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beginning of 2013 police have been called to the apartment 10 times. the recent times were just days before the murder. >> we really want to be a perfect for a disturbance call. there were involved in an argument am nothing more than that. >> reporter: police went to check on the child from a concerned call from the victims grandmother. >> under the influence of drugs and she was the contacted at that time. ryan and zero were at the apartment. sarah were at the apartment. >> reporter: are back live
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outside the napa of apartment complex. the gathering as a dense at this point. we could tell you that an autopsy on the young girl is expected. we will have more coming up at 6:00 p.m.. >> pam: a tiny body in an and empty apartment. the heartbreaking into a tragedy. apparently much candymaking. grant lotus takes us through a mother's life appearing to spiral of control. >> she picked him up somewhere and started going downhill after that. >> reporter: never say they began to see trope changes in the little girl. she looked fund >> she looked unhappy. >> reporter: a string of
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believes a string of complaints brought police to the apartment again and again. just last friday, showed up when kruger's mother asks for a welfare check onkayleigh, saying she was concerned the her daughter's drug use at that time. >> at that time the child was 5. fine. >> reporter: the next day at 10:00 a.m. krueger and warner were spotted leaving the apartment with suitcases. neither one had a car. an anonymous call said police back to the apartment at 7. at about 1:00 p.m. they fought case lifeless body. kayleigh's lifeless
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body. >> reporter: investigators noticed what appeared to be blunt trauma force injury followed indicated to the victim appeared to be sexually assaulted. at 4:00 p.m. saturday krueger and warner were identified as persons up interest people. police publicize these pictures asking other law- enforcement agencies to be on the lookout for the couple. the next morning the pier was spotted at this restaurant in else to retell the left heading for the grocery to del norte bart station bart police arrested them. >> reporter: >> pam: a teenage oakland was accused of murdering his 17 years mr. made his first court appearance today. the 14 year-old is facing one county of murder for the shooting death of justice culliver the team is also facing several gun related charges he made his courtroom appearance today at the alameda county juvenile justice center were
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his attorney says the case will remain. >> pam: the judge denied a request to release the team to the custody of his family, however the court will allow the boy to attend his sister's room all accompanied by a probation officer. >> pam: said jose state university has released details of its investigation into accusations of racial hazing on campus. the report chronicles alleged events from last semester in which a 17 year-old african- american students living in a dormitory was raised by his suite mate >> pam: for white students are accused of writing racial slurs on the wall putting up and covered black and blocking a bike lock or from the victim's neck and then trapping him and his
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own room. the report concludes the hazing was off for weeks for the victim finally notified campus authorities not a task force armed with this new investigation is set to look at what could be done to keep this from happening again. >> pam: all four students have been suspended from the university and are facing misdemeanor hate crime and battery charges in the meantime the taskforce is set to release its findings in late april. >> pam: a bart officer killed by a colleague door a propitious search the chief of police says his officers have the appropriate amount of training but something went wrong. tonight kron4 has no exclusive interview with a family bought art bart officer who says he knows what went wrong it is a story you will only see on kron4 news at 8.
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>> pam: for more rain is on the way to the bay area. you could see the sun out now. a brief creek after a wet sunday. our chief neurologist jacqueline and then it is standing by with more. >> jacqueline: unfortunately the raid total one not too much to make it hit at the drop. we do have more rain in the forecast. i will tell you more about that coming up and a bit. >> pam: we reached out today to some of the bay area water district to find out what impact the recent rain has had on our drought emergency. each day mud says it needs at least another 30
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to 35 in. of rain. and is was of far aren't still just a little over half full. the santa clara valley water district, the impact minimal with no measurable change reservoirs. >> pam: you could check kron4 backup for war or the dropped he bart to see. we have posted so water safety tips of with a tradition of voluntary and that the tour water restrictions around the bay area and get also download are new global at its track with the rate is expected to come up. >> pam: favor of day on wall street. the dow tumbled more then 300 points today after reports of sluggish u.s. growth added to worries about the global ecology will have the full market a bit f 545. >> pam: coming up at 515
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>> catherine: from the marshall islands the story of a mystery is castaway he was rescued sunday from a
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badly damaged boat in a remote area of the marshall islands. mexico. >> catherine: this is the man be at a ride on land he claims he was a drug for 13 months. he was blown off course and a fishing companion was killed. the man says he's been survival on this charles and ring for more than a year. >> catherine: he's been compared to the character tom hanks played in the movie cast away. although the 37 year old man pair apparently spent more of this time on his boat authorities are now trying to determine whether the fisherman is telling the truth about why happened. but there does not seem to be much doubt the he has been called for a long time. >> pam: still ahead we will tell you about the problem with the board to respond to
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touch it with bay area city offers more companies with customer credit and debit information act.
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>> catherine: a company that maintains four major hotel chains may be the latest victim of a cyber-attack. >> catherine: information on guests' credit and debit cards might have been hacked. the company is called "white lodging" - and it helps run the hilton, marriot, sheraton and westin hotel chains. the hack apparently happened in 20-13. it was first noticed when bank workers noticed a pattern of fraud >> catherine: among hundreds of cards that had previously been used at marriott hotels. no word yet on how many people might have been affected - and the company is investigating. >> catherine: the hacking of target's systems could still be the largest breach in u.s. retail history. >> catherine: it affected as many as 110 million customers. the retailer discovered the problem in mid-december and notified customers several days later. >> catherine: target has launched an investigation with the help of private security and law enforcement.
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>> catherine: the arts and crafts store michaels is also looking into a security breach. it says it's investigating a possible problem with its payment card network. it has advised customers to check their financial statements for fradulent activity. if confirmed - this would be the second known data breach since 20-11 at michaels. >> catherine: and about a week and a half ago -- we found out that neiman marcus has been hacked. >> catherine: we now know that about 1.1 million customers have been affected by a three-month security breach. so far - credit card companies have told the high-end retailers that about 24-hundred cards from its customers have been used in fraudulent transactions. the retailr has yet to see neiman marcus cards. >> pam: more bay area news. >> pam: the san jose fire department could get slapped with a 850-thousand dollar penalty. because of slower response to medical emergency calls. >> pam: the fire agency gets paid millions by santa clara county, to provide emergency medical services. but their contract requires ambulances to get to 90-
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percent of 9-1-1 calls, within 8- minutes. >> pam: a new report by the city shows a 10-percent drop in response time. budget cuts have been blamed for the slow down. because of that, a county supervisor is proposing to 'hold' the fire department in breach of contract, but delay penalizing the department. the supervisor says, it would be better to give the department 30- days to get response times. back up to what is a national standard. or not the board of supervisors is >> pam: expected to vote on the issue tuesday morning. >>a fire in oakland has left eight people, in two buildings, without a home tonight. it happened this morning on
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@ 34-th street near adeline street. >> pam: the fire started on the first floor of one building. and moved through an open window. to a car parked in a carport. >> pam: the car became engulfed in flames and the fire moved into a neighboring building. everyone got out safely. no word on the cause of the fire. in san francisco, two people >> pam: stabbed in two different incidents early this morning. near the financial district. >> pam: officers responded to the incident at the embarcadero between piers 5 and 7. and the other at sacramento and drumm streets. the man was stabbed in the chest and is in serious condition. >> pam: the woman, who was stabbed in the leg and back, is in stable both were transporo san francisco general hospital. no arrests have been made. >> jacqueline: you can see
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here at the san mateo bridge with the camera shot we have a little bit of clout coverage here as well. temperature why is it is chilly out there largely in the low fifties. some places in the '20s and team spirit is built like it in the 40's this afternoon in some areas we do have some now in ongoing in the sierra looking offshore another system approaching this one will move en into thursday. first, let's talk about overnight temperatures it will still be " talking about temperatures at or near freezing. still in the '50s and wednesday and thursday the storm will
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approach may bring light showers. 29 in napa and and they're filled with thirty in vallejo. frosty when she'll and these locations and the south bay with a 36 in san jose and san mateo as well. mid to upper 50s for the afternoon 55 the plaza 10 of 56 in sunnyvale and 57 in santa rosa and in fairfield. noon wednesday increasing cloud coverage by the evening the rainbow approach. the rain will approach derrick >> jacqueline: will look at the extended forecast we have two periods of rain
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wednesday and into thursday but dried on friday we will receive a stronger storm into the area. that storm to bring us more than an inch of rain in will keep you posted >> pam: next. as facebook gets ready to >> pam: celebrate 10 years. yes its been that long. we'll show you just how much >> pam: the social media site has changed. >> pam: then. >> pam: then. or how to find big savings on the things you need. just make a straight line to safeway. you'll find huge club card deals perfect for the big game. pizza's a football favorite. digiorno pizza is $3.99. get your snack on. wheat thins and other nabisco crackers are just $1.50 a box. and dreyer's ice cream is only $2.88. real big deals this week and every week. only at safeway. ingredients for life.
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>> reporter:starting today. google is offering a week
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long privatein 2004, the internet was a different place. no youtube, no twitter, and fast- growing "myspace" was just a year old. but february- fourth, 2004. saw the launch of the company that would go on to dominate the social web. >> reporter:laurie segall takes a look at facebook. as the company prepares to celebrate its tenth anniversary tomorrow. >>i just spent the last week in a relationship with a girl who i broke up with a week before >>she knows it's complicated, you know it's complicated. it's complicated >> reporter:that would be mark zuckerberg in 2005 with his then colleague chris hughes.talking about his relationship status. >>did you get my email about the relationship status thing? >>yeah i figured i'd talk to you about it when you actually got here. i think that's a good idea. >>if you break up with someone, it's sort of
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*bleep to go back to single. or if you're actually in a relationship where you're hooking up with someone, ya know? >> reporter: >> reporter:the origin of the "it's complicated" relationship status. >> reporter:but facebook's origins - started with mark zuckerbeg. and this week, the company turns ten. >>one of my friends got a computer. and i just thought it was the coolest thing so i just begged my mom for so long to get me a computer. >> reporter:the investment paid off. >>zuckerberg's idea for a social network went viral. alongside a close group of his college buddies & the harvard students camped out at this silicon valley house in the summer of 2004. >>things i personally worked on, i'm probably most well known for working on the like button. i think the discussions, you'd be surprised at how involved they were for for a one-word link on a page. one of the big decisions we made was that there would only be a like button, not a dislike button. >> reporter:bret taylor was c-t-o from 2009 to 2012. >>i had just arrived when the company was making the transition from their original offices downtown. and so i think they had gone
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through a big cultural transition there. >> reporter:from this office - to this campus. >> reporter:and like the company he started, zuckerberg today is all grown up. >>i think it's one of the biggest problems of my generation to get everyone in the world to have internet access. >> reporter:from a small startup to a public company and 1.2 billion users >> reporter:like the >> reporter:like the when jakand firsset t onour n, relationship status - w. buin te yoreale th beer y eat e beer y fee thesdayse bo eatmart. and giveake rinaat cw natuls. ma witrealhick andsalm, it'sigh proin le acas naral . anno aed aificl flors. we'vcome lonway. and atev's aad, 'll the forach her. natully. puri cathow tura.
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spurring a citywide manhunt. >> pam: then. >> pam: we'l show you the cold and snowy weather hitting the north east. good. good answer.
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i need some pudding. yeah, there's one left. [ male announcer ] connect all your wi-fi-enabled devices with u-verse high speed internet. rethink possible. (male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> pam: there are disturbing new details in the death of actor phillip seymour hoffman. dead sunday of a suspected drug overdose. catherine heenan is here with the latest.catherine? >> catherine: people in the entertainment industry and beyond are still in shock.
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>> catherine: hoffman - considered one of the best actors of his generation. >> catherine: tonight - a law enforcement official says tests have confirmed that there 'was' heroin >> catherine: in at least some of the dozens of plastic packets found in hoffman's apartment. >>almost as soon as word spread that phillip seymour hoffman had died. word came that he was surrounded by drugs. and had a needle sticking out of his left arm. >> catherine: this is the bathroom where the 46-year- old was found.discovered by a screenwriter friend. and his personal assistant. >> catherine: one of the police investigators was seen leaving the apartment with notes from the scene. >> catherine: you can see the words 'hypodermic' and 'syringe'. and the time hoffman was pronounced dead -- 11:45 am.
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>> catherine: there had been concern when hoffman didn't show up at a scheduled time to see his three children. >> catherine: they'd been waiting only a block away.when hoffman was discovered dead. the troubled actor recently split from their mother and his long-time girlfriend. police found evidence of heavy drug use throughout the apartment.including 20 used syringes. >> catherine: and as many as 49 envelopes of heroin. investigators say the heroin may have been laced with a powerful narcotic. making it even more dangerous. >> catherine: hoffman was last seen in public 2 weeks ago at the sundance film festival in park city utah. >> catherine: where some described him as slightly disheveled and 'pasty'. >> catherine: hoffman revealed last year that he was in rehab for abusing prescription pills. >> catherine: and in 2006 -
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acknowledged his battle with addiction on '60 minutes'. . the academy award winning >> actor was esteemed by colleagues as an 'actor's actor'. and a truly down to earth 'regular guy'.off-screen. >> reporter:this wednesday - the broadway community will pay tribute to hoffman -- by dimming theatre lights for one minute -- at 7:45. >> reporter:also - tonight investigators are trying to track down surveillance video in hoffman's neighborhood, after a man told police that he saw the actor buying drugs from two men saturday night. and a reminder. you can catch all your entertainment news right here on kron-4. the insider starts at seven, followed by entertainment tonight at 7:30. >> catherine: you can bet there will be much more on the death of phillip seymour hoffman. r >> reporter: and priest in dallas. hilarious former
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child star. even high pitch short structure truman capote. in real-life philip seymour hoffman worked with a man that discovered >> when you are an actor you literally pick the two or more higher bid you will be for the rest of your life. >> pam: joan mondale. the woman who built a reputation as a national cultural arts advocate while her husband
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was vice president. has died. >> pam: her family issued a statement through their church saying she died monday afternoon with family by her side. >> pam: mondale was nicknamed "joan of art" because she was so passionate about the arts. >> pam: she was an avid potter when her husband walter. then a democratic u.s. senator from minnesota. was elected jimmy carter's vice president in 1976. >> reporter:it's the winter that just won't quit. >> reporter:the east coast is getting blasted with cold air and snow once again.while much of the midwest braces for an ice storm. stacey cohan reports. >> reporter:had enough yet? >> reporter:if snow is not your thing, then this is not the winter for you. in parts of the northeast. as much as ten inches of snow is expected. the new york city area could get half a foot.leaving the once bustling site of the super bowl looking like a winter wasteland. >>now today i can day to my fellow new yorkers things are going to be messy today. the snow is coming down
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faster than we can plow it. >> reporter:super bowl travelers may have a tough time getting home. across the country, the weather caused many of the more than 18-hundred flight cancelations according to flightaware.com. >> reporter:the majority of the cancellations are at new york and philadelphia area airports. >> reporter:the very ones likely serving all of the tired football fans. >> reporter:hotels around the stadium in east rutherford, new jersey are making plans for visitors to extend their stays.as the national weather service issued a winter storm warning. and driving may not be a better option as roads are expected to become slick as the storm transitions from snow to ice. and there's more on the way. >>the fact is that we are facing not one not two but potentially three storms this week. >> reporter:meanwhile, the midwest is gearing up for what's billed as a significant ice storm. a winter storm warning is in effect and the system is expected to hit oklahoma city, kansas city, st louis, chicago and detroit
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between now and wednesday. >> reporter: we did see anywhere from about an inch of rain in the bay area yesterday. >> jacqueline: we are below that in hayward and read what city and livermore i had a few people x me about the drought conditions we are still in an extreme conduct nurse in still we are still in an extreme drought conditions. the pasta to the outlook looks good we will have a look at that in just a few minutes. >> pam:
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just wait until we show how for in the stadium. 111.5 million people tuned in to see a super blow-out. >> reporter:seattle thumping denver 43 - 8. >> reporter:but today it's the super-sized prices that have social media buzzing. >> reporter:11 dollars for a hot chocolate is the one that's really getting people. >> reporter:especially when a soda was six dollars at super bowl concession stands last night. >> reporter: the other superbowl internet sensation today is the joe namath fur coat.and his botched coin toss. >> reporter:the former jets quarterback and legendary figure tossed the coin before heads or tails were picked. >> reporter:and that mink coat.there's an on-line poll that asks who wore the fur better.grammy star macklemore, namath, or the ikea monkey. >> reporter:the monkey's the run-away winner.with broadway joe second.and mackelemore third.
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>> reporter:and in case you missed it.namath has a fan of fur from decades.here he is on the jets bench back in the 60's. >> jacqueline: snow showers expected to taper off over night. that is another system that will affect us over the weekend. it will be cold tonight and tomorrow and little bit warmer. still in the upper 50s as we will in to wednesday and thursday and that is when the store will approach which will bring the light rain. temperatures out the door to my morning freezing in places like santa rosa thirty in vallejo, 29 and their field and right at the freezing mark in pleasanton and livermore. it would not be called enough for the ice to grow like we saw that cold snap. we will be in the
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low '40's in san francisco and daily city with 34 and half moon bay. we will see the upper 50s in place is like santa rosa and 57 and fairfield and sunnyvale and san jose. last talk more about the brain. increasing cloud coverage with a grain moving in wednesday evening at approaching the peninsula by five. you can load notice the light shade of green here which indicates leiter showers under a court into of rain. as for the pc era we will see more snow but tomorrow will be dry. more snow on the way and more rain on the way. tomorrow we
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will stay dry, wednesday and thursday light rain with friday being tried in big storms and to the weekend from sunday to monday >> pam: dow tumbled more than 300 points today. >> reporter: gas prices and we are all waiting for the debt. >> does not seem to be coming either. >> shared the economy had a look a bit of a brick. gasoline prices are taxed if you look at it that way you have less money when a tire.
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>> reporter: airless phone companies are getting in a battle for your business. >> not only will some petty to switch pay you to switch or get you a new phone at&t has cut the price for daytime. data. family of four $160 $80 less than sports and t mobil. at&t going to a very cheap plan script >> they became public a couple months ago but in
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and woman accused in the murder. >> pam: kron 4's dan kerman is live at the apartment complex in napa where the girls body was found. dan -- what's the latest?? >> reporter: crime scene investigators or on st late monday afternoon continuing to gather evidence. the young girl mother sarah and boyfriend ryan were arrested for her murder. >> murder with special circumstances and of assault on a child that resulted in her death. >> reporter: authorities have made 10 service calls since 2013. >> does nothing to lose lead to the belief that anything would occur like all happened. >> reporter: police were called to the resident for a
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domestic disturbance >> when we got there we found to adults involved in an argument and nothing more than that. >> reporter: the day before cayley's body was discovered that received a call the police received a call from the child's grandmother and stated that the mother was under the influence of drugs in was not able to take care of her. >> that was done and the child was found to be in good health. >> reporter: that live in front of the apartment complex where you see the memorial continuing to grow for the child. >> reporter: 4 now reporting live in napa kron 4 news >> pam: continuing our team coverage. reports from el cerrito where the couple was seen at a
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restaurant. and how a good samaritan to their arrests. >> reporter: on sunday morning the employee noticed to people matching the identity and told the manager. it went on line and found those of sarah and ryan. witnesses say that they quickly left the rest from all once they notice people staring at them making their way across the street to the bart station and later arrested by park police. bart police >> pam: san francisco city attorney dennis herrera. has filed a lawsuit against a
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social network site. saying it puts minors at risk. >> pam: meet-me - dot - com is a popular social networking site that allows strangers to interact. >> pam: herrera says, the pennsylvania- based company -- violates california laws -- by relying on legally invalid consent from minors -- ages 13 to 17 -- to reveal their personal strangers. >> pam: the suit alleges that dozens of minors nationwide. have been targeted by predators and child stalkers. who prey on victims through the social networking site. >> pam: the lawsuit is seeking a court order to have meet- me -dot com follow state laws. or face a 25- hundred dollar fine for each violation. >> pam: francisco police are putting out a warning -- after reports of a phone scam surfaced. >> reporter:this weekend's rain barely put a dent in our drought.and today the sonoma county water agency asked water consumption by
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20 percent. >> reporter:the sonoma county wanter agency is the latest to ask for voluntary cutbacks. residents almost all across the bay area have been asked by their local water providor to reduce consumption. >> reporter:there is mandatory water reduction in cloverdale, healdburg and saint helena. >> reporter:this of course follows governor jerry brown's statewide request to voluntarily use 20 percent less water. >> reporter:east bay mud has said it will decide on whether to request water cutbacks at it's meeting next week. >> reporter:the leader of the state senate is working to expedite legislation to help with californi'as lingering drought. >> reporter:state senator darrell steinberg is proposing a july 1-st deadline. for state agencies to approve water recycling and storm -water re-use projects. >> pam: his proposal will also re-direct millions of dollars intended for climate change issues. to water
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conservation projects. >> pam: the drought -- is causing concern in the state's agricultural region. the region is bracing for rising unemployment rates. strains on water supplies are expected to force farmers to leave their fields bare. >> pam: creating a ripple effect on other jobs such as food processing plant workers. and truck drivers. >> pam: it's unlikely that farmers will get the irrigation they need -- which would leave many workers unemployed. >>you can check out kron-4 dot com for more on the drought emergency. we've posted some water saving tips. and how you canwater you use. along with information on voluntary and mandatory water restrictions in the bay area. that's all on kron4-dot-com. >> jacqueline: the dropped monitor and we remain and extreme drought. and near the central coleslaw exceptional dropped still ongoing but the good news is that we have more rain in the forecast and i'll tell you more about that coming up. >> pam: the winter storm brought sierra. several inches of snow fell around lake tahoe over the
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weekend and ski resorts welcomed the fresh powder with open arms. >> pam: kron4's j-r stone is live.in south lake tahoe. where the ground is still covered in snow. j-r?? >> reporter: this is just one of thousands of pine trees like this with snow just hanging. you talk about all of this note on the ground. snow on the ground. schwenkfelder they tell me about 24 in. and 14 in. at squaw. how busy is the up there? i talked to some of the area lentil shops and they sit on monday it was one of the busiest on monday is that they have ever had.
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super bowl sunday they closed early last year this year it was a packed house. no doubt you can see it right here snow is on the ground. lives in south lake tahoe j.r. stone kron 4 news >> pam: coming up. >> pam: the teen accused of killing his sister makes his first court appearance. a decision if he will be tried as an adult or juvenile. plus -- more setbacks for the new warriors arena project. >> pam: how a ballot measure could tighten restrictions for the waterfront arena. and the food and drug administration.approves a pill camera designed to help doctors spot early signs of colon cancer. how it works, next!
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>> pam: 1 count of murder in addition to 3- gun related countsthat is what a judge read to a 14-year-old oakland boy accused in the fatal january 23rd shooting 17-year-old justice toliverwho happened to be his sister >> pam: in defense of his client attorney adante pointer would not go as far as to say that the shooting was an accident but he does not agree with the term murder either >>"this is not cold blooded
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premeditated murder" >> reporter:the judge denied a defense to the custody his familysiting that the boy was being detained for the protection of others in the community >>"i don't think he is a danger to the community" >> reporter:the alameda county assistant d.a. brought up the boys oakland unified public school record which included reports of violent threats against classmates and faculty >>"his education" >> reporter:one victory for the defensethe teen will not be tried as an adult as the case will remain in juvenile courthaaziq madyun kron4news
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hall >> reporter: plans to build an arena on the san francisco waterfront by 2017 are being pushed back by at least a year, project organizers said today. >> reporter:at the same time, proponents of a ballot measure that could impact the arena plan by imposing tighter restrictions on waterfront development will submit signatures to the city's department of measure on the june ballot. >> reporter:the warriors in 2012 announced plans to move fromhome at oakland's oracle arena to an 18,000- seat arena at piers 30-32 between >> reporter:the bay bridge and at&t park in san francisco. the plan was to open the arena by 2017, but based on community members, the design for the arena was pushed back the project's schedule to allow for state- nathan ballard said today. >>"it's really about getting it done right, not getting
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fast. >> reporter:the team is also facing rising costs to replace the aging piers, >>"it's difficult to build an arena over the water wherereplacing two crumbling piers that are dilapidated and falling into the bay," he said. "we never said this was going to be easy." >> reporter:the ballot measure could be another complicating factor. the initiative would require any proposed height limit increases along san francisco's waterfront to be approved by the city's voters. jim stearns, a spokesman for the ballot campaign, said organizers have gathered more than 20,000 signatures -- more than double the number >> pam: a bart officer killed by a colleague during a probation search. the chief of police says his officers have the appropriate amount of training, but something went wrong. >> pam: tonight, kron4 has
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an exclusive interview with a former bart police officer who says he knows what went wrong. it's a story you'll see only on kron4 news at eight. >>in national news. police have re-captured a convicted killer who made a brazen escape from a michigan prison. michael elliot was caught tonight in indiana. he search was intensified after reports that elliot a woman and left michigan in her car. the woman was able to get away and call 9-1-1. as for how elliot managed to get out of prison -- he peeled away chunks of a fence with his barecreated a hole big enough to get through. earlier tonight - a sheriff's deputy spotted the stolen car.with elliott inside. and they were able to capture him. >>seattle police are investigating two shootings which happened during the chaos in the city following the seahawks' super bowl win. >> catherine: the shootings happened just before midnight near the pioneer square neighborhood. two people were injured - but are expected to live. >> catherine: one person has been arrested - but police are looking for at least one other suspect. >> catherine: the sunday night celebrations were peaceful early in the evening -- but later turned ugly. people were hurling bottles atofficers in riot gear eventually managed to break up the crowd. >> pam: tonight -- a meeting in lafayette. surrounding a contrversial plan for a cell phone tower
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at st. perpetua school and church. parents and staff are >> pam: concerned over the dangers of radio frequency waves. a-t-&-t is proposing to build a 16-foot tall tower. >> pam: the facility would be operated by a-t&t. the company would pay the church a monthly fee for having the tower on its property. supporters are saying the tower would improve cell phone coverage in the area. >> pam: commuters who park at the larkspur ferry terminal will now have to pay a fee. starting today, it will now cost two dollars to park between five a-m and three p-m. >>or you can get a pre-paid monthly parking pass for 20 bucks. >> pam: the parking fees go to pay for maintaining the lot. violators will be fined 45- dollars. but it will still be free to park there after 3 p-m >> jacqueline: thanks to kron4 viewer kendra who took these picture of all the snow in tahoe. >> jacqueline: and drier conditions over the bay area as well. another storm moving pushing into wednesday. clear skies we
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will see some frosty temperatures outside tomorrow morning. the plant will come down some so temperatures will be very similar in the upper 50s.
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by 10:00 at the south of the golden gate showers will continue into wednesday morning mainly like rain. here is the temperatures sunday into monday that the bigger storm will come and what an inch of rain and maybe even came a little more than that. >> pam: coming up. investigation underway into the tragic death of actor philip seymour hoffman. what authorities found in his apartment and how broadway is planning to honor him this week. that's next. honor him this week. that's next. çy+x5çwççyçyçyçy5çwç5ç5ç5ç5ç5ç5y
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>> catherine: official:
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heroin in packets in hoffman's apartment >> catherine: new york - tests have confirmed there was heroin in at least some of the scores of plastic packets in the new york city apartment where philip seymour hoffman was found dead. >> catherine: that's according to a law enforcement official. authorities are working to determine whether the drug was mixed or tainted with anything else. >> catherine: medical examiners have not yet made an official determination of the cause >> reporter: 2 years later he played willis logan and death of a salesman. you can
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catch all of the entertainment news and a reaction to the tragic death the insider starts and seventh in entertainment tonight at 730 right after the news. >> pam: , the supporters are fighting to have the drone of back up in the air. >> reporter: coming up! people behaving badly! >> jacqueline: we are quinn to be heading towards the thirty tonight i me was earned in korea in 1953. afghanistan, in 2009. orbiting the moon in 1971.
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>> reporter: are rested sunday for cayley's murder. from the beginning of 2013 authorities had made tenser this cost to this apartment. >> reporter: after him crime scene investigators continued to gather evidence. in napa and carmen kron4 news. >> reporter: this i have pressed grant made the call to a rest sarah and ryan. one of them went on line as soft photos of krueger and warmer and that is when the
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manager contacted the police. sarah and i left the restaurant in trouble costa street to the bart station. moments later the war or rested by bart police. >> reporter: a 14 year-old boy accused of fatally killing his sister first make his court appearance today. >> the case will remain in juvenile court. >> reporter: the 14 year old is facing one count of murder. kron 4 news >> reporter: newt the tell's into the death of len spotting creek >> reporter: this new report now output land back on the hospital insurance department because that is
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the agency that provides security to the hospital. she was never to be left unattended and a nurse was supposed to watch her at all times. lynn spaulding. the report >> reporter: shows multiple break down spirit >> reporter: the report concludes, when they learned of the alleged hazing. in san jose charles clifford kron4 news >> reporter: $800,000 penalty because of a slower
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response to any emergency medical calls. responding in by 8 minute 90 percent of the time. budget cuts have been blamed. maureen kelly kron 4 news. >> reporter: >> jacqueline: dreyer colder conditions expected into tomorrow with the radar picture showing over the bay area and the snow has tapered off. filtering and to the storm and will get
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pretty chilly tonight. several places will be at or below freezing. party to blend all and vallejo. 29 in that but at in fairfield. temperatures will be about the same. more upper 50s. but the winds coming down a bit it was still warmer than what we have seen today. steel warmer feel warmer >> jacqueline: another weaker system will approach but a stronger storm is expected as well. sunday into monday expecting heavier rain that will bring us more than an inch bay areas.
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(male announcer): now, here's stanley roberts who found some people behaving badly. >> reporter: what happens right here? a lot of cyclist it sit here waiting for the like to turn green but let's look at from another angle no lights are here, and none at all. so where exactly is the light that they are looking for?
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today is ask a bike rider day. >> that is a really good question alleges wait until there aren't any cars were coming. >> >> reporter: of you know when to go when there's no lighting signal. >> good question i do not know. >> i do not know that like right there. i do not know i do not pay attention. >> reporter: it does not meet any think you know that you get a ticket running a red light? >> i do know i do not care. hang out here and wait. like playing russian roulette.
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>> reporter: there you have it straight from the mouths of bicyclist. all and for the record the reason why they are easing sitting here in the first place is because of this flow of traffic coming off of market and to franklin. in san francisco stanley roberts kron 4 news. >> pam: a video of a drum delivering beer goes viral the past a a shutdown delivery. how supporters are trying to bring it back to liked next >> reporter: the google faithful waiting for google show room filled with google products. gabe slate
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>> catherine: prohibit beer delivery by drawn. they have been testing a new drum delivery service. but after spotting a deal like this one on you to the faa swept inland and put a stop to the whole thing. they say it is against the law. the law would probably be adjusted some time in the future. at the moment there are a lot of sack ice fishermen. sad >> pam: you can catch a full hour of the dairy export
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live gary is talking baseball with manager. plus he goes one-on-one with warriors staff curry this thursday at 9:00 right after the new spiris.
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(male announcer): it's now time for gary radnich from the jack in the box sports desk. >> gary: they have headed home and probably have landed by now. they are the champions of pro football. it terrible game yesterday's in regards to peyton manning. pete carroll talking today about the victory party including the owner paul allen.
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>> how good is it when you have the owner on the stage plan the guitar with his own bed? paul was hot yester day he was really tearing it up. >> did not think that i would get to the point of being in the peak. mvp >> was like no way. not me. >> gary: manning, which i hate to say it hit look old there at the finish bivouacing him from the get go.
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>> gary: creative director at baker street advertising. he was shooting at media day had the giants and the in their uniform working out in the clubhouse. the big one here involved a little doggie paren? >> to me, i am not a big
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puppy guy. the one i like was a half a doberman half chihuahua was more my speed. >> gary: turning back on man's best friend was go with the russell will said he come out of this out of all the players on the field next for an endorsement? >> s board lamar's killed it. bruno mars and russell garrett bruno mars and russell wilson >> will send you do high i.q. products or shampoos here products sell products.
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: moody's spirit he is good is squeaky clean was >> to have a good rivalry against kapernick who is a little bit as year. a little bit edgier >> you know, toothpaste or albee crest... of course because he has blanket coverage when he's placed insurance. >> telecom because he has a communications degree from stanford.
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>> gary: do you think he will stay? is anyone use him in a bounceback situation? that >> is this kind of think that gatorade can do. he lost the game but not any endorsements. >> gary: the house budweiser puppy love? >> 6000 people are responding. >> a little tired of the cute animal spirit everything was very warm and fuzzy not a lot of chances were taken but every year is seems like people love the clydesdales and the poppy's they were the no. 1 spot last year. you have a lot of
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family and women watching the game. it is almost safe and successful way to go. >> gary: how about t mobil? >> i have done so much this year. >> gary: does not any play anymore no team would have him on their roster. >> people know him he has and high iq score. he is way up there. actually a good product tie-in. >> this is titi bowl with nice name tight end. t-bo
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>> gary: do you love pam? >> love pam. >> pam: (laughter) >> gary: here is the and endorsement favorite! >>video >> gary: has to be a doberman to scare you? >> that is just a fun commercial and made me laugh out loud. >> gary: skip down to the great bob dylan. but bob dylan for chrysler police. >> he sold out before he did a candlelight spot and he was in a victorious secret
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(male announcer): it's now time for gary radnich from the jack in the box sports desk. >> gary: dancing too ready
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the "insider" with perspective on today's top-trending stories. >> it's a huge loss. it's like a kick in the stomach. >> philip seymour hoffman's heroin overdose, hollywood mourns. >> just heartbreaking news. >> we are learning about his final hours here inside his manhattan apartment. >> his last interview with recovering addict mackenzie phillips takes us inside heroin addiction. >> why is this drug so powerful? >> the pull of heroin is a euphoria that makes nothing important. >> then -- ♪ >> bruno mars literally sets off fireworks at the super bowl. the day may have turned into a super day, but the performers did not disappoint and i was with them all. >> how was that? >> any concern about taking off your shirt? >> will it pay good money?
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>> and we'll recap a wild super bowl weekend of parties including beyonce's big surprise? >> and then there was the party crasher known as justin bieber. >> can you tell us? >> the latest celebrity news delivered to you 24/7 it's "the insider" together with yahoo. the shocking heroin overdose of oscar winner philip seymour hoffman. i'm thea andrews and i'm here with actress mackenzie phillips, you have been very public about your own battle with addiction. what went through your head when you heard this news? >> i was absolutely devastated. i've never met the man, but i know him because i'm a recovering addict, too, and it absolutely gutted me. >> well, we really appreciate you being here and sharing your insider perspective, and we'll ask you to come back and speak on this later in the show, but first we'll talk to kevin frazier in new york who is there to cover the super bowl, but right now is in the middle of the tragic story. >> thea, many of the stars who we spoke to after the ga

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