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rob thought flatboat tells us what happened. >> the lord comes after a woman who was accosted here near the intersection of campus drive and sarah street monday evening about 6:30 p.m. it was dark and she tells police she heard a man calling to her sing a girl, the next thing she knows she's grabbed from behind and someone puts a hand over her mouth. >> the victim report cheered the suspect can't turn a look at them and realize she is about to be insulted. she continued on a walk. the suspect came alongside ever grab for with one hand and attempted to place his hand over her mouth with another. at that point, the victim attempted to buy him weren't sure the severity of the bite that could be important to us as we continue our investigation. >> get this please revising them to walk in pairs, stan well-traveled routes. be mindful surroundings and carry cellphone. after her escape the victim ran to one of these blue margins his cellphone towers and called for help. first-ever police
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are reminding students and others that they're more than a hundred of these located all over campus. at stanford rolf kron 4 news. campus police are now working on a sketch of the suspect who for now is described as a white male in his '40's. he was wearing a dark cut its work shirt, his mustache and goatee with brown hair and a slim build. in hayward man was shot and killed last night near all choir parkway. at the victim in this picture is 28 rolled maurice of hayward. police have no suspects at this time. san francisco police department says it has made a dent in the crime rate. overall crime is down 8% from 2009 and down 12% from 2008. violent crime dropped 4 percent of homicides have increased slightly. if there were 50 murders in 2010, compared to 45 in 2009. even with the increase the department says san
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francisco has one of the lowest per-capita homicide rates of many big city in the united states. it marine kelly explains why the police believe changes they've made are making a difference. >> chief says there three major contributors to the fact that crime is on the downswing in all three deal with sharing information. first, meetings like this one held every two weeks where police captains from districts all over the city schools for crime trends in their area and are held accountable to the top brass of performance. the chief credit move some pleas inspectors out of their offices here at the hall of justice out into the district station houses like you're eating aside. the inspectors go briefing several times a day for the cops going out on patrol so the uniformed officers at the latest information about where crimes are occurring. lastly he says, feedback from the committee in a form of the advisory boards the report to district officers is helping fuel the pleased with the information they need to call that criminal activity. its top anti-crime
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smarter in which they need to do because of budget problems are 200 fewer cops and the force of the were two years ago with another 70 officers eligible to retire this year. right now no money to replace them. >> and looks like friday could be gavin newsome is last day as san francisco mayor. the city of san francisco is expected to name their and from there as newsome takes up the post of lieutenant governor. after a heated eight new half-hour meeting this efforts as the board of supervisors considered nominating hennessy or and lead. >> we have an opportunity that we made the biggest fall in san francisco political history the blame probably goes too many places but certainly it rests squarely on the shoulders of president david shoe and willing to appoint others out as well. i'm going to have time on my hands and one after run in the establishment and i would to remained involved
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and activists vote after the gavel goes down on this meeting i will haunt you. i will politically honshu. for the biggest tumble in the history of san francisco politics. it's on my dog,. >> supervisor chris daly lashing out at president david shoe and others for voting towards lead who is seen as a more moderate choice. a division of vote for interim there will be on friday. holding out for moderate choice mayor newsome threaten to hold on to the keys to the mayor's office until the new board of supervisors take office. investigators are not yet sure what caused an early- morning fire in san rafael. it started about 3:00 a.m. on may would way. the homeless vacant but under construction. the fire spread to a home next door to people did make it out safely. firefighters went to salvage things from home to
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keep the fire from spreading. more car crews are working on salvaging this 65 ft. crab boat that was grounded on half moon bay peach. dead time to stop 2,000 gal. of diesel fuel from spilling into the water. the coast guard said no fuel had spilled from the boat after the vessel ran aground early yesterday about 120 commercial fishermen will split $3.6 million in damages under a legal settlement over a 2007 oil spill in san francisco bay. hong kong based off lead and regal stalled old and operated the cost goes on. that was the cargo ship that struck a power of the bay bridge in dense fog and spilled 53,000 gal. of fuel. if the oil killed more than 2000 birds and found 26 mi. off shore line. >> things starting to cool off especially in our inland
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valleys where temperatures are dropping into the '40's at this time. 48 in fairfield. but low 50s for the rest the bay area but temperatures will drop off shore as the sun continues to set. a look from this afternoon, at the city from our mount tam cam. plenty of sunshine and it was pretty mild out there today. we will see another round of patchy freezing fog in our inland valleys and delta locations. another cold night tonight with temperatures widespread in the 30's. tomorrow will sunny and mild conditions although staying cooler in our inland locations because of the morning fog. fog on top it again for thursday night. look at future cast as you were the fog will make it tomorrow morning and look at your extended forecast coming up.
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in national news tonight the mysterious bird kill of the southwest got even more puzzling today with the discovery of hundreds more birds and east texas. >> (music) the carcasses are scattered all over a highway bridge in east texas part is what is become a virtual previewed the tribal a birdbath. thousands of birds fell from the sky in central arkansas and year's day, if hundreds more died the next day in louisiana some of those birds were examined at a lab in the plant up. >> we did not see gunshot wounds which we always looked for wild animals. it means the most likely in the case of birds they flew into a stationary objects. >> the scientist for said the arkansas birds were startled by new year's fireworks. even before the new skills that theory drew widespread skepticism. >> i don't believe that.
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>> doll believe that all especially over small area like this on your seat. >> add to that new reports of mass fish kills 100,000 dead and dying drumfish if washed up in northwest arkansas. and then of thousand fish died in maryland's chesapeake bay. if officials say it will take weeks to finish the task of those bird carcasses. if the official line is there's nothing to worry about a mass bird deaths are not at all comment. >> the mystery surrounding the death of a former pentagon official is only getting bigger. here surveillance tape that's john wheeler sort of wandering around a parking grosz two days before he was found dead. that was friday in a delaware landfill. in the video you can see much * karen when she was appearing kind of confused. and attended city was friendly but didn't seem to know where he was. some people offered to help him but he politely declined. you're
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looking at a united plane that had to be diverted because of a spilled cup of coffee and it was diverted to toronto canada after the pilots build the coffee on communication equipment and that triggered all kinds of problems including false alarms for hijacking. everybody was ok united might be talking to its crews about where they drink coffee and the job. the u.s. airways jet that made a splash landing on the hudson river back in 2009, is going to reach it's final destination as a museum piece. an aviation museum in north carolina is making final arrangements to buy back. a disaster was avoided when capt sully who lives in the bay area, if determined that the gene the plane was the only way to save the 155 people on board. >> the battle over books and with word should be allowed in school. at the center of the controversy mark twain novels the adventures of tom sawyer and a venture of huckleberry finn. some schools stand it because of racist language. now the
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editors of new south books are making new additions and changing the n word in the text to slave. the publisher said replacing the word could increase readership. the critics call it censorship. >> temperatures are starting to slip into the '40's is going to be another very chilly evening out there tonight. the morning dense fog expected for inland valleys and also the delta location. it chilly conditions as well with temperatures widespread in the 30's. twa afternoon most is that these guys temperatures will be the '50s for the most part but cold and then because of the fog. the fog is coming from the central valley because of the way the winds are blowing it's pushing it into the bay area. also in to the delta and fairfield. will be a little more extensive than what showing here of fog tracker. livermore will see fog, comparable see fog as well. if not o'clock continuing to blanket, antioch in fairfield same thing at 11.
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this will keep temperatures cooler in the locations tomorrow. if not only is the fog moving and the were also seeing very cool air being pushed into the bay area let's take a look on future cast, 29 degrees and share fell to start the day so already very chilly. as we move into the afternoon temperatures already did down again in that location. 34 novato, 44 san francisco, 43 in oakland so chilling a matter where you go. as we head into the afternoon of such amateurs struggling to warm up in fairfield and antioch barely reaching 40 degrees by noon. let's take a look neighborhood by neighborhood. it temperatures will climb into the low 50s and our inland valleys. to fairfield, 53 conquered much warmer to the coastline. 49 antioch, 52 of livermore a chilly day tomorrow for inland valley. kron 47 day around the bay forecast not a whole lot of change to walk round of the workweek. in the weekend, increasing cloud cover will bring us warmer morning
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temperatures afternoon temperatures will stay about the same. >> speculation tonight that professional basketball is on its way to san jose as kron 4 rob reports the man at the center of the speculation is none other than larry ellison. >> forbes magazine is reporting that billionaire oracle ceo was seeking to buy the struggling new orleans hornets' nba franchise and moving them here to san jose where they would share h-p pavilion with the san jose sharks. i caught up with san jose mayor chuck reed and his office at city hall this afternoon for reaction to the news. >> ever since we first entered into agreements for the sharks for management of the h p billion most recently revised our agreement with them to allow them to take the lead knowing if a basketball team comes in the need to worked very closely with the sharks in order to be successful. the sharks have the box and the ball is in their court it's up to them to have the
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lead on this. >> sports entertainment which manages the sharks tells kron 4 it is aware of speculation that ellison isn't interested in the hornets. no formal discussions of taken place. however the sharks and company said there open to the possibility of sharing 80 billion with another property that could mean another 40 plus advance to its calendar. the magazine said pro basketball would do much better in san jose because of better demographics and more corporate sponsorships. the magazine also said alison is eager to move ahead on the deal if after having lost out on his bid for the warriors. in san jose kron 4 news. >> the coaching carousel is in full spin tonight as teams scrambled to fill their open head coach bought before other teams claimed the top candidates. kron 4 vern glut has a look of the big moves being made. >> to they have a new head coach or not? reportedly, it's offensive coordinator
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hugh jackson. >> if he is the head coach, i think the team would definitely be better. >> the team is denying it, jackson who doubled their offensive numbers as your interview with the forty- niners for that head coaching job. that apparently is first-ever head coach jim harbaugh is he wants it. 49 their general manager reportedly wants to have a new coach by the weekend. he and harbaugh also met today at an undisclosed location. in santa clara, from glen kron 4 news. >> now all that check up on your snowbomb.com ski report no news noted talk about it's been sunday on the mound. 100 in. on the base, 67 runs open squaw valley has won 29 at the base with 24 less than a hundred and 70 runs open. the sugar bowl 86 at the left, less than 94 runs open. if you like information on the ski reports and others just log on to snowball.snowbomb.com.
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here's stanley roberts to found some people behaving badly. >> that's look at the graffiti covered by till truck. what if i tell you it's really an rv. let's take a closer look. on the top of the truck there's a risk on. if on this side some small windows. basically it's a truck turned into an rv. it also on the rv a parking ticket for $50. the problem? this along with a few other our views have been parked on the lower great highway for days. they're not just parked people living in them despite the rules banning overnight fee of cohabitation. including this man his name is roger. gunna roger he just got out of the pit. >> it's all like a ford when i got out. >> loses are be around the city but for the last three days is been living on the highway. i ask residents what they thought about the
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campers and this is what they said >> decides that the through trash of the medium they take up valuable parking spaces. we have to park blocks from our apartment because campers are parking in front of our building. >> it's cold dark and wet and rather have people living in an rv and be part of the neighborhood that under nodding or under bush. >> gets to us when they leave the garbage. it for the most part it will bother me people got a live somewhere. >> residents said there's the ball was homeless campers with their and our fear not. if they're giving an eye out for problems. neighborhood watch as fresh landscaping. it also consider what other thing. requiring permits for anyone with an rv. is that a good idea? >> once you make a rule everyone has to abide by it. >> stanley roberts kron 4 news.
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live this is kron 4 news at 6:00. >> three people shot by police in san francisco in just the last five weeks. kron 4 was on the scene for each of these incidents. each time the s f p d says the officer was forced to fire based on the behavior of the people they were dealing with. it's go live now the san francisco were kron 4 dan curman is was san francisco police were undergoing training. dan. >> were the san francisco police academy were the but reporters for some of the training that officers go through. before we get to that we want to talk about the actual video that we've all been saying about this
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recent shooting. kron 4 christine conley take a look and shows us what were actually looking at. >> in the south of video uc police officer shooting a man an a wheelchair. chief points out the video which was captured by by standard doesn't start of the beginning of the incident. >> the incident starts on the other side of that building. >> was recalled to the scene after reports the man was slashing tires on the vehicle. the pepper spray the suspect but that did more. the chief said the man stabbed and office are in the arm with a knife. >> he's got a nice, he's got a knife. the officers are telling him to put the knife down. there's an officer that has a less lethal weapon right there see it's a beanbag shotgun. he shoes the beanbag that proves to
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be ineffective. >> what happens next police say they now believe the man may have been tossing and i found what the officers. uc and throwing something here. no cause of video and focus on the police officer you see highlighted here. he jumps back and you hear a shot fired. christine conley kron 4 news. >> were back live a the san francisco police academy a little earlier this afternoon they put areas of the medium through the paces of some of the training officers get in those high stress situations. when they have to decide whether or not to use lethal force. >> what does it feel like to put yourself in a position that officers are faced with a daily basis and how does it make you feel as a civilian as untrained but how does make you feel physically to go through the question >> with that nine members the media including myself, or of fitted with weapons carried by police officers and put through trading
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scenario in which we would be faced in this scenario use deadly force or not. >> in dealing with a high stress the counter because officers but other people are human beings and the going to react answered reins of wheat to understanding such as reaction time, ragtime stopping and starting in this case there may be a man in a movie theater with a knife. i found my heart racing from the moment we entered the theater. the man refused to show its hand. i got was drawn immediately what we saw what appeared to be a nice. a tense but manageable situation and quickly escalated. one in a split- second the man started rushing toward us. and we fired. >> q expenses same type of performance issues any other human would phase in a high stress deadly force to counter or your heart rate goes up, your breathing goes up, your stress level goes up, your vision begins to
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tunnel. did you ever unintentional blend is to other surroundings and working with through that so you become inoculated to that and you're able to perform a high level. >> my heart rate did asking late and i think it's still beating a little bit more than that has been a least a lot faster than it has been. this was a couple hours ago we went through these cases. not all the scenarios and up of the suspect not complying were you at the fire weapon or use your baton. that happened to be the case of the situation i went through. the idea is the more officers go through this training. if the less distress will affect them civic improperly performed their duties. reporting live at the san francisco police academy and dan from kron 4 news. >> six people shot last night in east oakland after two gunmen opened fire group which was hanging out on a street corner. please are offering up to $30,000 for information leading to an arrest. here you could see the bullet holes left in the sense and the mailbox of
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nearby homes. in fact, when the victims was an innocent bystander a 49 year-old man was watching television in his oval when a bullet came through the window. police say to gangs were involved and should out that it happened on 89th ave. if police are concentrating on this and at other areas that have been identified as hot spots for gang activity. >> we saw a spike in shootings in the month of december, reaction to that we set up to the prevention plan or were going to put officers on overtime out there and in the hot spot areas where we have most of our shootings in anticipation to try and stop the retaliation. >> no arrests have been made one victim remains in critical condition. an innocent bystander was one of the six shooting victims in the incident tuesday night as you mentioned. kron 4 spoke to the victims neighbors who described what happened. >> he's a good guy was known for over 10 years. he's
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really nice and always looks out for everyone especially yes. officials at the hospital stay overnight mr. roque as a condition improves from critical to stable and is expected to remain in the hospital for the next few days. the san francisco crime lab was three accredited today by and national review board to test dna evidence and evidence for gun related crimes. ever seen just to get knowledge and the personnel and procedures now jimmied the higher standards. the the law came under scrutiny last year when a lab worker admitted to taking drug evidence for personal use. there no plans to resume narcotics testing at the facility petaluma police are looking for this repeat drunk driver. he is responsible for a hit-and- run accident that seriously injured a woman yesterday
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morning. please stay some latino crashed into the woman's car in the intersection of east washington st. maria drive at about 7:00 tuesday morning. investigators say he ran away on foot from the scene. he's currently on probation for d y then has to prior dui convections in 2007 and a. his driver's license is currently suspended. >> i live look down on san francisco from our mount tam cam. uc bouncing around a little bit. temperatures are still 50 degrees in san francisco, '40's for most other locations. it will drop in the '40's by it o'clock. 40 bytes morning. chile yet again but and i smiled afternoon at 56 degrees tomorrow. bay area wide a lot of places 43 in livermore 47 and copper
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there's going to be another cool night tonight. widespread in the '40's by the 7:00 hour. in the o'clock our dense fog in our inland valleys and also in the delta. freezing fog it expected. the careful over overpasses and bridges were there could be a see into the freezing fog. most sunny conditions temperatures will be nice a mild like today. will time out the fog on future cast and look at your extended forecast in a bit. stay with us will be right back. ♪ let's go out to the dmv
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see the picture of the suspect here. police a permit to evoke campeau's committed lewd acts with a child to attend a day care inside his home last month. he said offered in the day care near chatsworth place for more than 10 years. investigators are searching for other possible victims. tonight the city of san bruno is meeting to discuss how nearly $400,000 which the donations and should be distributed to the victims of the september 9th pipeline explosion and fire. he's the video from that event here. it killed eight people destroyed 35 homes. tonight residents will be able to give their ideas on how that money should be spent. we'll be back with much more news in a look at what's happening nationally after the break. the that
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the a first for capitol hill and assign this new congress especially the gop- controlled house could be more social than its predecessors. >> did block and facebook a live on twitter they're regular youtube video so think of see this new class coming to congress. in an >> the gop's interest in social media makes sense. help propel them to power in last november's elections garnish to as the twitter and facebook for organization immobilization. if just the internet helped president barack obama in 2008. >> candidates who are thinking of running are very active in the social. stephen been active in the senate as well >> internet outgoing and to
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oppose a trade the ceremonial gavel wednesday. it still sells what twitter mantels. the california democrat drops baker and is now simply nancy pelosi. the ohio republican house speaker banner in the political and social spheres. whether you like, the makeup of new congress are not, the leadership on both side of the aisle will be aiming to make their agenda is easier to follow. in washington kron 4 news. a >> and white house press secretary robert gibbs is moving on from his post in washington d.c.. kids new job will be to make the rounds of the new talk shows promoting the white house social and political position. the white house is interviewing bill daley of the clinton administration to replace kids. >> more dead birds found this time hundred spotted this morning along an east texas highway. he see them here roughly 200 found along that road. wildlife officials say they don't
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think it's tied to other recent incidents. they think these birds died after falling into cars are really no one's coming up with any definitive answers as to what's killing the birds. we have not been showing were some of the other mysterious deaths have cropped up. thousands of black birds found death in central arkansas and new year's eve not far away there's a big fish die off. hundreds of dead birds found in western kentucky also louisiana. the testing continues and so far it's rolling out disease are poisoned. experts say mousebird deaths are really not that unusual. 100 t of dead fish have just washed ashore in brazil along the southern coastline. fishermen say there probably contaminated so they're not going to work the area until someone figures out what's going on. one theory spelling of chemicals by nearby shop ship may have spilled into the water. last week at 100 t of dead fish washed up on another coastline in brazil. biologists are still investigating.
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>> a school shooting in nebraska to wounded the suspected gunman dead. it happened in omaha this afternoon will please say a student at the school, shot the principal and the assistant principal. investigators say the team was later found dead in his car. a temporary locked out at the school has been lifted no other students were injured. no word of what sparked the attack. i shooting at a mall in arizona today, the tense scene unfolded after authorities thought they spotted it and cornered and ship mistakenly released from custody. it turns out he's not the future please thought there are tracking. nevertheless the suspect open fire and darted into the mall. an evacuation announcement was made through the mall. cellphone video shows some people running through the storm front of the whale. the suspect later headed to at nearby restaurant and invited in a brief suspect before surrendering. the testimony in a pretrial hearing of the michael
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jackson death investigation. this is video of the pop star's family walking into the courthouse this morning. today jackson's bodyguard said in court that he obeid it dr. conrad murray's instructions to big up madison bottles and intravenous bags and shield the jackson children from seeing their father before being told to call item one. murray was with jackson at the time of the singer's death. he's accused of the minister angle of lethal dose of befallen other said it is back in june of 2009. or it could face up to four years in prison if he's convicted. >> were keeping the clear skies in the forecast tonight that could mean chilly conditions yet again. is to the dry air really keeping cloud cover at of the area and streaming well to the north of us. the winds of change direction they're coming from the east, northeast and this is spraying us some cooler air from the central valley as well as the fog toward in
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the valley and delta. fog tracker for tomorrow morning 7:00 antioch shrouded in fog. the wind will pull more of the fog into concord and livermore the what showing up here on fog tracker. the central valley fog pushes into that at a clock tower same thing just hovering over antioch. not moving of that much. this will mean chilly conditions for the afternoon because the fog really lingering on into antioch and fairfield. to start the day temperatures will be on the cool side. it 29 fairfield, 34 concord, 34 napa, 32 santa rosa and napa 30's for the bay shore locations. in the afternoon was a nice warm and in places like santa rosa 50 degrees, 5775, 56 and san francisco. much cooler inland 52 fairfield, 53 in concord and just 49 in antioch and 52 of livermore 59 in san jose, 59 a los
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gatos. your kron 47 day around the bay forecast of condition sticking with us for the and the weekend into the weekend actually. will the chilly mornings yet again tomorrow with the fall. it temperatures warm up in the morning as we head into the weekend. we'll also see increasing cloud cover to the weekend as the storm passes us to the north coast will get no rain out of that. >> the america's cup is coming to san francisco bay and this morning city leaders had a celebration daughter the achievement. kron 4 reggie is live in san francisco with the latest details. >> that special presentation wrapped up an hour ago here at san francisco city hall. look at the video you can see what was on display. did the america's cup trophy at the end of a red carpet. america's cup officials say preparations are under way to start building the venues needed to host the 2013 boat race. this is video of the actual race in 2009, won by oracle's founder larry ellison san francisco board
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president said the event will pour more than a billion dollars into the local economy ellison says they plan to redevelop years 19 through 32. >> we want to develop them in such a way that's both environmentally friendly and makes economic contributions to the city and where residents of the city want to go whether it's for lunch or a walk by the waterfront or border wonderful boat and go for sale. if we want to integrate that landed here is into the life of the city. the economic cultural and social life of the city. >> america's cup 2013 will take place along the san francisco bay in the summer of 2013. we'll be right back.
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kimberly has a look at the latest online proposal. >> the company is calling the proposal. it took place on group on a local deal by sight. let's look at the grupo sol. it's called the surprise for the day now from greg. it was like today. at the bride to be did click yes. the proposal written by greg himself. the editorial is packed with facts about couple kind of fun she's a data file cheerleader for the cincinnati all angles. he's an engineer. this a great contacted them because his girlfriend now fiancee is a huge group on fan and affect the company plans and giving them a group on for every month this year to celebrate their successful proposal. stay with us kron 4 news at 6:03 p.m. coming up next.
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were the victims was an innocent man who is inside this house watching tv at the time. police said the motivation for this crime, to feuding gangs. it is also a $30,000 reward for any information leading up to the identification of the two shooters. as reported oakland kate thompson kron 4 news. >> in san francisco police chief recorded a self of video hall of and i fully manned in a wheelchair been shot by police on tuesday. he wants to the public but the video in context. it was shot by a passerby angeles police hitting the suspect with the beanbag gun. it appears to throw a knife it at one of the net officers
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jobs back in the suspect as shot. what is and caught on the videos what happened before the incident. police say the man stabbed and officer in the arm. christine conley kron 4 news. >> karen san francisco led to questions as if san francisco police chief whats his officers out for what taser is why aren't they? for reason is because in this city it's up to the san francisco police commission. our last year they denied the chief's request. the request again coming up next month. the makeup of the police commission has changed and there is a possibility they approve it. if it does happen taser is will be deployed until early next year. dan curman kron 4 news. in san francisco the chief of police said the crime rate is falling overall crime is down a person for 2008. violent crime dropped 4%. even with that increase they say san francisco has the lowest
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per-capita homicide rates of any big city in the u.s.. the chief goal is to make san francisco the safest large city in the country. >> here at stanford university campus police are advising women to walk in paris after a woman was accosted here monday evening. it happened just after dark near the intersection of campus drive and sears street. they tell police the man came up behind her put his hand over her mouth. it should send it is handle major escape. the man fled toward the field after that. she used the emergency 91 cellphone tower here called for help. campus police for money students and others there more than 100 located all over campus. at stanford rob kron 4 news. >> here in san bruno's city leaders are holding a town hall meeting were the disguise is suspend the three and $80,000 worth of the nation that accorded to the city after a deadly gas on explosion and fire that ravaged a local neighborhood back in september. residents
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said their anxious to find out when all see the money and whether the only to taxes on it. city leaders have been holding the money until the configure it had suspended on something that pg&e or the federal government was already planning to pay for. residents will weigh in their opinions during the meeting. in san bruno kron 4 news. >> in marin county an effort to ban plastic grocery guards it is met with legal action. a group called save the plastic bags will sue the county is to go forward with the proposed plan. that led to the candling its decision on whether not to oppose the ban. if the board of supervisors will consider the ban on gender 25 after they review the legal arguments. the coalition said it needs an environmental impact report before it can be considered. in marin county daniel kron 4 news. >> our big weather story tonight. another cold night on top with fog and parts the bay area. been there in
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the valleys and the delta. temperatures will be 29 fairfield 34 in concord all see the fog reach as far as concord of livermore. will cover there's for most of the morning as well. upper 30's and the bay shore, 44 san francisco, 34 it's their fault and freezing in santa rosa. in the afternoon temperatures will struggle in our inland valleys because the morning fog. it could to shrink concord, 52 fairfield and livermore. it temperatures in the mid to upper 50s for the rest of the bay area. >> the world's largest consumer electronics show will unveil a ton of tech goodies this week in las vegas. kron 4 gabe slate will show us the new gadgets and technology available. >> a couple big announcements from cbs, at&t is jumping on the four g cell phone network bandwagon. they're building it now will offer four g to global customers this summer. they're behind residents brent that are already offering of four g
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network which can give speeds up to 10 times faster than preachy. amazon as announced their building and out store for android smart phones. will be like goggles and traps store but amazons version. they might offer apps cheaper to more people way. no launched yet. comcast is announced letting their customers stream live tv on the i pad or a android tablet. and watch on demand content. only catch, it will work inside your home 3 y 5. it's rolling out later this year and it's unclear if low-cost that truck. some cool stuff coming at of this year cbs. these new ski goggles made by liquid image has a built-in camera takes pictures of records full quality to video if you want to document your struck down the slope. the cost to under $50 and hit stores later this month. check out this new tablet by leno vote. it's a tablets similar to the i pad but this one
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can click into a laptop shall have become a regular laptop. i think that's brilliant the i pad is great but for documents and long e-mail's he really want a physical keyboard with a laptop layout. the pad will sell for $1,300 and be released later this year this cleaner robot is turning heads at cbs. it's a robotic floor cleaning a plan is designed exclusively for hard surface floor cleaning. it it automatically does and what mops hard surface floors. it uses an indoor gps system that helps to keep track of where it's been and where it needs to go out and helps guided around obstacles. the mint is now on sale for to hundred $50. gabe slate kron 4 news. >> to check up on your snowballed ski report no new snow to talk about. alpine meadows as 93 in. at the base, 8 lifts, 100 runs open. heavenly 77 at the base, 26 less 80 runs open.
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here's stanley roberts to found some people behaving badly. what i told you it's really an rv. italy be? that's to close a look. on the top of the truck there's a roof tom. on this side some small windows. basically it's a truck turned into an rv. also on the rv parking ticket for $50. the problem? this along with a few other our views have been parked on the lower grade highway 4 days. the match is parked, people are living in them despite the rules banning overnight feel cohabitation. including this man, his name is roger. according to roger he just got out of the pen. >> to only thing i could
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afford when i got out. for the last three days he's been living on the lower court highway i ask some residents what they thought of the campers and this is what they said. >> aside the fact they throw trash out into the medium they also take up valuable parking spaces that we have to park blocks from our apartment because campers are parking and our front of our building. >> it's cold dark and wet i'd rather have people living in an rv and be part of the neighborhood it and then under an awning or under a bush. >> against was when they leave the garbage, for the most part it will bother me. people have to live somewhere. >> residents admit there's been problems with homeless campers for decades. for taking steps to keep an eye over problems and the neighborhood watch as fresh landscaping. require permits for anyone with harvey. but is that a good idea?
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>> once you make a role everyone has to abide by it. >> in san francisco stanley roberts kron 4 news. >> the next on the nfl head coaching changes. are the forty-niners making a play for coach jim harbaugh? we last saw him after the team want the orange bowl. gary has the details and reaction just ahead. >> right alan www.kron4.com check out all the latest gadget news by visiting kron 4 tech reporter gabe slate stage. right now the biggest consumer electronics show is taking place and loss figures. watches gave chosen some of the hottest products to come out of the event. game has all the details about at&t's starting to install public why fire hot zones. on www.kron4.com.
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today at a secret location. pam if you know where they met let me know. jackie well-connected. i wonder " why fry willie brown who said on sunday, their ratted ago $35 million for the sky. trust me willie doesn't talk he's the only guy who doesn't steal he talks to the guys up top. 35 million and that's all we know right now. the dolphins and broncos reportedly have thrown their hats in the ring for this guy. hugh jackson, with the firing of tom cable last night and again and i would steal from mats who said he interviewed today for the forty-niners head coaching job. all this has to be come on come on he didn't work as assistant for tom cable he must be in line for the greater job. here's thomas sour. the >> with you as a head coach
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think the team will definitely be better. i think will do a great job. everyone loved cable he did a great job i think he did a phenomenal job as well if he is the head coach jimmy will see. >> i know it's the first thing you said to me when he came back from vacation. i want to show wofford and killian that i have insight to. i guy like you jackson a young assistant you don't say a move across the country been assistant to tom cable. you look across the country if you think someone is about to be executed. to know what i mean? you think jacqueline bennett came here because i'm going to sit here and what should market for 40 years? no. >> why are you picking on me? >> because i made you. >> q jackson's going to be the next coach and then i
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correct on that? >> i think you're correct on that. >> are you wearing a tie. >> what you have gone. >> i'm wearing a necklace. it would be questioning. >> to homes or damage were talking sports again. now you're on there. it back to more breaking news. john is back in the national football league. again i was like to a and know what i'm talking about. that's face it you get tired of staying home needed something to do so now he's the head of football operations he read a speech and as we said. were going to turn this thing around and get back to the days when we were champions. rich rodriguez fired as michigan head coach. the hunter will use to be the mobile gary
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everybody's friend in the bay area he had a dream he wanted have a ball game. gary smart enough to say let's bring in nevada. there reportedly sold 16,000 tickets. fresno state is in could not very coast that's frank of boston college. the game will be a sellout. >> in the five years of been there this is the first time i saw the community rally behind the team and really come together. he walked through the streets and people like kay go at boston college of be there. i never heard so many people say they're traveling to a ballgame they're excited for. >> send night at&t baseball has to haul farfame. the writer said we will put on the first ballot even though your credentials warranted. he spent an umpire's face. at this year they said ok year to good we have to put you in. not a percent of the
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votes went to roberta l.. look at that that is awful. i would say make an editorial decision at 11 were celebrating. i will shove this bidding again here's bird fly again whose five votes shy again. he won 287 games 60 shots over 22 seasons. one of the guys is that through the cracks for 14 years he get his just due today. we have the graphic you see where area larkin not bad mcgwire any strides forget about it. let's get the great anne in here and she's going to break down what why not. with love and and pam have to say almost i love dan kelly. >> i know were glad she's here. we want the inside details. >> she doesn't know any more than i do. >> will be back in a moment.
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cable surprise you last night? >> no i think it's stupid, do i agree with that? no. when he jackson came here a year ago, this was set in motion and we were surprised he lasted as long as he did. i think what hurt them it is at the end of this season when they finished 8-8 he said were not losers anymore. eight- eight is being a loser in his book. we all see effective its way better than anything they've done in recent years but, i'll still wants to win so i'm not surprised. >> table seemed to have the players supporting even the media at the end. the
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jackson it is maybe a little sharper and regards to offense that mr. davis likes such offenses ever but it does. >> i think he attributes all the successes and improvements to hugh jackson's offense and on cable. cable is a place holder and he was one got the job nobody expected him to last he was did a decent job given the situation over there. >> would surprise you if he was not the head coach? >> it would, out wants to have is a with harbaugh. he thinks he made harbaugh he did on the first job in the nfl carboy is extremely differential and loyal to mr. davis as people call him. i bet al would love to. >> mr. davis is not going to match what he can make. >> you know al as a mixer he wants to mix it up a little bit. i am harbaugh fan i think what he's done with stanford is almost
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unbelievable because of it being stamford. i also think, college coaches do not have a great track record in the nfl but he could be an exception because he has an nfl pedigree, he's worked for nfl teams like indianapolis he knows what's going on. his brother is a great success he's really competitive and savvy. i think coaching at stanford is a little bit different than coaching at a big sec program where you can sign to ever you want. >> somebody said today the guy calls today i wouldn't pay him $6 million the year. and joe and offensive linemen who puts up is an arch and bronze gets 8 million. i think carboy is worth and turning the minds of fans he's worth every penny. >> i think right now is worth every penny, the thing is that i'd like it's the rug out replicating everything they've done wrong for the past several years. the difference being,
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