>>:we'll have an alternative for the children--we don't have an alternative >> pam :it appears a charter school in pittsburg is on life support. and, the plug may soon be pulled. this, after parents and students of s-e-p high school received letters this month. from the company that manages the school. saying, it is terminating its contract with the school. good evening, i'm pam moore. kron four's philippe djegal spoke with famlies deeply concerned about what is on the horizon. >> phillipe :outrage and deep concern. >> : this has been pretty difficult. >> phillipe :you bet! >> : the staff and my friends are all like a big family to me. >> phillipe :we spoke with

students, like 8th grader jessica moore-diaz, who say they simply didn't fit in at any other school before here, and that if this school does go away, they'll be lost. >> : it's a lot easier for me to learn the academics here -- they're a lot more engaging than at public schools. >> phillipe :helen kinmon, -- a grandmother of one of the students, shared the letter she received from encore education corporation on saturday. e-e-c is the company that manages and operates synergy education project high school. in the letter, the company states its informed the s-e-p school board and the state department of education that encore is terminating its management contract with the school. it does not give a reason, but students, parents and teachers tell kron four its all about money. >> : we're kind of like up in the air, like, what are we gonna do? >> phillipe :encore says its up to the school board to figure out a way to keep the school open. but as of now, the doors will close on november 18th. this school specializes in arts, dance and music.

the student-body? some 200 kids and about a half dozen teachers. margie digirgio is one of them, surrounded by students, including kinmon's granddaugter. >> : many people have put their heart and souls into this place, and to see it disappear just because a company came in, promised the world and then took it away within a matter of three months is unacceptable. >> : it doesn't make sense. it's leaving everybody a little bit hopeless. >> phillipe :as of now, all of the upset parents, students and teachers say all they can do is try to raise money, which they're doing on the site go- fun-me-dot-com. go-fund-me and, if they doesn't work, most students won't attend classes anywhere anytime soon. in pittsburg, philippe djegal, >> pam :new at eleven. a carjacking suspect, who led police on a chase across the bay bridge. will be charged with nine felonies and three misdemeanors. 24-year-old randal maykopet. faces several charges. including assault on a police officer and carjacking. officials say, maykopet drove away in a police s-u-v saturday morning. after police responded to a report of a man armed with a knife.

officers chased him from the city's cow hollow neighborhood. all the way to treasure island. he then drove onto the bay bridge. where he later jumped from the upper deck, to the lower deck of the bridge. an officer arrested hiim. after making the same jump. crews are still working to repair a massive sinkhole in union city. the hole first opened up. about two -weeks ago on alvarado boulevard. the union sanitary district has filled the hole. however, crews are still trying to assess and repair a damaged sewer pipe. it is located about 20- feet below ground. high groundwater levels have made it difficult to reach the pipe. without causing additional damage to the street and other utilities. officials will release an expected completion date. once they are able to reach the damaged pipe. the mother of a student shot and killed near jesse bethel high school. is suing the vallejo school district. she claims the school failed to keep her son and other

students. safe. kron 4's scott rates spoke with the mother today. and explains why she is now suing the school district. it's a story you'll only see on kron 4. >> scott :it's been 5 and half months, and the pain is still fresh. just hours before coming back to the spot where her son was murdered jamie rusk walked into the vallejo county school district with papers in hand rusk formally filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the district, the city of vallejo, and the superintendent dr. ramona bishop claiming negligence in her son's death. her biggest claim >> : lack of security scottrusk claims security issues were raised and ignored at the high school after an armed

robbery occurred the day before her son's death. her son, max was shot and killed on this trail.just feet away from jesse bethel high school. police arrested zachery kroll and eli-sha white jr.. both are accused of killing the 17 -year old. today we asked the school board if they wanted to discuss the lawsuit --knoll but they had nothing to say rusk hopes that now with a lawsuit filed her concerns will be addressed. >> : make it safer for all these other kids >> scott :rusk would not talking about how much money in damages she is seeking, only saying there no amount that can bring her son back >> pam :new at eleven. the family of a woman shot and killed by emeryville police officers. is filing a federal lawsuit. yuvette henderson was suspected of shoplifting at a home depot in february. police say, she had stolen knives from the store. and when confronted outside. pulled a revolver on store security

guards. she ran down the street. and allegedly tried to carjack police say, she turned her gun to open fire. tomorrow. --hnederson's family will give details on the lawsuit tomorrow a convicted felon is facing charges, after he shot himself in the foot with a hunting rifle... police say his gunfire also hit a 9-year old boy. the bullet apparently passed through the floor of his apartment... and struck the boy while he slept. eric smith is facing charges of negligent discharge of a firearm, a felon in possession of a firearm... and a felon in possession of ammunition. both smith and the young boy were taken to the hospital with serious... but non- life- threatening injuries. a friend of the family says, she spoke to the boy's mother wednesday morning. >>:she was crying and she was definitely devastated and i said to you know hanging in their

acting will be fine --hang in there and everything will be fine >> pam :the san joes police department says, the investigation is ongoing... additional charges could be made. smith is expected to be booked into the santa clara county jail following his release from the hospital. new at 11. a 28-year-old man. who confessed to killing his ex-girlfriend. appeared in court today. police say, on monday. hugo ernesto castro entered san jose police headquarters, and turned himself in for the murder of. 27-year-old allessandra barlas. police say, castro admitted to strangling and fatally stabbing barlas with a knife. castro told investigators. the two previously dated, and she agreed to meet him. today castro was arraigned on a murder charge. he is expected back in court. in november. coming up a local house all set up for halloween fun but local neighbors want it shot down-shut down

and san leandro police say they are seeing links in the numbers of recent lotteries--roberts-- robberies

>> pam :san leandro police are looking for suspects in a pair of armed robbery cases near arroyo high school. both victims are 59-year-old asian men. they were both robbed immediately after dropping their children off at school. one incident happened monday morning about 8a-m.

leah castillo's father had just gotten back home from taking her sister to school. three masked men held him at gunpoint in the backyard. her mother saw what was happening... and called 9-1-1. police say, two- and a half- weeks earlier... within a half mile of their home... another man was robbed after leaving arroyo high. police say, the suspects robbed the man and his wife... and then ran away. police presence is now increased around the school. still ahead. a stranded baby otter. is rescued by kakayers. we have an update on the animal's condition. plus. neighbors fighting over a haunted house attraction in the east bay. why they are trying to shut it down. >> gary :and we have some noise on the forty-niner is whether you want it or not a little bit later in the broadcast

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well you've come to the right place. great, mind if i have another taste? not at all mmm you're all right bud? never better i don't know if he likes that. yeah part of the complete breakfast >> pam :a controversial haunted house will be allowed to operate this weekend in albany despite the appeal of a neighbor who was complaining about noise and

traffic. kron four's jeff bush was at the planning commission tonight where there were a lot of people who were for the project but, even supporters say the event will likely have to be held somewhere else next year. >> jeff :it's the third scheduled haunted house on peralta street in albany. the organizers of the event were issued a temporary use permit months ago for a temporary structure to be built in the back yard, but an appeal was leveled two weeks ago and the fate of the haunted house was up to the planning commissionthe very government body that issued the permit in the first place. there was a packed house and one by one people got up to express their feelings about the haunted house. a portion of the money raised will go to the alameda county food bank. most were supportive but, other say it is the right event in the wrong >>:you need a venue that the city needs to provide or the high school providesor, if everyone in the community is behind you guys they will raise the money for it to take place

somewhere that is not a hinderence to other people. i would like to see what this structure looks likehow people have to live with this right next doorless than a foot away from the structure. it's unfortunate that we have to get pulled into a dispute of some kind and ideally these things should be worked out in >> jeff :the haunted house will be restricted to friday and saturday night but will likely have to be held someplace else next year. i'm jeff bush in albany, kron four news. >> pam :speaking of halloween. do have your costume ready for this saturday? kron four wants to know. these are viewers photographs that have been sent in . and you could also make it on our air.

heres how. download the kron four news app. and submit your photo under the "report it" tab. or, you can submit it through our website. where we also have a gallery of halloween pictures. just log on to kron four-dot-com. the 14- people who want to be on the republican presidential ticket. made for an interesting third g-o-p debate the focus of tonights debate was the economy. however. the candidates seemed to talk less about finances --- and more about each other. former florida governor jeb bush. attacked marco rubio for missing votes in the u.s. senate. bush told rubio he signed up for a six-year term. and quote - "should be showing up for work." in the end. the candidates each made their pitch on why they should be the next president. >>:liberty thrives when government is small. i want a government so small that i can barely see it. we are not here for ourselves we're here to get

this country back on track >>:i am prepared and tested and ready >> pam :the candidates also complained that the moderators' questions were hostile. and based on inaccurate premises. fresh snow is coming to tahoe. this is a picture from northstar. the resort received its first batch of snow today. forecasters say there could be more snow coming next week. the resort is scheduled to open next month. >> reporter :rain will happen anywhere from sunday onto monday he was a shock of the bay

bridge --here is a shot of the bay bridge high pressure is what is kicking in for the next couple of days so temperatures up up the up and we will not see as much of the breezy conditions but after that the next storm system comes out of the gulf of alaska and will be the most winter like storm we've seen so far this year temperatures dropping to low 50s 7:00 a.m. has some morning fog and the warm up with 60 is hanging on in the peninsula and then some clearing happens elsewhere as we go to tomorrow

this is what is happening for high temperatures and a line-- in east bay shoreline and here is the warm-up talked- about in your seven day forecast >> pam :back here in the bay area. it was a cool, grey day. kron 4 mobile app. it's free for apple and android devices. a malnourished baby otter is recovering at the monterey bay aquarium. the otter was found stranded on a beach by kayakers last week. officials say the animal somehow got separated from its mother before it was found near morro bay. officers drove the otter around

by boat to let it call out to its mom, but there was no response. aquarium officials believe the animal was only about a day old when it was found. the otter will require intensive care over the next few weeks. in sports. colin kaepernick responds to reports saying. he is "on an island". in relationship to his teammates. and world series game two. no power outages. no five- hour game. but the same result. gary has highlights. coming up has highlights. coming up (nature sounds) she can rage, and roar, and crack, and storm. but mother nature can't stop us. the new 2016 ford explorer. be unstoppable. ♪

>> gary :the world series is off to a slow start in terms of competitiveness unless you are a kansas city royals and -fan royals vs. mets - game two of world series fans in kansas city ready for their team to get going looking for 2-0 series lead bottom 5th / 1-1 tie jacob degrom didn't have the magic touch tonight eric hosmer hits the ball to centerfield for the single two runs score degrom: 5 ip, 6 h, 4 er, 3 bb royals take 3-1 lead top 7th / 4-1 royals johnny cueto strikes out yoenis cespedes swinging cueto with the big game cueto: complete game - 2 h, 1 er, 3 bb cueto becomes first al pitcher with a world series complete game since 1991 cespedes: 0-4 on the night bottom 8th / 6-1 royals alcides escobar cranks this ball to center field for the rbi triple, alex gordon scores royals take 7-1 lead final: 7-1 royals, royals take 2-0 series lead game three this friday at 5:07

pm in new york the colin kaepernick drama just keeps getting turned up higher. after another very poor game against the seahawks last thursday. rumors of kaepernick not being on the same page. being "on an island". have surfaced. while his coach and team publically support him. word has been that he's not connected to them and the locker room is growing weary of his regression you >>:the reports don't bother me and the relationship with my teammates is great and that is all i am worried about. it has nothing to do with me or this team >>:he is not on a damn island or what ever, we are here and we are trying to win together >> gary :reggie bush. will now return punts for the 49ers replacing australian rugby player jarryd hayne bush handled one punt for nine yards in the team's loss to the

seahawks last week his first punt return in four years. hayne has been the 49ers primary punt returner in first six games has averaged 9.5 yards on eight returns and broke a couple. but has also had issues with fumbling special teams coordinator thomas mcgaughey feels "real comfortable" with bush who has a 7.9 yard career average with four touchdowns on punt returns in his career after a while there has got to be something else on our minds aside from caepernick out pam is looking for international journalism we will find her in belgium

sharkies at home against te nashville predators. peter deboer ready for tonight's matchup 3rd period joe pavelski gets knocked down in front of the net twice still able to get the shot off and score the goal ties the game at 1-1 3rd period calle jarnkrok nails the shot to give the predators the lead predators take 2-1 lead final: predators win 2-1 sharks fall to 5-4-0 sharks have lost four of five since opening the season with four wins lakers hosting the t'wolves. tribute to flip saunders timberwolves coach who died of cancer a few days ago kobe bryant first player in nba history to play with a single team for 20 years 1st quarter first quarter coming to a close nick young aka "swaggy p" drills the 40-foot three-pointer at the buzzer

lakers lead 28-22 3rd quarter final: timberwolves win 112-111 >> pam :good night everybody my name is jeff richardson, the vice president of operations here at c.k. mondavi. to make this fine wine it takes a lot of energy. pg&e is the energy expert. we reached out to pg&e to become more efficient. my job is basically to help them achieve their goals around sustainability and really to keep their overhead low. solar and energy efficiency are all core values of pg&e. they've given us the tools that we need to become more efficient

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world series chaos. please stand by. >> we have lost our picture. >> and heart break. >> deborah: the pitcher's dad dies just before his son takes the mopped. and new school take down, this time it's the principal, body slammed by a student. and the other video everyone's talking about. how he should have handled the situation. and what happened to bob barker? >> i was walking this way and down i went. >> the tv icon banged up. >> i tore up my knee. then sexton beach. he was branded a menace because of what he and his girlfriend did on the beach.