The Ongoing Investigation is the work of a special joint law vicki the lead investigator tells kron4s Haaziq Madyun the suspects may be connected to similar crimes in the east bay. There has been a series of armed robberies in recent weeks targeting people inside their homes and in driveways outside their homes in the east bay. Now multiple suspects are in custody we have made an arrest of 6 people for robberies that occurred in fremont, livermore and danville Contra Costa County deputy d. A. Barry grove says the mode of operation was similar in these crimes well theyre Home Invasion robberies, a group of people go into a house armed with guns and attempt to rob the residence inside of the house he says the 6 adult male suspects were arrested on charges that include Home Invasion, robbery, burglary and a carjacking case last week here on conejo drive in unincorpated danville. Investigators are checking for any connections between these suspects and last weeks shooting and robbery of carol brown and her husband in the driveway of their home in orinda this is part of a long investigation and that investigation includes a series of robberies here in the east bay, we have not finished with that investigation reporter it is an investigation getting some back up from federal Law Enforcement will the fbi and the District Attorneys Office have a safe Streets Task Force that was put together a couple of years ago, this has been some excellent work in a long term Ongoing Investigation and hopefully we will solve more cases in the next week or so the d. A. s office expects to release more information regarding the arrests of the 6 suspects in the coming days. In Contra Costa CountyHaaziq Madyun kron4news vicki a man accused of torturing cats in san jose pleaded guilty to over 20 felony counts of animal cruelty this morning. Twentyfouryearold Robert Farmer was arrested on suspicion of abusing cats in san jose last year. Police found farmer sleeping in a parked car on hillsdale avenue, close to where several cats had gone missing. Police searched his car and found at least one dead cat. Investigators determined that he was connected to other cat thefts in the area. Today he plead guilty to 21 counts of animal cruelty and 1 count of battery. No sentencing date has been set yet. Farmer could face up to 16 years and 4 months in prison. He is the son of a retired San Jose Police captain. So i would wait to write this one. Because there should be an update sent down. But in the mean time you can pull file video. Bcn16 datebook advisorynews briefing on sjpd staffing bcn16 datebook advisory San Jose Police chief eddie garcia and mayor sam liccardo will hold a short news briefing on Police Department staffing this afternoon. The briefing will be held at 1 p. M. In the mayors Conference Room about a reporter charges that are against all these officers. To follow we follow but i made a county District Attorneys Office and have severe concern about some of the charges. Special reporter as and if any Police Officers are presented many during the internal investigations into the sex scandal involving jazzmen and it says that keeping 78 was too hasty in the car and decisions. so shes a victim. These officers should have never allowed her to a friend of them. The fact that officers had any sexual contact al with her surly means. Reporter backlighted the fremont hall of justice and other Police Officer in a sex scandal oakland key Leroy Johnson knows supposed to be arraigned today his case has put been propped his charge of failure to report child abuse. Grant were still awaiting word from the Contra Costa CountyDistrict Attorney about any potential charges. Vicki happening now. Crews are working to repair a water main break in berkeley. That has closed the area to traffic. This is happening. At the intersection of University Avenue and grant street. Traffic is shut down completely in both directions on University Avenue. Between mcgee avenue and Martin Luther king jr. Way. A witness called in the break just after noon today. The cause for the break is still unknown. No word yet when the streets will reopen to traffic. Grant investigator are still trying to figure out what caused a massive fire in a historic Berkeley Church on friday. In the meantime they are estimating the structure sustained roughly 2 Million Dollars in damages. The fire destroyed a large section of the First Congregationalist Church at channing way. Fire Officials Say the flames appear to have sparked near a brick chimney. However the damage is so extensive, officals say they may never know what started it. They do not suspect foul play. The fire ultimately destroyed an entire multistory Brick Office Building attached to the church. Part of the churchs main sanctuary was also damaged. It took over a dozen fire trucks to put out the fire. Vicki the funeral for a 3 year old little girl who was shot to death in stockton was held yesterday. Melanie martinez was riding in a car with her mother and grandmother when she was shot in the head. She later died at the hospital. Officers say the gunshots were fired from a darkcolored sedan that was driving behind the familys car. Police said melanie and her family were not the intended target. The stockton Police Department says there are no leads. No suspects. No information that has pointed them in the direction of an arrest. Turn yourself because what you did wasnt right. Our little girl was innocent. Turn yourself and if anyone out there knows anything please come forward. I wouldnt want to go through what im going through. It just really hurts. melanies family is hoping the Funeral Service will prompt someone to come forward with information about who fired the gunshots. Still ahead. The us bracing for hurricane matthew. As the category storm is now taking aim at the east coast. We are tracking the storm. After the break. And later. We are now less than an hour away from the first and only Vice President ial debate of the election season. What we can expect from the candidates as they face off. Next. A community in the south bay has gone without water for nearly two days. What the problem is. And how the community is reacting. In the south bay. Frustration is mounting as a second night without water looms for the residents of a Mobile Home Park in san jose. Kron fours rob fladeboe is at the park right now with a live look at the problem and how residents are coping. Rob . Nats reporter water to flush toilets here at Eastridge Estates is the swimming pool. But hauling bucket after bucket back to their homes is getting old fast say residents like phil tran. Sot phil tran Eastridge Estates resident tran and hundreds of his neighbors have been without water since early monday when a paving crew broke a large water main, shutting down taps. The leak has been fixed but now residents must wait for testing to be done, says the parks owners. Sot voice of mindy parish Hometown America nats the park is providing free water for drinking and cooking. Porta potties were brought in but as they haul water from the pool, some residents must negotiate plywood walkways over the muddy mess that is restricting access to some homes as patience wears thin. Sot kim nguyen park resident firefighters are making more progress on the massive loma fire burning in the santa cruz mountains. Some good news to report all evacuation orders have been lifted for santa clara county. The fire is now 92percent contained. Just over 44hundred acres have burned since the fire broke out last monday. Reporter country looking for being able to take a shower the contract has made progress as he sought from the video was behind me this is completely underwater out to look that is gone they have drained and finally fixed the week of they are waiting and the in water tests at water will be turned on as soon as far morning and this without some ruffled feathers and told free food over here at the clubhouse. Grant firefighter making progress in that starting in the senate cruise on some good news report all evacuation orders have been lifted for saddam clara county. The 92 percent contained over 4,400 a. Have burned since this started last monday in the fire has knocked over it other buildings and secretary for supervisors to me to let the talk was declaring local emergency because the fire that would free up money to help fight southwestern tip of haiti today. Catherine heenan is here with storm including where u. S. Residents are now bracing for the worst. Catherine people on the east coast are being warned there could be big trouble this weekend. This was the scene in miami today with long lines at gas stations, as people brace for what could be a direct hit toward the end of the week. Matthew is one of the most powerful atlantic storms in a decade. In haiti, we still dont know the full extent of damage. Because of damaged bridges, flooding and spotty communications. The death toll there could go higher. Its moving slowly but the hurricane is edging closer to the u. S. Floridas governor says the state could begin to feel the impact in two or three days. Forecasters say it could hit florida toward the end of the week and push its way up the east coast over the weekend. Several us airlines have waived fees because of matthew. American, delta, united and jet blue are adding some us destinations to the list. Allowing customers to make a change without paying extra charges. In South Carolina the governor is planning to issue evacuation orders as early as tomorrow, unless theres a big shift in the storms track. Britteny is a closer look moving nearby cuba pushing away from haiti and Dominican Republic we switched over shoddy the forecast path right now sustained wind speeds 140 m. P. H. Category for this is how progressive model here storm as it continues to go right up next miami just outside of jacksonville unfortunately the carolinas are a hit with a hurricane this season at will continue to see the category to wednesday is at 100 m. P. H. Pretty close to making landfall and will continue to update the track few days out from the weekend but that is the track right now. Working its way of the eastern seaboard and 24 are temperature change that shows agrees fairfield in concord 5 in livermore of 17 degrees and said arouse the a little bit of a warming trend and then our current right now in the 60s for San Francisco 65 and sam zell entablatures at 66 redwood city we are seen conditions in the 70s for clover dale 73 semolina satisfy knapp follows 70s and fairfield still dealing with a fairly mild day throughout the region in coming up with a closer look at how much warmer temperatures will get for that of the workweek. Vicki as your insulin pumps could be vulnerable to hacking. Details ahead. And next. And next. Narrator it wasnt that long ago. Years of devastating cutbacks to our schools. 30,000 teachers laid off. Class sizes increased. Art and music programs cut. We cant ever go back. Ryan ruelas so vote yes on proposition 55. Reagan duncan prop 55 prevents 4 billion in new cuts to our schools. 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Please, register. And vote. Vote. Nextgen California Action Committee is responsible for the content of this advertising. Fleet week is officially underway in the bay area. Well take a look at the events you can already check out as we get closer to the big blue angels show this weekend. Stanley vicki fleet week is officially underway in the bay area. There are a lot of events planned this week. Including ship tours of the uss san diego, which docked yesterday in San Francisco. This is video of the ship entering the bay, courtesy of our helicopter partnership with abc7 news. Kron fours will tran was aboard the uss san diego today. He shows us what we can expect. Will feel like a little kid right behind you talk to the captain in just a bit you can see inside sliver of the ship. All the heavy equipment and i feel it can because all this looks like atop a truck. There here additional u. S. Military muscle and also its heart and for that capt. We talked about the heart of the military. chicken to a lot of things but just in people getting to another ship. It will unload this and take all vehicles out seeking see it at another location at the presidio as being the uss san diego you have cut pay homage to the wonderful city but it does run burgundy lives on the uss san diego. Vicki marines and a few members of the blue Angels Flight team entertained sick kids at ucsfs childrens hospital. c7, your turn, thats a hit vicki appropriately the servicemen and women played battleship with some the kids. There were also a few bouts of rock em sock em robots, Remote Controled racing, and some just were read to. The kids at this hospital are being treated for a variety different illnesses, including cancer. The manager of Child Life Services at the hospital says it helps the patients take their minds off whats ailing them. Medical experience those in uniform say their goal was to put some smiles on these kids faces. If so, mission accomplished. We have a special section on our website with the full schedule of fleet week events. And you will find videos of our team flying with the blue angels. And dont forget. You can watch the blue angels live. Right here on kron four. Our special blue angels live show runs from two to four pm this coming saturday. Still to come on kron four news at five. Tensions are running high in the city of los angeles after two deadly officerinvolved shootings over the weekend. After the break. Police now releasing new video showing the final moments before one of those shootings occurred. And. Tonights Vice President ial debate is expected to be a more subdued affair compared to last weeks first showdown between Hillary Clinton and donald trump. What to expect from the v p candidates coming up. Grant it is the only time that tim kaine and mike pence will share the debate stage. But tonights Vice President ial debate is expected to be a more subdued affair than last weeks first showdown between Hillary Clinton and donald trump. Karin caifa reports from Longwood University in farmville, virginia, where the running mates are set to debate this evening. And kron four has you covered for the Vice President ial debate. And the reporter shadow of a history making showdown between hillary and donald trump. Cnn morrissey the find out who, on top and 48 said mike pence. Nearly a quarter said they didnt know enough to make that call will need to talk up a ticket given herring trumpet the nearterm support it allowed him to legally avoid paying taxes for 18 years. But they will likely hit with the republican theme came and hillary both longtime politicians cannot bring real change. Grant we will stream the debate live which starts at six tonight. You can watch the live stream through the kron four mobile app or on our website. At kronfour dotcom. The Los Angeles Mayor says that a video showing an armed black man britteny we always know when directions have shifted more of an offshore flow not really a Strong Marine layer beautiful conditions close to look airtime labs video from the feet sutra camera as their favorite show you a clear day and has to go into the rest of your work week. Lots of sunshine also lots of celery are shot area of low pressure moving in parts of portland mostly it to the north of the region. Ridge of High Pressure. And as we go into the end of the workweek more portly. Entablatures of the low 80s ladies for friday close to the ba