandled the 49ers who were coming off a big sunday night win in new england. Russell wilson picked the niners apart in the seahawks 4213 rout gary john bonds on will be at it with a 66 rbi and bottom 8 as pants that it they were cruising along. There is your approves pam. It there is your approves ctruise pam gary right now is five to nothing five to nothing fourth ending with the giants all over. Gary 49ers pack highest rated the 49ers win over the packers sunday drew an estimated 28. 5 Million Viewers the rating was a 16. 6 which was the highest rated week one game in fox historyand was even more watched than nbcs sunday night game featuring the cowboys and the giants Gary Alan Smith up one of the 49ers are defenders was just more physical that day. In fact, the game was the we did not play our best football. Its just another game. Gary right now one pool has to onehalf as 49ers one of the few times this year they are the underdog. The gary kapernick in Seattle Russell wilson engaged in a waiver. Wager. I hope you do not like your eyebrow. Gary they probably take this back in march or something jackie . Jacqueline is this the first time that they aired this commercial . Gary im not shore. Shore gary we were able to do it to the tack that but yonder people lanza work with the young people and make this newscast number one. Can we do that quash a marked can tweet do that . Omri kind pam yes weekend. Yes we can. Gary mostwatched telecast of any kind in the usa since the Academy Awards in february gary his reputation his reputation perceived himself. Suh fined 100k gary lions defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh was fined 100,000 by the nfl today for this low block on vikings Center John Sullivan gary the fine on suh is the largest in League History no doubt in part because suh is a repeat offender gary suh says he will appeal the fine suh has fast become known as a dirty player in fact hes been voted the dirtiest player in the league two years running gary hs player uses helmet gary a High School Football melee in pennsylvania turned really ugly when a player removes the helmet of another player and then twice bashes him in the head with it. Gary hamburg high senior joe cominski yanks the helmet off of opposing player josh hartman and strikes him twice with it gary cominsky was ejectedno word on how hartman is doing the police are now investigating whether to file criminal charges gary if your son a Second String of you you need to put him and soccer. That was a rough one pam that was a raw form laughter ross one. Gary do not play of pressure for a stranger. Do not play unless you are a first strange year. Stringer. Jacqueline gary some think more quickly something that will change your life. 247 kron 4 we are a part of your life. [announcerthers noidin thgobeful ked lights. New artfs armadeith al [announcerthers noidin thgobeful kecon. Ghts. Andvenked cri rfecon. Nehearuls om befulakeddeghts [announcerthers noidin thgobeful kecon. Ghts. I get out a lot. Except when its too cold. Like the last three weekends. Asthma doesnt affect my job. You missed the meeting again last week it doesnt affect my family. Your coughing woke me up again. I wish youd take me to the park. I dont use my rescue inhaler a lot. Depends on what you mean by a lot. Coping with asthma isnt controlling it. Test your level of control at asthma. Com, then talk to your doctor. There may be more you could do for your asthma. [tires squealing] man over p. A. and now, coming to the line, last years rookie of the year, Casey Alfonso and in lane two, nine Times National champion, tony cooper [crowd cheering] tonys got his light on in lane two. And now caseys approaching the line. How do you feel . Great. I feel like throwing up my guts. You always feel like throwing up. Come on, dad, lets get this digger on the line. You sure you dont wanna go to law school . I hate lawyers yeah, so do i. Go get em, baby man over p. A. okay, looks like were ready to go. Lets hear it, folks [engines rev]