Speech of controversial farright journalist milo yiannopoulos. The violence. Forcing the school to cancel his speech. Grant lodes is tracking the president s response to the protest. Some thing hes describing as antifree speech. It was this morning. About 12 hours after a peaceful protest at uc berkeley broke into anarchy. When President Trump took to twitter threatening to pull federal funds from cal saying if u. C. Berkeley does not allow free speech and practicrs violence on innocent people with a different point of view no federal funds . Lt governor gavin newsom tweeted. As a uc regent im appalled at your willingness to deprive over 38thousand students access to an education because of the actions of a few. Congresswoman barbara lee. From oakland. Followed with. President trump doesnt have a license to blackmail universities. Hes the president not a dictator and his empty threats are an abuse of power. Right now uc berkeley gets about 600 Million Dollars annually in federal funds 200 million for Student Financial aid and 400 Million Dollars for research the cal berkeley Spokesman Says about 40 percent of students there get financial aid. And they would be affected by federal funds being pulled. He also points out. Theres no indication that any uc students took part in the violent portion of the protest. There is extensive damage following last nights uc berkeley protest spilled into the streets. Several banks were closed today and you can see why. The atms were smashed in, as well as the main window front. Across the street, the chase bank was also hit hard. Police counted vandalism at about half a dozen banks. Now businesses are left to clean up. Kron 4s alecia reid spoke with the Downtown Berkeley association. And joins us live tonight. How bad is the damage . There were 11 businesses hit in the downtown area some of the stores were hit harder than others. There were 11 businesses hit in the downtown area some of the stores were hit harder than others. The starbucks on center and oxford got some pretty severe damage. It was closed today as construction crews boarded up windows and worked inside. Berkeley has a history of free speech, activism and protest, and the city wants to make sure that all those causes are still honored but the ceo of the Downtown Berkeley association tells me they need to figure out a way to protect businesses during protests. They havent assessed overall damage as of yet the mayor sat down with a couple of Business Owners to see if theres some way the city can help. And of course there is insurance, but theres still a matter of paying premiums. So Business Owners will have to come out of pocket some way or the other to pay for these damages. The last time Downtown Berkeley saw destruction like this, was during occupy 2 years ago. Back then, twice as many stores were targeted. Sot the Downtown Berkeley association will be sitting down with city officials and businesses in the coming weeks and months to figure out a way to help protect their properties should there be another violent protest. Reporting live in berkeley. Some of them were hit pretty bad and hit last itmejust a big bank or property doesnt mean it should get hitwere a Diverse Community and that means respecting all the participants in the community the Downtown Berkeley association will be sitting down with city officials and businesses in the coming weeks and months to figure out a way to help protect their properties should there be another violent protest. Reporting live in berkeley. Police arrested two men today who attacked a President Trump supporter at uc berkeley. The 21 year old student was wearing a make America Great again cap on his way to class. Thats when an suv suddenly stopped. And two men ran toward the student. They pummeled him before getting back in their car and driving off. But police were able to catch up with them. Rain returning to the bay area. With showers overnight last night. Kron4 meteorologist Brittney Shipp joins us with how long its expected to stick around. Light spotty showers continue new tonight, San Bruno Police are asking for the publics help in finding the driver of a car that hit and killed a 29yearold woman back in december. Investigators say. This is a case of hit and run and they are now hoping someone may have information that could help solve this case. Kron 4s Charles Clifford is live tonight in san bruno. Today, he attended a News Conference at police headquarters. Charles , we understand the victims parents are also speaking out . Natsthursday afternoon, the parents of 29yearold carly flynn talked about how their daughter was the light of their lives. They describe a kind soul who loved animals and painting. Sotshe was the kindest person you would ever meetback on december 19th, carly had walked from her home here near Cherry Avenue and san pablo avenue to get a coffee at starbucks. According to investigators, around 530pm she was crossing san pablo on her way back home, when she was struck by a mid size white suv making a left hand turn onto san pablo from Cherry Avenue. The driver of that vehicle then fled the scene. Carly was transported to the hospital with critical injuries and died three days later. In the six weeks since her passing, investigators have not yet identified a suspect in this case. They do say that the intersection were carly was struck was busy that evening and they are now hoping that someone with information will come forward. Soteven if you think you have information of little or no value. We want to talk to you. Following the press conference, carlys parents sat down with kron 4 to deliver a strong message to the person who killed their daughter. Sotcome forward. Its not to late to redeem yourself. Sotturn your self in. Give carly some peace and us closure. D new tonight at eight. An east bay man is in jail. Accused of running over his girlfried, killing her. Authorities say, it appears to be a domestic incident. Kron 4s Lydia Pantazes is live at the San Leandro Police department. Lydia. Neighbors are really upset about this . I spoke with neighbors who did not want to go on camera. Off camera they told me you could hear the couple fighting in their home. This is where it happened, on the 400 block of ruth court. Neighbors say the suspect. 26year old kevin veladco lived in this duplex with the victim, his girlfriend. One woman told me she saw them fighting outside the home and when velasco tried to leave, she jumped on the car. The witness then told me the next thing she knew the victim was under the car. When Emergency Responders arrived the woman was trapped under the car and unresponsive. She died at the scene. We spoke with an organization that helps victims of Domestic Violence who says this could have been avoided. Cg liz varela Building Futures with women and childrenit could have been avoided if people knew where to get help and if folks know what the warning signs are when things start to escalate and how to deescalate when things start getting into threats of violence and violence. Velasco has not been charged but he is in jail and facing charges of homicide, felony Domestic Violence and assault with a deadly weapon. Reporting live in san leandro, Lydia Pantazes kron4 news. Today was the fourth day in the murder trial of Antolin Garcia torres. He is accused in the 2012 murder of south bay teen sierra lamar. One of sierras classmates testified today saying. Lamar was very active on social media. Legal analyst steven clark says, the prosecution is showing how odd it was for sierra not to send any texts or call or post anything after her disappearance. Today, the defense continued to scrutinize deputy sheriffs in the case saying, they did not handle the evindence properly early on. Sierras parents were both in court today. Neither has yet been called to testify. Torres has been charged with her murder, although her body has never been found. The trial is taking friday off and will pick up on monday. Bigger than columbine. Thats how students described a plot to attack ther school. Ahead at eight. How police discovered the plans of two teens. For violence in Southern California. The most snow recorded in more than 20 years. Californias snowpack soars. But is it enough to bust the drought . And next. Two robbers attack an elderly woman on her daily walk. Now only on kron4. Her daughter wants you to help catch the attackers. Did you know 90 of couples disagree on mattress firmness . Enter sleep number. She likes the bed soft. Hes more hardcore. You can both adjust the bed for the best sleep of your life. Right now, save 50 on the ultimate limited edition bed. Go to sleepnumber. Com for a store near you. A grandmother in pinole out for her daily walk was seriously injured during a purse snatching and the incident was captured on video. Now, the victims daughter wants to alert the community about what happened. She shares her story exclusively. With kron4s Haaziq Madyun. This Surveillance Video shows 71yearold martha monterrosa walking home, when suddenly 2 robbers run up to her from behind, rob her of her purse, one robber snatching the purse in front of her, while the second robber pushes her very hard from behind forcing her to the groundmartha monterrosa has been hospitalized ever sinceyou want to tell the story of what happened to your mom. Why . Because i dont want this to happen to anyone elsemonterrosas daughter janet oleary says this happened monday around 11 30am here on rafaela street in pinolethey took her purse with all of maybe 25 dollars, Everybody Loves her and every body knows her in pinoleive seen her walking up and down the street yesrichard millhollin helped monterrosa in the video you see the suspect vehicle, described as a silver or gold Toyota Sienna drive it appears it was a random crimeinvestigators have limited info on the three suspects other than what you see in this videoyes, its very unusual for the city of pinole for a crime like this to happenjanet is showing me cellphone video of her mom doing some salsa dancingshe is a very active independent lady, im shattered this is heart breaking for all of us she says her family wants to get this information out there so that Something Like this wont happen to anyone else. If you think you know the people responsible for this, Pinole Police would like to hear from you. In pinole Haaziq Madyun kron4news police in Southern California have stopped a plot to shoot up a high school. And police say, the students planning it allegedly said, it would have been bigger than columbine. Extra School Resource officers in bullet proof vests. On the campus of Troy High School in fullerton. Two days after another student overheard two teens talking about their plan for a school shooting. The two students were questioned by police and admitted their plan to the officers. Investigators also learned. The two had recently searched online for weapons and information on school shootings. The 16year olds have now been arrested and charged with making criminal threats and conspiracy to commit a felony. Theres good news for californias drought conditions. Recent measurements show theres more snow in the sierra then in more than 20years. The department of Water Resources was out measuring the snowpack today. The latest numbers put snow drifts at 173percent of average. Water resources say this is a positive turn towards lifting the drought emergency in place since 2014. But governor jerry brown is expected to wait until the end of the rainy season in april. To decide whether or not the drought is officially over. Toss weather light spotty showers continue new ahead at 8. A spike in eye injuries linked to a common laundry product. Heres what were tracking tonight at ten. They are members of the campus group that invited Milo Yiannopoulous to uc berkeley. Now they say they were attacked during last nights protest. Hear from the Berkeley College republicans who say, their right to free speech was violated. Thats new tonight at ten. If youre thinking about a new big screen tv for the big game on sunday now is the time to buy. Kron4s tech reporter gabe slate says tvs are at their lowest price right before the super bowl. 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Travis kalanick now says he will not participate in President Trumps Business Advisory council. Because of the president s executive order on immigration. In a memo to employess. Kalanick said initially joining the group was anota meant to be an endorsement of the president or his agenda. But unfortunately it has been misinterpreted to be exactly that. The uber ceo was one of 16 Business Leaders on the council. Last friday trump imposed a temporary travel ban on people from seven muslimmajority countries. And last weekend some people thought uber was trying to break a taxi strike at jfk airport. The delete uber hasbtag was trending. Uber, said it was merely reducing its prices to help people in need. And kalanick has distanced himseld from the president. With uber now pledging millions to help cover the Legal Expenses and missed work time its drivers may face because of the travel ban. President trump we have to be tough. Its time were going to be a little tough, folks. Were taken advantage of by every nation in the world virtually. Its not going to happen anymore. President trump says. He is putting the world on notice america comes first. That reportedly even means hanging up on the leader of one of the nations long standing allies. A contentious phone call with australias Prime Minister signalling the new president s determiniation to right what he considers the worlds wrongs. President donald trump the world is in trouble, but were going to straighten it out. Thats what i do, i fix things. President Donald Trumps strategy to fix the world is in the spotlight, after reports of an angry phone call with australians leader. Im not going to comment on the conversation. A heated discussion over a plan to resettle refugees now being held on two pacific islands. It reportedly ended with trump abruptly ending the call. One Government Official familiar with the exchange called in a tantrum and said the faces of others in the room turned white. When you hear about the tough phone calls im having, dont worry about it. Just dont worry about it. One of those worrying democratic senator tim kaine. Hes doing kind of amateur hour stuff on matters of Significant National importanceanother phone call with mexicos leader aggravated a relationship already strained by disagreements over a border wallhe reportely warned president enrique peqa nieto, you have some pretty tough hombres in mexico that you may need help with. We are willing to help with that bigleague, but they have be knocked out and you have not done a good job knocking them out. California this is not helpful. We ha