>> reporter: that was the attorney reading for joseph nee so. only sen previously that he make some mistakes in his early days. it won't talk about crimes the tub with the four killings that he was convicted of an 1977 and 1971994. >> reporter: not everyone is happy about this that recommendation. you hear someone that knew joseph nee so and keep the mind that what happened on friday as the charge has the final call out as the judge has the final call. >> pam: new charges against a former y-m-c-a daycare worker. 20 year old nicholas lhermine is now accused of molesting five chilren. kron4's justine walmdan is live outside the courthouse in morgan hill.

>> pam: adjusting? just teen >> reporter: allegedly under the suspect care as he worked at the ymca day. when he was in court today he was shackled at the waist and did not have much of their reaction. the district attorney charged in to that with the rout in in city is behavior. the attack happened as he worked at the ymca child care program at paradise valley in morgan hill occurred today is new charges and the district attorney told kron 4 news that he would not be surprised if there were more victims out there. >> this is the kind of case that as we all know,

majority of child molesters never disclosed the total of molested by the hands of this suspect i believe we will see disclosure down the road. >> reporter: in july when officers first arrested him after a six year old girl stated that he tried to force her to have sex. some of the children at the y was in direct violation of the organization's policy live at 6:00 you hear from the west and seek a in what changes that are making now after this alleged abuse. adjusting waldman kron 4 news spirit justine waldman

>> pam: you are looking at the man police say has been exposing himself to children across the bay area dating back a year or more. 70-year-old christopher wendell miller was arrested by mountain view police for masturbating in front of children at a walmart store. >> pam: miller is a registered sex offender, listed on megan's list for convictions of lewd and lascivious conduct dating back to 1989. he was also awaiting sentencing for two felony convictions for an arrest last fall at festival near gilroy. deputy district attorney stuart scott explains what happened. >> reporter:you are looking at the man who police say, has been exposing himself to children across the bay area. dating back a year or more. 70-year-old christopher wendell miller was arrested by mountain view police. for masturbating in front of children at a walmart store. miller is a registered sex offfender, listed on megan's list for convictions of lewd and lascivious conduct dating back to 1989. >> reporter:he was also awaiting sentencing for two

felony convictions for an arrest last fall at a festival near gilroy. deputy district attorney stuart scott explains what happened. this is a story people are >> pam: talking about on our website -- kron-4 dot com. you can stay connected with that story and many others.. >> pam: you can also share your thoughts. on our facebook and twitter pages. >> reporter:the shooting rampage at the washington navy yard is raising major questions tonight about how a veteran. with a troubled past. gets access to guns, and who gets access to military bases. >> reporter:the mayor of washington d.c. says, the gunman, aaron alexis, exchanged gunfire with police for more than 30 minutes before being killed. >> reporter:alexis was armed with a shotgun, legally purchased in virginia two days before his rampage. >> reporter:officials say, within the last few weeks, he began showing signs of mental disorder. >> reporter:grant lodes begins our coverage with the

new details emerging today about the gunman. >> reporter:aaron alexis was hearing voices in his head. the navy veteran said as much in a phone call to police in rhode island just a few weeks ago. they alerted the navy, but the warning went unheeded. it wasn't the first time authorities had ignored a red flag about his behavior. >> reporter: friend sale lexus was the last person they would suspect to be a mass murder. >> jovial, kind and laughing. >> reporter: honorably discharged after three years. but the record shows that his time in the service was troubled. it cited at least eight times for misconduct including insubordination and abscessed access absences. and 2000 and he was arrested for disorderly conduct and

20 tan for firing a gun through the selling in his apartment in texas. a lexus and left the navy in 2011. parking for hewlett-packard contract company worked on a navy marines internet systems. he told that strangers were using microwaves to sell weapons in his brain prompting to police to contact the navy. for some reason and nothing was done and he arrived at the navy yard yesterday and used his own security access. >> reporter: >> but need to be asking the question why? >> reporter: the 12 people who died were civilians -- many of them contractors. just starting their day at

the huge military compound that's normally a bastion of safety. now - 12 families have been left anguished. a >> reporter: as the victims are being honored and remembered we are learning more about them. details on just a few of them. mary delorenzo knight of virginia had two daughters. she had just written on her facebook page that the recent wedding of one of her her girls made her so happy.she was still crying. 50-year-old frank kohler was a father of two. arthur daniels worked as a sub-contractor installing office furniture in government offices. a friend describes 62-year- old kathy gaarde - on the right - the mother of two - as "literally the kindest person you'll ever meet." she worked as a financial analyst. richard ridgell of maryland was a retired maryland state trooper.

described as a fun-loving guy who loved football. martin bodrog was the father of three girls. he graduated from the naval acadeny in 1981. >> reporter:neighbors of vishnu pandit is remembered as a kind and gentle man who loved his family and his dog. >> reporter:and 59-year-old michael arnold was an avid pilot who graduated from the stanford school of business. >> reporter:his mother is devastated. >> reporter: >> is not possible, is not cost possible that they shot him for no reason. (crying) he was such a happy person. . >> reporter:arnold's wife had just called him monday when she heard an alarm in the background and he said he'd call her back. he never got the chance.

>>among the ways the victims were being remembered today.a moment of silence before the game between the washington nationals and the braves today. >> catherine: all 12 victims were between the ages of 46 and 73. all of them -- civilian employees. >> pam: coming up at five. the skies are clearing. but hundreds are still stranded. the dramatic rescues still happening across colorado. >> pam: then -- dozens of boardwalk businesses, up in flames. now investigators have tracked down what is to blame for the new jersey fire. >> pam: but first - a sunken cruise ship -- pulled from its watery grave. we'll show you the righting of the costa concordia. >> pam: happening now. [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week.

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>> reporter: cruise ship that was on its side for nearly two years.is finally upright. showing the dramatic andit took 19 hours right the massive ship. this was the first stage of the recovery process. it's believed to be the largest ship-righting ever. experts used a system of steel cables, pulleys and counter-weights to right the vessel. >> reporter:the costa concordia will be towed to a salvage yard.broken up and sold for scrap. you can see the white side of the ship that's been above the water.then the brown mucky side of the ship that's been submerged. the massive ship capsized 20 months ago in the waters off

tuscany.whent he captain veered off course.killing 32 people. and this is what the costa concordia looks like now. >> pam: still ahead. >> pam: it's good news if you want to go on a budget -- but bad news if you want good seats. >> pam: the major price changes. for super bowl tickets. but first. a record streak for gas prices. what it means. and the cheapest place to fill up in the bay area.

>> catherine: new at five. >> catherine: it's now been confirmed that the huge boardwalk fire in new jersey was accidental. to electrical wiring and and equipment -- damaged by superstorm sandy nearly a year ago. they now know that the fire began under a building that housed a candy store and icethe announcement comes five days after the fire destroyed more than 50 boardwalk businesses. the fire wrecked some of the places that had just been repaired after sandy. nobody was seriously injured in the fire. >> catherine: today marks one thousand >> pam: consecutive days that the average price of gas will cost more than three dollars a gallon. >> pam: that statistic comes from triple a.

the motor club says this streak started on december 23-rd, 20-10. and they estimate that unless there's another recession, high gas prices may be here to stay. started after hurricane katrina slammed into the gulf, destroying oil rigs. >> pam: meanwhile here in the bay area. 3-dollar gas prices would be more than welcome. since it's 4-dollars a gallon in most places. here's a look at the averages. >> pam: san francisco. $4.10 oakland. $4.03 san jose. $4.04 and the cheapest gas around here. vallejo. prices there just under the 4-dollar mark. and the cheapest gas around here. vallejo. prices there just under the 4-dollar mark. >> pam: here's a look at the averages. san francisco. $4.10 oakland. $4.03 san jose. $4.04 >> pam: a three-alarm fire in oakland has damaged two family homes. it happened early this morning when a man awoke to flames outside his window. kron 4's will tran reports on why this fire could have been worse.

>> reporter: dan see the damage caused by the early morning fire. it happened right here at this light blue house. here is the video starting at 330 in the morning with a fire department starting clean up within five minutes. investigator said that this was an electrical fire in all kinds of wires and apparently many aerosol cans in the back of the place why some of the neighbors heard pops and shooting going off fortune with the fire department realized it was a victorian home and that is why they jumped all over it. they expect in front of you want to get out of thing that twitter house because they did not want to worry about their safety when they're trying to poke about the fire. put out the fire.

>> i tried to open up the window and i saw it on large color and i saw that i was crazy and i checked my grandmother to see how she was doing. we were all rather house and the fire had blocked the window and ran up against the wall. and in some michael rocket sounds. >> what makes it of the tory home hard to fight hard it because there's no stunts and the wahl system. so but we did the matter what the fire is we checked to see if they had trouble occurred >> reporter: several people have been displaced and have to find out for the stick with the city is this time will be demolished and the future patrick willis trend kron 4 news. will trabne

>> jacqueline: >> jacqueline: right now 70 in san jose and 80 in napa. look at the current and wind gust we are setting preconditions and half moon bay and 30 molpus and as i ask all pure and 26 in vallejo. we are also seen went to the 20 as well. it will be a lot warmer out there and to thursday with big changes of first alert hit-and-run people are sitting the pictures into kron 4. you can send in your weather pictures to to kron 4 telecom we will be showing

them brought to my show. >> reporter: is to this in indication they will get plenty of policies in support. tickets on sale today and they sold out so quickly that the team decided they would remove some of the tar taking off to a big difference with tickets available to 12 and three american league divisional series. they are rolling and speaking of tickets the early this super bowl season are skyrocketing this year per premium seats are now selling for $2,600 each compared to this last year when cost about 1250 bucks.

more than doubling in f else's it drives up the price will above face the value. anny york area is presenting of president the band and the spirit sabol seas are going down to $500 this upcoming year instead of the $600 range. >> reporter: >> pam: new tonight. certain crime on the rise in berkeley on the rise. there has been 35% increase in pedestrian robberies in the city of berkeley during the first 6-months of 2013 that is according to a recent berkeley police mid- year crime report recent berkeley police mid- year crime report which shows th give him the tour. let me show you! soft-close drawers, farm sink! um... where's my room? we had to take just a little bit for the kitchen. because your kitchen dreams can be big. ikea has it all.

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and climbing. we'll take you to the 'lucky liquor store' many in the bay area are hitting up for a powerball ticket. the countdown is on for the powerball drawing. in less than 24 hours, the next multi-millionaire will be announced. well, that is what many are hoping. no one won the last drawing this past saturday. as kron four's terisa estacio reports, people started lining up first thing this morning to get a ticket at a popular store in the east bay. >> reporter: release the winning power bought a ticket this is what people had >> i just wanted to try it so here we go. hopefully! (laughter) >> statistically it's not great but why not. >> reporter: what drives you to come by a lottery

ticket? do you just purchased one or in strategy? >> i just use the machine and buy a $5 made a million and a $10 power ball. and that is my strategy. that is its (laughter) >> reporter: people say why not? they believed. taps >> reporter: shooting. monday after the navy yard shooting. tributes to the victims in the nations capital. this as officials try to piece together the motive behind the rampage of gunman aaron alexis. shannon travis is live in washington d.c. with where

evening men of the details of that they're still can't emerging. a renewed debate on control and the united states with the white house

wasted no time bring the issues front and center. >> everyone believes functions well the need to function better which is a bad from check. a background check. >> reporter: he did not comment on gun control directly but did criticize all president obama for politicizing deep tragedy. it will >> is hard to believe the some of the record as checkered as this man could conceivably get clearance.

>> reporter: with the run-up manganous with georgia taxes after peak after he also reported having problems sleeping in hearing voices including peaty as de this order. it p t e s d ptsd disorder. >> reporter: he suggest stricter background check could restrict such incidents like these. >> reporter: obviously so many questions for the navy

and how and allied with his past right hands with the law and clear mental problems that he had and sought help for the navy is taking questions as to what how did he receive clearance. those particular issues may not prevent a person receiving clearance occurred >> pam: him up quickly it is the navy yard opened today? or will be open for the rest of the week? >> reporter: it was closed today at all but closed for restricted access only for workers that are essential, pam. >> reporter: ok pam

happening now is finally some dry weather and colorado. hit by the deadly blotting. you concede the roads pretty much the on crumbled under the pressure of flood waters. dry out their belongings and the less fortunate are still being evacuated by helicopter spirit hunter is under the account for. others have lost every possession that they hat. had. >> reporter:sunlen miller is in colorado >> reporter:the break in rain has here in colorado has helped rescue teams get to those still stranded. the good news - there have been >> reporter:but there are still 600 people unaccounted for.

>> reporter:in the air, and on the ground, rescue crews have resumed their search for those stranded and unaccounted for in colorado's devastating flood. officials blame at least eight-deaths on the weather. >> reporter:"we're just praying for the best, we're just heartbroken." >> reporter:kay rich, like many in colorado, is getting her first look at the devastation left by days of flooding. nearly 18- thousand homes across the state have been damaged by relentless rain and flooding. >>"nervous, cause i don't know what i'm facing. if only i knew, you know. but until you get there, you don't know." >> reporter:many have no home to returnin the town of lyons, rushing water moved entire homes. >>"today is our first day up here since we've been evacuated, and i feel like it's worse than i thought it would be. we lost absolutely everything we own. >> reporter:others, like olga salazar, remain hopeful.

>>"if i survived a stroke and breast cancer this is not going to fight we're going to come back." who >> reporter: runoff water is rushing out of state to neighboring nebraska. reporting in. colorado. i'm sunlen miller. now back to you. >>a developing story. >> catherine: the syrian crisis was the focus of the opening of the u-n general assembly today. with delegates from more than 190 nations hearing how rockets filled with nerve gas killed hundreds of civilians last month. these are u-n inspectors in damascus. they say they've found found definitive evidence that chemical weapons were used. today both secretary of state john kerry and the u-n secretary general were blasting the syrian government. >> but i sought the urging one delete willfully continues to slaughter its own people.

>> catherine: syria has agreed to a deal brokered by russia and the u-s to hand over its chemical weapons. but kerry says the u-s wants to keep the threat of military action on the table if syria doesn't keep up its end of the agreement. >> pam: >> this just in to the kron 4 newsroom. >> pam: a child has been injured by glass and debris as a result of a shooting at 5:00 in oakland the 1500 block of 27 ave, the child was incidental because of glass that shattered when all of this was unfolding. you see this in a live picture that police are still on the scene. the child was not shocked but injured by flying glass we will continue to follow the development of oakland and [ maragno ] if the car was invented today,

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>> is from san francisco federal reserve, is where because of the of that this is damaged goods. even though you will tom is not damaged goods if she is a big player in the world of finance. she will keep monetary policy like or easy. it will same as of somers was tried to strengthen the dollar. mehserle was having a party today know it will not be summers. >> reporter: to this summer's end president obama will have to-make a deal with the republican spirit >> so you are brett about the political grit. >> reporter: pcs and tablets tablas will outsell

pcs now? >> yes by the end of the year. people are choosing more mobile devices over personal computers. this is one of the reasons why bill had to go private because they need to shake things up. but by the end of next year tablet are expected to outsell all pcs to all. pcs are so powerful we do not use the features but i find myself among tablet the principal thing so it makes sense to it we are using this way. >> >> reporter: enough flecks very interesting concept? >> reporter: to look up the most >> of the most part the shoals and try to buy them. to what is out there parsing shows at fox knows this and it drives them crazy parent

and so how can we get into people hands of the consuming and appreciate the product faster so that snapple! so you cut down parts and by 50 percent. this is a good way to fight piracy. we will pay for the service and consumer product and so licensed away. >> reporter: we are watching man's warehouse which is george zimmer and the stock is really getting hammered. georgia >> the zimmer which is brittles conceit is so close to that florida police name is all i will say. the want to take that company private in stock is gone down a famous tag name is that you will like the weight you look. you can't play the

ankle because they are lost without their founder. he started in texas in the expanded, and expanded and expanded. george is a month left the company will he tried to buy them now? retell is in pro-business retail is a brutal business. >> jacqueline: temperatures are right where they told you they would be pure up and the norstad and that of this afternoon and has spent their early wendy this afternoon with current and

past 40 mount an hour passed after all. 40 mile an hours in sfo here is a look at futurecast with 90 conditions through the north bay coast, coast line and i said that it will be starting to move slow down some. by 11:00 tonight whence will die down significantly. for tomorrow, we will see warmer temperatures with satellite pictures showing clear skies of the bay area. gusty conditions this afternoon but it is passing through with warmer temperatures the next couple of days the bay area the low 80s and palo

alto at 81 in sa jose. with 88 degrees and in the bellies to mount with 86 in concord at 87 and antioch. '60s coesite and upper 60s in san francisco and a range of fees for the north bay. big changes at the end of the week with no fault in the forecast prepared we will have cooler temperatures and a chance of mainly to the north bay there is a slight chance late friday night with cooler temperatures and gusting wind spirit the chance of rain will linger into the fray in morning friday morning as we head into sunday and monday it will rebound. >> pam: breaking news in

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(male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> pam: now at six-- >> pam: a man caught on surveillance video, after police say. he was exposing himself to children at a peninsula bookstore. has been arrested. >> pam: now, we've learned, the man in the video is a registered sex offender with a long history of crimes against children. >> pam: thus the police are still on the same for at the crime scene and this area to offer a bill in 27 ave. we do have grow on the way to the scene and we will bring

you more affirmation. more and affirmation and this broadcast. >> reporter:kron 4's rob fladeboe >> reporter: christopher miller showman costa own was arrested for indecent closure. >> reporter: there was a visual and adult there and saw this and started taking pictures of him and called the police. >> >> reporter: scott on a surveillance camera molesting a child at a bookstore. caught on

surveillance. q >> reporter: was inside a wal-mart in improperly touching himself in front of two young female spirit their mother saw this and decided to report this to the loss prodigious security who in turn called us and was able to get there on time to detain him and arrest him. >> reporter: elude in insidious attacks on children and a decent approach and had a clean record until the case last october. some him back to jail because he is a threat to society pure >> time that he was supposed to do his best behavior instead of prison which is where we are axing four and a case like this he goes out into extreme and in close proximity close to

some small children. so he is a threat and is very obvious what type of threat he is. we continue to follow developing news. >> pam: >> reporter: the district attorney at it and seven year-old girl and a three and a half hour of control to the list of accusing allegedly attacked at the ymca child care program at paradise valley commission school this summer. making

changes to its policy such as adding more staff at the busiest time of day and not allowing brett workers with personal cell phones to work hours and moving furniture or wrong so that everyone has a direct knight of sites to the students. >> reducing any possibility for a child to be a long >> reporter: why has it also hired a investigator. after a six year old girl reported that the teacher forced her to have sex. the interview

process is a delicate part of this investigation. live and more danville justine waldman kron4 names >> pam: we continue to follow developing those in marin county superior court jury has written that recommended the death penalty the death penalty for for convicted serial killer joseph nee sell. joseph naso. >> pam: 79-year-old naso was convicted in august. of murdering 4 women. between 1977 and 1994. and dumping their bodies in rural areas. kron4's j-r stone is live in san rafael following >> reporter: the way that there were done the evidence for that these two attorneys presented in exceptional fashion showing what he did were justified under the law.

joseph nasal stated in a state " i am on a threshold of a new life and i will make this the best to a new life unquote. >> pam: the judge will have the final say in sentencing will be held through court after friday. >> pam: there's growing controversy over a military plan to bury radioactive waste on the site of a former air force base near sacramento. kron 4's charles clifford has details.

in a new report, the center for investigative journalism says the u.s. air force wants to bury soil contaminated with radioactive material on the site of mcclellan air force base was closed in 2001. >> reporter: the air force is currently building a 20 million waste dump near by warehouse to bury the tam it soil. teth contaminated northeastern part of the sacramento. here.. just north of interstate 80. the contaminated soil is currently siting.. here.. above ground, covered by black tarps. the dirt contains radioactive radium-226, which was used in the instrument panels. the air a 20 million dollar waste dump nearby where it hopes to bury the contaminated soil. >> reporter:the military has been working to clean up the base and wants to eventually hand it over to the city. but city and state health officials say that if the contaminated soil is buried on site, it could be a deal breaker. they want the contamination moved to a facility that's equipped to take it, but because the

base is still under federal control there's not much that local agencies can do to stop the air force. >> reporter: if the city does eventually take possession of the base, the military would probably remain responsible for cleaning up the contamination. in the newsroom, charles clifford kron 4 news. . >> reporter:new at 6. >> reporter:reinforcements are coming to the oakland police department. 10 new officers will be hired over three years.thanks to federal grants totalying 4.5 million dollars. that's the highest amount awarded in the country. and the city needs all the help it can get. oakland has just over 600 officer now. compare that to 2009.when the city had 830 officers. >> reporter:the grants come as funding for the federal program has been fiercely debated in congress. >> pam: coming up. pedestrian robberies up in one east bay city. what's driving the uptick in robberies. plus, sinkhole problems for one car owner in florida. how the woman escapes the sinking smart car. a day after the deadly navy yard shooting. a renewed gun debate heats up at the nation's capitol.

>> pam: navy yard shooting. 13 people killed. including the gunman.aaron alexis. authorities are combing through alexis' life. looking for a motive that to the massacre.

officials say alexis. the i- t employee had been undergoing mental health the

>>from veterans affairs since august. the deadly navy yard shooting -- sparked a renewed gun control debate in washington. shannon travis reports. >> reporter: every new debate on gun control and then added states. the white house wasted no time bring the issue front and center. the problem >> here is senators who refuse to do something very simple which is expand the backgrounds check the system which will function well but needs to function a little better. >> reporter: on up nearly half for all the americans believe that the laws should be more strict picture. str icter. >>

>> reporter: while police are learning more about the shorter 34 your old and alexis and how he was able to get access to a secured military facility. >> we hard to believe the some one with the record as checkered as this man was able to receive clearance. >> reporter: his father's face that he was suffering fromptsd after assisting with a rescue efforts from 911. he also had problems sleeping in hearing voices project officials or looking into all military contracts and how they are screened before they get better security clearances. kron for new spiris..

>>just outside the white house. secret service agents spotted a man throwing firecrackers over the fence >>you see him in the white hat. within moments.he was tackled by one officer. >> catherine: and then a couple more officers came over to help. it's not clear why he did it.but he didn't seem fazed when caught in the act. secret service agents asked who had thrown the firecracker -- the man threw 'another' one. he was taken into custody. >> reporter: >> reporter:mexico is grappling with a deadly double-punch of tropical weather. heavy rains caused by hurricane ingrid on the country's gulf coast and tropical storm manuel on the pacific coast. have left at least 34 people dead and more than one million homeless. on the pacific side of things, officials say 15 people died in guerrero and one person died in oaxaca. on the gulf side, 12 were killed after a landslide in

veracruz. inland, three died in hidalgo and three in puebla. >> reporter: smart phones in the hands of pedestrians are connected to a major increase in robberies and a city in berkeley kurtthere has been a dramatic increase in robberies in an east bay citythat is according to a new police report.investigators talked to kron4's haaziq madyun about the common threaddriving the rise in crime. >>"most of the time it is smart phones, whether it is a iphone or galaxy or whatever but we are seeing an increase in smart phone robberies" >> reporter:and those smart phones in the hands of pedestrains are connected to a major increase in robberies in the city of berkeleyaccording to a recent berkeley police mid year crime report over the first 6-months of this yearthere has been a 35% increase in pedestrian

2013compared to 177 pedestrian robberies during the first half of 2012 >> reporter:berekeley police officer jennifer coats says the theives are targeting folks walking down the street using their cell phonessomething police do not recommend these days >>"the specific victims being targeted are typically lone pedestrians walking at night, people can see the kind of phone you have and that might be the for the person committing the robbery" >> reporter:investigators say the crimes typically take place in heavily populated areas in the city like near the ashby bart station, downtown berkeleyand in the area surrounding the cal campus >>"we have extra officers on the street and we usually put them out during the times that we have seen an increase in the types of robberies we have" >> reporter:in berkeley haaziq madyun kron4news >> jacqueline: you can see the trees blowing in the wind barry won the up there this afternoon when the dust

at 20 mi. an hour. in nevada and 29 and half moon bay 26. it has been rather windy out there today as we head into the evening is expected to die down derric. as we head into the west it would die down by 11:00 in much calmer conditions. as we go into the overnight hour. we are seeing clear skies over the bay area but is we look into the bay area and the north uc cloudy conditions and cooler temperatures but it is on it is way out in we will see dreier temperatures. we will be back in the low eighties for the south bay 80 in palo alto. 36 hard concord and

'60s coastline. 70 in san francisco and a range of peace in upper 80s for the north to the bay. much warmer to marron continued warming into thursday and storm approaching the coast line. bart enough to cut the north bay right now. it could change and grow a little farther south as the week progresses. >>". california winner." >> reporter:still ahead. 400-million and climbing. liquor store' where many in the bay area are hitting up

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(male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> pam: we are learning more about a shooting in oakland that left the child heard correct gunfire or winking out in the 1500's block of 27th avenue of oakland. now it appears that only the child was hurt by the flying glass and debris associated with the shooting. tides and to the incident the child is stable. this is a video with partnership abc said the new spirit this is video from our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news. >> reporter: 7 year-old of san jose was arrested in mountain view where police

say he exposed himself to small children creek cut on a surveillance camera and a similar tale book store earlier this summer were he molested another child and suspected and another case in the york city. in october 2012 case where he was caught exposing himself to children and a costume festival. >> he was wearing a scottish kilt without any underwear and he was exposing himself to children walking by. >> reporter: huge increase the demand pedestrian robberies'. ♪ >> to increase about 35% offered to quit at iphone on our galaxy. people can see what took a phone you have

and that to be a specific target for the person committing the robbery in berkeley kron 4 news. >> reporter: this is 20 year old nicol list literally the new charges include a set in your old girl and three and a half girl with the total number of child sexual abuse 25 and not surprised that there are more victims out there appeared in more of bill kron 4 news. >> reporter: on his way to candlestick park to fallen there and. they say that they know the 32 year-old hayward resident had

consumed some beers while tell bidding before the game but his brother that was with him before the game did not appear overly dropped. they're waiting to receive results of the toxicology report. they do have their own theory as to how he died in you hear that coming up at 8:00 p.m. tonight. >> jacqueline: temperatures are jumping 5 to 10 degrees to what we saw today. it will stay warm into thursday but friday more changes to talk about. a chance of running relief for the north bay. right now the best chance of rain does seem to be in the north bay in the evening hours. we will also suggesting clients like today but a little bit stronger than today. as to look ahead into saturday marin chance of showers the

sting cool saturday things will start tomorrow up sunday and monday >> pam: sales are expected to be weak this year. >> the leaves have not changed colors yet the retailers are already worrying about the holidays. shoppers track dictates sales in november and december rise with a smaller increase than 2009. many people are dealing with high gas prices and unemployment and the prospect of higher health-care costs. is still early but it shows schuller's aren't ready to splurge yet. back-to-school sales barely rose and wal- mart the borough's biggest retailer reselling week

recently rebuilt a week forecast parentrevealed a weak forecast. >> reporter: wal-mart and toys r us has already listed their list of hot toys. i'm alison kosik in new york. >>hey, why did you poop in my car? snort >> catherine: here's something you don't see everyday. that's a pot-bellied pig in the back of a police car in austin texas. and he 'did' make a mess of that back seat. police officer found him wandering around.and put him in the car. >> catherine: regretted. >> catherine: in florida.

>> catherine: a woman's quick thinking helped her escape from her sinking smart car just seconds before it submerged. madaline keeble says she saw what looked like a water main break.and >> catherine: decided just to drive through it. that turned out to be a mistake. she says she suddenly had water 'up to her ears.' the car is damaged.but madaline is ok. and in south carolina.one of those surprise proposals -- where there just happens to be cameras recording every moment. >> catherine: leanna smith and her friends were just hamming it up for the cameras before the south carolina-vanderbilt game when her boyfriend stepped in and proposed. there were a lot of people watching -- so fortunately.leanna said yes. ll >> reporter: the up where else can you findyou will find rainbow colored bicycles, to many to but you will also find people behaving badly , welcome to google land as i like to call it, it's real name is mountainview

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(male announcer): now, here's stanley roberts who found some people behaving badly. >> reporter: where you might find texting bus drivers in wife beater's and why they call those t-shirts wife beaters .google it >> reporter:apparenlty in silicon valley, the heart of technology still in the dark ages when it comes to hands free because if they didn't have a cell phone firmly attached to their ear bicylist too >> reporter:then they were texting and not a quick text which is still illegal but many were texting the entire lenth of light and even if you couldn't see the phone you could tell by the all too fimiliar head bob reading test messages looking at the light reading test messages looking at the light ' >> reporter:sometimes you get so distracted you forget

that you didn't want to turn so you run the light, no worries im not watching >> reporter:i live the fact that bicylist use the walk button before riding their bikes in the crosswalk and get this they have a button for bicycles but some would rather use the crosswalk but then again some pedestrians would rather walk in the bike lane and the bikes would rather ride on the sidewalk >> reporter:i have never been to googleland but to me it's like a cross between the wizard of oz and willy wonka and the chocolate factory minus the umpa lumpas . now google that in mountain view stanley roberts kron 4 news >> reporter:that's it for the kron 4 news at 6. stay connected with kron 4 and get latest news developments at kron4.com. or download one of our mobile apps. our next newscast is coming up at 8 o'clock. see you then. >> pam: that and all the sports next with the

(male announcer): it's now time for gary radnich from the jack in the box sports desk. >> gary: before released last month as stamper he won an award as the most clear and football. >> i can hear going to try to to prove to improve my game. >> gary: giants and matt are

in motion appeared kazakh wheeler giants no. 1 pick want a pawn of time. 16 honk and their rebel and kept them at close. >> gary: tried to get closer as the host the angels and feel pretty good about themselves these days. the a's before play offs will take the tar off. a more intimate gathering with 12,000 extra seats in bringing capacity to 48,000. sean been known community

war in recognition and of charitable contributions across the nation. >> gary: >> gary: title at the american football, the parents of a 12 year-old boy was sent to a football player that we cannot in good conscience play and found >> gary: this is a heartbreaking story that suggests the ball to lead to a brain damage, dementia, at an director producer

shunt you are at independent guy. >> trying to get them to be honest that the game is sold to our children and they sell it to our children through cartoons and football games. my feeling is that potentially paid a billion dollars to not tell us the truth. and i do not think that people are thinking about this. no they are pained to not tell us what is going on i have a 15 year-old and i raise my kid he is really athletic spirit of i thought he was at the edge to where he was born to

play i hit the pause button. >> told me in 2004, and if any sport you do not want your son to play football. it was in the back of my mind i never listened to never thought about it. because of the head trauma. you know the >> reporter: you know the danger so not allow your children to play thinking devil's advocate >> there is a correlation between brain trauma and no one ever told them to listen you are on the play 20 years in the nfl and we will not wish to for a brain injury or concussion.

>> reporter: if i am from an nfl organization and i am a player and i hear that you want to interview me out want to run would ensure operation like. ? >> corporation has been great. core operation. >> reporter: >> gary: >> we want him running sideways spirit we want him running sideways. >> gary:

>> you listen to the other things he said how it affected had it wasn't just a metaphor it was basically sing every time you heard his head and not to take him out of the game. it was by design and cannot do that at your we know these things exist occurred >> gary: will there is no nudity in this movie will people go see this? >> i think truth is more intense than nudity. >> gary: this guy grew up in the san jose area. now the deal on concussions, he has a career going. i hate to sound like a broken record but if you have options for your child away from

football go ahead. its football is full block is the only avenue for him to get to college or make a few bucks to support the family and, then i think you have to go for it. but if you are really talented and more of a bigger kid then prime. but if you're back a player to be the person that is run over every day out, i would not risk it. >> pam: they have to make more stand and the union also. >> gary: you know what the deal is if you do not want to run the risk then do not play. but you come from a background with a sister one chance to better yourself the better your family will all be the one guy that will not get hurt or suffered a head trauma and i have to do with.

>> gary: they will not shut down the game but maybe they can make it safer and do more things to make people aware. >> pam: >> jacqueline: at same thing in hop hockey to the want to hit spiri >> gary: as long as the in and out al are making money than they will go on and the weight is before someone lays on the field and i get up. and there and you may see some change. >> gary: we will continue in a moment.

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>> gary: we will like cutest stay a part of the kron4 family, pam, they do it? unbelievable.

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