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Doors when the train pulled into coliseum stationsotthat bart conductor knew about this observed it, saw them beating on the train and still opened the doors and allowed them accesssotthey have taken millions of dollars in homelands security money, if they cant prevent an attack on individuals how can they prevent terrorism . 141 prevent terrorism vicki and breaking news out of the south bay. A verdict has been reached. In the case against the man accused of murdering sierra lamar. Sierra went missing in 2012. Her body has never been found but 26 year old Antolin Garciatorres is charged with her murder. During the trial. The defense argued this is a missing persons or runaway case. The prosecution says lamars dna was found on a pair of work gloves and rope in garciatorress trunk. Sierras clothes were also recovered in a field. They had garciatorres dna on them as well. If convicted, he faces the Death Penalty or life in prison. The verdict will be announced tomorrow morning. We will bring it to you live on the kron four news morning show. vicki police are working to identify a body that was recovered from the Feather River in live oak. It is the same area where police were searching for aly yeoman just one month ago. Police found yeomans truck and cell phone shortly after she went missing. The 20yearold was last seen at a friends house in yuba city. Investigators searched that home but police say they did not find anything suspicious. The Sutter County Sheriffs Office says they are still working to determine if the body is connected to aly yeomans disappearance. grant another big story we are following. Tonight the head of the Coroners Office in marin county, was in court today facing charges he sexually assaulted a young girl. The case against the well known Law Enforcement official has stunned his colleagues and the comminuty. Kron fours Terisa Estacio has details, and including what his family is saying about the charges. Terisa Estacio reporting 46 year old Darrell Alan Harris shown here has been with the marin county Coroners Office for nearly 15 years but right now, harris behind bars charged with committing lewds with a minor as well as Sexual Battery. Dori ahana, chief Deputy District Attorney marin county. Yes, these are serious charges. On monday, harris was in court. No cameras were allowed. Harris sat quietly with his attorney and did not enter a pleas. His wife and son were inside during the proceedings. estacio, reporter can you talk to us . About what happened . Is your father guilty of this . his wife cried in court as her husband made his first appearance on the sexual molestation charges. estacio reporting, mamm, can you talk to us about this silence. This is marin county chief Deputy District Attorney. Dori ahana, chief Deputy District Attorney marin co. He is charged with Sexual Assault relating to a minor. I wil not go into further detail about the victim, she is known as jane doe. She has a right to confidentiality. When asked whether there could be other victims ahana. I believe it was stated in court there is a protective order for one person, jane doe. Harris also, a part time commericial photographer became chief deputy coroner in marin in 2015 sources tell kron four news he is in charge of crime scene investigations. He started with the county in 2003. The current case against him dates back more than 10 years ago the criminal complaint states the Crimes Involving a minor girl started in may of 2008 to 2011. Then another charge when the female victim was older those crimes reportedly taking place in 2011 to 2013. The Marin County Sheriffs Department issued this statement, we are deeply saddened and troubled by mr. Harriss arrest. We will be initiating an interview review in this matter. Our thoughts are with the victim during this troubling time. This is harris attorney. Doughlas horngard, harris attorney. I have not seen any reports, but i have spoken to a lot of people in the system. Mr. Harris is well known at the civic center. The unanimous rection is shock and no one believes this to be true. Standup estacio Darrel Harris is being held on 750 thousand dollar bail. He remains in custody here at the marin county jail. He will be back in court in two weeks when he is expected to enter a plea. His atroney tells kron four news he is attempting to get his bail reduced to return home to his family. vicki this morning two people died in a plane crash near lake berryessa. 55yearold jon karkow was the pilot and 41yearold cagri sever was the passenger when the plane crashed. Both are employees of icon aircraft operated out of vacaville. The crash happened just after 9am between pleasure cove marina and markley cove resort. Officials have not yet figured out why the singleengine icon a5 crashed. When paramedics arrived at the scene they found that both people in the plane were dead. The crash site is inaccessible by vehicle so Emergency Personnel are getting to the site by boat. The crash is under investigation. A man who is accused of shooting a Police Officer to death during a traffic stop has been ordered to stand trial. 22yearold mark estrada of oakland has been charged in connection with the 2015 murder of sgt. Scott lunger. Officials say lunger had pulled estrada over in hayward because he was driving erratically. Thats when police say he pulled out a gun. And shot officer lunger. Estrada could face the Death Penalty if convicted. He will return to court may 19th. When a trial date is expected to be set. grant two oakland gang members have been sentenced to life in prison for killing a 66yearold woman who had filmed them commiting a crime. 25yearold stephon lee and 24yearold mario floyd were sentenced for the 2013 killing of judy salamon. Police say lee fatally shot her after confronting her about the video. Police believe floyd then took salamons phone after lee shot her. The suspects had been convicted by a jury in september of last year but the sentencing had been delayed so the court could investigate potential juror misconduct. vicki no one was hurt but some in the congregation of a south bay church say they are fearful after someone deliberately set fire to their church early sunday. As kron fours rob fladeboe reports now from san jose, this was the latest in a recentstring of suspicious fires in the same part of town. This steel cross is all that remains of a large storage shed that was destroyed, along withpart of a rear staircase and a hallway when flames erupted shortly after midnight sunday at the rear of the church here on minnesota avenue in east willow glen. Lina naumann sunday School Teacher i am worried about my kids, my sunday school kids, i want them to be safe, i dont want them to see this. I want them to be able to come here and learn about the heavenly father. Not yet made public, a Church Official says a Security Camera captured images of a lone individual breaking into the property and starting the fire, which was reported by a neighbor. Firefighters stopped the flames short of damaging the nearby chapel but that storage shedcontained equipment, paint and all of the tools belonging to church handyman bernard elia. Bernard elia church handyman and that is important to me because i take my food from those tools, but right now i have no tools and that means no no work, no nothing. Church official Alex Alexander says there is no evidence this was a hate crime. He says the church received no threats and says the church is on very good terms with the neighborhood. Extra security will be in place nonetheless Going Forward as the congregation is saddened and fearful over what happened. Lina naumann sunday School Teacher they are very sad, very concerned, some are afraid and have expressed fear because they want to feel safe when theycome here. grant a man in custody in san juaquin county for a Sexual Assault crime has been identified as the suspect in a Castro Valley homicide case. The Alameda County Sheriffs Office say luckie dacaney recently confessed to the brutal murder of 59yearold andrea st. John, whose burned body was found in her Castro Valley home on grove way back in december. Sheriff greg ahern Alameda County we are very glad to announce that charges have been filed against Luckie Dacany and the charges were filed with the District Attorney for the homicide, arson as well as torture. We believe the suspect went to the residence late in the evening to commit a burglary, steal some items out of the garage and was confronted by the victim and at that time he killed her and then burned the resident in the structure at that time to hide the evidence investigators say in addition to confessing to killing andrea st. John. Video evidence also helped confirm the suspects identity. St. John was a widow, mother and grandmother. vicki preventing future assaults. Still ahead on kron four news. Well tell you how Stanford University is looking to improve safety on campus. grant then, former acting attorney general sally yates testifying before senators. Over the Ongoing Investigation between the Trump Administration and russia. Well have the latest from capitol hill. vicki but first, the Golden State Warriors are looking to sweep the utah jazz tonight. Sports director gary radich joins us on set with a preview. brittney im chief meteorologist Brittney Shipp, ill have your full bay area forecast after the break. [ birds chirping ] [ inhales, exhales ] [ announcer ] cigarettes are not just dangerous when theyre smoked. [ rat squeaking ] theyre dangerous long after. Cigarette butts are toxic. They release chemicals that poison our water. And harm wildlife. And millions. Are polluting our environment. [ sniffing ] [ seagulls squawking ] grant time now to talk some nba playoffs and warriors fans might be able to break out the brooms again. vicki the dubs. Can sweep utah out of the postseason. And advance to the western conference finals for the 3rdyear in a row. grant for more warriors talk, we turn to kron4 sports director gary radnich, who joins us in studio. Gary . Tipoff in salt lake is about 45minutes away. And if the warriors win tonight, well see if steve kerr returns for the next round. Warriors about one away away from wrapping up rounbd two of the nba playoffs under the direction of interim coachmike brown. Big news from over the weekend. As we learned that kerr underwent a procedure to relieve the spinal fluid thats been causing him so much pain. General manager bob myers said it happened last week friday at duke university. Well wait and see if this alleviates kerrs symptoms. In the meantime, mike brown will remain acting head coach. With a look at game 4, we turn to mark carpenter. The last time the warriors were in a closeout situation. They practically dismantled the trailblazers within minutes. Dropping a franchise record 45points in the first quarter. Tonight golden state looking to repeat that amazing start. And silence the jazz for good. At some point, we just want to wear them down to the point where we get a lot of momentum on our side, take the crowd out of it and just finish the job off. It does just make that start much more important. Its really easy to relax. You can just talk about different scenarios that have happened throughout the course of the nba, tell the guys that utah is not gonna quit and hopefully, well come out and take heed to it and play the right way. And if the warriors finish off utah. What awaits is, the sports most valuable commodity other than wins. Rest. Theyll have at least a fiveday break before the next round, but mike brown is making sure to not look ahead. We keep it simple offensively, control our turnovers, so we can win the possession game and then we are locked in defensively for as close to 48 minutes as possible, with our scoring power we feel like we can beat anybody, so were preaching that more than hey lets go get a win to get rest. Through this undefeated postseason run, you may have noticed this correlation as the warriors keep winning, steph currys beard grows fuller. But the mvp revealed. Hes not shaving because of superstition, he has orders from his better half. My wife likes it, so happy wife, happy life. And so far, happy fans. Mark carpenter, kron4 news. anchor time now to check on our weather. With chief meterologist Brittney Shipp. High pressure building over the region will result in a warming trend into tuesday. Temperatures trend cooler on wednesday as the ridge breaks down and onshore flow increases ahead of our next approaching system. Much cooler and breezy conditions return regionwide late in the week with a slight chance of showers across the north bay on thursday. Temperatures below seasonal averages and mainly dry conditions will then extend into the upcoming weekend. grant you may remember, the recent winter storms, had a recent winter remember, the you may grant grant you may remember, the recent winter storms, had a crippling effect on highway 37 in novato. Flooding forced crews to shutdown the highway several different times. And it took days. S. Everal days. Before it could reopen. Its estimated that it will cost 11 andahalf Million Dollars to make repairs on the road that would prevent future flooding. And now city leaders are considering different ways to get that money and get it fast. One idea thats gaining a lot of traction is adding tollways to highway 37. That way the city can generate enough money to fix the flood prone section of highway 37. Right now its just an idea no word when a decision will be made. vicki there will be continued flaring at the Valero Benicia refinery this week while crews work to restore operations at the facility. Valero has advised the city that it is switching the flaring from the south flare to the north flare. This will allow crews time to fully inspect the south flare. It all started with a power outage at the refinery friday morning that led to flaring which released massive plumes of thick black smoke into the air, prompting an evacuation in the area. There is no word on how much longer the flaring will continue. grant still ahead. Texas takes a controversial step when it comes to sanctuary cities. The new law that was just signed by the governor. vicki and next, we are learning new details about the death of a penn state student found dead at a fraternity party. Why his family says his death could have been prevented. More people than ever are making the move to nissan. Because of rogue, the best selling suv in america. Titan, with americas best truck warranty. And the most advanced safety features on altima and other best selling models. Thats why were americas fastestgrowing auto brand. Get 0 financing for up to 72 months on 11 models. grant were following yet another attack on the Stanford University campus. Over the weekend we told you about an attempted burglary at a freshman dorm. Prior to that police investigated a Sexual Battery case and an indecent exposure case. The most recent attack happened just before one a. M. Sunday on the east side of campus. Police say the suspect was being escorted out of a party at a campus party, when he punched the victim. The suspect then ran away. The victim had minor injuries. The suspect was last seen wearing a red and White Cleveland cavaliers jersey. grant a stanford students long fight to make a popular shortcut safer. Is finally paying off. Its known as the scary path, and its an unpaved and unlit dirt trail between fraternities near where stanford swimmer brock turner assaulted an unconcious victim. After the project is complete it will be called the knoll path. Construction to pave and light the path will begin next week. Officials say they will also construct a blue light emergency call box along the path. vicki eighteen Fraternity Members at penn state are accused in the hazing death of a pledge who reportedly fell down a flight of stairs while heavily intoxicated. grant Catherine Heenan is here with new details of what happened in the february incident. Including what the attorney for the victims family is now saying. catherine the attorney is one of the people who say 19yearold Timothy Piazza did not have to die. That the fraternity knew he was hurt did nothing to help then tried to cover it up. Prosecutors say Surveillance Video inside the fraternity caught caught some of the last minutes of piazzas life. 8 of the 18 Fraternity Members are charged with Involuntary Manslaughter after the sophomore was left lying at the bottom of the basement stairs for hours after falling. Cameras had earlier recorded piazza trying unsuccessfully to open the frontdoor, then staggering toward the basement steps. He was eventually carried upstairs the video shows his limp body unresponsive. It wasnt until he was found cold and bloody the next morning thatsomeone finally called 911. Piazza died the next day. Tom klineattorney for Piazza Family they realized that they, not tim, that they could be in trouble and so they they did everything humanly possible to preserve themselves. Selfpreservation set in. They cleaned the house. They scrubbed their social media. And while they pushed away any Good Samaritan that tried to help them call 911. It is outrageous and grotesque. Court documents say house members put a weighted backpack on piazza so he wouldnt choke onhis own vomit. But otherwise ignored the fact he was badly hurt. One Fraternity Member says he argued that someone should call 911 but he wastold he was overreacting, and then pushed against a wall. The fraternity has been permanently banned from penn states campus. 10 of the defendants are being arraigned this week. The others were in court last friday. Grant and vicki . grant former acting attorney general sally yates grilled on capitol hill. This over the relationship between the Trump Administration and russia. Well have the latest from washington next. vicki and next, we have just learned that theres been a verdict reached in the sierra lamar murder trial. Well have a live report next. I no longer live with the uncertainties of hep c. Wondering, what if . I let go of all those feelings. Because i am cured with harvoni. Harvoni is a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. Its been prescribed to more than a quarter million people. And is proven to cure up to 99 of patients who have had no prior treatment with 12 weeks. Certain patients can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. Before starting harvoni, your doctor will test to see if youve ever had hepatitis b, which may flare up and cause serious liver problems during and after harvoni treatment. Tell your doctor if youve ever had hepatitis b, a liver transplant, other liver or kidney problems, hiv or any other medical conditions and about all the medicines you take including herbal supplements. Taking amiodarone with harvoni can cause a serious slowing of your heart rate. Common side effects of harvoni include tiredness, headache and weakness. Ready to let go of hep c . Ask your hep c specialist about harvoni. grant we are following breaking news at 5 30. It has been 5years since the disappearance of sierra lamar and now we have a verdict against the man who is charged with her murder. vicki kron fours rob fladeboe has been following this trial since it began. He joins us live now from san jose with when we will learn the verdict against Antolin Garciatorres. Rob . I had two in torres. Rob . Antolin garcia torres. Rob . I had two in person meetings and one phone call with the white house about mr flynn vicki former acting attorney general sally yates says she repeatedly warned Trump Officials about Michael Flynn. She says she told them that the newly named National Security adviser was a not only a liar. But a potential blackmail target for russian intelligence, vicki tonight we know more about the numerous red flags raised over general flynns contacts with the russian ambassadors. And the danger of russias attempts to influence the election. grant Catherine Heenan is here to sum up the days testimony. catherine the message from sally yates russia is actively trying to undermine american democracy. And President Trumps former National Security adviser was himself a security risk. The underlying conduct that general flynn had engaged in was problematic in and of itself. This is yatess first public appearance since she was fired four months ago for refusing to enforce President Trumps travel ban. She testified she raised the alarm after government surveillance caught flynn meeting with russias ambassador. And flynn later lied about the subject of their talks. She says the initial white house response was so what . Essentially, why does it matter to doj if one white house official lies to another white house official . She says she told them flynn had put himself in a dangerous position. The russians also knew that general flynn had misled the Vice President and others and that created a compromise situation, a situation where the National Security adviser essentially could be blackmailed by the russians. Former National Intelligence director James Clapper also testified. The Intelligence Community assessment concluded first, that president putin directed an influence campaign to erode the faith and confidence of the American People in our president ial election process. Second, that he did so to demean secretary clinton and third, that he sought to advantage mr. Trump. Appearing on c n n, bay area congressman Eric Swalwell said he has seen evidence of collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia. Theres a pattern here, john, on the classified and unclassified side of deep personal, political and financial ties that donald trump and people in his family, in his businesses, and on his campaign had with a foreign adversary in russia that converged at the same time that russia was interfering with our campaign. Catherine Flynn was fired a few days after yates warning to the white house. Hes offered to testify. But only if hes given immunity from prosecution. And congress hasnt agreed to that. Grant . grant a controversial sanctuary cities bill is now law in texas. This is Facebook Live video of Governor Greg Abbott signing the bill. It essentially bans sanctuary cities from the lone star state. And would penalize local governments and Law Enforcement that dont comply with immigration laws and detention requests. The governor of texas says the measure, which goes into effect september first, gets dangerous criminals off the street. sot this law imposes penalties up to 25thousand Dollars Per Day and it can lead to jail time and removal from office for any official who refuses to comply with the ban on sanctuary cities. The governor says the key policies of the new bill are constitutional. But critics say the new law encourages racial profiling and threatens the jobs of lawmakers and Law Enforcement who do not comply. Today a federal Appeals Court heard arguments about President Trumps revised travel ban. Protests took place outside the courthouse today. The court is working to decide whether its constitutional to suspend new visas for people from six muslim majority countries. An attorney challenging the ban says trumps antimuslim rhetoric is evidence that the policy was motivated by hostility. A judge says the case hinges on whether the Court Considers trumps statements or focuses solely on the text of the executive order, which is religiously neutral. grant still ahead chp asking for your help locating an auto burglary suspect who crashed into a fire hydrant before running away. vicki but first, former president obama is speaking for the first time about the efforts to repeal the Affordable Care act. Hear what hes asking congress to do. grant stock indexes are finishing little changed on wall street as losses in materials and Health Care Companies held back gains in energy and other parts of the market. The dow edging up 5 points. The nasdaq. Adding nearly 2. And the s p added a fraction of a point. , 8drw grant a call to action from former president barack obama. He made brief remarks while accepting the 2017 john f. Kennedy profile in courage award in massachusetts. Obama called on members of congress to oppose the repeal of the Affordable Care act. He urged lawmakers to show some courage, no matter how difficult that may be. I hope they understand that courage means not simply doing what is politically expedient, but doing what they believe, deep in their hearts, is right. And this kind of courage is required from all of us. The former president also said courage was needed in todays political climate, which he says is full of discord. His comments were the first since house lawmakers voted thursday to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act. vicki over 200thousand people under the age of 20 have diabetes. According to a new study published in the new england journal of medicine. Researchers are finding that those numbers are rising. Diabetes cases have increased by nearly seven percent from 2002 to 2012. They also found that race and gender play a factor in developing the disease. As of now, researchers are examining factors that may increase the risk of developing diabetes while young. In addition to ways to prevent and treat the condition. grant still ahead. We are just minutes away from tipoff as the warriors look to sweep the utah jazz. Well have a live report from Salt Lake City after the break. Theres a break in a murder case that shocked an east bay neighborhood. Steve aveson is in the newsroom with what we are working on for kron 4 news at six. steve grant it was a brutal murder in Castro Valley. Last december some broke into the home of 59 yearold andrea saint john. When she confronted the burglar he killed her. And then set her home on fire to cover up the murder. Now a man already in custody in san juaquin county for Sexual Assault has been identified as the suspect in the murder of saint john. Tonight well hear from the Alameda County sheriff about the evidence that lead them to the arrest. Well have that story and much more on kron 4 news at six. Grant now back to you. vicki turning back to our warriors coverage now. Tipoff is just moments away. For game four between the Golden State Warriors and utah jazz. grant the warriors looking to complete the sweep tonight. To advance to the western conference finals. Wes ruff from our partners in Salt Lake City is standing by now live with more on tonights match up. anchor time now to check on our weather. With chief meterologist Brittney Shipp. High pressure building over the region will result in a warming trend into tuesday. Temperatures trend cooler on wednesday as the ridge breaks down and onshore flow increases ahead of our next approaching system. Much cooler and breezy conditions return regionwide late in the week with a slight chance of showers across the north bay on thursday. Temperatures below seasonal averages and mainly dry conditions will then extend into the upcoming weekend. vicki take a look at this video. Chp is asking for your help identifying this man. The suspect stole a car in half moon bay. He led police to a short pursuit. Before crashing into a water hydrant. The driver fled the scene on foot. The officer following the suspect wanted to make sure no one was trapped inside the car. grant up next. Mtv goes where no other award show has gone before. We go out to hollywood with more on this story next. vicki last nights mtv movie and tv awards was a shower of girl power. grant the insiders michael yo joins us from hollywood with more on this story. yo yeah. Emphasis on shower from emma watson to Stranger Things star Millie Bobbie brown. The ladies ruled the night while the rest of us were just trying to stay dry. Its hailing at the mtv movie awards. pull up we gotta get everyone in the garagerain and hailthe mtv movie and tv awards red carpet ended abruptly after a hollywood hail storm shut it down their taking everyone to the garage because its lighteningemma watson beauty and the beast the award show breaking down barriers. For the first time presenting gender nuetral categories. Best actor in a movie went to emma watson the first acting in history that doesnt seperate actors based on sexand the best kiss went to that moonlight smooch this award is is for that for us to step out of the box and make change for people to wake upand this is us star chrissy metz while presenting best duo to hugh jackman and his logan pint size costar must have gotten some flack for this red hot latex dress. After her appearance, metz fired off this tweet. Starts to cry. Show of the year Stranger Things and its leading lady 13 year old Millie Bobbie brown tearfully accepted the award for best actor in a show millie cryingi wanna thank my family Paige Charlie Ava you guys give me light everyday and i love you guys yo well have so much more on this story tonight at 7 on the insider, for kron 4 news, im michael yo back to you vicki that wraps up kron 4 news at 5. granti steve aveson and pam moore are here with kron 4 news at six. pam grant and vicki thank you. After 13 weeks and more than 2 days of deliberations. There is a verdict in the sierra lamar murder trial. Tonight. When we will learn the verdict. And what legal experts say will happen next. steve and a wild scene as a massive brawl erupts during breakfast at dennys. Well tell you what lead up to the fight. Kron 4 news at six is next. Youre going to be hanging out in here. So if you need anything, text me. Do you play . Use the chase mobile app to send money in just a tap, to friends at more banks then ever before. You got next . Chase. Helping you master whats now and whats next. The verdict is in. After more than five years since sierra lamar disappeared. A jury has come to a decision in her murder trial. It is going to be read first thing in the morning. Good evening. Im steve aveson. pam and im pam moore. After months of testimony. It took the jury two days to wrap up its deliberations. We will finally know whether or not Antolin Garcia torres did it. Or. If the lack of body will result in a not guilty verdict. Kron 4s rob fladeboe has been following this story since it started back in 2012. He brings us up to date. Rob. pam pam when the verdict is read, we will bring it to you on kron 4 news morning news. If you are away from the television. Another way to get updates is through the kron four mobile app. We send out push alerts about breaking news. Just make sure you enable them. The app is free for apple and android devices. steve on cam the suspect in the Castro Valley murder case is currently in custody for an unrelated crime. pam on cam earlier today, kron4s Haaziq Madyun was at the Alameda County Sheriffs Office. When the announcement was made that a suspect has been charged 36yearold Luckie Dacany, currenlty in custody for a Sexual Assault crime in san juaquin county, has confessed to the brutal murder of andrea st. John. Alameda county sheriff greg ahernback in december 2016 the victim, 59 yearold andrea st. John was in her home on grove way in Castro Valley when investigators say dacany allegedly brokeinsheriff greg ahern Alameda County we believe the suspect went to the residence late in the evening to commit a burglary, steal some items out of the garage and was confronted by the victim and at that time he killed her and then burned the resident in the structure at that time to hide the evidence the announcement of a suspect being in custody and charged for her murder is welcome news for folks in this quiet Castro Valley neighborhoodthe violent incident prompted some neighbors to be more vigilant in terms of looking out for each othersheriff ahern says there appears to be no prior connection between the suspect and the victim ajudicated. Then he will be brought to Alameda County where he is facing a murder charge with enhancements which would make him eligible for the Death Penalty in this case. At the Alameda County sheriffs headquarters in dublin. Haaziq madyun kron4news steve one person is dead tonight and two others injured following a shooting in fairfield. Police say, they received calls at about 430 this morning. When they arrived at the scene on crowley lane. Officers found three victims. There is no word on arrests or suspects and the identities of the victims has not been released. We know the two victims that survived the shooting remain hospitalized tonight. The extent of their injuries are not clear. pam the head of the Coroners Office in marin county, in court today facing charges that he sexually assaulted a young girl. This is Darrell Alan Harris. The 46 year old did not enter a plea. He is currently facing several counts, some dating back to may of 2008. In a criminal complaint, filed by the marin county District Attorneys office, it claims, harris molested a minor girl back in 2008, and then when she was older as well. Harris works as the top coroner investigating crime scenes. He has been with the county since 2003. His wife and son were in court today and his Attorney Says, everyone is in a state of disbelief about the charges. steve this morning two people died in a plane crash near lake berryessa. 55yearold jon karkow was the pilot and 41yearold cagri sever was the passenger when the plane crashed. Both are employees of icon aircraft operated out of vacaville. The crash happened just after 9am between pleasure cove marina and markley cove resort. Officials have not yet figured out why the singleengine icon a5 crashed. When paramedics arrived at the scene they found that both people in the plane were dead. The crash site is inaccessible by vehicle so Emergency Personnel are getting to the site by boat. The crash is under investigation. pam a civil lawsuit is in the works against bart. Following that robbery and attack where a mob of juveniles boarded a train last month at oaklands coliseum station. steve a family of three has taken the first step by filing Million Dollar claims against the Transit Agency alleging negligence. Kron 4s dan kerman is live for us tonight at bart headquarters with more. Legal claim for bart mob attack 0508176pkgthis man and his family have filed Million Dollar claims against bart alleging the Transit Agency did nothing to prevent the april 22 mob attack and robbery at the coliseum bart station. Sotthe community has got to rise up and make them provide basic safetyrusty stapp, his wife and their 18 year old daughter were just returning from San Francisco after celebrating his daughters birthday when the mob began pounding on the dublin bound train as it pulled into coliseum station. Sot rusty stapp, bart mob attack victim 2737the conductor on our car could have seen the mob there. If someone is beating on a train that is a warning sign. He could have not opened the door, he could have held the train and ask for the police to investigate. But the doors were opened. And stapp says he was the first attacked, sot i was beaten on the head arms and i was kicked in the ribs , i had a lot of contusions and my ribs are still sore and in fact i was back at the hospital since. He syas the emotional scars have stayed with him as wellsoti go tbakc to the feeling of helpless ness and the inability for me to protect my family in a sitiation like thatstapps Attorney Says bart must answer for its lack of security at fare gates, and the misteps by bart personel once the mob jumped those gates and headed for the platformsot paul justi stapp family attorney 129137they had a duty to ensure the safety of the passengers and they failed to do that and it reached the level of gross negligence a live look outside right now. A nice start to the work week. pam lets get our first look at the weather with chief meteorologist Brittney Shipp. High pressure building over the region will result in a warming trend into tuesday. Temperatures trend cooler on wednesday as the ridge breaks down and onshore flow increases ahead of our next approaching system. Much cooler and breezy conditions return regionwide late in the week with a slight chance of showers across the north bay on thursday. Temperatures below seasonal averages and mainly dry conditions will then extend into the upcoming weekend. pam at one point he was serving time for the killing of intern chandra levy. Why the prime suspect in that case has been deported. steve and take a look at this. A brawl erupts inside a dennys restaurant. The outcome that will leave you shaking your head. pam and is an arsonist on the loose. The Bay Area Community thats on alert after some suspicious fires. More people than ever are making the move to nissan. Because of rogue, the best selling suv in america. Titan, with americas best truck warranty. And the most advanced safety features on altima and other best selling models. Thats why were americas fastestgrowing auto brand. Get 0 financing for up to 72 months on 11 models. pam 2shot arson investigators are looking for clues in connection with five suspicious fires in the same part of town. Over the past week in san jose. steve as kron fours rob fladeboe reports now, the latest fire broke out at the Assyrian Church of the east in willow glen. This steel cross is all that remains of a large storage shed that was destroyed, along withpart of a rear staircase and a hallway when flames erupted shortly after midnight sunday at the rear of the church here on minnesota avenue in east willow glen. Lina naumann sunday School Teacher i am worried about my kids, my sunday school kids, i want them to be safe, i dont want them to see this. I want them to be able to come here and learn about the heavenly father. Not yet made public, a Church Official says a Security Camera captured images of a lone individual breaking into the property and starting the fire, which was reported by a neighbor. Firefighters stopped the flames short of damaging the nearby chapel but that storage shedcontained equipment, paint and all of the tools belonging to church handyman bernard elia. Bernard elia church handyman and that is important to me because i take my food from those tools, but right now i have no tools and that means no no work, no nothing. Church official Alex Alexander says there is no evidence this was a hate crime. He says the church received no threats and says the church is on very good terms with the neighborhood. Extra security will be in place nonetheless Going Forward as the congregation is saddened and fearful over what happened. Lina naumann sunday School Teacher they are very sad, very concerned, some are afraid and have expressed fear because they want to feel safe when theycome here. Rob fladeboe san jose other than the fact that all are suspicious, so far there is no apparent connection between thisfire and the the other four that occurred in this part of town last week. Three were trash fires and in another case, two vehicles were set on fire outside a garage. In san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news pam a man once convicted of killing chandra levy. Has been deported. Ingmar guandique has been sent to el salvador. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say, he is a known gang member. His conviction was overturned. After a jailhouse informants testimony came into question. Levys murder remains unsolved. She grew up in modesto. Her case grabbed national headlines, after california congressman gary condit revealed. He had had an affair with her. Levy was an intern at the time. Her body was found at washington dc park. Immigration is back in the headlines as texas becomes the first state since President Trumps election to ban sanctuary cities. And as Catherine Heenan reports. There has already been an unusual legal move to try to keep the ban in place. catherine texas has taken the unusual step of preemptively suing to stop lawsuits from challenging its new sanctuary cities ban. That federal lawsuit filed today. This is Facebook Live video of the Texas Governor signing the bill last night. He says the measure which goes into effect september first gets dangerous criminals off the street. It essentially bans sanctuary cities from the state. And would let Police Officers ask people about their immigration status during routine traffic stops. Supporters argue its constitutional and vital to security of the states borderwith mexico. But among those upset with the bill the police chief of san antonio. Governor gregg abbott texas has now banned sanctuary cities in the lone star state. Chief William Mcmanussan Antonio police my concern over all of this is what it will have on the community. Even though the bill doesnt stipulate that we are required to ask, just the mere fact that an officer out there may ask or the folks understand that the officers can ask, might ask then i think that installs a level of fear in the community which is what we didnt want to happen to begin with. The lawsuit filed by texas today targets immigrant Rights Groups and local officialswho are likely to challenge the law. As for the Mexican Government it expressed regret today. Arguing that the law could step on the rights of its citizens who want to live just across the border. Steve and pam . Lets take a look outside right now for the Current Conditions in the bay area. pam chief meteorologist Brittney Shipp joins us now with the forecast. High pressure building over the region will result in a warming trend into tuesday. Temperatures trend cooler on wednesday as the ridge breaks down and onshore flow increases ahead of our next approaching system. Much cooler and breezy conditions return regionwide late in the week with a slight chance of showers across the north bay on thursday. Temperatures below seasonal averages and mainly dry conditions will then extend into the upcoming weekend. steve we have some incredible video of a fight that broke out inside a dennys restaurant. pam the pictures leave you scratching your head. As well as the outcome. Because many wonder how it is no one got in trouble for what happened. Grant lodes is here with the story. grant we will set the table for you. This happened over the weekend in suburb of albany, new york. It just after four in the morning and all hell breaks loose. You can see people arguing. And things just spiraled from there. It is not clear what sparked this incident it gets worse. Much worse. People start throwing punches. You hear cussing in the background. With a couple of women at the center of it. You then see tables get knocked over. Plates shatter. And it just keeps going. The person shooting this video. Does nothing to stop the fight and even poses briefly for a selfie. Seeming to revel in the mayhem, and that is only one part of this story. Not a single ambulance was called. No one was arrested or ticketed. Hard to figure that part of the story out. The internet certainly taken notice. The guy who filmed the fight put it on facebook. And is has been viewed over 3million times. Thats on top of the tens of thousands of shares. Dennys has yet to comment on the fight. Pam and steve. pam a story of survival. What a 10yearold girl tried to do. After an alligator grabbed her by the leg. And how she fought back. steve and sally yates tells all. Her revealing testimony on the russian involvement in the 2016 election and her warnings about a now fired adviser to president donald trump. ,. Im Spencer Blake in vellajo where a middle schoolers mother says an incident went beyond bullying. To assault. Coming up at 8 on kron four news, see some of the video thats being passed around the school. [ birds chirping ] [ inhales, exhales ] [ announcer ] cigarettes are not just dangerous when theyre smoked. [ rat squeaking ] theyre dangerous long after. Cigarette butts are toxic. They release chemicals that poison our water. And harm wildlife. And millions. Are polluting our environment. [ sniffing ] [ seagulls squawking ] the Energy Conscious whopeople among usle . Say small actions can add up to something. Humongous. A little thing here. A little thing there. Starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. Who are all these caretakers, advocates too . Turns out, its californians its me and its you. Dont stop now, its easy to add to the routine. Join Energy Upgrade california and do your thing. A little girl is doing well. After being bitten by an alligator sunday in orange county, florida. Catherine heenan is here with details on how the 10 yearold reacted to the attack. catherine it happened when julianna ossa was swimming in a florida lake yesterday. And seemingly out of nowhere a 9foot alligator took hold of her leg. She stayed clear headed enough to fight back. Saying she tried to pry the alligators mouth open. And poked it in the nostril. Her family says shes out of the hospital and Walking Around today after getting stitches. Whatever she did. Some experts are surprised this didnt end with far more serious injuries. And when julianna got of the water there were plenty of people around to help her. First responders radio shes completely alert. The caller is advising the childs leg was bitten. Its still attached. Rangers are with her. Matt suedmeyer orange co. Parks and recreation got the child out of the water real quick. Grabbed the child, notified everybody to get out of the water, while the lifeguards were blowing the whistles. It was just a joint effort by the patrons. The alligator was captured and euthanized soon after the attack. The little girl says shed heard about what to do if ever attacked because of a visit to gator land. One report says that over roughly 70 years, there have been 388 alligator incidentsin florida 24 of them fatal. Steve and pam . steve united is on the defense again. How it is responding to putting a passenger on a plane to San Francisco. Instead of paris, france. pam we have obtanined the caltrans repair list for all the roads ravaged by the weather. The most expensive one is in the bay area. We will tell you how much it is going to cost. steve and it might the most anticipated testimony yet. Sally yates goes before a Senate Committee looking into russian meddling. The warning she gave to the white house. Where the National Security adviser essentially could be blackmailed by the russians. Steve Sally Yates testifies about her conversations with the white house over fired National Security adviser, Michael Flynn and her warnings. steve the former acting attorney general sally yates also faced questions from senators today in capitol hill over the Ongoing Investigation into the relationship between the Trump Administration and russia. pam they also asked her about the first travel ban executive order from President Trump that led to her dismissal. But as elwyn lopez, with our partners at c nn tells us. The focus was squarely on flynn. Sally yates, former acting attorney general the underlying conduct that general flynn had engaged in was problematic in and of itself its the longawaited testimony of former acting attorney general sally yates before a senate hearing, and the main topic at hand is russia. Sally yates, former acting attorney general russia will continue to develop capabilities to use against the united states, and we need to be ready to meet those threats. Yates warned the Trump White House about thenNational Security adviser Michael Flynn sally yates, former acting attorney general the russians also knew that general flynn had misled the Vice President and others not only did we believe that the russians knew this, but that they likely had proof of this information. And that created a compromise situation, a situation where the National Security adviser essentially could be blackmailed by the russians. And now, Obama Administration officials tell cnn then president obama warned the incoming president against hiring flynn due to his alleged ties with russia. Flynn stepped down on febuary 13. Sean spicer, White House Press secretary if president obama was truly concerned about general flynn, why didnt he suspend general flynns security clearance they had just reapproved months earlier . This is yatess first public appearance since she was fired four months ago for refusing to enforce President Trumps travel ban. In a tweet just hours before her testimony, trump demanded the senate to ask yates quote under oath, if she knows how classified information got into the newspapers soon after she explained it to w. H. Counsel. In washington, im elwyn lopez. steve United Airlines is saying sorry. Again. This time to a french woman traveling from new jersey who wound up on a plane to San Francisco. Instead of paris. Lucie bahetoukilae. Who only speaks french. Was scheduled to fly from newark to paris. But ended up at sfo after boarding a plane at the gate that corresponded with her ticket. United Airlines Says staffers made a lastminute gate change that bahetoukilae missed. But seated her anyway. She eventually made it to paris after an 11hour layover in San Francisco and 28 hours of travel. United says it apologized for this quote unacceptable experience and that its working to prevent it from happening again. This man and his family have filed Million Dollar claims against bart alleging the Transit Agency did nothing to prevent the april 22 mob attack and robbery at the coliseum bart station. Rusty stapp, his wife and their 18 year old daughter were just returning from San Francisco after celebrating his daughters birthday when the mob began pounding on the dublin bound train as it pulled into coliseum station. Attorney says bart must answer for its lack of security at fare gates, and the misteps by bart personel once the mob jumped those gates and headed for the platform dan kerman kron4 news. The chief coroner for marin county in custody facing charges he molested a young girl over a long period of time. This case dates back to 2008. That is when prosecutors alleged Darrel Alan Harris shown here started sexually assaulting a girl then later when she was older. Harris was arrested recently in eureka. And brought back to town. He is now in jail facing 750 thosuand dollar bail. He did not enter a plea monday but will be back in court next week. His Attorney Says everyone is in disbelief about the charges. And no one including his family believes theya re true. Chief meteorologist Brittney Shipp joins us now. High pressure building over the region will result in a warming trend into tuesday. Temperatures trend cooler on wednesday as the ridge breaks down and onshore flow increases ahead of our next approaching system. Much cooler and breezy conditions return regionwide late in the week with a slight chance of showers across the north bay on thursday. Temperatures below seasonal averages and mainly dry conditions will then extend into the upcoming weekend. pam we know it is going to cost caltrans hundreds of millions of dollars to fix all the damage from the winter storms. Tonight. The most expensive project in the bay area. And the price tag. Youre going to be hanging out in here. So if you need anything, text me. Do you play . Use the chase mobile app to send money in just a tap, to friends at more banks then ever before. You got next . Chase. Helping you master whats now and whats next. We are getting a price tag tonight on some of the road repairs in the bay area. One in the south bay is going to cost an estimated 37 Million Dollars. Highway 35 washed out in the Santa Cruz Mountains back in february the entire roadway. Gone. Caltrans says, it will need to build a retaining wall, among other things, to get the road repaired and back open. When we looked at the entire list from caltrans. This was the most expensive fix on the to do list from this winters storms. In sports. We will update you on how the warriors are doing as they try to close out the jazz. And buster posey and the giants find some power in new york city. Gary has the highlights. And all the sports. Coming up warriors trying to close out the jazz four straight. Right now. The giants in queens, new york at citi field for First Time Since winning that epic wild card game last season3rd batter of the gamehunter pence takes jason degrom deep and out to rightcenter field 20 giants pence 3rd home run bottom 5th 21 giantst. J. Rivera deep down the left field line off matt moore and off the wall degrom scores 22 tietop 6th 22 tiebuster posey solo home run off degrom 32 giants posey 3rd home run recently the bay area sports hall of fame inducted its class of 2017 as the bashof sponsor kron profiled the inductees including former giants 3rd baseman matt williams. A 5time allstar and world series champion. This bay area sports hall of fame moment is brought to you by toyota. Lets go places. I would rather spend time on the baseball field than anything else. Williams found himself in the giants farm system as the 3rdoverall pick. Not too long after that. Welcome to the big leagues in 1994, he led the league with 43home runs. And was on pace to make a run at roger maris single season record until a strike cut the year short. Over a 17year career, he appeared in 5all star games and collected four silver slugger awards. But the individual achievement hes proudest of four gold gloves. The gold glove award is the most prestigious for me. The reason for that is its voted on by the opposing coaches and managers. So you know if you win one, you have the respect of your opposition. After being traded by the giants in 1996, he played in two fall classics one with the indians and then, with the diamondbacks in 2001. When he finally won it all. Now, hes a bay area sports hall of famer this bay area sports hall of fame moment has been brought to you by toyota. Lets go places. The as opening up a threegame set with the angels tonight. And they can expect to face mike trout in this series. The twotime mvp and centerfielder is expected back in the lineup tomorrow. After missing the last two games because of a hamstring injury. Trout currently leads the American League in batting average. And has 21rbis this season. Speaking of the as, first baseman Yonder Alonso is your American League player of the week. Over the last six games, hes been raking. Leading the al with 5 home runs, 10 rbi, and he was also number one in slugging percentage. This is alonsos first career player of the week award. And the first once for the as since khris davis won the honor last september. In case the whole baseball thing doesnt work out, tim tebow has a gig to fall back on. Tebow has signed a contract extension to remain at espn as a College Football analyst. The Heisman Trophy winner will reportedly be working on the sec network. And other espn outlets. Espn says the new deal wont be affecting his minorleague baseball contract. As he is playing with the mets singlea affiliate. Lonzo ball came out with his 500 sneakers last week now he is rapping under his zo2 name to a remix of drakes free smoke guy named dc the don yesterday its not the first time ball has rapped he did so for slam magazine as his father him onhe also likes to freestyle with his younger brothers follow him to play hoops at ucla steve a big order for facebook. What one country is telling the social network it needs to erase completely from the internet. Who are these people . The Energy Conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something. Humongous. A little thing here. A little thing there. Starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. Who are all these caretakers, advocates too . Turns out, its californians its me and its you. Dont stop now, its easy to add to the routine. Join Energy Upgrade california and do your thing. Orders facebook to delete hate speech postings worldwide. steve if the social media website doesnt take down these post down, it will face lawsuits under austrian law. Legislators across europe are trying to force social Media Companies to stop online trolling. This case was brought up by austrias green party. After their leader was insulted. Facebook hasnt comment on the ruling. But in the past ceo, Mark Zuckerberg has said hate speech has no place on his site last weather and goodbye final look at the weather with chief meteorologist Brittney Shipp. A full hour of Entertainment News is on the way. At 7 00 its the insider, followed by entertainment tonight at 730. 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