responsible for all of them. (hermela aregawi)tongiht - a serial car arsonist is still on the loose in contra costa county.five cars have been set on fire this week alone.and police believe the same suspect may be responsible for several othersrobert marshall/contra costa fire marshall: we are not being specific about those commonalities and there s some information that we need to withold for the integrity of the investigation. but these fires all have somethings in common and because of that we believe either the same person or same group of people are responsible for the fires.two cars were set on fire this morning in brentwood.it is unusual. it is. and its a quiet community and its relatively save but you can t be too safe anywhere. it s shocking its terible.two other happened yesterday in walnut creek and lafayette.while the fifth happened earlier this week in martinez.yeah its kind of scary to know that someone could come by early in the morning or something like that a
of scary to know that someone could come by early in the morning or something like that and set my car on firefire officials says all the fires happened overnight.and are asking the public to keep some tips in mind for protection robert marshall/contra costa fire marshall: be aware of the surroundings. be aware of the things that are going on around them. and then you know if they see a person who doesn t belong in the area if they see a suspicious car, we asked them to go ahead and call 911.make sure that you don t have a bunch of combustilbles that are stacked up next to the house. make sure you get that stuff cleaned up.(hermela aregawi) fortunately no one has been injured in any of the incidents.officials ask that you call the arson tip line if you see something suspicious. that s 1866-50 arson.reporting in pleasant hill hermela aregawi, kron 4 news. ((steve))now to a developing story in the south bay. multiple parents have reached out to kron 4. telling us they had to pi
believe the same suspect may be responsible for several othersrobert marshall/contra costa fire marshall: we are not being specific about those commonalities and there s some information that we need to withold for the integrity of the investigation. but these fires all have somethings in common and because of that we believe either the same person or same group of people are responsible for the fires.two cars were set on fire this morning in brentwood.it is unusual. it is. and its a quiet community and its relatively save but you can t be too safe anywhere. it s shocking its terible.two other happened yesterday in walnut creek and lafayette.while the fifth happened earlier this week in martinez.yeah its kind of scary to know that someone could come by early in the morning or something like that and set my car on firefire officials says all the fires happened overnight.and are asking the public to keep some tips in mind for protection robert marshall/contra costa fire marshal
a slight chance of rain region-wide late monday into tuesday as another system approaches from the north. a warming trend is then expected late in the forecast period as a result of building high pressure. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. (james) breaking news this morning. two more car fires are reported in the east bay overnight. bringing the total to seven car fires this week. this comes as investigators say they believe it s the work of a serial arsonist. kron four s hermela aregawi has the details. the fire marshall tells me there have been more than 10 vehicles set on fire between those this week. and dating back to 2016. the fires have some things in common leading them to believe the same person or people are responsible for all of them. a serial car arsonist is still on the loose in contra costa county.five cars have been set on fire this week alone.and police believe the
just before two o clock in the afternoon. in alameda county, philippe djegal, kron four news. (grant) and tonight - we are learning more about the deputy. as kron four s terisa estacio reports, the sheriff talked about srouery khin. and how this tragedy is so painful. natural sound, alameda county sheriff greg ahern. . this is a tragic day for us and the family of srouey khin. alameda county sheriff greg ahern talking about the tragic loss of deputy srouey khin friday morning in a tragic collision. sheriff ahern, alameda co. sheriff. he just off ot - he is one of our hardest working employees. dedicated employee. he was just trying his best to earn some money for his wife and family. sheriff ahern says deputy khin had worked for several years here at the santa rita jail. he started his career with the sheriff s department back in 2007. sheriff ahern. he has four children. one of our units is with the family now, we have a chaplain and peer support. sherriff ahern says