Oakland Fire Department after an oakland inertia, hired on what he was 22. He commuted from sacramento and became an interim assistant fire chief in june. I knew i wanted to be an oakland firefighter because of my dad. He inspired me the second i got out of high school to pursue my emt and paramedic license. Reporter for cayden, his father was his role model. The two bonded over finding fires in life at the firehouse. It was the most special thing in the world. Its tough to have that come to an end so quick. Reporter cayden hopes to carry on his fathers legacy and traditions and culture of the oakland Fire Department. We had about 10 years we could have worked together. At the same Fire Department. It got cut short to a year. But i loved every second of it, thats for sure. Reporter besides raising three sons, lafon also was a baseball coach to hundreds of children. He hosted Exchange Students from china. No word yet on funeral arrangements. New at 11 00, new pictures show governor gavi
From the bay areas local news station. Watching kron 4 news. Welcome sight for the bay area are top after capturing storm clouds filling our skies from San Francisco to the east bay as a weather system. Makes his way through Northern California rain in walnut creek, leaving seeking cover and streets pretty slick for the drivers out there good evening, everybody thanks for joining us at for kron 4 news at night, im Vicki Liviakis and im grant lotus boy was it nice to get this much needed soaker really put an end to fire season at least for the time being. And this is a real storm gusty winds 30 to 40 Miles Per Hour in some areas as we take a live look outside right now this is the Golden Gate Bridge looking at the headlights coming from them are in direction still slick out there. But it was coming down pretty hard earlier in the day khief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow has been tracking this system all weekend. It delivered. The ad pack a little punch to it as it came through those wind
Good morning it is 8 00 a. M. At tesla headquarters in palo alto, california it its 11 00 a. M. On wall street squawk alley is live good Tuesday Morning im jon fortt with Carl Quintanilla back again it is a busy day on wall street with the dow hitting an all time high making another run at 30 k. That comes as president elect joe biden is reporting tapping former fed chair janet yellen to run the treasury department. Tesla is continuing the record run now topping half a trillion dollars in market cap. Making elon musk the worlds second richest person on paper and apple making another concession, carl on App Store Fees a lot going on yeah. We talked about that early moving being the small crack that starts to widen as for tesla, i mean, whether its some of the reports about a hatch back in europe or longer range vehicles or just enthusiasm over the ev space as we gheet into a Biden Administration on top of the gm news yesterday, jon. So there is a lot happening in the ev space and then m
Using Curbside Pickup here in the bay area some stores did not see the large crowds that were anticipated, but that depends on where you did your shopping today kron fours gayle ong talked to shoppers in walnut creek. She joins us now live with more gayle. Vicki and can i actually spoke to a manager at lululemon where the wait time was about 45 minutes and part of the reason was because they were following Covid Protocols and up staying under the Maximum Capacity to avoid those lines Health Experts are encouraging people to stay home and shop online get your deals that way at least one person i spoke to got that message. Looking at the lines and thinking were glad that will be done most of our shopping online on black friday lines out the door at Broadway Plaza in walnut creek still stores doing their best to make sure everyone stay safe in the age of covid19 theyre doing a very good job with the social distancing a lot of people Wearing Masks out here a different story in the morning
News station. Now with breaking news. Breaking news out of Sacramento Police responding to a deadly shooting at a mall on this very busy shopping day. Thanks for joining u. S. Attorney and im ken wayne and im Vicki Liviakis the shooting was reported about 7 oclock tonight at arden fair mall. At least one person was killed another suffered life threatening injuries. The suspect is still at large. Police say this was not an active shooter situation and there is currently no active threat. We are still working with our sister station in sacramento to bring you the latest details and well pass them along as soon as they come in. We first brought you this story on our kron 4 mobile app make sure to download it to get the latest breaking news sent straight to your smart device. To another big story that were following for you tonight covid19 cases are skyrocketing across the state. According to the state Health Department there were 12,000 new cases and 54 deaths in just the past 24 hours. T