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live from the kron 4 news station, this is the kron 4 news >>pam: 5:30 san jose backed up the 40, sight. it happened over the weekend. a man was shot at the 14th-- homicide this weekend. after with 14 homicides is nearly twice the number just one year ago. the police association is warning that it could only get worse if the budget cuts continue. >> the fact is that violent crime is on the rise and san jose. and this was a war 14th homicide. this was our 14th,--it doubled the amount of work last year at this point. and double of war were this time of year with violent crimes unit fire fighting unit is gone. and we are down to our 2003
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staffing levels. and with the city negotiations? we could lose more bodies. at one point where the safest city in the bay. now think that we're feathers. if things continue? was certain now that we are fifth. we used to be the safest. -- >>pam: the reason, said the activity is a crap gam is gang- related, drug-related, and even domestic violence related. and her she is explaining that this is no different than any other city marred by difficult violence. >>pam: this suv overturned on the eastbound lanes just before the buchanan street off ramp. this man was killed instantly. two children suffered moderate
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injuries. the wife had a broken leg. >>pam: a car in caltran has been identified as judith was driving her husband near charleston road and open the street when she stopped collecting trucks. her husband managed to get out of the car before the train struck it. none of the passengers were injured. >> a giants fan and santa cruz resident brian stow is back in the medical adduced,. the 42 year-old paramedic and father of two was beaten in a parking lot in -after the season opener in los angeles. for the, he was completely off medication that kept him in that coal mine. however, on saturday he had several seizures the captain and that--,. that, is,, his coma state is in keeping him
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in a non-seizure state. he has been returned to a medical induced coma because of his seizure activity on a saturday. in a news conference to announce this new idea. >>pam: a blended/shared realign from san jose to san francisco would cost less. gabrielle allowing-realigned--wo spend billions of dollars. a real line. and we do not have to have people pitting against each other for a rail line. a rail line. using taxpayer money. >> you know, there are difficult lines in politics but most of the people i talk to and rep it would like to see this get done. it does not have to cost a small fortune. that is the
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proposal we put on the table today. >>pam: the lawmakers to the biggest difference for premier blended system and but high speed rail is supposed to propose is that there's no need for elevated tracks of running into some much opposition on a peninsula. >>pam: coalition of city employees and some oroszko is joining together. for this fiscal house to get in order, in san francisco--it is all about pension reform. pension reform- >> $1.3 billion that is what a labor union says it can save the m san francisc with as pension reform plan. >> we are talking about real, significant savings for the city. the >>reporter: city could use the savings. when did the market crashed and 2008 the city lost zero billion dollars of the $17 billion in its pension fund. it lost $14 billion of the $17 in its pension fund. >> this is something that
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never britain get behind. >> this would increase the money contributions to the pensions, and also increase the real target for new hires. >> the to do more of a sacrifice on their part. to their credit i think there recognize these issues. they recognize the need to be partners in this negotiation. >>reporter: the mayor, and other city officials are meeting. >> i would expect that the offer would say that if this is not a done? would have more to do. >> this would be the same coalition that supposed last november's ballot. they're hoping this will lead to a consensus of the coalition could join forces with the city to promote a new pension reform proposal on that this a ballot in november. dan kerman, kron 4
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news. >>pam: >>this just in to the kron 4 news room the power is back on for 10,000 pg&e customers in pacifica. the outage was caused by a circuit breaker issue. this 3.4 earthquake that this afternoon around the same time did not officially caused the outage but it was centered around 2 mi. southeast of pacifica. it is not officially linked but conventional wisdom would lead you to believe that this is related. we will keep you posted grant lotus, kron 4 news. ho (music) >> jacqueline: overcast and clouds to the tech. the satellite is showing rain and overcast conditions nearly everywhere but it is perking up in the north bay. this line to the north. clearing and fog in the
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north bay overnight. tonight will have decreasing cloud coverage. clear skies to the south bay. clouds in the north bay in the morning and then mostly sunny skies and the afternoon with temperatures warming up to 10 degrees. details on this and the chance for rainfall later this week coming up. we will be back after this. [ dog barking in distance ] ♪ [ guitar: power chord ] ♪ [ hard rock ] [ snarls ]
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>>pam: now, here is stanley roberts who found people behaving badly. >>stanley: this woman is try to hand feed a cruis--goose hand processed wheat bread to baby ducklings. most of the bay area bird feeding it is illegal but this is cupertino. memorial park where the city is waging war to stop people from feeding these ducks and geese.
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cupertino is trying to pass a law that making it illegal even punishable by fines. instead a more practical approach that feeding these birds please stop or, stop again. the city have to put up signs that say thank you for not feeding the birds. the problem is with overpopulation and then on health the concentration of feces. declining the water quality and spreading disease on other birds multiple languages will be posted for this signs. for the record, the city is hoping that by educating visitors there will stop feeding these birds. if that does not work? there is always the old standby. to start handing out fines. in
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>>pam: its scenes of the gasoline prices will not go it-it seems that the gasoline prices will not go up. of course the oakland /san jose = 4:21. san francisco is even worse. $4.26 for 1 gal.. that is the average. prices are up 255 from this time last month. look at the difference! gasoline has gone up $1 per gallon. a business owner is that this is killing his bottom line. >> i restore furniture since 1929. it is getting pretty rough. my gas prices are double and i commute from san mateo. and it is $500,
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$600. for one month. i do my estimates on one day instead of a couple of days. and sometimes we lose the work. and it is ridiculous. it is $40, $50. it is $100 every couple of days i will have to stay home on the weekends. i have heard of the experts say that i do not doubt that it is going to be even worse. it is $4.45 on the peninsula. and when the summer comes around? >>pam: california is one of six states that where it is more than $4 for a gallon of gasoline. >>pam: faa officials haven' saved the in the s safety in the skies
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with air try to affect controls nicole from washington. air traffic control. >> touring a very dark control room at the inland to regional airport. the faa administrator and president of the m national traffic study first hand as they kicked off a cross-country tour of air traffic facilities. this was before the seventh case of air strike it traffic controller found also asleep this time in miami. >> the bottom line is that we're not going to tolerate this,. . >>pam >>reporter: with scheduling, expectations and fatigue. >> we have a set of procedures in for scheduling practices, emergency procedures and a lot of things a we're going to look after.
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>>reporter: the faa is announcing changes for the weekend with controllers and requiring two and nine hours off between shifts. instead of eight hours and it cannot swap chefshift work. managers will also be able to work more early morning hours and late night hours. one is a saying that he is happy with these changes but it is perhaps not enough. >> you cannot eliminate this problem. >>reporter: $2 million-$9 million per year is how much this will cost. the call collins, kron 4 news. >>catherine: japanese engineers have sent robots into the damaged nuclear plant. it is all still too much reactivity for humans. also he visited this area and he wanted to talk about the progress and the search for the missing. thousands
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of people return return to streets of beirut showing no signs of easing back. was promising to combat 50 years of old rules. that was not the case when three people were killed. also the c port city libya has been pounded with artillery from moammar gaddafi forces. they are trying to escape the violence. overcast >> jacqueline: throughout the bay area. this tale and impacted us with a light drizzle continues to push east. clear skies behind it. you can see more cloud
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cover and the moisture to the bay area later this week. first, overnight and into tomorrow. clearing in the north bay. and there will be clearer than that the south bay. 40's and novado, fatah, nafta, and patchy fog in the north bay. temperatures are going to warming nicely. 60s nearly everywhere by noon. we will stay upper 50s on the coast. upper 60s, low 70's to other parts of the bay area. 69 degrees. 67 in napa, upper 60s, low 70's for the delta and the inland valleys. 60s along the coast and along half moon bay. here is a look at that rainfall. feel leader would this week, wednesday and into thursday, light shower activity in the north bay by 11:00 p.m. wednesday night. continuing overnight with scattered showers until 6:00 a.m. thursday. perhaps even some
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wet roadways for a 30 morning commute. will be nice the cooler. for your morning commute--thursday morning commute wet roadways. chances sit showers return on saturday. gabe slate's tech report >>gabe: this is the first double touchscreen a smart phone. fast beckel looks like a regular large touch screen and for google- echo - but there are double touch screens that you neegreat a unique phone experience. you can put this and tablet mode and both of these combined to make one giant screen. if you are looking at a picture? and you want to see a picture? the problem. video? the same. and video,
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and even gaming. and the larger the map the easier it is. this is in optimized mode. satirizseparating these screens but running the same application of the same time. e-mail, web, on the same window. to web pages, the second can make typing each easier, and gaming on the smoke frsmart phone and a very unusual phone and interesting i think that this could be something more convenient. downside? it is not 4 g and is a bit heavier than smart phones. on the upside something i've not seen before is that this comes with a second battery. for free! portable
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charterer, for free. and every smart phone to order this with such a battery hog portable-charger. fast >>gabe: gabe slate's tech report >>pam: a programming note on friday, kron will have abc programming. the giants will air on abc. dateline = 8:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m. on friday. a special 90 minute kron 4 news at 10:00 p.m. right here on kron 4. we will be back after the break. (music)
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light, landed on a motorbike and the escaped injury. in new jersey, they fled a gas station without planning and even took the employee. that employee kept clinging to the vehicle. the driver is still not caught. this live a version o alfred hitchcock " the birds. there are attacking these passerby's. protecting their nests. and they claim this space about ev44 years ago and there's not much the bank can do. the animals are protected. harming them is considered a criminal act. (music) >>pam: zazzle bay to
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live from the kron 4 news station, this is the kron 4 news. >>pam: our big story at 6:00 p.m. a 3.4 magnitude shook the bay area the anniversary of the 1906 earthquake just before 3:00 p.m.. 2 mi. outside the pacifica. jonathan blum joins us with a closer look. jonathan? >>reporter: right here in the middle of the peninsula near pacifica and close to san francisco international airport. ocelot and you can see the shaking map. -you can see--going closer. the
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shake map the epicenter is between pacifica in san bruno. right between the runways of s f o. it was right in the center were always felt the strongest. through san francisco, millbrae the green/turquoise is indicating the strongest. you can see on our shake map the purple and light blue is indicating less shake but still a wide area. this was a deep earthquake at 8 mi. below the surface. this red line is the son andrea's fault. notice it was not, under asphalt. this is most likely under the sun andrea's fault not on the sun andrea's fault if the on the east side it make it almost to tracy. and to concord, vallejo they felt some shaking but not a lot of shaking in the sonoma county. certainly marin
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county had felt shaking enough to be deductible. once again this was felt around a large area in the but not enough to beat- detectable. >>pam: steve locker is with us with the usgs and what is the magnitude? we keep hearing that this is changing. >> yak, yak, it is about 2.34. >>pam: 2.4? and it was 3.8 >> yes it was a bit heavier larger. >>pam: it was felt that a large area and even felt widespread even know this was small? >> yes, waves all with up to sonoma county. and even east to the main valley. >>pam: to your standards, quakes are run the world but with layman's terms of their are larger earthquakes going on in the recent months/years is that the case? >> no. we have done a
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statistical study. this is a bit out of the ordinary and this is right in the normal zone/pattern. you're in, year out. i think that it seems that way because the your in-you're out because of the populated area frequency. it perhaps cut more press. >>pam: how normal is a three-3.4 for the bay area? >> that is a monthly occurrence, probably. and usually, it is a marked up populated east area or near battista. this is merely a repeat of the event that happened in 20 02. just one half miles southwest closer to the support of and that one also had a fair amount of press because was so widely felt. >>pam: what is your take away message for everybody?
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this anniversary of the mmassive 1906. >> this is a perfect reminder and a tap on the shoulder to get ready. >>pam: thank you so much for your time. steve lock walker no damage was reported. and the power did go out in pacifica. 7000 customers from pg&e were without power at still at 5:00 p.m. when they were able to get the lights back on and keep slate tells people that in pacifica that they definitely felt the earth shake. if >>gabe: the rockaway beach area in pacifica of the center of town. there are 20 businesses that lost power the second after the earthquake. >> i walked into the building and i heard this font and the entire building rattled. bill i felt it shake and she jumped into her bed [laughter] and that
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is one i thought that that was the shock. but it was not. she jumped because she felt the earthquake lot it was so cute. and i felt it shake. >>gabe: whit about the power? >> the power was also out. >> is the power out? >>gabe: did you feel it? >> no. >> it was not that bad, elizabeth of a shake, a little bit of a noise, not that bad a little bit of a shake-- >>gabe: your first earthquake? >> yes! >>gabe: >> great! your kron 4 7 day around the bay > and i could tell by the rattle. the pick way that the building rattled. >>gabe: in pacifica, kron 4 news gabe slate's tech report >>pam: all over the bay area and it said it felt like it hit like a truck. also she felt a boom, jolt. and reggie in san francisco
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said it sounded like a bad car accident. the camel is sakamoto >> kimberlee: kimberly--and what you just mentioned with more of a crumbling, shaking and people were thought that it was much larger. some of these comments that we received emily. my whole house shook and my toys statue broke. kerry said that she saw of the lease city and it said that it was as if a car hit her house--chilly city. daly cid also, this person was shot in with friends and also heard this. >>pam: >>pam: if you are caught
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with a massive earthquake there are a few things to keep in mind. also, to keep on hand. jeff bush speaks to what you need. >>reporter: the and of supplies is been around awhile but the disaster in japan has caused one thing. perhaps it will be longer than three days. the american red cross is that you should that several different in place, work, school, car, home. and at least 1 gal. of water per person, per day. nonperishable food for the month of three days, and hand crank radio, and boots, and a flashlight. things like that. you can put anything you want in there. remember, that it will probably have stores closed but the electricity might be out. atm could work but it is a good idea to have cash. small bills because it is difficult to make change for a larger bill. one of the
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most important thing to have does not cost anything. it is called the plan. talk to your family, your friend and have a point of contact outside of the area. that person will be your information central. relaying information to others of what condition you are in. in some prisons, jeff bush, kron 4 news. for (music) >> jacqueline: a very dreary day. with light drizzle. the satellite is showing that it is overcast at this hour. the clouds are breaking apart in the north bay. this evening, clearing overnight. right now, conditions are cool in the north bay. 85 and some rafeal. 54 degrees in half moon bay. a bit warmer in the south bay. some rafeal debt-that the five. clearing---the divide-55 and the chance of
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to get them to use... the same deadly products. don't be big tobacco's next victim. >>pam: new details after a 16 year-old jump of the golden gate bridge. authorities said the young woman was on vacation with her family. she leapt from the middle of the bridge. the girl was in the water for 40 minutes. before she was pulled to safety. >> she was in the water and witnesses saw that she was swimming a run before she jumped. we put a flair downed to see what direction the trade was going to fight-and what agendirn the tide was going was transferred to fort baker.
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pulled to safety--and with flair in the water and coast guard responded. they collected the female out of the water. she was responsive. she was conscience. she was brought back and assess to for back, a punctured lung and internal bleeding. >> of the golden gate bridge and a highway district is voted in favor of putting a this is a diagram. basically a heavy duty mash sprinting the sta sit suicide barrier. however, as mary curry with the bridge district explains there are still many challenges in getting it barrier built. >> 20 05, that the board moved forward with the engineering and the environmental analysis that was required before written make any alterations to the bridge, at all. it was in january, 2010 that the board certified the final environmental document. that net as the selective alternative. that netting system is envisioned as 20 ft. down from a sidewalk level. extend out 20 ft.. it
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would be a heavy marine- grade steel. it would not fold up a run the person but it would have some give. if somebody were to jump? it would impede their ability to jump off the bridge. now the engineers are going to a to go back to the drawing board and a draw up the specifications. $45 million for this installation on both sides would do not not have the funds. and to impede people jumping is our mission. 75 percent of that is currently in place with an initially people making it difficult. if we are trying to stop one and a person? we're really, really hoping that number will get up to 99.99%. >>pam: kurri is also adding that board members are getting federal dollars and local transfer of money to build barrier. hopefully, there will be able to get that funding and will forward. to even be more effective. tumult forward to stop suicide attempts. to stop--more tragedy. >> jacqueline: rainfall coming in on once a your full forecast coming up. unexpected. and unlike any hybrid you have ever known. ♪ introducing the most fuel-efficient
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francisco international airport. last-minute filers are getting in before the deadline. many of americans and never pay taxes. as kate thompson is here to report almost one half of americans do not pay any income tax. >>reporter: with one half of u.s. households. 45 percent to not pay any federal income tax. 69 million people also earning under $50,000. more than one half of people are over 100,000 and they also do not pay any income tax. how was this happening? a simple tax breaks. in the past 15 years, members with $1,000 per child per year. also $6,000 per child care per year. also, $8,000 for the first-time home buyers credit. and $2,500 for people that need to be
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reimbursed for tuition. there is also a tax write- off for moving expenses, moving expenses and a sleuth couldn't list goes on and on. all of these are as this slough is going on and on and reducing the government income by 1.1 trillion dollars. >>pam: more people are filing online so the long lines of the post office are not as bad as years passed live at s f o. if >>reporter: yes, p.m.. more and more people are starting to show up with this drops off curbside. they are pulling up to workers that are on standby. there are also postal police. they are here to help. if you like at this earlier video police cars patrolling the area. clearing traffic and controlling traffic. it was expected to be very
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congested later. they also have services for people that need to get inside. and what did people way to last minute? >> i wanted to beat the rush that comes after 5:00 p.m. and i presume there is going to be a long line. >> i always do this, nonetheless [laughter] >> yes, but i always wait until the deadline. i am awak to last minute type of guy. >>reporter: for nearly one hour, the line is seems that it is in waves. there are a few cars lined up and later workers say that this will be an entirely different story. cars will be wrapped all around. and even will show you the police activity later. this will be open until midnight. reporting
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live. kron 4 news. (music) >> jacqueline: a live look outside from our roof cam downtown san francisco. visibility is greatly reduced. overcast. we will see clouds break up a little bit in the north bay. that will continue this evening with decreasing clouds. first to the north bay and then overnight to the south bay. patchy fog expected. by tomorrow afternoon, tangible warming by 10 degrees today. here is a look at neighborhood by neighborhood with temperatures warmed by 10 degrees. careful, nevada, 70's inland valleys. and fairfield-the novado--and with upper 60s, low 70's in the south bay. the satellite/radar is showing the rain is pushing east. clear skies behind it tomorrow but another storm will be on its way on
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wednesday into thursday. the futurecast is showing a light rain. levon pm, light rainfall along the coastline. light is scattered rainfall continue in by 3:00 p.m3:00 a.m. and then your early morning commute could be wet. cool with clouds wednesday and thursday. as we go towards the weekend, the conditions of the warm-up will gradually continue. a slight chance for rainfall continuing. >>pam: a programming note on friday, kron will have abc programming. the giants will air on abc. dateline = 8:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m. on friday. a news at 10:00 p.m. right here on kron 4. we will be back after the break.
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samsung. they are saying that it copied the ipad, and the iphone. samsung is the- and is going to deny itself against the lawsuit. >>catherine: the national weather service is confirming 100 tornadoes. >> the national weather service has confirmed 100 tornadoes this weekend. dozens and had wind speeds system 140 m.p.h., this has the stamford, north carolina. it stayed on the ground for 63 mi. it is an unusually long time. death toll = 45 in six states. north carolina has the biggest amount. >> it ripped a roof of the house. >>catherine: not far from where this funnel cloud drew closer, this wife was paid the cashier. then i turned around and i said is that a tornado? when i looked at her jaw dropped. >>catherine: within seconds, the direct hit with merchandise and scattered and that the roof shattered. some people had left untouched the had just enough time to gather in a
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cinder block wall way. >> there was everybody just working together to try to help everybody. >>catherine: the arch of destruction, the deadly trail from oklahoma to arkansas. mississippi, alabama, to north carolina and even virginia. over one half of the 45 deaths were in the last of the state's. last of the couple listed states--between 5:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. saturday night. >> i was scared! i was so half he scared! the roof went, the walls went. >> i told everyone to get down. >> you can see that part of this is on the side of the church. the destruction of the tornado came through. >> i lost count of the number of flooded homes. --flattened homes. >> 167 homes in this county.
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>> with any personal items that we have, family mementos try to save something. you can see that these houses have been totally destroyed it is a very sad situation right now. >>catherine: this also forced a virginia power co. to shut down one nuclear reactor near norfolk. no damage but they say that it is a sign to sustain hurricane strength wind and tornadoes. your top stories in weather coming up next. [ banker ] mike and brenda found a house that they really wanted. it was in my sister's neighborhood. i told you it was perfect for you guys. literally across the street from her sister.
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>>pam: now at 6:30, our top stories. more news, more crews, right now our top stories. >>reporter: 3.4 magnitude earthquake in the middle of the peninsula was felt bay- area wide. you can see the of the center on our google first map. the most intense shaking by the green/purple. s through millbrae, a san francisco
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toward the san francisco international 0 airport. because it was 8 mi. below the surface. this wide range was through santa cruz, vallejo and even almost to tracy. >>reporter: the shfatal shooting brings the homicide's to 17. and 20 is all of last year. 14 total fisher. some of these are gang-related, 14-total for this year--with domestic violence, and these are still far short of other large american cities. in the san jose, rob fladeboe, kron 4 news for. >>reporter: 2 boys at the oakland police in oakland, the father once evidence and the dna samples of removed. half the d.a. has decided
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not to pursue charges. and if, when and the evidence is destroyed will be determined by the d.a.'s office and leaving 0pd is officers handling the case. in oakland, haazig madyun kron 4 news. the >>reporter: it is time to pay the tax man monday is the filing deadline for americans to turn in their taxes. this year, the deadline wa3 days later but millions of americans actually did not pay any federal income tax! 45 percent of americans to not pay any federal income tax at all and that is because of hundreds of tax breaks. kate thompson, kron 4 news. >>reporter: another big story people that avoided the last minute canal go right to this drop off location. tweeting into the less-minute. people are dropping off-waiting until the last minute. and what they want you to keep in
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mind is that having correct postage. this drop off location and the s f o location will be open until midnight. >>reporter: in san francisco, a coalition of labor unions say the of a proposal to reform the city proper pension saving $1.3 billion over 30 years. this calls for an increase retirement for new hires and employees giving more for their pension. they are hoping to come up with a meeting and a joint proposal on the november ballot. in some prisons, dan kerman, kron 4 news. in >>reporter: san francisco and just about everywhere else the gasoline is going up. it is usually $4.26. oakland, san jose, $4.21. the national average increases at 26 consecutive
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days. 50 states are charging more than $4 per gallon. with the busy driving season just a remote corner. many people are fearful that it is just close to $5 per gallon. (music) >> jacqueline: live look from the golden gate bridge, dreary. it is continuing with overcast conditions. the big story is the peak warm up. that will taper off tonight and clubs in the north bay. patchy fog in the north bay tomorrow morning. i will see a chance of light crane into late wednesday. taking a look at the forecast with temperatures in to the wednmostly sunny with cool on wednesday. the chance of rainfall rebounding until next week. >>pam: gabe slate's tech report check this out >>gabe: gabe is the first
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double touchscreen smart phone. this echo and acts like a google smart phone when it is in a single screen mode. it will open up to reveal two different touchscreens to work together with a new, unique phone experience. having an advantage to put this in tablet mode. and combined to have won the giant screen. if you are looking at a picture? no problem. videos? to give your video and this is the biggest screen to play gaming like angry birds and large screened for viewing maps. and you can even run different applications on the same screen at the same time. e- mail, web, and two different web pages open at the same time. and even making
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typing is you the lower could be dedicated to a giant virtual keyboard. the other could be the application or typing and. and this lower could be the application leaving the upper screen dedicated to the visuals of the game. it is unusual, and interesting i think that it could be something more convenient. the downside is that it is not a 40 is on the 3 g. and it is more heavy. not a 4 g even a portable charger comes for free and an extra battery for free. what a great idea! this is on the market at $200. it runs on the small smart network. >>pam: a programming note on friday, kron will have abc programming. the giants will air on abc. dateline = 8:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m. on friday. a special 90 minute kron 4
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>>pam: now, here is stanley roberts who found people behaving badly. >>stanley: this woman is trying to hand feet a hot dog and feet-- feed a goose a ht dog bun most cities it is illegal to feed the birds but this is not most sickles, this is cupertino. this city is waging war. this not most--cities. they are making it illegal to feed the birds which is making signs. instead, a more personal approach by saying " stop or we will
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yell stop again. the city chose to put up signs that say " thank you for not feeding the birds ". the problem is with overpopulation, and an unhealthy concentration of pcs that could declined the water quality and spread disease. on health the concentration of feces bird species and also these signs will be posted in several languages. for the record, they do not eat candy. by educating the park goers they will not feed the birds and if this does not work? they could start handing out fines. in cupertino, stanley roberts, kron 4. >>pam: zazzle bay to breakers and internet reporter kimberly sakamoto is here to talk about the costume and the race. >> kimberlee: it is never
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short on and taxcostumes. many e getting busy. preparing, and with a hot glue gun law we want to see how they're going on. post your pictures, videos of you getting your coastal ready. zazzle bay to breakers facebook and even a tweet at kron 4 news or e-mail. breaking news a@kron4news. >>pam: the nba tried to take an opener against the sixers. in the a's, at a no- hitter! he is on the shelves for the future. sports is coming up next with gary. (music)
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series of the season. at colorado, 12-3. that is coming up on a late show. the a's made a move but to knock excited. dallas pitcher was replaced with a shoulder injury. he spent parts of 29, 2010 on the elmo. what makes this disturbing is that he is never an experience this type of discomfort in his shoulder. no timetable for his return. the a's and the blue jays the right-hander, sent him of north for the left-hander. the former first round back. in the playoffs, tonight, it is deemed to. heat/sixers. the white wade. game 2--be twin duane wade and lebron
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chains. six assists, the miami heat 94-73. lebron james and dwayne wayne. and also the magic. third straight defensive player award. liif you mess? it is going to get the rebound, 14 rebounds. if hthe most would be the lost to the atlanta this weekend. can two in orlando. rick adelman, a former warriors coach and a former houston rockets head coach. in fact, espn and the sense that it is a done deal. with 22 games winning streak and
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a franchise deal. it is over. the greatest mark is probably his seventh season and sacramento. the kings made the playoffs. 193-95, his overall record in houston. and hockey leagues, the sharks have had time to think about last saturday's worst shut out and history. series is tied at one with game 3 tomorrow in los angeles buffalo, and n iclkea and the fliers is 4-2 with time running out at the eastern battle from the time it takes to san jose, a runner, from the boston marathon today. this was a big one. cany-kenyans 2 hours,
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three minutes and two seconds. reportedly because of the hills will not be world a world record. not because of the incline. the woman's winner, two hours, 22 minutes and 35 seconds. and the winner picked up $200,000 in winnings and bonuses. this is odd a major leaguer caught shoplifting. red pitcher mike lee just pitched saturday against the pirates are rested on a shoplifting charge today at a downtown the cincinnati store. get this. 23 year-old was trying to steal six shirts that $ 5988 each. he earns
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$425,000. the shirts were only $59 each. make your own commentary on that one. when we come back, time to visit with the champion. he is robert and 10 it is a goal and las vegas the son of gilroy took his career to a number level. you like the sound of that? >> yes. >> robert we will talk about what happened in vegas and was ahead for the champion five times! the title winner come on back, don't move.
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this past saturday. in las vegas, 12 rounds, tore him apart. and since then, his home, back in his routine. and you go from behind, when the title and you come home. the wife says great. feed the kids! a lot exactly. am i been here for one month and it is your turn. and >> the five time the champ? >> the first time ever, the five time world champion. >> at what point did it hit you? >> i am still a bit in a thes--dasze my kids were out on the couch and the war had the belts out. and it was
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unbelievable. they had all the spelled out--it is amazing. >> your children? six year- old? does he realize? >> she loves it. she is at the school and kindergarten. that i will do a the assembly. and i did a marathon. the day school marathon and she is up there, popular that is robert carand she is from kindergarten and everybody knows her. my dad is the ghost lot >> and we should tell the story that your wife casey is in remission. this is the first true time when you were away and you gave up the title just to be with her? >> yes. it is an amazing story. when she got that
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bone marrow transplant i was supposed to be fighting. and i did not get the title but it was just too much of the time because i needed to be by her side. that is what i did and now it is full circle. and now the light weight championship of the world and i point out and got the job done. >> the documentary. your story is so many layers. there is a documentary! >> yes, a lot of layers, ops, downs. the ghost documentary is going to be an amazing story. the fight with cancer, the gymnasium, and just the fight. making it happen. it is a tremendous story of courage, hope for cancer patients and people going through. >> golden boy productions the best of luck and we're
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