Whoosh nat siren nat siren grant police on the peninsula step up traffic enforcement. Weve got an obvious problem here. Grant people caught behaving badly in a full hour of your choice for prime time news. Brittany breaking news at eight. Pam bart experiencing major equipment problems. Causing a major headache for evening commuters. These problems could linger commute. Impacting thousands of people. Pam good evening everyone, im pam moore. Pam the delays began this morning. And as of right now trains are single tracking between North Concord and the pittsburg bay point stations. Pam kron 4s jr stone joins us live from the North Concord station. With the very latest. Pam jr . Its so annoying and its just not rightyou go up in fares and theres just no Service Reporter outrage wednesday afternoon as hundreds of people packed into buses to get from the North Concord bart station to the pittsburg bay point station. This after an equipement problem. It sucks its a very long commute i work in San Francisco so its a very long commute for me so ya im very irritated so i hope they fix this. I hope they fix it. Reporter those with bart say that 25 cars were damaged by the equipment problem. They opted to shut down part of the pittsburg bay point line in hopes that affected. We cant have anymore train cars get damaged we are already extremely crowded and to lose another train car is not an option. Reporter two weeks ago 80 bart trains were damaged near the west oakland station. Those with bart say this appears to be the same problem in a different location. Riders tell us they dont care what went wrong. They want it fixed for good. Workin all day, get on bart, they dont say nothing on the loud speaker. Thats what they need to stop doing. Return to index of reporter those with vs one train is being used during the rush hour from here to the station at the bay appoint his burke stopped is not being used right now. It could be used tomorrow morning on the coming if, this changes or this is still the situation. J. R. Stone, kron 4 news. Pam principal in berkeley. Is warning parents about an attempted child abduction a few days after a man allegedly tried to lure a little girl into a van. Pam this comes just months after reported in the area. Tonight, kron fours Philippe Djegal is live outside malcolm x elementary school, where a Police Investigation is underway. Pam philippe. Reporter pam. Reporter weve spoken with parents shaken up by this. The incident allegedly happened monday morning. Reporter but the school didnt learn about it until yesterday. And, everyone is just grateful the girl got away. My thought immediately went to that little girl and how smart she was to just run to school. Reporter the principal of malcolm x elementary school, alexander hunt, wrote an e mail to parents wednesday. Letting them know about what a students says happened near the School Monday morning. Reporter on her walk to class, hunt says a green van pulled into a driveway in front of her. There were two men inside, and hunt says they told the girl to move ahead. Reporter seconds later, hunt says the jump out and started to follow her to school. In the email, at some point, hunt says the man reached out to the girl. Reporter but she ran away. Reporter hunt says the girl didnt immediately tell anyone at the school about this. A day later, hunt says she talked about it with her mom and thats when the mother got in touch with the school. Theres been a few incidents in the past few months and we need to tell our kids that they need to let a parent or adult know right away so that the cops can get involved, so hopefully these incidents dont happen again. Reporter this incident mirrors five others reported last september and october. When children reported a man in a green van attempted to lure them over. The Berkeley Unified School district is encouraging students to walk in pairs. If anyone every tries to grab you and pull you into a van you have to run away and scream for help. Reporter this case was discussed at a pta meeting here at the school tonight. The Police Department also says it is taking the allegations very seriously. Live in berkeley, Philippe Djegal, kron four news. Pam also new at 8. Pam a special guest at an east bay high school. Is causing an uproar from parents. Pam former 49er ray mcdonald, who will stand trial for on Domestic Violence charges, spoke with at risk students in an Assembly Last month. Pam kron 4s alecia reid joins school, where parents did not find out about his appearance until after it happened. Alecia. Reporter parents are not happy about this this pam. Reporter they complained to district that this is already a poor performing school, and using ray mcdonald as a mentor, was a bad idea. All we can do is apologize to the parents, and set a policy in place reporter a policy that shouldve already been in place Tennyson High School has a drop out Prevention Program where guest speakers motivate students that are atrisk for not graduating. Luis renoso says with nearly 70 of the School District failing, someone with a questionable background shouldnt be used as a mentor to these students. Talk about respect and restraint yet if you look at his lifestyle it doesnt show either reporter both the 49ers and the Chicago Bears dropped ray mcdonald after a number of runins with the law dealing with Domestic Violence and rape. Volunteers that take part in the Schools Program are normally vetted through a background check. Yet renoso says mcdonald bypassed all that before talking to hundreds of students at an assembly. Im just disappointed at the whole leadership. Here we condone violence reporter parents are riled up about this appearance. But students were excited about the visit. Eduardo lopez whos currently a quarterback on the varsity football team, and some of his friends sat in that assembly. None of them had any idea about mcdonalds current legal troubles but say they were inspired by his visit. How he went through the hood and everything and how he made it to success i learned that i go through hard times too but i gotta keep my head on and do what i gotta do to get to my goal. Return to index of reporter we reached out to the School District and havent heard back, but they did send this letter to parents saying reporter that ray mcdonald has not been convicted of a crime, but it may have been inappropriate to have him as a guest speaker, although he was here to share a positive message. Reporter in the meantime there has been an internal review to determine what protocols were followed when bringing him in. Reporting live in hayward. Pam we have alluded to the controversy that surrounds ray mcdonald. And we are not just talking about one brush with the law. Pam grant lodes is here with a quick breakdown. Grant its the pattern of run ins with the police thats most alarming for parents and administrators upset about his appearance. In august of 2014. Mcdonald was arrested for Domestic Violence. Police say he was physical with his then fiance at their san jose home. Grant mcdonald was ultimately not charged in that incident. In december of 2014. A woman who was partying at mcdonalds san jose house says he sexually assaulted her. Grant that investigation is ongoing. The niners released mcdonald that month. The bears signed him in march. And in may of last year. He was arrested for Domestic Violence, child endangerment, and violating a restraining order. Grant police say he was at A Santa Clara home where his former fiance lives. Mcdonald was arrested again for Domestic Violence. As well as child endnagerment. After that arrest. The bears released him. But grant i think the issue here is that he is set to go to court for one of these cases. Pam good point. Grant. Pam in berkeley, police are investigating two shootings that occurred within 14 hours. The first was on tuesday and the second came early this morning. In all, three people have been hospitalized with gunshot wounds and one person is in custody. Pam kron 4s Charles Clifford is live for us tonight in berkeley with the latest on the investigation and reaction from neighbors. Charles. Reporter wednesday afternoon, the berkeley Police Department arrested a suspect in the Tuesday Morning shooting of a 28 yearold man near san pablo avenue and delaware street. That suspect had apparently surrendered to police peacefully just after noon on wednesday. Siting the ongoing investigation, any further details about the suspect. The victim in that case was hospitalized tuesday with life threatening injuries. Reporter it was the first of two shootings within 48 hours in around 1am wednesday near the ashby bart station where police found two victims. A man and a woman. Suffering from gunshot wounds. Reporter they were taken to a hospital and at last check were listed in critical condition. So far investigators have not identified any suspects in that case. Reporter at this point, police say that the two attacks do not appear to be random, gang related or connected in any way. You bring the banks but again, we do now have anything to indicate that either of these bart gang related. Or unrelated issues. Well, i do think it is alarming. Reporter the news that three people had been shot in less than 2 days came as a surprise to many people in berkeley, a city that usually avoid the problems of some of its larger neighbors. Reporter berkeley pd also took time on wednesday to assure the public that these shooting are not the beginning of a trend. For this year, we had nine shootings and all of last year we had a single homicide and none this year. I say, berkeley is still a safe place to live. Reporter and berkeley, Charles Clifford kron 4 news. Pam there is a growing concern for drivers along interstate 80. In the richmond pinole area. As c hp is investigating another shooting. Pam this recent shooting is the latest in a string of gun related incidents dating back to last year. The latest incident happened yesterday. Around 530 during the evening rush hour commute. Pam the victim says, she saw a hispanic male. Point a gun at her. And then fired the weapon several times into the air. Investigators do not believe this incident is connected to the previous freeway shootings. Pam the victim of yesterdays incident says, the shooter was in the backseat of a green toyota. Police are asking anyone with information to come forward. It is a little bit different. The other unique thing is that the victims state and reported to law enforcement. Pam there have been more than a half dozen shootings on a relatively short stretch of interstate 80 in recent months. Pam grant lodes is here to show us where the incidents have happened. Grant it is alarming. Grant now eight shootings. Since interstate 80. From pinole to berkeley. With the majority of them between richmond and pinole. Grant investigators have said the previous shootings appear to be targeted. And gang releated. The chp saying last nights shooting. Was more random. And the gun was shot into the air. Rather than into another car grant pam . Pam we are tracking bart and delays. The problems the system is experiencing and whether they will linger into the morning. Plus, a parking meters to change in San Francisco and how people are reacting to the new plan. And, at east bay public up to an intruder in their home that is still at large. Brittany hour to purchase will keep climbing until tomorrow and i will let you know when that changes. I will go over all the details next pet moments are beautiful, unless you have allergies. Then your eyes may see it differently. Only flonase is approved to relieve both itchy, watery eyes and congestion. No other nasal allergy spray can say that. When we breathe in allergens our bodies react by over producing six key inflammatory substances that cause our symptoms. Most allergy pills only control one substance. Flonase controls six. And six is greater than one. Complete allergy relief or incomplete. Let your eyes decide. Flonase. 61 changes everything. Pam happening now. Pam thousands of bart commuters. Wondering how tomorrow morings commute will be. In light of the problems this evening. Pam grant lodes is here with the latest on tonights big story. Grant the lines have been painfully long for much of a trackside equipment problem is expected to cause systemwide delays this afternoon and tonight with the most significant impacts to sfo line. Grant Train Service has been suspended between North Concord martinez and pittsburg bay point stations Service Suspension will partners have contributed buses to a bus bridge that is connecting the two stations, bart passengers using the bus bridge should anticipate crowded buses and additional travel time. Grant passengers on the pittsburg bay point to sfo line are encouraged, if possible, to avoid rush hour trains by either leaving trains on this line will be shorter and less frequent than full service. Pam what is free now. Might cost you in the very near future. We are talking about parking past 6 at night in San Francisco. Pam kron 4s Justine Waldman found out why this could happen. And what people think of this new plan. Justine when every nickel and dime counts. The thought of paying more to park in San Francisco is not getting rave reviews. Not a great idea. Justine people might need to save their change parking meter enforcement could soon extend past 6pm. Sot i like the 6 rule i know i can come get a spot and then have dinner without having to pay the meter justine here is what happened. This week the sfmta voted to drop some towing fees in the city. From close to 500 to about 380, starting april 1st. And now the mta needs to make up about a 10million dollar budget shortfall. Justine the idea of making people pay to park in the evenings could be a way to get back the money. Sot it is a bad idea in areas where sf live and are running around trying to get things done. Mark justine the longer hours at the meter could just be for busy, commercial district. But the mta is looking at several plans now. Justine the owner of curbside restaurant on california and fillmore. Worries this will could cost him business. Sot people always love to come out and eat and not pay to park so why should they pay for it justine we wont know if youll have to feed the meter past 6. And how much later at night until this summer. In San FranciscoJustine Waldman kron 4 news. Return pam an east bay couple got quite the scare the other morning. When they woke up to find a stranger in their home. It happened on paseo padre parkway in fremont. Pam the couple says, they heard the Kitchen Cabinet being slammed. Around 2 am. They say the suspect seemed startled when they called out to him. And he ran. Pam detectives say, the man stole money from a desk drawer. They are looking for Surveillance Video of the incident. Pam brittany with the weather brittany plazas 10 has killed close to 70 degrees and antioch. San jose bart into the activities already in daly city and half moon bay. Brittany 75 degrees in livermore. Brittany really a beautiful and comfortable date expected. On thursday the warmest day and by friday. We will start to see clouds moving through and that is because of bay area of low pressure that is catching up to get was a chance of rain showers on sunday and by monday. It will break down all the details of the forecast in just a minute. Pam . Pam tonight, the father of sierra lamar and is talking about what is ahead now. Gabe coming up one from 4 news i will talk to you about what is getting the most buzz at tonights show is all about Virtual Reality coming up gary we talk about the knicks and the Warrior Spirit they are in action as we speak. Gary brett will tell you who will be the new coach we return when laquinta. Com sends craig wilson a ready for you alert the second his room is ready, ya know what he becomes . Great proposal lets talk more over golf. Great. How about over tennis . Even better. A game changer the ready for you alert, only at lq. Com. Pam and men of accused of fatally shooting six people in michigan between striking passages per school board is suing the company for 10 million. Uber pam jason dalton filed a hand written complaint against the Ridesharing Company say his is present because of the Company Creek police said dalton told investigators after the february brett paid in kalamazoo that a devil figure on the oil were application was controlling him. Boldin faces 16 criminal charges including six counts of murder. Uber pam Stanley Roberts is tracking down on people behind the wheel. That is later in this broadcast. male announcer this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. Pam lee continue to track the system that is causing bart delays. These images courtesy up by helicopter partner should abc seven. Jeff bush is live he helped on a border trying to see how pecked it was because of delays. Jeff . Reporter best check some video and you can see there was a big rush of people getting off of North Concord train station. The trains were packed and all evening long. Passengers made their way on the train cars headed for the east bay. There was an uncomfortable ride for everyone using bart this afternoon. Crews will be working on t