After a number of vehicles were set on fire. News station. Hes calling news 2. Thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 news at 2. Im justine waltman tow trucks that were torched an east bay business is now in turmoil this past weekend, the owner of an east bay towing company says several groups of men deliberately set his tow trucks on fire kron fours to stasio reports. The owner thinks that his business was targeted. Not one but 4 tow trucks. Thats how many the owner of california towing says were set ablaze this past weekend. In this video, you can see a person going up into the cab of the truck and then running off flames blowing out of the drivers side. Were standing in front of one of the tracks that was torched. Yes. How are you . All right. Sad. Sad and. Just thinking how how we start again at dawn. Ladies, my says it the started. California towing 9 years ago using his savings and loans from his family. He says he built the business from scratch. But now someone is trying to t
Kerman is joins us live from kaiser in South San Francisco and dan is it too late to protect your self against the flu. It literally takes a matter of seconds but doctors say it can protect you all winter long of course we are talking about the flu vaccine and doctors say if you havent had the flu shot yet, now is a great time. Usually flu becomes much more widesperead around christmas and then carries on into january february and march. Thursday afternoon there was a steady of stream of people dropping by the flu clinic at kaiser in santa clara its been a while since ive gotten it, i used to get it as a kid and then last year i got the flu twice in 6 months and i thought this year i am going to get the flu shot so im hoping it does the trick. Doctors say early indications suggest the vaccine is a good match for the flu strains that are circulating this season studies show the flu vaccine reduces the risk of getting the flu by between 50 and 60 . And is recommended everyone 6 months an
Anyone down. Speeds in the green through that section. Slowdowns as you are making your way along westbound 580 heading into livermore from 205. Its about a 23minute trip to 680. And then youre back in the green as you make your way towards castro valley. Bay bridge toll plaza, a bit of a backup in the cash lanes. 10 minutes from the maze into San Francisco. The storm has passed mostly but the damage is done. And this could just be the beginning of the problems this rainy season. Joe vazquez shows us the new concerns in the north bay. Reporter here in Fountain Grove not far from the spot where the hilton hotel burned down five weeks ago, there are other problems exposed by last nights storm. Crews stabilized a small street. The city is working to replace the drain pipes that got melted during the wildfires. Those pipes run for 28 miles under the streets here in Fountain Grove. Overnight the water went downhill where theres no longer storm drains in place and created some erosion concer
Away more information. Reporter cyber experts say the victim of this massive attack were reportedly robbed of their protection also. Uber paid the hackers 100,000 to delete the information and conceal the bridge for more than a year. In an effort to protect shareholder value, what they have done is expose drivers and consumers. Its almost like they drove their customers off of a cliff. Reporter uber admits they discovered the hacked late in 2016 same two individuals outside the company had access user data. The companies Forensic Experts say cards, Social Security numbers and birth dates have not been compromised but 600,000 uber drivers licenses were stolen. It started to be more important to me to be more politically and actively minded on the investigations i invested in. I deleted the uber app and started using lyft. She knows she can still be at risk since the breach happen when she was using the service just like this writer who takes uber to work daily. I think thats a really ba
Driving. It was what she said to him while pulled over that made the traffic stop a win for everyone. She actually admitted to texting and driving . She admitted and said, i hit my phone between the seats so you wouldnt see it when you walked up. So honesty is the best policy and it will get you a long ways and in this case in this period of the holiday season, im not going to write her a ticket but i want her to be safe. Reporter its not just the cell phone thats distracting drivers. That was a lady with a plate of waffles with a fork and knife. You see everything out here. Reporter thats right. You can get pulled over for distracted eating. So no leftover turkey and pumpkin pie on your drive home from thanksgiving dinner on thursday. Chps maximum enforcement runs through sunday night through 11 59 p. M. On sunday. And sunday is predicted to be the busiest travel day through air and on the roads for the holiday season. So if travelers are heading back from thanksgiving dinner they exp