Got told its not gonna happen today whoosh the disease that is sweeping College Campuses nationwide. And what you can do to protect yourself. Whoosh that giant cleanup problem on the beach near daly city. What they re doing with the carcass of a blue whale youre watching kron four news in prime time. Now at 8. A pair of thieves. Storm into a mall store armed with a knife and gun. It happened at a popular peninsula shopping center. Thank you for joining us. Im pam moore. And im steve aveson. The Armed Robbery happened over the weekend at the hillsdale mall in san mateo. Thats where we find kron4 s charles clifford. Hes joins us live from the mall tonight. And charles what were the thieves after . Reporter according to the San Mateo Police department a man and a woman resembling these sketches tried to rob a retail store inside the hillsdale mall this past saturday around 630 in the evening. The suspects apparently forced an employee into a back room at gun and knife point. The suspects then asked then where the safe was, but according to police the store didnt have a safe. When they the suspects learned this they fled the store without taking anything. Police arriving on scene searched the area but couldnt find the pair. Sot it was crazy. Ididnt expect people to be waving guns around but yeah. Hillsdale is a very upscale shopping center. News of the attempted robbery took mall goers like Chris Crenshaw by surprise. Sot ive been here ten years and ive never heard of anything like this before. The first suspect is described as a black female, 510 tall, skinny with black hair tied in a bun. Shes approximatley 60 years old. The 2nd suspect is a black male, also about 60 years old, 6 and half feet tall, slender with short curly salt and pepper hair. He was wearing a zip up sweater with jean. A catastrophic computer failure. Thats what officials with the dmv are calling a computer failure that has crippled more than half its offices statewide. This caused by multiple hard drive failures in both primary and backup systems. The dmv says they maintain Disaster Recovery systems. But those systems were not designed to handle a loss like this. It was a very frustrating day for people who had business to get done. ,. The outage started monday and the dmv expected to return to normal operations today. But they say the repairs are taking longer than anticipated. Dmv Officials Say the computers were not hacked or targeted. They have not explained what went wrong. Britteny it will start late Morning Hours 11 00 a. M. Did when the clock we will start see the light rain throughout most of the bay area it will shift in our overnight hours lot of clouds thursday little sprinkles around 8 00 a. M. And more like steady rain and that early afternoon hours. Over more details and that and then if you want fall along with the storm close to look better interactive rate are all for you download are kron 4 mobilization today. Pam it feels like the bay area murder trial that will never start. And before it does. There are new developments tonight. In the sierra lamar case. Grant lodes is here with a preview of how the defense will likely defend their client. The east bay teacher who said she was kicked out of the classroom for taking part in an antinazi rally. Is fighting for her job back. That rally turned violent. And led to threats against the school. Justine waldman has been following this story. Justine, this teacher is now taking legal action. . The rally this summer in sacramento. Took a violent turn. You can see the two sides. Taking swings at each other. Some people were stabbed. It was between nazis taking part in protrump rally. And an antinazi group. Martin luther King Junior School teacher Yvette Felarca took part in the antinazi protest. She says after. Someone from the trump side of the protest. Sent an anonymous email to her school threatening to hurt students. Even of shredded cheddar and away and then they will go up to the forensic evidence that want to have the jurors on a path saying that she could still be alive like many other women who were kidnapped and later found alive. They could face the Death Penalty argue the government is trying to exclude evidence that the state of mind could have been not the best. And she was having trouble at school at the time dealing with a broken home. Reporter said an anonymous email to her school 30 her studentsand that is when the Berkeley Unified School district put her on paid administrative leave. She tells us. The district retaliated against her. And she is filing a lawsuit to to get her job back. Saying. The district has not defended her, that she a right to free speech and is allowed to have political views outside of the classroom. Felarca showed us her scar from being stabbed during the fight. We reached out to the Berkeley Unified School district for comment on the new lawsuit. But have not heard back. In the past, the distrcit told us it could not comment. Because employee disciplinary matters are confidential. Tomorrow. A necropsy will be performed to determine how this massive blue whale died. It washed ashore today at thorton state beach in daly city. Thats where kron 4s Lydia Pantazes is live tonight. Lydia. You got a chance to see the whale up close . Reporter on his way down to see pictures and to pam an update on a story we brought you yesterday at six Officials Say, the chp officer who was struck by a vehicle last night, is recovering. The officer was a part of a Task Force Unit surrounding the car. The suspect tried to take off hitting the officer. Officers shot the suspect who remains in critical condition. The chp officer suffered a minor head injury and road rash. Officials say the incident remains under investigation. The suspect is in critical condition. A person has died in the hospital tonight after a drive by shooting in oakland over the weekend. In total. Seven people were shot. Now police are confirming that 35 year old william chavis. Died of his gunshot wounds. Officers dont believe he was the target of the shooting. In fact. They are still searching for a motive. The shooting happened saturday night on 77th and bancroft avenue in east oakland. Many of the other 6 who were wounded. Remain hopitalized. They range in age from 27 to 45 years old. A new Contra Costa County sheriff substation. Is now open in rodeo. The sub station is in the citys bayo vista housing project. This is all part of a grant the state gave to the department. It is designed to strengthen Community Relations in under served parts of the county. Bayo vista was selected because a lot of young people live there. Deputies say, they hope they can be a positive influence with their ongoing presence. Two fulltime deputies will be based at the sub station with other assistance to provide 24 hour service to the community. Ahead at eight. The popular east bay spot being targeted by car thieves. Less than two weeks till election day. And new polls show the race is increasingly close. And next. A disease that normall afflicts children popping up in colleges. How bay area schools could be affected. In the east bay. Burglars are targeting vehicles in the parking lot of a popular walking trail. It is happening at the Lime Ridge Open Space trail in concord. Reporter pickup anything the fee. Accordingto two of the hell to want to get the disease each year in the dock there who Infectious Disease expert at ucberkeley says a lot more than that carry the virus is associated with the disease. They say the disease is highly contagious. There have not any reason reported cases of the disease in the bay area. Hillary Clintons Campaign sent word today. That the candidate will spend Election Night at the Javits Convention center in new york. And some political observers made noted. That particular building is known for its glass ceiling. Donald trump took a brief detour from the campaign to do some brand building. He joined family members in a Ribbon Cutting at the new trump hotel in washington, d c. Clinton was in florida. And she too was celebrating. Happy birthday the democratic nominee turned 69 today. Shes campaigning in florida, a battleground state where the latest poll shows her two points behind. President ial candidate i am going to work as hard as i can over these next 13 days reaching out to as many people as possible. We cant take our foot of the gas, even for a short time. Trump is on the defensive about his decision to take time out to boost his hotel in washington. For you to ask me that question is actually very insulting, because Hillary Clinton does one stop and then goes home and sleeps yet youll ask me that question. I think its a very rude question, to be honest with you, what i do, i want to back my children. With thirteen days to go, the candidates and their surrogates have narrowed their focus. Pence in nevada and utah. Trump in north carolina, florida and new hampshire. Clinton in florida. Her husband in north carolina. Daughter chelsea in ohio. Meanwhile here in california. Nat Donald Trumps star on hollywoods walk of fame fell victim to a sledgehammer and pickaxe. They were wielded by a man who showed up before dawn today. Complete with construction vest and hard hat. James otis says his issue with trump is personal. Ive had four or five family members sexually assaulted. Im terribly upset we have a president ial nominee whos become sort of the poster child for sexual violence. Hollywoods chamber of commerce says it will replace the star immediately and prosecute the vandal. Britteny zithers state and also friday from the so broadest fire and all so a chimney fire so this will be a concern as a dependable rainfall and a short amount time and mudslides will be a possibility with this next system moving and and it will bring more rainfall to or in the north bay of the brunt of the storm. Coastal look right now are Storm Tracker uphill climb right to the north of that. It will shift closer to the south lazaruses go into we expect more moisture from this hurricane and closer to was as well. They will lose steam a moister coming from at and then giving us more moisture the future rainfall totals show and a thursday friday in San Francisco of grain tonnage of petaluma overage in cerros the same thing that by vacaville and the force of an inch overage possible in oakland. And then threefourths of an efficient and paul auto. 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But kron 4s tech reporter gabe slate has a pretty good idea of what to expect. There will likely be new ipads unveiled. Last year they came out with the giant 12. 9 inch ipad pro. So they now have all the sizes covered theres not much more they can do with these until we have some Sophisticated New Technology developed as usual the new ones will be lighter, thinner and faster. It will be interesting to see if they can waterproof the ipad the way they did the iphone. That would be useful. And would they dare remove the headphone jack from the ipad . Like they did with the iphone 7. I dont think so its too soon. But i could see that happening next year. This image accompanied the email invite that apple sent out to the press. It shows a mac logo and says hello again. To me. This teasing that this event will center around macs Apple Computers new laptops and imacs. Which makes perfect sense this is long overdue. There has not been significant changes to the macbook pro notebook line in about 4 years there have been upgrades better proccessers, better screens. But nothing major we expect a full redesign of the macbook pro thinner, lighter, new hinges, new keyboard layout new force Touch Trackpad better speakers, more storage built in. Some leaks on the internet hint that it might feature a fingerprint Reading Power button your print would log you in to your account and you could use it for Online Purchases through apple pay. The new macbook released last year was so thin and light i dont see the need for a macbook air notebook i think they will kill off that line and show off updated macbooks. Its a been year also since a new imac was unveiled so we could see a new one thursday well find out soon. Ill be at the event for real time coverage you can follow me on twitter gabeslate ahead at eight. What this man shares with donald trump that is getting him attention. And some not so nice feedback. Plus. Does your kid love to play on your mobile device . Why it could be doing more harm than good. And next. For the first time the man who witnessed Kim Kardashian being robbed speaks out. He says the thieves were not there for her ring. The u. S. Is the beacon of freedom around the world. Those of us who served in the military are very proud of that. I believe very, very strongly in our country and what we stand for. I went to iraq in 2004 to fight for freedom. For generations, our troops have sacrificed for our freedoms. One of the most important things we do is vote to protect that freedom. Im tom steyer. Lets make the people were so proud of, proud of us. Please. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Reporter the Hotel Concierge who was held at gunpoint alongside Kim Kardashian west. Is revealing theres so much more to the robbery than initial reports. We are now hearing from the man. In his first oncamera interview since their terrifying night earlier this month. Justine waldman is here with the exclusive interview. Which will air here on kron 4. Abdulrahman. Tells et that the thieves were not after kims milliondollar jewelry when they robbed her hotel in paris. Instead, they wanted something. Harder to trace. In his first interview. He says. The robbers handcuffed him and took him up to the first floor, where kim was staying. He says that the 36yearold reality star was on the bed when they arrived. And that kim and the robbers had a hard time understanding one another because of a language barrier. About 10 pieces of jewelry worth an estimated 11. 2 milliondollars total were stolen from the mother of two. Abdulrahman also tells et. Why the suspects. Planned to rob all the units in the hotel, not just kardashians room. Tune in to et on thursday to hear the Hotel Concierges full firsthand account of kims reaction during the robbery. He says. She was screaming like hell. That is tomorrow. At 7 30. Right here on kron 4. One of San Franciscos most popular Tourist SpotsFishermans Wharf is in the middle of a crime wave. And while police have made a few arrests. There was one daytime heist where the bandit met his match a couple of women who were not going to be victims. I was just straying, spraying hoping that it would stop him in is tracks it didnt stop him in his tracks that is Annette Traverso describing how they tried to stop and thief attempted to burglarize their shop. Here is Surveillance Video of the bandit entering the rear of the store located on jefferson he grabbed this laptop and then tried to hide we found him huddled over here like you cant see me the guys over close to 6 feet how so you not see him that was Angela Cincotta both ladies are coowners of Alioto Lazio Fish Company in less than two months there have been separate robbery attempts here at Alioto Lazio Fish Company and the girls say they have had enough on the first attempt the suspected robber tried to enter in the wee hours of the morning the guy had a knife he kept making himself bigger the knife was in the air and im thinking im not fast enough to get out the way i was just like frozen in terror but wait they are not the only stopes to be hit on the wharf. The wharf store had it window smashed, the store was burglarized across the street the camera store is closing its doors due to 7 separate burgleries they broke in the store and stole all types of cameras im been or the wharf for 20 years and i never seen anything like this i want to see more Police Officers patrolling the area and come faster please by the tile the police are here nobody sees anything the good news is we has on officer assigned to Fishermans Wharf now we have 8 officers full time dedicated to Fishermans Wharf in addition to that a couple of times a month we send more resources down there to make sure that were visible. Back to the girls of Ali