Youre watching kron. 4 news at all. Now at 5 tragedy in the east bay, a fiery car crash kills a family of 4. Thanks for being with us tonight on kron. 4 news at 5, im grant lotus and im vicki liviakis. We still dont know much but in the last half hour we have learned that 4 people were killed, 2 of them adults and 2 children based on the layout of the aftermath believed that speeding was involved. A situation not uncommon in this area. We know just one car was involved in the crash. Police say its some sort of electric vehicle, but they are not saying what make or model yet. The crash happened around 9 oclock last night at the area where foothill road switches from 2 lanes down to just one us just south of stone ridge drive the car veered off the road. It slammed into a light pole and then barreled into an oak tree. The tree and the ground around it are burned out. As you can see there, theyre still foam on the pavement, likely sprayed by the fire department. The cause of this crash is
Scaffolding on that building. So and they told everybody in neighboring buildings to close the windows were really hoping that that was under construction and that there are no people there. Thats one of the things that well find out as soon as he gets on the ground there. All right. 6 oclock is the time. Thank you for joining us here on the kron. 4 morning news on this friday. Im james flow and im daria and weve got the weather for you. Dave is in for john and we hit the weekend. So lets talk about our outdoor plans to work out. Good morning, james and darya. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. The weekend does look pretty dandy. We are starting things off a little bit of that coastal drizzle. A bit and some wet roads here and there was some of that fog. But thats going to break up for us. And were actually seeing some patches and sober cameras showing us some patches of blue skies trying appear on through right now. Heres what weve got going on on radar. A couple splotches again.
Amid alleged instances of antisemitism and vitriol toward jewish students. The white house, weighing in today, the president believes that free speech debate and nondiscrimination on College Campuses are important. Theyre important american values, and that, and so hell always be very clear. We will always be very clear about here, about that here, but you know, protests must be peaceful. You know, students must be safe, when we see violent rhetoric, we have to call that out. Here in the bay area, protesters are camping out at uc berkeley, continuing their push to call attention to the unrest in gaza. Our reporter, henry lee, live now on campus with the latest there. Henry well, berkeley is synonymous with protests and this is no different. Today is now. Day three of this tent city behind me. And an organizer tells me theyll be here as long as it takes until their demands are met. Tents belonging to propalestinian demonstrators have sprung up outside sproul hall at uc berkeley, the hom
Dollar signs moments of chaos at the university of Southern California tonight. Los Angeles Police officers remain on campus following a tense day between propalestinian protesters and Law Enforcement. I was shocked to see whats going on here. I support the students rights to protest a number of organizations staging a gaza solidarity occupation at usc, just one of many to erupt on College Campuses across the country. Good evening everyone. Im mike mibach and im julie julie haener. Tensions running high at usc. The campus now closed to the public until further notice. Tonight, a heavy Police Presence on the usc campus as protesters continue to gather at alumni park. Earlier today, up to 50 protesters were arrested, according to our sister station in los angeles. I think police should not have been involved in all these affairs. So im really i mean, im really just disappointed in in the reaction in, in how the universitys handled it. And, and it doesnt feel good. Loading up. This was th
Definitely the street that gets the most foot traffic. The busiest street in downtown, stuff like this doesnt happen like that in the kron tv video, a man Police Identify as 35 year old Wesley Pollard approaches, is told the mayor is doing an interview and asked to walk around, but refuses. He and the mayors security officer, a member of the San Jose Police department, then come to blows for several minutes. In an emailed statement, the Mayors Office says mahan, quote, is deeply grateful to his security detail. The actions of the officer tuesday night were heroic. First thing that jumps out, jesse, is the very difficult situation that youre in when youre protecting somebody and you only have one protection officer. University of new haven lecturer Bobby Mcdonald is a retired secret Service Agent who worked joe bidens detail. He says the officer had to make a split second decision, facing multiple variables in an increasingly violent world, weve seen more threats made towards members of