male announcer this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. The last few days weve seen encouraging signs in part because of the incredible threat of the military action u. S. Military action. Threat of military action. Pam the navy ships will stay off the coast of syria. But their cruise missiles will stay in their silos for now, pam the president has asked congress to delay any vote on military action, pam a time out. While the diplomats do their talking. Pam the president is still trying to convince a skeptical country. That syria must be held accountable. Pam but tonights white house address ended with cautious hope for a peaceful resolution. Grant lodes is here to tell us about it. Reporter as late as yesterday it was expected to be a hard sales pitch. Thats how it started, but the ending took a different turn, as he cautiously acknowledged russias diplomatic efforts. The russian government has indicated a willingness to join with the International Community in pushing assad to give up his chemical weapons. The assad regime has now admitting that it has these weapons and even said theyd join the chemical weapons convention, which prohibits their use. Its too early to tell whether this offer will succeed, and any agreement must verify that the assad regime keeps its commitments, but this initiative has the potential to remove the threat of chemical weapons without the use of force, particularly because russia is one of assads strongest allies. I have therefore asked the leaders of congress to postpone a vote to authorize the use of force while we pursue this diplomatic path. Im sending secretary of state john kerry to meet his russian counterpart on thursday, and i will continue my own discussions to index of stories. Reporter the president promised that any attack on syria would be extremely limited. No boots on the ground. He also promised that if the u s acts, assads government will suffer. In his words, we dont do pinprick strikes. And he said he does not believe the u s should be the worlds policeman. But he says if we do not act, the world will become less safe. Pam now at eight. So the color got you i am all about color i like gold the new i phones are here. Apple fans tell kron four what they like about the latest versions unveiled today pam this is the first time the company has ever introduced two different i phone models at the same time. Our tech reporter gabe slate was at the press event today pam gabe, fill us in on the big news pam there was lots of big news. But lets start with this there is now a plastic i phone a cheaper i phone called the i phone 5 c. Lets take a closer look at it. Reporter the 5c comes in 5 different colors. Reporter blue, yellow, green, pink and White Reporter it has a plastic body but is reinforced by steal on the inside. Reporter it has a 4 inch screen. Reporter it has the same specs as the iphone 5. Reporter it is the iphone 5 but built with plastic and has a better battery. Reporter felt it in hand. Very light reporter it will cost 99. Preorder begins this friday, the 13th, it hits the market on september 20th. Reporter stay tuned coming up later in this newscast ill show you the other new iphone the iphone 5 s and its amazing new finger print Recognition Technology it has built in reporter this is a first for smartphones its a big deal ill see you later reporter stay tuned coming up later in this newscast ill show you the other new iphone the iphone 5 s and its amazing new finger print Recognition Technology it has built in reporter this is a first for smartphones its a big deal ill see you later pam developing tonight. Firefighters are trying to pam get a handle on the large fire burning on mount diablo. It has already forced dozens of people from their homes. Pam here is the latest. The blaze has burned more than 32hundred acres. That is actually down from 37hundred acres yesterday. And is now 60percent contained. All evacuation orders have now been lifted. And all roads are back open. Hundreds of firefighters and support crews remain on the scene. Three have been hurt none seriously. Pam kron 4s Justine Waldman is live in contra costa county. With new video of the fire damage. Justine . New at 8 pam reporter while Fire Fighters are making Good Progress on controlling this blaze, full containment is not expected for at least a few more days. This used to be a big oak and 0 pin open meadow. This is very sad and very different. Reporter tells me that it was the saddest ride of his life but he has praised for the people that stopped the fire from total destruction. Talking to the fire crew as i told them got blasts them all and every single one of them. God bless theam all reporter theyre still in doing the handwork out there trying to get the fire out but from talking to firefighters earlier this evening the are telling me that there are getting the upper hand on this fighter. Fiveyeaire pam continuing our coverage on this story, kron 4 charles fire has burned so far. Reporter there is the town of clayton to the north and summit to the top of the mountain. This map of the more than fires burned sound conceited about 5 mi. Long the fire has burned mainly on the southeast and east of the mountain spirit and crossed over to summit. Also have information from nasa or they can dictate the pace hotspot spirit this is where nasa has detected fire and activity. Burning in the canyon and slope of mount diablo. After the fire started, most of the evacuations and road closures were in this area about 6 00 p. M. Cal fire stated that all of those closures at evacuations have been lifted. And the news room Charles Clifford kron 4 news. She pam today kron4s cameras got a evacuated area, along marsh creek road in clayton. There were spots where the fire is still smoldering in the hills. Some of the evacuated residents made signs thanking the fire homes. We caught up with one curry creek park resident. Who was happy to find that his home was still standing. It looks pretty good today. I was really worried that i was on to lose everything but the lord works in mysterious ways. Reporter just got this one and half from yours shot last night she is a professional photographer out on her back porch really really amazing pictures we always act suit asks that you send us your pictures to facebook or twitter. This is looking at the east side of mount diablo. You see all of the smoke right there may pam . Pam our dan kerman takes us to an east bay fire station. That was hit by a burglar. As crews battle the mount diablo fire. Pam thats coming up. Pam and to our north. A fire near redding has burned more than 67hundred acres. Evacuations are underway as the socalled clover fire has already damaged or destroyed some 20 structures. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. Pam firefighters still trying to get a handle on the yosemite wildfire. It has burned more than a quarter million acres. Right now it is 80percent contained. Also toight, weve learned the cost of this wildfire. Has reached 100 Million Dollars. The blaze was started by a a hunters camp fire. Jacqueline lists look at the current temperature and surround the areas in the 50s and 60s. About 4,000 ft. Temperatures mormon. This evening singing about and you also note that the humidity is in the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s. One thing that we are seeing are gusting lance still. Seen dust to paren winds. Pam ahead at eight. Our Stanley Roberts uncovers a scam. People selling fake bart tickets. Pam plus new video showing George Zimmerman being handcuffed after a domestic dispute with his estranged wife in florida. 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Stone talked with some people in the community who are outraged that classes are still going on. Reporter tonight a bizarre story in vallejo. The School District admits that one of its Elementary Schools has a bat problem. Reporter dozens if not hundreds of bats living in the roof of the school buildings. Reporter kron 4s j. R. Stone talked with some in the community who are outraged that classes are still going on. Reporter concern for his wifes health. And the health of those children that attend school there. Number one at the children and can them in has a ways. Hazard. Reporter hes worried that the droppings could be making their way into the ventilation system the school was told that they cannot move or stomach the thats because they are protected by law. The school plans to place openings over the thats inclining the schoolwide poorly. Schoolwide clearly reporter and vallejo j. R. Stone kron 4 news. Pam a crime of opportunity. A burglar ripped off a walnut creek fire fighter. Reporter as firefighters battled the wild fire of mt. Diablo the station said empty but not for long and burglar breaks and from the back door crying and and broke into the crew quarters and started stealing wallets and a personal ipad of one of the firefighters perished a couple of wedding rings were taking as well terret 22 years of the job he has never seen anything like this protection to very this concerning that someone would do anything like this while firefighters are out there trying to protect people. In the meantime where did the work of the break and is getting out. He heard about it and decided to stop by cookie spiris. Some reports on the news and it is appalled me i will decide to do something for the Fire Fighters taking care of me by to bring the end some cookies. Reporter the person or persons is still at large in walnut creek dead carmen kron4 news. Dan carmen all pam we now know the name of the baby boy who died monday at a Day Care Center in san jose. The Santa Clara County medical examiner identified the child as threemonthold connor jung, who was being cared for here at the discovery years Day Care Center in north san jose. Care givers told police they thought the child was sleeping only to discover he ultimately the child was pronounced to ceased at the scene. Pam there were no arrests in the death. For now, police are saying there is no evidence a crime was committed. The coroner will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause of the death. Pam pg and e has a deal to pay 565 Million Dollars in legal settlements and other claims. Stemming from the explosion in san bruno. A filing with federal Company Shows that number includes 455 Million Dollars pg and e agreed to pay. And another 110 million it expects to pay, from recent settlements and other claims. Pam the utility has already settled with 347 san bruno victims. There are still two claims still pending. The explosion sparked a gas fueled fire that destroyed 38 homes. And killed eight people. Pam president obama today nominated bay area congresswoman barbara lee as a representative to the united nations. Lee has been representing east bay voters since 1998. Now, the president also wants the democratic leader to represent the United States in the 68th session of the un. In a statement, lee said she believes now more than ever that the u. S. Has to fully engage the un and the International Community to ensure a more peaceful world. Pam jacqueline temperatures were sadistically cooler than yesterdays. But low clouds hung on. Out and fairfield we were and 80 degrees yesterday 100 degrees and livermore went to yester that today 86 degrees. Today the fault will return tonight and the wide spread. Making its way from peak to the entirear with n colder than today talking in the 60s and 70s. As we head into the week and it will be a ship with a slightly warmer conditions. Reporter all because of people behaving badly coming up next. 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With a wireless gateway, connect all your devices and save on tablet and smartphone data usage at home. Now i can do the things i want to do, like email my motherinlaw. Or check celebrity gossip. [ male announcer ] at t brings it all together. Pam new tonight at 8 there are many forms of pam begging that takes place on bart one we know about but there is another that is costing unsuspecting riders twice. As Stanley Roberts expains in this edition of people behaving badly. Reporter the man with the phone to his ear is buying a bart ticket to the east bay the interesting part this is his he is about to buy his first ticket from this man wearing the back pack he places what appears to be a valid bart ticket in the machine where is shows 8 dollars and 30 cents on the ticket reporter the unsuspecting buyer gets offered the 8 dollar ticket for just 6 dollars, seems like a fair deal so money changes hands reporter and the seller quickly heads off on his merry way. Now here is the kicker the buy was warned to not buy from this panhandler nats that whey i was looking at it what it is, it that they take off the strip and it says that amount of money some ot the time well actually all the time its not so it will let you go in but whe you come back out it wont let you go out reporter yes he was just ripped of for 6 dollars for a bart ticket the wont work it happen every day in fact if you just spend a little bit of time watching the powell street bart station it happens way too often reporter on bart the beggers come in all shapes and forms many of them use the altered bart tickets to releive you of your cash and some just straight out beg reporter like this woman asking people for money, the same for this man in the twinkie shirt as they get pushed away they return reporter these guys work in tandum using the altered bart tickets to get cash which buy the way is illegal laughter reporter then there are the beggers that have what i like to call a captive audience by approching you while you are on the train reporter in just a few minutes this man rack up a few dollars that he openly counts and then places the neatly folded money in his shoe reporter first off never buy a bart ticket from anyone except from one of the machines and if you need help ask a station agent or a Community Ambassador reporter and if you must give a begger money donate it to a homeless shelter at least you know its bsing used properly reporter on bart Stanley Roberts kron 4 news. Youre my wife . pam coming up on kron 4 news at 8 pam our grant lodes takes a look at the viral video of a man waking up from surgery. And forgets hes married pam plus new Surveillance Video of the dispute between George Zimmerman and his estranged wife. That landed him in handcuffs. Pam apple may be hoping to take another big bite out of the smartphone market. But are iphone users ready to take the bait . We head to the apple store for reaction. Next. [ male announcer ] at sizzler. Its back for a limited time fire grilled steak and golden allyoucaneat shrimp for an incredible 9. 99 only at sizzler for an incredible 9. 99 [announcerthers noidin thgobeful ked lights. New artfs armadeith al con. Andvenked cri rfecon. Nehearuls om befulakeddeghts con. male announcer this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. The most forward thinking, who created. Pam the i phone 5 s is the new flag ship high end i phone. Apple built in new features we have not seen before in smart phones. Our tech reporter gabe slate was at the press event today today in cupertino. Gabe, what features stood out to the media there . The new finger print recognition security feature reporter is major innovation it pushes smart phones forward beefs up security lets take a closer look at the new iphone 5s. Reporter if apple was hoping to take another bite out of the smartphone market. The new offerings juiced up some people and left others flat. I went straight to the apple store in san franciscos union square to find some iphone officiandos. Hot on the heels of the apples announcement. Reporter heres reaction. Reporter and while many seemed excited. This apple fan also wanted to see more than just color. And while apple customers will have to wait to get their hands on the next generation iphones. This guy is sticking with the competition. For everybody else. B