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Thousand by schools. ive been working on this issue for 16 years. Its hard for me to hold back my tears. Many of my daughters friends just went to college. Reporter , but Brady Campaign has been using the enough. There are many people that disagree with this group. They dont see problems with a gun laws. This issue is with people with mental issues. Vicki police have arrested four high school students. Accused of plotting a school shooting. Authorities say administrators at Summerville High School contacted them wednesday about three students who were making threats against other students and faculty. They investigated and discovered a fourth student who was involved in the plan im worried that my daughters name is going to be on that lastlist. Vicki on conspiracy charges friday at their homes. They have not been identified because theyre juveniles. Vicki new at 8. Plans for a convicted repeat child sex predator to move into a home near oakley are on hold. This after a Contra Costa County judge postponed making a decision friday, citing the need for more time. Today, kron fours Philippe Djegal drove up to the shaken community for reaction from the mans potential neighbors. Reporter headed down Bethel Island road attention, youd probably drive right by dutch slough road and not even know it. Access is restricted and as the sign reads pass at your own risk. Resting on the levee overlooking dutch slough in unicorporated Contra Costa County near oakley. Those living here, like adriahn martinez from antioch, who in july, just moved in down the street with her three boys, settled here for the peace and but now theyre troubled. you may have a sex predator as a neighbor soon. I just learned this last month. How do you feel about that . Um, im a little concerned because i have a 10 yearold son. Reporter the Contra Costa County Sheriffs Office says 51 yearold old robert bates is currently being housed at a state hospital. But the department of state hospitals wants to place him in this vacant home. does it upset you that he could possibly be moving in . Oh, absolutely, yes, absolutely. Reporter bridge more than once, the Contra Costa County Sheriffs Office says robert bates has been convicted of committing lewd and lucivious acts with a child under 14 years of age, and thats why neighbors here on dutch slough dont want him moving in here. i think i speak for myself and the rest of the council that we dont think its a great idea. Reporter when similar recent situations have popped up in concord and walnut creek, neighbors lashed out, saying sex predators should be moved to more rural less congested areas. this is about as rural as you could get in contra costa. Reporter still, oakley vice mayor kevin romick says bates doesnt belong here. is putting someone with a proclivity for violence and sex offender a really good idea to isolat them this much . I dont think its a good spot. Reporter bates hearing rescheduled for later this month. County leaders, including a supervisor, have publicly blasted the potential move. Meanwhile, martinez and others wait on pins and needles for a decison. what will you do if he does move in . Um, just watch out for my house. Lock my doors, keep my son in the house most of the time, watching him. Thats all i can do right now. Reporter in Contra Costa County. not in this neighborhood, not in my neighborhood. Not in my community. Reporter Philippe Djegal, kron four news. Vicki investigators are asking for the publics help identifying an armed man wanted in connection with a possible Home Invasion robbery in San Francisco. The incident occurred in the 1300 block of la playa street around 8 40 am monday. In a security video posed to youtube. The armed suspect can be seen attacking a man in a garage. The victim fights back. And after a struggle. Hes able to wrestle the handgun away from the suspect. He then moved outside of the garage and pointed the weapon at his attacker. Who then flees the scene offcamera. No suspect description was immediately available. But police say he had dread locks. Vicki Police Arrested a vacaville man early this morning after he allegedly broke into a Furniture Store to throw things around. Damage the lighting. And punch holes in the walls. Around 3 20 am, Police Responded to a burglary alarm in the 300 block of east monte vista avenue. They found 33yearold Damon Reynolds in the back of the store bleeding from the head. After further investigation. They discovered furniture, electronics, and jewelry thrown around and broken. The damage to the business was estimated at more than 15hunred dollars. Vicki a fremont man has been arrested and charged with viciously killing his mother. Omar malik pettigen was on the run after police say he killed his mother in the apartment they shared. But someone in kensington spotted him with a duffle bag on a neighbors porch looking suspicious early this morning. They called police and he was taken into custody and charged with murder. Kron fours alecia reid has the story. Reporter brutally murdered inside the apartment she shared with her son. i cant believe her own son reporter identified by former students as nailah pettigenthe victim is said to have been a math teacher at american high. when i heard the news my heart just dropped reporter alex reyes says pettigen was his special ed math teacher all four years he went to school here. Like many others now reminiscing of the schools alumni facebook page, reyes says she was known for her great personality. down to earth people that would have a smile on her face first thing in the morning. If you had a problem and wanted to talk to her about it she would be very understanding reporter reyes remembers meeting her son, 31 year old omar malikwho is now wanted for her murder. overall he was a really really great guy. He really was reporter Omar Malik Pettigen was arrested in kensington sunday. People that knew both the mother and son, are askingwhat went wrong . for him to do this . What was he thinking . Reporter according to the american high alumni facebook page, a candlelight vigil is planned for miss pettigen for monday night between 7 and 9 in the evening. Reporting in Fremont Vicki a fire rips through a san jose strip mall. Now firefighters are trying to figure out the cause. Kron 4s averi harper has the details. Reporter in san jose firefighters worked for hours to battle a blaze in a Grocery Store here at the caribees Center Shopping complex. Reporter it all started before 3 sunday morning. Fire crews found heavy smoke, flames and a crumbling structure too dangerous to go inside. theres 30 foot beams that have collapsed and are on the ground so its not safe to go inside. We have to do it all from the outside. Reporter crews worked well into the afternoon. Pouring thousands of gallons of water into the charred remains of a Grocery Store. All an effort to drench hotspots and keep the fire from rekindling. wind blows through on the coal and the embers and it could reignite so were going to keep people out here for a while to make sure it doesnt reignite reporter no word on the cause of the fire reporter now fire officials tell me that because theres so much debris inside the building, we may never know the cause of the fire. In san jose, averi harper, kron 4 news vicki linkedin has to pay up for sending users too many emails. The social networking site has agreed to shell out 13 Million Dollars to settle a 2013 lawsuit linked to the sites add connections feature. Some linkedin members were upset that address book contacts theyd requested to connect with had received multiple reminder emails. The settlement affects those who used the feature between september 17, 2011 and october 31, 2014. You have until december 14 to submit a claim form to be included. Customers can get up to 15 hundred dollars each. Vicki president obama spoke at the 34th National Fallen Firefighters Memorial service today. The president honored 84 heroic firefighters who have died in the line of duty in 2014. Along with three who died in previous years. The president thanked the nations firefighters for their courage. Particularly during challenging times such as wildfire season in the west. Goal president obama at the seasons peak 32,000 fire fighters. The team lost their lives and we honor them as well. Were firm as a nation we must work to prevent forest fires and give firefighters the equipment and support so they in come home safe. Vicki meanwhile. The valley fire burning in lake, napa, and sonoma counties containment still stands at 97 . It is holding at just over 76 thousand acres. Four people were killed in the fire. Nearly twothousand buildings were destroyed. Including 1,307 homes. All evacuation orders have been lifted. The cause remains under investigation. Vicki governor jerry brown signed an antiracial profiling bill. It changes californias definition of racial profiling. Law enforcement is now required to collect Demographic Data on people they stop. Vicki three bills aimed at controlling the operation of drones were shot down today by governor jerry brown. In one of the bills. Flying drones over Public Schools when classes are in session. Except for Law Enforcement. The media and people given the ok by the school. Would have been an infraction. Another wouldve given firefighters the power to disable drones flying over emergency situations. And lastly. A misdemeanor would be given if a drone was intentionally flown over a prison or jail. Brown said these bills wouldve provided little benefit to the public. Vicki coming up at eight. The worst rains in a thousand years. Vicki thousands of people in South Carolina woke up this morning to historic rainfall. Emergency workers took to boats to rescue stranded motorists. And people trapped in their homes. As flood waters surged. Five people in the carolinas are dead from weatherrelated incidents. Cnns andy rose reports on the situation. Reporter record rainfall is hitting South Carolina hard. Some areas have been slammed with up to 24 inches of rain so far this weekend. Leading to historic flooding, and dangerous conditions. what i got on my body is what we have. Pretty much everybody down that hill there has lost everything this morning. Our vehicles, our clothes, everything. We still have our lives, we still have our lives. Reporter news cameras captured dramatic rescues in columbia sunday. With Emergency Personnel using boats to retrieve people stranded by the storm. basically the entire state has been hard hit by these floods. Its a historic flood, the likes of which we havent seen. Weve got swift water rescue teams that are in place now just trying to get people out of the water. Reporter local Authorities Say theyve carried out about onehundredforty water rescues in one county alone. Officials are telling everyone to stay home. And call for help if conditions get dangerous. President obama has already declared an emergency in South Carolina. Freeing up federal dollars to help with the crisis. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley told reporters the rainfall was monumental. South Carolina we havent seen this level of rain in the low country in a thousand years. Thats how big this is. Reporter as another 8 to 10 inches of rain were predicted to fall over most of the states coast late sunday through monday. Im andy rose, reporting. Vicki South Carolina isnt the only state affected by weather. As Hurricane Joaquin moves northeast into the atlantic ocean. Residents along the east coast can expect high winds and coastal flooding through monday. Meanwhile. Hurricane joaquin is moving away from the bahamas. But not before causing some damage. Take a look at what it did to a terminal at the san salvador airportdebris scattered everywhere. The category four storm is now headed toward bermuda. Vicki back here at home. It was a windy but sunny day here in the bay area. Kron 4s brian van aken has been tracking the forecast. Down . Brian a potent storm system that came through the bay area last night produced winds up and over 50 mph in some spots. It also made for Early Morning showers across the north bay and Contra Costa County. Rainfall amounts were just a few hundredths, but napa had almost a quarterinch. With the departure of that system into southern california, its strong winds, showers, and thunderstorms have gone with it. In its wake, weve seen an afternoon temperatures. A fair weather pattern is setting up for the week ahead and it looks to hold in place through next weekend. Afternoon highs are forecast to reach the 70s bayside and 80s in the valleys. By friday, the forecast models indicate an offshore wind pattern developing. Offshore winds warm things up, and we could get 80s by the bay and 90s in the valleys into the weekend. A storm system heads toward Northern California sunday, but right now all of its rain stays north of the bay. Vicki next. Get ready for fleet week. Coming up, well go sky high to give you a taste of whats on the horizon. Vicki San Franciscos waterfront will be buzzing as the 35th annual fleet week kicks off. Starting tomorrow youll see planes passing through and over the bay, all in preparation for the signature air shows. Tonight were going to take you up with the Patriots Jet Team. Vicki the Patriots Jet Team is the largest volunteer Aerobatic Team in the world. Based in byron. Run by pilot randy howell and fueled by a passion for aviation. Vicki the team of six patriot jets will be taking to the skies for fleet week. Doing their death defying stunts for the crowds on vicki we visited the patriots hanger for a sneak peak at what we can expect. 1 maneuver that nobody else does is the talmudic slide. Vicki here they are up close the l39 fighter jets flown by pilots like scratch formerly from the canadian snowbirds flight team. kyaks silly dream but like i am fine like superman. Vicki the Patriots Jet Team is made up of pilots like randy howell and scratch. And here at the patriots jet aviation to fledgling pilots as young as 15. But its always safety first. Vicki i had the great privilege of flying with the patriots a few years ago. And they actually gave me the stick to fly for a few seconds. Heres my iphone video out cockpit window. you know how close we fly and how exciting that can be but you also understand their risks vicki it was a total thrill but unlike me, the Patriots Jet Team is a group of highly experienced jet pilots with the right stuff. Who to steal a line from the movie top gun have a need for speed. And a love of flying up in the clouds. Vicki kron 4 is proud to welcome the blue angels to this years San Francisco fleet week. You can catch all of the high flying thrills as we bring you the blue angels live, saturday october 10th starting at 2 pm. Vicki coming up at 8 30. A cargo ship missing at sea. With americans onboard. Signs appearing in the water of what their fate could be. Ivy League Universities being warned tonight of an unspecified threat. What authorities are telling students. My name is jamir dixon and im a locate and Mark Fieldman for pg e. Most people in the community recognize the blue trucks as pg e. My truck is something new. Its an 811 truck. When you call 811, i come out to your house and i mark out our gas lines and our electric lines to make sure that you dont hit them when youre digging. 811 is a free service. Im passionate about it because every time i go on the street i think about my own kids. Theyre the reason that i want to protect our community and our environment, and if me driving a that truck means that somebody gets to go home safer, then ill drive it every day of the week. Together, were building a better california. Vicki still ahead. A Community Still shellshocked after a mass killing on campus. Well hear from survivors. Neighborhoods under water. The relentless rain and wrath of Mother Nature in South Carolina. And a bay area Home Invasion robbery all caught on camera. Victims want to know if you recognize this man. A huge outpouring of Community Support for the victims, their families, and the survivors of the Umpqua Community college shooting. Vicki Kaitlyn Bolduc has a look at the special ways the Oregon Community is remembering those who lost their lives in thursdays tragedy. Reporter hard at work. Reporter these decals are selling faster than they can make him. Reporter its all to help the family. Reporter he is also close to her father. Reporter the rest of what he makes he will give to the general fund. we are small town and we all band together. Reporter this town just to us that. Reporter together the will of been through it. Vicki rescuers in South Carolina cant even count how many people they had to pull out from cars stuck in high water. An emergency official says there were about 140 such rescues in dochester alone. Many cities and highways are inundated because of rain the state hasnt seen in a very long time. we havent seen this rain like this in a thousand years. Vicki some parts of the state got more than 18inches of rain in the South Carolina is taking the brunt of storm system thats pummeling people from georgia to delaware. At least three people in the state have been killed, plus another one in the neighboring north carolina. Vicki investigators are asking for the publics help identifying an armed man wanted in connection with a possible Home Invasion robbery in San Francisco. The incident occurred in the around 8 40 am monday. In a security video posed to youtube. The armed suspect can be seen attacking a man in a garage. A struggle. Hes able to wrestle the handgun away from the suspect. He then moved outside of the garage and pointed the weapon at his attacker. Who then flees the immediately available. But police say he had dread locks. Vicki Police Arrested a vacaville man early this morning after he allegedly broke into a Furniture Store to throw things around. Damage the lighting. And punch holes in the walls. Around 3 20 am, Police Responded to a burglary alarm in the 300 block of east monte they found 33yearold Damon Reynolds in the back of the store bleeding from the head. After further investigation. They discovered furniture, electronics, and jewelry thrown around and broken. The damage to the business was estimated at more than 15hunred dollars. Vicki universities in philadelphia today warned students and faculty about an unspecified threat of violence being monitored by local and federal Law Enforcement agencies. The university of pennsylvania, temple university, and Drexel University sent out alerts. Authorities say they had no knowledge of specific threat to students or to a particular univeristy. One student shared her thoughts about the threat. of the recent things ive been gone in on its a scary thing that happened in our campus. Vicki a statement on drexels website says the threat came from a recent social media posting after last weeks shooting at Umpqua Community college in oregon. The schools plan to operate normally monday. And students are urged to report any suspicious activity. Vicki a suspect arrested in mexico for his role in a double homicide. Well show you how bay area Law Enforcement had a hand in bringing him in. Reporter 8 warm up coming our way of will have forecast coming vicki a man has been extradited from mexico for his role in a shooting that left a fouryearold girl dead. Watsonville, California Police along with the fbi made the announcement yesterday. Erika mahoney has the details. Brian a potent storm system that came through the bay area last night produced winds up and over 50 mph in some spots. It also made for Early Morning showers across the north bay and Contra Costa County. Rainfall amounts were just a few hundredths, but napa had almost a quarterinch. With the departure of that system into southern california, its strong winds, showers, and thunderstorms have gone with it. In its wake, weve seen an abundance of sunshine and warm afternoon temperatures. A fair weather pattern is setting up for the week ahead and it looks to hold in place through next weekend. Afternoon highs are forecast to reach the 70s bayside and 80s in the valleys. By friday, the forecast models indicate an offshore wind pattern developing. Offshore winds warm things up, and we could get 80s by the bay and 90s in the valleys into the weekend. A storm system heads toward Northern California sunday, but right now all of its rain stays north of the bay. Vicki marin residents with old tires around the house, will get a chance to get rid of them for a good cause. My name is peter tran. Im a gas service representative. Ive been with pg e nine years. As an employee of pg e you always put your best foot forward to provide reliable and safe service and be able to help the community. We always have the safety of our customers and the community in mind. My family is in oakland, my wifes family is in oakland so this is home to us. Being able to work in the community that i grew up in, customers feel like friends, neighbors and it makes it a little bit more special. Together, were building a better california. Reporter assumes a to wear but its not that some both. i had this morning at my door. They tumble had to cease and desist or they would start to notice some meat for violations. Reporter shes been used in a way dhaka on to be a mistake in the bay area. The roots over shaw served these notices. they dont allow renting out your driveway. Reporter it could have a negative impact on the naval evidence. Reporter the the streets are packed and barely any street parking. Reporter andaman this case there is to car driveway and she on the rance want driveway. are tame as looking into our zoning laws and to the area. Vicki and if youd like to connect follow him on twitter. Or email slateatkron4dot com. Vicki california. A 20pound pup came faceto face with three bears who got into a family home. But as cnns Rebecca Ferriter reports, the dog scared them off. Reporter attention, huh . Reporter or size fool you. come on, silly, come on. Reporter jules is a true guard dog. she wasnt having it, property. Reporter on friday afternoon, two bears believed to be about a year old each wandered into the familys front yard. A third bear was on the balcony, just out of range of the camera. momma bear is sitting up here. Reporter jules didnt care how many bears she chased them off. Here you see one bear, estimated at about 100 pounds, scampers up the fence to get away from she blew me away, couldnt believe that she turned into a wolverine. Reporter David Hernandez says a wildfire a couple of years ago impacted the food source for wildlife, so animals now look for food in peoples yards. Hernandez says some of his neighbors are even encouraging it by feeding the bears. it is a crime, you can do jail time if youre caught doing it. Some of my neighbors give them dog food in 25pound bags. Theres one lady in the neighborhood that actually makes them meatloaf. Reporter while it might sound funny, with two young kids hernandez isnt taking any chances. His daughters bedroom window is boarded up to prevent bears from the sliding the glass open. Hes even installed cameras that can alert him to any activity in the home. theres nothing more dangerous in a forest than a mother bear, nothing. Reporter so why live in the monrovia foothills . you could have drive bys or you can have bears. What it gonna be . Vicki someone is hacking unprotected wifi routers everywhere. The vigilante hacker is forcing owners to make them more secure. The custombuilt software is nicknamed ifwatch and it is spreading quickly. The software has snuck into at least 10thousand internet connected devices, usually wifi routers. Ifwatch tries to kill any malware on your router. It also gives your device automatic, friendly updates that protect it from computer viruses. Researchers say while it is illegal to access peoples computers without the owners permision, they have not seen any malicious activity. Vicki hands on a piece of star wars history. The iconic bikini worn by Princess Leia sold for a whopping 96thousand dollars at an online auction. The skimpy costume was famously worn by Carrie Fisher in return of the jedi. It also comes with a collar and chain link that alien gangster jabba the hutt used to keep the princess captive. Bidding for the costume opened at 80thousand dollars. Vicki a president ial hopeful heads to saturday night live. And a piece of movie history sells for thousands of dollars. Andy rose has that and more in todays hollywood minute. Vicki the back story is back. It returns this weekend with all new episodes. Well go behind the scenes to see what its like at kron four as we bring you the news. Heres a preview. Vicki this sunday night. Youll follow reporters as they cover breaking news of a wildfire in lake county. Thats tomorrow at 930. Right after sports night live. Vicki sports fans not happy with how their bay area teams performed this afternoon. Jr stone in to explain todays poor performance both from the raiders and the 49ers. Next. Vicki vicki and here with us right now jr stone hosting sports night live alongside bip roberts and mark carpenter. It was an ugly day for bay area sports. As both the 49ers and raiders went home tonight with a big l. J. R melos to talk about about the 30 niners