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wenvan. they now have a suspect in custody. >good old fashioned police work. thats what investigators say when they apprehended 36 year-old alexander diaz who's wanted for allegedly driving a stolen van directly into police officer patrick brower earlier this week. after he drove the van into officer brower he fled the scene and eventually flagged someone down and had them call a cab for him which took him to a san jose bus station. fremont police say after developing information and using media to broadcast this video, he was there at around 5:00 a.m. wednesday morning fremont detectives as well as l.a. law enforcement took him into custody without incident. because he was arrested in southern california a los angeles judge will determine when he will be extradited to
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state park it washed ashore near pescadero. as greg tells us the cause of death is still not known. >> for visitors including numerous school children on clause ice field trips. getting close and personal is a once-in- a-lifetime experience. >> never seen anything like it it's huge. >> it's the time of year for this kind of sad but to, at the same time you get to see it. >> you can see the will push against the rocks in a small cove of been whole state beach. they say she washed ashore on saturday sadly 50 ft. away sits the whales feed this this is the time of the year the blue whales migrate to baja california and when they give birth. experts say something have gone wrong with the birth of the cause of the debt is still not clear the take samples of skin and blubber and look for surface damage to try and find out. researchers say the well will remain here to decompose naturally the waves
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make it to and difficult to remove. the smell getting strong. >> (to our bosses could soon be quieted san francisco supervisors say the bus is disturbed local residents and wants tougher penalties on buses which idled two long at the curb. for bus operators say the city should go after specific losses which allowed and not require all of them to stop using those loud speakers. >> a live look at storm tracker 4 radar were still seen rain down in the south bay but it is starting to die down. light showers continue over milpitas and are headed towards san jose. we'll talk more about the rain and a better weekend forecast coming up in just a bit.
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look at one proposition many people are talking about this election. proposition 19 the measure to legalize marijuana. >> here's a look at what proposition 19 would do if it passes. it would legalize marijuana for personal use for adults 21 or older. able to possess share transport up to one of the pot for their own personal use. you could also grow marijuana in your residence up to 25 sq. ft. spacing would be but a lot of the public but could use marijuana at home or in a place license for canada's consumption here's a look at what it would do for state and local governments. they would be able to tax marijuana sales for adult consumption and could pass ordinances to regulate the production and sale of marijuana is well. there are limits to the law you can see some of them here. it does maintain existing laws so no sales of marijuana to narrow mind minors for driving
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under the influence. for those who sell to people over 18 and under 21 they could face six months in jail and a thousand dollar fine. i'm christine conley kron 4 news carried >> >> if the voters do pass prop. 19 would generate $1.4 billion in tax revenue according to the state board of equalization tom believes the revenue would actually be much more than 1.4 billion and the money would be utilized in areas that really need the help. >> while taxing their one and legalizing it is not going to be an immaculate conception for the budget in any way we and $80 billion budget but what does it just generated could be helpful if to some of the is it's helpful to cuts the need to happen currently whether it's to public education or infrastructure. it's nothing to sneeze at. >> he has introduced legislation to create a uniform state regulatory system to adapt to
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local control and oversight of marijuana sales bit crop 19 does pass. >> we have new and some new spending numbers from the governor's race look at this republican meg whitman has spent more than a hundred and $40 million so far on her campaign. nearly 40 million of that trend the last three months. you can see she spent $6.8 million on our staff so far including $90,000 to were chief strategist. now look at the difference would democratic candidate jerry brown has spent so far. 10.7 million so far this year nearly all of it since labor day. he relies heavily on volunteer workers has spent just $321,000 on staff and consultants. his campaign manager earn $15,000 a month. >> a live look outside from our heavenly ski resort camera you can see snow on the ground but partly cloudy skies storm
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clearing out a little bit. you can see the storm pushing through lake tahoe but were still sitting pretty severe cells down by you some in the court, even the blue one your screen you see there these are thunderstorms starting to die down as the sun goes down. if all see the light rain locally die down as well. milpitas will see a steady stream of shower since about 3:30 p.m. and livermore could see away word shall were here and then and that will die down as well. one area of moderate rain but as it moves in off the diablo range it does tend to weekend that's what we've been seeing through milpitas. taking a wider view of what's going on storm tracker 4 radar we dancing in area of low pressure sitting off shore it's a storm off that's been circling some ways of rain into the bay area up or just three beside the bay area so monterey has been seeing steady rain and this one started to dry out a little bit but still clip the
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south bay as it moves through. this will push to the east as we head into tomorrow so see cloud cover the san jose that will linger into tomorrow as well scattered showers but still sitting there. some morning clouds tomorrow in the south bay but then sunny and cool will see warmer dryer conditions build into the weekend. the stick a look in your kron 470 around the bay forecast a slight warming into friday that as we head into saturday and sunday temperatures bobbing up and to the '80s inland rid of% sunda'7y and los 60s in the coast. >> in arizona to a tornado swept through the state forcing homes to evacuate one of the twisters damaged a dozen homes and topple garvey's carried the heavy winds also derailed a free train that was headed to the east coast and no serious injuries or deaths have been reported in arizona. in southern california heavy
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rain is caused power outages adorable driving conditions. this was a scene earlier this morning a big rig accident on interstate 5 backed up traffic for miles. in long beach 1000 customers lost power. >> hungarian authorities have now started a criminal investigation after red sludge a flood of it has been moving through western hungary. this is happening reservoir monday containing water and mud for staten metal manufacturing plant lookout read this is its full of metal. the area is flooded with toxic sludge hundreds of homes have been evacuated to try and help contain the sludge crews are now pouring plaster into the water for not sure that will help much. at least four people and killed and more than a hundred injured. >> 90% of the residents are saying they never want to look back here again because i or anyone else cannot guarantee that this will never happen again. >> hung jury and water authorities tonight are
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estimating the mud to take five days or less to reach the daniel one of europe's key waterways. >> live look good set of traffic on the golden gate bridge north and southbound traffic moving pretty well at this hour. the san mateo bridge the headlight'' are east bound into a word and that is slow moving sluggish at this hour. we'll be right back. this droid has evolved to do even more.
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internet reporter kimberly tells us how this could give users more control over their information. z today was basically sound remarkably the announcement were going to talk to about a couple of the really important ones one, downloading all your personal information that includes the comments your friends are making a new page, status updates, pictures if you will be able to download on that information but not on file in your computer that's neat critics also a big one that allowed people are talking about on line is groups carried the old system of putting your friends and the groups was really cumber some facebook said
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5 percent of that use that. now you want to make a status update instead of choosing if you know a couple people to see had not yet been on the fly choose which people you want to see that status. a lot of people are talking about this they're saying this is a way of face book encouraging interaction but addressing those privacy concerns. >> now your stanley roberts to found some people behaving badly. let's look at this lady on the screen take notice of the cell phone in hand while she waits for the light to change. on the city is not viewed doing a spot check to see the drivers are still ignoring the note text in the hands free law. why did i choose not you? it's simple, trainee in said both south and crack down mount pleas for two end to take its that's the most tickets written by any city around the bay including san jose. as he weeks later it seems like a free-for-all with all the
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people if context singapore violating their hands free law. but this lady with the cell phone offshore mouth just chatting away without a care in the world. or this guy in the white car of the passenger puts on makeup he looks at not one but two separate cell phones. this woman is text in washer with the light and so was this lady so let's watch her for a moment to read the fine protecting behind the we will are now using and a device for the first offense is about hundred $45. the second offense chance to just over $200 in the third offense could set you back an additional $100 more. what i think is most people get it took a $20 say i can pay that fine. here's a tip, many blue to fed sets cost $20. my advice, by one instead of hiding from the police. in mountain view stanley roberts kron 4 news. a live
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look inside from our mount tam cam were downtown 7 cisco sunny skies here if but were still single light showers down in the south bay. we'll talk about your forecast into this evening and ensure we can coming up in just forecast into this evening and ensure we can coming up in just a bit. forecast into this evening and ensure we can coming up in just a bit.our points from chase sapphire preferred are worth 25% more on travel. we're like forget florida, we're going on a safari. so we're on the serengeti, and seth finds a really big bone. we're talking huge. they dig it up, put it in the natural history museum and we get to name it. sethasauraus. really. your points from chase sapphire preferred are worth 25% more on travel? means better vacations. that's incredible. believe it...with chase sapphire preferred your points are worth 25% more on travel when booked through ultimate rewards.
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overtime. nearly $400,000 in the past four weeks. that's for station agents and their inspectors like these. this spending blitz is due to a muni stepping up enforcement in its underground station since launching its new clipper card system. most of the overtime between 300 and $375,000 will be spent on fear inspectors with standard entrances and exits asking people for tickets and using hand-held computers to check their clipper card and make sure that they paid their fair. bus station agents are also working overtime and double shifts trying to walk people through the new system. if agents talked about 500 hours and overtime in the past month. muni said it will try to recoup some of its overtime costs with the metropolitan transportation commission which is rolling up the clipper system on public transit offer over the bay area. reporting in san francisco kate thompson kron 4 news. we want to
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check in with jacqueline bennett because freezing rain on this october day in the bay area. some places kind of heavy trade we have some rain in milpitas it's kind of dying down a thunderstorm near tracy is what i want to talk about. this spread for the evening? as possible will see isolated cells for the south bay but these again are mostly dying down. the tracy's l pierson this sure popped up it and it's a developing thunderstorms could see the red on your screen heavy rain, livermore can get a touch of this but i think that's not going to happen i think will stay out of livermore. but take a look at what's going on milpitas rate now. he conceived very light rain showers there and again dying down with have yourselves coming down off the diablo range. the stick a look at what were expecting tonight into tomorrow. the cloud cover over the south bay that's what were associated with thunderstorms and light rain and the fact that were just seeing
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trade will keep the chance of scattered east and south the showers in the forecast tonight. with more activity down of the south near monterey. of where the storm sitting off shore it could rotate right through the south bay. as for tomorrow morning some clouds in the south bay but those a clear by the afternoon was sending cool conditions. the storm pushes the east tomorrow and as we head into the weekend warmer and drier air to building behind the storm. was he temperatures warm up nicely for fleet weekend will talk about a coming up in a bit. >> and were in oakland tonight after requests by the attorney for johannes mehserle the former bart police officer to start a new trial all over again kron 4 dan curman shows us the emotional response of supporters of the victim of oscar grant. >> committee of oakland as the rich by this. >> supporters of oscar grant gathered in oakland city hall wednesday afternoon to protest the call for new trial. the >> is another attempt by the defense to push out the
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sentencing along take the case in hopes the oakland community and the nation will lose its passion and commitment our focus on the trial for justice for oscar grant. we will not our numbers continue to grow and will continue to organize. if >> paternities for johannes mehserle filed a motion friday asking the los angeles judge to set aside the jury just burdick for involuntary manslaughter in order to trial. his attorney cited several reasons for new trial. first new evidence, specifically a similar case or an officer thought he was pulling his taser one of fact he pulled his revolver. and second jobs was as delays attorney said the judge made errors in his jury instructions among them allowing the jury to consider it and gunna enhancements if they believe to be johannes mehserle intentionally used a gun in the shooting of oscar grant. the fact the jury did at the gunna enhancement to its verdict, could add significant time to a
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johannes mehserle sentence. free >> no the trial we'll have huge implications on how police officers and major community moving forward. kef we know that in order for police officers to be held accountable we have to get a fair and just sentence >> loss angeles judge is expected to rule on the motion for new trial on november 5th that's the day johannes mehserle is scheduled to be sentenced. if that oakland city hall kron 4 news. >> legal analyst michael cardozo is with us now to try and sort through this request for new trial this case in kentucky that supposedly similar to the case does that give them valid grounds to request a new trial? >> usually new trial motions are not granted but the d a hit the fact that nothing like this has ever happened before that cross draw with the taser. it's never happened before. he implied to the jury that johannes messily must know what he was doing they did find a case after the trial
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and they say know it's all for that exactly what the kentucky officer did back there. that argument of the da was invalid will it succeed, probably not trade they have a fighting chance in this. >> is a mistake by the prosecution? if >> it's not a mistake the prosecution did not know about this kentucky case. nobody knew about it. that's one of the questions the judge will ask. defense why didn't she know about this before? why don't you bring into this to trial? did you reasonably tried to find this and if you didn't he's going to say too bad he should know about it before some not going to grant a new trial carried >> it's tough to get in trouble if they do get what happens? >> remember he was tarred with the second grade. that gave the jury the alternative to go second, of voluntary or involuntary tried to get their the jury had i'm not guilty of second not guilty of voluntary leaving the involuntary guilty.
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if they go back to trial if the d.a. doesn't get to retry the second or the voluntary. he has to go back and tried as an involuntary manslaughter >> them a tougher or easier? >> takes away the second degree or the 15th like punishment makes a whole lot better for off a surge johannes mehserle where he's only facing the lesser punishment. >> the family gets a chance the prosecution gets a chance to present arguments against the new trial. >> absolutely the d.a. i'm sure is writing his denial or opposition to the motion for the new trial if he already has and filed it. they don't want to go back to this trial. >> covered the fifth will be the date we will know. thank you michael cardozo were added to date we will know. thank you michael cardozo were added to the break will be right back. jobs. as attorney general, jerry rn brown took on wall street banks, mortgage scammers and public officials stealing from taxpayers. at this stage in his life, jerry brown has the independence to make the tough
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san francisco giants have in the field their tinkling out of the clubhouse. reseat everyone warming up. though go for a good hour and 15 minutes in change i hear out here in the fields. their final full squad workout before game time tomorrow 6:03 p.m. both against the atlanta braves. a breakdown coming up and 40 minutes on sports. take a look at this intense thunderstorms developing near tracy the red on your screen indicating quite heavy rainfall. as a matter of fact over 2 in. of rainfall in an hour at the core of this storm it will be moving right over the 580 into alameda county will talk about a coming up after the break.
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of very intense thunderstorms developing right over tracy but scary to it we do have heavy rainfall with this particular style. even hail no lightning detected so far. that's look of the rainfall rates rain in the center to a half inches in our headed right over tracy and the movement of the storm will be released to the east and north. west northwest sorry. the seal those cells of developing over the diablo range drifting to the east were to the west this will be no different this one over tracy will brush of a new account t will see these heavy rainfall rates continue right over the 580. as get a look at what's happening in milpitas dry conditions now the big sell were watching is that when tracy trade on look right now at storm tracker 4 radar wider picture of what's going on trade core of this storm sitting off shore of moderate trade forcing the rain
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bands moved in a counterclockwise direction around the center of the storm and inward towards it. the band around monterey continue to clear the south bay did you notice it's greatly diminishing as a heads up to the north. we do have a wonderful thing storm near tracy but that should die down as the sun goes down. if all other headlines with cloud cover over the south bay we've been seeing a light rain showers in the valley. tonight as light chance of the east and west bay showers. tomorrow morning some lingering clouds in the south bay but sunny and cool and more of warmer weather building in this weekend as this storm passes to the east. our fleet week forecast it will be great warmer and drier air building and at 3:00 p.m. hour we go up from the blue angel takeoff it will be 73 degrees in downtown san francisco under sunny skies with, wins. tomorrow cooler temperatures prevailed but friday will warm up and it will warm up especially into the
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weekend not to stifling either. in mid '80s inland, is a upper '70's in the bay shores and low to mid 60's close to the coast. >> the man accused of driving a van into an east bay police officer this is video from the seen it happen in fremont. you see the van after it still in the van the suspect drove it into a motorcycle officer. the officer suffered a broken leg as well as injuries to his butt. police say they now have a suspect in custody investigators working on the case told kron 4 how they were able to make that arrest. >good old fashioned police work. thats what investigators say when they apprehended 36 year-old alexander diaz who's wanted for allegedly driving a stolen van directly into police officer patrick brower earlier this week. after he drove the van into officer brower he fled the scene and eventually flagged someone down and had them call a cab for him which took him to a san jose bus station. fremont police say
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after developing information and using media to broadcast this video, he was there at around 5:00 a.m. wednesday morning fremont detectives as well as l.a. law enforcement took him into custody without incident. because he was arrested in southern california a los angeles judge will determine when he will be extradited to alameda county to face the charges against him. at the fremont police department kron 4 news. >> kron 4 is committed to helping make an informed decision this november leading up to the election were talking to candidates in covering the proposition. today christine conley has a closer look at proposition 19 the measure to legalize marijuana for personal use. >> it would legalize marijuana for personal use for adults 21 and older. adults would be able to possess, share our transport
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up to 1 oz of pot for their own personal use. it also grow marijuana in your residence in a space up to 25 square feet. he wouldn't be able to light up in public but could use marijuana at home or in a place licensed for cannabis consumption. here's what it would do for state and local government. they would be able to tax marijuana sales for adult consumption and could pass ordnance is to regulate the production and sale of marijuana as well. there are some limits to the law you can see some of them here it does maintain existing loss and no sales of marijuana to minors and no driving under the influence. and for those that sell to people over 18 and under 21 they could face six months in jail and a thousand dollar fine. i'm christine conley kron 4 news. >we now know more about the proposed budget agreement for the state of california that
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would close californians $19 billion deficit with spending cuts and a large dose of creative accounting. the deal doesn't contain any taxes or fees instead it relies on a series of accounting tips. it would delay nearly $2 billion in payments to kindergarten through 12th grade schools and community colleges until the next fiscal year. it counts on the state receiving a good $5.3 billion from the federal government and an economic recovery that would provide $1.4 billion in additional tax revenue. >> first the ship has come into port in san francisco for the celebration of lead week. as one of the navy's newest and most technologically advanced chips. kron 4 jeff bush gives you a tour of the uss macon island. >> we started off at sfo early in the morning after a 30 minute helicopter ride pass both bridges and out to see there was the make an island. the ship is the commission for less than a year in its impressive thing to be aboard it's a mobile
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of activity aboveground as things continue to look good for an earlier than expected rescue. >>we've got an animation that gives a better idea of what's happening. there are 3 drills digging their way toward the 33 men. all of them making progress but the drill know as plan b is getting an a for effort. it's been moving faster and deeper. it's now less than 175 yds from the men and could within inches in a matter of days. on the surface more and more people pour into the tent city for families way to greet the men. almost everything is ready. later this week the helicopter pilots will come in and begin practice drills. remember the trickiest part will be getting the men above ground in this skinny capsule known as the phoenix. we're not talking about a lot of room. animation shows how crews expect it to work. one by one, the capsule will take the men to the surface each trip taking at least a half hour. the capsule
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will have oxygen and an escape hatch in case something goes wrong. the fittest man will be taken first. since things will presumably go faster that way. families say the nightmare is almost over. >>it's been a lot of suffering to the last months, we miss them. >>were hoping to be out soon so we can be together and end this nightmare. people are excited but officials keep reminding everyone that things could go wrong an slow everything down. one concern at the jagged rocks back to catch on the capsule as the moves back and forth from where the miners are trapped. stay with us will be right back after this break. my mercury moment happened when i parked near the castle at "medieval knight fest".
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at this hour let's take a look at storm tracker for this is bringing it a very heavy rain and hail. this is in moving that much it's really bad news for tracy because it's pretty heavy rainfall stangl stationary over an inch of rainfall and our worries to the orange and red on your screen just really intense. it should be moving to the north and northwest as you see here but it really is in moving very much about five to 10 mi. an hour. it's pretty much going to die off before action moves out of tracy. this is all tail light layer that's the purple one our screens for all the places that scene hailed as this storm progresses. the core of it here this is were the strongest tail has been falling and also the biggest hailstones. a lot of hail heavy rain no lightning strikes just yet. we will be seeing the last of the showers tapering off with this you can see through the rest the bay area no rain right now and as you pull up for a wider view of the picture the core of the
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storm sitting off shore in monterey will push to the northeast. dryer and warmer conditions expected to the weekend. >> instead of a cisco muni is spending big bucks and overtime money trend in the transition to the clipper system go smoothly. in the past four weeks new senate spent between 325 and four injured thousand dollars in overtime for ticket agents and spare inspectors. the majority of the money is being spent on the overtime for the pair inspectors were stationed at many of the underground east asians and using hand-held devices to manually check people's clipper cards to make sure that they have paid when they ride muni. reporting in san francisco kate thompson kron 4 news. >> your couch and riders are facing fear increases and service cuts even as katrine employe compensation is on the increase some 14% in the last three years. of the total of 34% including benefits. caltrans said the numbers reflect rising
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health-care costs and a sharp increase in the number of hours billed to cal train for extra work and not actual pay raises. >> detectives here at the fremont police department said alexander d. as the man wanted for allegedly driving a stolen van into a fremont police officer was taken into custody in los angeles county early wednesday morning. he is currently being held awaiting a judge to make a decision about him being extradited back to alameda county where he will face the charges of attempted murder of a police officer and a stolen vehicle. at the fremont police department kron 4 news. >> here oakland city hall supporters of oscar grant gathered to object to this. it's a motion filed by johannes mehserle attorney seeking a new trial. he said they deserve a new trial because the judge erred when he gave jury instructions and because there's no evidence. the judge rule on this motion at a sentencing hearing scheduled for november
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5th. in oakland in carmen kron 4 news. >> as we get closer to the november election kron 4 is taking a look at the proposition on the ballot here's a look at what prop. 19 would do if it passes. it would legalize marijuana for personal use for adults 21 and older. there would possess a share in transport 1 oz of marijuana for their own use. you'd also be but a growing home state and local governments could tax and regulate the sale of marijuana and the measure would not change existing laws against selling marijuana to minors. >> here gets the beach you can see right over here and 80 ft. blue whale that is died there in the scope. you can see the will push against the rocks in a small cove off researchers at the california academy of sciences said she washed ashore on saturday sadly 50 fee will sits there will fetus. bill take samples of skin and blubber and look for surface damage to find out. researchers say the well will remain here to decompose naturally because the waves
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thick to difficult to remove. >> and national news parts of arizona are really a mess today this after at least three tornadoes hit the northern part of the state. you concede power lines and trees are down and toppled homes that happened around belmont and flagstaff one of the big concerns that the power lines in some cases are alive. no deaths or serious injuries have been reported but a least 15 homes have been destroyed and dozens of parties have been damaged. protesters were outside the supreme court today as the justice take on tough issues. some of the protesters he see here from a fundamentalist church which picketed the funeral of a young marine back in 2006. the church members believe military deaths are punishment for homosexuality even all the rain in this case was not gay. it's a question of whether his family's emotional pain trump's free-speech rights a decision not expected for
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months. on the eve of the war's ninth anniversary today president barack obama presented come honor to parents. killed after tell of an ambush in 2008 the young soldier had continued to fire back after being hit in the chest twice sacrificing his life to protect his troops. pan. >> the weather is buzzing over a report on fox news that proved to be untrue. internet reporter kimberly is here to tell us about the speculation on the web regarding where people live on the story. >> it was the host of the morning show fox they said the city of los angeles is planning and spending billions of dollars on these jet packs right here. take a look at what had to say. >> this city of los angeles already ordered 10,000 jet packs for please paramedics and fire departments. in >> are you kidding?
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>> they rejected that report within an hour and a lot of people asking why did to get the report will lot of people thinking they got it from this the weekly world news. he knew that supermarket tabloid that talks about where is batboy is still some have headlines like ufo hilly and 10 new commitments found in debt secured. the weekly world news jet pack report not only said elie had purchased the devices it also quoted the mayor san will be flying around l.a. soon and this will be a great tool for law- enforcement. however this is untrue the place to tell the l.a. times they haven't got jet packs in fact they haven't bought squad cars and about two years. stay with us will have bought squad cars and about two years. stay with us will have more news street had. serving on the board of goldman bought squad cars and about two years. stay with us will have more news street had. sachs, whitman was caught reaping millions from
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strikes had been detected hailstones wrote nearly the entire salad sitting very stationary avoid the 580, 2 05 and the 580 if at all possible. >> now here's sam roberts to found some people behaving badly. let's look to this lady on the screen take notice of the cell phone and hands. and in the city of mountain view during a spot check to see the drivers are still ignoring the no text in an handsfree lot. why did i choose not you? it's simple, during the last set up crackdown the amount you police wrote 290 tickets. that's the most tickets written by any city around the bay including san jose. a few weeks later it seems a free-for- all with all the people either testing or violating their hands for lot like this lady with a cell phone up to or mouth just chatting away without a care in the world. or this guy in the
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white car of the passenger puts on makeup he looks and not one but two separate cell phones. this woman is taxing what she would set the light and so was this lady so let's watch her for a moment. the first offense is a hundred $45, the second jobs to just over $200 a third offense could set you back an additional $100. most people here the ticket is $20 they think a i can pay that fine here's a tip, many would choose headset's cost get this $20. my advice, by one instead of hiding from the place. in mountain view, stanley roberts kron 4 news trade >> did they area less than 24 hours from playoff baseball as the giants' most brazen the national league division series. kerrey has a full report including who made the playoff
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part of the next generation of does. evening everybody the last time a no-hitter or perfect game pitched in post-season is 1956. the one and only half 1956 roy holiday for philadelphia tonight just cruising vs. cincinnati and no-hitter through seven allowed only zero walks in the fifth inning. everything going the big fellows way. 11 years in toronto without a post- season berth this is first coses season one out away from a no- hitter. (cheering) >> roy holiday has thrown a no- hitter!
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>> when walked eight strikeouts a perfect game thrown by don larsen a gilroy native will have the personal don lewis in story in a moment. right now the king of the world is roy holiday pitches a no-hitter only the second in baseball postseason history breakoff. of course he is working earlier today for the texas rangers and benji the former giant gone. he had to make room for buster bunny homers today for texas and 10 strikeouts in seven innings. rangers win 5-1 so philadelphia and texas are off to 1-0 the best of five series. just to show you how times of change to don larsen for the only perfect game to the yankees in 56, you remember that? obviously were there but he lived in gilroy for
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about 30 years and life was not that kind of remember calling a mop 20 years ago they would like to talk to you and have you on i need 50 box. now and looking up roy holidays making 20,000,001 year and don larsen was a linoleum still sitting gilroy for a lot of years to rid the system whenever mr. larsen and today roy holiday. the atlanta braves have hit town 6:37 p.m. to take on the giants' rookie of the year candidate jason hayward doing his thing. directly at of sacramento midseason acquisition from the cubs. the braves have pretty good players. giants are the favored it bobby cox point of talking about derrick. >> he has been lights out the last month and i brought some notes with me he's giving up
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four runs in the last five starts and is walked three guys in his accumulated a lot of strikeouts in the game. a game high of 121 sees a lot different pitcher right now that it was in the first half of the season he was good in the first half he's even better now. >> to pitch like this in a pennant race is something i've always enjoyed pitching big games and here we are with another opportunity tomorrow. >> bobby cox for nearby and the central valley he's announced his retirement this could be as final series place as hey i have notes i want to give you as the correct information. >> giants of just taken the field for their final workout again, if everything breaks away the odd maker the giants and the before show in philadelphia phillies meeting for the national crown. a long way to go, bruce the big question has been will bury an error and
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combine it $30 million in annual salary will they make the post- season roster? " she gave away a little then but he gave a little give away right here. >> were going to go with what we think our best team is. were not into salaries were into what how guys are doing. all see this role and will be on the roster i know we hasn't had a lot of playing time but he will help out. i've talked to barry is in his hand done here and going to back and talk about his situation predict >> it's a great opportunity for us as a while for the giants organization and for myself. first for a lot of these guys. we're going to take all land and not get to wide-eyed about it intradistrict for game and treated just like any other game. need to put added pressure on yourself. >> read between the alliance
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role in will be on the roster i still have to talk to buried her head >> return all young broadcaster known, can he thought it was t i know the king of the south is from abc's gillian the great jack client is joining us he's joining us he's unafraid. has the business these days? >> its booming just like it is in san francisco were ready to rock >> you get 20 a day and in this current economy? >> people in atlanta up of this out in 25 a day is where were at. >> he is a cam i like him already. zack klein unfiltered it next.
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the king of the south is that klein from abc. sad what's the feeling in atlanta at the they >> heavy >> you talk to the guys in the locker room or " the underdog role but let's look at the facts the giants won 92 games the brave 191 courage to endure all everything pitcher has 16 wins the start of the brave tomorrow derek low 16 wins. the trio braves' pitching derek low and tammy can send their the horses for the brave'' lineup there go with the underdog role did they think they have the horses to get these guys. >> out here we don't see a lot of spirit low we automatically think tim will have the advantage tomorrow hattis see the matchup? >> i see he's been pitching great one thing is to worry about is brought in the can. he doesn't know what his event did this study has said. his aide for 21 home runs and three doubles so is confident try to teach some the guys the tricks of the trade and say know what this is we have to do anyone
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give me any the secrets but they're pretty confident they know if they get one here at&t park for a back to the park. did they feel they can get one here on the road will have the advantage heading back to atlanta and turner field. >> who's your recipe of the year hayward air posy? what does your head tell you. >> my head and heart go with jason hayward you have to like the kid for each major league that he goes yards he's a great kid it's about 280 has all the tools he could throw, he king had he's come up huge in great situations. i think if i had a vote and give it to the hometown kid in jason a word. >> that can be honest with you? on what have to get to off bay area to good. >> that's fine for it i've been here twice in 24 hours if you want to get rid of me of the berger i know.
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