We have an update on the delays tonight. Whoosh never allow the majority to limit the rights of the minority. One of the biggest names in Silicon Valley speaking out on gay rights. Whoosh reporter and an oakland familys desperate struggle tonight. A 13 year old declared brain dead after what was supposed to be a routine appendectomy. Relatives horrified that she may be taken off life support tomorrow. I believe in god and i believe that he can wake her up male announcer this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. Pam developing tonight. Pam a wildfire burning near big sur in Monterey County is growing. It has now destroyed fifteen homes. Including the home of the fire chief. Pam tonight, the flames are also forcing at least 100 people to evacuate. Pam the fire started late sunday evening. And has so far charred more than 500 acres. Kron 4s Charles Clifford shows us exactly where this fire is burning. Reporter this is an overhead google earth view of the big sur coast. About 30 miles south of monterey. The fire. Which is being called the pfeiffer fire. Is burning here in the Los Padres National forest. The flames are mainly burning along Pfeiffer Ridge which is here with highway one to the east and the Pacific Coast to the west. Its about two miles between the one and the coast. Tap reporter this a very rural area with steep canyons but if we move in closer you can see there are a lot of homes and buildings in the area. So far, 100 people have been evacuated from the area and 15 homes have been destoryed , including the home of big surs fire chief. This is video from our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news. Here you can see the flames moving right up 200 firefighters from cal fire and the National Forest service are in the area. There are also 4 airtankers, 4 helicopters and 10 hotshot fire crews working on this also set up an Emergency Shelter for people forced from their homes. Reporter finally, there is no containment on this fire and the cause is still under investigation. In the newsroom, Charles Clifford kron 4 news. Pam now at 8 pam felony charges are being filed. In a deadly high speed car crash on the streets of San Francisco. Police say jennie zhu driving more than 70miles an hour. Before plowing into a familys minivan. As they were stopped at a red light at the corner of pine and gough streets. On their way to school. The september wreck. Killed 16year old kevin san. And seriously inured several family members. The offender in this case is being charged with 3 felony counts let me just say that we have a very strong good faith belief that the case is being charged appropriately, that the evidence will prove that these charges are correct. Pam still no word tonight on why zhu was going so fast. Pam jennie zhu is currently out on bail. She is scheduled to be arraigned on the felony charges later this week. Pam new tonight at 8 the mother who survived the crash is now out of the hospital and slowly recovering. Kron 4s Justine Waldman has an update on tina chew. Cover she is a wonderful person and always has a great smile. For decades, tina chew, worked as a mail carrier at the sausalito post office. Her absence. Has weighed greatly on her coworkers. It is like a family here because it is a small office so it is like they are missing their sister. Reporter her boss michael catanio tells me other postal workers have donated some of their Vacation Time to chew during her recovery. Chew just recently stopped by to say hello, and she looked great. It was very emotional but also brought great joy and encouragement to the whole office. Reporter getwell and condolence letters. A few containing donations to help the families immense medical bills. Keep coming in. Reporter after the accident, along her route, her customers tied yellow ribbons on their mailboxes. Showing how much this community loves her. Reporter chews son died in the crash, and her daughter was also injured. Reporter her coworkers feel relief the District Attorney just filed charges against who hurt them all so much we are just happy that justice will be done and our focus is on tina and looking forward to having her back at work. Reporter su tina chews job is waiting for her. Whenever she is ready. In sausalito Justine Waldman kron 4 news. Pam a new draft report on last years richmond refinery fire is out and the federal agency investigating the incident is pointing blame at both chevron and the state regulatory process. Kron 4s dan kerman has more reporter the u. S. Chemical safety board blames last years refinery fire on chevron . Saying the corrosion caused pipe rupture and subsequent fire could have been prevented had chevron had implemented safety upgrades reporter but the chemical safety board say part of the blame is on the regulatory process itself the regulatory system in both the u. S. And california does not effectively prevent major accidents. Reporter the chemical safety board says that . S because the Current System is not about preventing an incident, but responding to it reporter the chemical safety board . S draft report says what . S known as a safety case regime should be utilized because it requires Companies Like chevron to lay out plans to reduce risks and this will have to be approved by regulators . But to make it work could be costly . The state will have to come up with a lot inspectors and money to pay them. Reporter chevron has released a statement in response to the new report. Saying in part. Reporter while we await the release of the boards final report, we are already taking a series of actions in response to the august 2012 incident. Reporter chevron also says the company has worked to help resolve many of the issues stemming from the fire. One Group Communities for a better environment says, this report shows they were right. And they want chevrons work to continue after the final report comes out. To the hospital. Reporter on january 15th, the us chemical safety board will hold a Public Meeting at Richmond City hall. To formally adopt the report. Pam ahead at eight. Pam a hut metal pipe broke scott rates shows what is happening tonight. Heartbreaking new take a look behind of me. Where the water pipe burst early this morning. They are trying to soak up some of this water as quickly as possible. Right now they have to security checkpoint opened the chicken see that it is not very busy. They are hoping to get the rest of the checkpoint open tomorrow morning what it does become very busy. This is not fun. Reporter 70 at least 2 in. Of standing water in the sky bridge area of terminal a. We have now learned it was a failed joint that likely caused the break. All of that water all the baggage had to be shipped over in a crate like this and terminal be pure travelers were slightly confused and frustrated. Not knowing where to go or how to get around but a little extra walking. Reporter i did check they tell us that there are not expecting any more delays or cancellations. If you do have plans to travel to the Airline Contact the airport to see if everything is on time. Jacqueline temperatures running in the mid to upper 60s and some 70s. Right now temperatures are still quite mild a little chilly out and fairfield. 52 in oakland. We do have a another spare and the air alert spare the air alert. The only thing to my god is a spot on pushing through the area. I will have more on that in the middle of the week coming up. Pam heart breaking new developments into a local teenage girl. Who went in for routine surgery at an oakland hospital. And ended up on life support. Pam plus a suspicious package shuts down San Francisco streets. Who left it there. And what was inside of it. Pam and next from rodent droppings to cockroaches. We show you firsthand the disturbing findings that forced one bay area bakery to close its doors. Reporter we have renderings of the waterfront ballpark how this vision can become reality coming up next a subaru. Are the hands that do good things for the whole community the environment, seniors, kids, and animals. Thats why we created the share the love event. By the end of this year, the total donated by subaru could reach 35 Million Dollars. You get a great deal on a new subaru. Well donate 250 dollars to a choice of charities that benefit your community. It feels good to be a helping hand. Pam new tonight at 8 a San Francisco cafe is in hot water, following Numerous Health department citations. The cafe was shutdown in november because of unsanitary conditions, but later reopened. Now the cafe is closed for a second time because the owners did not comply with health codes. Kron 4s John Fenoglio shows us what Health Inspectors found inside. Kenny reporter there were literally hundreds of instances. Reporter thats kenny wong of the San Francisco department of Public Health describing the conditions inside creightons cafe in San Franciscos portola district. Reporter photos taken at the restaurant by Health Inspectors reveal unsanitary and disturbing conditions including live cockroaches found crawling in areas used to store utensils, and area and around espresso machines. Rodent droppings were also found on food Storage Containers on the floors even on tables used for food preparation. And employees did not have the necessary food safety certifications for handling food. Reporter this the second time the restaurant has been cited and closed since november. On december 10 another inspection and the owners had still not adequately complied w Health Department orders. Reporter creightons is an otherwise popular spot. Of the people we spoke with today outsede the cafe, many were surprised that it had been shut down. For now, it will remain closed until the owners fully comply with health dept orders. Pam happening now pam a special meeting is tking place for the Vallejo City Council to discuss ongoing labor negotiations between the city and the police union. Pam at issue the city wants to cut Police Salary and residents say that will drive even more police out of vallejo. Pam kron four s jeff bush is in vallejo with details. Reporter a bad idea and would be a disincentive for anyone on the force to stay on the force. Reporter roughly 30 Police Officers positions are left unfilled i am jeff bush and vallejo. Kron 4 News Reporter as ballpark including oakland mayor John Jean Quan the 500 million park would be nestled among the big shipping grain this week acres of land. One of two potential sites. 50 acres of land. The a reporter is have said they wanted to move to san jose. Pam the Mega Millions jackpot. Could reach 1 billion dollars by christmas. When no winner was announced on friday. The jackpot went up to a staggering 586 Million Dollars for tomorrows drawing. Pam the Current Record jackpot is 656 Million Dollars. The winnings split between three people back in 2012. So what are the chances of winning . Pam the odds of getting all six numbers. One in 259 million. Pam and the cash payout will be a hefty 316 Million Dollars. Lotto Officials Says the jackpot could go up again Tuesday Morning in advance of the tomorrows drawing. Jacqueline it remains mild up there and a number of places but we will see chile places like fairfield and vallejo. Temperatures will be a non the freezing mark but not quite there. 14 and san jose and 45 in san mateo. More ranging from the low 60s from places like daly city and hayward to the upper 60s in the south bay we are continuing to see high cloud covered string into the bay area from the south. We had a system sitting out to the south pole and the high cloud up to the north we also have a strong trekking to the north of the spirit of these two things will march as we move into the middle of the week so we will see more. With a possible chance of rain on thursday. Breezing into the afternoon but woman into the weekend. New at 8. Reporter San Francisco is now offering free wifi along Market Street. Reporter houdinilike reporter houdinilike jim har[ female announcer ] heres to a whole world jim harbaugh talking about of happier holidays. Time to enchant, delight and amaze. Safeway will help you gather everyone round. A smoked, shank half ham is only 99 cents a pound. With starbucks at 6. 99, serve coffee everyone savors. Top it off with coffeemate. Just 2. 79 for all kinds of flavors. Turns out this season less is really so much more. So make your holiday merrier than ever before. Safeway. Ingredients for life. Pam the coverage stretches a little over three miles. From castro street down to the embarcadero. Mayor ed lee spearheaded this project, and is hoping this will help continue to spur Economic Growth in the city. Pam kron 4s tech reporter gabe slate shows us how it works. And how to protect yourself when using public internet. Reporter this is definitely one of those perks for living near Silicon Valley. And Market Street is a great area for this is over 200,000 people a day what down Market Street. When you are on Market Street turned your wife fight on in your in mobile device. San francisco free why fight and collect you are then collected to free y five and a signal works pretty well for me. For free its pretty good. It is not designed to work off the news or spaces inside Market Street is designed to use it is designed to be used outside on Market Street. Right now sent francisco is having a huge problem with a snatch and grasp of phones and tablets so do not pull out your mobile devices and public it is not safe. When you are using the free y 5 internet on Market Street be careful you do not want to do anything sensitive on both Public Networks like anything financial, banking keep it general web searching. Coming up here apple ceo in his words and what people are seen in about it. Saying pam coming up on kron 4 a familys mission to continue the search. After a san jose plane disappeared in the idaho wilderness. Pam plus why your daily vitamin might not be as beneficial as you might think. Pam and next the gutwrenching decision made. After a 13year old girl went into surgery at an oakland hospital. And ended up on life support. Pam were live with that story. After the break. Good. Good answer. Check it out. Learnings fun now. Yeah, back in our day, we didnt have uverse high Speed Internet to play and learn online. All we had was that franklin fuzzypants. Ah, the educational toy bear. Remember when the battery went out . [ slow, deep voice ] give me your abcs. All i learned was a new definition of fear. I need some pudding. Yeah, theres one left. [ male announcer ] connect all your wifienabled devices with uverse high Speed Internet. Rethink possible. Wiavo thesales event high speed intesis back. Drive which means its never been easier to get a new 2014 jetta. It gets an impressive 34 highway mpg and comes with no charge scheduled maintenance. And right now you can drive one home for practically just your signature. Sign. Then drive. Get zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first months payment on any new 2014 volkswagen. Hurry, this offer ends january 2nd. Visit vwdealer. Com today male announcer this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. Pam it is not us pulling the plug on jahishe is legally deadtakes away the right from us the family to pull the plug. Pam alecia joins us live outside of the hospital now. Sandra chatman tells us thats right pam the family is going through a lot right now. Oakland Childrens Hospital reporter of these people came out in support asking the hospital to not not to pull the plug. It is not the spirit is not us. Takes away the right from us the family to pull the plug. Reporter sandra check man tells of oakland Childrens Hospital informed them the coroner will be coming and theres nothing they can do to stop it. I did not know you can do that. I am completely outdone. I thought a person had a right and had to sign a consent to get the ventilation pulled. No right for your own child and the care shes getting . Thats crazy reporter jahi went in for a routine surgery last monday to get her tonsils and adenoids removed to help treat her sleep apnea. But severe bleeding after surgery put her in cardiac arrest hours later, and within 2 days she was brain dead. The whirlwind of events has left the family in shock and horror. And with todays news, they feel they have nowhere to turn. They cant take out any tubingshe cant movewe cant even have her moved to another facility. Reporter the Childrens Hospital released a statement saying quote. Reporter pam jahis family has requested that we not share any details of her case with the media. We can say that, as whenever we see a medical or surgical complication, we are reviewing her case very closely. Our hearts go out to her family, and we want to support them during this extremely difficult time. Pam in idaho the official search for a missing san jose pilot. Dale smith and four other passengers. Has been called off for now. Pam but relatives say they are not giving up. Idaho officials suspended the ground and air search for the small plane last week. Pam it was flying from Eastern Oregon to montana when it disappeared in the central idaho backcountry on december 1st. The family of the missing passengers announced today that a privately funded and coordinated search will continue pam in National News pam a federal judge says that the nsas practice of phone snooping violates the constitutional ban on unreasonable searches. Pam but the judge has put his decision on hold pending a likely government appeal. The judge says the government hasnt cited a single case in which nsa phone records have actually stopped a terror attack. Pam the governments phonesnooping was revealed by nsa leaker edward snowden. Whos now in russia. As for snowden. There is some talk of the us considering amnesty. Pam a top nsa official says hed think about it in exchange for snowden putting a stop to any more leaks. However, the white house today said it has not changed its position on bringing snowden back to face prosecution. Pam snowden remains in russia evading a us warrant for his arrest on espionage charges. Pam Dennis Rodman is planning to go ahead with a scheduled trip to north korea. To train its National Basketball team. Pam the trip is apparently unaffected by the execution of the uncle of north Korean Leader kim jong un rodman says he considers kim jong un a close friend. He has also organized an exhibition game in january to celebrate his birthday. Rodman says former pro basketball players have committed to the game. But isnt revealing names. Reporter the opportunity to make his feelings very well known about human rights and discrimination to day we have the opportunity and we have an opportunity to continue our progress with respect to race and embrace the immigration reform, and eliminate the discrimination of dg to the committee. Community reporter now is the time to write now is the time to write this into the book of law. Reporter his comments here with this speech generating quite a buzz many praising him others say stick to making eye phones instead of political or social issues. Most people on facebook say they are happy. It marianne a wonderful man with a great message roger its always going to be here. Racism and bigotry. Used to be against my people the irish coming to america. Everyone needs to shut up and just dont acknowledge it. And move on. Kayla i think its a good thing that he addressed these issues. Who better to do it than the ceo of a company that over half of the energy drink industry, pam reporter a newly published editorial about vitamins is getting a lot of attention. The controversial piece in this weeks annals of internal medicine claims that Dietary Supplements and vitamins are a waste of money. Reporter the editorial which is based on three studies says taking supplements offers no benefit when it comes to preventing cardiovascular disease, cancer, or a second heart attack. Reporter it says those studies also show that multivitamins improve cognitive function in men older than 65. Reporter the National Products association which represents vitamin manufacturers and retailers responded by saying that multivitamins address nutritional deficiencies, but are not quote the answer to all lifes ailments more than half of all adults in the us take a multi vitamin reporter making it a 12 billiondollarayear business. Pam . Pam still ahead a scare on the streets of San Francisco as police blow up a suspicious package , left chained to a fence. Pam what was inside. Pam when you hear the name search or email. But how about robots . Googles big acquisition thats raising some eyebrows. Next. Pam when you hear the name google, you likely think. Search or email. But how about robots . Google just bought a major robotics company. Its eighth in the past few months. The companys big pam acquisition is raising some eyebrows. Google bought boston dynamics. An Engineering Firm thats done a lot of work for the government. It means google now owns some heavyduty robots. And theyre some pretty curious creatures. Pam no details on what exactly google is going to do with the robots, but some say they have the potential to be used for transportation, warehousing, or in emergency situations like fires. Pam vicki . Reporter Michael Jacksons mom katherine is behind a new documentary about the king of pop. Ow you some clips plus. We hear from his kid paris, prince, and. Blanket. Reporter coming up people behaving badly jacqueline more on the weather coming out good. Good answer. Check it out. Learnings fun now. Yeah, back in our day, we didnt have uverse high Speed Internet to play and learn online. All we had was that franklin fuzzypants. Ah, the educational toy bear. Remember when the battery went out . [ slow, deep voice ] give me your abcs. All i learned was a new definition of fear. I need some pudding. Yeah, theres one left. [ male announcer ] connect all your wifienabled devices with uverse high Speed Internet. Rethink possible. Reporter theres new Michael Jackson documentary in the works. And snippets are just now being released. Its called remembering michael. Michaels three kids are in it. Reporter matriarch Katherine Jackson is behind it. And theres a twist shes appealing to fans to fund it with another 3. 2 Million Dollars. Take a look. Video reporter i am the key clivia at this kron 4 minute jacqueline 10th straight day we will see this alert enough that would burney is prohibited. Woodburning is prohibite. Jacqueline in mid to upper 60s again with high cloud coverage from the south hear the storm system will affect later in the week. They will come together and moved over to the bay area and we will see a little more clout coverage and rain as we move into thursday. Cooler temperatures, wednesday and thursday with nearly freezing conditions friday morning. Pam the scare brought First Responders and a bit of bad behavior in this addition of people behaving badly. Reporter rule number one never chain a box to the gate of a city owned building, rule number 2 never forget rule number 1 male announcer now, heres Stanley Roberts who found some people behaving badly. Reporter you are looking at what left of a stanley box, stanley the tool company. Not stanley the reporter just to the clear reporter the contents a dewalt radio, and Apple Computer tower flash drive attached, inside this bag a power sander and this wheel. Reporter you can still see the glass on now that smashed throught this window of the kelly paper store glass inside the store was found 150 feet away from the blast ok so here is what happened, this container or whats left of it was blown up by the San Francisco bomb squad reporter but before that happened police had to shut down traffic and evacuate 300 City Employees from this building reporter the bomb squad looked at storage bin and could not determine what exacty was in the box reporter you remember that announcement you hear at the airport about not leaving your baggage unattended well let this be a clue and its not like the bomb squad is in the habit of simply opening a suspicious looking package to see whats in it reporter if they xray it and cant figure it out. It gets blown up there is a reason whay they are called the bomb squad but while that is going on this goes on, traffic became a living nightmare for many drivers reporter this woman stuck in the intersection decieded to behave badly via her cell phone reporter you do know its illegal to be on you phone right she said because of all the traffic she didnt think it really matter then seconds later really did you really get back on the phone then she got into real trouble how about you pull over how about you pull over right here ok thank you right there reporter and yes all this happened because of a box chained to a gate and all this happened because someone with a broken wheel on his bin thought it was a good idea to chain his container on to a random fence which happened to be City Property reporter in San FranciscoStanley Roberts kron 4 news pam time is running short for those who are counting on the u. S. Postal service to get those holiday cards and packages to their destinations in time for christmas. Reporter this is the scene at san joses main post office. Today is the busiest day of the year for the us postal service. Reporter postal Officials Say theyre sending out 15 billion christmas letters, cards and packages today. Reporter . But procrastinators still have some time to get their goodies out before the 25 pam th. The deadline for firstclass and Priority Mail is friday. Pam next monday is your last chance to get stuff to its destination via express mail. male announcer now, the Orchard Supply sports report with gary radnich. Reporter i think my favorite memory would be one that made the playoffs with new orleans spirit pretty amazing. cheers applause reporter there you go memory. Called the catch three or the vernon post. We are now just seven days away from the last Football Game at the stick. Gotta hype it up. History in the making. Reporter on to the bright spot yesterday. Niners in tampa taking on the bucs who had won four of their last five. But it was all 49ers. Colin kaepernick finds vernon davis for the touchdown pass. Niners are 10 and 4. Theyve won four straight and 9 out of their last 11 games. If the playoffs started now they would be a six seed against the eagles. Two games to go though. Including when the 49ers play at candlestick a week from today in the last game ever at the stick. You talk about history. All that and more next week. But today coach harbaugh praised the efforst of his quarterback. Football fans may remember Harry Houdini i do not think he was an tighter jams as yester day he was houdinilike reporter so 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree might be back and going strong but today bad news for the 49ers. Reporter starting fullback bruce miller went down in yesterdays game and coach jim harbaugh says he is likely out for the entire season. Including the playoffs. With a broken should blade he suffered on this play early in the fourth quarter. Not only is miller a great blocker but hes also been a good part of the 49ers passing game this season. He is often referred to as the teams swiss arny knife because of his versatility. Former Stanford Star owen moreeeh sick will replace miller on the 49ers roster reporter injuries are one thing. Being a raiders fan is another. The Kansas City Chiefs came into oakland on sunday. What did they do . They threw the ball to their running back jamaal charles. Again and again and again and again. The chiefs scored 56 points on the raiders yesterday. That is the most a raiders team has ever. Let me say that again. Ever given up. We arent showing you the raiders offense because quarterback matt mcgloin was intercepted four times and he fumbled the ball. Final score 56 to 31. Raiders now go to four and ten. Coach dennis allen and chiefs quarterback alex smith after the game. Pretty special making me look good reporter we go to the fourth matt to stafford heat has a man and the end as long six depicting dietrich 615 detroit it is good ravens win reporter we certainly wouldnt lead our sports show with Seattle Seahawks news but this should give you a good laugh. A seattle dealership ran a promotion. 35grand to 12 different winners if the seahawks shutout the giants. Thats 420thousand dollars. And. Well. Looks like the dealer is going to have to pay up. Seahawks shut out the giants yesterday 23 to nothing. Winners include folks who bought cars and those who just looked. Lucky for the dealership they paid seventhousand dollars on insurance to cover the loss. So its really the Insurance Company that has to pay more than fourhundred grand reporter okay so its not baseball season right now but there is certainly talk about the oakland as. A group of Business Leaders and political leaders in oakland have come up with a new 500 Million Dollar proposal to keep the as in their city. These are renderings of what the stadium could look like at the citys Howard Terminal on the waterfront. Thats near jack london square. Ownership though. Has been against this idea for sometime. Reporter i hope they do it pam dreams to come true so lets see what happens pam stay in touch with us through kron4 dot com and are mobile app we will see you at 11 avo the volkswagen sign then drive sales event is back. Which means its never been easier to get a ne it gets an impressive 34 highway mpg and comes with no charge scheduled maintenance. And right now you can drive one home for practically just your signature. Sign. Then drive. Get zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first months payment on any new 2014 volkswagen. Hurry, this offer ends january 2nd. Visit vwdealer. Com today sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. In new york city, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the special victims unit. These are their stories. Hi, were looking for a patient Stephanie Rawley . Hey. We dont have her. Stabler you sure . Shes a rape victim. I havent had one all night. Uh, call came from this hospital. Just got it. Well, maybe you mixed up hospitals. Maybe you could check the computer. Oh, well, heres your miscom. Shes not in emergency. Shes in the icu. Good god. Whatd this guy do to her . Put her on life support. Beautiful girl. He didnt touch that; theres not a mark on her face