Pam now at five. mugging street crime in oakland. Police say the city is a little safer tonight after more than a dozen Violent Crime suspects are rounded up in a series of predawn raids. This gang had no regard for public safety. One of the more violent games we have seen in quite awhile. Pam the fbi and u s marshals helping to serve warrants in cities around the bay area. Local Church Leaders calling on oakland residents to help reduce violence in one of the countrys most crime ridden cities. Every time you pick up a gun, you are choosing death pam im pam moore. New details tonight about the massive crime sweep led by Oakland Police today. Here is what we know. 24 high risk search warrants. And 18 arrest warrants. Were served across the bay area. The charges ranging from attempted murder to assaultiing a police officer. Right now 16 people are behind bars. And police have taken numerous weapons are off the street. At least one is a stolen assault rifle. Police say, the main target today trying to avert a gang war between two Violent Groups. The so called money and case gangs new tonight we now have newly released surveillenace video. Showing what police say, is one of those gangs in action. Grant lodes is standing with it. Grant. Yes. This isterrifying moments caught on tape. We want to take a close look at this Surveillance Video. It shows two gang members who were arrested today. Robbing a woman at gunpoint. Take a look and listen at the dramatic video. Now well slow down the video and break it down. The victim is carrying several bags. One looks to be an expensive purse. Well freeze it here. You can also see her keys. A cell phone in the other hand. It looks like shes trying to use the keys to open the door. But before she can get inside. The two robbers charge her. The lead suspect is holding a black handgun. The victim falls to the ground. And the suspect grabs her purse and another bag. The second suspect grabs something else. They take off. The victim gets up and runs. Screaming. Here it is again in real time with audio. The victims scream is piercing. Police say this happened a few weeks ago near lake merrit. This is the victim is a piercing scream. Those two suspects are off the streets tonight. Pam Oakland Police chief Howard Jordan. Called todays operation a successful fulfilment of a promise he made to reduce crime. As kron fours Terisa Estacio reports, the chief also says. This is just the beginning of his plan to make oakland a safer place for everyone. Reporter this is video of the actual raid conducted throughout the city of oakland which netted numerous suspects targeted for their reported Violent Crimes. Chief Howard Jordan at a News Conference spoke about how he has vowed to crack down on crime in the city and this raid was proof of his commitment. I promised. Reporter those arrested were all involved in two different gangs. The case and money gang. The chief also added that in his many years on the force, he has never seen such violent criminals out on the streets. It was a very Violent Group. Probably the most Violent Group by have seen in my 25 years. And i say that because the motive was not your traditional motive. It was not for money or turf war it was because they hated the other gang. Reporter as you can see, the room was packed with Law Enforcement officials, state local and federal agents were all involved in this sweeping raid. The chief says the broad support will continue as they continue to push forward with their plan to make oakland a safer place for everyone. Terisa estacio, kron 4 news pam todays raids extended beyond just oakland. Continuing our coverage, kron 4s Charles Clifford shows us that this was a bay area wide effort. Reporter this Multi Agency Task force began serving search warrants. 24 in total at two oakland and a run the bay area. This was simultaneous with 16 arrests. This was an ongoing and but here is what we do know. There were 20 warrants serves and to search warrant to the east in antioch. Also one in brentwood your and in pacifica. The Oakland PoliceDepartment Says that even of these are high risk warrants they did not have to use significant violence to gain suspects detained. Charles clifford, kron 4. Pam this Church Pastor speaks out. Every time you pick up a gun you were choosing death. We, as the community we do not want you to choose death. We love you. We are your mothers, brothers, sisters, brothers, we want you to choose a life. This is why i am acting on a ceasefire that is a collaboration. If you do not choose a life and continued to choose death and you will get the rest of Law Enforcement. Pam the pastor result of this are rest will help for conservation as well as others. We will have more on this at 6 00 p. M. Pam a fire destroyed part of a berkeley icon. Now, famed restaurant chez panisse is closed. And the community is in shock. The fire started at 3 in the morning. Here is video from overnight. Just as Fire Fighters got on scene. No one was hurt. But the damage is extensive. But chef alice waters tells kron 4 the restaurant will reopen kron4s justine walmdan is live tongiht at the scene of the fire. Justine . Reporter people cannot believe that this restaurant in berkeley burned. They are going to abort this up and make it safe. It is busy in the very emotionalism alice waters said that she promised that they will rebuild. I am heartbroken. Chart floors, stained and a crushed alice waters. Higher overnight. He believed to be electrical. The eating area is badly burned. The bulk of the space and the kitchen is fined. The rest of the building is flying. I am hoping within this next week. What a shame. A berkeley icon since 1971 dozens of people stop, the restaurant to see the damage. We came from las vegas just a couple of hours ago. The plan was to be here for lunch. It is horrible it is a berkeley institution. Not only is a hugely important for the local people but this restaurant is known of literally throughout the world. Reporter a Sprinkler System save the structure from burning to the ground. As alice waters continues to move on despite great seven as she once the great restaurant better than before. It feels like part of me is burning down. But this is something that i know that we can fix. We are very good at best. There what she is referring to is a fire that started 30 years ago almost to the day. Part of our restaurant this is for me back a lot of bad memories for her. As part of the plans to rebuild some of these plans is that it will not be able to finish the front part because it was built by artists. Coming up at 6 00 p. M. I will tell you what you should do if you have a reservation and out employees what they need to go. And fontanel reporting live in berkeley, justin waldman, kron 4. Pam San Jose Police say, theyve solved two recent murders. This person is behind bars accused of a stabbing a man to death. This is video from our helicopter partnership with abc7 news. The victim in his twenties was found near guadalupe oak grove park. On wednesday. And an arrest also made in another murder. This woman is behind bars accused of stabbing her boyfriend to death in his apartment. This was the scene yesterday. The victim who suffered from dementia went missing back in early february. Police say, at some point over the last few weeks, he showed up without anyone noticing. And was killed. This marked san joses eighth homicide of the year. Hello and happy friday this is a live look at the golden gate. No clouds. We did see partly cloudy conditions but temperatures are looking more mild. The wind gusting at 15 mph. Half moon bay nearly 30 m. P. H. 12 m. P. H. Hayward, redwood city, 28 m. P. H. we are looking have plenty of sun but if youre going to go to lake tahoe . Look for some pop up storms. Around strawberry and live canyon for interstate 80 and interstate 50. More with the warm up, coming up. Pam the person who bought a winning Lottery Ticket in walnut creek, has now come forward. New tonight, we are hearing from that lucky bay area man. Massoud ardalan. On thursday i took my wife to work and i came back i was looking for a job because i lost my job. I was applying for different jobs i came home. And i listen to the message. And one of my friends left a message that how you doing what is going on . Did you find a job or not any hung up. After a few moments he left another message. And he said by the way there is a Lottery Winner in walnut creek. Maybe you want . Usually i get one or two numbers at the most and izod 22, 24, as the no. 8 and i checked again and again. And i thought that i was dreaming. I removed my eyeglasses. I rubbed my eyes and even 10 times. Pam that was mr. Ardalan with his wife. This was mere heathers farms this is where the 33 Million Dollar super lotto ticket was sold. The shell gas station in walnut creek on ygnacio farm park. Next an accused high profile terrorist. In court in new york. How Osama Bin Ladens son in law pleaded today. Next. Then at 530. We are learning more about a deadly lion attack in what may have been distracting the young victim, when the big cat pounced. And a record day for the dow. What helped push it to its highest close ever ahead. What helped push it to its highest close ever ahead. Well, well, well. Growing up, we didnt have uverse. We couldnt record four shows at the same time. In my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. And if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, thats all we watched. And we liked it todays kids got it so good. [ male announcer ] get uverse tv for just 19 a month for 1 year when you bundle tv and internet. Rethink possible. 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Reporter Osama Bin Ladens soninlaw, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, made a brief appearance friday in a federal court room in new york city. He entered a not guilty plea through his attorney. Abu ghaith is charged with one count of conspiring to kill americans. In court documents, prosecutors allege the al qaeda spokesperson tried to recruit more terrorists and said about potential post 911 attacks on the us, quote, the storms will not stop, especially the airplane storms. Abu ghaith seen here with Osama Bin Laden was transferred to u. S. Custody overseas on february 28th and arrived in the United States the following day. Prosecutors say the suspect made a 22page statement following his arrest, details of which are not being released. Now that we have him under control, there needs to be a really deep, what i would call a dive into what he knows, when he knew it and how he got the information. Reporter some republicans say hes an enemy combatant who should not be afforded the same rights as american citizens. They want him tried by a military commission at guatanamo bay. We lose valuable intelligence that can be used to prevent future attacks reporter the Obama Administration contends the Us Court System is the best road to justice. The Intelligence Community agrees the best way to protect our National Security interests is to prosecute abu ghaith in an article 3 court. Reporter abu ghaiths next hearing is set for april 8th. Elizabeth corridan kron 4 news. Pam in a rare move, former president bill clinton is pushing the u. S. Supreme court. To overturn an act that he signed into law. Clinton says, he has had a change of heart on the defense of marriage act. That is the law which defines marriage. As a legal union between a man and a woman. And denies federal benefits to same sex couples. The high court will hear arguments about whether the law is constitutional, later this month. Clinton says, it was a very different time when the act reached his desk back in 1996. He says he now believes the law goes against the principles of the constitution. A stash of marijuana. Worth a Million Dollars. Is found at the Vandenberg Air force base. Officials say. The bales of marijuana turned up under some brush. After a 20 foot boat overturned. Colonel nina armagno says, the boat was spotted thursday by people walking on the beach. Our defenders discovered what appeared to be a large stash of illegal narcotics on our beach here at Vandenberg Air force base just north of wall . Beach. Also on the scene was an overturned aluminum boat, and its engine looks like it has been removed, like fallen off. I have order all facilitates on vandenberg to be searched and secured, and they have been. We are looking for any potential suspects. There were no weapons found. Pam all 2,000 of the bases buildings were searched for possible intruders. And officials say, they still have not found the person who may have been steering the boat. They determined that there is no threat to the base, nor the local community. The department of Homeland Security took over the investigation the weekend is turning out to look nice. Here is a look at the city from our roof cam from the studios on the van ness. And to some breezy conditions it will be breezy with partly cloudy for tonight. Saturday, the morning clouds are possible with a cool start sunny and warm. Beyond that even warmer. The wind is gusting in San Francisco at s f o at 14 m. P. H. Breezy at hayward, concord richmond and 12 m. P. H. A lot of laws are in the 50s. Warmer today compared to yesterdays chilly, wet weather. The satellite and radar showing that it is some hi pressure is buildinghe and gaining strength with the 70s. Nearly 80 in some locations some clouds the further south you are but as we see we could wake up to cloudy conditions with plenty of sunshine and even a warmer afternoon 5 00 p. M. Is looking great with no complaints. Also that sunshine and warmth. All of a clock is looking good too. 60s through sunnyvale. Fremont around 62 degrees. Nearly 70 and walnut creek. For the north bay temperatures in the 60s for novado. Ocean beach upper 50s great for spring skiing. A great sunday and monday with a sunny conditions. Your kron 4 7 day around the bay spring forward monday, tuesday and wednesday nearly the 70s pam take a look at the traffic with the golden gate. Looking decent north bound, southbound at the james lick is backed up. The bottom of your screen. For the slow. The top is barely moving at all towards the lower deck of the bay bridge. nacwcn [ male announcer ] fact the 100 electric nissan leaf is more fun than ever. Sees better than ever. Charges faster. And will charge. Cool. 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