In september. Victims took to social media and the nextdoor app notifying the public of hobbs. His behavior. There are reports of incidents taking place in broad daylight in the marina. So much and west portal neighborhoods. Hobbs is accused of following grabbing and kissing women. Police say in many cases he would inappropriately touched the victim, then immediately flee the scene. Usually always traveling groups. The university of San Franciscos Public Safety department sent out a safety bulletin with this photo of the suspect. His students last month. The students say they have been vigilant ever since. Probably not going as many places off campus by myself like. Especially when it started to get tired just being cautious going to be. Investigators have linked the suspect to at least 14 incidents and believe he may be involved in cases dating back to 2021 around one 30 friday afternoon. Kron 4 was notified. The suspect was reportedly sitting on this corner of and polk streets. The passerby called 911 and was told officers were on the way about an hour later as apd arrested hobbs just around the corner in the area of venice and north point street near aquatic park. In a tweet, the San Francisco district attorneys office, thank police for the safe arrest. Members of the public and the victims who came forward. The da is seeking pretrial detention. And Police Believe there could be more victims out there. Anyone with information is asked to call as fpd in the studio. Gayle ong kron. 4 news. Investigators say the suspect in a deadly shooting of an armored Security Guard is the victims former colleague. The shooting happened back on september. 7th outside Kaiser Permanente in san leandro. 61 yearold john mendez was shot while he was working as a Security Guard for garda world. Investigators announced this week that they arrested 27 yearold akhbar bay in connection to mendezes death. Court records have revealed that bay previously worked for guard. The world once working the same route that mendez took the day of the shooting. He was allegedly fired for stealing from the company, a middle School Teacher in beni ship is in custody tonight accused of having an inappropriate relationship with an underage student arrest records available on Benicia Police departments website identifies the suspect as 56 yearold kurtz and down the superintendent of the Benicia Unified School district sent out a statement tonight that reads in part, quote, we realize this information is on settling and shocking and we want to assure you of our unwavering commitment to student safety. And while being the investigation is ongoing and the district remains committed to the process. The superintendent says School Officials first learned of the inappropriate relationship earlier this week and the teacher involved was immediately put on administrative leave. San Francisco Police have arrested 3 people accused of robbery and shooting a man tuesday night on 23rd street. Police say 2 men and a 15 yearold robson people. Men shot one of them and then got away in a white fourdoor sedan. Police found that car the next day and arrested the 3 suspects at a nearby business building. Officers also seized 2 guns and rifle. The suspects are now behind bars and are facing charges in the east bay. A brentwood man is in jail tonight facing charges in connection to a deadly hit and run. It happened on october. First in walnut creek in the crash killed. 44 yearold chung to the lead. Les owned a business in walnut creek. Police say she was hit around 7 oclock at night on north california boulevard and civic drive about 4 blocks south of the walnut creek, bart station been held and told us that she was getting into her car after getting off of work. Police said they arrested. 29 yearold eric ramirez junior and sees his car as evidence. Ramirez is in the martinez detention facility tonight. With a bail set at 300,000. Us now to the south bay where San Jose Police are investigating another deadly crash involving a pedestrian this time. The elderly woman was killed just before 7. 30, last night. And this crash marks the citys 53rd traffic fatality and the 28th involving a pedestrian kron fours. Rob nesbitt has the latest. Its been a busy 24 hours for Law Enforcement in san jose despite p essays and repeated attempts to raise awareness about fatal crashes. The numbers continue to rise from thursday to friday morning. Numerous 911, calls came into the san jose dispatch. According to officer steve aponte. A that was for traffic collisions that occurred involving pedestrians and bicyclists within the past. 24 hours, one of those being fatal. Police say an elderly woman was struck and killed thursday night while walking across lanes of traffic on lundi ave outside of any marked crosswalks officer upon day says the city needs to see a change with pedestrians, not using crosswalks and drivers not following the rules of the road were not kind of victim late. But if you receive a ticket on the roadway for violating the rules of the road, its to make you change that oriving behavior specifically to make sure that we prevent types of incidents that occurred. Like last night, as far back as officer upon taken recall, the highest number of fatal accidents in san jose involving a pedestrian occurred in 2019. There were 28 that year. Were now in october and the city has already reached that number for 2022. In comparison, 14 people have been struck and killed by a vehicle while walking in San Francisco. According to the organization vision, 0 s ef in oakland, the citys website recorded 9 traffic fatalities involving a pedestrian from january to september of this year and fully is the chair of vision 0 in san jose. The Council Member says the citys numbers can to improve without better infrastructure on the streets and more police on patrol. We need to hire more officers. We have the budget for more officers but we dont have the individuals to fill those budget position there are currently 14 Traffic Enforcement officers in san jose compared to 10 years ago when the department had 50 officers on patrol. Im rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. A developing story were following tonight. Stockton. Police say the city suspected serial killer is not tied to the 2 2018 homicides in chicago. The possibility was brought up because investigators say the suspect in chicago has an an even stride and walks with his hands in his pockets, something that stockton detectives are telling residents to be on the lookout for the suspect in chicago was dubbed the duck walk killer, the suspected serial killer from stockton is accused of shooting and killing 5 men in stockton and one in oakland. Ballistics show. All of the bullets came from the same gun. We continue tonight with the need. No, i dont have everything on me. Were about 10 people had to do. Now to the latest on the fire that displaced dozens of seniors in oakland. The fire started at 6 oclock this morning. And as of right now, many of the elderly residents are still unable to return home kron fours. Has he been . You brings us the latest. A fouralarm fire here at the grand lake gardens, Senior Living 5 story Apartment Building on santa clara street in oakland. The fact that we didnt have any civilian fatalities at this fire is a testament to. People sheltering in place, keeping their doors closed. The fire started friday just before 06 00am with the fire. Crews arrived on the scene located the fire on the 5th floor, which investigators learned started in one of the units, the occupant state. It that. She noticed a power strip that was sparking. They caught a blanket that was on fire on the adjacent couch. And the couch quickly was engulfed in fire. Nervous moments for, you learn that there was a fire at what were mama. Absolutely. Absolutely. This is video of megans lanes mother. Susan. My are being evacuated to safety and i was thinking. I cant remember what address shes at. And then i realized she is on the 400 block and then they said a senior facility. Thats when i got very nervous. Seniors living on the second floor like low as bluhm sack were ordered to temporarily shelter in place before being evacuated. Where i really started getting concerned was the smell of the smoke coming into my apartment. And that there was water coming in. I said now i think its time to get dressed. And maybe get out of here in all. 65 residents were evacuated and transported about a mile away to grand lake garden, sister property piedmont guard, a spokesperson for the company that operates both Senior Living building sent kron 4 a statement that reads in part, quote, no residents were injured, but several people were taken to the hospital as a precautionary measure. Residents have been transported to our piedmont Gardens Community clinton and we are working on housing plans for this evening, unquote. Oakland, fire investigators are focusing on a water standpipe that appears to have no function. At the fire Officials Say the grand lake gardens building was recently inspected back october, 7th and everything was in working order. In oakland haaziq kron. 4 news. Also in the east bay, people in crockett have been complaining for weeks about a foul smell and its coming from the Wastewater Treatment plant at the cnh sugar refinery. It hydrogen sulfide, which smells like rotten eggs and also sewage. Theres now a Health Advisory in crockett and residents have been demanding for weeks that this be fixed large enough concentrations of the chemical can cause problems like headaches, nausea, him irritated eyes treatment. Plant officials now say that the smell will be fixed within 10 days Contra Costa County health Officials Say the levels are not immediately dangerous to Public Health. And its not clear yet when the Health Advisory will be lifted. Level of exposure and the duration of exposure really determines the health impact. And although the last couple days its been consistently going down in the right direction, which we are happy about. It stopped reaching that 3 parts per million in the days are going on. So i think we need to feel comfortable it has gotten to a level of control in terms of the thresholds that take into consideration the length of so we will feel comfortable with lifting the Health Advisory until all the operations are stabilized. People are being advised to keep windows and doors closed in to call a doctor if they have symptoms, masks wont do much because carbon air filters for your home are whats recommended. Hazmat teams gave out 40 indoor air filters to local schools. As gas prices soar, governor gavin newsom is taking to social media to ramp up his fight against Oil Companies are capitol correspondent Eytan Wallace gives us a look at the governors messaging and what republicans are calling on him to do. Well, no doubt weve all felt the pain at the pump. But here in sacramento, some lawmakers disagree over who is responsible. What the governor arguing the Oil Companies are the cold front. Governor gavin newsom posting this video on twitter. A combination of cartoons, music and graphics. Its message is clear blasting Oil Companies and blaming them for skyrocketing gas prices. It comes on the same day the Governors Office touted the fact that gas prices are down. 0. 24 from just one week ago arguing newsoms policies including gas relief rebate he supported have helped california. But newsom acknowledges its not enough. Keeping steadfast in his calls for the legislature to meet for a special session in december. All to vote on the governors proposal for a windfall profits tax on Oil Companies in the state. The taking advantage of you every single one every single day. Hundreds of millions of dollars a week they put in their pockets, lining their pockets at your expense and then putting this planet. Theres nothing to justify nothing. Not one thing. But republican lawmakers say the governor hasnt rock gop Assembly Members launched this online petition urging the governor to drop his proposal and instead put a pause on the gas tax. Something gop senator shannon growth of bakersfield backed in this letter. Every family that is out there that puts gas in their car to go to work to the grocery store, take their kids to school. Every family is being hurt by the policies that are being put forth by this governor and the democratic leadership in our state. And it needs to and as the back and forth continues in sacramento, gas prices remain i just paid nearly 50 bucks for half a tank. And as for that special legislative session is planned for now, at least for december 5th reporting here in sacramento, wallace kron. 4 news. For your help tonight, the u. S. Has extended the Covid Public Health emergency for another 90 days despite president bidens recent claim that the pandemic is over, the president made those remarks in an interview with 60 minutes last month. Health emergency will end on january. 11th if it is not extended again, the Emergency Declaration allows the u. S. Healthcare system to act quickly when infections surge and also keeps millions of people enrolled in Public Health insurance. Meantime, flu season is upon us and medical experts say the early signs are showing that it may be a tough one. The data is also showing there are not many people that are signing up to get those flu shots and covid vaccines. Kron fours terisa stasio has more on what experts want the public to know heading into flu season. Not only does it kill average year 30 to 35,000 americans but it hospitalized is cool. 102 sometimes 300,000 americans own an average year. So this is a serious infection. Z infectious disease, much more serious than i think people appreciate. Thats uc berkeley, Public Health doctor John Swartzberg doling out the data about the flu. Well, some seasons have been mild. This coming one doesnt look so rosy. One reason is that nobodys are very few people have had the flu in the last 2 years, which means that nobodys picked up immunity. Number 2, we we felt good in the Southern Hemisphere. This just coming out of there winter now and particularly bad influenza season. And were just going into our winner in often, not always, but often what happens in the Southern Hemisphere pre she just whats going to happen in the Northern Hemisphere for the next twitter. So i think those 2 things together are disconcerting about. This could be a bad flu season. And that brings us to flu vaccines. Data shows that some are putting off getting the flu shot and sticking just to the latest covid booster thinking it might be too much for the body to manage all at once. Understandable concern that people have we studied. People are getting flu shot close to, quote, covid shot at the same time. And while they may have to sore arms depots to one. But if you really want to one and done which a lot of people do just going to get the and it works out fine. Theres no increased risk of any serious side effects. The flu vaccine is safe. Effective for keeping people out of the hospital or dying. And for some people effective terms of preventing it from even getting sick. To get the flu vaccine. Now in october is a perfect bunt for getting it because it will give you protection through the typical flu season to recess. Stasio kron. 4 news. All right. We want to get you a check of your 4 zone forecast. Were taking a look the financial district here in San Francisco getting consumed a little bit by the fog out there and the cold. Our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is here now with a look at the forecast only for tonight for the weekend. Its cold out there, right hip to turn the thermostat right to expensive, right . Yeah. But you want to do it because it is getting cold out there and you get that. Damp fog rolling in. Yeah. Feels chilly outside. Theres that fog sliding into San Francisco right now. Moving inside the base. Going to feel the valleys as we head throughout the night tonight. So kind of a cold night ahead. And temperatures dropping off in the 40s in the 50s. Weve got 55 degrees right now. Foggy skies in half moon bay. 57 and the fog in San Francisco. 58 patchy fog now moving into berkeley. Still, 62 degrees mild in jamaica way the concord. 61 in dublin and 54 degrees in petaluma. Todays highs still running below the average. You know, weve been locked in with the fog and that is really get these numbers running almost 10 degrees below the average all week long. And San Francisco, 62 degrees the high there today. 68 in oakland. 75 degrees. Still warm in san jose and then slightly above the average in livermore to 83 79 in concord at 76 degrees in santa rosa. All right. That fog has been a hug the coastline and taking this time. Boy, looking much more like a midsummer, a fog bank out there instead of october. But heres where we sit right now. High pressure too strong. Kind of interesting in southern california. Theyve had an area of low pressure spinning around. Theyve actually have some storms rolling in some showers and some thunderstorms off and on all week. And i think that will pick up again for tomorrow bay area. Its been about