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KRON KRON July 2, 2024

News station. This is. 11. Good evening, everybody. Thanks for being with us tonight on kron. 4 news at 11, im grant lotus and im noelle bellow. New details tonight about the moments before an offduty bay area pilot. Tried cutting the engines of a plane heading to San Francisco. Its a crazy story a lot of people are talking about in Court Documents now reveal Joseph Emerson. Who lives here in Pleasant Hill said he had taken magic mushrooms in the days leading up to the flight in question and that he hadnt slept in many hours. And today in court, he pleaded not guilty to 83 counts of seconddegree attempted murder. Kron fours amanda hari joins us in the newsroom with more on what could happen next in this case, amanda, a plea of insanity is off the table according to one lawyer because Joseph Emerson. Admitted to taking magic mushrooms before boarding the plane. Prosecutors say the offduty pilot tried to pull on the handles of the planes, Fire Suppression system while in flight. If he was successful, it would have cut off fuel to the planes engines. Tuesday afternoon, Alaska Airlines pilot 44 yearold Joseph Emerson of Pleasant Hill appeared Oregon State Court pleading not guilty to 83 counts of Second Degree attempted murder and one count of endangering an aircraft. Emerson attempted to cut the engines of the plane sunday night forcing the flight to make an Emergency Landing in portland. Jumped pilot. So exactly pilot to get a ride, trying track down the end their verdict. The landing foreman Court Documents say emerson told the 2 pilots he was not ok before you grab the Fire Suppression handles. The pilots grabbed his wrist to stop him. The documents go on to explain. Emerson said his best friend recently passed away and he was in a Mental Health crisis. He had not slept in over 40 hours consumed magic mushrooms. Approximately 48 hours prior voluntarily and justin alcohol drugs and that committee and the crime. Its not a defense. He also told officers he struggled with depression for 6 years. But defense attorney Michael Cardoza says he doesnt believe emerson will be able to use Mental Health as a defense as far and senate. Cant be used here. The fact that he voluntarily use the drug. Gates using this as a defense of the case. In addition to the state charges, emerson faces one federal charge of interfering with a flight crew. Cardoza says emerson may receive months or even years in federal prison. And there could be more legal battles to come. Sure theyre going to be civil lawsuits by anderson remains in a portland jail. His first appearance in federal court will likely be this week in the newsroom. Amanda hari kron, 4 thank and and we have more on this story on our website. Kron 4 dot com. You can scan the qr code on your screen to go right to our coverage. Tonight, were learning more about the 16 yearold boy who was shot and killed at a house party in oakley over the weekend. Authorities identifying him as kamarion tucker from brightwood. Police say tucker is one of 4 teens who were shot that night. The other victim survived. Still no word on a suspect tonight. In the east bay. A man shot multiple times by Antioch Police officers earlier this month is disputing Police Accounts that he pointed a gun at them. Kron fours philippe gaulle reports. About a newly surfaced video that may strengthen the defendants claim. Civil rights attorney melissa nold says her 30 yearold client daniel makin is considering a civil lawsuit in federal against the Antioch Police department. And the 4 officers who shot him on october. First cell phone video filmed by a bystander showing the shooting appears to counter Police Claims makin turned around and pointed a gun at the officers during a foot chase. I dont see anything in the video that aligns with the reason why theyre trying to justify the force on the morning of the shooting. Police say an Antioch Community Service Officer requested backup after spotting 2 cars parked on west 3rd street wanted in connection with the recent burglary in town. Police say mackin was asleep in one of them eventually determined to have been stolen. Officers. Thomas borg, dustin dibble. Sean mark is and Kyle Armstrong responded. Police say officer marcus looked into the vehicle and noticed a gun active police say when mac and woke up. He did not comply with commands and instead drove towards the officers. The cell phone video picks up the encounter with mac and running away from the vehicle and then being chased by the officers and canines. Police say the officers opened fire fearing for their lives because they allege he turned toward them. And pointed the gun listen, the noles says the video shows a different story. You can distinctly you still you. Now they do continue to shoot him after that. We dont know when you get after that. But i know leading up to the shooting. I dont see anything that would lawfully allowed them to shoot in the back 9 times. The Contra Costa County District Attorneys Office has charged makin with assault with a Deadly Weapon on a peace officer. Felon in possession of a firearm receiving a stolen vehicle and resisting arrest. He also had a warrant for his arrest for his alleged involvement in a homicide. Is your client say that he did any point turn around point the gun . You know, hes denied such allegations. The District Attorneys Office declined to comment on this case because it is ongoing. But a spokesperson acknowledges prosecutors have seen the cell phone video. Notclear if the das office was aware of the video before makin entered a not guilty plea at his arraignment last week. The Police Department spokesperson says the agency intense mo release the body camera video within 45 days of the incident. Philippe djegal all kron. 4 news. The city of allay has decided to continue to operate under a state of emergency for another 2 months. City Council Voting tonight. On the matter due to the citys Police Officer shortage, the state of emergency has been in place since july and it will stay in place for another 60 days since this summer. The citys been recruiting and also moving officers back onto the streets. They rotated special units, officers back out to patrol shifts. The Department Also collapse. The Traffic Division moving those officers back to patrolling. And detectives also rotate on patrol now as well. The deputy chief of police says the goal is 132 sworn officers right now. They stand at 76. We need need a Traffic Division. Traffic horrible here. But are we have so few officers they they can and they do a great job out there. Theyre stopping people arresting people. Im shocked with them and people that they have. But we need to get back to that. I think if we get close to 132 sworn, then we can start having those special teams again. The city is looking into using billboards in the near future to help in recruiting new officers. They say theyve been attending careers fairs at community colleges. This all comes as the vallejo Police Department is currently under supervision by the department of justice. Who wants to buy a meth san jose home busted as a meth lab is now for sale for more than 1. 5 Million Dollars surrounded by a chain link fence and warning signs the home in its current state cannot be lived. It the home will be transferred to a new buyer has is still contaminated with meth. Somebody will need to come in to help out. Pretty much the flooring, the sheet rock insulation, duct taping. So youre looking at about 2 to 300,000 to bring this back to where it needs to be. Or no. And i were saying maybe just level the place. A few days ago it was listed for 125,000. Less than what it is currently listed at. So theyre thinking higher and higher for this price tag. The former meth lab sits in a residential neighborhood close to a school and shopping mall. 6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, big place. Kron 4 reached out to the listing agent who is selling the property, but they were unavailable for comment online, though theyre very transparent about the condition of the house. Theres a road closure to look out for eastbound lanes of the dumbarton bridge are going to be closing overnight. Starting on halloween, caltrans repaving those lanes over 4 nights from 10 00pm to 07 00am each day the westbound direction will remain open throughout this project. Those heading to the east bay from the peninsula can instead take the san mateo bridge into hayward and those heading toward the bill peters and freeman areas from the south bay can instead take calaveras boulevard. My weather time here as we get a live look outside over. San francisco chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is here with a look at what tomorrow morning will hold. Yeah, its going to be a little cool in spots. I think early on tomorrow morning grant, were going to see a cooling trend really over the next few days. As a series of these weak cold fronts going to roll into the bay area outside right now, not bad. We do have a couple patches of fog outside. Otherwise mostly clear inland. I think as we take you through the night tonight, well see a few more clouds gathering coming our way. Numbers out the door right now. Down to 46 degrees in nevada. 50 now in santa rosa. 58 degrees in san jose. And 56 degrees in San Francisco. Heres that storm system that cold front i was telling you about most the energy up in the pacific northwest. But thats starting to fall further and further southward. Now is the drives into the bay area will see increasing clouds throughout the day tomorrow. Most the rain going remain up in the pacific northwest. But theres a slight chance we could see a few light showers north of the Golden Gate Bridge will have weather coming up in a few minutes. Lauren, thank you. A disappointing loss for warriors fans. Tonight. The team fell to the phoenix suns final score 108, to 104. Yeah. Those are down big but they roared back. Made it close in tonight. Fans were really excited to get. Back to worries. Base basketball chase entered a whole new season in kron 4, Sarah Stinson caught up with fans at thrive city and inside the arena. Warriors lost by 4 points. Fans disappointed and the team could have done better. But overall, people are hopeful for the rest of the season out little little bobby, but first game going a little bit. But we still got 100 plus games. So with the first game, it is wet is big enough on out there. Only a few diehard fans braved the cold watching game one at thrive city tuesday night. Dubnation filed into chase center, though when doors opened, fans went wild after steph currys first 3 pointer of the regular season. Season ticketholder say theres Something Special about Opening Night Opening Night. Hes like going to you know, and its its very exciting. Former warriors star kevin durant got a warm welcome from fans. This is the first time hes played at chase with fans watching last time was during covid when no one was allowed to watch in person. Its like when the exgirlfriend comes back into town, right, like, you know, there was a it was a good break. Everybody has this season. He had his season. What lawyers and i wish him the but not a championship. Fans say they were disappointed last season when the warriors didnt make it to the championship. But theyre feeling confident this year they will get another live readings right now. Going ask re they need. The 5th right is going to be our year. This is it. This is it. I feel playing next sure a lot of fans will be coming up from the bay area to sacramento. Friday night 7. Im sara stinson reporting in San Francisco. 4 all right. Thats it. But hes back there. Up next, huge sum. It is coming to San Francisco in a few weeks with local Business Owners and commuters will be dealing with in the big section of the city. That will be off limits. Plus the dmv shutting down crews automatic cars. The reason why next . And later in the show with Governor Newsom has learned and plans to bring back to california after day 2 back to california after day 2 of his trip to china. We made it bmo has arrived. Hello . You said it. Hello to more ways to save money, grow your wealth, grow your business. Just what we needed, another big bank. Not so fast. How many banks do you know that reward you for saving every month . Hes got a good point. Did i mention bmo has more feefree atms than the two largest us banks combined . Uh, bmo . Just beemo, actually. Quick question, will all this stuff fit in your car . should i get rid of the mug . Bmo a big setback for Driverless Cars in San Francisco today. The dmv suspended crews permits to operate its Autonomous Vehicles immediately. Dmv said crews cars are not safe for the publics operation. In a statement, cruz says the suspension is linked to the dam. These investigation into a collision back on october. 2nd were hit and run. Driver struck a woman in the area of market and 5th streets knocking her into the past of a cruise vehicle. The company says the vehicle detected a collision and came to a stop. But then tried to pull over to avoid further road safety issues pulling the woman forward about 20 feet. Todays suspension does not impact cruises permit for testing of the vehicles with a safety driver inside. So that will continue throughout the city. 21 countries will convene here in San Francisco soon for a pack. The Asia Pacific Economic cooperation leaders summit. Dubbed the super bowl of world economics, the apec summit will be held at the connie center in midnovember. The secret service is in charge of security because president biden, another high ranking World Leaders will be in attendance. Checkpoints will be set up during the summit limiting who gets through the perimeter. Lots of local Business Leaders tell us theyre nervous to see how these checkpoints will affect them. For instance, that up, cant get through and i dont have an employee. Well, that throws everything. I mean, that could be devastating that were already working with minimal employees. Another Restaurant Business right now. We dont we used to have. Today, mayor breed talked about some of the concerns people who live and work near miss kony havent. She said there will be another meeting tomorrow to address these concerns. Now, the apec summit also expected to cause some major headaches for commuting through the city. Red that you see here on this map from sfmta shows the streets that will be closed off to regular public only Conference Attendees and those who live or work inside of this zone will be allowed to enter following security screening procedures. Get an idea of what to expect. You can think back to the 2022. Warriors championship parade down market street. It did cause some stand still traffic. So you can expect the same here. Picture that for 6 consecutive days. These closures are already being dubbed karma. Get in. The Mayors Office says the to get around the summit. You can use alert sf the apec website or you can always call 3, 1, 1, for a little bit of all right. Good advice there is we look at coit tower, but really focus well south of us in the pacific. A storm has just grown into a massive hurricane. Yeah, Lawrence Karnow has a look at that. Hes been tracking it for whats going on . You gosh, remember last week we have part of ir de that got hit by a major hurricane now are looking now couple co this one even more dangerous. This is a stronger system rarely do they get the strong in the eastern pacific. But here we go. This is a cat 5 storm now begin to make a landfall in al kut poca. You can see the center of the storm really tightly wound. That is a very intense hurricane right now. Just about to move onshore, likely to come onshore overnight tonight. Now the strongest the Hurricane Force winds extend our about 30 miles around the center of that eye. And boy, it is looking like it is bearing right now. Now co co co and so theyre going to see major damage nolley from the winds. But from all of the rain, heres the very latest sustained know theres 165 miles an hour moving north northwest at 10 miles an hour. And then it slowly jogs onshore. Really doesnt move that far as we get into early tomorrow morning. So were going to be dumping a tremendous amount of rain. Some of the areas there, maybe 10, maybe 15 inches of rainfall from owners of moves on shore. Its going to be by tomorrow morning. The door. We couple patches of fog out there. Changes in the works. Those High Pressure kind of gets out of town. That ridge flatten out. Here comes that low that

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