Area. Kron 4s Charles Clifford is live tonight in the newsroom with details. Charles. chuck well, the Santa Rosa Police department, the Sonoma County Sheriffs Office and the Coroners Office are calling this a disturbing trend and they want to warn the public. Over the past ten days, 5 people in santa rosa have died from apparent drug overdoses. 3 men and 2 women, ages 2766. The Sonoma County Sheriffs Office says that 3 of the victims died in public places. Sot toxicology tests on the victims showed they all had heroin in their systems but its highly unusual for so many people to die from overdoses in such a short period of time in the same area. Authorities suspect the victims may have gotten the heroin from the same source and that the drugs may have been tainted. Sotthe concern now is that more people may use heroin from that tainted batch and authorities are hoping to warn the public before its too late. Sot says at this point we dont know if something has been mixed into the drug.
Show up in the past 30 minutes and i want to show you this crowd here at Civic Center Park. As you can see, theres one gentleman holding an American Flag there, but for the most part a very sparse crowd. Maybe a few dozen here, if that, right now. But of course our rally set to the start at 2 00 p. M. At the Civic Center Park in berkeley. Lets go ahead and show you the view from our nbc sky ranger. You can see there, it is a very sparse crowd here, at least at this point, because the rally is not supposed to start for a couple of hours. But this was organized in response to ann coulters scheduled appearance today at uc berkley. It was cancelled by the university, who cited security concerns with that visit. The university tried to reschedule, but clearly it didnt work out. This comes months after the violent protests a couple of months ago with Milo Yiannopoulos when he had a scheduled appearance at the campus leading to violent protests. I spoke with organizers here today about why it
The standoff at 4 30. Pete, whats the latest . Reporter were still here off that pine street exit as that standoff continues. Were now approaching almost hour 16. Well show you some of that new chopper video, give you a birds eye view. You see the suspect sitting in his car as s. W. A. T. Team negotiators try to work with him. Its affecting a lot of homes and town buildings. And during that 16hour standoff that were seeing, shots were fired. Those gun shots that i cshots b suspects car, which appear to be accidental. A mother said her daughter is stuck in her car garage, which is a separate unit from her house, is the only place she can go to. Shes very upset. She has her little dog with her right now and hes, you know, feeling locked in, you know, so Walnut Creek Police say the suspect allegedly shot a woman in a park yesterday afternoon. You can see s. W. A. T. Negotiators next to that car. You can see a drone flying above it and the identities of that suspect and victims have not be
Higher locations. It will be there. It will be a lovely spring day as temperatures are warming up near average each above for some. 60s, 70s to mid 70s. 4 01 on on a friday. Better than 4 01 on a monday. Aint that the truth. Hey how about that draft. I like what i see so far. All right. So well see what happens in round two and round three but all of us football geeks are watching closely. Lets go ahead and take a look at the altima pass. This is a good time for you to get out there. Traffic looks good from livermore to dublin and to hayward. Also looking at 280 in san jose. It it has been a nice drive getting up to highway 17. And if youre driving on the east shore freeway from the carquinez bridge to the bay shore bridge it it looks good. All right. Sal were starting with develops news we want to show you some live pictures. Police say the suspect accused of shooting and killing a woman near the lindsey wild Life Experience center. Thats the museum and Wild Life Center thats popular
Deal. Santa rosa 75. Theres not as much as one so far. San francisco from 64 to 68. Livermore 72. Clear looks good few high clouds maybe but no big deal. Drier air has moved in. The breeze has moveded in. 40s and 50s on the temps here. 44 in wood side. 47 hillsboro. Athens 46 degrees. Montero 46. Santa rosa due north at in my opinion. Novato northwest gusting at 20. So there is a little bit of a breesz there but other locations get a southerlily breeze. See a really strong low developing in the four corners. But High Pressure is going to be our fair weather friend. 60s and 70s. Sunny for all today. All right sal. 4 31. Good morning sir. Good morning to you, steve. Were off to a nice start here on a friday. Nothing major if youre driving out to the bay bridge it looks pretty good. Going to start in vacaville in solano county. Getting outlet to the macarthur maze. 37 looks good as you drive over to marin county. I also want to mention the traffic in the east bay is off to a nice start. I