Bringing you the very latest numbers and the ongoing fight to curb crime in oakland. Well, the mayor says efforts to make communities safer are showing results. Welcome, everyone to the four this afternoon. Im Heather Holmes and im alex savage. Our Crime Reporter henry lee is joining us now live with a closer look at the to mayor tao, crime is down int discussion today on mornings on two, prompting mayor tao to speak up the narrative that crime is on the rise in her city. Actually, the numbers are down, so im going to push back on that. Were seeing that crimes and homicides are all trending down everything right now. Tao cited Oakland Police shoy categories these last several months is down compared to the same time frame in previous years, especially in Business Districts with concentrated Police Foot Patrols and crime suppression teams. The robberies, the commercial burglaries, you know, the shipping and all of that has gone down. Its trending down now. But one thing with crime stats
More of that orange and red popping up on the map indicating thunderstorm potential for a lot of us back here at home now. I know so many people have plans on getting up to the sierra this weekend where peak season now. But even if you cant get the refund on those reservations, stay put and stay safe. 0 visibility, multiple feet of snowfall. Blizzard warnings in effect as we make our way through the weekend, within particular going to be the day that everyone is digging out, really trying to clean things up because 6 to 10 plus feet of snowfall is not going to be an easy task to get out of the way whiteout conditions because of those strong winds, too. Where were sitting as far as our map goes with our current temperatures. Right now, were in the mid to upper 50s heyward sitting at 57 degrees. Oakland at 55 santa rosa at 50 degrees later on today. Daytime highs, upper 50s chance of a thunderstorm increasing for the 2nd half of the day. I got the rest of your forecast ahead, james. All
stephanie lin. today marks a solemn milestone in the bay area on may. 26 last year a gunman shot and killed 9 workers at the vta railyard in san jose. there they are. they were husbands, fathers, friends, all beloved members of the local community. the shooter turned the gun on himself. this the deadliest mass shooting in the history of the bay area. this morning, vta workers and families of the victims came together for a ceremony at the rail yard to remember those who died. kron four s will tran shows us what happened. the ceremony started at 6.30, in the morning. exactly. 365 days after the massacre took place right behind me at the vta railyard. they purposely chose 6.30 because that was the time the shooter left his home. he came to this location a few miles away, didn t live very far burst into the union meeting at 6.30, and started opening fire on his fellow co-workers and a year ago, this place was chaotic. the santa clara county sheriff s deputies. they rushed to t
thanks so much for joining us on the kron. 4 news at noon. i m stephanie lynn, our top story today, another deadly shooting on a major bay area. roadway leaves 2 people dead. it happened along. i-580, in oakland. take a look at this map so you can see exactly where it happened. this is on i-580, near seminary avenue in oakland by the highway. 13 interchange and mills college on the macarthur freeway. we have video from the scene to show you. chp responded just before 8.30, last night. officers telling us they originally thought this was a car crash, but they soon found bullet holes and gunshot victims inside of the car. we know several people were taken to the hospital and we re working to get more information from chp about the shooter and other cars possibly involved. now in response to all these shootings, governor newsom approved funding for new freeway cameras just last week. those cameras would be placed at locations in alameda and contra costa counties along 5.80, 80
Rise in crime after workers violently attacked a woman in broad daylight. 3 men the hospital after shots are fired at a safeway parking lot in the north bay. The new fast food minimum wage law is now in effect. Were going hear from san jose Business Owner says the new law may force him to lay off workers. When fun time from the bay areas local news station. Youre watching kron. 4 news. Good evening. Thanks for joining us for kron. 4 news at 10. Im ken wayne vicki liviakis. Were following a developing situation. Right now in the north bay where 3 men have been shot. At a busy shopping plaza. All 3 people theyve been taken to the hospital. Our grant lodes joins us now from the newsroom with the latest grant. Thats right. Vicki and ken police did not say how these 3 men are doing physically at this hour. What may have led to the shooting. Officers did say they have detained 2 men for questioning. Want to give you a live picture right now. This is the scene at the Shopping Center on west A