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temperatures in the '60s right now. look at santa rosa at checking in at 69 degrees. its this warm just about everywhere in this will be the theme for this entire weekend. for a lot of '70s popping up around the bay tomorrow. were going to start out in the morning with clear skies for a saturday. maybe some patches of dense fog toward novato, petaluma in santa rosa. '40's for the rest of the bay area. by the afternoon lots of sunshine, temperatures in the '70s. if the one thing that is going to ruin the day and going to be a factor is gusty winds gusting 20 to 30 mi. per hour. stronger winds in solano you may see winds approaching 45 mi. an hour. all tell you more coming up. >> in san jose 200 people evacuated after an early morning fire. the emergency
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housing was reported shortly after 2:00 in the morning. it was quickly extinguished in part because of the building's sprinkler system and the extra fire fighter crews. action complex offers housing and supportive services to try and assist people at risk of the homeless. service at san jose international airport is back to normal. -after a small plane block the the main departure runway today. the landing gear of the private aircraft malfunction during takeoff. airport officials say the landing gear and away were damaged when that plane landed on the ground. at mass of bar brawl in emeryville grow into a riot over night. the fight started activities are carried as many as 180 people were involved. police from the oakland and berkeley department as well as the california highway patrol, all ride to help emeryville officers break up the world. -two people were arrested and three officers
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suffered minor injuries. police are searching for a bank robbery suspect who led authorities on a chase 2 oakland. " that thtwo people were hurt after chopper made a hard landing and broke apart in sacramento county. jonathan blum has a look at exactly where all of this happened. >> just northwest of sacramento county kerry had the crash fortunately for
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the people on the chopper happened in an open grassy field. it belonged to a company that was stringing wire between utility towers out here in the country. you could see these utility lines run along the road here. this is one of the towers there streamlines to when you can see the helicopter apparently may have clipped those power lines and went down in the field. you can see the helicopter and the pieces of the tower that was pulled down by the power lines amazingly both people where conscience when they're put on to the boards and loaded into an ambulance. they're said to have injuries that are not life-threatening. investigators looking into the specifics of the crash. >> relief is on the way for one of the worst traffic bottlenecks in me bay. tully
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road is a gateway to east san jose and an explosion of growth there has overwhelmed the tully road interchange where traffic typically backs up for miles during the commute hours. kron 4 said said it's not just congestion relief but also jobs and federal dollars >> were going to fix the traffic jam but were also putting a lot of construction workers to work which is good news. every construction worker that is employed there several jobs greeted in the economy. it's good news for the economy and frustrated communitiecommut >> in addition to replacing the aging overpass the robbia news southbound lane from store wrote to the capitol expressway construction is scheduled to be completed by the summer of 2012. two men were
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arraigned on felony vandalism charges in marin county this morning. the two are accused of spray painting the front of a new pizza restaurant in san rafael. they are so see it with a different place up the street. kron 4 jeff bush shows you the fallout but why some are coming a pizza war. >> a lot of restaurants competing for business but the competition got out of hand thursday morning. the manager of extreme pizza were arrested for this. he could see the front of the newly opened peace thpizza shop orgasm o. >> is terminated over the phone and that's less i could talk to you. >> it change the locks on the door the odor is a shame to what is manager did but the paint remains. >> i'm upset to see that after all the work and effort you put in here to
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see all this display it's really sad. >> pizza shop open tuesday extreme pizza is been around awhile is their war between the two? or is this the case of a dumb at between two men who should know better. if is our people were going on in san or fall? >> know, we've been here year's competition is a great thing. the fact that they're filling the space this great. >> the owner has a remarkably forgiving attitude. >> nobody is perfect people make mistakes. let's move on to get this thing done. >> it seems the war that never was is over and everyone can get back to making pizzas. >> friday traffic at the bay bridge the right side of your screen east of trophic a bit heavier than the left side. westbound traffic is moving quite well. the james
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>> just didn't, the half brother of former black moslem the business owner was sentenced to jail today. sentenced to 10 years in prison with his role kidnapped and tortured to women in an effort to get money. prosecutors say the crime was the attempt to get money to save the bakery from bankruptcy just four days before a foreclosure hearing. it the bank ratbakery t bankrupt anyways. the astronauts husband of congresswoman gabrielle
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gifford has decided to resume training for the space shuttle endeavor final mission. shuttle commander mark kelly step down from trading after the tucson shooting that wounded his wife. she is a rehabilitation. he said he plans for his wife to be a cape canaveral. footage of the houston police officer, has been released following months of her legal wrangling. four officers were indicted for what is seen on the video here. mr. meter charges, not on assault charges. the use of police officers' union is reserving comment until the matter is resolved. a man is in custody after police say he hijacked a greyhound bus in north carolina. jose darwin is being held without bond on a kidnapping charge and will face more charges once the investigation is complete. that of the passengers, was hurt. police say floor as is not cooperating. nearly 106six
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dogs are recovering. some dogs were in bad shape they had to call animal care groups to the scene to help. investigators say they dogs were sold over the internet, the buyers never saw their living conditions. wildlife officials are working to help a pregnant manatee who was injured by a boat propeller. the nine and a half foot animal was found off of ramp after two days of distress. being transported to miami for critical care. she's so large a truck and a forklift were needed to deliver her to the facility. >> shots from the bay area after day what we had temperatures in the '70s. going to be a beautiful weekend of toluol about it coming up.
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the world series champion san francisco giants are giving up for the fans this weekend at the end will stand fast. game tickets go on sale tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. and the gates opened at 11:00 a.m.. for this year with a look at what to expect to see this season. >> food, souvenirs, autographs. this will be like all game and the admission free. this is at&t park today where they're getting ready for it, take a good look because lead to more morning it's going to look like this. the giants are ready for 20,000 to prepare for 40,000 at fan fast. players such as for the world series wrangled and that came said that will bring closure. >> it's cool, it's obviously that definitely bring reality to it is getting sized and getting
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those guys ready to make the rings for you. would be more realistic once we get the ring and we get to celebrate it with the entire fan base. >> all the players were round to soak up the ambiance of being back of the ballpark today as a group. this is going to be one big, a post season, a preseason party for the giants fans. i will say this from back pain. that came going to be playing it be at&t pro-am. how about that. >> it should be passed tomorrow. thank you. bring your smart fall, it internet report kimberly tells us about the new mix of social media. >> social networking will be a big part of sunday's festivities as fans and interact with advertisers and each other. superbowl,
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super social. during last year's super bowl about 40 percent of all tweets were about the big game. as the game wrapped up almost half. nfl players, coaches and personnel have restrictions on their social networking on game day but, there's nothing stopping fans. whether you're one of the lucky folks checking in the cowboys' stadium sunday or headed to a party down the block. a printer smart fall. 45 percent of users surveyed said they would be using them during the big game. of those users 59% will stay in touch with friends and family with e-mail's and text messages. 32 percent will post updates and pictures of their super bowl festivities to twitter and facebook. 24 percent use them to keep tabs on stats. 18 percent will use of a check out super bowl ads. when it comes to those at sites like facebook and twitter will play a crucial role before, during and after the game. but for
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advertisers to engage you encourage you to friend or follow them. a lot of the ads have been leak the head of the game. all your wishes will come true. (music) and i have a french fry. ? >> >> (music) >> >> that see max 0 cals. maximum taste. >> (music) >> this last one they loaded up on you to but on wednesday, they did that and
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already it's received over 6 million views. >> the weather is looking fantastic and the shot is beautiful from the oakland hills looking out over the bay. at beautiful sunset tonight. temperatures are in the '60s so temperatures are nice to. petaluma 65, san francisco 61. temperatures warmer than the average highs for this time of year. that's what will see for the entire weekend. future cast at 6:00 a.m. and we have readings in the '40's most places. the dark blue showing in the '40's. and think the coldest spots will dip into the upper 36 santa rosa and livermore. by the afternoon sunshine and temperatures getting into the '70s for there was locations. the yellow show the '70s for the north bay. locations and to the east bay will be getting into the '70s as well. the forecast for now show '70s, san jose
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in santa rosa of the warm spots at 74 degrees for tomorrow. sunday, a degree or two warmer in some location six santa rosa may be going closer to the upper '70's. temperatures well above average by some 10 to 20 degrees. 30's morning tablature for the cooler spots other was 40 near the bay and those guys '60s and '70s with mostly sunny skies and gusty winds perhaps 20 to 30 mi. per hour. here's the here is a look at your 7 day around the bay run the base of the weekend as nice that next week as nice to. no rain all the way through next weekend. >> it's will be time and you will be on the edge of your seat this weekend. an obsessed and violent roommate is enough, being trapped under water in a cave might scare you. kron 4 vicki has a preview of what's new at the movies this weekend. >> gossip girl shows her scary side when she and friday night lights kelly to mop in the suspense thriller
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the roommate. they share a door room and get along at first, it doesn't take long for the situation to take a turn for the worse. it's rated pg-13. sanctum take titanic director james cameron underwater. this reaction thriller is based on the story of a real-life australian cave divers who visit the largest known at least accessible cave system of ours. the tropical storm hits of the team is forced to fight raging water and deadly train as they desperately searched for and on no escape route. >> whatever happens we never ever give up. >> it is rated r. vicki kron 4 news. >> snowbomb.com ski report great conditions in this here this weekend lots of sunshine highs of 48,000
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>> the transportation authority is looking for wells to curtail the amount of illegal taxis which prey on unsuspecting customers around the city and at sfo. one proposals to increase the fine to $5,000 for each offense. we sent stanley roberts to get a look at the problem in this edition of people behaving badly. >> ever passed through san francisco international airport you may have noticed the sign. it's a warning alerting travelers that it's illegal to offer anyone limousine or taxi
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service. there's a good reason for it. there so little drivers that pretend to be taxes. why you care as long as you get a ride home? it's a but. first off there are plenty of licensed cabs at sfo you can tell by the sticker that reads authorized taxis. there will be in one location not right at the door. second and most important issue, many illegal tax drivers are not insured or even have a driver's license. they're been horror stories from people of accepted a ride from a legal limbo drivers posing as taxi. one way to tell if it's a legal limbo, if your flight down by a driver you did not pre but that it's illegal. the mta is looking for ways to make it harder for illegal taxis to operate by adding stiffer fines. if you're in an illegal tax your limo and something goes wrong, he could be left out in the cold. the san francisco international airport,
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dead sit o'clock, it is being called the hit orchard and egypt uprising. the protesters want to present at office now carry it fatal bomb it is seeking it is the violence has erupted. if >> attacks on reporters. on acceptable. if tax on human rights activists on acceptable. -tax on peaceful protesters are unacceptable. >> the demonstrations are getting a worldwide show of this support. the entire world is watching. another arson attack in san francisco castro district what's being done to capture the fire starter. why oakland police chief anthony
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batts wants to stay and how the community feels about it. it would weather hits the site of the superbowl and causes injury. >> live this is kron 4 news at 6:00 p.m.. >> at 6:00 the lid is on the egypt uprising protesters calling today a day of departure. their demand for president is still on that. if the protesters greeted makeshift, it's to protect themselves against rock- throwing government supporters. it so far there's not a repeat of yesterday's violence. the huge crowd of liberation square includes scores of questions. today those questions a lot hands to protect the muslims during their friday prayer. there are reports of more negotiations of president mubarak all to encourage him to hand over power to his vice president and allow the military base governor to start free elections. >> i day of protest and
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prayer. the crowd in the liberation square again in the hundreds of thousands on the holy day. the square is surrounded by tanks and vehicles the army is not preventing people from joining the protest. the mixed crowd of men and women and children is promising to stay until their demand is met. the protest has turned into an ongoing festival. some people have been there for all week sustained by donations food, water and medicine. >> everyone has enough to survive. >> the pro-government protesters have been kept by entering with the barricade of ambulances. at one point gunfire echoed through the street, there have been no
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reports of widespread violence. in washington president barack obama kept up the pressure on president mubarak. >> the only thing that work is moving an orderly transition process that begins right now. >> vicki kron 4 news. >> the uprising could be bad news for america according to ron supreme leader ayatollah. he spoke friday at the prayer is that were broadcast on state television. the supreme leader said the uprising will mean an irreparable defeat for the united states because of how u.s. policies could change in the region. he also saluted the people of egypt and advise them to unite around their religion and a guest of the west. the uprising has been getting a worldwide show of support. these pictures from let anon, protesters took to the street there joining the call for egyptian president mubarak to step down.
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protesters carried the flags and placards as they chanted anti mubarak's slogans. in the czech republic about 100 egyptians to park in protests outside the egyptian embassy there. protesters are holding egyptian flags and crossed out photographs of mubarak. they were chanting in arabic it down with mubarak. go home. in belgium about 300 people mostly egyptians who lived there called on the european union to ask mubarak to step down immediately. the leaders were discussing developments in the job to at a summit which was did steps away. in turkey thousands of people gathered after friday prayers to protest against mubarak. more than two dozen protesters took the stand and carried banners. some protesters burned pictures of him. backyard home the castro fire san francisco fire investigators are looking into another
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suspicious fire in the castro district. here's a map of those fires. three of the fires involve buildings and all appeared to start from the outside of the building. arson investigators are trying to determine if they are connected. the latest fire happened at this barbershop on 18 thing calling when street at about 4:00 a.m. people live inside the building, they were asleep at the time. a neighbor smelled smoke and saw that the plastic screen in the front door was burning. she quickly put out the flame before the fire spread. as christine conley tells us, the string of fire as people in the neighborhood on edge. >> yesterday i got concerned, i got fire insurance just for the random chance of something happening. >> he lives blocks away from the two buildings investigators think may have been intentionally set on
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fire thursday. cosgrove said that was enough to scare him. then he came into his barber and found out that he was the latest fire victim. investigators have labored the fire suspicious. that has those in the neighborhood worried. >> when everyone's talking about it what's going on? what happened? >> investigators can say at there connected but they are telling people the trinity to be cautious. >> hockey buffs much more vigilant eye to see if there's anything i can prevent. >> no one has been hurt so far but 13 people were displaced in this glaze on 16th near market on thursday. christine conley kron 4 news. >> kron 4 dan curman is here with us now to take a look at what it takes to investigate these crimes. >> many of these arsonist's
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operate under darkness and without anybody seeing them tracking them down becomes difficult. tracking down an arsonist is difficult especially when they operate under darkness. in san francisco more than two dozen porta-potti is were torched in november of 2008. most were in the northeastern part of the city. most occurring between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. in these cases the was never an arrest. february 2009 the fire just came to a stop. >> the difficulty of catching an arsonist no one actually sees the light the fire. vacancies on running away or somebody saw someone in the neighborhood but just action see them start the fire and has to be physical evidence on the scene leaking you to that situation. that's the hardest part carry >> in july of two dozen diners a rash of car fires until francisco. most occurred along the carrier's record or. in this case investigators were able to track someone down and she
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ended up being convicted. for only one of the fires because that's what the evidence tied her to. >> authorities still don't know if this is the work of a serial arsonist. it's frightening nonetheless though? >> they say they should be especially alert keep it up on their surroundings. again at these things are happening in the middle tonight, the best thing the residents can do according to fire fighters to make sure they have an exit plan. it picture they add more the one exit, everyone knows how to get out of that second exit. and there's a plan where you will need so you can make sure everyone is out. >> thank you dan. if more problems for the oakland police radio system opd officers continue to lose communications at critical times while they're in the field. in fact, this week might remember city leaders announced the real issue was resolved. we take a look at what opd officers are not the way to offset the continuing real problem.
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>> 2 oakland cops per vehicle. until opd i t u it figures out what's wrong with the police radio said system they will body up until wall on patrol. it to the bats said it will have an impact on response time. >> it means we have more demand and will take us a little longer. make sure everyone safe. >> the session officer safety as a major concern. if not communicating with fellow officers in the field could be a dangerous situation according to sources here the oakland police department. that is exactly what happened when several opd officers responded to recent burglary call. when try to secure the suspect the please review malfunction. this comes on the heels of last week raided a prom during a high- speed pursuit. in that situation officers in the field lost vacation with
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dispatch. also not good says chief anthony batts. >> different problems that are popping up. >> according to mayor jean- quan who says the city has secured a $20 million federal government that will pay for new state of the art communications system. in oakland kron 4 news. >> dna test just released today confirmed that the body of a boy pulled from a canal in the county is in fact juliani cardenas. the body of the 4 year-old boy was pulled from the canal last week after days of searching there. according to an autopsy completed on wednesday, the little boy did drown in the canal water. he had been missing for two weeks. >> temperatures were it warm in the '60s and '70s and looks like will be warmer for this weekend. all tell you about coming up.
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several people were injured. one severely hurt. official say the other injuries were minor. ice and snow making a dangerous to drive in sections of texas. an example of the trouble, the sports cars slipping on the street shows just how dangerous the roadways are in dallas. he could see the wheels on this car rapidly spinning but the car hardly moving at all. this car was eventually able to gather some traction and it going. the snow was not so bad for everybody. these children broke up the sled and hit the slopes to have some fun. at least one employee at the airport timeout to lie down on the job. commit is no angel raid on the tarmac. speaking of the airport, the weather is affecting travel to the super bowl. traveler's tried to rise might be delayed or have their flights redirected. all the snow and ice there. >> the weather in the
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eastern two-thirds of the country has been pretty rough this winter. it in the bay area beautiful including today. the view of the golden gate bridge this afternoon. a good day with temperatures in san francisco making up to the mid-60s. right now the golden gate bridge and we are clear this evening. a few high clouds and temperatures currently in the '50s and still '60s left around as well. vallejo = 6 d, san jose = 58, in this year around this is the view. lake tahoe from heavenly ski resort a beautiful sight it's going to be a gorgeous weekend in this year and look for temperatures in the upper '40's and low 50s with lots of sunshine. the only problem tomorrow gusty winds those winds could be surpassing. future cast, the
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wind speeds are indicated here. 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning the winds mainly light in most places but started to cost around fairfield 20 to 30 m.p.h.. the winds will remain light through the morning. 10:00 a.m. look like twins 5 to 10 mi. an hour but the win strong in fairfield. then the dust gets strong for everybody by the afternoon hours to the 3:00 p.m.. it wins 20 to 30 m.p.h. most places around the bay possibly 30 to 40 m.p.h. for the soon bay. according temperatures in the upper 30's for the north bay and east bay valleys. '40's most places. the afternoon temperatures, getting into the upper 60s and the low to mid-70s as warm as 74 equal santa rosa, 73 = 73 sunday
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it looks good to. perhaps a few degrees warmer in some locations. cooler for next week but still mild lots of sunshine, dry weather through next week. >> in national news, footage of houston police officers beating a burglary suspect last march has been released following months of legal wrangling. four officers, were indicted for what is seen on this video. on misdemeanor charges of official corruption. there were not indicted on assault charges. there seemed kicking and punching in stopping the suspect. after he apparently tried to surrender. the mayor of houston had this to say. the state is not reflective of the men and women who serve the city of houston. we took action to remove those officers immediately from the police department. we will fight to keep those officers from ever coming
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back. speakes the houston police officer union is reserving comment until the matter is resolved. some firefighters managed to survive the two-story fall through burning roof. it to roquet while the others had to be taken to the hospital for minor injuries. he did see the plumes of smoke. residents have been evacuated they don't know what caused the fire but neighbors say it started to room. thousands of dead fish have washed up at a florida state park. the fish were noticed along the beach at sebastian state park. conservation officials say they think a lack of oxygen is what killed the fish. they're called baitfish you can see them. officials believe more fish may die if the oxygen continues to run out. we're going to take a break much more ahead. @
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>> as today we told you about an outrage over tweets sent by kenneth cole that seemingly use the crisis in egypt as a way to promote its spring line. our internet reporter kimberly stock amado has an update on the controversy. >> let's go ahead and take the picture fall so that we can show you that although the controversial trade was quickly depleted yesterday on line. if our around 2:00 a.m. why users spotted this professional looking decal on the window. it features the trading question that says million are not brought in cairo. rumors they heard news spring collection is now available online. the call the store question of find out more only to be told by the saleswoman there is no story. however they did update later posting this picture and saying that an employee was spotted scraping off the decal letters off the store window earlier this afternoon. yesterday after can is cold deleted to tweak it did issue apologies on facebook
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>> the call at 630 tonights big stories in one big block of news. more cruz, more stories right our top story. >> investigators looking into a suspicious fire in the castro district the fourth in two days. this what happened at 4:00 a.m. outside a barbershop people also live inside the home and were asleep. it they happen to smell the smoke and were able to put out the fire before it spread. it would own office connected to the other fires but there are a lot of common factor. it all happened within close proximity and most appeared to have started with in the inside the building. christine conley kron 4 news. >> san francisco fire fighters it's particularly difficult to catch an arsonist because oftentimes they operate under darkness
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and no one sees the light in the fire. that we said so that to rely and physical evidence and oftentimes the physical evidence is of there. they're hopeful that investigators will make headway in the castro fire. dan curman kron 4 news. >> in called for the mount diablo school district is days away from making a final decision on possibly closing three schools in the district in order to save one and a half million dollars a year. on friday afternoon parents in glenbrook middle school, march to the district offices to there in court and. the nearest the middle school is born a half miles away which they say is too far for many of their children to walk. a final decision will be made on what schools will be closed tuesday evening. reporting in concord kate thompson kron 4 news. >> karen oakland our recent
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incident where officers lost to vacation with each other in the field. it promised chief in the best have officers double up to the radio communication problem is prepared. >> if any system is not working properly i want to make sure officers can back each other up. we in fact in many areas got a two-person units. >> and other big story in oakland police chief anthony batts sustained. he had been up for the job as chief in san jose when he didn't get the job he expressed frustration. putting into question whether he would remain on the jobs of those contracts. since then he is received overwhelming support from the committee thus he is met with council members in the mayor to work out some problems. in the and he says he wants to stay. in oakland to reset kron 4 news. >> wren san jose congestion relief is on the way for one of the south bay worst
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traffic bottlenecks. it it's the $45 million federally funded highway 1 01 construction is now under way on the new overpass as well as new southbound lane between capitol expressway. if all goes according to plan it will be completed by the summer of 2012. in san jose rob kron 4 news. >> and another big story 2 men were arrested thursday for the vandalism you see here the two were associated with the extreme pizza down the street. one was a manager in the other was a former employee. the manager was fired and the owner said he was sorry for what happened. some speculated a pizza war has been growing. both the owners say that's not true the paint remains on pizza their newly painted building and the estimated cost to fix it is about $7,000. in san rafael jeff bush kron 4 news.
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>> great weather coming up for this week and a beautiful shot from the oakland hills looking out toward the oakland did tonight. with temperatures in the '70s for this we can both saturday and sunday. clear mild temperatures this evening. more morning mostly clear a a few patches of fog toward a bottle and santa rosa. otherwise sunshine, gusty winds and afternoon. highs in the '70s and that's where we will stay the entire week and perhaps as warm as 77 degrees sunday in santa rosa. next week appears to be dry with mostly sunny skies and high staying in the '60s with morning temperatures in the '40's by the bay and getting chilly inland by tuesday and wednesday with morning temperatures below freezing. >> the astronauts has been of arizona shooting victim congresswoman gabrielle
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gifford made a major announcement today about his plans for space travel. i submit the hayes explains he said his wife is standing behind him 100 percent. >> mark kelly has been by the side of his wife congresswoman gabrielle gifford as she recovers from a gunshot wound to the head. in a news conference at the johnson space center in houston kelly announced he will take up a different mission for a short while. what he thought might be impossible after the shooting. >> i started to think about the mission, my crew the fact that have been training for to for nearly one year and a half. considering a bunch of other factors including what gabrielle would want me to do and what her parents and our family would like. i ultimately made the decision that i would like to return and command sts 134.
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>> as the officials have been preparing a replacement commander but welcomed him back after a series of simulated training sessions. >> this is the first time you been away from her since the shooting, we thought we had a good process for bringing back market into training before we made a decision. >> kelly said his wife improves every day and even in space will be able to keep tabs on her progress. >> we have e-mail or bit second stay up-to-date with the mail. >> kelly expects his wife will be watching when endeavor sourcesof his curbing current april 19th time table. >> an anti-abortion group has released more secretly recorded video tapes of a man posing as a pen. he is sinking services at the planned parenthood in virginia for underage sex workers. our internet
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reporter kimberly sakamoto tells us why this could threaten the agency's funding only seen this kind of attacker take on an agency before haven't we? >> yes a lot of people are wondering if planned parkm km. let's look at the video that was taken. the same videos from virginia and new jersey show staff turned a blind eye toward sexual trafficking and waters on giving advice on how to give abortions and had to give around parental consent. the planned parenthood has responded and said immediately after one of the visits the contacted local authorities about the possiblpossibility of a sex ring happening. the current to receive about $360 million from federal, state and local government. >> so the funding is now
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threatened? >> absolutely, exposed planned parenthood it supports a bill that would cut 7 $8 million from funding from organizations that perform abortions. >> let us know what happens thank-you. >> now time for the snowbomb.com report. we have '50s at lake level, '40's, no snow in the forecast but lots of snow on the trails 10 ft. of it. seven less than 30 rounds. heavenly with 27 let's, 94 runs and sugar bowl also more than 10 fed at the base, nine less than 94 rounds. will be back.
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customers around the city at sfo. one proposal would increase the fine to $5,000 for each offense. we sent stanley roberts to take a closer look at the problem in this edition of people behaving badly. >> if you ever pass through san francisco international airport, you may have noticed one of the signs. it's a warning alerting travelers that it's illegal for anyone to offer limousine or taxi service. there's a good reason for it. there are some limo drivers that pretend to be taxi. so why you care as long as you get a ride home? it's a ball, first off there are plenty of licensed cabs at sfo you can tell them by the sticker that reads authorized taxicab. there will be in one location not right at the door. a second and most important many of illegal taxi drivers may not be insured or even have a driver's license. they're a bit more stories from people of accepted a ride from illegal limo driver posing as a taxi. one way to
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tell if it's illegal, if your flight down by a driver you did not rebut that it's illegal. the mta is looking for ways to make it harder for illegal taxes to violate by making stiffer fines. if something goes wrong you could be left out in san francisco international airport, stanley roberts kron 4 news.
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>> good evening everybody what kind of shape is pop low-end? it was answered today when he showed up at a preseason media of found it supposedly he shed 30 lbs. with the help of barry bonds. there doing training together in the off-season. indeed look slimmer today. that was the deal last season. sandoval not in shape and it up on the bench a lot. the giants a looking for a bigger cover. he's
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hoping to shed 30 lbs. he did look slimmer. tomorrow will be a record. they say over 40,000 people will show up at the ballpark for fans fast. normally they get about 20,000, it will be double tomorrow and have been sing all day long please folks don't expect he might have to wait in line to and have three hours for an autograph it will be a big deal. >> it's pretty cool, i think it will definitely bring reality to it getting its size and getting the guys ready to make rings. it it will be more realistic wants to get the ring and we get to celebrate it with the entire fan base. >> he's talking about getting their world series rings when the season began. if you're heading out there tomorrow, you want to be with friends and enjoy the ballpark. if you think you get a bunch of autographs i
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don't like to have people disappointed. it will be about two or three hours for autographs. this young fellow everybody thought he can't play anymore texas let go. he signed today of a one-year deal reportedly for $8 million with the baltimore orioles. add 329 home runs last season as he took the rangers to the world series where they were handled by the san francisco giants. at what there is been the main story leading up to super sunday. ice and snow fell off the cowboys stadium injuring at least six people one of them seriously. although that person is in stable condition, it's been a tough week on injuries were concussions, shoulder injury and it really has taken the fun from everybody talked to that of the pre superbowl game. your dropping 5 mi. an hour to get somewhere. super bowl
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sunday is supposed to be sunny and 40 degrees will see what happens. its official the pittsburgh center will miss sunday's game due to injury. the packers long awaited photo day finally arrives. there is controversy scheduled, they wanted to wait till everybody was there and indeed mike mccarthy posing with the lombardi trophy. the packers have been a steady to point favor with loch lomond. the commissioner on this day today, player in question. >> i couldn't get your name. (laughter) we want to know one thing seriously i do what a politically correct answers, even know how far away we are forgetting the deal its realistically down. the commitment on the ownership is to get an agreement. we will get an
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agreement and i think bill will only happen when there's intensive negotiations between your union and the owners. that has to take place now. >> minnesota has replaced on the western conference squad. this is the worst what gilbert orlando guard signed a $116 million contract a few years ago. served halftime with the java support and custody papers. areas getting served right there. she has three kids and another on the way and he's not supporting them despite a $160 million contract. what ever happened to jim harbaugh? and the usual you don't know what you're doing. are you ready to go alisha? what she gives you three readies look out next. úw
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>> let's do this. >> i think this is the dole superbowl week why those stories? >> the players are mature enough to know the media is out there waiting for something happened. in the olden days i don't think you had people with the camera follows every turn or someone in your face. you could maybe go out and feel free. mention the weather. let's face it what media guide one of the sled dog and tried to find. i think the maturity of the player are smart enough to know everybody's out looking for something and that what they're just ptl. >> the great anne mitchell what say you? >> that was dmz got the video heartbeat is prospering in this world and try to keep somebody off
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guard. he was at a club piano bar 1:00 a.m.. he was there with his teammates and if he was there tonight or tomorrow night i think it's a story but on a tuesday night yes he said troubles in the past and steve young had a good line. if you give you the impression that you haven't learned your lesson sometimes that's even worse than actually going out to and doing something you shouldn't. to me tuesday night and nothing happened leave him alone. >> if they win it's ok. i haven't heard jim harbaugh toxins becoming a new forty- niners head coach what gives? >> they're trying to sell themselves of a good guy i'm going to turn this program around. this guy got $25 million contract everyone knew how long he was. i think he's going to work and one yes talking well but he's got a sneak anybody 0. >> to think manque should
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be an all-star? >> if you fall the game closely and you look at who got beat for the team captain replacing yeah, and i agree with that. one of those guys who's a little bit below the line. long winded answer so no. >> why don't you why don't you get about high school sports a national college signing day. the >> i worry about an 11 year- old more than i do about a 17 year-old we could texas. when you get a college of a chance to go pro then you worry about someone. to me at is overblown for kids at that age. >> why would to admire a broadcaster like at loss angeles jacobs. what is wrong with you? >> he's not boring, i'm not
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saying i want to work with them, and not saying i want to ride cross country with him but he's not a war. i prefer to see a guy that at least keeps me awake. see i prefer to see a guy that at least keeps me awake. see what a lessonyou at 11:00. ead tg cover-to-cover. loved it. thanks. would you mind if i cut the lawn this weekend? only if you let me talk to your mother on the phone for hours on end. done. [ male announcer ] u-verse brings peace to the family. at&t u-verse lets you record four shows at once from any room and play them back on any tv. get u-verse tv for only $29 a month for 6 months. at&t. rethink possible.
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