hitting him. at this thing got them alive police are investigating whether alcohol or drugs played a role in the crash. a massive crackdown on child sex- trafficking. here in the bay area--- and across the country -- nearly 300 -alleged pimps put behind bars. and nearly 170 children rescued. the youngest here in the bay area just 15- years old. kron four's dan kerman has the story. operation cross country stings like this one in san mateo county went down last week across the nation the focus child sex trafficking sot sean whent/oakland police chief 12-22/when you think of human sex trafficking you think somewhere else in the word but the reality is it exists in cities across the country including oakland nationwide 281 pimps were arrested and 168 children were recovered. in the bay area 13 pimps arrested, 6 children recovered. sot lt. kevin wiley: we had one juvenile that was arrested as an adult. she comes from a dysfunctional family in texas. she's been in oakland for two yours. she had been exploited by a man she had been befriended as a boyfriend. that quickly went south. we rescued her during our operation saturday night and we are trying to reunify her with her family and get her support services. law enforcement officials say the youngest of the child prostitutes was 15 years old, sot lt. kevin wiley/oakland police: we figure out what is the best course of action, one to get them out of this "in our community" denard and torrence are facing life in prison. they are expected to be sentenced july 22nd. opening arguments started today. in the trial of a teacher accused of molesting 14 students. joseph martin was arrested last year in martinez. he has been charged with 150 - counts of sexual abuse against 14- of his former students at woodside elementary school. prosecutors say, martin abused his victims both at his home. and in his classroom. several lawsuits have also been filed against martin and mount diablo unified school district. in connection with the alleged abuse. martin has pleaded not guilty to the charges. the san francisco public utilities commission is urging customers to continue conserving water in order to avoid mandatory rationing. officials released their mid- year update today. and say--- so far-- about one- point- four billion gallons of water. has been saved. but that's only 17 - percent of the year-end goal. which is eight- billion gallons. officials say, if conservation trends continue and increase. that will lower the chance of water rationing. with summer just beginning. officials are worried about the alarming eraly start to the state's fire season. the warning they have for the public. shoppers in the east bay --- stunned--- after hearing that a historic department store is closing down. what is going up in it's place. a long -delayed project to help save lives on the golden gate bridge. how a suicide barrier may soon be put into place. heat shields are compromised. we have multiple failures. what's that alarm? 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county jeff what are they saying? this is the earliest i possess an ever in recorded history and the number-one reason for that is a droughtsan jose, antioch, el sobrante, and fairfieldall wildland fires within the last seven days. fire officials say they are worried because dry conditions like the ones we are seeing usually don't happen until late fall. the game has changed and firefighters are worried. robert marshall that if a fire does start it's probably going to burn hotter, burn faster, it's going to ignite more easily and that's probably our biggest concern. warning signs are up at all the parks in contra costa countyno smoking, no fires. and, especially, no fireworks. this is a big concerntall grass that is bone dry. if this stuff ignites, the fire moves very fast. southern california never actually went out of fire season and that's the first time that has happened since they have been keeping track of that. and, we are very early into fire season as well for northern california. we've already seen an uptick in fires. we've had bigger fires earlier in the season and one very early fire that was 40 acres and a couple that have been in the 40 to 50 acre range which is very unusual. we don't normally see that until september and october. they're really concerned about the fourth of july weekend code of professional show did not set fireworks of yourself a sinless got those four in dallas will see lotta '80s a couple low 90s in pittsburgh and in antioch '60s and '70s and said the day 72 in san leandro 76 in san mateo, 76 in san francisco tomorrow pretty winded as it approaches and friday will be having a storm close temperatures markkas covers and general barry small chance of rain, as we headed to the greek inducing more fog sears is the last big department store to dominate downtown oakland. kron 4's vicki liviakis says. sears is one of the few places in oakland where people could pick up basics. like wrenches. sot/i've been shopping at sears all my life. the store with craftsman tools and women's fashion survived protests and grafetti over the years. the historic building on broadway - now mostly empty. stand up/the sign may say sears and roebuck established in 1886, but sears is pulling up its stakes in oakland, just another sign of the times. sot/it was sears decision to go for whatever reason. they are closing certain stores around the country. the 400,000 thousand square foot structure sold to silicon valley developer - lane partners with plans to turn it into a retail and tech hub with creative space. shoppers who heard the news today were stunned. sot/that sucks because sears is affordable and they have really great clothes. sot/it's a shame because oakland needs a major anchor. sears plans to vacate the the city's planner says this is the shot in the arm oakland needs. sot/we believe that it's a no brainer for companies to want to come here. the sears building sits right on top of a bart station. easy access for shoppers and tech companies who can't afford sky high san francisco rents to cross the bay into the heart of oakland. in oakland, vicki liviakis, kron 4 news. the city of san francisco is telling some mobile-app companies to shutdown. city attorney dennis herrera issued a ceas-and-desist order to 'monkey parking' and two other, similar apps today. monkey parking let's people auction off their parking spots for up to 20-dollars. herrera says the app violates a police code that makes it illegal for anyone to buy, sell, or lease a public parking spot. the app's creators tell kron 4 that the app sells a persons intent to leave a spot, not the spot itself. the city says even downloading the app is crime and could come with a 300-dollar fine. the companies have until july eleventh to comply. park mono and sweet . and a fan causes some controversey at the giants game. the sports. next honor of tony gwynn then a moment of silence of black and after they give mcconnell of opinion the ground that action 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