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get our own safely. we really want her to be home safe. >>pam: we will continue to follow the search scanned to bring you updates as are warranted. in other news, san francisco share of ross mirkirimi will be on probation. the list sentenced today after pleading guilty to misdemeanor false imprisonment. the conviction stems from an argument with his wife on the year's leaf which she claims left her bruised. this feature will confirm video vending reported. ross mirkirimi does get credit for time served in his one day sentence also includes three years probation and one year of domestic violence intervention glasses and a over former dollar fine and 100 hours of community service here sees this year made an emotional apology is is that much more like casper office december 31st, there are no excuses and i accept full responsibility. miss it is through my shame
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in the ordeal that i caused, not being able to see my wife, to only see my wife -- to only see my son for an average of two hours a day in the public reminder that i am not the person that i thought i was. this fan i have started council links to address my in error and an inner issues. read it with my family. why cannot tell you how much i miss her mind. my son is the light of my life. he is into the three years alone.
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>>pam: mirkirimi will not be able to see his wife and will continue to have limited contact with his child until the protection order is lifted. also cannot carry a firearm fifth and so he begins his court-ordered have insolent. house -- until he begins his court-ordered counseling. take a look at this level of orders, when the share became a media magnate at the police announced they were investigating domestic violence allegations against him. there has been some criticism that this case with politically motivated. as terisa estacio reports, the district attorney says the only reason to pursue the matter was to seek justice. >> >> at george gascoigne made it very clear during this
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news conference that he was motivated to prosecute ross mirkirimi for one reason only. >> my duty to the city and county is to of all law regardless of who violates it. i have to be able call balls and strikes without political motivation. >> mirkirimi at least agreed to plead guilty to false imprisonment. >> domestic violence was a part of what was present. we elected not to charge that initially, it is not that it was not there. this is really that we often take in similar cases. >> as far as what happens now for mirkirimi.
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>> we have afforded him an opportunity to redeem himself and his family and his community. i hope they will wholeheartedly embraced him changing its ways. cost >>pam: the district attorney says he is pleased, a domestic violence activists tells us she is not. beverly of said hikes colleagues mirkirimi must go. hi oho oranges exhalation he >> the mayor has a very good
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heart and indeed should get of his courage rolling to remove mirkirimi from office. >> when you consider stepping down if the mayor asked you do? >> i'm going to speak with a mere first. >>pam: the meeting last for about 20 minutes. the mayor says he will not discuss what happened in the meeting today but he will have more to say on the matter tomorrow. the mayor still has to decide what mercury news feature will be with the city. we will continue to cover the story and have any updates from the mayor's office. kron >>jaqueline: here's a look at current temperatures. it has been fairly cool.
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temperatures in the fifties from the bay area. fifties around the bay. as we take you outside on satellite, increasing cloud cover this afternoon. the clouds will continue to increase into the overnight hours. here is a live from the bay bridge toll plaza. and little bit of cloud cover and mostly sunny skies. a few showers for tomorrow morning mainly in the north bay. a chance of showers continues into in the noon hour. we will see another chance of rain tomorrow morning and again into wednesday. we will be back after this.
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>> the 49ers will not get peyton manning as their quarterback. peyton manning announced today he was signing with the denver broncos. the 49ers were one of a couple of teams that peyton manning was considering. now, the future of the quarterback position in san francisco appears to be up in the year as alex smith met with the dolphins. >>vern: rain manning is going to bring his talents to the bay area, a late next season against their raiders and broncos uniform. cahow
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>>pam: and the u.s. soldier accused of killing more than a dozen afghan civilians half will be charged today, his lawyer says it was a very emotional meeting, he says his client does not remember everything, but that he suffered a dramatic brain injuries. his attorney confirmed that two days before the murder another soldier had his leg blown off. a new study says a lot of u.s. teenagers have been using synthetic marijuana products. synthetic marijuana is a legal product in the whole
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>>pam: a woman kidnapped and sexually assaulted at gunpoint moments after she got off of a bart train. police say the assault happened on broadway just a few blocks from oakland city hall. haaziq madyun tells uses' >>haaziq: that the sexual assault happened here saturday night around 1:00 a.m. after a 25 year-old woman took the last bart train to this location expecting to meet friends. she decided to walk to a bus stop and that is one oakland police say she was approached by two men. >> the two suspects, one was armed with a gun. they grabbed her and forced her to walk to another location.
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they sexually assaulting her at gunpoint. >> the two suspects were described as african- american males. the suspect holding a gun was wearing a black to be with dark jeans and spoke with a deep voice. >> we're treating them as armed and dangerous. >> in oakland, two men were convicted of a string of home invasion robberies. police say the man it terrorize oakland residents over an eight month period of time committing 12 home invasion robberies targeting asian immigrants. it will be sentenced in may and both are expected to get life in prison. >>pam: x see coming is more difficult to go to college.
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that means only eight of its 20 defenses will be excepting used inferior if a spokesperson for the chancellor's office says they need to >> you can increase revenue or cut spending. one thing or the other has to give. coming up tonight you will hear from students who say their options for college are now even more limited.
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>> last week snow or storm dropped several feet of snow. here is look at the map so i can show you where these things a snowbomb order was will injured by an avalanche and on sunday a man was a scheme to the north of kirkwood and he fell into a deep hole in the snow that was created by water falling underneath this note. he was eventually pronounced dead at the scene by emergency responders. on sunday is no order at the time of the mountain resort fell headfirst into a large, deep pile of snow and was unable to climb out of that all off. he was also declared dead on the scene by emergency
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>> we will do everything we can to stop this crime >> the school director who saw his daughter shot and killed. a teacher and his two young children are also dead. the youngest victim was 3 years old. >> we think about the family who is hurting him to the mother who has lost her children. she also lost her husband. >> the community is on edge while the gunman remains at large. this is the third attack by gunmen on a motorcycle. there is not a concern that ethnic minorities are being targeted.
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>> investigators say that one of the guns used in the school shooting is the same weapon used in the earlier killings. as a precaution, jewish organizations are increasing security. >>catherine: the next big primary happenstance illinois tomorrow. mitt romney got 80 percent of the vote and pr. while campaigning in illinois, he could not resist joking. santorum is also making a final push in illinois and firing back at the front runner after romani refer to him as an economic light weight.
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we will also have more on the pink slime controversy. >>pam: at 6:00 p.m., a 15 year-old girl has been missing for four days. this is her picture. she was last seen friday morning as she was on her way to school. rob fladeboe is joining as with more on the investigation. he is at the spot where the missing scene was close to have gotten on the bus to go to school. >> she walked a half mile from her home down here to this spot where she was supposed to get on the bus to school. she never got on the bus. she never arrived at school. her picture is right here on this and other missing persons fighters. so far, the best clue in her disappearance is the discovery of herself on. >> this is the field where
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the fell -- were the cellphone of the missing teen was found. the phone and lots of are undergoing forensic analysis. >> we cannot confirm that she voluntarily ran away. again, this is a missing as persons case. we are relying on information as it comes in. >> her mother and sisters say the defense is totally out of character. >> she was in a good state of mind. everything was going fine. >> it is just weird. none of us have any idea. there is nothing she has recently told us that we can put together that maybe she did run away. there is just nothing that we can think of. >> there was no official search for her on monday
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like the one that occurred over the weekend near her home. deputies are focusing on the interviewing friends and classmates at her high school and in fremont where she transferred from washington high. >> sometimes when they talk to us things, that might help investigators. >> neighbors of the family are shocked over how the team that lives in this house at the end of the cul- de-sac could simply have vanished on her way to school. >> when you are out there by yourself, you could be exposed to someone coming by and grabbing it taking you away. it is just baffling. >> deputies say they are interviewing dozens of friends and classmates right
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>> she wanted to stay with me instead of moving, but her mother wanted her to move very she really did not want to go, but she came to fremont as much as she can. she would not run away. >> it is quiet this evening at washington high school, but i can tell you it was a very emotional afternoon. of around 30-40 cheerleaders were outside and many of them were in tears talking about their friends and they want her to come home. >>pam: san francisco sheriff ross mirkirimi will now be
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on probation. he was sentenced today after pleading guilty to misdemeanor faults of presented. the conviction stems from an argument with his life on new year's eve which she claimed left her bruised in a tearful video that was recorded by her neighbor. mirkirimi gets credit for time served. his sentence also includes three years of probation, one year of domestic violence intervention glasses and a fine as well as community service. outside of the courtroom, the sheriff may an emotional apology. this >> i know how deeply i have made people said. what have and should not have happened. i am eternally, deeply sorry. i do not believe domestic violence is a private family matter. i regret not intervening earlier to correct that statement.
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able to see his wife. he will continue to have limited contact with this type of. he also cannot carry a firearm until he begins its court-ordered counseling. in this case has been covered extensively in the media. the case has resulted in some accusations that prosecutors filed charges for political reasons. following today's sentencing the district attorney defended the handling of the case. >> if this were a political prosecution, that would have been the course of action but this was not a political prosecution, this was the prosecution in the case of domestic violence
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>> the plea read in this case exemplifies >>pam: these are pictures of the sheriff's wife taken from a video has. from a >>pam: the share of met with ed lee in his office. as he was entering the mayor's office he was asked if he would step down if the mayor asked him to. >> i want to speak with the mayor first. >>pam: the meeting lasted for about 20 minutes and the sheriff said it would be premature to comment on what was discussed. and the mayor says he will not discuss what happened
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but will have more to say on the matter tomorrow. the mayor still has to decide what the future will be for mirkirimi. we will continue to cover the story and have any updates from the mayor's office. >> and temperatures are fairly cool in the '50s. this afternoon, 53 in san francisco, 54 in santa rosa, 54 in hayward and 57 in san jose. as we take a look at satellite and radar, an increase in cloud cover. we will see showers tomorrow and possibly on wednesday. here is a live look outside for the favors laws appears a little bit of cloud cover if now an overnight. rain expected in the north bay overnight as well. considering showers into tuesday morning, mainly in the north, mostly cloudy skies through the day.
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the bottom line is, in this total, he conceded be on the right harriet hall these groups restores and did not contain any all with the pink line. the was in contact with safeway and save mart, both have beef with and without this product. ross traditional ground beef may contain a, not the brain or the fresh ground. the key is both the safeway
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and lucky empathize would bet the beef, not whether it contains it, it is not treated with harmoniums -- ammonia hydroxide task. >>pam: people are probably wondering, the federal board regulates these products, what did they have to say? >> the usda said the product is completely safe and they're sticking to death. safeway tells us that they are reviewing whether or not it will have these products in their stores. did you are not sure, ask a man behind the meat counter. >> increasing cloud cover throughout the day. a little bit of cloud cover
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, an increase in cloud cover is expected overnight. there is a look at your current address. so far this season, rainfall totals are well below what they should be for this time of year. we are up to nearly 8 in. of rain at sfo, nearly 10 in. in oakland. san jose's only of 4 in.. take a look at where we were last year. we do have another system rolling in there tomorrow.
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the next day, as the girl was leaving walnut creek as intermediate school with a friend, she started -- she's got that same man began, he waved at her hand she ran back to the school to call her parents. there francisco police are asking for the public's help in fighting the suspect of a brutal beating. the attack happened on january 29th in your palm and elm streets. >> the victim was critically injured and taken to hospital. he has since been released but remains in serious condition and it may not fully recover from his injuries.
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investigators believe that these two suspects are responsible for the beating and looking for a person of interest in the case. police in hillsboro are investigating several early morning burglaries', sometime between 530 added 7:30 a.m., thieves struck in four different locations. charles crawford has the details. faceoffs early friday morning there were for burglary incidences that occurred within close proximity of one another. this is in hillsboro, interstate 280 is over here, this would be ignored. three of the incidents occurred here along the 1300 block of marlborough road. there were two cars broken into. windows were smashed and items were taken out of each car. thieves also broke into one home. they went in through the garage. there was also a fourth incident over here on a crowded road where thieves got into an unlocked car and
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>>pam: and rocky war veteran injured added occupy protests last year is now suing the city. kiberlee sakamoto has more. >>kimberlee: the attorney for scott olson says that he is seeking significant damages against the city in part because of new information about what caused his head injury. here is a look at youtube video from october 25th. this video shows olson standing peaceably near the police barricades right before he was hit with a projectile. his attorney says new information shows that he was hit with a beanbag. he says this shows that the officer who shot a
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projectile intended to hit him in the head which is a violation of the police department rules for use of anomaly file projectile. police chief howard jordan has declined to comment. the police investigation into the incident has not confirmed what the it attorney has said. his attorney is seeking damages for medical expenses, lost income, pain and suffering, a violation of civil rights and punitive damages. he will file a federal suit later this month or next. more news straight ahead. great idea. so we'll switch to u-verse tv and internet...
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>> the polling data suggest that people are not buying it. >> in part the hundreds of millions spent attacking it, but we are focusing on implementing it so that more and more americans all see the benefits. >>pam: three days later, the high court will open. >>catherine: stay with us, more news after the break.
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school. fliers like this one are now posted at the bus stops all over town. investigators say there is no evidence of foul play or that she is a runaway. they did find her cellphone not far from home and are now conducting forensic evidence. they are reaching out to the public for help in the case. >> continuing our coverage in fremont, investigators spend a good portion of the day at washington high school interviewing students and friends of the missing 15 year-old fifth behind me, you can see friends the of signs like this. j.r stone, kron4 news. >> in san francisco, the sheriff was sentenced to one day in jail, three years' probation and a year of counseling for misdemeanor domestic violence charges. after sentences mercury made an emotional apology to his family and the citizens of
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san francisco. >> i know how deeply i have let people down. what happened should not have happened. i am eats family, deeply sorry. >> continuing coverage, following sentencing, san francisco district attorney george gascoigne spoke about the mirkirimi case and defended his decision to accept a plea bargain of false and prison a saying that it is a comically in domestic violence cases. last week, gascoigne questioned whether mirkirimi was sincere in accepting a guilty plea but asko says he changed his mind based on the emotional comments from mirkirimi to at sentencing. >> officials at oakland police headquarters say they're looking for two suspects who used a handgun to force a woman to an isolated location near 19th and the broadway. she was then sexually
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assaulted. >> both suspects are described as african- american males between 18 and 25 years old. one of them was wearing a black hooded jacket and a very dark pants. one of the suspect has a very deep voice. >> a large and hostile crowd is expected at a meeting tried to get the city to overturn a decision to allow wal-mart to open a
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neighborhood market in this former supermarkets based. this neighborhood market would be more of a supermarket, not a full- blown wal-mart store. in a lot of organized labor ended neighbors in the area take issue. hundreds of people are expected to pack the meeting and voice their concerns. >>gabe: some users of the new ipad are saying that it gets too hot to handle, that it becomes uncomfortably hot when held for long periods of time. this is a surprise because one of the best of things about the first generation ipad is that they did not get hot. announcer: here is stanley
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roberts who found some people behaving badly. >>stanley: this is the newly designed area around highway 87 in san jose. it used to be a homeless encampment. it looks clean and shiny, if you look closely, there are some subtle hints that something has gone awry. >>stanley: no matter how many times a homeless encampment is cleaned out and no matter how many times people try to keep them out, if you return a few months later, you may be surprised at what you find. tune in tonight at 8:00 p.m. and i will show you in the next edition of people behaving badly. >>jaqueline: right now, the rain is over ukiah.
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moderate rain approaching santa rosa. by 3:00 p.m., heavy rain in near napa in the vallejo. as we move through the later morning hours you will see the rain largely tapering off with showers close to the coastline. by 9:00, not much going on. as for temperatures tomorrow, upper 50s and 60s. we have a chance of rain tomorrow. as we head into the weekend a better chance of more
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>>pam: starbucks is branching out from its coffee roods and opening its first juice bar. >> did not even think about ordering a tall skinny latte, under the brand evolution fresh, starbucks is moving into the juice bar market. the first branch is in washington near the seattle home, aimed at attracting health-conscious customers with juices, wraps, salads, the juices are made using a technique that retains more of the flavors, vitamins and nutrients. the location also offers to
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begin in the vegetarian traces. about the evolution fresh brand for 30 million back in november. until now products were only available in grocery stores. they want a piece of the cold crafted juice industry but it is a tough market periods of the jews is the current market leader with 750 stores in 20 states. this moviemaker has struggled with competition from starbucks and mcdonald's. looking for a chance to try the new jesus, even if he did not live near the new location, starbucks promises to bring desisted its coffeeshops later this year. >>pam: of next, a huge honor for one or year. gary has the story straight ahead.
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>>gary: peyton manning is not coming to san francisco. he is going with the first- team he'd visited and the last team that came to work him out. he is going to the denver broncos. john elway it sounds like a perfect fit on paper, the stories go that the manning called both the 49ers and the titans and said no thank you. now that alex smith is the only options, should the 49ers sweat losing him? >>vern: alex smith has a three-year $24 million on the table and santa clara but he chose to test the
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free agency waters by spending a day with the miami dolphins on sunday. one report stated the two sides were in the negotiations. kevin lynch is not buying it. >> if i had to make a call i would say alex smith would come by here and jim harbaugh and in him would talk. i see this as being a minor glitch. >> smith has lost even more leverage. the dolphins just signed another quarterback. another 49ers quarterback wade in today. >> i think this is positive for alex. in the big picture i think he will take more leadership if. these are the experiences that's big-time quarterback septic of it. the 49ers will need a quarterback.
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the prevailing thought is that smith will soon be under contract and friends and center and the scarlet and gold. >>gary: as always, off i turn to our panel of alex smith experts. >>pam: i did not want him to go. this was peyton manning that they brought in. for alex smith to be insulted, if they brought in and diane sawyer. >>pam: i would totally understand.
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>>gary: in oakland, chris mullin is going to have his jersey retired. it will hang from the rafters. he is a 5 time all-star and one of the great shooters of all time. it will be really nice ceremony. a lot of people coming back to honor him. >> it is all about the people. it truly is. whatever happens on the court, i remember some very good nights and some very tough nights but ultimately the people that influence me along the way is what will last forever.
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