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of other people they are their home. obviously they're having a hard time enforcing that. right now the strategy is to wait and see what happened trying to negotiate this guy into a peaceful surrender. >> here is a map of where the robbery suspect is just west of highway 101 an unincorporated san mateo county near redwood city. the suspect is held up inside of a home. deputies say the suspect is on williams near third avenue and the deputies have locked up in a couple of streets. williams is closed between second avenue and fourth avenue and a portion of third is closed near williams. we will stay on top of this developing story and bring you any updates. >>pam: to our other developing story, a deadly tragedies at yosemite national park. one child is dead and

another missing after they were swept away in a river. in a separate case, an alameda man is dead after contracting the virus, we begin our coverage tonight with the latest on the children. charles clough is joining us live on the phone at yosemite and has more, what can you tell us? >> right now i am in yosemite valley. thursday afternoon there was a family from southern california that were cooling off in the water a 10 year- old and 6 roll were swept away in to the merced river. people were able to pull the 10 year-old from the water downstream on for chili that boy was pronounced dead on the scene. the central valley is still missing and presumed dead.

the are laudable dollars and a lot of current in there. for tech >>grant: we wanted to be a

better idea on where the boys were last seen. the fall ride their feeds the river, that is what is what the boys away. here is an overhead view of wheret happened. the boys were near the foot bridge along a popular heighths. the other trash it was not too far away in yosemite, an alameda man died and a woman recovering after contracting a rare virus found in rodents. the visitors were staying in the campgrounds here. the virus is spread by breathing dust by room droppings animals themselves are not affected but in humans it causes fever, muscle pain and difficulty breathing. one out of three patients died. the disease was identified 21 years ago among the

navajo indians in the southwest. since then at 60 cases had been reported in california, that is more than 10 percent of all cases nationwide. the two cases reported in yosemite bring to for the total number of cases in california so far this year. >> health authorities have not identified the use of the victims except to say 37 years old and a resident of alameda. they say if you're going camping try to stay out of abandoned buildings in if you're staying in a cabin air out the cabin for at least two hours before you move your stuff. >>pam: an ethics commission is expected today to give their recommending remarks on ross mirkirimi. he was removed from office after pleading guilty in a domestic violence case.

>>pam: rallies outside of city hall. opponents of mirkirimi jose they stand with survivors of domestic abuse in do not believe it is a private matter and they want to share for removed from office. on the bottom of the screen supporters of the sheriff including his wife. dan kerman is outside san francisco city hall with details. >>dan: it has been a long day and a lot of testimony. at this hour the ethics commission is discussing the fate of ross mirkirimi. they have to talk about whether or not the abuse actually happen in what happened in and around that abuse and specifically they have to then discussed whether or not that amounts to official misconduct.

>> the physical violence against eliana lopez, i think it is beyond dispute that it occurred. i think the conduct was clearly wrong full. it was clearly unlawful and frankly i found it disturbing that he got up here and testified in a way that sought to minimize the severity of his conduct. >> the commission is looking at five issues, whether the physical abuse occurred, they all agree that it did. that may have to agree whether he abused his office by threatening to use his power to get custody of this child. they do not believe there is evidence to support that and did he dissuade lopez and ivory madison from talking about the incident? they do not believe there is enough evidence to support that.

they do not believe there's enough evidence to support the fact that the share flight about guns in his home all of these issues will end up leading them to determine whether or not he committed official misconduct. the deliberation that is going on right now followed a full day of closing arguments from attorneys and public comment. it's >>maureen: and ross mirkirimi showed up to a final commission meeting with his wife by his side. the beginning of the trial like proceedings had attorneys for both sides presenting closing arguments. the crest of the matter, whether or not his actions on new year's eve and his events leading to one misdemeanor charge of falls of prison and constitutes official misconduct. >> there is no question that towards removal, he committed a violent crime

against his wife and violated that trust. he is not suited to fulfil the trust of this office. >> there are many law enforcement officers that have been convicted of misdemeanors in remain on duty and serve honorably. >> the five member panel heard three hours of public testimony, the majority of the voices coming from supporters of the sheriff. >> yes he lost his temper for a second and grabbed his wife. there were many advocates fighting to combat domestic violence calling for mirkirimi to be permanently stripped of his office.

>> we are back outside of city hall, the ethics commission is still deliberating. following all those hours of testimony, mirkirimi and his wife came out, they spoke to reporters. >> my wife and i are just getting back together with our son. it has been tough being a part. i have given 17 years of public service to this city as a super office in in the d.a.'s office, i love this city. i have lived here for 29 years. it is hard to get through this.

>> one of the commissioners said that they found the testimony of eliana lopez to beonvincing in many parts. one alluded to the fact she's an actress. it seems as is the commission is leaning towards not official misconduct they will make that determination today whether or not there is official misconduct and if he should be removed from office and then that recommendation goes to the board of supervisors will make the ultimate decision. >>pam: stay with kron4 as we continue to cover the ross mirkirimi case. we would like for you to give us your take on the situation on our web site as

well as facebook and twitter. at 5:00 p.m., the facebook stock sell-off, just how much the new stock dropped after certain investors were allowed to sell. the campaign trail is heating up, we will show you the anti obama adds some are calling this with a vote attack and were the republicans are stopping today. baseball excitement for a bay area little league team. how the petaluma team is doing of the league world series.

>>catherine: the presidential candidates and their supporters are still busy keeping each other of the nasty ads and the bad behavior. the obama campaign is upset about a documentary style video released by republicans. a group of operatives created the video and accuses the obama administration of leaking u.s. secrets for political the vintage. >> the president's reelection campaign says

republicans are trying to swift vote the providence, a reference to hardball smear tactics the white house has denied any intelligence leaks. then there is the ongoing fuss over mitt romney taxes. also on the campaign trail, the vice president's verbal slip including making reference to the 20th- century work talking about being in north carolina when he was in virginia.

costs it is too early to tell lions impact on the campaign. wisconsin is one of eight states considered too close to call at this point. >>mark: here is a live look outside shanna's conditions over the city. it is a mixed bag. we have some sunshine and the cloud cover moving in. we expect temperatures to cool and pretty quick order.

as we go into the overnight hours the marine layer will move back into the 50s and 60s, almost an exact copy of what we have this morning. you will see by 8:00 a.m. things will still be on a qualified with '50s and '60s dominating the map. by noon we are expecting a better mix of 70's and 80's. by the afternoon we will be looking for the upper 80s with low nineties for pleasanton and antioch. maybe a degree or too cold or tomorrow.

and in the arctic, upper 70's and low 80s. we are still tracking and expecting that the slight possibility of a sprinkle or to. the 7 day run of a forecast is coming up, we will be right back.

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van sant we ask you on our kids kron4 facebook fan page he's hall, and 65 a reprimand him to do not fire him, 15 percent think three years probation is a nothing and he should keep his job.

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>>pam: and 5:30 p.m., happening right now, a neighborhood evacuated as police searched for a man they say is a dangerous serial robber. this is his picture caption on surveillance cameras. he is responsible for five armed robberies. rob fladeboe is with the latest on the standoff. >> we're here outside of the police tape at the command post in unincorporated redwood city. the police and sheriff's department are here. he comes out apparently once

or twice, they have a dialogue and he goes back in-house. if the death all >> i spoke with one woman earlier today, here's where she said. >> she said she felt like she knew him. he is a regular customer.

he said, i know you are pregnant but i need to open a registered and but the guns are a summit. i hope that the police can do something. people are nervous. this is a nice neighborhood. >> negotiations are ongoing. this strategy as far as i know it's a way this thing

out as long as it takes. >> an update on the wildfire burning in northern california, investigators are trying to find the cause of the fire burning in lake county. the blaze is now at 80 percent containment. nearly 8,000 a. have burned, two homes destroyed with others damaged. thoughtful more than nine of firefighters are still trying to contain the blaze burning in washington.

>> when confronted about the missing scrap metal the quickly revealed what have been going on. this city has a problem with metal being stolen but they confirmed it was only scrap metal. they still have no suspects in the park facts. this is an ongoing kron4 investigation. >> facebook stock hit an all-time low. it closed at $19.87 a share. that is down from its original price of $38 a share.

>> when a company goes public there are a number of shares that are frozen and not officially on the market or cannot be sold. this year is normally belong to insiders, early investors and employees. they are not allowed to sell it during the lockout. . the first of three lockout. of facebook stock has expired. >> usually that time. , facebook history of this

first wave at 90 days which is three months after their ipo. there will be more waves to come. one of the biggest is in november. >> as more shares are released on the market is only going to get harder for facebook stock to get back to the $38 ipo price. >> complicating that is the price that

>> rob black will give us his take on the facebook stock situation. >> assange now has asylum in ecuador. >> the international military force in afghanistan said several troops are among the 11 people killed in a helicopter crash that happened at the country's southern region.

>> denied authorities say at least a half-dozen people have been killed. a little boy in china drew a big crowd after getting his head stack off. there he is. his head was stuck in a guard rail. he was stuck in a crouching position as everyone tried to figure of how to safely get him out.

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>>pam: earnings from its networking giant's discuss symptoms helped wall street stocks to climb to in a near four year high. better than expected earnings helped wall street today, news that building permits for new homes jumped to their highest level since 2008.

>> now to a winner, apple tv. >> this is not apple tv yet. we have found out their negotiating with cable companies to create a set top box. they have done prototypes of television's which everyone is expecting.

>>mark: let's talk about milky cabrera and its 50 game suspension. >> this is a loser. he was having a career year. he was up for free agency. or with that suspension living over his head, it was going to be a five-year $75 million deal.

another suspension and he will have a lifetime ban from baseball. >> another iron man to know before robert downey jr.? >> iron and 3. it is a huge winner for disney about marble a couple of years ago.

>> we are beginning with a live look from the hills and berkeley looking back toward san francisco, you can see the transamerica pyramid of the left side of the screen. let's take a look at what things look like from the satellite perspective. mainly upper 80s in the east bay valleys of the upper seventies and low 80's in the south bay. that is what we are seeing at the moment deify

overnight will drop temperatures of the '50s and '60s. by the afternoon, sunny and warm with a little bit of fog near the coast. 70's around the bay, upper 80s and low '90s inland. the clouds will begin to build and we will be introducing a chance of a shower to around the bay.

>> a fairly mild forecast for tomorrow. as we go to the evening we will see a slight chance of a sprinkler to, maybe some like the to the weekend. next week looks like it will be the eyes and smiled. >>pam: the sports world has its eyes on a league team from petaluma. just game one of the league world series happening in pennsylvania. that is the relief pitcher

striking out, petaluma 16- four, 16 teams from around the country are vying for the chair being shipped. this was allowed a happy scene at a movie theater and petaluma where hundreds of fans watched a live broadcast. >>pam: the boulevard theater will show the team's next game as well. the proceeds will be going to help those family members and made the trip to pennsylvania.

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>>pam: some top corporations are paying more money to chief executive officers and their pain to federal taxes. 26 large u.s. companies including at&t, boeing in the city group paid their chief executives an average of $20.4 million of last year but at the same time paid little or no federal taxes on their profits. the nation's tax deductions and credits are allowing them to pay their ceos lavishly.

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>> that conduct was clearly a wrongful and clearly unlawful. >>pam: the wind up to the ethics hearing for suspended share of ross mirkirimi. >>pam: tonight, first and very, now met the cabrera, the sampras's the giants struggle to clean up their image in the week of the

latest doping case. the >>pam: redwood city police have a house surrounded. inside the house is a suspected armed robber. these are surveillance photographs of the suspect. life >>rob: we are live outside of the command post. police have been trailing him since early this morning. around 1:00 they tracked him to his home on williams avenue in this round of the house. what are now in our fifth hour of the standoff. joining me is a the senate with the sheriff's department. >> in the last hour or so we sought a court meeting with him.

>> how are you negotiate? >> it is face-to-face but he also has a phone. as >> is the arm? >> we assume he is. >> could this be open-ended? >> we are negotiating with him. in the last hour or so he has been telling us that he will come out peacefully. we hope that happens.

>> here is a map of where the robbery suspect is, just west of highway 101 into unincorporated san mateo county near redwood city. here is a closer look at the this is a big favorite. deputies say the suspect is paul williams and they have block of a number of streets, as a result deputies are blocking of williams between second avenue and fourth avenue and have blocked off a portion of third avenue near williams. >> deadly tragedies at yosemite national park, one child is dead and another child is missing after they

were swept away in a river. in a separate case, a man is dead after contracting a virus in yosemite. >> a family was cooling off in the river on the eastern end of the yosemite valley and apparently the two boys, 10 years old and 6 year old were caught in the current and swept downstream. some nearby people saw what was happening and rushed down to help him. they called the 10 year-old out of the water but he was declared dead on the scene. the six rule was look further downstream and they have not yet found his body. he is missing and presumed dead.

>>mark: many communities still on the warm side. 70's in the south bay and in the north bay. the weather story going forward, we will see more moisture, friday warm temperatures with '90s inland in the '80s around the bay. this week and mild with more cloud cover. that will go along with a 10 percent chance of showers friday evening for sunday. for a full forecast is straight ahead. >>pam: coming of the giants are hoping that the suspension of a star player for taking an illegal substance but it is not the first time. kron4 looks at his reputation for treating,

penn state tried to move out of the shuttle of a sex abuse scandal. what the university is doing now stand at the western wildfires, a look at the dozens of fires burning on this side of the mississippi including some in california. bob

>>pam: islam up the river has been suspended. in recent years more than one dozen giants players have been linked to the use of performance enhancing substances. >>j.r: no potrero is one of two giants suspended this year for steroid use. and the giants account for 50 percent of all steroids is a badge of the baseball >> a total of 15 giants players have been implicated in the use of steroids.

>> baseball is a big business, it is about producing runs and winning games. >> keep in mind the giants are not the only ones to blame. >> what impact will the suspension have on the reputation of the giants?

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>>catherine: the guard that was shot is doing well the suspect had a backpack filled with ammunition and chik-fil-a sandwiches. >> five people and to be denied after a shootout west of the warrants. two sheriff's deputies were killed and two others were wounded. a man shot and of the deputy that had been on track to

beat and that man was later retracted a trailer park. >>mark: the satellite you gives you a hint at how much cloud cover, it was hot to

the east, we saw a lot of upper 80s and low 90s.

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if if >>catherine: does of mesa says he wants a new legal adviser. he fired his adviser of four months and now wants a court appointed counselor. he has been complaining also about having to be kept in a holding cell on the day's scheduled to appeal in court while the judge's working on other cases. he is charge of murdering four women in northern california from the 1970's to the 1990's. prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. relentless hot and dry weather continues, 13 states from california to mississippi are fighting flames. it is so bad that even the u.s. military is fitting in to help battle the spreading blaze.

>> this is an aerial view of california burning. at least 70 wildfire's west of the mississippi are ravaging tens of thousands of acres and chasing more than 1000 people from their homes. california has the largest number of fighters with 13, more than nine dozen local and federal firefighters are battling flames from san diego to san bernadine know,

>> the fire is now 25 percent contained but for how long? the pacific northwest is inspecting unusually warm weather with highs near 100 degrees. >> la are holding our own, at the very least i feel like we're getting some large parts of the fire contained the we still have some very difficult terrain. >> investigators are still trying to figure out what sparked the wildfire. it is now 80 percent contained in and started on sunday. nearly 8,000 a. have honed had been destroyed however everyone who lives in the area has been allowed to go back home. >> here is a live look outside from the roof camera. foggy in the city but warm inland.

>>pam: investors have been freed from a facebook stock locked up. if today, the social media's stock tanked. plus, action, drama headed to the box office. a closer look.

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>> as many as four swat teams have surrounded a home on williams avenue. inside the home is the chief suspect in a string of recent armed robberies in and around the redwood city area. negotiators are said to be talking with the suspect hoping he will surrender peacefully. the occupants of at least 10 homes have been evacuated as

a precaution. >> at the ethics commission is discussing the fate of ross mirkirimi. they have to decide whether or not he committed official misconduct in connection with those of domestic violence allegations of all in his life. if they believe he committed official misconduct they will make that recommendation to the board of supervisors and then it is ultimately in their decision whether or not mirkirimi will be removed from office. >> a large crowd turned out to speak their piece on whether or not the share should permanently lose his job. >> them of the orgy of those this book or in support of mirkirimi. there was also a good number of domestic violence victim advocates who said having a

man with a misdemeanor conviction on his record in that office sends the wrong message. >> many say they are frustrated because they have not received any answers from chevron about what caused the fire. others say that they are still experiencing health problems such as asthma attacks. >> we are underneath the bay bridge. the three month process will slowly stretched the smaller cables and to please and to permanently affix them to the roadways. during that time the service will slowly come off of the support structure in the cables will be holding the bridge.

>> and tech news, facebook stock hit an all-time low. >> there are now more shares available on the market. because of the sediment on facebook has gone a bit worse over the last three months and that has pressured stocks. more people are selling their shares and that it's bringing the price down. that has been a problem for facebook today and over the last few weeks. >> we are following the weather, here is a live look from the bay bridge camera location. relatively clear skies.

here is a quick look at the overnight lows, temperatures dropping into the 50s and 60s. third everyone will say carbon copy tomorrow we saw this afternoon.

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>>grant: this just then, we are following to be developing stories. the ethics commission has just voted for-one at that suspended share of ross mirkirimi is guilty of official misconduct. the commission has not made a final decision on whether there are recommending that he be permanently removed from the sheriff's office. also, we have been telling you all evening about a standoff going off and an unincorporated part of san mateo. the suspect has peacefully surrendered.

>>pam: coming up very is joined by radio personality rosie lee allen plus, all eyes on the petaluma little league.

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