Residents are uniting to help the victims of hurricane maria. This morning an organization looking to help the people of puerto rico is holding a donation drive in oakland. Kron 4s Camila Bernal is live at the jamtown Basketball Center with more on how they plan to help. camila good morning marty, as we have reported, the people of puerto rico are suffering. Many lost their houses. They dont have water, food. Thats why a group of bay area Puerto Ricans formed a coalition called sf for pr. They plan to do as much as possible to send money and donations to the island. Many of these bay area residents have family members in puerto rico who have been directly affected by hurricane maria. Sf for pr is asking people to donate things such as bottled water, canned food, firstaid kits, blankets and more. Theyll be at jamtown from 11am until 4pmtheyre asking people to help as much as they can by bringing these donations. Reporting live in oakland Camila Bernal kron 4 news. marty thanks camila. W
Security guard is out of a job all because of a fight over a stolen backpack. It was all captured on cell phone video. This is cell phone video of a fight that has cost a Security Guard her job. It broke out on the third deck during last nights game between the as and the giants, the opener of the bay bridge series. You can see a female Security Guard wearing a black jacket who appears to be hitting a female fan and grabbing her hair. There also appears to be a second Security Guard involved in the fight at one point. Other guards step in. Witnesses told ktvu that the fans were rowdy and were heckling the Security Guard. At one point one of the guards came back and flipped off the crowd. A fan threw a beer at the guard. In another video you can see Police Officers responding. The Department Says the fight was over a backpack stolen from another Security Guard. It was later recovered with some items still missing. Ktvu has confirmed this Security Guard seen here was involved in the figh
Unseasonably warm to hot weather in our inland areas. We all pretty much agree its been a hot summer away from the bay. Today the triple digits will continue in the yellow highlighted areas. So its not all nine counties here in the bay area. Its pretty much away from the water and we have had no recovering overnight. Very little. Its still near 80 degrees at the top of mount diablo after realizing a High Temperature yesterday, 106 at the base of mount diablo. Heres sunrise right now over mount vaca. Boy, haze in the air, but it is not a spare the air day. Temperaturewise, anywhere from the 50s to the 60s after realizing 101 in livermore on tuesday. Its now 69 degrees. Going up to a High Temperature there today again, 101, 102, hottest locations will top off at 104 degrees towards the delta. Full forecast is coming up at 18 minutes after the hour. But right now, lets send it on over to michelle. This intense heat wave is forcing many in the bay area to find somewhere to cool off. And on
Flare gun to the face obviously quite dangerous. justine this attack happened in late june,but it took until now for police to get a sketch of the suspect, because the victim was in the hospital recovering from being shot with a flare gun in the face. There are two clues to the person who shot a man in the face with a flare gunthis just released sketch of the suspect, and the bike he left behind. Sot it was significant facial traumalt nick gartner with the Concord Police Department Tells me the victim. Had his upper lip almost blown off. And needed surgery. Nat carsalong the 680 interchange by willow pass road the victim spotted a man on a bike pointing a flare gun, like this one, at cars. So the victim stopped to check it out. Sot highly suspicious behavior for someone to be standing on the side of the road waving a flare gun who knows what the flare gun could be misinterpreted aspolice tell me the victim wanted to take a picture of the suspect. But before he could snap a shot the sus
4 as they hovered above stapleton. It hit the windshield. Reporter they spotted two construction workers down below. One of them shining a laser in his direction. For someone to be clowning around with a laser pointing putting us in harms way made me mad. Reporter pilot kelpie alexander describes losing his night vision as disorienting and dangerous. It multiplies in of laser beams that start illuminating the entire cockpit. It can last 20 seconds. Reporter laser sightings are not that uncommon. In addition to the stapleton scare, two other pilots reported lasers in centennial and greeley. One of them a commercial aircraft. Kenneth carol, the man identified as the suspect says he never meant any harm. Thank god nobody got hurt. It is not a toy. You should never point those things at aircraft. Reporter carol was release from custody and says he learned his lesson. It is still unclear if he will face any charges. Reporting live in broomfield, andrea flores, cbs4 news. Now to an update on