Fire. It is considered accidental. Arson has now been officiallt ruled out. Four people died in that fire. Four others, including two children were hospitalized with injuries. Dozens of people lost their homes in that fire that started raging early monday morning in on san pablo morning in on early monday morning in on san pablo avenue in west oakland. The three Story Building was transitional housing to people who had been homeless or recovering addicts. Just three days before the fire, City Building inspectors found multiple fire code violations, including sprinklers and smoke alarms that did not work. Inspectors also noted a lack of fire extinguishers and overloaded electrical cords during the inspection. steve tempers flare in the east bay at Albany High School as a group of students suspected of posting racist comments online and making nazi salutes on campus returned to classes. pam those students were disciplined by the School District, but this afternoon, more than 100 other st
Campus today. And the school response. grant more than 100 students. And some parents showed up today to protest. Theyre upset in general, but today. At least some of the offending students were reportedly allowed to return to school after being suspended. Yesterday we reported about seven freshman who were all doing the nazi salute as they walked down a school hallway. And last week. We reproted about the racist posts on instagram. The superintendent says everyone involved has been disciplined. But she wont get into specific discipline because the offenders are minors. Superintendent Valerie Williams forseable future. Theres palpable racial and anti semitic tension at Albany High School. In fact. There were reports today of a noose at a park in albany. Which turned out to be a rope swing. But lots of people are on edge in albany. And thats where we find kron4s alecia reid. Who spoke with the parent of a student who was recently targeted. Alecia. This mother is very angry. She says tho
Country club. Their neighbor who didnt want to talk on camera says. Shes afraid. Sot victims neighborlast night was really very scary. I didnt think all those bad guys would come up here and hurt other people. They pulled my neighbhors purse and wrestled with my neihbors husband and then they ran away. Maybe we should not go out after dark and double lock the doors. And i probably will buy a big flash light and every now and then focus outside. I guess if you own gun you will feel better but it will just create more trouble. The suspects got away with one of the victims purse. Which had credit cards and other valuablesstanduppolice say the suspects are described as hispanic men in their twenties. Their hope is that one of the homes in the neirhborhood will have some surveillance footage. That will help track these guys down. Reporting in moraga, hermela aregawi, kron 4 news. james in national news. Ousted National Security adviser Michael Flynn wants to make a deal in exchange for his
mark breaking news we are following this morning. A small earthquake rattles the south bay. According to the usgs a 4point0 magnitude quake hit around 4 15 this morning in aromas. It hit about 35 miles from san jose. So far there are no reports of any damage or injuries. And remember we have a full page dedicated to earthquakes on our website. It shows an earthquake map and has safety tips on what to do when an earthquake hits. That is all on our website at kron four dot com. darya tensions flare at an East Bay High School as students accused of posting racist pictures on instagram return to class. mark this comes after two separate displays of discrimination at albany high school. And there are more rallys scheduled for later today. darya kron 4s averi harper is live at the high school this monring with the latest. Averi. averi tensions flare at an East Bay High School as students accused of posting racist pictures on instagram return to class. The protests happened yesterday at alban
Livermore valley, up and over the past. We have a pocket of slowing in the area right now but nothing too bad. Let me take it and show you a live picture. This is the commute coming west out of the water creek area. We are not showing any crashes of any kind or any slowdowns on the map. It will also show you here and she was talking about that drizzle out here in some spots. The roadways look kind of wet here and we will encounter some mist and some drizzle as you had out the door. That the good looking ride. 5 01a. M. Is the time. Major safety improvements are planned for two streets in San Francisco where bicyclists were killed in june. Mayor bradley issued an executive directive yesterday to speed up those improvements. We martinez is south of the market neighborhood which will be changed to reduce dangerous to cyclists. Mayor and of these push for Bicycle Safety is a direct response to two cyclists that are killed on the same day on june 20 second. Kathryn slattery was killed at th