Is behind bars tonight charged with sending threatening letters to a county Health Officer. And when police searched the suspects home, they say they found a ton of weapons and ammo thank you for being with us on kron 4 news at 6 im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis tonight, ellen be arraigned go is facing. Felony counts of stalking and harassing a public official. Kron fours dan kerman joins us now live from the Santa Clara County hall of justice in san jose with more on this troubling story well a public official a Santa Clara County Health Officer doctor sara cody, authorities believe she is a victim, but they also believe 3 other local officials have been victimized by the same person they are investigating that and they are looking in to see whether there are also additional victims. Santa clara county prosecutors have charged this man 55 yearold alan b urrainn go with threatening a public official and stocking they say over the course of 4 months the gilroy man is alleged to have
At cal fire currently has its hands full with a number of wildfires burning up and down california a fastmoving wildfire in butte county has burned more than 250,000 acres, its killed at least 3 people. The creek fire in Fresno Madera counties has burned more than a 175,000 acres. Its 0 contained and in Southern California, the eldorado fire in San Bernardino county has burned more than 12,000 acres. After that fire was sparked by a smoke machine at a gender reveal party over the weekend. As wildfires continue to ravage a state with some of the largest fires burning here in the bay area. It seems like every year these wildfires break new record and what is most concerning is that experts say things are likely going to get worse kron 4 Sanaz Tahernia takes a look at the wildfire trends in california. The state of california is typically associated with sunshine, sandy beaches and surfers. But now it seems like wildfires are making the list what used to be a rare event is now commonplace
Lotus just one day after House Speaker nancy pelosi tried to squash the controversy. It is heating back up again tonight, yeah earlier at the white well they blasted as speaker pelosi, them protesters gathered outside her San Francisco home and now were hearing from the owner of the salon where she visited and that was all today will start tonight with kron fours Justine Waldman who joins us live in the newsroom with the salon owners response just an hour or so ago and just seen a time she was cry. Absolutely now the salon owner got very emotional while sharing her side of the story at some point she was crying and having a hard time speaking. She says for nancy pelosi to claim that she is a victim of a setup is totally outrageous so here now is the video that was played during the White House Press briefing today it shows the speaker in a smock with wet hair and no face mask as she walks through the San Francisco salon on union street. The salon owner says nancy pelosi or her people c
In the video you can see that the gunman just walks up to the deputies were sitting in a patrol car and opens fire without warning or us the Sheriffs Department put it without being provoked one male and one female deputy were hit multiple times. Theyre said to be in Critical Condition right now and undergoing surgery. Once again this happened in the city of compton, this evening. That area where theyre at is a metro station of the metro station there in los angeles where those officers were parked and you see that person that suspect the gunman walked up and just start firing. The suspect in this that you see theyre still at large tonight. No word on exactly who he is no suspect description at this point. But once again we are standing by waiting for a News Conference with the only county sheriff alex who is expected to provide more details on the situation that is developing with those 2 deputies down there. La county as soon as that News Conference does start. We will bring it to yo
Areas biggest fires. Tonight we start in the north bay where the l a nelightning complex fire is that is the deadliest and most destructive fire here the bay. It remains a serious threat tonight once again it exploded today in size having now burned more than 300,000 acres in Sonoma Solano napa lake and yolo counties. Tonight, we know 5 people died in that fire for more have been injured during the fire fight almost 500 structures have been destroyed 125 others damaged and more than 30,000 others are threatened tonight still a bit of good news at this hour cal fires now reporting 15 containment. Thats more than double what it was this morning. When the most impacted communities in Sonoma County is Healdsburg Kron fours dan kerman reports about the challenges fire crews are facing there. Right now the fire is progressing from mill creek to the Sweetwater Springs road area that south southeast. Firefighters trying to get a handle on things before those Early Morning hours when the fire h