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novaro was president of the east ridge little league. a flag now flies at half staff on the field. just after midnight, he died on the job. >> frank novaro meant everything to this community. >> reporter: vice president angela turrado says she spoke with frank's family today. he apparently was turning away someone from the bar who was underage. >> a customer attempted to come in with a fake i.d. when he was turned away, he retaliated and stabbed frank in the jugular, in the neck. >> reporter: frank was a long- time coach in san jose, a mentor to young men. many from humble backgrounds who needed baseball to keep out of trouble. >> frank did everything for those kids. he also set up friends for those who could not afford it, for those who didn't have gloves, who don't have the equipment but needed it. so we would set up fundraisers so these kids could play.
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>> reporter: their little league is holding a vigil tonight on cunningham avenue for frank. >> i want everyone to know to please come! if he touched your life, he left footprints on your heart, please come tonight. >> reporter: the vigil is expected to start around 7:00. his family members may, in fact, be here. this community wants to say goodbye to a long-time coach and mentor. frank novaro dead at the age of 35. i'm joe vasquez,. >> thank you, joe. and a stabbing occurred, killing one man and injuring two more. no word on what started it. by the time police got there, the shooter was gone. they're still looking for him tonight. there's been another shooting on an east bay freeway. it happened on eastbound highway 4 and antioch. officers responded to the scene near hill crest avenue. they found a man dead inside a toyota solaro.
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the shooter was gone. chp shut down all eastbound lanes for more than an hour while they investigated. no arrests so far. it's the third shooting on an eastbound freeway since this year. and road blocks causing major headaches and potential hazards for dozens of residents in contra costa county. a stretch of morgan road is shut off because of a mudslide still moving. jessica flores shows us the big concerns tonight, fire and water. >> reporter: morgan territ road here is still sliding, officials say. and until it stops, they can't fix it. the only traffic going over this sliding road, residents trekking back and forth with gallons of water. the water main break in the middle of the landslide has left about 90 homes without water. >> we are kind of stuck, you know? we have two horses up here. so we don't have enough water for them. we have to go up to the creek and carry water up to the horses. >> reporter: residents of 250 hems use morgan territory road
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near marsh road. the only detour, through a rural narrow road. >> my job is in brentwood. so my commute went from 45 minutes to 2 hours and 45 minutes. >> reporter: because the mudslide left their road ravaged, the fire department can't get through here. they parked a fire truck on the other side of the slide. they'd have to jog to it if there were a fire emergency. and if there was a medical emergency, they'd have to airlift the patient out. >> reporter: contra costa county and water district officials met with frustrated residents who want to know when the road and water main will be fixed. >> the hill is still sliding. it's not safe for them to do any kind of repair on the existing pipe. and temporary solutions aren't possible until that hillside is stabilize. >> the answers aren't there. not a matter of trying to hide anything or they just haven't gotten to the point that they can answer anybody.
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>> reporter: jones says now another night without running water and her patience is running low. >> hurry up, make a plan and execute it, and get another access to marsh creek road. >> reporter: the water district says they'll continue to provide gallons of water until water is restored. >> it could be weeks before that stretch of road is back open. it has to stop sliding first. >> reporter: san jose mayor sam ricardo got his hands dirty tonight, joining in with the cleaning up crew fixing the damage there. flood victims are trying to cope with heavy losses. evan? >> reporter: the ross springs neighborhood is a neighborhood of yellow tagged and flooded homes. and it's once again becoming a ghost town after cleanup efforts for another day is system to a close. the -- another day is coming to a close. the reality is, there's more work than hands, bodies or time to accomplish. >> reporter: this is what it looks like to lose everything.
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[ tractor ] >> reporter: but it's almost too much to put into words. >> everything just went down the drain. i couldn't save anything. >> reporter: dozens of volunteers, including san jose's mayor sam ricardo, helped nunez and neighbors clean out materials from their flooded homes. ricardo is set for an investigation into what went wrong, trying to figure out if the flooding could have been prevented or, if not, at least prevented. >> there's no question there was a failure. what we need to focus on right now is taking care of the families. and in the days and weeks ahead, fixing that failure because we can't repeat this. >> reporter: those answers will likely be small consolation to flood victims like hyn nyugen. >> #. >> reporter: she's no stranger to loss or the painful process of starting over.
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she immigrated to the united states from vietnam in 1989, with little more than the clothes on her back. but she didn't think she'd lose everything again 30 years later. >> totally destroyed! [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: now the yellow tags on the homes here mean the residents can come back to clean up. but they can't come back here to leave, at least not yet. and for some, not for a while. most of the residents are staying with family or friends. and for those who cannot, the city has set up an emergency shelter. in san jose, devin fehly. $30,000 for the relief fund came from the public. a small earthquake may have jolted a few people out of bed in the south bay this morning. the 3.6 magnitude quake struck before 7:00 a.m. 3 miles south of gilroy.
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three hours later, another quake struck just south of san juan baptista. >> sounds like the san lee -- -- sounds like the san leandres. motorists are told to share the road with bicyclists. but it seems that sentiment changes where the road ends. >> the trails were kind of closed off to bikes 30 years ago and kind of an administrative decision. and since then, as the sport has grown, the trail access really hasn't kept up. >> reporter: marin county is known as the birth place of mountain biking. but china camp state park is one of the few places in the entire county where bikes are allowed on trails. those who ride for the thrill of navigating the narrow paths say they deserve greater access to their public lands. >> bikers want to get into the
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woods just like a hiker or equestrian does. it's no different. we want to enjoy it on a different mode of transportation. >> reporter: riders have complete access in places like sonoma and santa cruz. so they organized a group to put pressure on open space agencies to free up more trails for biking. but environmentalists say nature trails were never designed to be used for vehicular traffic. >> the impacts on wildlife, the impacts on the actual trails themselves, and the displacement of other visitors are some of the key points in why it just doesn't work to have bikes on trails. >> reporter: it's not your normal argument that bicycles are harmful to nature. but the rules favor the environment lists. and the bikers say so far they've got no compromise with being patient with the process. >> i think that's a great approach to start with. but it really hasn't worked from our perspective. so we'll take more assertive
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measures. >> reporter: they say they don't know what that will be. but without something interruptive, the county will simply continue down the path it's chosen. in marin county, john ramos, kpix5. >> bikes are allowed on fire trails. but cyclists say they're only allowed on 9% of county lands although they're 40% of open space visitors. saving lives with the of a finger. the new tests california doctors are developing to diagnose nose brain disease in athletes before they even know they're sick! >> and a cruiser is hit with an officer inside. >> and if it's broke, why not fix it? for free? the new service keeping household junk out of bay area landfills one repair at a time. >> and one big blow stirring up in the area. the winds are picking up. the rain will be coming down, but not much. we'll have the forecast coming up after the break. the crisis at oroville dam.
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we'll explain it's just one sign of california's aging water infrastructure. >> we have levy risks, flood risks. the delta is a problem. >> the smallest crack, the smallest mistake can lead to tremendous problems. >> folsom dam's new spillway will move record amounts of water quickly. >> increasingly we'll want to step back and think, let's rethink the whole system. >> expect original reporting from kpix5 news, expect more. ,,,,,,,,,,,,
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at u.c. davis this week.. to introduce a new method to help athletes.. before they even know they're sick. reporter adrienne moore on the that could sav . the california doctor who inspired the movie "concussion," has a new way to diagnose athletes before they even know they're sick. we have more on the simple test that could save lives. >> grant died in 2012 at 52. we should've in our golden years. >> reporter: cindy fazel is on a mission, to reach and teach parents, athletes, and coaches that repetitive hits to the head can be deadly. >> not the way it's supposed to be. [ crying ] >> he had too much to live for. but he didn't know what was happening to him. and now we know that he had stage three cpe. >> reporter: the wife of former nfl center grant seisel says he had cte.
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it's something she and a team of doctors are trying to combat with a new detection tool that starts with this panel. >> when you have an organic objective record of an insult to the brain, it doesn't allow us to ignore it. >> reporter: by pricking the finger of an athlete, this prototype looks for elevated levels of certain proteins only found in the brain. within 15 minutes, the results allow the doctor to immediately determine if that athlete has suffered a concussion. >> who says we cannot change and do things intelligence because of the truth of science! >> reporter: a new opportunity to see brain dysfunction in a simple, rapid, and objective way that could shape the future of medical practices and player safety. >> reporter: right now players and coaches aren't making decisions -- are making
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decisions on self-reported symptoms and that's objective. a police officer walk add way from his crumpled cruiser without a crash after a suspected drunk driver slammed into it and took off. the officer was sitting in the car on richmond street when he was hit friday night. fellow officers tracked down the driver a short time later. he wasn't hurt either. but tonight he's facing some serious charges, including dui. oakland will soon have a new police chief. it's a little less than 15 hours now. she'll be sworn in. ann kirkpatrick takes the helm tomorrow after she's sworn in at city hall. she's inheriting a department that's been under federal oversight for years and has been rocked by a prostitution scandal. but she has a track record of making reforms in chicago and elsewhere. and she'll be the first woman ever to lead opd. >> how many times have you thrown away something that was broken because it was easier than getting it fixed? now volunteers are helping to keep all that junk out of bay area landfills by fixing it
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for free. kpix maria medina saw them today at palo alto's repair cafe. >> karaoke dvd player. >> reporter: one man's trash may be another's treasure. >> this is not working at all. >> reporter: but let's be honest. most of the time your broken down household goods are just trash. >> we put too much in it so we're fill up the landfills. >> reporter: david skinner is the cofounder of this, the repair cafe. all volunteer who is invite the community to bring in their broken items so they can try and fix them. the goal, to keep it from going into landfills. >> it's really become sort of stitched into the fabric of the community. >> i tried to put duct tape on it. [ laughter ] >> reporter: this inflatable mattress to be repair and karaoke machine fixed again. >> a lot of good memories. >> it's a lot of fun! >> reporter: but peters has
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seen it all. >> we had a woman bring in a dinosaur, a mechanical dinosaur not long ago. we fixed it. >> reporter: you fixed it? >> yeah, we did. >> reporter: sometimes they just can't help -- >> we had a clock that ran backwards. no one could figure out how to fix that. >> reporter: but most the time -- >> happy customer! >> reporter: -- people get their belongings fixed, helping the environment one repair at a time. >> i'm a very happy customer. they actually fixed an air pillow of mine. >> reporter: in palo alto, marie medina, kpix5. >> if extra parts need to be purchased, you will be asked to pay for them. as we look at the golden gate bridge tonight, a beautiful finish to this sunday which has mostly been dry. that could change between now and midnight. tonight, a few showers have already snuck into parts of the bay. but not much. you can see a few high clouds up top. and the cars running nicely on the golden gate bridge. concord right now, 50 degrees. at oakland, 52.
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livermore has 49. in santa rosa, 47 degrees. here's how it looks on the high def doppler. a few little showers moving in. and also on the east bay. a little splash of showers. besides thatom, not a lot going -- besides that, not a lot going on. the headlines are that sunshine returns this week and it looks dry for a while, right into next weekend. tonight, though, a few showers. less than 1/10 an inch. and temperatures between 8 and -- 8:00 and 11:00 will be in the 40s. slipping into the northwestern part of california and as it comes down, a few little drops could come down, too. when it gets to the mountains, though, a little bit of an enhancement means light snow and gusty winds. 2 to 9 inches of new snow. the 2 inches at lake level. the 9 inches way up top. but with the winds, 45 mile-per- hour gusts, they could get 4- feet waves on tahoe on the
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lake. futurecast shows us what's happening here. at 11:00, a few widely scattered bands of showers. and then they mostly go away so that by sunrise monday morning, we've got mostly clear skies. but as the day goes on, the sun heats things up. and a few showers are going to pop over some of the higher elevations. so look at tomorrow. looks like a beautiful, clear day. we'll get buildup into the hills in the afternoon. tomorrow morning, we'll have a few clouds around and temperatures begin with a range of 40 to 47 degrees. so a chilly start to monday morning. futurecast shows high pressure builds into the eastern pacific. it keeps us dry right into the weekend. so here's what we're expecting. a splash or two tonight. increasing sunshine for monday. and it still looks dry through next saturday and sunday. it'll be chilly tonight. 31 in santa rosa. 40 in san jose. if your travel plans take you to the central valley, mostly clear skies. -- mostly cloudy skies. high temperatures tomorrow, from the south bay to the east
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bay, mid-50s to upper 50s will do it. 58 at concord and 58 at san ramon. north bay, more of the same. a few showers tomorrow afternoon. and upper elevations down below, you'll see those partly cloudy skies. and in ukiah, 53 degrees. lake port at 50. standard forecast. we'll go with a chance of showers tonight lingering tomorrow afternoon. and then tuesday through friday, we'll be looking at sunshine. temperatures near 60 degrees. and into next weekend, pick up a few clouds saturday and sunday. but for the time being, after tonight and tomorrow afternoon, it looks like we're done with the rain for a while. i know that brings a smile to this man's face. >> yes, indeed! it does. that's golf weather and bath weather. nascar was looking to put a little spark back into the races. they succeeded with a wild day at the daytona 500. the checkered flag is next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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happened at halftime. take a look: when neither arkansas nor auburn was on the floor ben bode
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o, tuition >> one of the best highlights of college basketball yesterday happened at half time. take a look. >> neither arkansas nor auburn was on the phone. ben bodi was on the floor. hello tuition for a year! >> that was auburn junior ben bodi tossing up a great shot for a $5,000 scholarship. ben didn't mind all that much of the loss. and neither did his parents, right? >> i thought i heard "free tuition for a year." that's just $5,000. >> that's just for books! >> oh, yeah. won't get you much more, right? >> we'll take it! >> room and board and -- >> that's it. >> not going happen. with nascar's ratings sagging in recent years, they decided to come up with a new plan. dividing race into three stages with points awarded to top drivers that win each stage. basically a race within a race. it made for an entertaining
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start to the daytona 500. that led to huge wrecks, they say. a tough job rting for fox here. kyle busch led 21 laps. got a flat tire. took out four other cars, including dale, jr., and busch and earn heart were done for the day. but the wrecks are just -- earnhardt were just getting done for the day. but the wrecks are just getting started. a 17-car accident. that took out kevin harvick and danika patrick. 16 of the 40 cars finished on the lead lap. kyle larson, a native of elk grove, grabs the lead. the 24-year-old looking for his first daytona win. but on the final lap, larson ran out of gas! allowing kirk busch to take the lead. larson dropped all the way to 12. and busch who led only the last lap wins. his first daytona 500 after previously being the runner up three times.
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the one lap led is the fewest ever by a daytona winner. my rear-view mirror fell off with 30 to go. i was like, that's an omen. that's an omen. i won't have to look at it anymore. this car is completely thrashed. there's not a straight panel on it. their strategy today, who knew what. everybody's wrecking as soon as we were done with the second segment. i don't know! i mean, the more that i run this race, the more i'm just like, throw caution to the win. let it rip and elbows out. >> the team owner of that car was tony stewart who never won at a daytona 500. the warriors will reportedly sign jose c alderon -- jose calderon. golden state now looks towards the postseason. the warriors clinched the playoff spot with a 112-95 win over the mets at -- nets at the
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oracle. tomorrow they begin a 5-game road trip in philadelphia. they'll play 7 of their next 8 away from oakland traveling about 11,000 miles. and draymond green says all that time on the road can get you a little lost! >> forget what day of the week it is. forget what hotel room number i'm in. i'll go to the last hotel all the time. wake up and not realize what city you're in, how to get off and look around for a minute. it's all a part of it. but nonetheless, you justifying your it out. that's life in the nba. >> and bouncing back from friday night's loss at oregon state. samuelson knocked down four 3's. they beat oregon 65-59. the cardinals finished the regular season 25-5. they'll get a first round bye as the number three seed in the pac-12 tournament. the cal women wrapping up
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their season in cory value less. they had -- corvales. oregon state beats cal71-56 to win the pac-12 title outright. the bears finish 6-12 in the pac-12 after going undefeated in conference play. and gray will not pitch in the world baseball classic after denied insurance coverage. he pitched only 107 innings last season due to injury. and the a's facing the angels this afternoon. cactus league. bottom of the 3rd. playing in 16 games last season because of hit surgery. the game is tied at 1. but l. a. would go on to win 5- 3. and the giants beat the reds 9- 5. top pitching prospect, beti with two scoreless innings. and johnny vagas wasn't
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phased. he shot a 54. that was the low of the day. ricky fowler had his 4-stroke lead cut to one 1. but he would regroup. setting up one of his five birdies. he wins by four strokes. first since 2005. that was a drought spanning 25pga tournaments. >> huh! game day tonight! >> all right. paul trevor is the head coach of san francisco state. he's in studio. the gators have their best basketball season since f.d.r. was in the oval office. >> oh, wow! great! >> that would be 1940 -- >> i knew you were going to get it! >> 1945. coming up in our next half hour, shocking loss casting asia doe over the oscars tonight after bill pa xton has passed away at the age of 61.
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>> and we'll take you inside one of the new secret safe houses for undocumented immigrants. >> and these young men are scouting out new careers in ports management. the unique new bay area program spinning basketball together with tactic. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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a downtown san jose nightclub.. has been identified as a popular local little league coach. friends of frank navarro tell us: he was working as a security manager at the tres gringo the victim at a club shooting was a little league coach. he was working early this morning when he was stabbed in the neck turning away an
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underaged patron. so far, no arrests. a section of morgan territory road closed tonight because of a mudslide still moving. it can't be repaired until the slide settles. and residents are dealing with detours and a water main break that's left dozens without water. >> and president donald trump addressing the nation this week, carrying the lowest approval rating of any president in u.s. history. a great american mr. tom perez. >> reporter: the newly elected chairman of the democratic national committee says unit is the key to bring momentum and election victories back to the party. >> we have to rebuild our parties in the 50 states and territories. and that's exactly what we're going to do. >> reporter: former democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders says the new chairman needs to make changes. >> the way the democratic party has been run for decades has not worked. we need a total transformation. we've got to open up the party
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to working people, to young people. >> reporter: the party will try to seize on democrats' opposition to donald trump. a new "wall street journal" poll say that 45% of american -- 44% approve of trump's job as president. 48% disapprove. he tweeted saturday he won't attend the annual white house correspondence dinner. >> i think it's kind of knave of us to think -- naive of us to think we can walk into a room a couple hours and pretend that tension isn't there. >> reporter: president trump and the first lady are for the annual governor's ball. >> he will give his first address to congress tuesday night. and john brennan is urging the president to watch his language. he told "face the nation's" john dickerson this morning, when it comes to the president, words can hurt. >> it was one of the things that the president needs to
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realize. when he uses language, it has resonance around the world not just here with his constituent base in the united states. so being more disciplined in terms of the language we use is something i think that will help our national security. >> reporter: we have just learned, by the way, president trump's choice for navy secretary is jumping ship. former intelligence agency officer is withdrawing his nomination over concern of privacy and business interests. the feds ramp up efforts to deport undocumented imgrants. reporter -- immigrants. we got an inside look at one secret safe house. >> reporter: pounding, sanding, laying the groundwork at this secret home in los angeles. >> reporter: how many families will be -- >> it would be about three family that is we can host here. this is a living room. >> reporter: we're walked through one safe house for the undocumented running from
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immigration officers. an underground network. >> essentially what you're doing is trying to hide people. is that right? >> that's what we need to do as a community. >> reporter: this is beyond sanctuary churches. what we've already seen at this colorado church offering refuge for an undocumented woman. federal agents don't enter religious houses without approval over an ordinance in place from obama's presidency. but many believe that will change under donald trump. private homes need a warrant before authority cans enter. >> something sort of like this. >> reporter: reverend zack hooper says faith groups across the los angeles county could hide 100,000 immigrants today. and that number could soon be in the thousands. >> people will be moving into a place where they can stay with their families, be with their husbands. so they can be avoid being
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detained and deported. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: this comes from all faiths in los angeles, just days after the election pledging opposition to trump's immigration orders. >> we are not going to stop until we get to the place that -- [ indiscernible ] [applause] >> reporter: people would say, you're simplied aing and abetting the -- simply aiding and abetting against federal law. >> i feel i answer to god at the end of the day. that's who i will see when i die. and i hope we can live up to our -- live up to who we are. >> reporter: it's an estimated 2 million undocumented immigrants in california. we have to pretty much assume if you're watching the newscast, you're not terribly interested that the fact the stars are out tonight for the 89th annual academy awards.
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there was plenty of glitz and glamour on the red carpet in los angeles. there was a somber cloud over the ceremony tonight. actor bill paxton died suddenly this morning at the age of 61 after sumping complications from -- suffering complications from surgery. the texas native had more than 90 acting credits to his name. including for big roles like "aliens," "the term nay to." he was also awarded accolades -- "the term nay to." >> he also -- "the terminator." he also believed that the toughest thing about his job was not working. >> it's knot working or getting the job but -- it's not working or getting the job but the time between and keeping yourself going. >> reporter: paxton was currently starring in the cbs drama "training guide." it premiered earlier this month and was just four episodes into
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its run. we were talking about the new series just a few weeks ago. >> older police officer -- [ laughter ] >> reporter: older! veteran police officer. >> reporter: the network has not announced yet what they plan to do with the show going forward. and another loss tonight. the judge who presided over the original reality courtroom show has died. joseph ner decided -- he decided cases in -- joseph wapner died at 97. his no nonsense approach made the show a hit. he told an interview, quote, everything on the show is real, no script, no rehearsal. he died today in his sleep. he was 97 years old. still ahead, a scientific breakthrough hidden in your hair. >> this would be sufficient to get a unique pattern for a person out of the entire world's population. >> reporter: the bay area scientist who justifying youred
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out a whole new way for police to comb for clues at a crime scene. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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officers were called to the bank police are looking for the bumbling burglar railroads behind a bank heist in windsor. police were called early wednesday morning when a construction worker at the business next door arrived to find a big hole in the wall of the bank shared with the building next door. the thieves had cut a water line in the process, flooding both businesses. they also tried to cut into the bank's vault but shockingly, they were not able to. >> reporter: pretty soon, police may be able to tie suspects to crime scenes like that one using a single strand of hair. andria borba on a bay area breakthrough in csi science. >> reporter: hair. it's your crown and glory. >> amino acid. >> reporter: and soon, it will provide the evidence necessary
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to tie evidence definitively to a crime. >> protein in your body is an echo to what's in your dna. it's a blueprint for proteins produced in your body. >> reporter: in the past, hair evidence was collected at crime scenes but could only be used to identify a suspect with a microscope. >> so instead of relying on someone's opinion on whether something matches, you can make a measurement. >> reporter: using only an inch of hair, brad hart and deon annex can identify the amino acid and peptides that make up your hair. so far, the degree of accuracy is 1 in a million after it's broken into its parts. >> we hope to make it even better in the future. we predict if that if we had 100 identification markers for
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hair identification, this would be sufficient to get a unique pattern to get a person out of the entire world's population. >> there's an individual peptide that's coming out of the chromatograph. this represents each peptide that comes out. >> reporter: the vallejo is how robust it is. -- the advantage is how robust it is. think of the hair balls under your bed. it's easily mixed up in a messy scene. >> you come across the crime scene. it may not be just one person's blood in a pool of blood. but the more contributors to the mixture of dna, the more difficult it is to determine whose dna it was, whose blood it was. the nice thing about hair, it only came from one person. >> reporter: scientists have been able to test a piece of hair for markers over 250 years old. breaking the hair down and
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giving a profile is almost as quick as abby on "ncis." just 24 to 48 hours with about the same cost as dna. >> this comes into play both in connecting suspects to crime scenes but also very, very important in exonerating people. >> all right. >> up next at the lab, finding out what treating your hair to the color wheel means for its genetic breakdown. >> is blond hair different than brunette? if someone has dyed their hair, how does that effect our ability for these profiles? >> reporter: andria borba, kpix5. you can call it a new spin on "money ball." >> it's a wide open door i can take past college. >> the unique bay area program preparing student scouts for a future career in sports. >> plus, it's a literal walk down memory lane. how one california company is reconstructing the past to help alzheimer's patients and their families build a new future. >> and as we look live toward
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oakland and the city, we have more rain on the way for tonight. forecast coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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into her new home in china.. and is on her fifth day of a ne period. and an update on bao bao, the giant panda. she's on her way to a one-month quarantine period to china. she left washington, d.c., just over a week ago for china. the hope is she'll be able to
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help in the giant panda repopulation effort. san diego company has a unique approach to treating dementia. they're trying to help patients build new memories by bringing them back to the past. >> reporter: piece by piece, work crews are reconstructing the past, building a literal walk down memory lane for dementia patients. >> it's exciting, too, to see that history come back to life. >> reporter: scott tarri helped rebuild the project. it includes a replica of city hall, a movie theater, medical center, and shops. [ hammering ] >> reporter: some structures are recreated with props. some are brought to life with antiques like this. >> this is late 50s, early '60s. >> reporter: familiar sights and sounds help alzheimer's patients recall memories,
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making them less agitated and improving their mood. >> the memories they formed early est in life -- earliest in life is more resilient. their reference point is not 2017. their best memories may pick up 20, 30, 40 years ago. >> reporter: tom christian says he's seen the benefits of reminiscens therapy with his 57 -- reminiscens therapy with his 57-year-old wife grace. >> when she hears a song from the '70s, she knowings she knows it. >> reporter: -- knows she knows it. >> to be able to build memories for the family, good memories, is a very positive aspect. >> reporter: reminders from the past helping them cope with the future. chris martinez, cbs news, san diego. >> wow! well, the san diego opera is building the props for town square. the facility is expected to open to alzheimer's patients next year. they hope to expand the project to other facilities across the country. what a great program!
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>> yeah, you wonder if someday they'll do something with virtual reality! >> i wouldn't doubt it. absolutely! >> interesting project! for us, tomorrow morning we'll start out the workweek with mostly sunny skies. none of this is amounting to much. as we look at the golden gate bridge live, a few showers tonight. temperatures will be on the chilly side. high def doppler is showing we have some widely scattered showers moving onshore right now. moving up the golden gate bridge. low pressure moving ashore between the washington-oregon border. and with that, overnight showers will get clearing skies ahead in the week. but in the meantime, you can see tonight we have widely scattered showers in the forecast. at midnight, a little bit here and a little there. it's been 1/10 an inch. look at this. we have sunshine. the sun warms things up. the heated air rises.
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and some of that moisture laiden heated air means widely scattered showers tomorrow afternoon and buildups over the coast range. so light snow, gusty winds. out in the mountains, we have winter weather advisories posted through tomorrow morning. and with winds gusting to 40 miles per hour, that can still make travel tough up there. later in the week, that high pressure will block any storms through the early part of march. and so we'll finally get a chance to drain and dry for a while. chance of showers lingers through tonight and tomorrow afternoon. increasing sunshine tomorrow. with that, chance of showers tomorrow afternoon. widely scattered. and it still looks after monday to be dry right through the weekend. it's not going to get, you know, -- there's no warming trend in time! but it'll be near 60 degrees. won't change much. and overnight tonight, definitely chilly. 40 for san jose. and 48 at fremont. sun up tomorrow morning 17 minutes before 7:00. and for the bay area tomorrow,
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looks pretty good with mostly cloudy skies. and for the great valley, looks good with a little bit of snow in the area. mid-50s tomorrow. extended forecast, we'll be looking at sunshine tuesday through friday. numbers near 60. and right into the weekend, it looks pretty good with a little disturbance coming in for the weekend. stay tuned for that. but in the meantime, we're drying out for a change. and, boy, could we use a break. in fact, we're going to take one. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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tonight, we can finally take you down there: :52 (nats) so we're just bene it is a massive excavation under the streets of san francisco. tonight we can finally take you down there. >> reporter: the work just on stockton street right now. this is the corridor that would take you from union square all the way over to market street.
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>> coming up at 11:00, our wilson walker goes underground for an exclusive look at the city's first subway dig since the '60s. all right. well, a new east bay program is helping new men of color to scout out career opportunities in sports management. >> yeah, vern glenn shows us how much they're spinning basketball with getting students invested in the game. >> reporter: josea harris and jason brown have the best seats in the house. both young men are scouting, looking for the opposing team's strengths and weaknesses. >> what plays are called, turnovers, small thing that is coaches want to look for. >> offensive rebounds. >> and they want to see about other teams. >> we had 9. they had 3. >> it's part of a new program called "team."
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>> stop 32 -- >> reporter: exposure and access through mentoring. the idea is to get young men of color involved in all aspects of the game, even if they can't play beyond high school. >> to me, i just click whatever i want. >> reporter: student scouts film games and edit the footage down with specialized software, sports code, used by the nba. team cofounders say the long term goal is to get more people of color into sports management positions. >> there's way for them to access those various careers. >> it was pretty simple to me to peel the onion back to see that it really came down to awareness and opportunity. it was just that simple [ . [applause] >> reporter: but team is also about building the confidence of students who may need an extra boost. >> i learned the program. i learned the software.
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i was interested in basketball. but i didn't necessarily have the talent to play. >> reporter: the freshman lobbied his school to make scouting part of its basketball program. >> this was open. it's a wide open door i can take to my path through college. >> he knows it may be a long fight. >> let's just be real. you go around the nba and go around college, you don't see a lot of boys of color who work in analytics. >> a strong, intelligent young man whose insight goes well beyond the game of basketball. [ buzzer ] >> reporter: tonight, his team won! [cheers and applause] >> reporter: and this family did too. >> we're really proud of our students. it's been on them and they've taken it and ran with it. >> credit to our boys for working hard. >> reporter: credit to everyone here. so far, roughly about 200 students have gone through the team's sports code training. the goal is to let it expand,
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taking it to places like the gold saint warriors, opening up those opportunities -- golden state warriors, opening those opportunities to students. >> wow! doing good things! and that'll do it for us. we appreciate you watching. "60 minutes" is next. >> we'll see you back here at 11:00. have a great evening. ,,,, snow wants to open school parking lots like this one so families have a safe place to
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park their rv's at night. >> expect original reporting from kpix news. expect more. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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