male announcer this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. See reporter now at eight we are tracking a major storm heading into the bay area. Tonight. Preparing for the downpour and trying to avoid blackouts. Its all hands on deck whoosh reporter one big concern; that 30 foot sinkhole in pacifica. Reporter we are live at the scene where crews are racing the clock to make sure a bad problem doesnt get much worse. Whoosh reporter go on the green. Stop on the ed. Reporter unless you are this driverless uber car. Reporter says about its redlight running robot. Whoosh reporter bay area musicians coming together to benefit victims of the the ghost ship fire. We will take you live to oaklands fox theater. Reporter youre watching kron four news in prime time. Pam now at 8. Pam we are tracking a storm set to bring heavy rain and strong wind gusts to the bay area. Steve thank you for joining us im steve aveson. Pam and im pam moore. Pam that storm is on its way. Potentially dangerous conditions to roads and more. Pam tonight kron4s Hermela Aregawi joins us live from pacifica where crews are working fast to fix a massive sinkhole before the next round of rain. Pam but first, kron4 meteorologist Brittney Shipp joins us. Pam brittney when will the rain start. Brittney we have a few warnings to tell about and i will have more in our next forecast. Pam another big story we are following tonight. Steve live in pacifica tonight where people are bracing for the storm house soon will they be able to get this thing called repaired. Reporter crews were out here for most of the day trying to fill that seem cold. Sinkhole reporter the people i spoke with us this depending on the apartment complex they have already had the areas to word it will protect the buildings. But, everyone shared at one concern is a win . I am keeping my windows shut and doors for it because we do get rainshowers and the wind coming off the water. The water comes up pretty high. Technical difficulties steve police in Castro Valley are investigating a deadly house fire. As a homicide. And as kron4s dan kerman tells us now the search is on tonight for a person who killed a 59yearold woman and then set fire to her and her house to cover up the murder. Reporter crime scene investigators some covered with masks, spent a second day at this Castro Valley home, combing for evidence in hopes of determining who killed the 59 year old widow who lived here and then set fire to her body and ultimately the house to cover up the crime. Sgt. J. D. Nelson alameda each time someone set fire to cover up a crime they are doing it for a reason. To hopefully get rid of evidence so we are here to find the evidence that they hope that they have destroyed. Hopefully, in their assets in our case they have not. Reporter Authorities Say the murder and subsequent arson fire occurred sometime between tuesday morning. Firefighters discovered the body in the garage around 3am dan strother lives nearby is just a horrible thing. I have seen a woman before but i did not know her. Reporter with the murderer still on the loose, those who live in this neighborhood are worried. Reporter investigators have no motive to the identity of the suspect. They and spent the day going house to house video in hopes it leads them to the killer. In the meantime residents are doing what they can to stay safe Richard Arthur neighbor 114 most houses have security alarms systems. I made sure to turn it on last night. That is something that my wife reminded me of before we went to bed. Reporter they are taking time to go through the debris in the house as they searched for the killer. In Castro Valley, Dan Kerman Pam the nfl is giving the raiders more time to decide or staying in oakland. Steve they now have until february 15 of next year to make the decision. Pam nfl commissioner Roger Goodell is not saying whether he is optimistic that oakland can keep its team. And he did not reveal any new specifics. Pam this news comes one day open negotiations on a new stadium plan. That plan. With an Investment Group led by ronnie lott. Is for a one point three billion dollar stadium. Steve currently the raiders have a for relocation. Technical difficulties pam a south bay tennis being accused of molesting a child. We have also learned the man has a criminal history of abusing children. Pam Police Investigators fear there may be more victims. Pam 61yearold matt montana of san jose. Is being charged with continuous sexual abuse of a child. And multiple counts of lewd acts involving children. According to megans law website. Montana was also arrested for molesting a child in 1996, recently. While working at the sunnyvale Tennis Center. He gained access to two of his alleged victims. Pam now. A major part of the investigation is how a sex offender was hired to work at the Tennis Center in the first place. A sex register pam montana appeared at a palo morning. But didnt enter a plea. He is scheduled to return to court on jauary 11th. Steve the man arrested for threatening to suicide bomb a Santa Clara ValleyTransportation Authority vehicle. Was found without any explosives. Thats according to police. Who originallyyear old jonathan keim, was armed. Steve this is video of the scene. Courtesy of our helicopter partnership with abc seven. Keim made the phone call to vta officials around ten this morning. Stating he planned to blow up one of the agencys vehicles. All vta vehicles were stopped and searched following the threat. Steve the alleged culprit. Was taken into custody around noon. Pam in santa rosa. A warehouse fire breaks out. Causing nearly 500 thousand dollars in damage. The 4alarm fire broke out early this morning, just after 2 oclock. On wilson street. Half of the building. Which houses several businesses. Appeared to be burning, beginning in the back of the property, when fire crews arrived. Pam more than a dozen fire trucks were on the scene. Helping crews bring the blaze under control in less than 2hours. But that did not stop certain storage areas as well as a Furniture Store inside. From being destroyed. Pam one business. The Copperfield Book warehouse. Suffered minor smoke damage. No one was injured. Pam understand it was the property tiered cake your in the area. Pam the roadway was closed temporarily as crews worked to clear the area. Pam officials are still investigating the cause of the fire. Steve a San Francisco state student who lost her life in the deadly oakland warehouse fire. Was honored today onhundreds paid homage to michela gregory. In front of the cesar chavez student center. Where she often ate lunch with classmates. Teachers remembered her as creative, ambitious and caring. Steve her boyfried. Alex vega. Also died in the december 2nd ghost ship party. Those close to the couple say their inseparable. In life. And death. Pam a sold out theater in oakland tonight. Steve i love it. Reporter is ipad house and oakland tonight with 2800 people here for the show for oakland and united, plant in just seven days were all of the money will go towards helping the victims in the fiveyear period we were there for the opening act. Was a wide range of bay area artist. We talked to people attending and they said is important for them to show support for their fellow artist. One woman spoke would sit she has been to at least three benefits. We arent like to hear from people attending the show and organizers of the show reporting live in oakland. Pam thanks, lydia pam ahead at eight. Another massive hack at yahoo. What data of yours could be out there, after hackers steal account information. Steve family speaking out after an elderly man holding a crucifix is shot and killed by police. What they say he was suffering from. Pam and next. Pam ordered to stop. On launch day, uber told to stop sending self driving cars around San Francisco. This, as one of those cars is caught running a red light. Steve a big move by californiathey have ordered uber to remove its self driving cars from the streets of San Francisco immediately. Pam this comes as the Ride Sharing Service enters its next phase of Autonomous Service picking up actual passengers. Pam kron 4s gabe slate is live outside uber headquarters in San Francisco. With details on what happens next. Gabe . Reporter under california law, you have to get a special permit from the dmv before you can drive autonomous vehicles. Uber has not obtained this permit. Which is why its fleet of 11 selfdriving cars were yanked from the streets. Reporter it appears uber new it was breaking the lawheres why they think that they can do what ever they want. Reporter this is why we believe in making the roads safer. These cars were not a part of the pilot and were not carrying customers. The diors sent us this picture showing a self driving uber running a red light. Reporter bdm the senate meet and statement encouraging them to use self driving cars but they must be regulated to ensure public safety. The dmv sent a statement reporter all accidents should be reported. Reporter uber content the cars off the street and get beat license that is preferred. And then get the car sped on the street. Reporter if not and they keep testing and disregard the regulators. The dmv said they will seek legal action against uber they did not specify what type of legal action. Return steve another massive hack hits yahoo users. Pam this time data from more than one billion accounts has been stolen. Yahoo says, this is a separate breach from the one they revealed back in september. In that case 500 million accounts were exposed. Pam this time, the stolen names, email addresses, phone numbers, and security questions and answers. Yahoo officials say, they do not believe Bank Account Information or payment card data. Were affected. Pam this new hack does raise questions about whether verizon will try to change the terms of its 4 point 8 billion dollar acquisition of yahoo. Steve were learning more about the Police Shooting of a 73yearold man in bakersfield early monday. Bakersfield police claim Francisco Serna refused to take his hand out of his pocket. Before police shot him. Brittney we are going to see rain showers and a quick pace. What does it concern for flood concerns that are all highlighted in the coal and grain. Color green. Brittney these are the things that we will be concerned with as we push into tomorrow because of how fast the rain showers will come down. Brittney all of the areas here highlighted in yellow have a high gust total period of 50 mi. Per hour. Brittney we have a winter storm warning in effect for heavy snow with the heaviest fall in between thursday at 4 00 p. M. To friday at 1 00 a. M. So if you have to go to the sierra you want to make it before 4 00 p. M. In order to postpone until friday. Or , you can brittney 60 this cold front pushing and that what triggered heavy rainfall that will go into tomorrow. First you can see the first part in the north that. That is when the heavy rain showers will develop from 5 to 6 00 a. M. In the morning. As we pushed closer to your lunch hour or day to see that it is widespread rainfall for most of the region and have the pockets near santa rosa, napa during the morning hours. Brittney in the evening will affect everyone would heavy rainfall and high speed wind. Brittney a few spots like santa rosa and now but could get closer to 3 in. So this is a powerful system headed our way. Steve thank you, britt steve new ahead at 8. Steve did santa claus lie . Questions being cast on the story of how this man granted a dying boys final wish pam neighbors feel unsettled after not one but two earthquakes rattle a north bay community. Return to gary some of these professional franchises, women lose or draw are doing great work in the community for the holiday season. Steve thank you, gary. Steve staterun supporters seem fighting a man and the protests. How these two managed to put aside their differences. Tonight at 10. Pam a five point oh magnitude geysers this morning. And the usgs says, it was the largest quake to hit the area in the last 30 years. Kron 4s Terisa Estacio has reaction from unsettled neighbors in the area. Reporter the two earthquakes wednesday morning really shook things up. Last this long we were wondering what we should do it just kept going and going. I was looking all around and i felt my feet move. And i heard the bottles clanking against each other in the other idle. Aisle reporter luckily, winds and so this did not come falling down and hurt anyone. Wines and bottles reporter there were seized boxes that the fall off. There were these boxes have been in a lot of earthquakes. It was just how loud it was and how long it lasted. Reporter in the north bay, Terisa Estacio, kron 4 news. Pam ahead at eight. For the second time in a decade the fed hikes an Interest Rate. What it means for you and your money. Steve plus. The top google searches of the year are out. And no number one does not have to do with the election. Pam and Donald Trumps transition to the white house continues. With a meeting with high powered tech leaders. Pam as his familys role in the administration is questioned. How else do you think he gets around so fast . Take the reins this holiday and get the mercedesbenz youve always wanted during the winter event. Now lease the 2017 gla250 for 329 a month at your local mercedesbenz dealer. 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Steve trumps focus today was on a meeting with tech luminaries hes lobbed insults at in the past leaders from amazon, facebook, apple, tesla and others met trump to chat about growing us jobs. One tech company that wasnt at todays meeting, ironically, was twitter politico is reporting the snub was a response to twitters refusal to let the Trump Campaign use a crooked hillary emoji during the election. Pam meanwhile, trumps Family Involvement in the transition does not seem to be waning. Sources say, his two sons helped in evaluating candidates for cabinet level positions. And once trump moves to the white house, the first ladys office is slated to become the first familys office. To help incorporate ivanka trump. Return to pam the Federal Reserve is raising a key Interest Rate for the first time in a year. The rate jump may indicate the us economy no longer needs the feds crutches and can afford to pay more to borrow. Steve the fed also hinted more rate hikes could be on the wayas the economy improves. Rising rates will affect millions of americans, including home buyers, savers and investors. Officials raised the rate for short term Interest Rates by point two five percent. Steve its just the second time in a decade they have raised rates. Return to index of pam planned parenthoodfeds bar states from Defunding Planned Parenthood washington with just weeks left in office, the Obama Administration is barring Family Planning funds to organizations like planned parenthood that also perform abortions. Pam a final rule wednesday from health and Human Services says that states cannot deny funding to clinics for reasons unrelated to their ability to provide basic Family Planning services. Although abortion is a legal medical procedure, federal dollars cannot be used to restricted circumstances. Pam the administrations action was expected. Abortion opponents immediately said they will seek to reverse the rule under president elect donald trump. Gop opposition to planned parenthood intensified after activists released secretly recorded videos showing Organization Officials discussing fetal tissue donation. Several congressional investigations failed to reveal anything illegal. Pam the rule takes effect jan. 18 brittney it will be windy tonight. Flash flooding is expected. You want to be careful driving. The not drive the flooded world ways. Make sure you turn around. We will have some lingering snow showers and the sierra. What we will see as we go into the overnight hours and then finally into tomorrow morning is moisture headed into the north of that. We up, tomorrow morning provide extra time to get to work. Brittney you would notice light my and self judge in San Francisco and oakland. You would notice light rain showers in samprass call in oakland until we get into the after now that session afternoon and evening hours and that is what it will pick up for the entire area making it hard. To get home. Brittney it to have to go to the sierra tomorrow. You may want to try in the morning but it will slowly switch over to a rangesnow makes. An