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KRON KRON 4 News At 8 May 1, 2017

justine this is video from a past may day. There are several other may day events in the bay area planned for monday. In San Francisco, people will protest outside of the ice office on sansome street at 8am. Plus, a rally is planned at 11am in Justin Herman plaza, followed by a march to civic center and in oakland, a rally will start at 3pm at fruitvale plaza. With a march at 4pm heading to san antonio park. Also, a few high schools have noted students will be walking out of class tomorrow. And marching down international boulevard. justine about 400 city workers in sunnyvale will strike tomorrow. On International Workers day. Most city offices will be closed. Union employees have not received a raise for over five years. In the last round of negotiations, the city offered a 10percent raise and 6thousand dollar bonus. Union leaders are asking for a 14percent raise. Critical Public Health and safety workers, including police, fire crews and garbage collectors will remain on duty through the strike. justine for a full list of may day events head to out website kron4. Com. You can also download the free kron four mobile app to alert you of any new information. jr stone breaking news it appears there wont be a federal government shutdown, at least for now. Top capitol hill negotiators have reached an agreement on a one trilliondollar plus spending bill that would fund the daytoday operations of virtually every federal agency until october first. The catchall spending bill would be the first major piece of bi partisan legislation to advance during president trumps presidency. The measure rejects white house proposals to cut popular programs such as Funding Medical Research and Community Development grants. It adds 15 billion dollars to strengthen the military. It also does not include money for a wall along the us mexico border. Police say a Half Moon Bay man accused of hitting a cyclist on highway one this weekend didnt just leave the scene of the crime but he also had the victims bike dragging under his car. Kron fours Spencer Blake reports from the stretch of the highway where the deadly crash happened. looklive this lane of northbound highway one was closed for a few hours saturday morning when First Responders learned about a man lying on the side of the road. pkg this cyclist saw some of the commotion going on. Traffic was slow actually right here south of where all this blue tubing is. They had it all blocked off. Paramedics say the man died there on the road. California Highway Patrol noticed several pieces of debris and other evidence that led them to believe the victim had been riding a bike, but niether the bike, nor the driver who hit him, were there. There was two or three Highway Patrol vehicles, and guys kneeling down measuring stuff, so i figured there was some kind of accident; i didnt know what it was. Chp officer art montiel says they eventually found out the bike the man had been riding, got dragged away lodged underneath an suv. Being hit by a car, thats sure a possibility. But hit and run, thats just this is such a nice, friendly little area. Soon, chp was able to trace the evidence to an address near the scene of the hitand run, close to furtado lane. They arrested Angel Gongora on suspicion of a deadly hit andrun. nats the highway, which is one lane in each direction to begin with, is particularly narrow at the spot of the collision. Its good, but its really hard to pass by up there because its really dangerous. Thats why this man wasnt the only one we found taking an alternate trail on the asafe side of the guardrail. The area may have been busier than normal, too, because it was a saturday. Weekends are definitely a lot more because a lot of nonHalf Moon Bay people come over here, so theres extra traffic because of that on this stretch of one. The lane is back open, and gongora is in the San Mateo County jail. In unincorporated Half Moon Bay, Spencer Blake, kron four news. justine tragedy for a family in the east bay. A toddler was killed after he was run over by a car in the parking lot at Shopping Center. This happened yesterday afternoon at the Shopping Center off decoto and alvaradoniles roads in union city. Police say the 23monthold boy darted away from his parents who were shopping in a store. And ran into the parking lot. That is when a slow moving car hit the boy. He became trapped underneath it. The driver is cooperating with the investigation. This appears to police to be a tragic accident. We now know the name of the man found dead on the oakland waterfront. Police have identified the victim as Kevin Mulholland of alameda. The 48yearolds body was found around eight friday morning beneath a pier near the embarcadero. It is unclear how mulholland ended up there. But officers say there were no obvious signs of foul play. An autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow. justine in los angeles. Police are investigating whether two suspects arrested for a carjacking are connected to a shooting rampage that killed one and injured three others. According to police a man and woman matching the description of the shooting suspects were taken into custody last night outside a motel in whittier. Authorities say the suspects opened fire while driving around in a vehicle. This was after a woman was attacked in the pico rivera area. One man was transfered to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. The victim of the carjacking was unharmed. jr stone in sonoma county. A preliminary magnitude 4. 0 earthquake woke up many residents this morning. It struck just after three a. M. Near the geysers geothermal steamfield. Viewers from petaluma, rohnert park, and sebastopol all contacted us saying they felt the quake. One viewer said it shook their home pretty good. No word on damage or injury resulting from this earthquake. jr stone and in southern california. A small earthquake has rattled an inland area about 55 miles east of los angeles. The u. S Geological Survey says the magnitude 3. 1 quake struck just before one p. M. Just south of san bernardino. There have been no reports of damage or injuries tonight. justine more hot weather on the way. jr stone turning to weather now, meteorologist Lawrence Karnow has our forecast. Lawrence karnow we made it two in a row today with sunshine and above normal temperatures. It finally feels like spring is here to stay but will that be the case . We are looking at mostly clear skies outside tonight with mild temperatures. The winds are a little stronger today especially near the coast. But the temperatures were still in the 70s and 80s and 60s at the coast. Its a beautiful evening with very mild temperatures in the valleys and breezy weather near the coast and bay. The hottest of the year are expected this week. Well let you know when we can expect the peak of the heat and when we might cool down in a few minutes. All the rain weve had is bringing with it a deadly problem at sea. Dozens of dead sharks are washing up ashore all around the bay area. Kron 4s Hermela Aregawi spoke with the experts about why this is happening. Hermela Aregawi marine experts suspect that there are hundreds of sharks in the bay area that are dead or dying because of toxic storm water run off. In the last six weeks, a Marine Foundation based in monterey tells me theyve gotten more calls than they can answer from people that are discovering these dead animals. Scientists are calling it the largest mass die off in the last decade. Just saturday alone a half a dozen dead sharks were discovered on alameda beach. Corinna chan alameda resident i have heard about it from a few of the neighbors here. I just live right around the corner here and i do walk around here everyday. It is unfortunate though that when we end up finding the sharks on the beach there is really nothing we can do at that point for them. Linda avery alameda resident that is amazing. That is scary and creepy to think theyre washing up all around. There is definitely a smell and i wonder if its partly dead sharks and other stuff. And its not just in alameda, dead sharks are washing up in redwood city and all along the peninsula. Scientist suespect its the toxins from storm water run off is whats killing them. Things like dust, oil and pesticides. Corinna chan alameda resident oh i just think its really sad after all this rain, we really needed, desperately needed to know that because of the run off the sharks are dying. Its very unfortunate. Linda avery alameda residentit makes me feel sad for the sharks and any wild life or crabs and all our natural habitat and all the pollution and problems i feel like we need the rain, but it really highlights how dirty and polluted things are experts also say its not just sharks that are dying in large numbers. Theyre also finding infected sting rays, halibut and various other marine and fresh water fish. Hermela Aregawi right now researchers at San Francisco state are studying some of these dead animals. To figure out what exactly is killing them. And what if anything can be done to prevent more marine life from dying in this way. Reporting in alameda, Hermela Aregawi, kron 4 news. justine in monterey. Four gray whale calves have been killed in the past week. And some whale watching tours had a front row seat. According marine biologists. The calves have been killed by orcas or killer whales. The biologists say a family of nine orcas are responsible. Orcas commonly feed on gray whale calves. Because the calves and their mothers are migrating to mexico a few weeks late this year. The killer whales are extra hungry. And the adult orcas might be been teaching their youngsters how to hunt. Coming up at eight. Deadly stroms rip through the south east. Well have more on the frantic search to find those still missing tonight. Plus a massive explosion caught on camera. How police say a wrong way driver is to blame. And delays at sfo to start the week. Why you should check your flight information if youre planning to fly out of sfo anytime soon. Well explain why. jr stone Police Say One person was killed in a crash on a busy ohio freeway. Ohio department of transportation cameras caught it all on camera in dayton ohio. An accident then the explosion. Officers believe the crash was caused by a wrong way driver. The driver of the car was confirmed dead in the crashwhile the truck driver has minor injuries. Police are investigating are trying to determine if drugs or alcohol played a role in the crash. jr stone people in martinez and Pleasant Hill were left without power this morning when a car collided with a power pole. It happened overnight on alhambra avenue near paso nogal road. Authorities say the collision knocked down the pole and electrical wire blocking all lanes of the road. According to police. The underage driver had fallen asleep at the wheel. He was not injured. Authorities do not believe drugs or alcohol were a factor in this crash. justine near the Beach Volleyball courts in santa cruz, police found a murder victim this morning. A 52yearold man was found on main beach. Police closed the popular volleyball courts to investigate. Police tell us he was not shot or stabbed. But had been in a fight with another man earlier. Officers say the victim and the suspect were both homeless. And had been camping on the beach. jr stone police are on the hunt for a man they say exposed himself to a group of people on the campus of stanford university. Officers say the man was outside of a car when he exposed himself. He then drove offthe car he was in is described as a newer white sedan. The man is described as being 3050 years old , about six feet tall, heavyset with short dark hair and a short beard. He was wearing glasses, a dark polo shrt and a dark tracksuit jacket. jrstone the San Francisco International Airport is still experiencing flight delays because of the repair work on one of the two main runways. This is a live look at sfo right now. 42 flights have been canceled. And nearly 500 have been delayed. The repair work is expected to be finished in early june. The last time this runway was paved was in 2008. The new runway will feature long lasting led lights and new ground markings. Airport officials advise travelers to regularly check with their airlines for flight information. Flight times should be back to normal tomorrow. justine turning to weather now, meteorologist Lawrence Karnow has our forecast. Lawrence karnow we made it two in a row today with sunshine and above normal temperatures. It finally feels like spring is here to stay but will that be the case . We are looking at mostly clear skies outside tonight with mild temperatures. The winds are a little stronger today especially near the coast. But the temperatures were still in the 70s and 80s and 60s at the coast. These temperatures are still running about 10 to 12 degrees above average for this time of year and its going to get hotter. You can see the huge dome of High Pressure now building over california. As it continues to strengthen, offshore winds will start to blow. That means as we head into the middle of the week it will be hot inland and even warm all the way to the coast. Highs at the beaches will be in the 70s. You can see the clouds staying away from the coast over the next several days with the offshore wind. I think well see the hottest temperatures so far this year with some places soaring into the 90s. Highs tomorrow will begin to warm with some places moving into the upper 80s inland with 70s returning to San Francisco. By tuesday i think we will see a few 90s showing up with 70s at the coast. The hottest day will likely be wednesday before a cooling sea breeze returns on thursday. A major drop in the temperatures is likely friday and into next weekend and we cant rule out the chance of rain. jrstone as the warm weather melts the snow in the Sierra Nevada. Forecasters expect at least one California River to hit flood stages this week. Forecasters expect the merced river in Yosemite National park to rise about a foot over its banks on wednesday. The wet winter brought a record amount of snow to the Sierra Nevada mountain range. The National Weather service says Northern California usually doesnt see temperatures this high until early july. Forcasters warn that rivers may run extra cold and extra fast. Coming up the latest season of the Netflix Series orange is the new black could start early thanks to hackers. Where you can reportedly see the unreleased episodes. Coming up brand new stop signs were installed on laurel street in san carlos. But the no u turn signs are oldim an attorney man im trying to figure out whats going on youre an attorney well im telling you wants going on should there be a getting adjusted period ill explore in the next edition of people be having badly jr stone there are thousands of Traffic Signals and stop signs in the bay area and the numbers are likely to increase. justine 2sh in san carlos, a shortage of stop signs led to a decision to put up more. jr stone but not all drivers are abiding by the news signs. One ran the stop sign yesterday and made a uturn cut in front of me that two tickets right there right uturn and going through the stop sign. I love the stop sign on every intersection i almost died on this street people like fly through think its great i was here on a stop sign and he had a stop sign it was my turn to turn left and the car just ent throughok here the deal on laurel street in the city of san carlos four stop signs have been installed. Onetwo at cherry and the other two at olive some people say adding a new stop sign is something drivers should be permitted to get use to after all it is new the stop signs have orange flags that are visible from a block away although one person thought they were pedestrian flags to assist in crossing nats ambiance the entire area also has no uturn signs; they are not new. And for the most part many of the drivers have adjusted to the change nats ambiance well, some have not because it wasnt tough to find drivers running the stop signs orange flags and all. Nats ambiance this driver not only ran the stop sign he made the illegal uturn all in one fell swoop but i have a feeling hell be back im an attorney man im trying to figure out whats going on youre an attorney well im telling you wants going on you made a uturn in a no you uturn zone and i video taped it, that pretty much cut and dry it appears he was so worried about getting a ticket he calls sheriff if im going to get a ticket, i would rather deal with it right now, i told you im from channel 4 not the police ok for the record last time i checked the police sont stand on corners with camera to record violations to mail to the driver because if they did all the illegal u turns and stop sign runners would be drowning in fines stupid people huh . sounds of laughter the fact remains when a new Traffic Control device ie a stop sin is installed there is often a 30 day grace period. However, if you blatantly run the stop sign you will get a ticket. So keep in mind that often new Traffic Signals are installed. Its up to you as a driver to pay attention. But there are no grace crash in san Carlos Stanley roberts kron 4 news if

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