mark breaking news we are following this morning. A small earthquake rattles the south bay. According to the usgs a 4point0 magnitude quake hit around 4 15 this morning in aromas. It hit about 35 miles from san jose. So far there are no reports of any damage or injuries. And remember we have a full page dedicated to earthquakes on our website. It shows an earthquake map and has safety tips on what to do when an earthquake hits. That is all on our website at kron four dot com. darya tensions flare at an East Bay High School as students accused of posting racist pictures on instagram return to class. mark this comes after two separate displays of discrimination at albany high school. And there are more rallys scheduled for later today. darya kron 4s averi harper is live at the high school this monring with the latest. Averi. averi tensions flare at an East Bay High School as students accused of posting racist pictures on instagram return to class. The protests happened yesterday at alban
Death from a balcony on the third floor. It was surreal. I think all of us were in shock and numb. The Alameda County Coroners Office identified the victim as 21 yearold kimberly tze of elk grove. There was a lot of blood and we didnt know where it was coming from. A passerby noticed the heavy Police Activity outside the building. When i was walking by this side of the street was blocked off. The source tells kron 4 that it was an unfortunate accident. Investigators have yet to release what caused the young woman to fall off the balcony. Live in berkeley Ella Sogomonian kron 4 news. justine new at 10. An update to a story we brought you on wednesday. A fathers ashes stolen from the trunk of a rental car are now back with the family they belong to. jrs San Francisco Police Confirm the ashes have been returned after an investigation. Joes wife mary and daughter julia traveled to San Francisco to celebrate the birthday of their late husband and father. They had planned to spread his ashes
Inland james lets get a check of the weather with anny hong. Periods of light rain will continue this morning, mainly across the southern brief break in rainfall is possible this another system approach the evening and around occasionally morning. Will push inland northwest on bring another rain to the region. Dry with a warming return late in persist into the weekend. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. james our top story this morning. A uc Berkeley Student has died after falling from a third story balcony. Coroners identified the victim as 21yearold kimberly tze zee of elk grove. It happened just after midnight yesterday, near the corner of dwight way and College Avenue. Just four blocks campus. She was a junior at the school and was finishing up her degree in computer science. Witnesses spoke to kron four about their shock over what happened. james at the moment, police are investigating th
Could be all of us. Rain here adding inches to the sierra snow pack. More than 150 above average. So officials with the San Francisco Public Utilities commission say they are releasing water from happening now at the rate of 16,457 gallons per second that will make room for runoff from the snow to start melting. During the drought we have snow pack levels that are 50 normal and a snow pack level that 170 above normal, which will mean a longer period of time when we will be releasing water, generating Hydroelectric Energy when we release that water. Reporter Charles Shehan says whats happening right now will going into our customers and the form for drinking and bathing. Normally when they start off tapering in may, they might stretch into june. At some point they could be diverted into the area reservoirs such as Crystal Springs and san mateo county. Aside the above average rainfall benefits and relief, the energy was being generated. That power is all the citys municipal facilities, t
More and more obscured. Its starting to work back out over water. It get into the eastern tip of cuba and by early tomorrow morning, it is working its way across the bahamas so this will continue to be a very powerful system. Its not really going to lose a whole lot of steam moving over this area. Theres a lot of warm water, light wind shear so conditions will continue to be variable that we will continue to see a strong storm over the next several days. But heres the coordinates, 18. 9 degrees north, 74. 3 west. Top winds are still at 145 miles an hour. Its moving to the north at 10 miles an hour. It makes its way through the bahamas and theres that shift, that bend more towards the west so still were keeping it off the coast of florida but were getting it closer and closer to the state and were certainly within that cone across portions oflori s and into friday. You can cross the west coast of florida, we could see some of these winds gusting up to Tropical Storm force in some of the