p>> steve:new at tonight at ten a surprise act of kindness inside a bay area mall. good evening, i'm steve aveson. and i'm pam moore. employees at shoe store in concord. noticed a young man who came in all the time just to try on the same shoes. but he would never buy them. so they decided to do something about it. >> steve:they bought him shoes -- and the hat. then surprised the teen with them. >> pam:kron4's hermela aregawi

is live tonight at the sun valley mall in concord. hermela -- you talked to the employees -- what made them want to do this? >> reporter:this is *not the only surprise he would always leave empty-handed giving the store employe is why he could buy the sneakers on sunday the incredible youth group of young people made sure this man did not leave the store empty- handed. a customer that sun valley shopping center attracted to it as an act of kindness the employees that this shoe store can together to surprises man with his favorite speakers get tried on so many times before.

>> reporter: a group of a dozen pulled together $300 presented the frequent visitor not just the sneakers and matching hat and a t-shirt and even asat suit. people we talked to love the gesture.

>> pam:last month, employees at 'best buy' decided to do something after seeing a teen come to the store everyday. to play the wii-u video game console. this was at a best buy in new york. three workers chipped in to the buy the video game system with their own money. they also bought the teen a copy of the game. he always came to play. a random act of kindness! tonight at ten: an update on a story we told you

about last night. >> steve:two members of the bay area funk band -- "tower of power" hit by a train. this is video of the scne last night. from our helicopter partnership with abc7 news. today -- kron4's lydia pantazes talked to pete escovedo. the father of sheila e. he tells us one of the band members hit was just temporarily filling in. and another amtrack train crash today. >> reporter: men heading back to the stress from behind in the guy hit by the train. this is video from the wagon engine. or

the two decades view this as a sitting for the target hours are aware bass player. and that got back to their hotels. the trains pass through the area several times a day investigators say the signal was working what happened we called highland hospital and says the matter olefins stable but critical condition. he underwent surgery and part of a statement that bandleaders said that i was a hospital last night sought david but mark was in intensive care was not able to see him dave said that they were presold and bruised but lucid and expected to recover. also added we

appreciate your responses and prayers from four bedmates and friends. will remain hopeful and in prayer. they say both men and not only great musicians but great people. >> reporter: we spoke with say they're surprised hit will happen because the noise the train makes. another train crash today. >> pam:this one fatal. it happened around 10 -this morning on agnew road in santa clara. police believe the woman involved did not pull her car far enough forward. and the back

end was still on the tracks when the southbound train approached causing it to hit the car. union pacific railroad says, the conductor did everything properly. sounding his horn, activating the gates and lights, and applying the emergency brake unfortunately none of it was fast enough to stop the collission. and in the east bay. the third amtrack crash in the past two days. luckily no one was injured tonight. it happened just before 7 p-m. at the intersection of cutting and carlson boulevards in

richmond. one car was hit but police say, the driver was not hurt. here in the breaking news center, we're tracking a deadly hit and run accident on the peninsula. about a half hour ago.the chp told us they just took a suspect into custody.a woman in her 30's.her name hasn't been released. she's suspected of hitting a man who had walked onto a lane of southbound 101 in san carlos. they say the pedestrian may have been intoxicated.but still.a car killed him.and did not stop. right now traffic is still heavy as investigators work the crime scene. this was near the brittan avenue exit. happened just after 6:30. the guy hit.a 45-year-old from redwood city. it's unclear why he made his way onto the freeway. his identity has not been released. we'll keep you posted. pam and steve. our other big story onight: the weather is drying up as we head into the holiday weekend. but we are still dealing with the aftermath of recent storms. some progress to report on highway 37 tonight. one eastbound lane is now open near highway 101. that area of the highway has been shutdown since wednesday. you can see in this video how much water covered the road. caltrans is hopeing to fully re- open the highway.sometime tomorrow morning.

sot- "it's an impending danger." on the ground -- nothing out of the ordinary. but look up. and, there's a problem. sot- "it's actually perilously hanging over the powerlines." jeff ammerman owns this property in lafayetee, and says an arborist checked this pine tree out last year and deemed it safe before removing another dangerous tree near ammerman's home. but it turns out -- the recent storms were stronger than expected. and, that resulted in the pine tree collapsing. sot- "and, its now propped up against a 100 foot tall eucalyptus tree." ammerman says the tree fell down at around eleven o'clock thursday night. and says he's fortunate that the tree fell into this eucalyptus tree and didn't cause any more damage.

rustling noises and though it was an intruder, but it turns out it was the big tree that fell down." pg-and-e turned the power off on panorama drive while a tree company works to remove the damage. sot- "that could have been really bad -- glad no one was injured." dog walkers passing by, didn't even notice anything was wrong until they were warned. tina rundel says, on wednesday night, a tree fell on her street in orinda, which knocked the power out for a full day. sot- "i think the storms been a little too much for these trees here." these days -- tree companies are responding to calls all over the east bay. early wednesday morning a tree landed on this home in lafayete. and, crews were busy in walnut creek thursday, removing potentially hazardous dead trees. sot- "lucky that eucalyptus is there, huh? yeah, it is. in fact, my neighbor was talking about taking it down. so, we were joking and glad he didn't" in lafayette, philippe djegal, kron four news.

coming up new tonight: a woman accused in a very strange new year's burglary. all caught on camera. the unusual items taken from the home. then -- also new at ten -- harsh criticism for the donald trump. the well- respected democratic congressman who says, he is *not a legitimate president. and next: also new tonight -- an alleged mail theft caught on camera.

why this particular crime could mean serious trouble for people who live nearby. new at ten: get ready to take a good look at a man. who is stealing mail from a south bay neighborhood. we have crystal clear surveillance video.showing him with what appears to be a master mail key. grant lodes is back with

that.and what the postal service is saying about the crime. i spoke to jeff fitch, pio for us postal service inspection as far as the idea of thieves using so called "master" keys to gain access to multi unit mailboxes that have been lost by the postal service. postal service thinks these are counterfeit keys that bad guys are using. he warns that this kind of crime is a serious federal crime and could lead to up to 10 years in federal prison. he says all postal carriers have a key that gains them access to multi unit mailboxes but these keys must be returned at the end of the carrier's shift. he also says these keys are only for certain areas, not a master key for all state of california mailboxes. he wouldn't say he thought

counterfeit keys are a "growing" problem but did say they made arrests in this kind of crime. hi stanley, i'm so happy you are doing the segment tonight on the mail theft. it is such a huge issue everywhere. there is a great video of a recent thief stealing from a cahill park cluster box.he even had a master key and you can clearly see his face, and even license plate.would you check out the video? tonight - a former east bay teacher is facing life in prison. ronald guinto was convicted of molesting more than a dozen victims over a perioid of several years. guinto worked as a sixth grade science and math teacher at making waves academy in richmond. police say he took boys between the ages of 11 and 13 on camping trips. where he sexually molested them. investigators say, guinto was planning another trip. and even made fake permission slips to give to parents. all before he was arrested. he will be sentenced in march in martinez. new at ten: police are asking for your help to find a missing teenage girl. >> pam:officers say, this teen on your screen 16-year-old jocelyn polk. was last seen heading towards lake merritt on monday. polk is five- feet- two -inches tall 150- pounds with black hair and brown eyes.

she was last seen wearing a pink sweather, light blue jeans, white shoes with a white back- pack. police believe she was headed towards a starbucks in the area. tonight we learning more about the emotional end to a shocking kidnapping case. the crime happened 18- years ago. a baby girl ripped from her mother's arms. just hours after she was born in a jacksonville hospital. "a lot of times, you pray and pray and thinking things aren't going to happen, but god made it happen. "this is what we strive for. justice for victims no matter how long it takes." today in south carolina -- a teenager saying goodbye to the person she thought was her biological mother. tonight -- that woman -- 51=year old gloria williams is facing

extradition to florida.- "a lot of times, you pray and pray and thinking things aren't going to happen, but god made it happen. "this is what we strive for. justice for victims no matter how long it takes." the emotional end to a very cold case in south carolina tonight. a young woman says goodbye to the woman she thought was her biological mother. that woman is now facing charges of kidnapping her as a newborn, 18 years ago. that would be the happiest thing in the world to hold my baby. nat july tenth, 1998. police on the grounds of the jacksonville, florida, hospital, where kamiyah mobley was born to a 15 year old mother at 6:55 a=m. eight hours later, a woman in blue hospital scrubs took the little girl from her mother's arms and disappeared, the only clues: the baby's d=n=a. a pair of tiny footprints and a composite drawing of a woman seen roaming the halls. in 18 years the cold case unit

followed thousands of tips. "late last year we received two informational leads that took us to walterboro south carolina. we found an 18 year old woman with the same date of birth but a different name. further investigation revealed that fraudulent documents had been used to establish that woman's identity jso investigators obtained a dna sample from her earler this week and last night we obtained conformation that the young woman we contacted in south carolina is in fact kamiyah mobley. "i just thank god because i prayed for this day. " kamiyah's grandmother says her daughter has talked to the young woman on facetime and says she looks just like her father. "i'm just so happy and i'll be glad when she gets here so we can celebrate." gloria williams was arrested at her south carolina home. the suspect is facing charges of of kidnapping and interfering with custody.

take a look at this: incredible home surviellance video showing an avalanche crashing through a window of a kirkwood valley home. this happened on wednesday night after the recent storms. thankfully no one was inside at the time. that area was hit with close to 9 feet of snow this past week sierra avalance center says the avalanche danger is still considerable at all elevations.

and it will stay from oil for more region. and 36. sunny skies 40 degrees you do notice the war air starting moving to the sierra and the story of the issue with possibility of freezing fog that happens when warmer air moves over the snow- covered ground and trucks from the fog to freeze any surface it comes in contact with. and that can create icy roads also creates a decrease visible visibility be very careful. " and for not always on inland close to freezing here's the deal. and the leftover moisture could see a lot of reason there

and it will still take a few days for britain to go down. the river here guy and a combination of high tides not a great combination tracking the possibility of flooding your delta islands. celebrate our shot shows a dry conditions. as we go into tomorrow. little system ran off the coast monday tuesday we stayed dry. dollar tracking a chance of rain wednesday thursday friday more details coming up in the sunday forecast

>> reporter: incredibly.the driver managed to thinking about heading up to the snow for the holiday weekend. kron4's charles clifford caught up with people gearing up before heading out of town. >> reporter: the reason for the excitement you johnson out amazing skiing conditions at tahoe this girl's head in the sugar bowl with her family. and then they're excited about the bad news is the highway 88 the kirkwood is so close as of friday evening they're going anyway. still ahead:

before you head out of the house be aware there are some major flooding problems. we have update on popular parks -- some open -- some still closed. and next: video you don't want to miss. a woman accused in a very camera. the unusual items taken from the home. coming up -- new at ten. host steve harvey met with president-elect donald trump tonight -- health experts explosed. we have what you need to know.

>> pam: " and then if you're wondering what her shirt says. the eggs up their and then you

know. and then looks like blankets and that closes the door. and then people and then the close of video and social media. and then they started to get a lot of attacks apparently. they recognized dublin police who you will see right here 31 year-old jennifer smith she is a transient and police say nearly all the stolen property was eventually recovered and returned to their like to the egg everyone for helping out with this case.

>> reporter:a father in marin had died after contracting meningitus. now health officials are worried that man may have explosed hundreds of people. kron4"s terisa estacio has what you need to know. there was a case of meningitis here watch out. we look at anyone who would of been exposed over the previous week.

and the federal case of meningitis the county sees what the five cases a year. an infectious disease affects the people all ages. they have learned at least a person at least so cycle is not a case of antibiotics. and at his home in

center fell from no. that's for privacy. during this understandably difficult time. our other big story tonight: the impact of the recent storms still being felt as we go into the weekend. tonight - lake del vale park remains closed because of flooding. today -- kron4's haaziq madyun got a first hand look at the damage on teh ground. that is the sound of the east lawn picnic area here at lake de valle in livermore. this huge

section of the park remains flooded following this week's storm "straight out here we have our oak point bathroom" east bay regional park rangers paula odrain and tony clark gave me a tour of the flooded area. ranger odrain is pointing out the top of what was the public restroom facilities "and it use to be surrounded by picnic tables and shoreline for fishing and now we have a flood that comes up to our lawn area" the water level is so high you can't even see the picnic tables

"we have garbage cans and then picnic tables below them, that's how high the water is" we took a drive over to the lake de valle marina.which as you can see is also flooded "yeah that's about two feet of water" "de valle boat docks, it's a private doc, we rent our boats from here, we have 50 or 60

boats we rent daily we are open year round" but not today! in fact she says the park is closed until further notice "we are expecting more rain next week, so it can be anywhere from a week to a month" once it drys out te clean up effort can begin "yeah we're going to wait for the water to recede, which will be nature and then we''' start cleaning up, e will probably call a lot of crews in, start cleaning up the lawn, rebuilding our buildings, fixing picnic tables and barbque pits, looking for our garbage cans which are probably floating down lake" normally this time of year there would be over 200 boats on the lake with folks doing some recreational fishing. that scene will be put on hold at least for now.in livermore haaziq madyun kron4ne >> grant:we did make some calls on the other parks in the east bay had been closed because of storm damage. here is an update: mount diablo state park finished its cleanup and is open. black diamond park in antioch also has reopened tonight. and sunol regional tells us it is all cleaned up and back open too. new tonight at ten: civil rights icon and georgia congressman john lewis has some very harsh words for president- elect donald trump. here is what he said to nbc's chuck todd on meet the press. congressman john lewis has been in office since 1987 lewis also said he would not attend trump's inauguration, saying quote. "you can't be at home with something that you feel is wrong". neither trump nor his transition team have responded to the georgia democrat's remarks. president-elect trump did make an appearance today. with steve harvey -- following a meeting at trump tower. this is new video of the two men coming down to the lobby. here's steve harvey on the role he will play once trump takes office. trump also met with the c-e-o of lockeed martin.who makes the military's f-35 aircrft. marillyn hewson says she is is

optimistic about not only cutting costs, but bringing jobs in the u-s. it's just one week until president obama leaves the white house. and today.the house of representatives began the process of dismantling the affordable care act. republicans are pushing for the changes.saying they plan to replace obamacare. from our partners with c-n- n.andy rose has the story on how republican leaders are working to come up with the details on how thier plan will work. paul ryan: "this law is collapsing as we speak!" house republicans took the first steps friday to repeal obamacare by approving a budget measure already passed by the senate. the house of representatives

passed a resolution using a process known as "budget reconciliation," to roll back major fiscal parts of the affordable healthcare act. it allows republicans to avoid a filibuster in the senate. the same tactic democrats used to pass the law seven years ago. but democrats are accusing gop lawmakers, among other things, of trying to leave those who rely on health insurance. high and dry. >>:rep. nancy pelosi: "republican replacement plan is cut and run. cut benefits, cut investments and hospitals that care for our people, cut jobs. it's with no positive upside to it. and while the budget resolution passed almost completely along party lines, there were a handful of republicans who sided with democrats and voted against the measure. for conservative members, the concern is budgetary. for moderate republicans, it's that the party is repealing obamacare before they have a concrete

replacement. rep charlie dent/top house republican moderate: "my main concern is that there would not be gaps in coverage for people who are currently subsidized also concerned about how the insurance markets might react." but majority leader paul ryan reiterated on cnn thursday night the party's commitment to "repeal and replace." >>:rep. paul ryan/ -r- house speaker: "we want to do this at the same time, and in some cases in the same bill. so we want to advance repealing this law with its replacement at the same time." i'm andy rose, reporting. coming up nats: ambiance the california highway patrol has rolled out a new tool which you will hear about first on kron 4 what i'm going to do is this instead of giving you a

citation for some people the new tool ah it's a pretty big break i'll explain in the next edition of people behaving badly

>> reporter: be prepared to open your wallet allied air the honor of big brands like soldiers captive castillo raises prices by an average of 6% sofa a pot of coffee it costs $15 now spent nearly a dollar more for like a buy on and on its coffee at the

data stored same patter prizefight. police not melt. >> britteny: could see and try and send a week and had radar tracking rainer seven day forecasts all the details coming up. only on kron 4

if you ever been pulled over by the california highway patrol, when the officer is standing in the rear of your car writing. your stress level likely builds up. >> steve:however just because he is writing something might not mean that you are about to get a ticket at least not any more stanley roberts explains >> stanley:on the bay bridge, this driver is rolling along with a cell phone firmly

attached to his ear with no idea i'm riding along side him in a fully marked chp cruiser if thats not distracted driving i don't know what is keep going keep going sir, keep going till i tell you to pull over the driver pulls over and officer williams of the san francisco area office of the california highway patrol has a chat with him the reason why i stopped you're using your cell phone while you're driving your looking at me like you don't really know what im talking about here on the bay bridge heading toward san francisco this driver was at going 70 plus on the bridge when the speed limit

is 50 nats: ambiance and this driver also on his cell phone driving across the bridge

go ahead take the fifth street off ramp please what going you got some

emergency what's that you're working ok so it wasn't an emergency? these drivers are about to get one of the biggest breaks in their life well maybe not in their life but keep listening what i'm going to do is this instead of giving you a citation i'm going to give you a written warning ok, it's a warning that says i stopped you for a cell phone you tknow the next time it might not be so good even the speeder on the bay bridge got a warning you just got the biggest break of your life today didn't you ahh it's a pretty big break yes the chp has introduced written warnings in lieu of an actually ticket which comes with a fine and possible points on your record it also it lists the top 10 ways you can drive to survive. .one is give driving your full attention anothere is do not drive impaired however not everyone qualifies for a written warning. this driver was seen driving on the shoulder on the freeway i watched you doing it for at least 500 feet do you have you license registrations and insurance for me he said he saw other people doing it so he simply followed

sometimes it can cost you to be a follower sign in the red box it's not an admission of guilt in san francisco stanley roberts kron 4 news a few >> britteny: what if you live near the reuter the high tides possible flooding. add choses to go in the sunday august is part of on the coast cluster monday tuesday said drive monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday that we could see another chance of moving into our region. set near center as a map of bought out and also

parts of like how tablatures push and amid high fifties and 58 degrees the hyatt san jose. >> britteny: most of the jurors close to six degrees. and it will actually see another chance of rain. and the seven day cut coming up at all the clock. >> gary: every night on the

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>> steve: >> pam: to members of the bay area power of power are still in hospital after getting hit by train in oakland yesterday. today, the numbers was temporarily filling and. happened remind men cross