about the child dead in her bed. >> this about justice and accountability. >> reporter: is that they sort formally filed >> is on the charges filed the cause was result of action for both defendants. >> reporter: additional charges could cup after forensic testing is completed in several weeks. no cameras were allowed into the courthouse and the two defendants to that id entered a plea it will be returned with no bail. >> reporter: not seeking the death penalty because there

is no special circumstances is applied. a cut rate up to that as six and will tell you how that all could change. at that >> pam: developing tonight. in san francisco. >> pam: a man hit and killed while >> reporter: and kidnapping suspect certain suddenly approached the up saatchi the little girl. snatching the little girl >> she was able to get the

daughter back from the suspect and he tried to flee the area off foot. >> reporter: followed the suspect of his property. >> during the investigation later on it was learned that the suspect had made previous statements they he intended to sexually assault children. >> reporter: a man may suffer from an mental condition is subject to flood psychiatric hold connected to a previous the incident and every bill.merysvie >> reporter: heyman hit and killed crossing sunset boulevard late this morning. the victim was near yorba street not far from the zoo in the outer sunset. a toyota corolla hit the man, whose body crashed

through the front windshield. three women in the corolla were hospitalized with non- life threatening injuries. there is a crosswalk at that intersection that has blinking yellow lights to alert drivers of the presence of pedestrians, but it's unclear if the victim was in the crosswalk when he was hit. >> what happens is the pedestrian dialogic itself into the vehicle as uc by the bay. a medical emergency and route. >> reporter:polcie say they're investigating whther speed, drugs, or alcohol contributed to the accident. >> reporter:meanwhile in the oakland hills this morning. a pair of s-u-v rollover accidents occurring within minutes of each other.and a passenger died in one of them. >> reporter:the first rollover was just before 9:00 on redwood road near samuel merritt university. >> reporter:an adult male driving in a white ford

expedition survived the crash and was taken to a local hospitalunfortunately the female traveling in the same s-u-v died at the scene >>".flipped the vehicle" >> approximately 20 but it's later we heard another collision on campus. tourney not hit a ticket to watch what we were doing is that where he was going and hit the light pole and flip the vehicle. >> reporter:the driver in the flipped jeep cherokee.the second accident. was able to walk away from the incident unharme >> reporter:the cause of the fatal accident involving the ford expedition remains under investigation. >> pam: looking live now from san francisco, won the creek and san jose... too bad. i am here with our

chief neurologist jacqueline then that. bennett >> jacqueline: you see the increase-while a high-level cloud coverage. for the the two bridge. movie san approach. mainly about the mid '50s we are clean down to the low 50s. what san jose 53 and livermore. as we look off shore we see emerging to the north with a piece of moisture pushing this over the bay area that for we

will see more rainfall than we expected. more information coming up in just a little bit. more snow is expected in the sphere >> pam: this video from this morning in tahoe. the snow is piled up on the roads. and lots of skiers and snowboarders are hitting the slopes at tahoe resorts. coming up at 5:30 tonight. we'll get a report from j-r there. >> catherine: happening now. stormy weather is slamming parts of the country.affecting millions of americans. getting heavy snow. >> catherine: this is wichita -- one of the many areas where the weather is bleak -- and the traffic moving slowly. >>in chicago -- a cold, lonely looking coyote on a frozen stretch of lake michigan.

at least he was getting >> catherine: around without any big problems. look at the slick, icy roads of akron ohio. >> catherine: streets look like skating rinks.with cars inching along. >> catherine: it was the same story in place ranging from oklahoma to new york. millions of people -- digging out of monday's record breaking storm. new york city's central park set a new daily record with 8 inches of snow. >> catherine: and the advice from the mayor - take the subway. heading home from sunday's super bowl.airports were a mess.more than two- thousand flights were canceled because of the storm. and some are only now >> catherine: getting flights. >> catherine: round two of the storm is covering a stretch from wyoming east to maine. with people bracing for another miserable commute wednesday. >> catherine: in places including kansas and missouri.the storm is making road conditions >> catherine: bad again -

and closing schools. one of the relatively few happy scenes - the brother and sister in pennsylvania who made a huge snowman.after hearing their classes had been cancelled. >> catherine: some of the fall-out of this stormy weather.higher heating bills and a shortage of salt supplies for roads. >> catherine: the public works director of a chicago suburb says that if more salt isn't available soon -- cities could find themselves paralyzed by ice. >> pam: coming up at 5:15. sugar fiends, prepare to pay more for a fix. we'll break down a newly proposed soda tax in one of the bay's biggest cities. >> pam: then at 5:30. on world cancer day -- a startling cancer warning. we have the new report from the world health organization. the world health organ[ male announcer ] this is jim a man who doesn't stand still. but jim has afib atrial fibrillation an irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. that puts jim at a greater risk of strok for years jim's medicine tied him to a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested.

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>> reporter:philip seymour hoffman is said to have been on a heroin binge six weeks before he died. and reportedly told friends he was afraid he was destined to o-d. >> reporter:according to tmz the actor confided that he had started injecting himself with heroin and couldn't kick it. >> reporter:they report hoffman even went back to aa in a desperate attempt to stop. >> reporter:during his final weeks, he often looked unkept and haggard. at one point a friend asked him how bad his problem was and he responded "if i don't stop, i know i'm going to die."

>> reporter:investigators say actor philip seymour hoffman withdrew 12-hundred dollars from this atm saturday, hours before he was found. >> reporter:a witness told police he saw hoffman at the supermarket withdrawing money while talking to two men carrying messenger bags. >> reporter:police are using phone records, credit card and atm transactions to trace hoffman's actions in the 24 hours leading up to his death. >> reporter:still ahead. >> pam: how a youtube video landed a long- time teacher behind bars. >> pam: then. >> pam: we have new information. showing just how many times, big tech companies handed over your information to the government.

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almente as >> reporter: win now most sodas and sweet drinks are loaded with sugar we would sell >> reporter: have?pam? >> pam: a former teacher accused in a youtube video. of child sex abuse, has now been arrested. >> pam: the teacher resigned two weeks ago. from her job as a school administrator in southern california. andrew spencer reports, the video made by an alleged victim, has resulted in more charges

jamie says she didn't think this video would go viral so quickly. >>"you should be so ashamed and so disgusted with yourself." >>"i am. i am." reporter:she recorded herself confronting a former teacher about the sexual abuse she says she suffered at her hands. >> reporter:monday night, sheriff's deputies arrested that teacher. >> reporter:andrea michelle cardosa now faces 16 felony charges: five counts of aggravated sexual assault on a child and 11 counts of lewd acts on a child. >> reporter:cardosa was most recently an administrator at alhambra high school in riverside, california. >> reporter:that's the school jamie says she called

in this video, asking to speak to cardosa. >>"i was only 12 years old when i met you. do you realize that you brainwashed me and you manipulated me and that what you did was wrong?" >>"yes, and i regret it." >> reporter:cardosa resigned on january 17 -- not long after the video was uploaded on youtube. >> reporter:another person claiming to be a victim has since filed a complaint, accusing district of negligence. >> reporter:jamie says the abuse happened "off and on" for six years, starting when she was 12. >> reporter:as an adult, she says she considered going to the police, but she thought the statute of limitations had run out. in a statement released late monday night, cardosa's attorney says it's his duty "to see justice prevails in the midst of the media wildfire. fortunately, our justice system requires more than a youtube video to determine the facts of a case." i'm andrew spencer, reporting >> catherine: some of the biggest tech companies are revealing new details about the information they're forced to hand over to the government. it's information that could

>> catherine: yahoo, google and facebook are among the big names sharing information on how many people are being snooped on by the government. >> catherine: here's what we know. >> catherine: in the first half of last year - the government asked for information on nearly 31- thousand >> catherine: yahoo accounts. 16-thousand microsoft accounts. 10-thousand google accounts. steve >>and just under 6-thousand accounts at facebook. the companies aren't allowed to say much - including exactly who is being looked at - or why. >> jacqueline: 34 in livermore and napa also in sunnyvale with 40 in oakland and 384 half moon bay. we will see partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies with the cloud coverage increasing through the our spirit so let's get to that line. sep 4 6:00 hour notice to the cloud coverage but no rain just

yet. the seat even more moderate rainfall up to the north. that is when things will get going. heavy rains fall. started to push the up to the south so by seven fairly widespread showers. as with a move into the later morning our space will start pushing more to the south. biggest of the showers and more into the afternoon coming and going. store movie and to mount into thursday. storm moving into thursday the mountains up to an inch of rainfall.

we do have in another storm and the forecast as well. tomorrow and thursday with a chest of showers of by the brick and a stronger storm looks like the heaviest rain will be concentrated over the north bay. but it is all said the delicacy of to 2 in. of been raging in the bay area we can see two inches of new rain in the bay area.

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health authorities say people have to get more committed to preventing the disease in the first place. with the basic advice to stop smoking.drinking too much alcohol. >> catherine: and getting better about diet and exercise. lung cancer remains the most commonly diagnosed cancer - and also the deadliest. cutting smoking rates would have a huge impact. >> reporter:sadly almost everyone has a friend or family member who's had cancer.and on our facebook page.people are sharing pictures of brave men, women and children who have battled or are battling cancer. >> reporter:this little girl is great.reegan.a cancer survivor.holding i sign that says it all.i kicked cancer's butt. >> reporter:we've gotten dozens of pictures.and we welcome yours. >> reporter:you can send your picture in a message on facebook, or email us.breaking news at kron.com. >> pam: consumers are

finally learning more about the hack attack against target stores. the company's chief financial officer testified about the data security breach before the senate judiciary committee today. stacey cohan has the story from washington. >> reporter:it all started with an apology. >>i want to say how deeply sorry we are for the impact this incident has had on our guests, your constituents. >> reporter:then came the explanations. target's chief financial officer john mulligan told the senate judiciary committee that his company did not detect the breach. >> reporter:target was unware that it's netork had been hacked until the justic department notified the company on december 12th. >> reporter:three days later, the store confirmed it. mulligan says the intruder entered through compromised vendor credentials.hacking two sets of data. >>the first set of data was malwar placed on our point of sale registers and there they grabbed payment card information.

>> reporter:the hackers then grabbed personal data from as many as 70 million customers. although the target breach could be the largest in retail history, it is not the only one. >> reporter:a neiman marcus executive also faced senate questions, as did a represenative from the consumers union. who says despite laws protecting americans, the theft of data remains dangerous. >>sometimes data is resold to criminals outside of the country. other times it is used to make counterfeit cards, debit cards that have direct access to your checking account >> reporter:mulligan says the attack has accelerated plans to move to more secure credit card technology.but told lawmakers it will take a coordinated effort by retailers.to defeat increasingly sophisticated cybercriminals. >> reporter:in washington, i'm stacey cohan >> catherine: also announced

today obama care could result in fewer full-time workers all bowknot and a negative way. the congregational budget office says the affordable care act could reduce the workforce by 2.3 billion by 20 to one 20-21 that is because by people the onto their jobs to prefer the buckle benefits would have the option to leave because they will be able to afford coverage outside of work. the white house cost but a big effect say the health-care law allows people to make choices about their zero lives. >> jacqueline: we will see most of the iran fought until thursday. chile is bonds for your winston cup increase the crowd wearing

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steady flow of skiers back of the hill. we have prosodist we can't cover it up it is exciting people are booking hotels. >> i am ready force now and ready for more customers to cut through. >> reporter: that could happen because temperatures are to stay by a vote this week. my note this week temps are expected to stay mild this week. >> reporter: the folks from the ski resorts i have spoken with hopes the system hits later this week. j.r. stone across for the news >> pam: coming up at 5:45.

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>> pam: millions of people watched the super bowl. as grown men crushed each other. and there are growing fears about the impact of all the impact. >> pam: so imagine when it is children being encouraged to crush one another. as george howell reports, that's part of what is triggering a debate. over the new reality series "friday night tykes." >> reporter:children'sfootball coaches, gone too far?

>>"you have the opportunity today to rip their freakin' head off, and let them bleed." >> reporter:that's the question at the heart of the controversysurrounding esquire network's new reality tv show "friday night tykes," featuring five san antonio football teams with children as young as 8 years old. >>"don't give me that soft crap." >>"i don't care how much pain you're in, you don't quit!" >> reporter:is it about teaching discipline, through tough love. or is it crossing the line? >>"this is where you earn your play time!" >>"if that kid comes across, i want you to put it in his helmet. do you understand?" >>"yes sir!" >>"i don't care if you don't' get up. let's go." >> reporter:two of those coaches now find themselves facing consequences >> reporter:according to cnn

affiliate k-e-n-s in san antonio - charles chavarria was suspended after cameras caught him telling players head. >>"i have regrets with my actions and behaviors. i do have regrets with the shows. i've lost a lot. " >> reporter:another coach -- marecus goodloe -- was also suspended, reportedly for encouraging profanity. >> reporter:he apologized on twitter saying, "its been a learning experience and will definitely make me a better person and mentor moving forward." >> reporter:still -- both the ceo of the texas youth football association and a league parent are defendingthe program, speaking to cnn's dr. sanjay gupta. >>"i think what is not being shown is, you know, these hits in the show is not mentioning what's happening after the fact, that the coaches are pulling the kids together to correct their actions as far as to say, this is not the proper way you tackle." >>"it is an intense activity and our kids are pushing themselves, but it's because they have the potential for that greatness." >> reporter:but some experts say the aggressive techniques - and hard hits -

put kids at risk of suffering serious injuries. >>"it's everything that's wrong with youth football, and to some degree it's a lot of what's wrong with television." >> reporter:with more episodes planned to air, the debate continues about whether these young athletes are being pushed to their fullest potential, or being pushed past the limit. george howell, cnn, chicago. jan >> >> jacqueline: here is a look at futurecast tomorrow as six still cloudy but no rain yet the showers will start around 7:00 continue into the died o'clock hour. knight thinks will target to more widespread and heavier. o'clock hour the afternoon

largely was the drier conditions the hang onto the spotty conditions that futurecast is showing. the mine fog totals will be higher than we have park to anticipated. next on kron 4 news at five. >> jacqueline: as for the sierra tomorrow evening 8:00 just starting fairly wide spread by midnight and continued into the lorry. early morning. several

inches i to thursday and dry by friday. however, picking up 2-4 inches of snow. >> jacqueline: computer model shows largely concentrated on the north that as it did a little closer we will let you know. in the newscast earlier we do have quite a bit of snow

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google barged expected to one day be a flutey demonstration space and showroom. it has been sitting idle out by the treasure island peter. nothing but a security guard to keep strangers away. they could move to the barge to another location where such items or projects are permitted. so this google bart showroom ever become a reay which you even want to go shop on it. depending where

it is located in may be really hard to get to because they're not the transportation or party to it which could be difficult but if it does what you want to shop there. ? >> reporter: 1 attacks shoppers with a shot there. ? >> i would look at it but i will not buy anything >> i would look but i would not buy anything >> that could be cool i would check it out. >> yes. i would check it out for the novelty. >> i would check it out one time. >> shot on a deftly like to

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(male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> pam: at six. >> pam: new court documents reveal gruesome details in the death of 3-year-old kayleigh slusher. >> pam: here is what we know right now. >> pam: police say kayleigh was beaten to death. her

body discovered this past saturday. in her napa apartment >> pam: now we are learning kayleigh's mother and her boyfriend killed the little girl three days earlier on thursday and tried to hide her body. >> reporter:today the two suspects made their first court appearance and kron 4's dan kerman is >> pam: live in napa county courthouse with details. >> pam: dan??? >> reporter: for three days they stored her body in a suitcase and placed a body in a freezer and while they try to of fleet napa. >> reporter: this point the d.a. says he they cannot seek the death penalty. >> based on the evidence we have in front of us at this point in time there is that sufficient evidence of suspicious calls a spirit

>> reporter: police just they believe it little kelly was sexually assaulted and forensic evidence comes back and supports it that will be a special circumstance. and the the eight if he was to capp pursued the death penalty. >> pam: and stay with kron4 as we continue to follow developments. >> pam: you can read the entire court document and police report. into the investigation of the 3 year old's death. >> pam: they are posted on our website at kron-4-dot com. >> pam: you can also stay connected by downloading our mobile app from i-tunes and google play. >> pam: in other big news. >> pam: more rain headed toward the bay area later this week. >> pam: and -- after a late start to the season. lake tahoe is finally seeing significant snow fall. >> pam: people are flocking to the ski resorts.

northstar got 16- inches of fresh powder. >> pam: kron 4's chief meteoroligst jacqueline bennet is in the weather center. she's tracking the rain. >> pam: jacqueline will the sierra get more snow soon as well ? >> jacqueline: we are looking live from the san mateo bridge will begin definitely see the cloud coverage. right now temperatures are in the low 50s. we can see so chilly conditions of get to that amount the '30's. pushing through with tropical moisture in and we have a storm up at the north which will merge and head over to the bay area. we would tie that all futurecast that we will talk about this though,

the up in just a bit... talk about the snow! >> pam: meanwhile -- california is still in the midst of a drought emergency. and it could utlimately affect your wallet. >> pam: the conditions could dry up the state's supply of hydro-electricity. prompting utilities to switch to more expensive gas-fired plants. >> pam: the sacramento bee reports, while utility companies do not anticipate shortages during the summer. customers could eventually end up paying more. >> pam: that's because -- federal officials say, gas- fired electricity costs about three- times more than hydro power. >> pam: federal officials have announced. california farmers who have been affected by the ongoing drought. will receive 20- million dollars in aid. >> pam: according to department of agriculture secretary tom vilsack. the money will be used for improvements in irrigation and assistance with water facilities. state officials said last >> pam: week, they would

not be sending water to califorinia's agricultural customers. >> pam: strains on water supplies are expected to force many farmers to leave their fields unplanted. >> pam: today, another deadly accident in san francisco involving a pedestrian. kron 4's john fenoglio reports from the scene in the city's sunset district, where one person has died and three others have been injured. >> reporter:today's accident was in the outer sunset.on sunset boulevard near yorba street. >> as you can see behind us the yellow tape is covering be the victim inside slosh in the front part of the car. it is too soon to determine whether drugs or alcohol were involved. and also the circumstances. police say their injuries were not life-threatening. the suspect is a busy street and speed related

accidents are not up covet. thank marin now police the spot cup to find who is at fault in this deadly accident. >> reporter:pedestrian accidents are something san francisco police and city leaders have said they're focusing the past couple months. >> reporter:look at all these other fatal pedestrial accidents in the city.all from december 19th through january 7th??? >> reporter:with today's fatality.four people have died since new year's eve.

>> reporter:the most high profile incident involved an uber driver who police say hit and killed a six year old girl on new year's eve. >> reporter:the little girl was in a crosswalk with her family at polk and ellis streets was hit and killed sofia liu. the driver was arrested in that case. >> reporter:since new year's eve, several pedestrians have been hit by cars in san francisco, and three have died. >> reporter:drivers in two of the cases were arrested. 21 pedestrians and five bicyclists were killed in car crashes in 2013including this crash on octavia and market street where a man in a wheelchair was killed in the crosswalk and the last one of the year but victims say drivers have not been charged in the past. jikah stevens police chief greg surh said >> pam: a plan has been drawn up to address the problem. the chief says that stepped up enforcement is already >> pam: firefighters battled a two-alarm residential fire in san francisco's presidio heights this afternoon. the fire crept up into the attic area of at least one of the two buildings thaton walnut street. between sacramento and clay. >> pam: crews remained on scene throughout the afternoon. no injuries were reported. the cause of the fire is still under investigation.

>> pam: new at six. >> pam: a san francisco man accused of being behind the drug trafficking website "silk road" has been indicted. >> pam: ross william ulbricht is charged with drug trafficking, computer hacking, money laundering and other counts. >> pam: the 29-year-old was arrested last year inside a san francisco public library. >> pam: sold more than one >> pam: sold more than one billion services to billion services to [ female announcer ] try a yummy lean cuisine dis with 13 grams of protein for 10 days you'll feel great i'm trying this to maybe this. nope. not trying that [ female announcer ditch the die go on a try-it with lean cuisine.

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>> reporter:you likely remember the incredible so- called "space jump" in 20-12 by austrian daredevil felix baumgartner. >> reporter:now, 16 months after the stunt -- the go- pro camera company has released new video showing the 24-mile plunge from baumgartner's perspective. >> reporter:this is what he saw after making the breathtaking leap from a high-altitude balloon. >> reporter:baumgartner made the jump from 128-thousand feet in altitude -- a world record for a manned balloon flight! >> reporter:he fell at speeds up to 843 miles per hour -- faster than the speed of sound -- and landed safely just over five minutes later. >> reporter:so how does baumgartner plan to follow up this epic stunt? >> reporter:baumgartner said he hopes to use his skills as a professional helicopter pilot to help in rescue operations and fire fighting missions, in europe

and the united states. >> pam: coming up. >> pam: the city of san bruno suing state regulators. over documents related to the 2010 deadly blast. what the lawsuit could expose about state regulators and p-g-&-e officials. and -- san francisco lawmakers kicking the can. how much more you soon might have to pay for your favorite sugary drink.

>> reporter:in the bay area, a proposal to tax soda and other sweetened drinks is set to be introduced today. >> reporter:officials are talking again about by taxing soda and other sweetened drinks. >> reporter:four san francisco lawmakers would like to impose a 2 cent-per- ounce tax on soft, sports and energy drinks. if passed by the full 11-member board of supervisors, the measure would go before local voters for approval or rejection in

november. >> pam: new at six. >> pam: too much sugar could kill you. that is what a new national study just said. kron 4's justine waldman talked with an doctor to find out what is the right amout of sugar to eat. if any. >> reporter:sugar - so sweet. but it is doing nasty things to your body. it could be deadly. >>sot i think the evidence is becoming overwhelming that sugar has really bad negative health effects >> reporter:pediatrician lousie greenspan works at kaiser. she tells me the journal of the american medical association just published a study warning that eating too much sugar might kill you. >> reporter:the more sugar you eat the more likely you are to die of a fatal heart attack >> reporter:dr. greenspan sayseating too much sugar increases inflammation and when that happens in blood vessels, they can close down. causing heart failure. >> reporter:the risk is from sugar added to foods - like cookies, candy and soda.

sugar found naturally in fruits is fine. >> reporter:the study points out the chance of dying prematurely from heart problems is nearly three times greater for those who eat too much added sugar than those who do not. >> reporter:sot you can have a cookie you can have dessert once a day the problem is they are having sugar cereal they are having dessert three times a day that is the issue >>you can give in to your sweet tooth, just try to cut back. >> reporter: in san francisco justine waldman kron 4 news. >> pam: the city of san bruno filed a lawsuit against the california public utilities commission today. >> pam: it's all a part of the investigation into the deadly pipeline explosion in 20-10. >> pam: the lawsuit demands release of records the city believes will show improper conduct between the utilities commission and p- g- and e.

san bruno officials say the >> pam: c-p-u-c has failed to even respond to some of the document requests.which violates the public record act. >> pam: san bruno mayor jim ruane says there are concerns that c-p-u-c leaders have a "cozy" relationship with state regulators. >> pam: a stranger attempts to kidnap a 7-year-old little girl as she walked with her mom monday outside of this >> pam: starbucks in the powell street plaza in emeryville >> pam: investigators say although the suspect19-year- old gabriel weathersbywho you see hereis not a registered sex offenderhe has allegedly made comments about hurting children >>".into custody" >> pam: emeryville police say weathersbee has previously been in custody as a result of a psychiatric hold due to some sort of mental breakdown last november >> pam: police have released a sketch in hopes of finding a bicycle-riding purse snatcher in palo alto.

>> pam: purse on university avenue last week. while she was dining at an outdoor restaurant. a similar robbery occurred ten minutes earlier at a bus stop on quarry road, when a suspect attempted to snatch another woman's purse. >> pam: both women provided similar descriptions of the suspect. >> pam: police are recommending that purses be worn close to the body with a firm grip to dissuade would-be robbers. >> catherine: a new report by the c-d-c says that fewer children are dying in traffic accidents. >> catherine: that's because more young children are buckled up. >> catherine: over the last decade. the number of children twelve and under who died in crashes dropped by 43 percent. health officials say the increased use of car seats and booster seats are being credited. >> catherine: still. a third of the children who died in 2011 were 'not' buckled up.

the report covered children 12 and under. and covered accidents from 2002 to 2011. >> pam: the senate passed the nearly one-trillion- dollar farm bill today in a 68 to 32 vote. it was already approved by the house and now goes to president obama to be signed into law. >> pam: the legislation sets five years of eating and farming policy in the united states. >> pam: it increases spending on farmers markets and cuts the food stamp program. consumers will now have more information about the meats they buy. the farm bill requires details be included on the packaging of all beef, chicken and pork sold in the u-s >> jacqueline: we will see club continuing increase seen tomorrow showing mainly high cloud coverage it will be more extensive and to

tomorrow as the storm approached. they are: to merge, the two of these movie over the bay area tomorrow evening and into tomorrow thursday morning. the rank is over under way overnight. >> jacqueline: that will come to you by the 3:00 hour then spread south we will wake up on thursday morning to a fairly widespread rain and itan east bay neighborhood >> jacqueline: we will see a little bit of low and the north bay but picked up a few spot the showers in two thursday afternoon. the storm will be wednesday and thursday higher than we had

originated. half an inch of rain could see more in a couple of spots. as for the sierra it will be a real late wednesday was the snow showers pretty consistently through thursday at into friday. a chance of showers and to friday but they pick system come into the weekend possibly brigade up to 2 in. of grade possibly bringing up to 2inches of rain! >> pam:

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>> pam: new at six. as many as a dozen concord >> pam: residents became victims overnight. >> pam: when vandals who went through the streets slashing tires on cars parked michigan boulevard, oregon drive and other neighboring streets. >> pam: the vandals not only targetted cars parked on the curb. but damaged cars parked in driveways as well. >>i came out and looked at my truck and he looked over at me and said you've been spared. i didn't know what he was talking about and he pointed over at his vehicle and told me he had a slashed tire along with plenty of other neighbors. i think

we're going to have to get surveillance cameras here. >> pam: several of the victimized cars remained on the street early this afternoon. return to index of stories... >> pam: still ahead at six- thirty. a mother and her boyfriend charged with the murder of a 3 year old girl. the gruesome details of what the couple did to her body. >> pam: plus -- >> pam: finding the perfect parking spot is tricky. >> pam: what drastic measures a little car goes through to get a prime parking spot. >> jacqueline: cup coverage come the end but the rain and not quite yet >> jacqueline: cup coverage come the end but the rain a good that comes in 25 flavors. from whole natural to wasabi and soy sauce. and once good gets going, there's no stopping it. get your good going. blue diamond. snack nut of the u.s. ski team.

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(male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> reporter: criminal courthouse in napa and mud 3 year-old mother and mother's boyfriend has been arranged for the murder of the three year-old. they say they

discovered the little girl dead and instead of reporting at the stuttgart in a suitcase and then a freezer and the couple left napa. >> reporter: kidnapping suspect behind bars and allegedly tried to obstruct a young girl nice. teen year old male ever size here and cameras deal the mother was able to get her daughter back. the officers responded quickly and alerted security guards to the tree he was taken into custody. >> reporter: another pedestrian fatality when the vehicle you see behind me driving southbound on sunset boulevard struck a pedestrian is the battle of the street. in the middle of

the streaet sign. said boulevard remains closed.ancisc >> reporter: could too much sugar the deadly added sugar to inflammation and therefore heart disease. cookies kiddie and soda not sugar that is found naturally in fruit. it is ok to still eat sugar but tried only once a day. >> reporter: i want to introduce you to find mothballed sammy way over 16 house since then he has outgrown all of his clothing wearing a little jumper. his parents are very

proud of him kron 4 news >> pam: new at six. >> pam: san jose police are looking for three suspects in a string of armed robberies. thi is one of the gunmen police are looking for. police say at least three hispanic males were involved in seven different robberies on october 27-th. >> pam: it all happened in the span of few hours. the suspects first carjacked one victim.then used the car to rob other pedestrians. police say the men pistol- whipped the victims ---then stole from them. >> jacqueline: cloud coverage increasing to marron then the two will merge and move into the bay area easily into thursday morning. still chilly in

spot what temperatures in the '30's and livermore, and that the and san jose. and to the afternoon the increase in a cloud coverage with a rain coming later. with the chisel spotty showers. we have another storm as you move into the weekend. moderate rainfall with a possibility. it could shift to the south and will keep you posted as it draws closer. (male announcer): now, here's stanley roberts who found some people behaving badly. >> reporter:you are looking at two cars in two different counties, yes the car with the driver is san franciso county and the car in the foreground is

in san mateo county >> reporter:another way to tell is by these signs. to the left is thursday street cleaning the daly city side and to the right is friday street cleaning the san francisco side >> reporter:another huge difference is the cost of a parking ticket if lets say you deceide to park on the sidewalk so if you park on this side of the line the ticket is well over 100 dollars however if you park on this side of the line the ticket is only 38 bucks >> reporter:and just because you see a san francisco street sign it doesn't always mean that you are actually in san francisco >> reporter:because sometimes just a few feet away the signs chance to daly city signs >> reporter:this car is getting a ticket for 38 bucks had it been 100 feet back the ticket would skyrocket to 100 plus >> reporter:this city and county line is so weird that sometimes homes are split in half by county borders >> reporter:so what this means is that parking

enforcement has to manually enter in the address to confirm which county the vehicle is in before issuing a ticket >> reporter:can you imagine what it would be like if the parking on the sidewalk in sanfrancisco was only 38 bucks >> reporter:you would probably see more city vehicles like this parked on the sidewalk oh wait they don't ticket their own vehicles ver often >> reporter:of course since they are two different counties i'm sure illegal dumping of lets say this couch would have different penalties as well >> reporter:yes i caught them in the act >> reporter:this is a tale of two cities but unlike the charles dickens version this will require a follow up >> reporter:so litterly you can park on the same street have the your ticket could be cheap or expensive all depending on which city you are parkedin daly city, no in san francisco oh heck right on the border to both cites stanley roberts kron 4 news >> pam: coming up. facebook celebrates a big >> pam: birthday. how the popular social networking site coined new terms we use everyday. and we ask you -- how much

facebook. >> pam: plus -- no need to drive around looking for parking spaces when you've got skills like this driver. the incredible parking job caught on camera, next. >> reporter: facebook new epcot paper is completely changing the way you interact with your facebook through your mobile device or bone or tablet. i really like pages at the effect it would change a lot of takes about facebook. i will feature this in my tech report gabe slate kron4 do good. good answer.

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with u-verse high speed internet. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that parker. well, did you know auctioneers make bad grocery store clerks? that'll be $23.50. now .75, 23.75, hold 'em. hey now do i hear 23.75? 24! hey 24 dollar, 24 and a quarter, quarter, now half, 24 and a half and .75! 25! now a quarter, hey 26 and a quarter, do you wanna pay now, you wanna do it, 25 and a quarter - sold to the man in the khaki jacket! geico. fifteen minutes could save you... well, you know. >> catherine: take a look at this. if parallel parking were an olympic sport in sochi.

russia would have a good chance of keeping the gold at home. look at this little car careening wildly across the screen. we'll show it to you again. >> catherine: >> catherine: the 10-second dash-cam video begins with what's described as a "typical" day of driving in moscow. >> catherine: that driver swerving across lanes of oncoming traffic.missing other cars by inches.slamming on the brakes. >> catherine: and what you don't see -- the car eventually stops.facing the oppositeotherwise perfectly parked in front of another car. it looks like the driver is out of control at times -- but believe it or not - he was apparently doing this on purpose. happy birthday, facebook! >> reporter: networking site co-founded by mark zuckerberg in a harvard dorm room turns ten today. >> reporter:now, facebook has one-point-two billion users. >> reporter:just think about

how the site has given new meaning to words we always used: >> reporter:like. unfriend. tag and poke. just to name a few. >> reporter:by the way, there are six billion "likes" per day. >> reporter:about six in 10 users log in every day to share status updates, photos and of course, "like" things. >> reporter: and we asked our viewers to answer honestly -- how much time they spend on facebook??? >> pam: a china central television program broadcasting giant panda cub's daily life live online has been welcomed by the chinese public, who have been impressed by the young pandas' vigorous side as well as the adult pandas' clumsiness. >> pam: giant panda cubs most active stage of life is between the ages of one to three years old. they spend third of their

time moving around. >> pam: during this time, cubs can be seen playing alone, or "play fighting" with their peers. >> pam: after eating bamboo, the cubs begin to "fight" each other, an important form of entertainment in their daily lives. >> pam: and you can catch a full hour of gary this thursday night on sports night live. with spring training fast approaching. gary is talkin' baseball with giants manager bruce bochy >> pam: plus. gary goes 1- on-1 with warriors all-star steph curry! it's all this thursday night at 9, right after the news.

pass (male announcer): it's now time for gary radnich from the jack in the box sports desk. >> gary:hello everyone! >> gary:49ers all-pro 49ers linebacker navorro bowman underwent surgery today morning to repair the torn acl in his left knee an injury he suffered in the nfc championship game loss to seattle >> gary:the operation was conducted by dr. james andrews in pensacola, fla. >> gary:no timetable is set for his return vikings running back adrian peterson who also had his acl repaired by doctor andrews came back to play the entire 2014 season >> gary:so it is possible

bowman could return by the start of next season but probably more likely he will miss some games >> gary:bowman posted this photo on his instagram account that showed him in a hospital with the caption, "time for surgery." >> gary:49ers 2nd best odds to win supewr bowl 49 >> gary:las vegas betting website bovada.lv released their odds to win super bowl 49 in phoenix next year >> gary:the 49ersa fter that close loss to the seahawks in the nfc title game have the 2nd best odds to take home their 6th lombardi trophy the seahawks are the odds-on favorite to repeat >> gary:another bookmaker has the 49ers and seahawks as co-favorites to win but almost all are going with the defending champions >> gary: kapernick is a little bit more natural. >> pam: people will admit that! (laughter)

>> gary: suspended by the end f l his tempos suspension but the miami dolphins and it today. resulted in marginal leaving the team spirit and cagney dole took to twitter today and talked needle. incognito took to twitter today! >> gary: >> pam: we have a facebook page aswell. >> gary:i would like for

people to watch tv! >> gary:wouldn't you like for people to watch us on tv,in? >> jacqueline: people sit in their room now. >> gary:the website is killing us older workers! >> pam: (laughter) >> jacqueline: (laughter) >> gary: i spend my last

night working in the media today... no they do not care! >> gary: pam and i come from the days when you put on t d. >> pam: klay, do not put me in it in that... hey, do not put me in that (laughter) >> gary: sorry to interrupt your program with twitting! >> gary:the raiders are tied for the worst odds with the jacksonville jaguars here is the list

would >> gary: mark jackson his coach kids and to the social media will dwell eve get i nto social media as he receives the announcement. >> gary: freddie free man of atlanta braves will keep him in atlanta and long term. we would take a quick break and come back.

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(male announcer): it's now time for gary radnich from the jack in the box sports desk. >> gary: at 95 mi. an hour heisman trophy winner and a lot of people have asked me with love zito leaving the

giant spirit >> gary: still owns this and ran... the yours he had! and try to sell the home for a couple of years ardsley purchasing for 11.5 >> gary: marbelized courtyards various patio's fireplaces and hot tub plus swimming pool so barry zito no one has signed him as a we will see if he retires. >> pam: that is some house! >> jacqueline: yes! >> gary: you can tweet to us >> gary: you can tweet to us or text us your thoughts on zito house. or text us your thoughts on

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