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future. kpix 5's jessica flores shows us what's at stake. >> reporter: before mark zuckerberg takes questions from lawmakers, he's turning to facebook users in a post on facebook this morning, he's telling users that the company is taking steps to become more transparent. >> and i'm really sorry that this happened. >> reporter: ditching his usual gray t-shirt for a suit and tie, here's mark zuckerberg today in the u.s. capitol. lawmakers will grill the facebook ceo on data privacy issues on tuesday and wednesday hearings. he'll explain how cambridge analytica accessed data to influence the 2016 election. >> my biggest worry with all of this is that the privacy issue and what i call the propaganda issue are both too big for facebook to fix. >> zuckerberg's latest facebook post says the company will establish an independent election research commission to look into facebook's role in elections, and work to hold the company accountable, and as
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some facebook users delete their accounts, others are sticking with the tech giant saying it's too big to quit. >> it's hard to be able to delete facebook. you got all your friends on there and that stuff. >> reporter: according to zuckerberg's planned testimony released by congress, the facebook ceo will discuss safeguards in place, including new technology to detect fake accounts and requiring authorization for anyone running political ads. jessica flores, kpix 5. among those shutting down their facebook accounts in the midst of this scandal, apple cofounder, steve wozniak, says facebook has brought more negatives than positives. new at noon, a burglary ring busted in the bay area, police say ten suspects have been taken into custody for breaking into as many as 60 san francisco homes. we have learned as many as 30 suspects may have been involved. police released this surveillance video seen right here. watch as the homeowner opens that garage door, then three suspects run out the front door
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and then jump into a waiting vehicle. police say that most of these crimes were targeted in the bay view sunset, and engelside districts. >> we determined that eleven firearms, hundreds of pieces of jewelry, u.s. and foreign currency, credit cards, passports, vehicle titles, and vehicle keys were stolen, valued at nearly $3 million. >> most of the suspects were arrested back in february. police say that they will continue to investigate the remaining individuals. a good samaritan is being hailed as hero for stopping a stabbing spree at the oakland b.a.r.t. station on saturday. police say 32-year-old robert dolf injured two siblings, one victim is in critical condition. the good samaritan was able to intervene and restrain dolf. >> i'm not a hero, you know, a situation like that, you can't hesitate. if you hesitate, people will
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die. >> police say they have surveillance video of the attack but they aren't releasing it. dolf is being charged with attempted murder. palo alto police have arrested this man, 29-year-old eduardo diaz after they say he sexually assaulted a teenage girl while she was jogging. it happened near the intersection of deer creek road. the suspect pulled her off the path, put a gun to her head and assaulted her. police linked the suspect to a similar assault in oakland. >> we are only aware of the two cases. our detectives are actively looking at other open cases throughout bay area, peninsula or beyond! diaz is facing three fell any charges. he might face an additional charge for the sexual assault case in oakland.
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the 2010 documents which were obtained by the sacramento bee show the veterans home are no security at the front gate, few security cameras, and inadequate fencing around the perimeter of the campus. the california department of veterans affairs has not revealed whether any changes were made following that report. it's unclear if any of those recommendations could have prevented the gunman, albert wong from taking hostages. the afghanistan war vet later shot and killed jennifer gonzalez, and christine lober. all three women worked with the pathway home, a nonprofit organization that served veterans. the patway home has suspend -- path way home has suspended. lawmakers are trying to sift through public comments coming in from pot producers and environmentalists. a county report shows in 2016, santa cruz county growers produced more than 245,000 pounds of pot.
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the new proposal would only allow 750 growers who registered with the county back in 2016 to be eligible for a license, and that would weed out any new producers. today, president trump is weighing in on how to respond to an alleged chemical weapons attack in syria. he blamed syrian leaders and its allies for the incident over the weekend. mola lenghi reports from the white house. >> reporter: rebel leaders in syria say dozens of people were killed in an apparent chemical attack in douma syria. >> people have suffered from symptoms. >> reporter: president trump is considering how the u.s. should respond, and all options are on the table. >> we are meeting with our military and everybody else. and we'll be making some major decisions over the next 24 to 48 hours. >> reporter: sunday, he tweeted that putin, russia, and iran are responsible for backing
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animal assad. big price to pay. >> if it's russia, if it's syria, if it's iran, if it's all of them together, we'll figure it out. and we'll know the answers quite soon. >> reporter: it remains to be seen how the alleged chemical attack will change long-term u.s. strategy in syria. just last week, the president told his military advisers, he wants to pull the u.s. out of the country within the next six months. >> it's time to come back home. and we're thinking about that very seriously. >> reporter: new national security adviser, john bolton spent his first day on the job advising the president on how to proceed. he's been hawkish in the past, advocating for more air strikes. 14 people died on a missile strike on that syrian air base overnight. russia, which supports dictator, bashar al-assad, blamed the strike on israel. mola lenghi, cbs news, the white house. russian officials say they have visited the site of the
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alleged chemical attack and say they found no evidence to support those claims. new at noon, arizona's governor now says that 225 of its national guard members are headed to the mexican border to support president trump's call for troops to fight drug trafficking and illegal immigration. texas has also said it will send guard members to the border. the president says that he wants to use military there until there's progress on his proposed border wall. the plan has mostly stalled in congress. still ahead, drama outside court as bill cosby arrives for his sexual assault case. we'll show you the confrontation. plus, a classic american car rebooted. we get an early look and find out how companies hide new vehicles in plain sight while testing them out. and that sun is not hiding today. oh, no, we are seeing plenty of gorgeous conditions out there. warm weather for today. but things are going to change. we'll talk about your chance of rain in the forecast coming up in just a bit.
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assault retrial -- after his last trial ended in a lock last year. earl in philadelphia, opening statements are underway in bill cosby's sexual assault retrial after his last trial ended in a deadlock last year. early this morning, a top list protester seen here was arrested after charging cosby as he walked into the courthouse. the 80-year-old former tv star is accused of drugging and molesting andrea constand in his home in 2004. cosby's lawyers are casting the other women as band wagon accusers looking for a share of the spotlight. a new scam surfacing around new id cards. the cards will no longer have
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social security numbers on them and are meant to be more secure. scammers are turning to phishing tactics and asking for personal details and money. medicare says you do not need to provide personal information by phone to get your card. the big board, stocks are climbing as investors worry about trade tensions between the u.s. and china have eased today following last week's flare up. also, tech companies like microsoft and apple are bouncing back from recent laws. the dough up about 330 points. apple is introducing a new color for the iphone 8 and 8 plus, adding red to the lineup with a partnership with a nonprofit working to fight aids and hiv in africa. this is the second year in a row that apple released a red model. the new phones are expected to be available in stores this friday. snapchat is bringing back its chronological stories feed for users. this comes after the app's redesign sparked users to petition for the company to go back to the original layout.
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according to tech crunch, the update will show the latest snaps of the people that you followed first. cbs news got a look at the 2019 chevy camaro before the debut. general motors took extraordinary measures to keep the reboot a secret. kris van cleave looks at how gm hides vehicles in plain sight while testing them out. people take pictures of these when you're out driving. >> why? because that is the future driving by hidden in plain sight. >> this is considered a high security vehicle right now. >> high security vehicle. >> it has to be covered when it's stopped. >> reporter: even heavily disguised in its zebra colored camo, the 2019 camaro attracts attention. >> when does the spy photo show up? >> normally the same day. >> the camaro erupted on the auto scene in 1947 to take on
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ford's mustang. through the year and multiple design changes, it's become an icon for general motors, so secrecy is key. pictures not only ruin the surprise for customers and tip off competitors, they can also hurt business. car makers, have developed an array of trickery from heavy vinyl to disguise the shape and look, to pieces transforming the front and rear of the vehicle to hide the new design underneath. the body is wrapped in dizzying camo to fool the eye. >> our camouflage engineers would take this foam and create fake feature lines. >> al oppenheiser, he took us for a ride at gm's proving grounds, we're trying out the 10 speed transmission in the v8 camaro ss, it's fast. every gm vehicle gets tested
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here. >> here is the2019 camaro without the camouflage, the front end is also new, and this is a new color, does look better than the camouflage. kris van cleave, cbs news, new york. >> the work is done at a set facility, and a team of three will spend hours disguising those cars before it leaves the plant. trip adviser is out with its picks for the world's best airlines, singapore airlines came in first, followed by air new zealand, and emirates, southwest airlines ranked number six on the list, making it the top north american carrier. neda, how are the skies looking today? >> i don't see any planes having trouble getting in and out of our local airports. look at this, clear skies as far as the eyes can see. we have a few thin clouds. this is a view from our mount vaca camera. that's lake curry. you can see how lush and green it is out there thanks to all of that rain.
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we certainly got a lot of it friday into saturday. that definitely has helped the greenery out there. and look at the coast right now. all these people out there enjoying the coastline and the waters, temperatures this afternoon will be pretty warm. we're already seeing warm conditions in concord. 70degrees. 68 in livermore. san jose, jumping up to 6. your afternoon highs are going to be pretty warm. sunset at 7:40:00 p.m. sunrise, tomorrow, 6:41. most likely we'll have clouds to cover that tomorrow morning. this afternoon, nice, sunny conditions, upper 70s. low 80s. 81 los gatos, 80 in fremont. we're about 10 to 15 degrees above average for inland areas. sausalito, 72. kentfield, expected to reach 73. the coast, mid- to upper 60s. wine country in the upper 70s. 78 for st. helena. 10degrees warmer than yesterday, all thanks to this ridge of high pressure, and that's what's keeping us warm and sunny. los angeles expected to hit 90
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degrees today, so they are definitely well above average. could break records there. you can see all the clouds are being nudged further up north thanks to that ridge of high pressure. not much precipitation expected. look at that, by tuesday, noon, 1:00, we could see rain drops coming through the north bay, especially, and it could work across the south bay. wednesday afternoon, though, this would be system number two, wednesday into thursday, we could see about a tenth of an inch of rain, up to maybe 4/10 of an inch of rain from that system, and since they're coming from the north, it's going to drop our temperatures as well. there's a colder air associated with these. nothing like what we saw friday, saturday, with that warmer, atmospheric river. very minimal rainfall totals. 3/10 for can rafael. 3/10 for san francisco. the snow could come down across the area. we have a lot of rain across the sierra from the last storm, and now we're going to see a few areas of snowflakes. donor summit could get 5
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inches, south lake tahoe, may 3 inches. beautiful, beautiful day out there, but you can see a lot of snow has withered away, and it's melted off. three things to remember, we're looking at mostly sunny skies today, light showers tomorrow, and then again, more rain wednesday, thursday. that 7-day forecast showing by friday back to sunshine for friday and saturday. >> nice to have a little bit of a change compared to last week. thank you so much. still ahead, another incentive for parents to read to their kids, how it could help with their behavior. and we want to invite all of you pet loves to send your questions about their health and well being. e-mail us, pets @kpix.com, we'll have our pet expert give you an answer every friday here at noon. we'll be right back.
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well they pay attention later on in school. the study in "pediatr new research finds that reading out loud to infants and toddlers can play a big role in how well they pay attention later in school. the study in the journal of pediatrics found reading along with pretend play can help with behavioral problems with hyperactivity and attention. they followed the children after the program. the study's author says that parents should point out pictures and ask questions when reading those stories. >> when parents provide children with the opportunity to kind of think about, you know, their feelings and those
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characters, it helps them to practice for when they're actually dealing with those feelings, when they enter school. >> studies show that reading out loud to children strengthens the bond between parents and children. a reminder, if you have a consumer problem or question, e- mail us, consumerwatchatcbsf.com, or call the hot line, 1-888-5- helps u. we'll be right back. ert in gas and electric is pg&e. we run about 2,500/2,800 fire calls a year and on almost every one of those calls pg&e is responding to that call as well. and so when we show up to a fire and pg&e shows up with us it makes a tremendous team during a moment of crisis. i rely on them, the firefighters in this department rely on them, and so we have to practice safety everyday. utilizing pg&e's talent and expertise in that area trains our firefighters on
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a northern california time now for our lunchtime tip of the day. here's tony tantillo. >> taste of the day, garlic. there's a lot of imported garlic on the market. some may be locally grown in farmers markets but garlic, to me, is very important. garlic tastes bad and you add it, in so many different dishes, saute to bring out the flavors, the beginning of so many recipes, you're going to ruin everything. when you buy it nice and white like this, all the way around, free from any sprouting whatsoever, and there's a little bit of purple, that's okay, just a little bit. then what you want to make sure, there's no discoloration or dark colors to it. that's a telltale sign it was stored too long. if you squeeze like this, and it breaks up in your hand, it's dehydrated, all the moisture is out of it, and flavor. it has to be firm you can't break it up at all.
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store in a cool dry place, and there's so such thing as having too much garlic in the house because i use it all the time. i'm tony tantillo, your fresh grocer, and always remember to eat fresh and stay healthy, and i love the smell of garlic. i'm italian. a northern california memorial to prince has a new look for spring. two years ago, artist christine stein created this mural to honor the deceased music icon in her yard near sacramento. the tree blowned creating a crown of sorts. images quickly spread on social media. stein said she didn't know the tree behind the mural had flowers. a bay area tech startup is giving people an out of this world opportunity by building the first luxury hotel in space. the aurora station hotel is already taking reservation but guess we'll have to wait until 2022, the goal is to experience what it's like to be an astronaut. guests have to go through a three month space training
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program before the blast off, and the price tag, get this, neda, is 10 million bucks. he has a big week ahead of him. mark zuckerberg reports to capitol hill to testify. tonight at five, what's inside his opening statement. >> pretty cool hotel. >> a hotel room in space. >> you have to be very rich to go up there. >> that's going to do it for kpix 5 news at noon, our next newscast is at five. [ cell phone rings ]
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♪ >> steffy: takes a while, but eventually, your true colors come out. calculations, the long game. >> hope: what are you talking about? >> steffy: i can't believe i actually thought you were ever gonna support my marriage. >> hope: i did. but what all of this has done to him -- i mean, have you seen him lately? >> steffy: apparently not as much as you. you need to find someone else to focus on, hope. back off. [ knocks on door ]
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