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>> shows what an uncaring proteus. >>terisa: from wasted no time getting to the point. commuting as the bond nunez 16 year-old manslaughter case cutting it by nine years. as to on father is former assembly speaker fabian nunez. >> its abuse of power that munis decided to take matters into their own hands. if we could all make up our own rules would not just be how world gone are right. >>terisa: newsweek article the governor said i understand people's disappointment, but i feel good about the decision, i happen to know the kid really well. arnold argues that his friend's son didn't flip the fatal blows and " of course you tell friend,
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>> to santos and has been seen here are suing the state of california for breaking the law. it is so sad i can't stand it when holidays come, we can't take the family photo and more, he'll never get married, never have children those are heartbreaking to was. reporting live, kron 4 news. >>pam: there has been an arrest in yesterday's attempted sexual assault case and oakland at lake mary to. the crime occurred a few blocks from the like. it happened on third avenue. kron 4 has been working the case all day. he said now that the oakland police have the suspect in custody, the focus shifts to see if there's a connection between other sexual assaults and the like mary area. >>haazig: arrest was made on tuesday suggested sexual assault case near lake
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merritt furious dust spokespersons asea firkins, >> with leave of the correct person in custody although this is an ongoing investigation. >>haazig: part of that investigation will go for the similarities between this recent case where the suspect of all the female to come from all local stores to our apartment on third avenue. and according to a neighbor, when she opened the security gate the suspect used his foot to prevent the door from closing. perkins says that's when he attempted sexual assault began. >> he told her to take your pants down and not make a sound. >>haazig: similar case in february, a suspect followed a woman from the late mayor art station to her apartment complex on objections street and sexual assault the her when she was inside the security gate of her building. oakland police are now backtracking to see if there's a connection to these two cases as well as other sexual assaults that occurred in the lake merritt area in the latter half of 2010. >> it was started interviewing the previous
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witnesses from some other cases to see if the confined any connectivity in in these instances. >>haazig: reporting live, kron 4 news. >>pam: in san francisco vandals struck a gas station over night in an attempt at an unusual protest. jeff bush shows you what they did. >>jeff: was about 435 a m four men wearing hoodies and masks on their faces showed up at the shell station, two of the men were scattering flares on the ground and on the gas pump. it was no big deal looks of their living. hitherto took the hills from each of the constant change in together so they cannot be used. the whole thing took a few minutes and the crew had enough time for friend come by with a camera to document the vandalism. eventually they took off into the darkness. the flyers were printed on plain white paper and talk about the oil industry and how bad it is carried the flag goes on to say the protest is to mark the one-year anniversary of the bp oil spill in the gulf of mexico. there was the website on the bottom on the bottom of
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which is obviously a misprint. scott website is the website for charter school in massachusetts. no one was hurt and there is no for mid damage to the station. reporting live, kron 4 news. >>pam: details, the owners of the homes in san pablo that are being threatened by some landslides are getting an offer for fixed. he concedes, to look at what's going on. officials say that fixed could allow the owners back into their homes. daniel explains what the offer is and what homeowners would need to agree to before the work can start. >>reporter: for about three weeks owners of these homes have been hoping for good news about their homes and the landslide that threatens to destroy them. on tuesday they may have bought a glimmer of hope as the city has come up with an offer for an interim fix. >> the interim fix would consist appears, placed at the top of the hill to support the homes that are
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above the slide. mud removal of the back of the homes that are the bottom of the slide. there is legal work to be done by the homeowners before the project can begin, the of homeowners have been sent letters outlining the offer along with that they've been sent away for of liability. if the owners of the red and yellow tagged homes as well as other homes sent to the project to work can be done right away. the project will cost $150,000 and take about five days. the plan is meant to be a temporary fix, their hopes the federal government will put up the money for the full text which they estimate at $5 million. it's still unclear whether the funds will be made available in the future. reporting live, kron 4 news. >>pam: a san jose high school clothes for the day after a bomb scare. if school authorities learned of a potential bomb threat, please what the school so far nothing's been found in school is expected to be back in session tomorrow. a
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gas leak in san francisco is now capped. it happened this afternoon near bush and steiner street. construction crews in the area ruptured gas line several blocks were evacuated but now everyone has returned to their homes or businesses. >>catherine: police in alameda have found the body of the man who had been shot to death, it happened today around noon. in the vicinity of when of this the in alameda. police are responding, they're saying there was a public disturbance, they thought they heard gunshots. when police arrived they did find the body of a man who had been shot and killed. when a man arrested, and the investigation is ongoing. >>jacqueline: i live look inside, still cloudy we are expecting rain over night. will time it out coming up [ wheezing breaths ]
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quickly high >>pam: president barack obama in the bay area tonight and arrived on the air force one after 1:00 this afternoon. he then headed to facebook and palo alto, where he held a town hall meeting on line. he took questions submitted through facebook as well as some from the live audience. as the president makes what many say is an early push for his second presidency, some possible candidates have been making their own push in recent weeks. jerad stone joins us with more on that. one man >>dan: who made a recent push donald trump, ever since he questioned barack obama. birthplace he's been on what summer calling tearaway when it comes to on-line searches trump is way ahead of his republican counterparts. he said many nicknames over the years. the donald, trump, now donald trump is making his
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rounds. talking politics. >> i would make a lot of changes, i would bring back jobs. all over the place. we have so many jobs it would becoming ever read. >>j.r. stone: last month's online searches for donald trump have increased by 700 percent well above all other possible republican candidates. we >> have a disaster on our hands, we have a man right now that almost certainly will go down as as the worst president in the history of the united states. >>j.r. stone: real-estate mogul has not announced a run for president but has hinted at it. it is on my popularity grew after the reading debate. >> if you're going to be the president of the united states as " family you have to be born in this country. in fact his possible run has become the talk of well, late night and new shows. >> gary busey said donald trump would make a great president. experts say
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companies to focus on getting the endorsements of randy quaid and charlie sheen. hughes >>j.r. stone: one of many possible candidates who will appear to get a feel to see if he will run. it will take a closer look at some other candidates and how they stack up against the president. reporting live, kron 4 news. exclusive coverage of the 100th running of the zazzle bay to breakers on sunday all along the course capturing all of the fun, new this year that's never best coverage of the race. the sold-out event, it's a 8:00 p.m. here on kron 4. we'll be right back.
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want a supervisor will be required handle any flights involving the first lady or the vice-president. a landfill north of in louisiana. police say a man dumped the body of his wife there. a surveillance video shows him driving into the landfill sunday morning. he has since been arrested. a driver captured the scene along the bridge on i 77. it connects west virginia and ohio. investigators say and tanker truck loaded look what nitrogen rent-a-car, pushed down the bridge and smashed the car into the medium. the truck driver diskette all but three women in the car died. a memorial being held for the victims of the massacre in colorado columbine high school. 12 years ago today, eric storm the denver area school they were armed with bombs and
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guns. the bombs never went off but they did shoot and kill 12 students and one teacher before taking their own lives. oil >>pam: drilling is returning to the gulf coasts, one year after the explosion on board. the oil rig in the gulf of mexico that an explosion killed 11 people. as nicole collins reports, the tourism and fishing industries are still trying to recover. >>reporter: one year after the worst oil disaster in u.s. history began the struggles of those on the gulf coast appear far from over. there's still a lot of people on the island that are hurting. the huge explosion on bp deep water rise in claims the allies of 11 men and spew 200 million gal. of oil in the gulf of mexico. devastating the fishing industry, killinkeeping tourists away. >> i think there will be
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sure about their but the problem is the market that's what i worry about local >>reporter: in state government officials are pleading for americans to visit the region and urging bp and the federal government to do better. >> i still stand here and i still can look you in the eye and tell you who's in charge. : vp to make it right. here in this van at the of 3 mi. of arco's that continue with oil. some complain the planeprocess to get money is long. >>caller: while year has passed many questions about the oil impact on the golfer named. scientists say it could be years even decades before there are answers. in washington, nicole kron 4 news.
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>>jacqueline: a live look at outside from our mount tam cam, to barely make out a few specks of water on the camera lens. if we're going to see light showers in the north bay. so far today rainfall totals not all that impressive. oakland, san francisco not picking up very much all. if the stick look on storm tracker 4, the court the storm sitting off shore and as part of the tail end. the close of the showers are in the north reading seeing snow showers in the sierra. dry over the bay, there could be sure is flying under the raiders since the clouds are below 4,000 ft.. if more rain could be picked. the showers continue this evening and to the overnight hours especially in showers tapering off by 7:00 a few clouds mainly over the higher terrain. our house by 9:00 showers mainly through
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the north a some areas of modern grain as well. if also scattered showers north of the golden gate. as we head into the overnight hours 1:00 heavier rain now approaching no valley and san rafael and moving south of the golden gate by 3:00. if you have the door, 5:00 p.m. we will see some light showers near the south bay, other than that things will clear route into the later morning and early afternoon hours. if the jurors tomorrow looks like 67 santa rosa, 60 san francisco, upper 60s delta and inland. cooler in livermore, 63 there, 56 half moon bay, upper 60s in the south bay. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay, continued warming into friday, another chance of rain into saturday. next week finally warming up into the '70s. time to check your
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michigan. police say the woman behind the we will reach down to grab a wallet and then veered off the road. before she knew which was suspended over the creek. the driver and passenger were stuck inside for about a half-hour while rescue crews worked to free them. no one was hurt. major league baseball pitchers get better look out our robot is stepping up to the pitching mound. tonight clearly gain was kicked off by this little guy. he was killed as the headline attraction for sign say. a programming note to tell you about. on friday kron 4 will air nbc programming while the giants air on nbc. dateline nbc will air at 8 and 9:00 p.m. and then we will have a special 90 minute kron 4 newscast beginning a 10:00. right here on kron 4. we'll be right back.
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phone. this one also did notice she was in the carpool lane as well. an error that will cost her over $470. and a possible increase in insurance. if this driver who also got a ticket, instead of videotaping people getting tickets maybe i should redirect my energy to people courting the back of muni buses. i wonder she works for muni? fyi, the chp team is called special assignment unit was formed to combat the chronic traffic issues like carpal violators in toll cheat. i was the only reporter asked about the chp to show what they do. if there's more to come. at the bay bridge toll plaza, stanley roberts kron 4 news. >>jacqueline: this afternoon sing cloudy skies a chance of rain lasting through the overnight hours. the news at
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>>pam: president barack obama comes to the bay area into the tough questions. we will tell you what's ahead on his agenda. the new rules for air travel, how the government stepped in on behalf of the passengers and the changes he will see. wicked weather across several states, we have video of the strong storms as they happen and the devastation that was left behind. >>live, from the bay area's news station, this is kron4 news at 6:00. >>pam: our big story tonight at 6:00, president barack obama. is visiting the bay area. it video from earlier today when an air force one landed. kicking off is this the bay area schedule. kron 4 is live where mr. obama is
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now. police outside the home, he is attending a fund-raiser at the home of sales force ceo market. he still has more on his schedule this evening. and the moment he landed he's been on the mobile day. from fund raisers, visiting facebook and addressing the public. kron 4 has been there for all of his big events. let's go live to san francisco, pacific heights where jonathan blum his lot with the latest. >>jonathan: as you could see behind me a crowd of spectators have gathered anticipating the president's arrival any moment. the police motorcycle stage of a block away and within the last few moments to move up the street to the spot where there barricading of the intersection and in anticipation of the presidential motorcade coming. it's always a big operation with the president knows across the city. we've seen this before. we roll the video from earlier, you
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can see the preparations have been going on for hours including bomb sniffing dogs to shut up with in the last 45 minutes. the police have been searching the entire area for bombs, all sorts of security measures are being taken. why is the president coming here, it's an extremely exclusive fund raiser costing tens of thousands of dollars per played in it will take place at the pacific heights home of sales force.com, ceo house. two presidential limos will pull into the tent and the president will get out of one of them, which one? the public will never know. it would talked with a woman who has been no stranger to being an president barack obama spectator. in fact she saw the inauguration. here's what she told us earlier. >> i stood for six and a
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half hours at the inauguration of this over gayat the gate. i turned the corner, there were barricades and i said hey what's going on? they said its dignitary. and i said like presidential? they said yes. it would be great to get picture i doubt if i will get a shot. the carnegie. >>jonathan: took the people are hoping for, they're hoping to get a shot or clubs of the presidential limousine. were just playing the waiting game right now, please taking all the necessary precautions as people line up against the barricades of on this side in the other side all the way down the hill. to maintaining a large buffer space at these folks are
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lucky to get a glimpse of the president's vehicle. it live in san francisco, jonathan kron 4 news. >>pam: the presidents of rival was not welcomed by all tiers, some greeted him with protests at both palo alto city hall and outside the facebook headquarters. demonstrators took a stand against federal budget cuts and the government's war spending. before we get to the protesters, grant lotus brings you inside a facebook headquarters for what the president had to say there. >>grant: present barack obama. has 19 million facebook fans but always wants a few more. he brought his message to palo alto wednesday. the facebook founder and ceo hosted the president on an on-line town hall. >> were trying to do is put together and dad and deficit plan when that doesn't slash spending so drastically that we can still make investments in education, that we can make investments
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in infrastructure. when it comes to energy, when it comes to immigration, when it comes to getting our deficit under control and balanced, when it comes to improving math and science and education. when it comes to reinvesting in our infrastructure we have a lot more work to do. i know that some of you that might of been involved in the campaign or been energ energize back in 2008, and it seems like everyone's bickering all the time, if you are behind it any but the same energy and imagination that you put into facebook into the political process, a guarantee there's nothing we can't solve. thank you mark. >>grant: facebook employes made up most of the employes, he answered eight questions and during the on- line town hall which lasted just over an hour. reporting live, kron 4 news. >>pam: team coverage moves now to kron 4 rob lot of local shows to the protest.
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>>rob: about 100 protesters lined a outside facebook headquarters most caring signs critical of president barack obama as foreign and economic policy. >> and make the mistake of believing that he would fundamentally change america. it always protesting? disappointing >>rob: one the president's motorcade dodge them, this woman walked onto the campus calling to the president with a bullhorn only to be confronted in order to leave at palo alto police. a few blocks away at city hall of the protesters arrived by the busload. the self-described working-class people stood before a large block of west
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facebook page: on the president to friend and instead of cutting taxes for the wealthiest americans. in palo alto, rob kron 4 news. >>pam: the web is buzzing about president town hall at facebook. kimberly is here with a look at some of the comments about that event. >>kimberlee: been going through the hundreds of commons coming down on twitter. a lot of people upset with the president, some ok with what he had to say. first off we have one from a low, unlike 2008 when obama can campaign to make promises of open change, this time around he will fumble to answer for his actions. president barack obama town hall meeting is action went well in deficit reduction in defending cuts. zucker berg just gave obama
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passengers. >>kate: hidden charges for pillows, food, seeks unchanging reservations will change to it will have to be prominently posted on what sites. the new rules also stand on its on a tarmac delays. last year three of them it was on domestic flights know for our limit will be imposed on a tarmac delays for international flights. verlaine's exceed the limit they could face fines of nearly $30,000 per passenger. reporting live, kron 4 news. >>pam: looks like the cost of flying will keep rising, southwest is raising all of its one-way tickets by $5 according to dow jones. other airlines to follow the lead in raise fares as well. if u.s. carriers have been raising prices to offset rising fuel costs. the
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southwest as raised ticket prices several times this year. it has also offered a number fare sales. >> a programming note to tell you about. on friday kron 4 will air nbc programming while the giants air on nbc. dateline nbc will air at 8 and 9:00 p.m. and then we will have a special 90 minute kron 4 newscast beginning a 10:00. right here on kron 4. we'll be right back.
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38 percent he is well above pailin. if however, romney comes closest at 49% to 45%. being the former massachusetts governor. my cup of the second when it comes to how close these gentlemen are. 50 to 54%. donald trump still down 12 percentage points to the uprising, however making a push nonetheless. any talk with the representative from minnesota. she is still down 12%, issues raised more money than any other candidate. she raced wellraised2 $2.2 million. now one of these candidates has come out there and said i am running against the president. it should be in it interesting race. if reporting live in the newsroom, kron 4 news.
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>>jacqueline: live look inside over downtown san francisco still pretty gloomy of theirs for most of the bay area. for expecting rain into the overnight hours. the will be mainly light rain that we will see, some areas could see a heavier amounts of rain. rainfall totals will range widely but will get under tents of an inch some places could see more. storm tracker 4 still showing most of the rain up to the north. also seeing snow showers in the sierra. so far rain has been laid, a wider view picture there's the core of the storm. the tail and looking for northern california and oregon. we will see it clip us live run into the back of overnight hours. showers will be stocking up in the north bay.north bay. we will slides of
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the golden gate by 3:00 tomorrow morning, by 5:00 down into the south bay. largely you will miss this for your commute and then into later morning hours the rain will really taper off. as for snow in the sierra, were expecting a little bit of snow. into tomorrow, a mix of rain and snow, by friday a slight chance of that rain storm land grant. if snow levels will be 6,300 ft. he could see a couple inches above the elevations. a here is a look at your 7 day around the bay, tomorrow afternoon decrease in cloud cover and temperatures warming a couple degrees over what was sought today. friday, slightly warmer under mostly sunny skies. saturday's slight chance of rain so we will see cloudy conditions and cooler temperatures into next week. it warm up in store bringing us into the '70s. >>catherine: more wicked weather across several states, 46 states have been hit by more storms. your looking at missouri, ohio.
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we'll give you look at what happened in this area. a storm chasers fourth inning closest to this tornado, one of dozens of suspected twister's the release it to the region yesterday. homes and businesses have been damaged. no injuries were reported. not too far away, more tornadoes. if this one was near a big farm. if several homes torn apart the how were knocked out in a lot of areas. crews started working did the lights back on for everybody affected. some of the damage in ohio, dozens of films for damage. basically have the roof of that house is gone. people trying to check it out. in alabama, a tree crashed into a home and injuring one man inside. he was taken to the hospital for cuts and bruises. a similar scene in tennessee, a lot of trees uprooted landing on homes and cars. a lot of people
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started the day was downed power lines, toppled trees. a lot of scattered debris. in indiana the entire side of the storage of lot of buildings rooftops were ripped away. a lot of power outages here. >>pam: don't miss kron 4 exclusive coverage of the 100th running of the zazzle bay to breakers on sunday may 15. we will have cameras all along the course capturing all of the fun. the 100th running of the zazzle bay to breakers sunday morning may 15th starting at 8:00 p.m. here on kron 4. we'll be right back. >>kimberlee: find out when the rain is expected to hit the bay area by a visiting our weather page. his daughter page where are meteorologist give you the updates on what to expect for the day. check out our our round of a seven for our long term forecast. find out where the storms are moving
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>>pam: kimberly is here with a look at the kron 4 facebook comments of the day. every >>kimberlee: day we received dozens of comments on facebook if so we decided to honor our viewers. every day look at all the comments and issues one facebook comment of the day. the first one, and today our facebook page was all about president barack obama town hall meeting at facebook. the were marquez the comments of the day, one that echoes many others this point. he wrote, this was disappointing ninth thought it was really sad, he didn't answer any real questions from the working class. i think that was a slick way to get a jump on next year's election. had to our face book fan page click light can start commenting on all the stories, pictures and videos that we coast road the day to become the kron 4 facebook comment or a, enter the day.
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>>now, here is gabe slate, with some tech news. >>gabe: the blackberry play book is on the market on line north testified. it is blackberries attempt at the top like, there tend to take on apple and the i pad. it's a lot different than the i pad, first thing about this is a lot smaller than the i pad. if if it's about half the size of the i pad, so far none i pad tablets have an android or honeycombed google based tablets. a similar to android smartphones. the play book does not run on google top software and runs on blackberry operating system. it's very much like a big black very smart phone. that creates a possible negative issue with the catholic. the issue of access you're flat free these e-mail, calendars are contacts on the playbook, that will only work if you wirelessly sync with your black very smart phone. if the to have to work together in tandem. to
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view your e-mail if you have to have your black very smart phone nearby. but the book in that way is dependent on a black very smart phone. therefore for now i would say this tablet is best for people who already have a black very smart phone in one of the playbook as an addition to that. the play book is a solid piece of hardware, it feels good, runs good its $500 for 16 big version and the price goes up for models with more storage. gabe slate, kron 4 news. >>pam: concern about the i phone and privacy. if the report says the couple devices contract and the owners location without the knowledge. if the website i phone tracker post of the report. decide posted a program that lets users see a map of the locations over time. it states back in june of last year when apple released its latest of mobile offering system. apple has not responded to
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>>now, at 6:30 p.m., tonight's big stories in one big block of news. more crews, more stories. right now, today's top story. >>catherine: president obama is on a trip to the bay area, this was his arrival at sfo. it included a town hall meeting today there of fund raisers. of the day began early in washington here's what ought was on his itinerary for april. 9:20 a.m. the president got his daily briefing. it touched on international and national issues. i 10th of 5:00 p.m. he left for air force base. at 130 pacific time the president arrived at sfo, from there he added to the facebook campus in
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palo alto to meet with mark. he also hosted a town hall meeting taking questions from facebook users. if at 6:15 p.m. the president made his way to a private function at the homes of sales course foundered mark. at 830 tonight he takes the stage at the masonic center along with former forty- niner jerry rice. thursday morning, the president joined several dozen donors for breakfast at the st. regis hotel in san francisco. after breakfast, off to l.a. for the president where he will host to more fund-raising events and both of those are already sold out. >>jonathan: here in san francisco, a crowd has gathered by these very case awaiting the arrival of the presidential motorcade which is said to take place any moment. this is a small and intimate private fund-raiser of the president's coming across town for a prayer to his public events that will take place at the masonic
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center. police have been making preparations for his arrival all afternoon. in the background you can hear sirens and the sound of motorcycles as the president draws nearer, we heard was making his way into the pacific heights neighborhood in there you could see the san francisco police escort making its way down the street toward the tent where the president will essentially on loan from his car. as you can see, more police are rising and nestle's demand you can see the police department has been flocking of intersections one after the other in preparation for the main motorcade which will be a chain of black vehicles containing those two presidential the most. one of which will contain president obama and the other one a decoy. this fund raiser we understand will be tens of thousands of dollars per plate. a small gathering of wealthy donors to the democratic party. it will be
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the dinner stock prior to his public event which is obviously much more public. much less expensive that will be attended by a lot more people. we will bring you the latest, as you see the police department escorting the president's motorcade in. reporting live, kron 4 news. >>terisa: former governor arnold speaking out for the first time about reducing the sentence of a political ally son. as the bonn unit has pled guilty in a homicide of 22 year-old luis sandoz. nunez said his father's former assembly speaker. support sniggered told newsweek that he knew the kid well and it was all right to help but a friend. the victim's family tells kron 4 news, they are outraged. theresa, kron 4 news. and >>haazig: arrest has been made in tuesday's attempted sexual assault case in the
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lake merritt area. investigators tell me the next up is to see if there's a connection between the suspects they have in custody and at least three other sexual assaults dating back to september of 2010 in the lake merritt area. outside oakland police headquarters, kron 4 news. >>jeff: this gas station at the corner of brian and fourth street was hit by vandals in the early morning hours. it happened around 4:45 a.m. several men chained the handles of the gas pumps to get there. the scattered these flyers all over the place. the flyers are protest against the oil industry and urged a movement away from gasoline. the flyers also said the protests marked the one-year anniversary of the bp oil spill. no one was hurt and the damage is not permanent. reporting live, kron 4 news. >>reporter: city is not an offer to homeowners whose houses are being threatened by a landslide. if the city of san pablo have sent letters to the home owners
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of these homes. they would remove much of the dirt that's roll down the hill, the fix will be temporary and will allow residents to come back into their homes that are yellow or red tagged. before, homeowners would have to agree to the work and sign a waiver related to the work. in san pablo, daniel kron 4 news. >>kate: protections for airline passengers, the federal government released new regulations that would begin late august. a thanksgiving travelers several hundred dollars more if there bump from a flight in prominently disclose in fees like checking bags on their website. plus international flights if the late on the tarmac for more than four hours, could face steep fines. kate thompson kron 4 news. >>jacqueline: big weather story is the approaching rain. shower staying mainly to the north and the south. a fourth seeing a few light
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sprinkles at this hour. the rain will pick up later this evening. 9:00 in the evening were seeing showers mainly in the north bay on future cast. this will continue into the 11:00 hour. later on we will see the areas of heavier rain. that will move south of the golden gate into oakland and again scattered showers continue but by 5:00 tomorrow morning, the rain will mostly be out of the bay area so that one affect your morning commute. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay, were going to see dry and warm and to be tomorrow afternoon and another chance of rain as we move into saturday. a check up on your snow bombs the report carried no new snow yet but there will be some out there tomorrow morning with the storm passing through. crs 73 in. at the base, 42 runs open. squaw valley 225 of the base, 155 french open and sugar bowl 16 did the a's, 94 runs
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>> now, here is stanley roberts, with some people behaving badly. >>stanley: what are you doing today? >> late for work. >>stanley: this driver appears happy even though she's getting a pretty hefty carpool lane ticket. the at the bay bridge three passengers are required for carpool. there only to. this is a ticket they got last week at the exact same time for the exact same violation. he don't leave me? listen to this. >> you know you did this last week, (laughter) your two for. there were the only people caught in the carpool lane without the required
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amount passengers. the driver of this acura wondered into the carpool lane he told me that distracted well on his i phone. this one also did not issue is in the carpool lane as well. it's an error that may cost her a little over $470. and a possible increase in her insurance. this driver who also got a ticket, and told me it instead of videotaping people getting carpool tickets, maybe i should be direct my energy to people boarding the back of muni buses. i wonder if she works for muni? fyi, the chp team in this unit is called the special assignment unit. it was formed to combat chronic traffic issues like carpool violators and toll cheat us. i was the only reporter asked by the chp to show what they do. there's more to come. at the bay bridge toll plaza, stanley roberts kron 4 news. >>pam: bad day for the
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giants and the a's, even worse for the dodgers. for and has the story straight ahead. the nfl breaks off talks for what could be a month. sports agent ways and deceive the would be a season. exclusive coverage of the bay to breakers on sunday all along the course the 100th running of the sunday morning may 15th back.
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today. tied at one in the second, tied takes matt cane the distance this first home run for the year. four- one. nine hits and six runs you see buster posey on the backswing hurt his hand, did remain in the game. and nice defensive play of the game to get aaron roy when, 7-2 colorado it put this thing away a three run job. the rockies took care of business can-2, the giants did win the series and will head home for a quick three game series against the bride'graveses friday.braves fr
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david kay is thihall, still tiet 1, right off the bat. solo job. the red sox had a 1-0 lead. how four runs, nine strikeouts she's just another spectacular catch. they a's to win this series, split the series and stopped a three game win streak as they finished up strong against the tigers from last weekend. the team most closely associated with the giants and the loss angeles dodgers are in such financial straits the league has stepped in, all the way in. the infighting between the owner and his wife jamie
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in the as of late have consumed the franchise. commissioner announced today that major league baseball will assume control of the the team, they are in a bitter divorce battle, " i've taken this because of the deep concerns of the finances and operations of the dodgers. this is to protect the best interest of the club. the dodgers moved west in 1915. that is the fillthe filly bot. did not go over well. they did when the game by a final 4-3 without the they boughtphilly b for the sharks last night,
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when you saw a tv he saw the game tied at 5. an amazing comeback. the lead for-0, sharks pulled their goalie, replacing him and the sharks erupted. by the time they finished business, the sharks scored 85 goals in the second period to tie it up and then in overtime, here we go. the san jose sharks win it in overtime in one of the most remarkable comebacks in stanley cup playoff history. >> never give up. it was a great game, i don't even know what to feel. words
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can't describe a 4-0 comeback. will remember this for a while. >>vern: jackson was not happy about that outcome. >>jacqueline: and have no words, i'm still mad. >>vern: it's only two-one, it should be 3-0. the kings have been dominating. there's not one sharks fans who could actually disagree with me on that. even rob black agreed. court for another one we could talk for hours about this. when we come back the nfl negotiators may be off until mid, but we can still talk the talk. what is going to have been clear from this point on? let's get insight from super sports agent steve baker. i have this idea, maybe after the break we can take a minute in the have unsettled the entire labor issue. how about that? >> your on.
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>>vern: after four days in minneapolis nfl labor talks between the owners and players union are about as cold as the twin cities weather. after they adjourn today, they refuse signs of progress and no plans to meet until may 16th. yet if a look out over the lack of a $9 billion clip of bargaining agreement is in its 40th day. with that we bring in super sports agent, steve baker. are we going to have the 2011 nfl season? >> i'd be shocked. yes. >>vern: the schedule is out, it looks good but we need some action. >> problem is the nfl deals
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tend to work at a snail's pace. people tend not to get things done until they're forced to. right now that they're not actually losing actual games, and they don't run out what each other's legal rights are because the courts deciding what they are, that pushes inpush isn't there yet. >>vern: if i show you my financial books, if you give me the salary cap for the rookies and we set aside money for the veterans because those are the guys that are drawing the viewer is in getting people in the seats. can we play? >> you just offered to show me the books which the nfl is not. and you're off and take the money from the veterans and give it to the rookies which the nfl is not. that's what the players are asking for. when
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>>vern: not going to show you what are my accounts in the cayman islands. i will show you that. >> of one of the problems is there's been an agreement and players have fought for writes for several decades. with the owners are trying to do is significantly change the rights. there are two it should be done because the finances have changed and the players have said that see those finances. the piece of paper with the numbers doesn't do that. >>vern: today the niners said we'd love to have a public smith come back to that shocking? >> it doesn't. in that case in might be in his interest and in the forty-niners interest to do that. >>vern: have a theory as to who the next 49 or quarterback will be >> little part of me that thinks ski will be a curse and polymer. it's a spider centscarson palmer.
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