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parnassus campus. to the first incident last friday, you to the crimes indicated on the map. a few hours later two more sex crimes on the stand and st. and the 300 block of cross streets. these are police sketches drawn of suspects following each incident. although all three sketches look different, as the opd officer says, two of the sketches are of the same suspect. >> to have two different sketches, we believe there the same because of the following. the incident did occur around the same time. within a half-hour difference on the same day. within the same vicinity. the victim described the suspect was and the reason why we have two different sketches is because victims often times will have a different perception of the same person it's a traumatic experience to go through. a different person will have a
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different recollection of what they saw as far as is his boss suspect description. they both appear to be male, white and both cases in their mid to late 20s. both descriptions we have strayed, light brown hair. >>pam: the officer said the suspect involved in the sexual assault on lincoln way has a very distinct facial care hissings and hearings as described by the victim. the police are heading up that investigation into that sixth crime as it involves a campus employee. two of the crimes near the ucsf campus were sexual assaults, while the third involved a suspect exposing himself to the victim after following her for several blocks lighted night. some women who live and work in that area told kron 4 that the situation is very unsettling. at the >> it's very scary, frightening, extremely freaked out >>haazig: arabs are rattled in this neighborhood near the ucsf parnassus campus.
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the location of three recent sexual crimes. if the police are focusing on to crimes while the you see as fet is handling call it that so far nobody has to interested in these cases is a major concern for someone in the family area of current >> i would really like for them to find out who's doing that. it think it's scary. she >>haazig: is thinking twice about are far she parks from her job. >> i want to park close to where i work. i want to walk far. >>haazig: are asking anyone they think they recognize the man in the sketches to call the police. reporting live, kron 4 news. >>pam: police are searching for a man suspected of sexually assaulting a woman near the bart station at 16th and mission in san francisco. after officers responded they thought they saw the man ran onto the
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bart station. the suspect was not found. in other news around the bay area, and a system wine maker is dead after falling into a tank in napa. it happened at a winery, and he died while transferring wines from a small tank to a larger one on wednesday. it's believed he felt looking into that small six-foot tank to make sure that all the wine actually transferred. in watsonville, fire fighters to using a new approach to battle that stubborn for alarm warehouse fire. crews have confined the place to one building and today they're using phone to attack the flames which are still smoldering at the apple growers of ice and cold storage company. firefighters say it will take another couple days to complete the extinguish the fire. caltrans officials will keep the popular baby bull latrines running between san francisco and san jose for at least another year. that's despite facing a $30 million budget should the board of directors voted 5-3 d keep
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the entire 86 train schedules for another year. the previously said service would be curtailed in order to bridge the budget cafeteria for the was a long hard battle and opponents of the target store in san rafael lost it. the city council voted to give the go-ahead for the retailer to move into the eastern part of town. shops in the downtown area have had signed up to protest target but now the store fronts have taken down the signs, aside from the business impact the biggest concern about target is traffic and the impact on the environment. jeff bush looks at those concerns. it the target store will be built on the vacant lot next to home depot will tear it up place where people come another dog run free, obviously there will be able to do that when the store is built by consideration for nature is built into the plan. one concern is how we will in fact this nature trail, it's beautiful, people walk along here and take in the natural beauty.
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part of the planet is there's going to be a special section of the parking lot at target that will give accessibility to this trail. currently the people who walk along the water have to park on the street in an empty cul-de- sac. another concern is the traffic. as it considers only one way in and out of shoreline parkway. developers say the target will be an improvement to the area and prevent illegally dumped garbage in graffiti. in san the fall, jeff kron 4 news. judgment day >>pam: is just less than a month away. that is if billboards which popped up recently around the bay area are to be believed. the billboards place to run the raging, by oakland a's family worldwide acclaim on may 21st the date is the day that god will destroy the world because of the suns
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since of mankind. -- sins. in their way as well as the board. the group called american atheists, there's this a direct response to that. >>louisa: picking up a few rain drops at this current hour. mostly overcast conditions. spotty showers continue over night can some light rain at times through tomorrow as well. it looks like saturday night will bring as mostly cloudy conditions. our radar showing a few sprinkles in the north bay and the south bay as well. you can see rain through san jose, campbell, los gatos. it just like sprinkles the current hour and up into the north bay from petaluma down novato, along highway 37 towards catalog. we will have your full forecast
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coming up. fred a. traficant said >>pam: francisco, slowed to in all directions, the top your screen as traffic on 80, south on 101 for the finance law both areas moving slowly. we'll be right back. we were the first to ban smoking on airplanes. the first to have smoke-free bars and restaurants. all while saving over $86 billion in health care costs... and over a million lives. we've done a good job. but even if you were born today, you'd still grow up in a world where tobacco kills more people... than aids, drugs, alcohol, murder and car crashes... combined. we have a lot more work to do.
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>>pam: details on what could be causing the deaths and how neighbors are trying to save the sharks. >>reporter: today among this canal on the eastern edge of redwood city several dead leopard sharks have washed onshore. at doesn't found dead since tuesday. >> here's one of the dead sharks here. several people here say the animals have been acting strange. they look like they were trying to teach themselves. it was
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disturbing. catherine and her son of been coming here to try and help the sharks. we tried to push him back in, thought maybe they were to speech or something like that. the just came back to the same spot and kept doing that. so far no one knows what's killing the animals, experts i talked to say it could be any of the number of things. including pollution, low oxygen in the water or even an infection. california fish and game to meet today they're hoping have a biologist on scene to investigate in the next couple of days. for now the church steps seem to have stopped. it was really sad, i'm sorry there's not something that could of been done to help them. in redwood city, charles kron 4 news. >>pam: 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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>>catherine: is google were waiting and cars, they finally got a few hours to get their possessions and see if their homes were still standing. about 160 homes destroyed in the texas fires. three surveillance photos of the man now considered a suspect in an attempted bombing in colorado. police think this is a man who planted the pipe bomb in a shopping mall. he was described as a person of interest the new photos show him running a public possibly from the mall on tuesday night. if investigators made a new discovery in the search for human remains along long island. tuttis were found along side the 10 set of remains they found. four bodies have been identified. the florida pastor who
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burned the koran is being sent to jail in michigan for refusing to pay a $1 bond. this is terry jones arriving for a court appearance today. he's been fighting for the right to protest outside a nearby mosque. prosecutors argued that he would reach the keys if you round lead there. the city of dearborn has a large muslim population. i judge has sentenced lindsay lohan to jail 120 days for a probation violation. this is are arriving for her hearing today. during which the judge heard evidence in a theft case. her attorney says that she will appeal and it will be low hand fourth and jail time. >>pam: today is earth day, that means free giveaways among other things. stephanie take a look some of the ways you can go green and save green at the same time. >>reporter: the earth day networks seem earth day 2011 isn't billion packs of cream. what better way dad and taking advantage of the
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freebies, deals and discounts. starbucks which is once again offering free coffee or tea if you provide a muscari dakota los and you get a free trade, the home- improvement chain plans to give away a million trees this weekend. the federal government is getting in on it offering free addition to all three and 94 national parks all weekend long. other companies will trade for free stuff. the disney store is giving free reusable shopping bags for anyone who hands in five plastic bags. origins will take back your empty bottles and give you a free bottle of skin cleanser. it discounts galore as well. travel loss to the is offering up to 40 percent off hotels a green hotels. in york, stephanie. >>pam: on this earth day a look at what people are doing in the state to clean up the earth. lead contamination is hazardous to your health but what you do if it's in your backyard? vicki texas to a neighborhood in oakland
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where they are using a novel way to get the lead out. >>vicki: contamination is a big problem in west oakland but not for long. >> or going to go in the house, house by house. >>vicki: maggie's company of them refill got the contract to clean up the neighborhood. she said as toxic as lead can be especially to children, the solution is simple. fishpond. we get the fish bowl, and a bone meal form and were able to basically fundamentally rototill into the soil. not only did she get the go-ahead from the epa but she got the attention from the famous marine environmentalists. >> when you mix the fish phone with lead in neutralizes the impact of lead which has a very, very negative consequences could particularly on young people. >>vicki: fish bones come from alaska, he is in oakland to see it for himself. >> what is waste becomes of
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very important thing. once the meal is mixed into the soil, it continues to do its work even if there's more lead that interest the informant from ottawa missions are chipped paint. >> lead to soil intact grading a waste and neutralizing solution. >>vicki: applied the old way by hauling of tainted top soil is expensive, it cost $50,000 per household. the epa estimates by using fish phone that will cut the bill in half at the very least. sending tax payers millions of dollars. officials of the news before, cleaning up lead for the military. this funded project in west oakland is the first of its kind in the nation. if residents take to it, fish bones may be coming to a neighborhood near you. in west oakland, vicki kron 4 news. >>louisa: overcast conditions right around the
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bay. a dark clouds just hanging over the shot here. i * wrote tonight and early tomorrow morning. breezy, were watching those winds kick up and we do have wet weather in the forecast. or not talking about a big storm but we could pick up rain drops. right now little of rain stretching for the south bay, from cupertino into los gatos and up in san jose. just sort of some light sprinkles here with this band pushing through. wind speeds up to 17 mi. an hour at sfo also in to run the city about 16 mi. an hour winds in hayward. the delta sing sustained winds at about 21 mi. an hour. or getting stronger gusts with this as well. it looks like future cast for showing us into saturday we will see a chance of rain starts to pick up. by 11:00 widespread rain chances across the board. another overcast day.
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sunday night into monday, another round of rain expected to push through. again bringing as light rain and more widespread. right now, temperatures 55 degrees san francisco, oakland 58, overnight we should dig down into the forties across the board. 49 san francisco, the same in oakland and 50 degrees in antioch afternoon highs tomorrow, in the low '60s in most locations. 62 santa rosa, 60 in san francisco, 64 and fairfield. the '60s in the south bay. mountain view 66, 50 degrees along the coast. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay, light rain through monday, we will try and out and warm up into the '70s by mid- week. we also have a look at your snow bomb.com, report to alpine meadows base
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depth to under 50 in., one to 2 in. of new snow. kirkland, to enter and 65 in. of base depth one to 3 in. of new snow. squaw valley, a base depth of 188 in., 4 in. of new snow. >>pam:don't miss kron 4 exclusive coverage of the 100th running of the zazzle bay to we will have cameras all along the course capturing all of the fun. the 100th 15th starting at 8:00 a.m. here on kron 4. we'll be right back.
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for anyone hoping to disrupt the wedding. >> you think you're coming of coming to london and use the crabs is a shield just don't come. cable spot you in the crowds and remove you. it won't let anyone disrupt this exciting day for the royal family in the country. >>pam: there will be 5000 officers on the streets. if you can make it to london where you can't get enough of all things royal, karen rounds of smart phone taps that will put the action in the palm of your hand. >>reporter: are few things, a tradition more than a british royal wedding. tech no files will have plenty to keep the text in, talking, trading and buzzing on the big day even if they didn't make the pro guest list. -- royal. drive the alarm while
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app for the i phone. something old and something new westminster abbey found in the year 960 has drawn into something very 2011. the of the treaty at the fort android i phone and i pad lets users take a walk up the royal palace oi always in a storm of royal fax along the way. speaking of following the royal route to google earth has mapped out in 3d. to smart phone tablet, laptop and desktop users a bird's-eye view of the trek through london it's the city's famous landmarks and minus the wedding day crowd. and while fashion east as great to see kate middleton's dress it in wasted time by addressing the royals that will let you snap a family portrait when you're done. >>pam: if the date for next week's royal wedding on april 29th to we will be ready bright nearly at 2:00 a.m. to bring you every
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>>live, from the bay area's news station, this is kron4 news at 6:00. >>pam: the pain at the pump gets worse. kron 4 uncovers what is fueling the price hike this time around. for a closer look at an ego friendly alternative. we start this evening with a growing trend, people running out of gasoline. many drivers are trying to stretch that last gallon. >>craig: fences always cutting it close. >> i only put a few bucks in cash so it can get cassettes if they buy my house which is significantly cheaper than here. $8 right now so probably get to gallons if get me all the way back to san jose. >>reporter: is an art student san francisco but said he will have to quit school after this semester
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because he can afford the commute. >> it's painful, i have to schedule everything to try and maximize my trips. i can't think of how people are being affected. >>grant: apple a reports more more people are gambling with gas and losing. it's as compared to this time last year 26 percent more people have called aaa running out of the gas in northern california, nevada and utah. >> of ones that for dollar markets reached that's a psychological barrier for some folks. you may say some folks are trying to stretch out their tank because of the thought of how much this will cost me to put more gas in my vehicle. that's something they're considering. i've pushed it through the intersection a few times. >>grant: and is hoping that prices go down so he can stay in school and so he doesn't have to get out and push. in san francisco, greg lotus kron 4 news. cresson
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>>catherine: obama once the justice department to make sure there's been no price gouging by zero companies. a new poll says one and three americans blame big oil for the near record gas prices. slightly more blatant tensions abroad only a few claim the government. economists say the government is of least partly to blame. one of the prime culprits in the high price of gas is as close as your wallet. the dollar shrinking in relation to the euro, the pound and a basket of other currencies. this chart shows the overall downtrend in the last 10 years. it's nearing a record low of 2008 when gas prices hit a record high. it's no coincidence, as the dollar drops it takes more of them to pay for imported oil. estimates are that the weak dollar has driven up gas prices by as much as $2 a gallon. you might wonder why the government hasn't done anything. the reason is there's an upside to a declining currency. a weak dollar increases profits
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for american businesses by making their exports cheaper and more attractive to foreign buyers. even as the dollar has dropped to 6% this year, the stock markets have risen 6%. the white house is unlikely to move to strengthen the dollar for fear of triggering another financial melt down. as for the future, the scenarios included $6.50 a gallon it does supply is disrupted by hurricanes are further international unrest. on the other hand there some reason to believe gas prices might come down. the typical peak as producers wish to the more expensive summer plans, and demand could drops. 55 percent of americans say, they've already cut back. a poll said most people expect gas prices to peak at about $4.36, >>pam: a company in oakland is now offering bio diesel out of its production
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facility. located on 49th avenue they started sales to the public today. they say their fuel is sold at an average of 255 per gallon less than regular diesel. the company says the fuel is made from used cooking oil and can be put in some first and most petroleum diesel engines without modifying the machinery. new details, and investigation has been launched into why a san francisco muni driver caught texting on the job was back behind the we will. you might remember this am mature video of him muni workers driving her bossboss, you could see in the near it shows the texting that's going on in and out range passenger recording the video. as theresa reports, when the driver was first caught breaking the law she was approached and then let go. >>terisa: officials tell kron 4 news when they learned of this unidentified driver you see here,
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breaking a lot in company policy by using her phone to tax. they were going to let her go. that's not what happened at all. in fact, kron 4 news has learned that this past week and the worker is back on the road driving passengers on an old route. no. 24 in san francisco. this is video of the other drivers on their routes. when confronted muni officials said she was not back on the job later said they don't know what happened. they're now trying to figure out how she got her old position back. they also tell kron 4 news that the 10 year veteran employee will definitely not be behind the we will again because she no longer works for muni. union officials say they are now getting involved as well. launching their own investigation and are considering filing a grievance against muni. reporting live, kron 4 news. >>pam: all long time the employee and driver gave us for thought on the situation. if she didn't
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want to go on camera for fear that other drivers are union workers will/seven her for speaking out. >> all this does is give the public ammunition to take on the operator. it or not that bad, and other cities people come and visit they love our system, people here are spoiled. >>pam: the employee added she believes the driver caught texting should definitely be fired. this is just one of four alarming incidents with muni in the last month. kron 4 nicole shows as three other incidents along with what happened to those muni drivers. >>nicole: and april 1st and the passenger captured this video of the open train for while the train was moving. then on thursday april 21st passenger took this video of another open door while the train was moving. both drivers on these two incidents are no longer driving trains and they no longer be employed. the status is currently under review. a comment this
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survey captured another incident, he can see in the upper right-hand corner the woman carrying a child aborted a muni bus, a heated words were exchanged between her and the driver and in the driver kick returner child off the bus. if the driver was fired. in san francisco, nicole kron 4 news. >>pam: any drivers could be going on strike. if the union representing the operators and from the san francisco municipal transportation agency that its members have approved a strike authorization vote but, both management and unions are continuing to discuss details of a new labor contract and they say the talks are progressing. >>louisa: a lot of cloud cover out there but some of those clouds actually producing a few rain drops. if right now you could see the band of rain for the south bay. if picking up light showers at the current hour, in los gatos, san jose and in evergreen as well. if continuing to get moisture funneling in through the peninsula and pushing its way through the
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south bay. certain that's where the most-active weather is. if you will continue to see the chances of light rain right on through the weekend. if just a week storm with this nothing heavy we still have what weather to talk about. if we have more on that straight ahead, will be right back. ♪ [ continues ] [ thunderclaps ] [ announcer ] the van beckons like no van before. the technology-packed, all-new honda odyssey. u got a state-of-art man-c but thvings acco ofave-man! sports fan checis out. earn mo with instplus sav at capita.com. at's new ol bankingby!
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i'm here to tell you that big tobacco hasn't changed. they continue to profit... by selling kids the same lies... to get them to use... the same deadly products. don't be big tobacco's next victim. >>pam: the building was evacuated, no injuries reported but there still no word as to when the boys and girls club will be safe to enter again. investigators are looking into it. firefighters still battling that stockton for alarm warehouse fire, the crews have combined the blaze to one building. today they're using foam to attack the blaze still smoldering at the company. firefighters
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say it will take another couple of days to completely knock down the fire. imam under arrest for leaving her child in the car while she went gambling. 25 year-old maria of santa clara to see her picture here has been charged with felony child endangerment. if it happened at the garden city casino on saratoga avenue in san jose on thursday evening. a security guard spotted a child and called police. the girl's mother was inside the casino gambling. she's now accused of intentionally locking her daughter inside the car with the window shut tight for as long as an hour. police say the three- year-old was hot and sweaty when she was removed from the vehicle, otherwise find and turned over to a relative. we'll be right back more news following the break.
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gabe slate tells us why these phone companies are tracking you and what they're doing with the data. >>gabe:>>gabe: according to the wall street journal the tracking data is not just stored on your i phone, i pad 3 g and computer these devices sink up to but it's also been transmitted back to apple headquarters. the wall street journal reporting it's not just the i phone tracking you but that google android smart phones are also tracking where you have been and send that information back to google. what do the companies behind our phones use this tracking information for? by looking at the data they can say where weak cellphone reception are and fix it. google could help find out how traffic conditions along highways are doing, how fast and slow their moving. don't forget how many apps on your smart phone use your location to operate. if you try to find a certain type of business nearby or social networking app where your interacting with people or in your area. it brings up another use for apple and google they could use
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your location to target ads to you. that helps them make money. another interesting twist in this unfolding drama, an editor with c-net discovered that law enforcement has known about these secret files on tracking users locations on i phone and have been using it. >> in talking to some of the forensics software providers, the people who sell software that cops will use when they take an i phone in a criminal investigation want to know what's on it, they've known about this for far longer. it's commonplace in criminal investigations to use software to extract a latitude and longitude basically where your phone is been. the companies i talked yesterday said law enforcement uses it, state and local and federal. it's a valuable investigation tool and the ability to do this and extract this location information from apple devices has become something of a sales pitch for these companies. this is not exactly a secret in the law enforcement world
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it's kind of and now everyone is finding out what's going on. >>gabe: gabe slate, kron 4 news. >>catherine: the texas wildfires continue to burn up homes and property. some residents were lining up in the car is waiting for a chance to get into the cause and came lake area to check on what's left in their house. in this area alone about 160 homes have been destroyed, one-fourth of that fire has been contained. the search for missing north carolina student has ended tragically. if the body of 16 year-old felicia was found in the maryland river. if she was last seen in december about 40 mi. away in baltimore shipping reached his intelligence. from a man's body was found nearby, please try to figure out of there might be a connection. hundreds of students in new hampshire didn't have class today because somebody vandalized the school buses. workers were busy trying to get them fixed after somebody let the air at of the tires,
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roughly 27 of the buses. if they say there is other tire damage. at least think maybe an unfunny senior prank. a man died this morning in universal studios in orlando after being chased by police. police say he had acted rashly tried to grab on the the officers, the man aftedied after being shocked by the taser. they arrived in cape cod bay to feed on plankton, boaters been told to stay away the sold cold right whales are endangered it's a federal crime to get to close. >>pam: americans are having fries with their meals. apparently it's not because they're watching their waistline, still is a french fries are down compared to years past and one reason is the economy. if people are choosing dollar many as over those combo meals and super sizing. the expected sales to pick up as the economy recovers. consumption will likely not go back to what
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it was a few years ago. chocolate lovers be where the price of chocolate is climbing as the price of ingredients continue to skyrocket. over the past year the price of wheat has surged 7%, dairy prices have doubled encolpions have tripled over the past decade. last month hersheys the world's largest can maker announced its raising prices on chocolate by nearly 10%. >>louisa: we have a lot of cloud cover out there still hanging around you could tear shot from mount tam, right now it looks like it just in the south bay. if we will continue to keep the chance of light spotty showers overnight and into tomorrow as all three if looks like will see light green freer saturday, saturday night mostly cloudy conditions. temperatures will be a bit cooler as well try for the most part, cloud cover though, wet weather pushing off through
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evergreen, a bit of rain from milpitas as well. it looks like for say maybe a few raindrops. offshore with a storm system approaching the coastline but ove overall pretty light. half were up to 50 mi. an hour winds at sfo, 17 oakland, 20 mi. an hour winds in fairfield, sustained winds. " satellite and radar, shows what's happening were getting quite a bit of this wet weather pushing through. it looks like will see a weak system continuing to live through tomorrow. sunday it looks like will stay mostly strife for easter sunday, sunday night into early monday was one the best chance for rain approaches. future cast for shows as well whether continuing church saturday. just a chance of light rain but the chances continuance for the afternoon and it looks like your son in and into monday is the chance of rain returned critics of the chance of the weather for
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your monday. right now to the butchers are down in the '50s, 53 san francisco, 54 oakland, over night in the '40's. 49 san francisco. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay, as we head into tomorrow a temperatures should stay in the '60s, we will continue to keep the rain chats around till monday by tuesday and wednesday will dry out and warm up into the '70s we could see mid-70s by mid week next week. >>pam:don't miss kron 4 exclusive coverage of the 100th 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 a.m. right back. [ female announcer ] at the jcpenney spring sale,
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>>pam: million is going to jail for probation. she was also ordered to serve community service. this was, well below hands fourth time going to jail. police in washington d.c. are investigating why charlie sheen but received a police escort on the way to show. he posted this video on his twitter town on tuesday night showing a police car escorting him from the airport. washington d.c. police say the internal affairs unit is investigating and no escort was authorized. sheen was two hours late to the show after spending most of the day in a loss angeles divorce court. royal wedding fever, my lee seidler said she would love to be a flat or girl because she knows addresses that the royal wedding will be amazing. the 18 year-old admits that she was an excited about the wedding until she read about it in fashion magazine. save the date for next week, it
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all the 29 to we will be ready bright and early starting at 2:00 a.m. to bring you every moment of the marriage ceremony. a bustling love story hits the big screen + one of america's funniest families is back for more laughs. kron 4 vicki shows you what that the movies. >>vicki: when tragedy derails his plans and aspiring veterinarian played by robert patterson drops at of school and joins the circus. working with wild animals will be nearly as dangerous as falling in love with the ringmasters wife. they by reese witherspoon. based on the best-selling book or water for elephants, it's rated pg-13. tyler perry is green the whole family back to the big screen. in india's big happy family, carry resumes his role as in india, this time the characters try to bring the family together when her sister gets bad news. it's
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no ordinary family, should be lots of trauma and laughs along the way. medea's a big happy family is rated pg-13. vicki kron 4 news. >>pam: 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 minute kron 4 newscast beginning a 10:00. right here on kron 4. we'll be right back. ♪ escape definition. ♪ escape compromise. ♪ introducing the most fuel-efficient luxury car available. the radically new... 42 mile per gallon ct hybrid from lexus. ♪ welcome to the darker side of green. ♪
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different descriptions of the suspect in each case, san francisco police say they believe the crimes were in fact committed by the same person. investigators say a third sexual assault that happened a few hours earlier near the campus was committed by different suspect. but all of justice in san francisco, kron 4 news. >>gary: in san jose a mother is arrested for allegedly leaving her three year-old daughter in a locked car while she visited the garden city casino. the child was discovered by security guard and notified police. the rest of the child and turned her over to relatives and now her mother 25 year-old maria is charged with felony child endangerment. in san jose, rob kron 4 news. >>terisa: san francisco an investigation has been launched into why any driver caught texting on the job was back behind the we will. it does cast a great the driver was videotaped texting while driving. if a muni said they were going to let her go however this past
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week, she was back on the job driving a bus. muni has since fired her and now the union said they're going to file a grievance about her termination. in san francisco, teresa kron 4 news. >>reporter: out in three other incidents with muni drivers in the last month. it to one muni trains the doors were open while the trains were moving, the other a muni bus driver reportedly lasted a family that was boarding the bus. if the driver was fired. all incidents were caught on video and i spoke with a representative that muni and says are going to use those figures to help prevent incidents of this from happening again. in san francisco, nicole kron 4 news. >>grant: there's new evidence that says gas prices are changing the way people felt their tanks. aaa said 26 percent more people have reported running out of gas so far intone in 2011,
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compared to last year. they say that's bad for your car, could damage it and people immense for letting it run down to a quarter sometimes at the trend a stretch that last gallon of gas. reporting live, kron 4 news. >>jeff: its official target store will be built on this thing could lot. the store will go wind on the eastern part of town. not everybody is happy about the big box store, the san rafael. if people opposed to the store said it will take business away from local merchants will not able to compete with targets deep pocket. many of those who live and marin counties say that a target is a good thing because jobs will be created and it will give people more places to shop. in san or fall, jeff kron 4 news. >>gabe: in texas is, of the i phone tracking your location, the reporting not only is the data stored on your foam, but that information is also being
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sent apple's headquarters. in the wall street journal reporting it's not just the i phone book google android phones also track your were about to send that information to google. for more information on the story log on to www.kron4.com and look for news links section. reporting live, kron 4 news. >>reporter: dozen small look for a church like this one have been found dead or dying along the shores of this canal. neighbors i spoke with today say this sort of thing as happened before. so far nobody knows what's killing the sharks. the suspects could be pollution, infection or possible low oxygen levels in the water. i called fishing game today and they said they're hoping have a biologist out here in the next couple of days to investigate. reporting live, kron 4 news. >>louisa: a few isolated sprinkles today but right now trying out. still sing a few light showers in for the diablo range. that's about it at this hour. it will continue to keep the threat for sprinkles over night and into tomorrow. renown winds
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about 15 at sfo, 24 fairfield so breezy evening for you. it looks like that will continue as well. satellite and radar shows us continuing cloud cover. we could see more moisture funneling as well. your morning lows to expected to dip down into the '40's, 49 san francisco over night. in the afternoon should act to top out into the 60s tomorrow. you will continue to keep a chance of light rain around through your easter sunday. we will dry out and warm off as we head into next week bringing temperatures into the '70s. let's have a look at your snow bomb ski report, alpine meadows fresh new powder about one to 2 in., a base depth of 256 in.. kirkwood one to 2 in. of fresh powder, a base depth of to a and 24 to 20 65 in.. squaw valley base depth of 180 in.
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you were sent e-mail asking me to look at one specific intersection in the city where every time the light changes red eye driver would run the red light. and not talking about one driver i mean multiple of the same time. i'm willing to bet you're waiting for me tell you where this and not. at least for now. 529 tonight on a special edition of kron 4 news at 10:00 p.m. of the show you where it is the and just how bad it is. and the next people behaving badly of kron 4 news. >>pam: giants was the braves in a rematch of last year's national league division series. for has a preview of that straight ahead. a man who is into the north pole nine times, the south pole eight more and not to mention it and are to cut 23 times. fern goes one-on-one with professional and center doug stout. coming up. a programming note to tell you about. on friday kron 4 will air nbc programming while the giants air on nbc.
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>>vern: we are back first time since last october division series, the giants and raise get together tonight. even though it's a regular pre game series. there has to be a little bit of a bus. the giant took these guys out on the way to the world series. there they are to at&t park. there is groups, led giants to victory. the stick back to october 2011. the ground out and it and that was said. the giants winning her pitch tonight, six months later here's the giants take on. >> it's interesting that we play the mosque october,
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we're just focusing on this year. >> it's a new season it's still early in the year, i'm sure there's some excitement just because of the memories. >> the last time we played them was a big deal, now 2011 and we have a new task. >>vern: dick cody ross has never been to the north pole like our guest coming up in the next segment. although he does have an mvp. the oakland athletics to take it to seattle tonight, at 24th birthday story on the light shows that 10:00 p.m. and 11:00. if sacramento kings game. the kings co-owner said today his family still deciding on whether to move to anaheim or stay in the state capital. he said no decision has been made as of yet. you could see the fans there. these jurors to see if the sacramento american
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make good on promises to market and for the team. they have until may 2nd to request permission to relocate. since 2004, the knicks are hosting a playoff game, madison square garden. ray allen went crazy, here is three of his 8-three- pointers allen had 32 points in the game. call gets behind the defense and scores on a layup. this is all celtics today. they win 113-96 they lead the series three games to zero. the nhl, the sharks had a follow-up to tuesday's miracle play off comeback win a loss angeles. another six goal outburst tonight, staple center joseph gordon out of know where it makes it 4-2 san jose blows kisses to the crowd. the 54 seconds
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later joe struck to make it 5-2 and later run tory mitchell gave him a for goal lead, sharks won the game 6-3 there up to three games to one. the to take home tomorrow night. >> to winds, we didn't play well in game 2, we have destroyed her game a little bit. i think we've done that enough to get wins, we still have to improve carried >> we don't have to come back here, he won a match that, find a way and put them away. >>vern: the story behind this week's stop in south carolina is a possible world no. 1 ranked player. they have alligators there, look out. and using a break to protect himself. 15 cold, his third shot on the are 5-0 stick said. close to within birdie range. donald wins this one he'll be the no. 1 ranked player in the world. he's a 10 under par
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overall. off to the seniors, they have alligators there. this is a band of georgia. stay away from him. this is tom watson, his approach and watching track it. just off the stick. gil morgan along car when in the 18th hole. gilmore can't play. it's a team event it did lead to at 10 under par. when we come back, he wants with venture? things still in your life, a little slow? that's why we brought in dog stepped a professional adventuress. look to them is that the long hair, the good looks. the north pole nine times, as of school eight times and antarctic got 23 times does it ever get old?
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>>vern: doug stout horn in the east coast but why in the truckee squaw valley area. theism professional adventurer. and this is part of what he does. this must be 50 degrees below? >> the can be -32 -40, you just have to stay moving all the time. >>vern: anybody can just click on national geographic and logic, you're
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actually doing it why? >> i love adventure, and love being in the wild frontier and i love challenges and pushing the limits of human endurance. >>vern: you could easily be like man versus wild right? >> i haven't done any tv shows like that before but it's the real deal and i love pushing those limits that of raising money for charity as well as taking young people, i took a 16 year-old last week. >>vern: still want to show video of you actually training, you don't just show up and make it in a day. this is you: it tire and a couple of kids. >> these are my boys, that's part of my training we need to make sure we simulate the same activity we do. about 12 hours a day, if you have to be really fit and ready to go. it's a lot of hard work, that's part of it.
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>>vern: you had mentioned that parker, the fellow from atherton just last week he took it, how will the sea? >> 16, we tried last year and we ran into some really bad weather conditions, really want to have the jurors which is really unheard of in april of on the north pole. a lot of " the water and really put a valiant effort in but we were unable to get there. this year he came back in we were successful. >>vern: lead groups over there whether it's north pole, sells for in charge to cover. if you're going to take another group next january? >> a thing parker is one of the young guest the next jan. i will take to handicap guys in we will chairs all the way 100 mi. to the geographic south pole. we've already started training in filming. these projects are like and i enjoy it and i
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want to put myself in these situations where it's really a challenge. >>vern: 20 get their heavy celebrate? it's not like you and cracked open the here. who speaks it's about the camaraderie and friendships and make along the way in is a 55 and you really bond with these people. he's a friends with them and i think the celebration comes at the other end,. >>vern: you have an encounter with a polar bear a few years ago is that right. >> i've had several counters from siberia to the north pole. why don't think we belong to some of these areas and it's not a lot of fun to remain cowed to them because they're really the only mammal that huntsman. hopefully we don't have to run into them. >>vern: we have your web site on our kron 4 news link, anybody who wants to tag along with you and your next adventure it can just look right up to get the information. it thank you so much for coming in. keep it
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