Fire is burning near bear island. Not far from Redwood Shores in the hillary va should museum the bay area air Quality Management district has confirmed the smoke is coming from sims metal. Thats a recycling facility. This is a live look. You can see all the smoke there. The fire started about 3. 20, this afternoon. Air district inspectors are investigating what caused it. Its not clear if there are any injuries. Thanks for being with us tonight on kron. 4 news at 5, im grant lotus and im noelle bellow. That fire is sending off large plumes of smoke. As you saw there, there is no shelterinplace order. But the air district is advising people nearby to avoid exposure by staying indoors with their windows and doors closed. Our kron fours dan thorn is headed there right now. Stick with us here on kron 4 for more updates now to another big story were following this evening. A High School Student has been sent to the hospital after he was stabbed by another student. This is in gilroy happene
Armstrong and the city of oakland reaching a deal to sell its half of the coliseum. New details were learning about how much the city is expected to make from the sale. Also, the lg bt q plus community is honoring a trans woman who was stabbed and killed in San Francisco. Station. Hes calling news 2. Thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 news at 2. Im justine waldman, former Oakland Police chief Leronne Armstrong announcing his intent to run for Oakland City Council kron 4 s Charles Clifford is live for us now in oakland with details why he wants to make this move now into politics. Thanks for joining us. Well, good afternoon. Yeah. Former chief was shown the door basically from the Police Department last year and now hes decided to get involved in city politics. Former Oakland Police chief Leronne Armstrong has announced that he is running for a seat on the Oakland City Council. He filed the initial paperwork with the City Clerks Office wednesday morning. Armstrong says that he bel
Candidates in the race for the atlarge Council Member seat kron. 4 s Charles Clifford has more from todays announcement. Well, here in oakland, former police chief Leronne Armstrong says that he is running. For city council, former Oakland Police chief Leronne Armstrong has announced that he is running for a seat on the oakland city council. He filed the initial paperwork with the City Clerks Office wednesday morning. Armstrong says that he believes his experience as police chief qualifies him to sit on the council. You know, as our city experiences, obviously dramatic increases in violence, budget issues, homeless issues. I think its important bring my leadership to the table last year. Oakland mayor sheng thao fired armstrong from the Police Department for allegedly mishandling a pair of misconduct cases. He was later cleared of any wrongdoing. Armstrong has since filed a lawsuit against the city for wrongful termination. Even though that case has not yet been resolved. Armstrong say
Wearing thin. We need a safer and more secure environment to be able to stay here indefinitely. The deli has been hit by thieves three times in just the past month. Good evening everyone. Im mike mibach and im julie julie haener. Many restaurants in the city of oakland have called it quits, but the ceo of wise sons jewish deli says although he has no plans to leave oakland, something needs to change. New at five tonight, our Crime Reporter henry lee joins us in studio after speaking to the ceo. Henry. Why is he staying here . Well, mike and julie, hes lived in oakland for decades and believes in the city and its potential, but hes making things very clear. The city needs to take action. Car crashes, cars driving into our lobby and really taking out, you know, our lobby and our counters. Burglaries in the middle of the night. Since the beginning of 2022, weve had 11 break ins and weve had three break ins. Just these past couple of weeks. Its been one mishap after another at wise sons je
From the areas local news station. Youre watching the kron. 4 morning far. Good morning. Its 05 00am here on the kron. 4 morning news on this tuesday. May 7th. Im James Fletcher in for harvey lot of news to get to. Well get to that here in just a minute. But first, lets start with a check of weather and traffic. Weve got john and Michael Standing by here in the studio. Lets begin with you, john. Good morning. Good morning, james. And we are looking at another cool day today, although. Not quite as cold as yesterday was, which was a frigid start in the 30s and 40s looking outside at the Golden Gate Bridge. Right now. Skies are clear out there. Were not talking a ton of fog this morning. We have had some slip up and down the coastline, though. So do watch for a little bit of that, especially up in the north bay. Now temperatures are in the 40s to 50s right now. As i mentioned, were not quite as cold as we were yesterday, but comparable in a few areas. Calistoga and kelsey ville are only