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KRON KRON 4 News At 8 September 23, 2015

Away after plowing into a livermore gym. Killing an east bay woman. The horrific crash happened when an elderly driver mistook the gas pedal for the brake. And drove nearly 70feet into the building. Killing 49 year old katheryn baker. An executive who worked at Lawrence Livermore national laboratory. Grant pam the horrific crash happened at lifestyles rx gym this morning. Thats where we find kron 4s jr stone. He joins us live. Pam jr reporter pam it has been a very difficult day for many out community. This evening you can see the front of this gym and the plywood that has been put up. The woman who died was just 49 years old. Reporter kron 4s haaziqu madyun talked with her husband first earlier today. Reporter she was loved by not only the people that she worked for but the people that was loved and appreciated by everyone at work for her career she was a really Good Community leader and a good person. The last thing the remembered is hearing the door locked. And there she goes again, doing what she loved. Reporter that the baker did not having children creek she leaves behind her husband, her family and countless people who loved her. Reporter this is a live look of that jim this evening. In a sea the plywood that is still up this evening. Reporter this accident happened at actually an 80 year old woman who hit the wrong pedal and then went crashing people. Reporter after seeing this scene unfold this morning the talk online has been all about with those in Alameda County who tell me that seniors actually have a pretty good track record when it comes to driving. However, those that i talked with said that seniors shld talk with their own physician and ask them whether or not any of their conditions may affect their driving. They say mental acuity is just as important as physical acuity. Keeping your brain active mentaly with things like crossword puzzles can actually help you in driving situations as you grow older. There is actually a three hour free onetime class you can take here in alameda to help with this. Vision is responsible for 90 percent of your driving but in the issue in terms of the pedal and the brake the reaction time or good how to test your reaction time right in class. Reporter here in california you must with a vision test at 70 when you renew your license. Then you must take it again every five years. Live in livermore, j. R. Stone kron 4 news. Pam we first told you about the deadly crash in a pushto stay connected. Download our free mobile app to receive breaking news alerts and watch live newscasts. Pam continuing our coverage of the valley fire burning near clear lake, this wildfire started more than 10 days ago and has so far destroyed more than nineteen hundred structures and killed 3 people. Pam this afternoon, the Lake County Sheriffs Office also said that they are still searching for two men, Robert Fletcher and robert litchman, who have not been seen since before the fire started on september 12th. Pam kron 4s Charles Clifford is live for us tonight in middletown with details on the search. Charles. Reporter well, as people slowly start to make their way back into the burn zone and to their homes. Theyre still making sure that everyone who fled the fire is accounted for. Announcing, today that they were looking for two men who have not been seen since before this fire started. Reporter the twoman have not been seen since before the valley fire started on novemberon september 12th. Reporter detectives with the Sheriffs Department this search for what was left of his house, using to human remains detect of dogs. But nothing was found. He reporter was also seen waving from his driveway as his neighbors left the approaching flames. Reporter tuesday afternoon, and Police Officer was near his home. And they prepared to do a more detailed search for both jim and. Gentlemen. Reporter both areas remain close and probably will for some time. Charles clifford kron4. Pam thank you charles. Pam president obama has declared the valley fire a major disaster. The wildfire has burned more than 12hundred homes. Pam and is still threatening 3thousand. Three people have died in the fire. Pam which has scorched more thanit is now 79 percent contained. Pam most of those who lost their homes in the valley fire. Continue to live in tents at and lake counties. Pam less than a few hundred evacuees remain at the shelter at the napa county fairgrounds in calistoga. Which is set to close on thursday. Most people will head up to the twin pine casino and hotel in middletown. Evacuee juan padilla and his family has been living in a calistoga. Pam padilla isnt too concerned about what the future has in store for him. Now. He is focused on his family. Reporter are you worried . No not really. Pam eventually padilla plans to move his family to his other daughters home in cobb. Pam a 2million dollar emergency relief grant will go towards fixing road and infrastructure damage from the valley fire. Pam the federal highway grant today. The valley fire damaged pavement, signs, guardrails and other saftey features. Pam the money will come from federal relief funds. And will be given to cal trans. Pam a 11monthold baby boy is nearly 15 feet from an apartment complex in concord. It happened just after 4 oclock this afternoon along Frisbie Court near monument boulevard. Pam the child fell from the second story balcony. Investigators say the wooden railing on the balcony was poorly maintained. Pam they are looking into the gave way at the time of the incident. The child was airlifted to in stable condition. cheers applause pam grant . Grant pope francis has made history. Arriving to thunderous cheers from crowds waiting to greet him. Along with president obama. Grant tonight the head of the Catholic Church will spend his first night in the United States. Right now hes in washington dc the first stop of the historic trip. Welcome to the usa grant pope francis First Official trip to the us has begun. President obama and the first family along with Vice President biden and dr. Jill biden were on hand to greet pope francis the moment he set foot on us soil. Grant Catholic Schools across the dc area who greeted the pontiff with flowers. Pope francis left andrews or a pope mobile. But in a fiat. Grant the pope will have an official meeting with house tomorrow. Then on session of congress. Grant after that hell address the United Nations in new york, world meeting of families in philadelphia. During his trip to cuba pope francis got personal and sharing hugs. That may be curtailed a bit in the us. Grant this visit is considered a National Security special coordinating one of the largest Security Operations ever. the implied threat is significant. Nobody wants to on their watch. Grant the United States secret 50 agencies in a massive popes visit. Some Security Experts say its like protecting a super bowl, a Political Convention and a president ial inauguration all at the same time. Grant do you think you know the pope . The next 10 minutes. Grant we have a quiz to test your knowledge of the pontiff. The fake antitech signs fooling tourists in San Francisco have come down as we first brought you this story on the kron4 news at 8 last night. Pam the signs were spotted yesterday at alamo square. The official looking signage read no tech zone. No cell phones, tablets, lap tops or Smart Devices permitted. Violators subject to 3hundred dollar fine. Pam no one know who put up the phony signs. But we know who took them down. Since no other Agency Claimed responsibility, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency volunteered to remove them. Its intelligent enough to warn of danger from virtually anywhere. Its been smashed, dropped and driven. Its perceptive enough to detect other vehicles on the road. Its been shaken, rattled and pummeled. Its innovative enough to brake by itself, park itself and help you steer. Its been in the rain. The cold. And dragged through the mud. Introducing the allnew mercedesbenz gle. Its where brains meet brawn. [extracurricular activitiessands help provide a sense of identity and a path to success. Joining the soccer team. Getting help with math. Going to prom. I want to learn to swim. Its hard to feel normal. When you cant do the normal things. [announceto help, sleep train is collecting donations for the extra activities that for most kids are a normal part of growing up. Not everyone can be a foster parent. But anyone can help a foster child. Pam new at 8. Pam the battle over tech buses is brewing again. This time housing advocates say its a map that shows where the buses stop evictions go up. Pam so we sent our kron 4s Vicki Liviakis to one of the busiest tech bus stops in the city to check it out. Vicki, what are you seeing . Reporter pam, up until sunset we were seeing a whole lot of buses. Reporter im here at the corner of van ness and union in San Francisco. Reporter sure, its a busy strip of busier with the big tech buses picking up and dropping off. And for some local housing advocates it means more evictions. Reporter adding fuel to the already and anti eviction activists are blaming the tech buses for a multitude of city sins. Reporter suing San Francisco in order to get a full impact study. Sara shorrt of the Housing Rights Committee says the bus routes are a way to rout out tenants. Reporter theres a map that shows the bus stops, click and you can see which Tech Companies operate them. Shorrt says instead of the buses running thru neighborhoods, they want to see a transit depot. Reporter the city has not done enough to explore all of the components. Reporter supervisor jane kim says she supports tenants but also techies as the bad guys. Theyre citizens too who have to get to work. We do not want all of these workers rioting. The city cannot handle that congestion. However, we want to make sure that the buses are paying for the wear and tear on the road and their respectful of the neighborhood said they are operating in. Reporter back out here live. Reporter the board of supervisors oked an 18 Month Pilot Program for the tech buses. That was back in january of 2014. Right now the antieviction groups are pushing for a review before the buses rev up for another round. Reporter reporting live in San Francisco, Vicki Liviakis grant were always tracking neighborhood crime. And despite a couple arrests the public are dealing with yet another gold chain robbery grant early saturday night. This one on lexington street. The suspect grabs a gold chain right off a womans neck. And takes off. Grant witrnesses saw him running down contry drive. Then south on padeo padre parkway. The suspect is described as a black guy. 20 30 years old, 6 feet, medium build, wearing a gray hoodie. Grant smiths births police are arresting these two guys. Just a few days later. A couple of suspects off the street and the robbery still continue. Pam . Pam figure it out. Or prepare for court. Thats what a sunnyvale judge told two families suing the parents of an autistic boy. Lawsuit. The plantiffs say the boy was a nuisance in their south bay neighborhood. Pam the lawsuit says the boys parents are unable to control him, and they feel unsafe. Parents of the boy disagree saying he is always supervised, and the incidents were blown out of proportion. Pam both sides agreed to mediation, and it is expected to move forward this month. The family of the autistic boy no longer lives in the neighborhood. Pam a federal judge has mostly upheld a new ordinance in berkeley on monday. That requires cellphone sellers to warn customers about keeping cellphones too close to their bodies. Pam the us district judge rejected the wireless industrys request for a against the entire ordinance. Pam the City Ordinance requires cellphone retailers to tell customers. They could be exposed to radio frequency radiation at levels exceeding federal guidelines. Pam officials from the wireless confidence. That berkeleys ordinance will be struck down. Pam checking in with the weather it was a much cooler to stay. Diane will tell us what is expected for the rest of the week. Diane we are cooling things down in time for fall. Diane 644 antioch, 62 out in livermore and a handful of the upper 60s for east bay shoreline cities. Hayward, as 60 degrees mid 50s to upper 50s and partly cloudy skies tonight. Diane every other place, will become speed for the rest of the evening. Mostly cloudy conditions with temperatures pretty much in the 60s across the board. But in a clot, coastal breeze. Sunshine at noon. Diane this is what we are dealing with the cooling trend. And the first day of fall, tomorrow with the pacific west moisture. With low cloud and the Coastal Region making its way for that f o g. Will have Cool Temperatures without rain. You see is that off the coast of pushing off down to oakland, fremont and san leandro with those clouds. Diane clear skies for the north bay. I wish to view the 7 day forecast in just a few minutes. Diane 84 degrees pleasanton, it east bayshore lies in the upper 70s. And San Francisco peninsula will be cloudy skies with low 70 degree temperatures. Pam new ahead at 8. Pam Something Weird in the water . Why east bay neighbors may notice their water tastes and smells funny. Pam and after the break,. A papal pop quiz pam how many languages can pope francis speak . Test your knowledge of the holy see. Gary coming up later in this broadcast, is the old vs. Hudson and how more sports zito pam pope francis is one of the most recognizable people on the planet. But how much do you actuallyabout the holy father . Francis is visiting washington, dc, pam so our National Correspondent hit the National Mall to find out. Its the Pope Pope Francis yeah, thats the pope. Reporter almost everyone recognized the pope on my phone. Millions of people are expected right here in washington, dc also philly and new york to see the pope. Reporter but when it comes to his life how much do people really know . Lets take a pope quiz. Reporter do you happen to know his name before he was pope francis . No no, i dont. No. Jorge Mario Bergoglio reporter do you know where hes from originally . I think south america, but i dont know where. I think it was in south america south america argentina. Yes reporter do you know what job he had before he was even a priest . I dont. No oh, i did hear that yeah, i have no clue he cleaned a hosiery factory reporter how many languages do you think the pope would know . Id say three to four. I would guest maybe five. Probably somewhere in there. Is it right . Probably four three at least ten. Reporter he says five. You may know something i dont. I dont. Im buddhist. Grant san jose has a real problem with recycling. Thats according to the citys trash collector. Grant California Waste Solutions says that nearly 40percent of what families throw in the blue bin is food waste or other stuff that doesnt belong. Grant thats compared to oakland. Which has just a 6 percent contamination rate. Not only that. But a city audit found that recycling rates in the bay areas largest city are dropping. Grant now. If residents dont get it right. They may face a red bins. And possibly fines. Pam ahead at eight. Pam a new proposal to give bicyclists more freedom on the road. The change that could upset drivers. Pam plus. Pam the Action Congress must americans from losing food stamps pam and next. Pam levis stadium may be early. The new restrictiosn being considered for the stadium. Pam Assault Charges for three 49er fans. Wearing a vikings jersey after the seasons opening game. Pam Santa Clara Police say the man was left with a stadium brawl on september 14th. Pam eric martinez, julian arias, and felix chivara senior are charged with the crimes. Pam the fight was caught on camera and posted to various social media sites. In Southern California over the weekend. Pam a 49ers fan was beaten by fans of another team wearing blue jerseys. No charges were filed in that case. Reporter well, pam is apec meeting inside. People are waiting to address the city council about the safety issues at lee by stadium. One of the things her banning alcohol sales. Its up for discussion. Reporter this is a big part of tonights discussion. The police chief, says this is a serious issue that needs to be addressed. But, he is not underhe is not sure if cutting off all hostels during halftime is the answer. Reporter to the 60 65,000 people at each game and is onetenth of people that are acting out during the games. They are alcohol related. The new chief here tonight does have other it other ideas. I think that the searchers and so forth, the officers may need to confirm individuals that are under the influence woman walking around. And hold them accountable. Under the influence when walking on brown reporter this topic has a mixed reactions. , one thing we can agree on is set this is one issue that needs to be handled. Its just how would they go about it . Well have the latest at 11 00. Reporter one of the biggest controversies, this year as bicyclist who wrote through stop signs. Legislation was introduced today. Kron4 just bush is life as sap

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