Car. In the blink of an eye, she slipped between the train and the platform. Falling to the tracks below. Melissa didnt see it happen. Sotbefore i even got off the train, i heard banging and pounding on the train. Then i heard another passenger says someone had fallen. Then i heard my daughter scream. Fortuantly, the train was at a complete stop. Another passenger saw what happened and pulled the emergency stop lever on the train. The conducter was also standing on the platfrom nearby, he climbed on underneath the train and pullled the young girl to safety. She was shaken but unharmed. Sotshe was shocked and didnt really know what had happened. Melissa blames herself but is worried this could happen to someone else. Sotif i could go back in time i would her hand and never let go. But at the same time shes an independant little girl and the potential for it to happen to someone else is the most worrysome of all its an easy accident. Following the accident, smart added additional red lin
Joining us im pam moore. steve and im steve aveson. Chp is extending its maximum enforcement period following those collisions. Kron4s dan kerman joins us live in the newsroom. With whats being done on the roads to curb dui crashes. dan flash the chp is pulling command staff from behind their desks and putting every available officer on the road to look for drunk and drugged drivers. It was on december 24 when chp officer Andrew Camilleri was killed and his partner officer Jonathan Velasquez was injured when their patrol car was hit by a suspected dui driver on the winton avenue onramp to southbound 880 in hayward. But this was just the beginning sot officer vu williams chp 1625weve seen a concerning rise in the number of collision where our officers have been severely injured or killedon january 15 officer Martin Lendway suffered two broken legs when a suspected dui driver crashed into a vehicle lendway was assisting along highway 4 and port chicago highway and chp officer vu williams
Residents are uniting to help the victims of hurricane maria. This morning an organization looking to help the people of puerto rico is holding a donation drive in oakland. Kron 4s Camila Bernal is live at the jamtown Basketball Center with more on how they plan to help. camila good morning marty, as we have reported, the people of puerto rico are suffering. Many lost their houses. They dont have water, food. Thats why a group of bay area Puerto Ricans formed a coalition called sf for pr. They plan to do as much as possible to send money and donations to the island. Many of these bay area residents have family members in puerto rico who have been directly affected by hurricane maria. Sf for pr is asking people to donate things such as bottled water, canned food, firstaid kits, blankets and more. Theyll be at jamtown from 11am until 4pmtheyre asking people to help as much as they can by bringing these donations. Reporting live in oakland Camila Bernal kron 4 news. marty thanks camila. W
Working saturday night at many of its oakland stations. But not the west oakland station. Now the Transit Agency is hoping Surveillance Video helps cath the group. The distress call from bart around 9 30 saturday night as 40 to 60 juveniles jump the gates, go up to the platform, and rob passengers aboard a 9 car dublin train as it entered coliseum station passenger shocking, scary as well. Alicia trost bart spokesperson the moment the doors opened they jumped on board committed 7 robberies, 6 on the train, one on the platform. We had 5 cell phones stolen, one duffel bag, one purse, i do know 2 people were punched in the face. grant now authorities are reviewing Surveillance Footage from the station, platform and 6 of the 9 train cars that had working cameras. Bart is also sharing surveillance images with opd, police at oakland high schools, and the oakland Housing Authority. grant sadly this is not an issue thats limited to one part of the bay. Last week in San Francisco. Our Stanley R
catherine an audit of the university of california system has resulted in a troubling accusation against its administrators that they hid lots of money from the public. Californias auditor says top administrators hid 175Million Dollars from thepublic and lawmakers in a secret reserve fund. And they did it, according to the report, even while raising tuition and asking thestate for more money. The scathing report was released today. Saying that uc president Janet Napolitanos office created the undisclosed budget over four years so the money could be spent with little or no oversight. Napolitano denies the claim. She argues the true amount of money in reserve is 38 million. And says thats a modest amount to stash away for unexpected expenses. Meantime, lt. Governor gavid newsom whos also a u. C. Regent is angry aboutthe revelation. He says its outrageous to force tuition hikes on students while hiding secret funds. He wants recent tuition hikes to be reconsidered. grant the director of a