tv KRON 4 Early News KRON June 19, 2012 4:00am-6:00am PDT
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will actually jump up a couple of degrees as we head into tomorrow. much cooler conditions as we head into thursday. >>james: an easy ride for oakland and san francisco. the bridges are looking better as well. more bread and traffic in a minute. >>justine: parents are so camping outside of lake view elementary school protesting the schools closure.
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he worked as a staff member at a facility that provides housing for children or dependents of the court. prosecutors say molested two young girls that were under his supervision. he also worked at the chief kids, a facility for the developmentally disabled. investigators are worried that there could be more victims. >> especially given the length of time he was working with these children. parents, counselors, france, anyone with information at a trough has been sexually abused should come forward. >>james: he is currently being held in jail, five of the thousand dollars bail. could face 53 years-life. >>justine: the defense will continue its case in the jury sandusky trout.
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kate >> the defense called three witnesses, they all testified that jerry sandusky was an admirer of local figure due to its connection with penn state and his charity the second mile. one witness testified that he never saw anything inappropriate happened between sandusky and any children. he also said it was not uncommon for coaches or children to use the shower at the same time in the locker room. a statement that the victims' attorneys blasted. >> is this odd and bizarre attempts to convince the jury that somehow showering is culturally accepted. i do not see how that takes anyone very far. >> lawyers for death dusky insist that they have financial motives. >> this is their lot of
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blues. losses have already been filed against the state, the second mile and jerry sandusky. we are evaluating the motivation. >> said as he has pled not guilty to dozens of charges. his defense is expected to call experts to testify at that he suffers from his stride personality disorder that is characterized by inappropriate, sexless seductive or provocative behavior. >>justine: we still did not know if sandusky himself will take the stand. his lawyers have hinted that he might. >>james: ross mirkirimi will be one step closer to learning the fate of his job after a hearing gets underway today. the san francisco ethics commission will begin its administrative hearing this afternoon on whether must bring me should be removed from office.
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the neighbor who other police about the alleged violence testify with a contradiction to what mirkirimi said happily there unfroze of his wife's arms. during the class up to three days. >>darya: police in san francisco are trying to figure out if a man whose body was found first finn said of his apartment is a victim of robbery gone wrong. anyone with information should contact the san francisco police department anonymous tip line. >>james: futures are mixed following a choppy day of trading.
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the federal reserve reason this week. all that is weighing on the minds of traders. the commerce department is releasing may housing starts and the store walgreen's says he was a bad sixth 0.7 billion to buy a stake in alliance boots. meanwhile, oracle stock is up over 1 percent after the company surprised investors by releasing quarterly earnings three days ahead of schedule. microsoft is another stop to watch today after they made an announcement that has the tech world abuzz league.
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>>gabe: this is definitely a big list. some microsoft has finally unveiled their own tablet. it will run on windows 8. this habit will be a full widow's experience, it comes with all this built-in. the future of a 16 x 9 screen and that is a 10.1 in.. it is very thin, 9.3 mm and features a full-size usb to input. the service needs to be different in the ipad to compete with it. the surface is the first
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tablet with a built-in it sticks to him. it is great for when typing are watching videos. the clip on cover also doubles as a touch keyboard. the cover is a paper-thin but adds a full keyboard. the keyboard comes in different colors. this could be happy when typing documents or long e- mail's. that is something of the tablets did not offer. with the kickstand and cover it is easy to prop up the tablet. it comes in a 32 gb get 64 gb. seek microsoft said it will be priced competitively. it will be on the market before the holiday season. >>justine: something to look forward to it. here is a live look outside for our cameras showing us what is happening traffic wise. we have much more right after this. did not go anywhere.
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>>james: prices at the top have dropped 265 in the last month. californians are still paying more this year than last year into more than the rest of the country. gas experts say it is possible that the reason drop could continue for a while. that would mean more relief for drivers. >>terisa: $3.99 is the price at this gas station in walnut creek. it is a must if a picture that it was four months ago. take a look. the same station but instead in february it was $4.15. >> the average state pricing california is now below $4. the last time it was at that price was in mid february. >> some factories like
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refineries were keeping prices high but he says those problems have been resolved allowing the price to trickle down. despite the good news it isn't across the board. i found another station four blocks away with a much different price. the question is, will it last? >>justine: gov. jerry brown is looking to crack down on the use of flame retardants. the governor says there is written evidence that showed that flying retardants harm
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human health into the environment. supporters of its move said retardants are not very good at stopping fires to begin with. the governor says the public will have the opportunity to comment on these guidelines. >>james: when we come back of the latest on of roger clemens and the wild fires in colorado. details straight ahead.
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live from day one listened to what i had to say. for the last four-five years, i have not been able to say anything. it was great to see some old friends and teammates. i want to thank the people who took time out of their schedules to come in on my behalf. >>james: this was his second child. a year ago, a mistrial was declared before the case reached the jury. the outcome of the governor's prosecution against clemens is similar to barry bonds. bonds was sentenced to one month of house arrest for perjury charges but that may not stand on appeal. >>justine: this is video that a couple captured as they were evacuating from a
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colorado wildfire back on june 9th. authorities say the fire has charged nearly 92 square miles in northern colorado. since it began and is now 50 percent contained. the blaze has destroyed 189 homes. that is the most in the state's history. investigators believe lightning started the fire. let's get a look at the forecast with erica. >>erica: today and tomorrow are expected to be the warmest days of the week. the reduction in onshore flow will keep temperatures on the warm side. we do have high pressure building in a round of the bay area. as of right now, a little bit of cloud cover it may be some coastal fog. temperatures for the most part are in the '50s. there are really no surprises. a mild start to the morning with downtown san francisco coming in at 52. 54 in concord and a degree warmer for those of your
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waking up in san carlos. in terms of where the numbers will go into the afternoon, we will see a climb in the south bay with most locations giving in to the low 80s. santa clara coming in at 84, 81 in sunnyvale. let's got as could reach 86. we could squeeze out some '90s for antioch and fairfield. 10 degrees cooler than that for castro valley. as we turn our attention to the east shores, mid-70s pretty much the case. we will see plenty of sunshine in the north bay. a mix of upper seventies in the low 80s. warmer compared to yesterday for downtown san francisco. 68 in daly city. the 7 day around the bay forecast shows tomorrow will be the warmest day of the week. '90s inland, mid-70s for our bay locations, upper 60s for the coast. you will see a significant cool down into the return of fog as we head into thursday.
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for a mix of sun and clouds as we head into friday. temperatures continued to slide as we head into the weekend. bad for >>justine: >>erica: for those of you commuting in and out of the san ramon valley, no delays. on westbound 580 we do not have any incidents to report for those of union over the altamont pass. insisting that many state are interesting shooting has one man fighting for his
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life. police are offering up to a $15,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest. a 26 year-old man was shot on sunday while driving eastbound on 580 near the fruitvale avenue off ramp. that man is now on life support. the victim's brother was also in the car. he was not heard it was able to fly down police who heard the gunshots. police say that the bullets came from a person in another car on the interstate. police have not determined a motive for the shooting. oakland police have announced a big find that includes weapons into stowe and electronics. investigators say they were serving a search warrant after getting information about a stolen cell phone. inside the home they found an indoor marijuana grower operation and automatic weapons including an assault rifle that to hold 100 bullets. electronic items were also found. police say the suspect has a criminal history.
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>> this is illegal. additionally, we do not see magazines with this high capacity. this holds 100 rounds. we have seen them but it is pretty rare. this was quite a significant find to remove from the streets. the individual that was in possession of these firearms has a very lengthy criminal history. these are the types of people that we want to remove from the streets and from the community. >>justine: police will not check to see if the weapons are connected to any crimes or if they have had any illegal modifications. the identity of the suspect has not been released. >>james: we will take a quick break, an update on weather and traffic coming out.
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>>james: r.c. owens ", a lot of time 49ers stand, owens had been living in manteca. he was a college basketball star at the college of idaho. 206 career receptions. he also ran for a touchdown on his loan carried. >>justine: met king did go back to work last night but not before having a little bit of fun. he was able to present the top-10 list on the david letterman show via satellite from angel stadium in anaheim. here he is giving you the top five. >> fix the economy. just kidding, that is impossible. no. 4 is pitch in inning
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without my pants. number three is to appear on jay leno's tan at hand. number two is throw a hole in one. and the the number one thing that man can wants to achieve that he has thrown a perfect game, when the contest replace regis philbin. >>justine: his second -- his perfect game was the second of the season. his 14 strikeouts tied the 1965 record from in the comex. >>james: following is letterman's top-10, it was back to business for the
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giants. although the game was not perfect, he did get his eighth win. they won 5-3 over the los angeles angels. his eight wins in a row matches the most consecutive starts one in giants history. another notch in the record books for him. earlier in the day he was named the national league player of the week after pitching only the 22nd perfect game in major league baseball history. he matched the record for most strikeouts in a perfect game. we will take a break in and be right back.
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>>james: a group of parents continued to protest the closure of a five east is close despite police warning. and all the day hearing for ross mirkirimi starts today. in the details as the ethics commission determines if he is fit to stand the job. >>justine: erica is in the weather center with look at the forecast. >>erica: we are taking it live look at conditions from the mt. tam cam. half of for the most part it is a clear start of morning. and this is some coastal fog. temperatures are not too bad. for the most part, fifties around the bay. as we head into the afternoon, sunny and breezy conditions and certainly a bit warmer. 60s along the coastline and '70s throughout the heart of the bay.
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as we push the clock in closer to the afternoon we will see some orange trickling in which does indicate the potential for eighties. not only will we see '80s, we concede '90s for fairfield and antioch. in the 7 day around the bay extended forecast shows tomorrow is the warmest day of the week. the bridges are moving well, for and without any limitations. >>justine: parents are still camping outside of late the elementary protesting the schools closure.
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at a facility that provides housing for children who are dependents of the court. prosecutors say he section molested two young girls were under his supervision and he also worked at achieve kids in san jose, a facility for the developmentally disabled. investigators are worried that there could be more victims. >> especially given the length of time that he was working with these kinds of children and how vulnerable they are. parents, counselors, france, anyone with information that child has been sexually abused should come forward even if it is difficult to do. >>james: he could face 53 years-life in prison. >>justine: closing arguments in the sand as the case could start as early as thursday. the defense is expected to call more witnesses.
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sandusky is accused of abusing 10 boys over a 15 year period of time. >> the defense opens with the former penn state coach who said it was not uncommon for coaches and young boys to use the shower at the same time. richard anderson said he never saw anything a person between sandusky and a child. >> there was this odd and bizarre attempt to convince the jury somehow that sharing is culturally accepted in this world. i do not see how that six and one very far. >> the defense called a series of other witnesses who along with anderson said sandusky had a stellar reputation in the community. earlier in the day prosecutors wrapped up their case with testimony from the mother of victim number nine
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has said that sandusky give her some clothing and gifts. the defense is expected to call an expert witness to testify that sandusky may have a personality disorder. the big question is whether or not sandusky will take the stand. >>james: budget discussions will continue for san mateo county to discuss a $1.8 million budget for the fiscal year. the county will let the be eliminating too much of 40 jobs in the next fiscal year. >>justine: americans' spending on health care is no longer on the rise. two of the past three years have seen the slowest growth on record. a group of experts said the trend is only temporary.
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>>james: mitt romney told voters that he thinks he could win the state of michigan and if that happens he said, i become president. romney says he thinks russia and china will concede to be dominant players on the world stage. the leaders of the world's largest economies are preparing a plan to boost global growth. there is the portrait that was taken at the end of the g-20 summit. a draft statement will be released today that will say this country's will stand united behind that effort.
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lamp throws support behind greater government spending as a response to a worsening global economy and says companies will resources stand ready to spend more. >>justine: we have a lot to talk about including relief at the pump and microsoft has it at full moment. details on the major announcements for the head. here is a live look outside from the camera shots as the ride on 680 and walnut creek. a quick check on whether and traffic is less than 10 minutes away. did not go anywhere.
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>> there are more events taking place this week, that was just some of them. blessed and gay film festival is also taking place at the castro theater and a variety of other theaters around the city. >>justine: microsoft has unveiled its latest creation called the surface tablet computer. it is a first for the
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company. until now, microsoft had mostly focused on producing software. the surface tablet is expected to compete with the ipad in use the new windows 8 operating system. microsoft says the first version of the tabloid will come out in the fall in price compared with the other tabloids all they have now given an exact number. >>james: prices at the pump are going down sharply dropping 265 in the last month but of course californians are still paying more this year than last year in we're still paying more than the rest of the country. experts say there are many factors behind this, refinery problems have been resolved and prices have continued to resolve. here is a look at where they stand right now. san francisco's average price for a gallon for regular gas is $4.13. oakland is apt $4.40. san jose is that 3995.
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it is expected to be available for teachers by the start of the next school year. >>justine: and east oakland's instead of returning struggles and solutions in order to approve their schools and community. 20 high school juniors at mandela academy held a community forum talk about ways to curb violence and get other students to not drop out of school. they say their research shows many schools are structured like prisons. they believe that offer more flexibility could get students to get reenergize about their education. they said changes will help motivate them to learn and to keep them off of the streets. >> our program uses developing method, we create sharing relationships. there is more investment and i am on the side of the families. >>justine: the students are
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a part of the east oakland stepped a college program. has been getting some national attention. >>james: the public is not able to see the complaints that people have filed against any bank that issued credit cards. they can also search from france bicycle to see how the banks responded. >>justine: it does not sound like it is want to be out this weekend. >>erica: a much different picture than what we enjoy this past weekend. in books but we will introduce cloud cover with temperatures not even into the east. today and tomorrow are expected to be the warmest day of the week.
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>>erica: as we look ahead, today, we could see warmer weather compared to yesterday. mostly '70s and '80s around the entire be area, squeezing a potential mine these in the east bay valley. tomorrow is expected to be the hottest day of the week. >>erica: here is a look at where temperatures are expected to go the corner on the screen indicates the potential for low 80s. we will gain a couple of degrees as we head into the afternoon and see the red trickling in which dozen tickets bought will be low 90s. the onshore flow will be
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decreasing in temperatures will be warmer today. we're building high pressure in and around the bay area. the potential does exist for '90s in fairfield, antioch, when degree warmer for those of you situated in walnut creek. for the most part, mid-70s, a good mix in the '70s and '80s in the north bay with colony of sunshine in los 70's for downtown san francisco and 60 for ocean beach. the 7 day around the bay forecast highlights tomorrow at the warmest day of the week. past that, they did in temperatures.
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we are not looking at any hot spots around the bay area. as we have to the approach, no problems or incidents to report. there are no problems for those be committing a high 101. the drive is 20 to but it's out of novato into sentences go. public transit looks good as well. >>justine: topping our help watch, a new study says that the world is getting fatter. research has calculated the world wait at 360 million t. that is 70 million over what it should be. despite only making a 5 percent of the world's
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population, the u.s. accounts for almost one- third of the world away due to a rise in obesity. age makes of 61 percent of the world's population but only 13 percent of the world's wheat. the obesity surgery we learned about may increase a patient's chances for a call abuse. amy steady from patients and had gastric bypass surgery face double the risk for excessive drinking two years after the surgery. r >>james: one of our reporters spoke with our the
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man making the bird call noises that the u.s. open. >> it was the bird call that stole the show. there was the letter giving his victory interview. look at the face of bob costas. that was the security began to wither bird caller, that was the executive director of the u.s. golf association. the next thing you know, san francisco police have the guy cuffed. >> san francisco police arrested me and to me to the station. when i got there, they're all really cool, making bird noises. >> san francisco police say he appeared intoxicated. the golf association did not
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press charges. the british father of six was released. from a beer festival in tijuana, jumble bird has been making bird calls to call attention to the deforestation of jonquils. >> i wish to apologize to mr. simpson. >> who needs an apology? what bird is the calling? according to the head of the audubon society it was
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justine >> and oakland, parents and teachers are camped outside the school schedules to the close. they're hoping that the school district would change its mind and leave those five schools open for students to still attend. will durant is at lake view elementary school this morning. >> people are willing to give their lives for things they believe in. parents are convinced that this is the right thing to do.
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>>justine: you might have trouble finding a tax at oakland international. cabdrivers there are going on strike. the jackie sissel is there with more on what the cab drivers want and what passengers can expect. >>jackie: this is the heart of the rush at oakland international. some passengers may find it difficult to find a taxi cab. yesterday, and they called a
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>>james: stock futures are slightly up this morning following a choppy day of trading are or are parked some experts say the fed may say or do something is try to boost confidence for the economy. later this morning, the commerce department will release may housing numbers. oracle's stock incidentally is up after the company surprised investors by releasing company earnings three days ahead of schedule. earnings climbed a% topping expectations. >>justine: more on the markets with rob black.
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check your vested in by with a look at the forecast. >>erica: we do have a little bit of a warming trend of updates. temperatures outside the door are sitting in the 40's and 58 by 3:00, and you'll see some of the green star and to push back indicating more 70's. the red on the screen indicates it potential for '90s.
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>>george: on the bay bridge for westbound usa's move commute with no delays coming in from the macarthur maze. we are problem free as reports go for the san mateo bridge. with the of the golden gate bridge right southbound and northbound are without delay. there does not appear to be in the drizzle out there this morning. >>justine: police in san francisco or try to figure out if a man whose body was found in such as diamond heights apartment as a robbery victim. police say he was found dead inside of his home to last tuesday. investigators now want the public to come forward if
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they notice any suspicious activity. >>james: police have identified a woman who was hit by a car at vallejo and even as late at night on june 8th. >>justine: oakland police have announced a big fine including weapons and missile and electronics. investigators say they were serving a search warrant at home after getting information on a stolen sulfone. this is what they found inside the home. an indoor marijuana growing operation, but automatic weapons including an assault rifle that can hold 100 bullets.
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>>justine: with seen an increase the today and tomorrow. it is gone to be hot inland on wednesday and then, the he gets turned it down into the '70s for thursday, friday and lower 70's for saturday and sunday. the fog will start to roll back into the city. we are at the end of june at this point. that is what the weather should be like for this time of year. >>james: the san jose city council is looking to produce revenue for the city by building a new youth and adults of a complex. the council have to reduce the amount of city on a plant in consults developers and ordered to treat the
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facility. >>justine: and governor jerry brown is looking to class tam and the use of final internments of asking officials to take into account monitor -- modern manufacturing methods. flame retardants to be harmful to human health and the environment. supporters say that flame retardants and did not stop fires. >>james: the san mateo county city managers are trying to put together a budget. they're continuing to draw on county reserves. progress is being made to tackle the ongoing struggle. as a result, the council will likely eliminate tumors afforded jobs in the next fiscal year.
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>>james: here is a level at the golden gate. it is cloudy and fog along the coast and around the media bay. let's get an update on the forecast with erica. >>erica: into the afternoon, it looks like warmer weather will be prevalent all around the bay area. 70's and 80's for the most part. tomorrow is expected to be the hottest day of the week with '90s for the warmest inland areas. a cool down is in store as
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we head into the weekend. >>george: light traffic on your ride to the east bay. there are no hot spot. the south bay freeways are light as of the peninsula and north bay rights. tran >>justine: despite the possibility of arrest protesters are so camping outside of an oakland elementary school this morning. parents and teachers say they are of said that the oakland school district plans to shut down five schools. >>justine: we had a chance to speak with one of the
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organizers this morning. >> they are more concerned about the property and administrators nimitz parents, teachers and students prevent long. the pants here believe this is the right thing to do. >>justine: the protesters are upset because the five schools scheduled to be shut down care to minority and low-income students. >>james: ross mirkirimi is one step closer to learning the fate of his job. the ethics commission will begin its administrative hearings this afternoon.
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paul horowitz and jim ysabel of the pittsburgh city council has approved a 40 a day moratorium on an internet cafes. the city is so is to adopt a moratorium on cafes like that. the moratorium has been put in place to give the city's more time passes discuss if they should be regulated. mamet any store has calculated the world with as the raiders 69 intense fear in
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>>justine: obesity streamy increase a patient's chances for a call abuse. in this city from patients suggested by press face a double the risk for excessive drinking two years later. that is compared to those that have a less drastic weight-loss operation. researchers think the gas to bypass surgery changes how the body digests alcohol.
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>>justine: wednesday is the first this summer and international certain date. things will cool down thursday in friday with 70's and 60's by the coast. it will be cooler for the weekend. but here is always coming of a kron4 news at 6:00 a.m.. protesters are still a sign of an elementary school that is facing closure. we will table police have to
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