This morning on the kron 4 morning news. A bay area mother says her eight year old daughter has been facing Sexual Harassment from another classmate and she wants the boy removed. Details on her plans to make the school faugh take action. And firefighters are working with residents to minimize fire danger in the east bay as a record setting heat wave is expected to hit the bay area. And were already waking up to some warm temperatures in the bay area. Well have your Tuesday Morning Weather Forecast next. The kron 4 morning news starts right now. Good morning. It is tuesday, may 13th. Im james fletcher. Toss to weather and traffic. As a record breaking heat wave makes its way across the bay area, the hot, dry and gusty conditions have fire officials on alert. Calfire designated monday as the start of the 2014 fire season here in the bay area. And in fairfield, firefighters are taking extra precautions against the threat of fires. This year, officials are expanding the amount of Defensib
Six weeks ago where and a year old boy sexually harassed her daughter. The school plans to suspend the boy for one day where it seemed to get better. However happening again. The options the principal gave to this parent was that said henning could choose to keep going to school or change schools. The city of oakland. Under more scrutiny for its treatment of animals. And response to requests for Animal Services. Kron 4 went out to investigate today. After a viewer told us about the body of a dog. Which sat for days on a busy neighborhood sidewalk. And just last week, pet owners in oakland rallied. Calling for the Police Department to relinquish its control of the citys Animal Shelter. Kron 4s jeff bush reports on the latest incident. Yvette rivera says this pit bull was hit by a car last week and has been lying on the ground in front of her house all that time. Yvette says she called the autorities to have the animals carcass taken away. Yvette rivera i called the police the next morni
This incident is similer to a series of robberies in san leandro which were classified as cases of wilding. Ecpd says they will compare notes with san leandro pd. Sgt. David wentworth El Cerrito Police we do communicate with other agencies about crime trends although we have not spoken with them yet about this current crime trend of wilding or the suspects we have in custody from last night. The san leandro cases have all been near bart stations. Wednesdays robbery was near the el cerrito del norte station. Police say none of the robbers live in el cerrito and likely came here on bart. Police say they are stepping up patrols in the area. Wentworth one of the things El Cerrito Police like to do is to patrol around areas like the alany greenway and keep an eye on growing trends like wilding and find areas and take groups of people and focus on what their purpose is in areas like that. Police are looking for three men or boys. Who they say kidnapped and sexually assaulted. A 13 yearold gi
Enrollment in graduate school until to 16. Theyre claiming that my past sexual relationship with my assailant is a mitigating factor. Their actions imply the man who raped me is a danger to me, not to the rest of the student body stanford etch plained the policy was intended to empower victims to step forward. Stanford says it is in compliance with title nine law on sexual assaults occurring on, or off, campus, however, students believe stanford must join several other universities in making punishment fit the crime. Do you think it changes policy . I hope so. I will be disillusioned if they dont. Students will come out here because they support it. Its important. San jose criminal attorney steve clark is a former prosecutor concerned policies put others at risk. Sexual assault is a very serious felony and to allow this person to return to a college campus, in addition to sending a terrible mess wrath to the community, puts others at risk. Potentially. I love to see the support. But we
Fundraising campaign. New at 10 00 ktvus patti lee spoke to the over and the drives widow, who is struggling both emotionally financially. The fundraising site wept live at midnight and already it has raised more than 11,000 and remember the original goal was to raise 10,000 in the next 51 days dh winn lights a candle in memory of her husband and two sons. Fook lam was shot by a driver who was enraged after their cars nearly collided and lams sister describes him as generous and gentle. He worked from 4 00 a. M. In the morning, im sorry. Its one of those things that it hit home. When officer juan winn heard about the familys plight, he chipped in and helped out. They need a future and without raising the money that future is not looking that bright. Reporter a father of two himself winn says he felt compelled to help a family he never meted and he wasnt the only one. It was very surprising that people opened their hearts and wallet to help the family in need. I didnt expect to have thi