Questions about the victims lifestyle. Reporter 21yearold Javier Garcia appeared in Santa Clara County superior court this afternoon. Garcia, who was arrested in oakland last week, faces six felony charges in connection with the murder of south bay businessman ravi kumra, amir allem is a deputy district attorney. Count 1 is murder. They are also charged with robbery, Home Invasion robbery you would refer. Reporter allem says he cannot discuss the fact of the case because the charging documents remain under court seal. We file it under seal because its pending investigation and that would negatively affect potentially the investigation and we dont want that to happen. Reporter kumra was found dead in this mansion in the earlymorning hours of november 30th after his wife called 911 reporting several people had broken into the home. So far, four people have been arrested. 22yearold raven dixon from alameda was the first to appear in court facing charges of accessory to murder with a gang
Not sure about injuries. We know chp is on scene. Delays around the caldecott tunnel. If you are continuing on westbound 24 maybe heading into the macarthur maze, the bay bridge toll plaza, it is jammed solid almost to the macarthur maze already this morning. They turned on the metering lights once again on the earlier side at 5 46. They have been on for nearly 15 minutes. Thats why were league is delays in the cash and the fastrak lanes. Looking at other bridges, so far no weatherrelated advisories across the san mateo bridge. Everything is still moving at the speed limit out of hayward. Westbound 580 though heavy. You will notice that drive time almost a half hour in the red between the Altamont Pass and 680. Kind of a steady flow of sluggish traffic now from tracy into pleasanton. Mass transit looking good so far this morning. Bart systemwide on time and ace trains one and three also reporting no delay. You may have seen some gray skies in our traffic cameras. With the forecast, her
They either retired or switched to another agency like officer russell. The bottom line for him was his bottom line. He now has better benefits, like life long medical, and he owings a lot of it to the job he owes a lot of it to the job he left. Im grateful to the time i had in oakland but much happier moving on definitely. Reporter opd is struggling to keep up. They cant fill the spots the oakland positions fast enough. They cant graduate enough from the academy to fill those open positions. The union says the city should focus more on keeping the cops it has. Live in oakland, ryan takeo, kpix 5. Bart has the second highest number of former oakland officers. San francisco pd tops the list. New tonight, santa cruz is now the first county in california to ban fracking. The board of supervisors unanimously voted to establish a permanent moratorium today. After approving a temporary ban back in september. Hydraulic fracturing as its called uses water and chemicals to extract oil and gas u
Highs range from the low 60s along the coast to upper 70s. For inland areas. And satellite and radar, we saw some rain and also some snow. This area of low pressure continues its trek to the east. We are still dealing with a few snow showers right at the border. This is kind of stagnant over the area, so they continue to see some showers there. Here in other words, High Pressure building in over the bay area. Thats why we are talking about warmer weather today. In fact; i think 80s are back in the forecast for place like fairfield and ann, aock. Heres ing la at your seven day around the by a forecast. Temperatures heres a look at your seven day around the bay forecast. Perfect timing, opportunity to be outdoors. Mostly sunny skies. It looks like inland hagues approach the 90s as we approach the your sunday. Looks like temperatures will cool. Looks like dry temperatures will remain. Dry conditions will remain. Right now lets talk traffic. Not looking at any hot spots. I was a little cur
This morning on the kron 4 morning news. New information on a deadly california a fed ex tractor trailer hit a bus full of students from southern california. Who were on their way to tour Humboldt State university. The crash happened in glenn county, west of chico. A National Transportation safety board team is set to arrive thois morning. To figure out what happened. Stephanie elam is live in glenn county for us this morning. Humboldt State University released a statement after the crash tonight saying quote. Our hearts go out to those who have been affected, and we are here to support them, way possible. Fedex also released a quote our thoughts and prayers are with everyone involved in the california. We are cooperating fully with authorities as they investigate. Several people took to twitter and other social media to post pictures of the crash and its aftermath. James youre looking at some of those here. Witnesses on the scene say emergency workers were on hand to help the walking