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streaming video and that is what happened during the crisis at virginia tech. you are looking at the scene, students were hiding from a gunman, but they cannot communicate with police by tech. but here in the bay area that is about to change because kron4 teresa estacio explains. >> connecting with any emergency dispatcher during a crisis can be a matter of life or death. but if you try to communicate through text message, a dispatcher would not be able to read and respond, but that is about to change at this center. in the knicks' center, call centers or around california will undergo virtual consolidation part of that will be an upgrade to accommodate text messaging. it >> it is a changing world in the private sector, certainly technology is ahead of where public safety is, and we need to take it
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vantage of some of the technologies that are out there in most cases, people would normally down 911, but someone that is under arrest, or in a situation where they're being held hostage or someone from the deaf community, texting would be a tool that they could use in those circumstances. >> it is not just text messaging that the upgrade could accommodate. >> if you have a text message and we could send out to the field, and send it to the mobile data computers of officers and other government officials, it will be an efficient way of getting that information's out to people looking for a child. >> not everyone is ready to embrace the new technology, coming up at 6:00 p.m., another peninsula city decides to pass on the upgrade. you'll hear why, that story ahead. >> developing news in san francisco one person is dead after his dingie crashed
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into a motorboat. a father and his son, his son was in his 20s they were on board the biggie,--the dingie the father was able to climb on top of his son was trapped underneath. not a recall of millions of pounds of ground turkey. the agriculture department says there recalling 36 million lbs. of ground turkey meat. it has been linked to a death in california at least 76 of the salmonella illness is. the problems date back to march, they had been reported in 26 states. a man was stabbed while jogging in san jose park last night. happened after the national night out of it. the police are looking for several men. they say this could be linked to the mexican gangs in this area. they say local gangs have changed their tactics. >> at any deposit--at any
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given time you will have a rush of gang violence. here they are congregating in all hanging out for hours on end in one specific location, maybe a park or apartment complex. we do not see that as much as we used to, but now we see four, or five gang members in a car, and they would drive from the city in different neighborhoods and you'll find gain members that are members of a certain game, but they do not live in the turf that they claim, it is very decentralized. you would get one gang at the will drop all the way across town and assault someone and that is that even where they live. so now we just see the predatory people driving around hunting for victims. >> at 6:00 p.m. we will hear how the san jose police are cracking down on gangs, and it has made the difference in the homicide rate. thousands of people turned out in open yesterday
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for the national night out. there were 559 block parties neighbors are getting a chance to know each other over food and music tradition began 28 years ago to strengthen the bond between residents and local government. this year the event coincided with the recent surge of violent crime in oakland. we now know the name of the man that the police say was involved in the canceled monday amber alert. 25 year- old eric walker that is his mug shot, he was arrested in connection with our armed robbery of al's barbershop. the police say a 16 year old boy they initially thought was kidnapped by the suspect he has limited that he was taking part in the crime. will tran reports from outside of the barbershop. >> we had a chance to talk with the barbershop owner he says he is heard in shock he considered the 16 year-old boy to be like his little brother. for eight hours on monday afternoon there was an amber alert for this 16 year-old boy. they were
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afraid that he was in danger and her, turned out he was never in danger. late last night he confessed to the antioch police department that he and a 23 year-old man were behind all this. they arrested the 23 year- old man, his name was eric walker also went to an antioch apartment and found that saw off shotgun that was used behind recovery in fake kidnapping. that is the very latest, reporting from antioch i am will tran with kron4 news. >> new steps have been taken to ease its ingestion on the golden gate bridge. but we are not talking about a car traffic. bicyclist and pedestrians have been talking of the problem and the problem has been getting worse. that is because the walkway that is normally open for a cyclist on weekends with shutdown in may because of construction. here is what is being done to help. >> it you can see the markers that have been painted on the side of the golden gate bridge, they have a symbol of an adult
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and child on one side a bicycle on the other and the dotted line divider in between to help control the chaos and confusion that has been happening out here between the bicyclist and pedestrians since as many as 16,000 people a day can crowd the walkway. the signs suggest that those on foot to stay on the side next to the railing since they are more likely to stop and take pictures or soak in the view thereby blocking traffic. the newly painted stripes and symbols will be found on eight areas on the eastern side and in between are the signs, the signs and stripes are advisory there is no risk of a ticket for someone crossing over to the wrong side. they will stay up even after the western side reopens in a couple of months. >> a live look outside this afternoon sunny skies, but a little breezy out there today, temperatures are a little bit cooler as well. 69 in oakland, getting down
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to the low 60s this evening. it will be breezy so definitely grab a sweater or jacket if you have dinner plans. 56 for the morning low tomorrow and back in the upper 60s for tomorrow afternoon. in a concurring conditions throughout the rest of the bay area. her still hot in any of 90 degrees there, 85 in livermore, 85--84 in concord. down in the south bay little bit cooler. i mentioned that it will be breezy this evening, look at fairfield, the wind is in the 20 mi. per hour. when these are all sustained winds, we see gust that are in a little stronger than this. now here's what you can expect for tomorrow. the fog will be an issue over the next couple of days. temperatures tomorrow will cool down to from 5 to 10 degrees depending on where you are will have details
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coming up. >> new at 5:00 p.m. it is stored drop on wall street and bad news about u.s. jobs, what this news means for you. also, a politician's career in to stop payments on social security during the debt debate. we will show you why checks were mailed out any way today. caught on tape, a young autistic boy left alone in the school bus four hours, the punishment that was handed down to the bus driver. a new home for the san francisco 49ers, we will show you the newly unveiled plans for the new stadium all ahead. sis, help me create my oasis. ok, romantic garden? oh, is there a castle nearby? no, but there's a charming farmhouse. right next to my posh castle! i'm sensing a theme here. well, i am the queen, dear sister. get your annual ikea catalog today.
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>> wall street barely missed a pretty grim milestone have a chart the initial rise and fall of the dow jones and a barely in the double the plus side at the end of the day after taking a deep plunge, if it had not made it above the line it with in the first time in more than 30 years that the average fell for nine straight days. here is
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why the markets and may be your 401k have been losing ground. customers have stopped shopping, the government has stopped spending now a new report reveals that employers have again started handing out pink slips. job layoffs reached a 16 month high of 60,000 last month, that is up 60% from june. this report cause a sudden and unexpected burst in downsizing. more concerning they have hit industries that have been relatively stable like computers, pharmaceutical and retailing. this week, cisco industries were--oscar has more than 11,000 jobs, her pfizer cut there's about 20,000 and borders books says they will close about 399 stores and that will put in more people out of work.
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friday the labor department releases its monthly jobs report they expected to say that the economy gained 90,000 jobs last month that is far short of the 250,000 jobs and needed to bring down the unemployment rate. the >> social security checks will not be delayed, august checks will be in the mail your bank account that is after the agreement was signed into law by the president yesterday a lot of people were concerned that their payments might be held up as law makers clashed over how to resolve the debt ceiling problem. the fact that they reached a deal means that no payment will be missed. roughly 28 million will be made today and the the 27 million going out later this month. despite u.s. lawmakers heading out on vacation for summer break, they say and faa deal could be resolved it has been shut down since congress said they will not fund the agency that was last month, this has put tens of thousands of people
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out of work. democrats have offered on the table congress can approve them, but republicans war recessions including 15, or $60 million to help rule airports. the president says that this is another false crisis created by republicans. >> the faa routinely gets its authorities extended through congress, it has happened 20 times since 2007 as her this time, congress has decided to place some politics with it, and as a consequence they left town without getting this extension done. >> the plan had furloughed more than 70,000 construction workers and that includes people working on the oakland airport also 4000 faa agents that oversees airline safety, the faa says that it will lose more than $1 billion because of the shutdown. the state of texas has arrested in the sexual assault case against
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or more in just, you are looking and hear prosecutors played an audio tape of him having sex with a 12 year- old bride car he is representing himself, he fired his attorneys last week the leader of the fundamentalist church of jesus christ of latter-day saints. the two charges against him stem from a 2008 raid on a branch that was operated by his church. the judge ordered casey anthony back to florida from probation has stepped down from the case. monday he signed document saying that if he has to serve one year of supervised probation for check fraud. chief a judge belden perry that presided over the destiny murder trial will take over. the courses that she need to report back to orlando by tomorrow to me with a probation officer since her release from prison in mid july she has been out of the public eye, people do not know where she is, rumors have placed all of the world her attorneys are fighting
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this order for her to return saying that it will put her in great danger. >> a live look outside over downtown san francisco, the fog rolling back in over the city. we will also see drizzling with that. and with the dense fog and the cool marina here pushing in, temperatures will drop about 5 to 10 degrees tomorrow. we will keep this pattern going into next week. a look at our current satellite picture of the fog is hugging the san mateo coastline. there are a few breaks, but this will fill in during the evening hours and it will spill into the bayshores. take a look at our fog tracker. it is in parts of the north bay in the inland valleys overnight. it will be slow to push back tomorrow morning. it will hug the
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coast line all day again tomorrow, no sun breaks expected, not even along the north bay coastline. take a look at the temperatures over the next few days. it will be a lot cooler, below average temperatures all the way into next week. 66 degrees tomorrow in oakland, and into the weekend on saturday, san jose low '70s to are the getting back into the upper '70's friday and saturday. livermore at 75 degrees, 82 on saturday and still well below average for this time of year. now let us get it looked at temperatures around the bay area for tomorrow. '70s and '80s for our south bay locations. >> up into the inland valleys it will be fairly comfortable out there tomorrow, not a typical summer weather at all temperatures mainly in the '70s, 78 concord, 75 livermore. 82 in antioch and are east bayshores are in
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the '60s, 66 oakland, 67 castro valley. for our peninsula locations, temperatures in the upper 60s and low '70s along the coastline. cooling down just 70 degrees. thanks to the fog in the afternoon. now look to the kron4 seven day around the bay forecasts, cool weather on tap for tomorrow and friday into the weekend. we get dense fog and drizzle that in our forecast. not a lot of changes as we head into next week. >> and kimberlee sakamoto here with today's edition of take it is. take a look at the surveillance video in florida on the right side of your screen inside of the highlighted circle that is a six year-old autistic boy sitting on an empty bus, strapped to his seat he cannot go anywhere they say he sat in that bus depot
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parking lot for several hours alone. there is an aide that walked on and off the bus and did not even notice the boyd family has hired an attorney and decided to sue for negligence. this is a man that is being called the second avenue sinatra, he is working on a new subway line in new york but for the past few weeks he has devoted his entire 30 minute lunch break to singing, he says it is all to give nearby residents a the release of it from a constant sound of and jackhammers and at the utility work. minute the he is talented and should try out for american idol. now take a look of this, what if instead of being told, or be a ticket your car was crushed by a tank, and this city has a problem with luxury cars parking illegally and bike lanes, the mayor set up a demonstration where an armored tank ran over the mercedes-benz to crush it. it was just a demonstration
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and not someone's actual car, but the mayor said that this is something that will happen if you park illegally there from now on. for now take a look at the band serenading a whale. after a waiting game, the band took the time to sing a song for this well. of the tank was opened at the top, this town probably traveled through the water and that would explain why the well is like nodding to the song. hong >> traffic is moving fine in both directions on the golden gate bridge. now traffic is flowing well in both directions here as well stay with us, more news is coming up. !
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victim was making a deposit in carrying thousands of dollars in receipts. they say that he is a former mcdonnell employees. restaurant and cafe goers in san francisco may soon see more live music. there is a proposed measure it cuts the costs for businesses to get entertainment permit. the supervisor that introduced the bill says that 700 locations are eligible, the permits would cost the business about $385 instead of thousands of dollars. supervisors are expected to grant final approval later this month. from his comfortable
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>> at 530 p in we are getting our first real look at the proposed a new stadium in santa clara, this stadium has a wide open design. there it is, almost two-thirds of the seating will be in the lower part, that will pull more fans closer to the action. oracle designer of describes this project as the next generation of sports facilities. it is designed to host a range of events with a lot of parking and easy access to public transit. >> we have the number of suites that have been stacked on the left side of the stadium it is called a c shaped seating mold and by eliminating this suite level but within the old section
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we are able to lower the upper deck seating and that will allow us to have the majority of our fans closer to the field than the other stadiums that are out there it is a community based building we have retell and stores all at the base of the building that can be utilized all year round. we are one block away from the convention center into great hotels, we're close to mass transit. if you want to have a wedding reception, or a portion of your convention within the stadium club space, that is a possibility we continue to look for ways to make this day and all about santa clara and this portion of california so others can use this stadium not just for football, but for soccer, you name it can be accommodated within the stadium. >> the 49ers plan on having their ready for the 2015 season. in the meantime the san francisco giants are in a tight race for first place. bear in a series
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against the diamondbacks right now vern glenn has the story. >> the arizona diamondbacks leave san francisco as they arrive. >> it was good for us to be able to go out there and win this one, you know, we need to continue to find a way to play like the way we did today. >> the giants pitcher did allow a run, but as the lowest era in the majors and this trend showed. carl--it certainly showed. >> they say their current nine and one for the year. police have found $100,000 worth of marijuana plants in
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a gilroy house. the firefighters spotted the marijuana, two women in a man the mug shot was taken into custody, investigators said that more than 40 plants were found along with guns and drug paraphernalia the police say the men is in custody after a to restore robbery to a violent turn, the san jose police said that monday, one and carried a knife into the goma is jewelry store they say that he attacked the clerk, stabbed him, rob him and stole his car, officers were able to track down the suspect they got a tip. a man accused of crashing into for bicyclist with an issue of e in june has been ordered to stand trial, for the san francisco police say that david clarke appeared to target the writers--
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riders all four of the writers did survive. now jury deliberations begin for this woman, accused of having sex with a troubled teenager prosecutors say that the 48 year-old sarah cole had six to one per sons a 16 year old friends. the lawyers say that the boy and cold, nothing happened that she only welcome him into her home, if convicted she faces four years in prison and will be required to register as a sex offender. >> a live look outside this afternoon, the fog is rolling in, it looks like you'll be a big story over the next couple of days. it will cool down and right now the inland valleys are still on the warmer side. the temperatures will drop about 5 to 10 degrees tomorrow afternoon, 66 oakland, 63 san francisco, 74 san jose,
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77 los gatos. temperatures are down from what we saw yesterday, a degrees cooler in livermore, for degrees cooler in oakland, and to the cooling trend will continue into tomorrow. as a matter of fact we will have cooler temperatures all the way into next week. temperatures well below average for this time of year. concord for tomorrow is 78 degrees that is 12 degrees below average. livermore as well only 75 dammar, we will take a look did the cooler temperatures neighborhood by neighborhood in just a little bit. >> is been miserably hot more than 100 degrees in the dallas area for more than one month now. other states from arizona to north carolina are struggling with record high temperatures also brought warnings, dozens of deaths in the midwest have been blamed on the heat, in the reports
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from washington. >> a hot day in august would not be news unless it is it is hot this long. this will be the 33rd day that dallas and topped 100 degrees. >> this is a fluctuating lake, we know that happens, we wish that it would not. and >> this lake has had 3 in. of rain this year, they say if it is no major rainfall the lakewood run dry early next year. we're with the nearby town gets water? 18 percent of states are an extreme or exceptional drought conditions. in oklahoma city were schools started earlier this year, some--summer vacation is on but it is too hot for recess. memphis is expecting 104, in her there are heat
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advisory's in 17 states, and where the heat has rolled out, storms have rolled in. north branch minnesota is cleaning up from two rounds of storms in two days. one unexpected result, this discovery from dropping lake, it is a piece of the space shuttle columbia that broke apart in 2003. um noticed and submerged until the water disappeared in this record-setting heat. in washington i and italy. >> and world news, hungry or thirsty and dying somalis are walking thousands of miles to try and get to relief camps, the country is struggling with severe drought and family conditions. they have not declared a san in three more regions in somalia, you in officials say that somalia needs immediate and a conservative response, relief efforts have been hindered. it forms really
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egyptian president is denying the charges brought against him today. >> i deny all of these charges completely. >> he has been in ill health, he has been in the cage for security reasons he defied the charges in court. he and his two sons are on trial, there are accused of corruption and charged with the death car of protesters in february. he led for 29 years before his regime was toppled earlier this year. they say this might be a-- this might signal the beginning of democracy in the region. >> every dictator is watching in pool fear thinking they could be next. how and others are thinking while, we wish it could put our tyrants on trial.
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>> he could face the death penalty if found guilty. and syrian authorities and partying and blamed the council adopted a statement that cracks down on the president. now there is some new information on the takedown of osama bin laden. this is information of a recreations of what is believed to have been happened. based on an article in the new yorker magazine coming out, navy seals they say fought their way through the modern compound back in may. they spotted him, and once they reach the third floor, that is when two of osama bin laden wives put themselves between the navy seal and enlighten. one of the still shot one of the wives and a leg, the other theory that
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they might have been strapped with explosive, that is when a second navy still entered the room and shot osama bin laden in the chest and head killing him, is ended a nearly decade- long search behind the men sought for the man behind the 9/11 her attacks. >> this just in a richmond man has died from shootings. it was the 400 block of florida avenue right about there. police said they have no suspects this is the third murder in richmond this week, the 24 homicides so far this year. richmond had 21 in all of last year. that is the very latest. >> other banks, we are looking at the bay bridge toll plaza there is not much traffic to tell you about, it looks great and very open.
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>> the 14th annual pooch car rate is happening in charles clifford is standing by. you not even have to talk, to show what the dogs. >> right now you are looking at a live picture from downtown pleasanton, this is the registration area for the parade that kicks off its 7:00 p.m.. but as you can see we have dozens of dogs that have showed up, organizers are expecting about 250 in all. there are contest that people can enter their dogs in. now this is a fund
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raiser, they take care of training young guide dogs. the money from entry fees and raffles goes towards caring for the dogs. if you are in and around a pleasanton area and you want to see the parade starts at 7:00 p.m. and goes about five blocks down main street. if you can't make it, don't worry we will have more coming up at 8:00 p.m. later tonight. and >> thank you, we will look for to that. >> we are near the san mateo coastline, fog will be a big story heading to the next several days. the fog is spilling into our inland valleys, the delta and parts
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of the north bay and the bayshores. as we can out tomorrow we will see the fog, but scale back out to the peninsula and the coastline once again come up and down the coastline, the fog will stay into tomorrow afternoon, temperatures will be cooler into the afternoon, morning temperatures are pretty mouth, in the upper 50s and some low sixties already by a.m. in the morning. by noon, temperatures are slower to warm up because we will see them every year influencing the inland valley. by 3:00 p.m., temperatures about five degrees to 10 degrees cooler than what we saw today. 80 in fairfield and '70s down the peninsula and 74 in san jose. take a look throughout the bay area where we are expecting. the 80 los gatos, 82 morgan hill, '60s and '70s for the bayshore. cooling down a few degrees along the coastline. 63 half moon bay the cool down, the inland valley. 82 antioch,
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concord as 78 degrees, 80 in fairfield '70s and '80s for the north bay, 645 to 6166 in richmond. a look at the kron47 they're around the bay forecast. cooler weather and it will last through the weekend and into next week we will see it drizzling closer to the coastline. this pattern will stick with a--us. >> here is stanley roberts who found some people behaving badly. it >> up when fire police or paramedics are responding to an emergency, the drivers are required by law to pull over to the right. watch what happens in the san francisco of far department approaches the driver's head, many of them over to the left now watch what happens. with a tour bus on
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the left in the van on the right rear took for what seems like an eternity. then, when the tour bus finally moves, instead of staying in one place, it actually keeps moving forward. this is a common problem that many bay area cities and towns have, people not properly yielding to the emergency vehicles. on a recent unofficial survey that i conducted on facebook i asked a simple question when an emergency vehicle approaches, what should do 99 percent of the people the respondents said you should pull over to the rights of the emergency vehicle can pass. now watch the screen car, the driver is making an illegal u-turn while the other driver just sits there, so again, more delays. while some drivers get out of the way by pulling over to the right, many do not like these who rushed to turn left to beat the light. sometimes, it is drivers tested in the middle of the road and they can cause a problem. often, the
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emergency response vehicles are forced to drive into oncoming traffic because the drivers refuse to pull over. of course, the pedestrian often being in such a rush will dart out in from the emergency vehicle rather than wait for more and more second. i wish i could say i have seen tickets being held out for these examples but many times that is not the case. maybe i will do a segment on police writing tickets to drivers and pedestrians not yielding to the emergency vehicles in san francisco i'm stand there roberts with kron4 news. >> time for a quick check on traffic. you can see that traffic is moving slowly in both directions right now. as a us look at san jose near the guadalupe over past stay with us, more news after the break.
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>> now at 6:00 p.m. muni drivers that are not licensed to drive. -how they're still getting benefits of but not doing work and you pay for it. while millions of ground turkey is being pulled off store shelves. congress being sent home. and new details about when we could see the next ipad. [music] >> unlicensed and muni drivers will soon be cut off of each year the agency spends an average of $12,000
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per operator for health benefits and dozens of employees are taking advantage of those benefits they are unlicensed drivers and yes, you pay for it. right now 48 muni operators do not have valid licenses, two of them have been without since 2008. how eight drivers have been unlicensed since 2009, since 2010, the score number is 13 operators this kid 25 have gone unlicensed. of the aquino tells us that muni is ready to send them packing. and >> this has been a problem for years now, what we are able to do now that the contracts are in place is to do something about it. >> 48 operators or face termination needed to lead their operation expire have their licenses suspended due to the u.s. i off o'clock or because of medical reasons. how muni drivers must pass a health checker once every
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two years. while they are not currently driving the muni buses on the street for san francisco technically they're still employees receiving health benefits and you pay for it. and >> they're listed as operators did not receive a paycheck but they do receive benefit summer her so we're trying to do with their there for a certain amount time you want to separate them from us. because we would rather have them operate a bus if they are able to. concord >> the agency says that they will fire operators that fail to make a commercial license is correct. reports of >> san jose police said that they're cracking down on gang violence, they said that is why there have been no homicides there over the past seven weeks. they say that residents are doing their part to help for example painting over the gang tags, like the ones that were on the senses. the sergeant says that the gain in forcemeat is really doing its job. >> their focus will be 100% gain in force in all the time that they're on duty.
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since we have done that in early do we have not experienced any gang homicides in the city of san jose in june 14th was our last homicide. >> we had 10 homicides in the month of january everyone key in on that by the time that to the halfway point in the year we're looking at 28 homicides and now it is not something that we can explain. we have to know where they're hanging out, where most of the crimes are being committed. we have crime and mapping sector--capabilities we can see where the crime is happening and we will deploy our resources in those areas. it is community policing as well. finally, the enforcement partly adjusting out to the neighborhoods and if you see someone that you believe it's a gang member, if you have a lawful reason to stop them they're stopping them and if they do not, there is nothing that stops the
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officer from asking them to talk on the consentual basis. >> of rock police say that they will continue to shift resources from other units how to keep the game and force the unit on the street. or text messaging while driving has caused a fatal consequences but for some people texting could save a life. her how next year, this center along with those in mountain view will undergo a virtual consolidation so that dispatchers can read a text messages sent in by those in trouble. charlie says it is time for public safety to catch up with the private sector especially with so many people canceling land lines and switching their cellphone only. but jamie young says it is too soon for them to make is a suite.
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>> a number of agencies that are willing to be the prototype for this type technology, our center, as we run about a quarter million calls per year, that is a heavy responsibility i think we will learn from others and hold off for a while. we definitely are a winner of all the mediums, the social media and the technology. we'd just have to, we will adapt we does want to learn from others first and be able to make sure that once we enter text message or have to look at a video, are dispatchers are not distracted is always being able to be accurate and we just want to make sure that we are doing the right thing. >> she said the san mateo county just
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>> charges against deshon marmen were never filed but his mother still wants an apology she along with the naacp have turned been nearly 40,000 petitions and calling for the airline to apologize for what some say is a racial profiling. >> which is one thing and that is for u.s. airways to stand accountable for their wrongdoings and apologize for what they have done. the stereotyping and the targeting against my son for his dreads, his color, and
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his clothing. >> discrimination will not flies, criminalize asian and will not fly, and the profiling of =---in order to discrimination will not fly, criminalize nation will not live, we want equal justice for all. >> u.s. airways is a that the petitions but they will not give any other comment. now december 2nd of last year, you are looking at the suspect picture, the victim and his four year-old brother were alone in their parents' bedroom when they found a father's gun, they began to play with it, the father is good to be arraigned on august 22nd. [music] >> a live look outside this afternoon from the bay
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bridge toll plaza. the fog is going to be a big story as an end to the next several days. it will keep the schools throughout the bay area right now temperatures in the inland valleys are still in the '80s but tomorrow they will struggle to get into the upper '70's. 85 antioch, 83 concord. 73 now you, 74 in san jose. breezy conditions this afternoon as well. not this will continue into the evening hours and as we head into tomorrow, the fog is spilling into the bayshores or temperatures dropping five or 10 degrees air tomorrow. i will have the tilsit your extended forecast coming up and will be back after this. okay, kids, we can record one more show.
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>> that as church--that agriculture department says that ground turkey has been recalls. the problems date back to march, they have been reported in 26 states, government officials said that eating contaminated ground turkey is safe to eat that is if it is cooked to 165 degrees and if it's handled properly before cooking. unemployment rose last month. the bay area saw more people out of work. the unemployment rate covering san francisco, opened in fremont that goes from 9.324 percent last month. in the san jose sunnyvale sent a clear raring, unemployment rose from 9.9% in may to
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11.3% in june. and >> attorney general revealed dozens of child pornography arrested in connection with an online site known as dream boy. >> of private members of an on-line bulletin board that was created and operated to promote pedophilia, and to encourage the sexual abuse of very hot young children. all >> several people have been arrested, including a high school football coach and it police chiefs. >> this group of that we are indicting was a sophisticated online community that supported the sexual abuse of children under 12 including infants. are they say dreamboat members had to close their own pornographic members to gain access to the site, the children cannot be more than 12 years old and they had to be visibly distressed.
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>> of that debate is over but they have left some business unfinished the civilian not funding the faa. a resident now is home to >> members of congress may be taking off to their home states but will they have left for thousands of the workers on furlough for the next five weeks. >> this is a lose lose situation that could be easily solved if congress gets back and how does its job. now and >> 70,000 construction workers also jobless after it projects have been stopped, the faa says that it is losing $25 million per day in tax money from the airlines. >> we do not want the agency worried about paychecks, we want them worry about missions. >> the faa has not had a new contract since 2007 but congress has extended funding 20 times. they added a provision that will cut
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services for airports and three-time merely a democratic states including this nevada of the status of democratic leader harry reid. >> someone has to say no to wasteful spending, no to subsidies of $3,070 per ticket. and >> of new labor for vision that may encourage will workers. >> we are horribly disappointed a lot of us are struggling to find ways to pay the bills. >> by the time congress returns five weeks from now, the faa with a loss $1.2 billion in airline tax revenue. here >> bay area wide construction workers and as a employees also feeling the impact of the congressional inaction. dan kerman has that part of the story. quebec can >> congress' failure to
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fund the faa has led to the furlough of a dozen faa workers in the bay area and has put a stop to a number of airports related construction projects including the new control tower at oakland airports that story is coming up tonight on kron4 news at 8. for >> now to a long time south bay fight over land. we are talking about a relatively small piece of land and foreign-owned as north work right here on the big board i will fly you in for a closer look. the land is largely residential is is east of highway 17 and rob fladeboe reports, this much discussed neighborhood and will soon be a part of the city of campbell. >> and home this is actually on county owned land, and years after years of the break--years of
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debate, they're clearing the way for campbell to acquire the property. >> we are not really san jose we were not really campbell, we are unincorporated san mateo counties with the campbell address. residents say they have always identified more with small tom campbell- small-town candling rather than san jose. >> campbell is a small town have the police closed by and fire close by. >> of it is the difference between living in a small town and with what it has to offer. >> they also they have improvement in the air quality values in did not take long for the neighbors to react thank you signs reading that we are campbell pop up overnight. will all that is left is for the campbell city council to
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sign off on the deal and that is all left up to next week. >> a live look outside for our roof camera, the fog is moving in and into oakland. a look to the current satellite pictures cannot get a look at fog tracker for tomorrow morning, the fog is pushing into the bayshores, the inland valleys, the delta and the north bay. a little bit slower to scale back as well. oakland and hayward still fall be in the 10:00 hour the same with the peninsula and the coastline, the son will not come out tomorrow. we will see fog along the coastline for quite some time well below average for this time of year, 66 oakland, tomorrow 68 on friday and saturday san jose low '70s mark, upper '70's friday and into
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saturday again, below average for this time of year. livermore 75 to mark, 80 on friday and 82 on saturday. a look at temperatures we will get to 80 los gatos, 82 morgan hill, 75 in milpitas. much more comfortable for the inland valleys. 78 in pleasanton, 75 livermore, 60 for the most part for the east bayshores. 71 in fremont. '60s and '70s for the peninsula and low sixties for the coastline because of the fog. it is not been clear tomorrow for the rest of the week. '70s and '80s tomorrow afternoon, 65 in mill valley and into kron47 they're around the bay forecast. cooler weather on
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tap into the weekend of dense fog and drizzle towards the coastline as we head into next week not much change. we will see this pattern go through the extended forecast they with us we will be back after this. [ male announcer ] you never know when, but thieves can steal your identity, turning your life upside down in a matter of seconds. hi. hi, you know, i can save you 15% today if you open up a charge card account with us. you just read my mind. [ male announcer ] just one little piece of information, and they can open bogus accounts, stealing your credit, your money, and ruining your reputation. that's why you need lifelock. lifelock is the leader in identity theft protection. relentlessly protecting your personal information to help stop the crooks in their tracks before your identity is attacked. protecting your social security number, your bank accounts, even the equity in your home. i didn't know how serious identity theft was
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>> research in motion developed its new lineup. all have touchscreens, the new devices were expected earlier this year, but they were delayed and that really weighed heavy on stock prices which is currently at its lowest level since 2006. it will run on a new version of the operating system which they say runs much faster, at&t says that the first model will launch this month, the others later this year. rumors about the ipad 3 are ramping up, a story in the economic news and decided they estimate the apple new tablet device could be released as early as this thanksgiving or next year. it is expected to become thinner than the current model with a better
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displayed. fun news for star wars fans, the next time you hop in your car you can get turn by turn directions from dart's evader. >> proceeds as indicated in not make me destroy you. >> of as you heard, the voice navigation is now available as a premium downloads. both downloads will come with a background images as well, stay with us, the news as 6:30 p.m. coming up next.
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licenses, now a new labor contract will allow the agency to terminate employment for anyone that does not have the required class the license. a muni spokesman says there was are to let go of their unlicensed drivers in the next few weeks. and san francisco i'm aubrey aquino's kron4 news. >> in california news, on wednesday officials held a community meeting that you see here on sacramental. this comes just one day after the jaycee dugard report was released official discuss what part of the parole system needs to be fixed so that what happened to jaycee dugard does not happen again. you may remember that she was kidnapped and 1991 by philip garrido, at the time he was a convicted kidnapper and rapists and she was not discovered until 2009, after years being held captive in been raped. at 8:00 p.m. i will show you what changes have already been made to the parole system and what could still be a major problem in cases like this. for now, reporting in the studio i'm j.r. stone with kron4 news.
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>> officials at the san jose police department's said that there have been zero homicide since the middle of june, but the credit the department of game enforcement for the reduction in violent crime, san jose police said that 14 of the 26 homicides are directly connected to a gang activity, in response, resources have been shifted from the narcotics unit to the gang enforcer unit and officials say that so far it appears to be working. >> and santa clara, the 49ers have unveiled a new regime model of the stadium project being planned for a site near great america. the $987 million stadium is being designed to host a wide range of events. a key component to the new stadium will be taking advantage of thousands of existing parking spaces in the area as well as easy access for public transportation. the
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new niners stadium is slated for completion by 2015. >> on the golden gate bridge, new signs and painted lines have been put down on the eastern walk away to help keep a bike riders and pedestrians from getting in each other's way. things have i as a crowd on the already popular path since the western walkway has been temporarily closed off four contruction the signs are only advisory, there are no risk of tickets for those that cross over on to the wrong side. >> another big story, if you were in an emergency situation and wanted to use your cellphone to send text messages to 911, chances are the dispatcher will not be able to compete text message that is because most systems cannot read a text messages but intel allowed to the plan on upgrading their entire system in the next few months. but city officials say that it will cost a lot of money but with so many people using cell phones they say it is vital in order to serve the public
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wil >> and the bay area a couple of dozen employees have been furloughed because congress did not fund the faa. it also has led to a stop on construction and here at airports. >> and pleasanton it is time for the 14th annual first pooch and courageous. the event is a fund raiser for the guide dog puppy raisers they care for and trained guide dogs. if you're in and around pleasanton and want to check it out the parade starts at 7:00 p.m. we will have more coming up but for now i'm charles clifford with kron4 news. >> in san francisco here's another reason to pay attention to the fine print on your phone bill, take a look of the at&t deal for example there is a charge for $12.95 a what does that
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mean where does it come from? it is from a company not associated with at&t or it is called rocket services. what the total is a customer can sign up for their service and click on in an on-line or fill out a survey but at&t says it the customer did not authorize the charges they will take them off the bill. >> it is clouding up, we see low clouds in the bayshores at this hour, as we head into tomorrow, dense fog and drizzle of a closer to the coastline to the troubles they mild overnight because of the cloud coverage. at the 4:00 p.m. hour, sea breezes and
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dropping temperatures about five degrees to 10 degrees tomorrow. called all way to the inland valleys, the delta and the bayshores, this is the 7:00 p.m. hour. we will hit it no matter where you look small. hamas it will stick along the coastline tomorrow afternoon and we will see foggy conditions along the coastline for quite some time. '60s and '70s for the bayshores. 80 los gatos, upper '70's in the inland valleys, 80 fairfield '70s and '80s also for our north bay location where not a lot of changes to the extended forecast, foggy and cool. and >> here is stanley roberts and found some people behaving badly. >> where are your recording this? excuse me, but i do not care to have it on channel 4. our please go
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away. >> this woman does that two tickets for $935 each. tickets that were handed out just outside of at&t park in san francisco and i can tell you, these were not for the premium seats. >> it tonight at 8:00 p.m. i will show you that the tickets and why in the next edition of people behaving badly. >> if you'd like to go to next weekend's music festival in san francisco but do not have the cash, we have you covered we have teamed up to a giveaway to vip packages the vip packages are going for about $450 each, check out how you can enter. it is taking place on the kron4 facebook fan page go there and look to the left-hand side of a page, under the profile you will find this little puppy and once you
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>> the annual music festival returning to grant park sold out for all three days. 90,000 fans at day are expected. this is a traveling show with nine underground act. a big honor for oprah winfrey and she will get the humanitarian award for charity work and jones is getting an honorary oscar for his very successful movie career he has been in more than 44--50
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movies. concertgoers and sports fans will soon be able to get their tickets at wal-mart it has paired up with ticketmaster they plan on installing touch screen kiosks in stores, eventually you can choose any event, the store employees helps you to choose and they expected to be available by august 15th. arnold schwarzenegger a childhood home in austria is now a museum. his open over the weekend marking the 61st birthday of the california governor of the museum will feature all kinds of things like exercise equipment, that is the original sward from conan the barbarian if arnold schwarzenegger is expected to visit the museum this hall. the first film that alfred hitchcock has ever worked on has been found. it is said to be the first half of the 1923 movie called the white shadow. he is credited as a writer, that movie is found in new zealand, it will be restored
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nothing in the fourth, orlando has the majority of time at shortstop making a nice flip. now they think this guy is a good player, he is and all of the place for the last nine years. hoping that he can get things going, the giants to win eight to one. they snap a five game losing streak. vern glenn was at the ballpark. >> the arizona diamondbacks and leave san francisco as their rise. here the most they have scored all year in 53 home games, seven came from the new guys. >> it was good for us to give to go out there and win this one. you know, we need to a find a way to play like the way we did today. >> the giants' catcher had
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six innings he allowed a run, but it had built lowest era in the majors. it is certainly showed. he is in the discussion by himself for comeback player of the year. how else >> the philadelphia phillies the best record in all of baseball. sure charlie on the hill, and john shot and killed guns dallas. since he appeared in the all-star game not so hot. land and power and make a nice play, but the mariners will sweep a easel 7 to 4, oakland now sees it is pitching again,--steven
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is pitching again he will make his first appearance on sunday he had the tommy john surgery last september 92 strikeouts through before hurting his arm, that is good news. baseball needs a good drawing card, he will certainly fit the bill if he can get healthy. her alex rodriguez, who participated in 2009 reported illegal poker game. according to the morning star magazine always credible, i remember rodriguez played two games at a beverly hills mansion in 2009 where cocaine was used during a high-stakes game. russian students here is a rod was available during these games, the commissioner says he could face a possible suspension for a they say that a rod is not a drug user, at the worse he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. we
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>> the college and world series and their years, he has been rewarded with a new agreement that is said to be worth five years. when we return, all of this free agent money is rolling around but what are the 49ers doing? does anyone want to come here? they have a guy that supposedly did it today you know, cut a lot of baggage, but a lot of talent. now look he'll sue in from italy. >> i am interested. hear, >> i am jealous of him. he just came to italy. >> art knows everything except who has been fired recently. as we will get to
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>> you are having a family vacation. >> yes, every year i do the wimbledon british open, and i said we were over there so we might as well enjoy europe. who >> we had a little wine tasting for all. >> a look at art. and i went to santa rosa to visit my mom about a month ago. it was great. >> and today i was at the giants' game. >> why can't the 49ers are readers get a big-name free agent. it you do not deal
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winning teams on free agency. >> you not, but filling the gaps. a big free agent they got was jim, that is where they start. the raiders, well, you lose our these teams in such disarray, that agents and players alike say i just do not want play for that organization? >> i do not know about that i think that the 49ers can be a good organization the raiders had an aide in 8 record last year and now it seems like they're going backwards. >> now frankly, what happened there? >> money. everyone wants more money their egos are heard, you know this. it is like we did not win, ok you are not worth that much. is really funny, the raiders
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will go after her he was a great player, you mentioned baggage. but the new york jets are willing to let him go, they obviously have plaxico buress, but i guess they are worrying because yes trials coming in everything. the >> but he is a big play guy. this guy can open the field if they like, we will see what happened. are you a hard ball fan? now some say it you had andrew bloch, that is number one and #two he could bully at the college level where the pro athletes are pretty different? >> he has won everywhere he is gone. maybe high-school
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can win without a quarterback. but he was a quarterback himself >> what is his record this year? i was a six and tin. >> i would say seven and nine. i think with a look, 8 and 8. in them to >> now you jackson is enthusiastic. we have seen in the raiders' coaches coming here in the enthusiasm be out of them. what do you think? >> the same high school i went to, dorsey in l.a.. >> you have to ignore al davis and just coach and go along with the system but can chasing campbell do the job? do they have any new receivers? they have a couple of running backs. they have not been a good team for about seven, or a eight years.
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>> what is their record >> i would set a slip a little bit. now will we ever see glimpses of the greatness? >> we saw glimpses, that is the problem he cannot put four rounds together. this is the start he has not been healthy he has not played a tournament in three months, yes changed her caddy, that is no big deal everyone goes through different case. but this is an important tournament, can he put it together? as someone said what do people think there? what he said i don't care what people think so, he is ... >> i did not mean to interrupt you, but you think the way that he was living before mating with the wildlife and everything he made make him play well? it >> it could be. or maybe it is catching up with him now.
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