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breaking news is in sunnyvale. police have shot someone outside of a diner, sky 7 is live over the scene now at north matilda and ahwahnee avenue. we're finding out it was not a sunnyvale police officer that shot the person, multiple law enforcement responded to the scene. you can see where cars appeared to have blocked a truck in the parking lot or
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perhaps crashed into it. investigators have blocked off ahwahnee avenue and two northbound lanes of matilda. breaking news continues now on twitter on abc 7 news bay area, good afternoon, everyone. i'm larry beil. >> now latest on the crisis in syria. >> first i didn't set a red line. the world set a red line. >> president obama took an international stage to push for action in syria and today, congress took the first step towards supporting that call. today, a committee approved a resolution giving the president authorities to launch a limited mission against syria as long as it does not exceed 90 days and involve nose american troops on the ground. also on capitol hill today president obama's top advisors presented their case to the house. abc news has the latest from washington. a small step forward today.
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senate foreign relations committee authorizing a strike against seara. but the white house has a lot of convincing to do. several congressional leaders indicated they're backing the president, but right now there isn't enough committed support to pass auj saigs for a strike against syria in the house and senate. top officials went before the house. >> united states must demonstrate through our action that's the use of chemical weapons is unacceptable. >> a republican lawmaker wanted to grill him on the attack in benghazi. kerry said there is no place in a seen deeb yait over syria. >> i have sympathy for the people in seara. i do think there should be a world wide response. >> congress debates here in washington the president kept up pressure on lawmakers from overseas. >> i think we'll be stronger. as a country in our response if the president, and congress does it together. >> the president would not say
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what he would do if congress doesn't approve a strike. >> moral thing to do is not to stand by and do nothing. >> he was defensive when asked whether military action was necessary to stay save. >> my credibility is not on the line. the international community credibility isn't on the line and america and congress's credibility is on the line. >> next stop is russia. today, president putin said set a u.s. strike against syria would with an aggression and said if syrian president assad is not held accountable other regime will look and say we can get away with something, too. >> russia's president is accusing john kerry of lying saying kerry denied al qaeda was fighting with the syrian opposition in that country's civil war, vladimir putin says the combat unit is an arm of
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al qaeda. he believes only 15% to 25% of extremists and says russia has not ruled out supporting a resolution authorizing force in syria if proof, he quote, beyond a doubt syrian government used chemical weapon autos back on capitol hill secretary of state kerry testified before house members today on seara, several members of the antiwar group code pink held up red painted hands behind him and says the color represents blood. >> we'll have more on the coverage of the crisis in syria. >> including a look at horrors on the grounds that syrians are facing. >> back here in the bay area, commuter concerns this afternoon because of massive back ups. >> you can see just a sea of bright lights here.
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this is around 9:00 last night. one reason, drivers slowing down to admire the new span of the bay bridge. >> let's take a look at the roadways now. this is a skyway. the sun is shining but this is a usual back up head together lower deck perhaps worse. >> i'd say it's worse having driven in. >> okay. >> suggesting you're stuck in the traffic on 101 on the way towards 100 street this afternoon. >> yes. it's slow going. here is a look you can see cars making their way towards oakland. headlights moving better. >> those are happy people. >> yes. >> not everybody is tense. and the mcarthur maze here this, is great.
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traffic moving left to right. normally that is a nightmare and a total jam up but that is flowing nicely. >> who knows if that is the key reason here. >> there is a lot of concern because traffic, especially on san francisco side seems like it's worse than it's ever been. >> we're getting a view of the battle over the wildfire burning in and around yosemite national park. >> this video from 19th rescue wing of the international guard. the crew returned home after flying nearly 90 hours of fighting rim fire, today, we caught wupt crew saying the fire is massive. >> you know, intense from time to time. >> sometimes you just stay focused and realized i'm getting water on target and i'm out, making a difference out there. >> 111 buildings including 11
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homes have been destroyed. the rim fire now burned nearly 370 miles but it's 80% contained crews don't expect to have full containment until september 20th ooj we're expecting warm ups here in the bay area. >> yes. nomplt few days. here is the accu-weather forecast. >> yes. things going to get warm around the bay area, it's warm now going to get hot later on in the week we've got sunny skies, temperatures 69 in san francisco. 76 oakland, upper 70s in redwood city. 68 half moon bay. another great live view looking towards mount diablo. 82 degrees in santa rosa and napa. 84 antioch. concord at 81 degrees and a live view looking out over embarcadero a beautiful wednesday afternoon this, is a
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frs forecast going to be filed this evening just patches of fog. maybe moving inland overnight. but sunny skies early in the morning and mild, again, temperatures early morning hours from low 60s, low 50s rather to low 60s, then noorks afternoon warm again. mild at the coast. highs mid-60s there. we've got weather elevating carolyn's mood as she's waiting in traffic. >> good luck. >> yes. >> thank you, spencer, police have arrested two additional suspects in the murder of a san jose state nursing student. police say the 23-year-old and 22-year-old were involved in it. the killing of a 19-year-old kimberly chico early morning august 3. a 23-year-old is under arrest in this case. the shooting happened in downtown san jose. police now say this was gang related and chico happened to
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be a passenger in the car. she was struck by a stray bullet. >> police have released home surveillance video they hope will solve a burglary. this happened in a quiet neighborhood before noon. >> abc 7 is live with the story for us. laura? >> hi, carolyn. like cities around the bay air san leandro increasing its use of home surveillance systems to help solve crimes and are hoping it does, again. >> these two, we're thinking teenagers walks up to the porch. >> it started with a trip to the front door. two young men ringing a bell, waiting for a couple minutes just before 9:00 in the morning. >> they look nervous, you can see. and waiting to see anyone shows up to the door. >> no one answers and the home
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surveillance video shows two jumping a fence to a side yard and prying off a window screen, jump through it and leave two minutes later, stuffing jewelry skporj valuables into pants. police hope the public recognizes these suspects. like they did back in february in another burglary case. soon after, police received several tips that led to an arrest. >> within days we had people identified in it. and at least one of them was arrested and i know that both were identified from really the footage. >> in this case, anyone with information is asked to contact police. >> police searching for a man wanted for a series of bank robberies in marin county this, is a photo from a robbery just this morning at redwood credit union. witnesses say the suspect matched the description of so called cotton ball bandit.
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he's wanted in marin county. >> investigators looking into what caused a fire that killed two people in a travel trailer around 5:00 this morning on grand raef. -- avenue. >> the alameda county coroner lad the grim task of removing two bodies from a travel trailer. the fire broke out around 3:30 in the morning officials only confirming a second victim hours later. >> looking like shelving materials falling to collapse on a person. it was in a corner area. >> the chief says there was a lot of stuff but the actual walls of the tailer fell, too. neighbors knew one person was trapped in the flames. she says she lived long enough to call out to them. >> i said are you okay?
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she said no, i'm not okay. >> saying the woman was elderly and disabled. ortiz tried to save her. >> it was locked you know sni just locked a section out of the door with a crowbar. and pulled it open. it's too late. helpless. >> the chief says firefighters were on the scene and says flames were out 10 minutes after that. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >> san francisco international airport will not be renamed for anyone. airport commissioners voted today on a policy name lg four passenger terminals. exit, however, allow for dedicating a terminal or other buildings in honor of someone. new rules after some civic leaders call for renaming sfo
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after a former supervisor harv eye mill ak sass nated in 1978. >> coming up america's cup memorial. >> plus how much this white diamond is expected to fetch at auction. >> lgs also, michael finney taking your questions you can contact michael on facebook and on twitter. m finney. >> at 4:13 another live look at traffic. >> an apartment like this might cost two or three thousand dollars, some families are getting a break thanks, in part to, google. the story still to come. >> first a look at the traffic. here is the skyway. it's slow going better for
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in berlin and new york going on sale in most countries september 25th wealth a 299 sdzs price tag. the nasdaq experience aid second price feed malfunction today arc cording to the company issue resolved and about six minutes. the error two weeks after exchange experienced a similar problem halting trading several hours. linkedn looking to raise big bucks. the social networking site filed to raise about $1 billion operating twice the size of the company's ipo in 011 with shares surging five fold in the last two years. a senate panel voted to authorize military action in seara. your bloomberg silicon valley also rising. and the tech bloggosphere talking about a video that may have featured an unreleased version of google's nexus phone.
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itd chose a phone bigger than ones on the market. google has taken down the video. still it's a big day for google turning 15 today. from bloomberg studios, back to you. >> thank you. >> art students in san francisco unveiled a mural dedicated to a sailer who died while training for america's cup killed after the racing catamaran cap sized on may 9th. simpson won an olympic gold medal. the mural on the side of a building at hays and polk streets. 18 academy after art university students created it. >> beautiful. for me sh special part is dedicating the mural to him. soits very special. >> it happens to be the
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largest ever created by academy of arts. school plans to keep the mural there permanently. >> lovely idea. >> sotheby's calls it the greatest white diamond ever to appear at auction. >> take a look. it's beautiful. 118 carats about the size of an egg. it has an estimate of $28 to $35 million. >> the diamond found in southern africa in 2011 as this rough diamond. the current record for any white diamond sale about $27 million this, is about 20% larger. >> you don't want that on your hand? >> no. no. >> to the relief of your husband. >> yes. speaking of relief the weather has been fantastic. >> yes. >> not too warm.
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and just great all around. supposed to be uncomfortable in spots. here is a look at sunny skies across the bay area now. so here is a sunny view right now. blue skies above. forecast features some patchy fog developing overnight. but won't be very wide spread. mild to warm again, then, enjoy weather tomorrow, satellite shows area of low pressure to the north that is another sunny day tomorrow, winds are going to be significant factor in the sierra. we do have fire weather watch, a red flag warning from 11:00 tomorrow morning to 11:00 tomorrow night for central sierra.
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meanwhile looking ahead we'll see a low lifting up to the north. high pressure going to build into the north to replace that center of low pressure. as it does so, by friday we're going to have a nice strong off shore flow that is going to make it hot here into tuesday. overnight tonight patches of fog here and there. tomorrow, sunny, pleasant with highs from upper 70s to mid-80s up to 79 in san jose. 79 redwood city and mountain view and on the coast. mid-80s across most of the north bay.
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77 union city. inland east bay mid to upper 80s. here is the accu-weather forecast. so heat arrives on friday. over weekend upper 90s to almost 100 inland. mid to upper 70s on the coast. it's pretty warm for the coast. nice warm to hot summer weather. >> still ahead a young man's close call that happens to occur on a highway. >> but first... >> talking with valerie harper and the rest of the dancing with the stars cast i'll have
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stars. >> it's a privilege and honor to welcome valerie harper. >> valerie harper stealing the show. five months after announcing she had just three month left to live she claimed terminal brain cancer is nearly in remission. her doctors gave on the go ahead to take on the challenge. >> they said it's a great ita -- idea. keep active ask keep moving. i hope to inspire others to do that. not people with cancer necessarily. just in their lives. say yes when invited. >> also saying yes to the including reality star saying she'll bring some jersey shore moves to the dance floor. >> there could be a little bit of something in dances. >> the composures are
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confident. >> if you ask me i'm doing great. >> i can dance. >> and he's ready for a repeat. >> the wind, baby. >> season 17 premiers here september 17th. >> i.knew you'd have a prediction here. >> what does google do with profits? >> new investment it's making. >> a fight turns into a police investigation what the man's family is saying about this incident. >> later a
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david this is really interesting program. how much money did google invest. >> $6 million towards building the family apartments. 51 units after fordable housing. now, $6 million is a drop in the bucket but what a difference it's making. >> on the outside the family apartments have a med terrainin villa look. this is silicon valley. >> some apartments going for $5500 a month. >> these were designed to meet a growing need for aferdable housing for people making average $44,000 a year. the $23 million project attracted google as an investor brought just over $6 million in bonds. >> we believe everyone having an affordable home this is a
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responsible way to actually put money where our mouth is. >> there is incentive for google. a federal tax credit. >> they will realize in tax credits about the same amount put in. this is $10 million in a project they'd get tax credits. >> a one bedroom unit. mary and her husband are both disabled living here makes a difference. >> our kids aren't worried about us that. is our biggest thing is making sure we're not a burden to our kids before they get started. >> it puts christina on a stronger financial footing. >> i'm able to start saving now. i have a little bit in savings so it's helped. >> in mountain view, abc news.
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>> the mayor says his city is focused on recovery of three women after their captor, aerial castro committed suicide. astro died after hanging himself insifd his prison cell last night. he pled guilty to charges of kidnapping and raping the women. he'd been under protective custody and guards checking on him every half hour. today this statement saying this man couldn't take for a month a small portion of what he dished out more than a decade. prosecutors inmont monday appealing a controversial 30 day sentence imposed on the teacher who admitted to raping his 14-year-old students. the girl took her life. the mandatory minimum sentence is two years and yesterday the judge admitted the sentence may have been illegal.
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the case drew wit spread attention. the judge suggested the victim quote seemed older than her age. >> long beach police take a look. this shows a man in a dark shirt throwing a beer can at another man's head. officers say he was drunk and high on methamphetamine. >> they just don't look good to anyone but in this case, the officers trying to get this individual who is kpative oosh oosh combattive its not right. it's not right. >> police are conducting an internal investigation. he's in the hospital. his family says they plan to sue and say he suffers from mental illness. police say santes-lopez may
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face charges for battery. >> now, back to breaking news in sunnyvale. police shot someone outside of a restaurant. law enforcement agencies responded to the scene there. i want to take you live right nouf. police are describing what happened. let's listen in. >> the department of public safety will be handling this investigation in conjunction with the district attorney's office i don't have details as far as the whole investigation or operation they were involved in at this point. >> so there is no threat to the community.
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were out before this happened?. >> it was a short amount of time from my understanding but i don't have details of that. >> nor are nobody else injured we have a can advance of the area across the street and neighborhood surrounding neighborhood nobody was injured. >> people listening underway in sunnyvale now. we did tell you at the top of the newscast that someone was shot by police outside of a restaurant in sunnyvale. turns out it followed a drug operation and you just heard officers saying no one ems was injured in this. so that is what we know now. we'll continue to follow the story on abc 7 news at 5:00. >> legally married same-sex couples now eligible for veteran benefits.
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obama administration announced it will stop enforcing a law that blocks benefits. the attorney general says prot vision in the law is placing lawfully married same-sex couples in a second tier marriage. the decision months after the supreme court declared the act unconstitutional. >> former president clinton came out swinging in support of obama care urging opponents of overhauling health care to help implement it. many conservatives called for repeeling affordable care act. >> there is interest in trying to faithfully execute the law. you get one of these jobs you actually take on oath to do that. >> former president clinton kicked off a series of speeches before open
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enrollment begins october 1 including covered california. >> coming up, senator john mccain admits to playing video poker during a hearing. >> a freak accident and a surf board crashed into a car. >> i'm michael finney. taking your questions on facebook abc 7 and on twitter at m finney i'll answer questions live in just a little bit. >> from mount tam looking towards ocean beach you can see patches of coastal clouds, blue skies and this pattern going to be with us for a while. i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> another live look at traffic this, is from our yerba buena island camera. this this is a new sper suspective starting to back up. the righthand side of the screen is traffic head together east bay. you can see it's starting to
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through the glass. ching walked with just scratches on his face and arms. >> this is from the part of the glass. >> how close was it to the face? >> thinking about this much. someone watching offer me. >> it's not known who owns that 10 foot long surf board. the car belongs to his girlfriend. >> you may remember senator john mccain in the middle of a senate hearing was playing poker on. >> today, fellow senators made light of the incident. >> the committee ruled against electronic games. >> a sharp eyed reporter snapped this photo of mccain playing poker, mccain tweeted scandal.
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caught playing iphone game. later revealed he lost several thousand dollars in play money during that game. >> okay. your tax dollars at work there. >> yes. >> take a look at the forecast. >> spencer back. >> starting with sunny skies across the bay area. nationwide tomorrow, lovely and mainly calm day but mild to warm across the nation. usual scattered showers down along the gulf coast. showers interior mountain seks around great falls and salt lake city and denver. and across the state of california tomorrow we'll see sunny skies and warm >> maybe a thunderstorm or two near tahoe and reno. and that is about it. we don't expect to it amount to much. here sunny skies and mild
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conditions at the coast. we'll see mid to upper 70s around the bay warming up with highs in mid to upper 80s by the end of the week as you've heard us say we'll see high temperatures climbing into the 90s inland and over the weekend going to sizzle. highs up near 100. but tomorrow another day like today. nice and warm. >> thank you. >> still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00 a stranger's kind gesture. a mother gets an encouraging note from a good samaritan. >> a special video game may improve brain power. >> can gas stations jack up prices when other stations in the immediate area close for the day? i'll have answers to that question and more
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more airports to the list. precheck open to us us citizens who belong to frequent flyer programs or in the federal trusted traveler program. there is an $85 fee. >> a north carolina family with a special needs child goat dwoth a touching gift. a stranger paid for their dinner. the 8-year-old lost ability to speak at only 18 months old because of a severe form of ep lepsy. his family was in a pizza place he started having a tantrum. his mother could not calm him down. the family got ready to go, wait fres stepped in. >> saying i don't know if i can do this without crying but your meal has been paid for this, is a note. >> the note reads god only gives special children to special people. england post tad note along with a thank you message to the anonymous stranger. it's now gone viral online.
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>> a new video game may help reverse negative affects of aging on the brain. it's a designed 3-d video game. scientists found people between 60-85 years old, it improves their performance including memory and attention. researchers also recorded their brain waves after playing the game for several months and found they now more closely resemble brain waves of 0 year oolds. -- 20 year olds. >> surgery could help people who sfrufr high blood pressure that can not be lowered by medicine found removing a tiny cluster of cells can reduce blood pressure. the artery runs through neck and has highest blood flow of an organ. tests on lab rats have been successful. the study appears in nature
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communication autos consumer news now. michael finney here answering questions sent to him anthony p can a bill collector make you pay for a credit card bill over 10 years old? >> short answer is no. not in california. you still owe money they don't have a way to get it for you. they have four years as a statute of limitations nortd to sue you to get the money. now, if they sue you and have a judgment they can go on forever until they get money if they don't bother to su you before four years you do not have to pay which is why if you're out there seven eight years saying why, excuse me, before four years saying they'll go pay $10. we'll get this going. because then, they veet the clock from that point. so george r asked with gas
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stations close for the day? one station jacks up prices as much as 0 cents. >> how sneaky is that? >> yes. le. legal, you're charge whatever unless there is a emergency. if there is an emergency. they're allowed to do that. >> interesting. >> yes. >> gary j wants to know a new company operating under the same name as old refusing to honor old company's lifetime warranty on our windows. that are now fogging. old company went bankrupt but not the lifetime warranty liability this, is legal? >> no. companies do this all of the time. nobody will take on the
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warranties if you had all replaced it may be worth checking with the courts if they bought the business they bought those warranties if they just bought the name and current assets... >> that seems like a bad deal. >> yes. it is. >> that is worse than gas line guy. >> yes. least you don't have to stop there. >> up next, the new car partnership intended to keep players out of trouble when going out. >> clever lessons being offered to teachers just a mouse click away. ask state lawmakers ready to get used mattresses out of landfills
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we started off with back to back episodes of the middle and modern family followed by "the lookout" at 10:00. nfl players association launched a partnership with a company designed to help keep players out of trouble. it's a car service. >> san francisco based uber offers an alternative to taxi cab. now, nfl teams including 49ers and raiders will have this sfgs. a effort to reduce the number of player duies. >> the more they can use the service the safer they'll be. >> between super bowl nine nfl plaiers are arrested on dui related charges giving a
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credit as incentive to use the service but sports psychologist says it's unlikely to have a major impact. >> because of the player too drunk to drive is unlikely to be sober enough in terms of mental facultis. >> he says it's hard to change a culture of behavior. >> not leave it at home whit comes town to go into the club. >> hoping players will take advantage of the deal. >> you'd like to think everybody can do our business in a professional way z sometimes, things get out of control and help is needed. >>
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>> i'm larry beil. abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now. >> next at 5:00 a commute crunch it's been a nightmare but should the new bay bridge get the blame? >> also looking for answers after a deadly fire inside of a travel trailer in the east bay. >> sizzling weather, i'll show you when it will get toasty here straight ahead. he sky 7 over the scene is it's a story we've been following for you. police responded to the parking lot of a diner where an officer shot a suspect this afternoon. good evening. >> we want to tell you police
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arrested two additional suspects in the murder of a san jose state university nursing student. now, police say the 23-year-old jesse grant and 22-year-old caris war kren were involved in the killing of kimberly chico, she was hit by a stray bullet. >> 23-year-old johnny lozano is under arrest in that case. >> also in san jess yeah police say the woman found dead in a car near a school yesterday was the victim of a homicide. that woman has been identified as 49-year-old raina figure rowa. the motive is under investigation. a suspect is now in custody. authorities are not releasing a name but do say the suspect and victim knew one another. this is the 34th homicide of
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the year in san jose. >> jentsing hearing for convicted killer -- serial killer joseph naso began today, convicted of killing four women in 19 70s and 1990s and learned prosecute verers have evidence tying him to a fifth victim. they plan to present proof during the hearing chlg the body found in 1981. naso is suspected in a sixth murder in 1992. jurors swril to decide whether he should be executed or imprisoned for life. >> two people died in a fire in san leandro despite efforts to save them, it began around 3:30 in morning on gland grand avenue frkts say they believe two people became trapped. neighbors say they tried to safety couple. >> i told them are you okay?
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