Hazmat crews still in san paolo tonight. What investigators found. Hundreds of boxes with several Hazardous Materials inside that forced hundreds of residents to evacuate. Good evening. Thanks for joining us for kron. 4 news at 10. Im ken wayne and im catherine heenan. That Evacuation Order has been in effect since about. 4. 30, this afternoon. And still no word on when might be lifted. And just in the last 10 minutes Contra Costa County fire officials announced that investigators will be on the scene at least until midnight tonight. Kron fours dan thorn joins us live in the studio with more than what ken and catherine con fire crews calling the area, quote, a hot zone. Heres a look at the evacuation zone there. This is in a residential area, roughly 6 blocks near richmond parkway. The Contra Costa Community College Gymnasium on mission bell, drive is right now serving as an evacuation center. Heres a live look at the scene tonight. Very active. One out there with hazmat crews and othe
Trafficking hotspot with victims forced into all kinds of horrible, unimaginable situations, sexual slavery, forced labor, held against their will, but tonight over a dozen trafficking victims were rescued here in the bay area. Over two weeks in july local Law Enforcement agencies worked with the fbi to carry out 17 operations and arrested nine people linked to trafficking. There are kids that are living in our communities, living in our streets and they are not for sale. The bay area has led the way in developing techniques to investigate and disrupt this activity. Operation crosscountry started here in the bay area. We have always been leading the way on this. But the end of that operation is just the beginning of a long road to recovery for these victims. Our Andrea Nakano spoke with a survivor turned advocate in Sonoma County who hopes things go better for those women than they did for her. Reporter elizabeth curos was a victim of Human Trafficking for nearly 12 years but victim no
Now at 11 00, a major Human Trafficking bust in the bay area. A lot of times their traffickers are not prosecuted or arrested. One local survivor says arresting the bad guys is a good start, but the job is far from finished. At point of contact of me being arrested there was no services. Why she hopes the victims who are rescued are treated better than he was. From kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. Hello. Im sarah sara donchey. California is a Human Trafficking hotspot with victims forced into all kinds of horrible, unimaginable situations, sexual slavery, forced labor, held against their will, but tonight over a dozen trafficking victims were rescued here in the bay area. Over two weeks in july local Law Enforcement agencies worked with the fbi to carry out 17 operations and arrested nine people linked to trafficking. There are kids that are living in our communities, living in our streets and they are not for sale. The bay area has led the way in dev
With breaking news. That breaking news happening right now. Crews currently on the scene of a grass fire thats burning east of san jose. Were taking a live look at that right now. That fire has grown to 60 acres. You see the firefighters there. The good news here, were just getting word that those firefighters have managed to stop the fires forward progress. Thanks so much for watching. Kron. 4 news at 5, everybody. Im Vicki Liviakis and im dan thorn. That fire was first reported around 3 oclock this afternoon. And this is a what it looked like a little bit earlier, as you can tankers trying to put out the fire. This is it clayton road in via de la vista again, east of san jose. This is being called the clayton fire. About 70 fire crews are working at right now. All right. So as we take another live look out there, you know, crews been battling this blaze from the air. Some structures were threatened. But again, the latest is that forward progress has been stopped. We have a reporter h
Investigation tonight. Neighbors are calling on city leaders to do more to stop what theyre calling an ongoing problem. Thanks for joining us tonight at 5. Im dan thorn and im vicki liviakis. Firefighters are still working to determine what caused that fire. But a Neighborhood Group says that theyve been warning the city about fires popping up for months now. Kron fours rob nesbitt talk with the president of the Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association joins us now in studio with more on the concerns residents have been sounding the alarm on this for months. The president the association told me that residents have documented fires caused by homeless encampments for months. Now, she says no matter what caused yesterdays fire, something needs to be done. The entire hayes valley neighborhood is thankful that no one was hurt in tuesdays fire at the intersection of octavia boulevard and oak street residents still worry about the possibility of a fatal fire in the near future. President of the