tried to kill me she tried to cover her head because he was hitting her in the head a lot her genitialia has bruises as well and all over her body she had ashma so she chouldn't scream all she did was pray to god to save her nurses, sf pd officers and a sherrif deputy ran to the rescue. >> reporter:the hospital is sorry about what happened but calls the fish incident a freak accident. fought they says the suspect.29 year old orin zebest.surprised everyone involved. they say he was being attended by two nurses.mary's grandson says that's not completely true. >>he was told that he was going to the psychiatric hospital to be kept in there and he was left unattended after that and that sort of set him off and he went and did what he did to my grandma >>it only takes a blink of an eye for someone to do something like that >> reporter:san francisco general says they see approximently 4-thousand patients on psychicatric holds a year.and that nothing like this has ever happened before.but they are now reviewing their

procedures. maureen kelly kron4 news. >> pam: the suspect was expected to be arraigned today on two counts of assault and one count of inflicting injury on an elderly person. he's being held on 250- thousand dollars bail. >> pam: this is not the first time there has been a serious lapse in security at s-f general. >> pam: back in october, patient lynn spalding went missing from her hospital room. faugh >> pam: she was found more than two- weeks later. dead in a locked hospital stairwell. >> pam: a review of procedures found. among other problems, that sheriff's deputies who provide security for the hospital, never checked all of the stairwells during the search for spalding. >> pam: tonight. an update on jahi mcmath. the 13- year old oakland girl who was declared brain dead by children's hosptial oakland. while her family fought to keep her on a ventilator. >> pam: a letter from mcmath's mother was posted

today on social media. >> pam: she praised quote - "good hearted professionals" for keeping her daughter alive. she wrote. >> pam: "i know people are concerned. and i want to make sure you know. that jahi is not suffering, she is surrounded by love." >> pam: she added. "hopefully my daughter can change some of the ways brain death is honestly, i think she already has." >> pam: after a protracted legal battle, the family moved jahi from oakland children's undisclosed care facility outside the bay area. >> pam: happening now -- a predator alert on the peninsula tonight. a man follows a 15-year-old girl, then asks her to have sex with him. >> pam: it happened on a busy street not far from downtown san mateo. during daylight hours. >> pam: tonight -- police have released surveillance of the suspect. and are asking for the public's help to find him. >> pam: kron 4's rob fladeboe is standing by live in san mateo. with the latest on the investigation. rob?

>> reporter: when a 15 year- old girl walking along the sidewalk and the 100 block of claremont the guy was very intoxicated and propositioned her for sex. she ran away and received assistance from police here is with a good look of exactly what the suspect looks like. >> reporter: the clerk tells me the suspect also threaten her she did not want to be on camera because he was too scared that he may come back. >> according to statements that we have from a witness and get them it appears the suspect was heavily intoxicated at the time we were able to capture time of this person in regard to the

touch of the suspect during this time. we were able to get the video and get that out to the public the week it will use the committees help on this case. to help identify this individual. >> reporter: a lot of people coming and going around that time the 15 year old was not hurt in did the right thing by running to the police. suspect a hispanic male with a medium build dark hair and thick mustache. he may live in the area as someone may have seen him that are calling people to come forth to help get him off of the street. >> pam: developing tonight. governor jerry brown and

state legislative leaders are tackling the drought head on. just hours ago they announced new legislation to provide 687- million dollars to deal with this increasing emergency. shot >> pam: kron 4's dan kerman is live in the newsroom with the very latest.dan. >> reporter: dollars is in already approved but not yet appropriated bond funds. and the goal is to use this money to to invest in projects allows california to get the most out of every drop of water. >> reporter:at a news conference this afternoon, governor brown.the senate president and the assembly speaker said they hope to start getting this money out the door within two weeks. >> projects that are ready to go and designed to capture more storm water, to clean and recycle water and to improve conservation and water use efficiency. >> reporter:funds will also be used for those hardest

hit by the drought. >> utility bills and used to help our farmers and ranchers and other techniques to use water while continuing to put food on tables across the country and world. >> reporter: as i mentioned this legislation conservation course will help communities improve% stake >> reporter: you see right here in some of this video grant video apologies there is no longer water in it

dried due to the drought. >> reporter: 0 government and water utilities have x there committee to decrease their water restrictions the only that a mandatory water restrictions is hills per s.a. telling that and clover del. >> reporter: to reduce water consumption of about 20% >> reporter: you could also check before casting because you know we need the rain.

>> catherine: two days of violence. more than two dozen deaths and hundreds of injured. fires are still burning in the capital of the ukraine. but now the government has reportedly reached a truce with the tens of protestors filling the streets of kiev, >>protestor on bullhorn >> catherine: the agreement comes after a day of fighting and a night of protestors stoking the fires that separate them from the government's security forces. >> catherine: they have been ripping up pavestones to use as ammunition. >> catherine: the weapons may not be needed. >> catherine: a protest leader has been quoted as saying the government pledged not to attack an opposition encampment. and the two sides have >> catherine: started talijg to each other. >> catherine: coming up at 5:15. a 400 million dollar jackpot. has the bay area drawingwhat can you buy with that money? we'll show you. then. only on four. >> catherine: sickening new

details about >> pam: the life and death of a respected scholar and 49ers team doctor. >> pam: find out what we've uncovered about how daniel garza really treated some of his students at stanford. >> pam: and next. >> pam: the flu is officially an epidemic. we have a new report showing the shocking age of those dying from the virus. [ sports announcer ] here's another one, alyson dudek.

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>> reporter:new numbers showing how the flu is proving to be a deadly threat to young healthy people. >> reporter:the centers for disease control says the flu epidemic is receding

nationwide, but it remains widespread in california and 23 other states. >> reporter:the orange states have regional activity. the yellow states, only local flu cases. eporter:the flu normally hits and old, but not this year fact for this year. >> reporter:the h1n1 virus is more dangerous to those in between. the cdc says 18 to 64 year olds account for 60 percent of flu hospitalizations this season >> reporter:and a study by duke university says their average age is 28=point=five years. and 40 percent of them end up needing intensive care. that's twice as many as in the last h1n1 pandemic in 2009. >> reporter:the outbreak has been especially severe in california, but the number of deaths of people under 65 years of age so far is less than half the total for the 2009 pandemic. >> pam: still ahead. >> pam: it is happening again the powerball lottery numbers have skyrocketed. >> pam: the jackpot has now hit 400 - million dollars.

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>> pam: first tonight. kron four's terisa estacio reports, jackpot fever is spreading to many bay area residents. >> reporter:here in burlingame, the rush was on for people to come to this gas station and get a power ball ticket. >> >> reporter:the jackpot is big 400 million dollars. >> reporter:we talked with peoplea bout their strategies, why they play and what do they plan to do with their winnings. >> it's a fantasy if i could win the money would would i do with it.

>> my sister and i play lottery and auerbach twice weekly and we seriously hitting the power ball, make up for super lotto. >> reporter: would you do with all of that money? >> i would spend it. >> i would take her to disneyland and hawaii. >> reporter: have you ever won? >> son hear their highest about $75. some here and there. >> gary: >> reporter:don't forget the jackpot drawings is wednesday night we at kro nfour will bring you the drawing and the numbers and have them posted on our facebook page.

>>this is always the time when math experts break out the stories on the huge odds against you winning anything. >> catherine: most argue they're not trying to discourage people from playing.they just like talking about the reality of your chances. >> catherine: a few examples of what's far 'more' likely to happen to you than winning the powerball. >> catherine: becoming an astronaut. the odds are one in about 13-million. you're also far more likely to be declared a saint by the vatican. the chances of being canonized are one in 20- million. >>another favorite comparison. someone has figured out that >> catherine: your odds of dating a super-model look really good. compared to winning the powerball. they're supposedly one in 88-thousand. >> catherine: someone's gotta win eventually. and if you do -- there are a lot of things the money could buy. >> reporter:so let's put in perspective just how much 400-million bucks really is. you could buy more than 300-thousand shares of google. that's at 12-hundred a share.

>> reporter:you could have paid to repair the bay bridge bolts. for 25- million. and still have plenty left over. >> reporter:also you'd have enough to tear down the old span. that would run you just under 300 million. >> reporter:you would have enough to buy a little more than half the giants. forbes estimates the teams value at more han 700 million. that's off course if they were for sale. >> reporter:you could almost buy the a's outright -- maybe they'd cut you a deal if you agreed to move them to san jose? >> reporter:of course -- this doesn't include taxes on the money -- but hey it's all hypothetical anyway. on our facebook page we're asking what you'd do with money. leave a comment -- we might use some on the air later. >> pam: new tonight. >> pam: kron-4 is taking a closer look at flight turbulence. after two incidents this week. left several passengers hurt. it turns out, nearly 60- people are hurt by air turbulence each year. largely for not wearing seatbelts.

>> pam: we'll have more on what causes turbulence in just a moment. >> pam: but first, catherine heenan is here with the latest on the recent incidents. catherine. >> catherine: just yesterday -- nine people were hurt on the flight which had left s-f-o -- headed to hong kong. >> catherine: you're looking at photos taken by a passenger on the cathay pacific flight -- showing some of the damage. >>one passenger told reporters that he felt like he was on a roller coaster during the extreme turbulence -- which lasted 2 minutes. it happened over japan. >> catherine: some passengers were thrown from their seats - and hit overhead bins. >> catherine: people were shouting, praying, and hanging on for their lives. >> catherine: we know that two crew members and six passengers were taken to the hospitaljet landed in hong kong last night. it's not clear yet what caused the turbulence. >> catherine: then there was the turbulence this week on a united flight headed from denver to billings, montana. passengers said it happened in a split second - and without warning.

>> catherine: one woman hit the ceiling so hard she cracked the panel above her head. three crew members and two passengers were taken to local hospitals. >> catherine: one passenger said he watched a woman hit an overhead bin and briefly lose consciousness.while a crew member got bounced around in the galley just behind his seat. a flight attendant is still >> catherine: hospitalized today with a head injury. the boeing 737 has been taken out of service. >> catherine: for more on the problem of turbulence itself.grant lodes is standing by.grant? >> reporter:in case you didn't know. 4there are four different type of air turbulance. one is thunderstorm turbulance. that's when air currents near thunderstorms or even culumus clouds. which are the very think build up of clouds. >> reporter: pink top gun and finally mountain wake

turbulence blown up a mountain range or down a sharp draft causing a series of updrafts and downdrafts. >> pam: next. >> pam: imagine your hard earned cruise ship vacation. turning into the worst night of your life. >> pam: it happened to one american woman --- we'll tell you how. >> pam: then. it may seem obvious that sitting too much. is not the best thing for you. but we have a new study which shows. a certain age group. is a sitting duck for health complications. >> jacqueline: we do not >> jacqueline: we do not have any rain in sight will what's next? great! do you have measurements? yeah, i paced it off. it's about twenty by twelve of these. so, we can measure, plan and install it for you. yea, let's do that! ikea. professional kitchen services at a low price. myad h atrl orfib.on,

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(male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> pam: tonight, a follow- up to our exclusive investigation. into the team doctor of san francisco 49ers. >> pam: dr daniel garza was also a the field of sports shot medicine. >> pam: he killed himself, after coming under criminal investigation. for sexually abusing former stanford students. to >> >> pam: kron 4's maureen kelly has learned new details about his latest chilling crime spree. >> reporter:kron4 news has learned how doctor daniel garza was molesting his male victims. we know there were at least three young men and possibly more. >> reporter:his latest victims were former stanford students.working for the univeristy. his m.o. with all of them was the same. >> reporter:he lured them here to his home in the emerlad lake hills area above redwood city. garza played on his victims sympathies. getting them to spend the night by telling

them he was dying of cancer and needed their help and comfort to deal with his suffering. the victimsthinking they were coming to his aidwere serptiously given a drug that knocked them out. >> reporter:after that is when it's believed the victims were abused. >> reporter:the university says when they got wind of the allegations of garza's possible misconduct in september of 2013, they immediately notified law enforcement and put garza on administrative l >> reporter:stanford says before that they never received any complaints about him or had any indication of his engaging in inappropriate behavior. but our investigation turned up three other menwho say garza molested or attempted to molest them when they were high school students and he was their teacher 20 years ago in el paso texas. his method back then was similarthen he fooled the young teens by saying needed help conducting a research experimentand more than once he used a drug on his victims..a potent anestetic called halothan, in order to knock them out first. >> reporter:two of those victims reported the abuse,

but garza was never charged. stanford medical school.where he remained for the rest of his career. he became a doctor specializing in sports medicine, working with student athletes and doing research on sports related injuries. in 2007 he got a job working as the team doctor for the san francisco 49ers. >> reporter:kron4 news has learned while employed by stanford garza passed numerous criminal background checks. this video shows garzaon the field treating a 49er during a game against the seahawks back in septemberthe team says none of their players have come forward with any complaints about garza. exactly one month after this game.and about two weeks after his home was raided by law enforecment looking for evidence, garza killed himself. the san mateo county coroner says he did not detect any signs that garza suffered from cancer. maureen kelly kron4 news. >> reporter: >> pam: illegal marijuana grow houses are an increasing problem in the bay area, because of their potential to catch fire. >> pam: in contra costa county, fire officials say, they have seen an increase in house fires, because of the illegal grows. last month, a firefighter was

almost electrocuted, when crews tried to put out a fire that started in a grow house in a residential neighborhood there. >> pam: fire officials say, the number of grow- house - fires has doubled in the last year. >> damaged beyond any use. >> pam: they say, these fires are particularly dangerous because growers often bypass electrical meters to power their high voltage equipment. that puts firefighters at greater risk of unknowingly spraying water on power sources, which can lead to electrocution. >> pam: officials add. that growers who produce hash oil from marijuana plants, use highly combustible substances to extract the oil. >> pam: in response to these problems, contra costa county is implementing new response procedures for marijuana grow house fires. >> pam: to talk more about the possibility of

legislation to legalize marijuana use for recreational purposes. >> pam: our political analyst michael yaki is here. >> pam: new covered california enrollment numbers show that more than 700 thousand people have enrolled for health care coverage. >> are supposed to work together but apparently they did not. would you have people who decided that they did not have time to get their interest together business well funded, i do not what you call with a throw away one. a lot of them are seeing that they file lake said this about three to $4 a signature to get this on the ballot so it

will cost a bit of money even if pepos opera to good in the not the slam dunk. >> pam: majority of the public in the process we do support legalization is not an overwhelming number. >> factors is a collection and when you look at the post from 2010 last on the ballot and had 50 percent approval rating but it lost four to five. at depots. they are looking at this essene the margins. >> pam: still in little confusion on how to regulate the banking issues on how the money is handled.

>> i'm not sure that's a part of it but they do not want to set back in california at a cost a lot of money. >> pam: they give michael. thank you , michael >> reporter: 11 acclaim her caribbean cruise turned into a nightmare scene she was brutally attacked by this man had a 7 day round-trip caribbean cruise in florida.

according to a criminal complaint he delivered breakfast to the alleged victim's room when he not he heard a voice yelled shout wait a minute! >> reporter: telling authorities that he used his master key card to enter her master stake from he is accused of violating her sexually and brutally beating heart and attempting to throw her off the ship. >> if he was successful with getting her off the ship it could have bid and other mystery on the high seas. he faces federal charges and

aggravated sexual abuse. and attempted murder >> it has happened before people have disappeared from the ship's release note and this is the perfect place to commit a crime. also to let it throw overboard. most people get away with it. >> pam: holland america fired the germans and sent a letter to those on board shortly after the incident saying " we are treating this situation with the utmost seriousness. we are doing everything possible to assist you get involved as well as the relevant authorities the crew member has been confined to ensure he will have no guess contact for the remainder of

the cruise. >> catherine: is certainly not the first major problem involving a cruised shares up one of the most notorious in recent history the carnival triumph cruised last february this was the night time seen as passengers chirac the fact that they were finally getting back to port they had been stranded at sea for five days without working towards at times the elevators when working either downtown hot coffee and sandwiches and engine fire had cut much of the power and no one was injured but one passenger was transferred off to be another shift because needed dialysis >> pam:

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>> pam: talking with players he joins us live from arizona j.r.. >> reporter: pam deceits may be empty this evening but a different story a week from today when the giants take on the eighth in the first spring game. first bank's first today opening up with a full practice pitchers, catchers at everyone in attendance. she pants were in attendance as well. several of the players say they are out to prove something.

>> if feels good is good to see everyone around. >> things didn't really go our way last year. but we are coming back. >> definitely and honker for not making the playoffs. it is a good chip on the shoulder. we are excited good time working out. >> gary: >> reporter: as for the oakland a's will have their full squad practice tomorrow. similar tones players say they have the unfinished business to get to. they want to prove to people that they can again make the playoffs and go far into the playoffs. you are

born to hear more pacifically talking about his new weight and conditioning in the off season. that began sports as 645 live in scottsdale j.r. stone >> reporter: competing and figure skating today and this is your warning i do not want to spoil anyone's night mute dtb if you do not wa how well she did. the 15 year old the best and seven place landed all of her jumps and skidded solid program. that was just a short program ashley wagner was fourth and sixth

respectively the classmates for all watching and cheering. all over the bay area and through the u.s.. posing with her lucky stuffed animals and now for the updated metal the red white and blue leading the not by much seven golds. russia and the netherlands are lurking. >> catherine: talking about 18 year-old kevin gross led down syndrome kevin was a star player with his high school basketball take before the pros call. kevin

is already a fan favorite the team gave him a custom jersey in he has joint. joined >> the joy and love that he brings it is incredible. >> video with kevin has gone viral kevin scored for three-pointers in the crowd just went crazy. >> jacqueline: sunny for most of the day 40 this morning. pretty minimal an attempt of an inch of rain it livermore a few hundreds

of an inch of rain. only saw one one-hundredth of an inch of rain. still in extreme drought as you look at the on march and through the north bay severe drought. the stick of look at temperatures of the door.

43 in san jose. >> jacqueline: 881 sunnyvale and san jose as to look up the east bay 70 degrees and livermore boyle mostly in the upper 60s... 68 and concord closer to the coast along a little cooler 63 in san francisco. >> gary: mostly sunny skies tomorrow around 50 degrees. close up there tomorrow morning as looks move into the weekend. it does look like graeme will be returning on returning

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(male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> pam: tonight at six. >> pam: a peninsula neighborhood on high alert. >> pam: and san mateo police are on the look- out. for a man who is suspected of soliciting sex from a young girl. >> pam: kron four's rob fladeboe went to san mateo. to find out what police are doing to track down the suspect. >> reporter:san mateo residents here along north claremont stree may have noticed extra police patrols in the past 36 hours or so.ever since a 15-year-old girl was followed and propositioned tuesday morning. >> gary: >> reporter:now police are hunting for the man in this image captured by a surveillance camera at this store where the man threatened a clerk, who would not go on camera out of fear he might

back. police are treating this as a child annoyance case but taking it very serious >> reporter: for is described as hispanic, in his 40's, 5 feet 4 inches tall with dark hair and a thick moustache.they say he may live nearby. >> pam: a 93- year old woman is recovering. after being attacked in the san francisco general hospital emergency room last week. you can see the injuries she sustained in this photographs. >> pam: the suspect -- orin zebest -- is behind bars tonight. kron 4 spoke to the victim's grandson. who describes what happened. >>a survivor >> pam: the family claims. the suspect was left unattended before the attack. >> pam: the hospital spokesperson disputes that, saying zebest was being wheeled on a gurney to the psych ward by two nurses. when he allegedly ran into the victim's room.

>> in her mind or she to do is pray for god she struggled with him what a nurse noticed what was doing on. she is happy to be alive and up and buy bread. vibrant. >> pam: san francisco general says it sees approximately 4-thousand patients on 'psychiatric holds' every year. >> pam: officials say, this is first time anything like this has happened. and they are now reviewing their procedures.

>> pam: the victim- mary perez- is in fair condition in the intensive care unit. >> pam: meantime today, the suspect pleaded not guilty to three felony counts. he is being held on more than 200-thousand dollars bail. fremont police are asking >> pam: for the publics help. in identifying a man caught on camera vandalizing a car with a golf club. >> lot. of a local 24-hour fitness >> pam: according to a witness, the suspect broke both front and back driver side windows of the car, and went through some of the victims personal belongings. >> pam: the suspect is described as a 40- year old, asian, adult male, driving a ford s-u-v. >> reporter:a dangerous situation today in san jose after a gas line ruptures at an apartment complex. >> reporter:it happened near alum rock and mccreery avenues when a third party crew digging in the area hit a half-inch gas line. >> reporter:the apartment building was

evacuate it. . >> reporter:you can see p-g- and e crews on the scene in this video partnership with a-b--c 7 news. >> reporter:p-g-and-e says they capped the leak around 2 this afternoon. >> reporter:hazardous materials crews also did a sweep to make sure there were no hidden pockets of gas. in to the building shortly after the leak was capped. >> pam: california's drought emergency is moving to the next step. today the governor proposed legislation designed get the most out of every drop of water. and to help those most impacted by the lack of rain. >> pam: kron 4's dan kerman is live in the newsroom with more on the governor's plan. >> pam: dan. >> reporter:the drought emergency impacting the bay area in vallejo -- a fountain outside of city hall has been turned off. signs indictating the drought is to blame. the fountain was drained. and it looks like as long as the dry conditions continue, you won't be seeing any water in the fountain.

>> reporter:spring water bottle company -- crystal gyeser is in hot water. the company plans to tap an aquifer at the base of mount shasta. opponents say the bottling operation in siskiyou county could deplete wells and the aquifer. water that feeds tosacramento river. crystal geyers says the concerns are overblown. the company plans to use a plant that was built by coca-cola to bottle water. >> reporter: >> we do not know how long this thing will last. >> reporter: this will help farmers and ranchers. pam? >> pam: latest on the drought emergency. we gave a special section on our website.kron4-dot- links to additional resources. we've posted water saving tips and how you can calculate how much h-2-o you use.

>> pam: a former contra costa deputy sentenced today to 15 months in prison. stephen tanabe was convicted back in september on charges of extortion, fraud and conspiracy. according to evidence at the trial.the 50 year old engaged in taking bribes in exchange for his services as deputy. >> pam: the bribes included helping to arrange d-u-i stings in which tanabe arrest men in a plot to hurt their divorce cases. >> pam: in addition to 15 month sentence.the 50 year old is also required to complete 240 hours of community service >> pam: firefighters in fremont are investgating a suspicious fire that ripped

through part of a two story building. >>firefighters are investigating a suspicious two-alarm fire that destroyed a vacant four-plex in fremont early this morning, a deputy fire chief said. >> pam: the fire was reported at 4:26 a.m. at a two-story building in the 37200 block of mission boulevard, fremont deputy fire chief jim martin said. it was controlled at about 5 a.m. >> pam: the bulding that burned hadunsutable for living prior to today's fire, martin said. no one was in the building when crews arrived, reported, he said. >> pam: the fire caused an estimated $100,000 in damage to the structure, according to the fire department. there were only a few miscellaneous items in the building, which was otherwise empty, martin said. >> pam: coming up. >> pam: police thought the gun was real. but it turned out to be a replica how the situation could've gone awry. plus -- cleaning up dirty conditions. why another california slaughterhouse was shut down. and -- what's next for a veteran who saved a woman who tried to jump off the third deck of the oakland coliseum last year.

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>> pam: the hero who caught a jumper at the oakland coliseum will be honored at a special ceremony friday. >> pam: in november, marine corps veteran donnie navidad was at a raiders game when a coworker pointed out a woman perched on the 3rd deck of the stands about to jump. >> pam: that's when navidad leaped into action and broke the woman's fall with his

body. >> pam: the woman suffered serious injuries but survived. navidad suffered major bruising but was not seriously hurt during his coming up. >> pam: a russian controverisal band trying to make a comback during the olympics why the band were being roughed up by security in sochi. one member speaks out. plus developing news out of ukraine. >> pam: after another deadly day of protests. is a truce in sight? more news after the break.

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>> pam: new at six. >> pam: vallejo police arrested a 14-year-old boy. accused of carrying this replica glock on tuesday. police say the teenager was showing off the gun on his way to school. and as kron4's haaziq madyun reports. this scenario could've have been fatal. >> reporter:that is the sound of a real glock 45 caliber semiautomatic handgunit is being placed next to a photo of a replica handgun that shoots pelletsrecently taken off of a 14-year-old boy across the street from vallejo high school just as the school day was about to begin

>>"it looks like the real thing" >> reporter:vallejo police lt. sid dejesus "vallejo pd received several 911-calls from various citizensconfiscate the weapon" >> reporter: street with a replica firearm in public is not only illegal in the state of californiait can lead to deadly consequences >>"obviously when it is presented in front of an officer or anyone for that matter, that person is not going to sit there and wonder whether it is real or not, it's a threat" state >> reporter:investigators say the teenager was arrested, sited for a misdemenor in connection to displaying the gun in public and released in the custody of his parentsin vallejo haaziq madyun kron4new

>> pam: a similar incident happened completely different outcome. >> pam: 13-year-old andy lopez was shot by a deputy while holding a replican a-k 47 back in october. >> pam: sheriff deputy erik gelhaus has since returned to duty and was not charged in the shooting. >> reporter:new at six. >> reporter:a central california slaughterhouse shut down after federal inspectors says it failed >> reporter:to meet standards. inspectors suspended operations at central valley meat company in hanford due to unsanitary conditions. >> reporter:the slaughter house supplies beef to the national school lunch program. this comes after a separate incident last september -- when the company recalled 58-thousand pounds of beef >> reporter:after the u-s department of agriculture says it may have contained small pieces of plastic.

>> catherine: as fires still burn in the capital of the ukraine, there is hope tonight for an end of the violence that has killed dozens of people and injured hundreds more. >> catherine: after a day of violent clashes with police. protestors in independence square spent the night prying up pavestones >>this is an ammunition production line. stones, rocks, pieces of brick are being smashed up on the pavement back there and passed along from person to person, one at a time, to what we believe is the front line." >> catherine: all night they used scavenged lumber to stoke the ring of flames surrounding their camp. >>the heat coming off this is really something. it is a bed as far as i can see of burning fire and embers and the purpose is clearly to form a defensive barrier to stop the police and security service getting through. >> catherine: as many as 20=thousand people standing their ground. >>"these people standing

here for their future, their lives." the government now says it >> catherine: will not launch any new assault on the encampment. a high ranking general has been fired. and the two sides have negotiated a truce. >>"this is all about whether ukraine is a european nation or part of russia. that's what this is really all about, and the overwhelming majority of ukrainians want to be part of europe." >> catherine: the death toll stands at 26, with more than 4=hundred people hurt. >> catherine: russian authorities have clearly had enough with the punk band called 'pussy riot'. >> catherine: a video released today shows them being being hit and roughed up by security officers. >> catherine: the band has been in trouble before -- for publicly mocking and criticizing president putin.and also disrupting church services. >> catherine: some of the members were released from custody just before the olympics began in sochi.with authorities clearly hoping they'd behave. but it didn't happen. >> catherine: the officers involved appeared to be using horse whips and pepper spray -- after the band put on masks and began singing

about putin. >> catherine: the band members say they'd been trying to perform a new song about putin for a music video. they decided to do it right under a sign advertising the olympics - at sochi's main port. police later questioned witnesses -- but no one was arrested. >> jacqueline: increasing lesson that tomorrow morning mostly cloudy skies. more upper 60s in the forecast. clear skies to ron night. tomorrow night.

mainly clear skies and a cloud approaching. knowing expected temperatures in the '40's 44 in san mateo. for the afternoon upper 60s. practically bay area wide 674 mountain view and santa clara. mid to upper 60s for east bay shore lines. 63 in san francisco. and look at the extended forecast. after that sunny skies and mild temperatures. ahead into

next week it does look like and rent will return by the middle and end of next week. >> pam: coming up. >> pam: sweet results. time magazine puts out a list of the most influential chocolates. which sugary snack took the top prize. and lotto fever. top prize. and lothese are the hands of a surgeon. a pediatrician. these are pioneering advances in heart surgery. and these are developing groundbreaking treatments for cancer. they're the hands of the nation's top doctors. kaiser permanente doctors. and though they are all different, they work together on a single mission: saving lives. discover how we are advancing medicine at kp.org join us, and thrive.

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still on to buy a winning lottery ticket. >> pam: the numbers will be drawn tonight. we'll reveal the winning numbers tonight on kron4 news at 8. >> pam: this evening -- the rush is still on to buy a winning lottery ticket. the numbers will be drawn tonight. we'll reveal the winning numbers tonight on kron4 news at 8. >> reporter:chocolate lovers.the top candy bars of all time are being ranked. time magazine interviewed industry experts and chocolate bar historians.to come up with the most influential chocoalate bars of all time. >> reporter:gimme a break.number one is the kit kat bar. >> reporter:it's said to be the first candy bar marketed to be shared.break me off a piece of that kit kat bar, == >> reporter:second is a classic. hershey's milk chocolate bar. == >> reporter:number three is the swiss treat toblerone. >> reporter:the fourth most

influential is the nestle's milk chocoalate bar. == >> reporter:and fifth is the world's best selling candy bar.,.the snickers.hard to go wrong. == >> reporter: by the way number 8 on the list is sharffen berger.berkeley based and launched in 19-97.said to be the first contemporary artisan chocolate maker. >> reporter:hershey bought the company in 2005.which specializes in darker, healthier, chocolate. >> reporter:and we want to know what you think of this list. what's your favorite candy bar of all time, and do you think this list of most influential ones. >> reporter:join the conversation here on our kron4 facebook fan page. >> pam: still ahead at six- thirty. a recap of our top stories. including the attack at san francisco general hospital. >> pam: what we're learning about the suspect. a major play to provide ultra-fast internet in the bay area.

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>> reporter: a 93 year-old patient was attacked by a fellow patient in the emergency room. you could see some of the multiple injuries that mary career as received on monday night. her family says she was beaten by her i depots and calling this an end excusable security the glitch. maureen kelly kron 4 news >> reporter: axing for the public's health and this surveillance photo. approaching a 15 year-old girl early tuesday morning and asked her for sex she was not hurt. the survey is bill comes from a nearby convenience store where she says the man had threatened her as well. hopefully

someone will notice the man and come forth with information to help him get off the street. >> reporter: later this year this week the drug policy alignments decided to delay the ballot measure until 2016 stating any more time to work on policy issues. they also believe that waiting for the next presidential election they may have more assistance from the younger voters. >> reporter: make them burnt more quickly they say firefighters risked being hurt so they have a new process to help with this

growing problem. >> reporter: governor has announced $7 million the month and will be used to capture more water and clean recycle water including conservation. then current kron 4 minutes. dan kerman kron 4 >> reporter: discussions are ongoing at an agreement has not been reached it is not even sure if the talk will officially end and a deal.

>> reporter: we are looking at the san mateo bridge with clout moving in and cloudy skies tonight which will keep it a little warmer over night. >> jacqueline: as we head into the evening we will stay clear all the way through the weekend. will have 40 in pleasanton and san mateo with 48 in san francisco 43 in san jose. san jose and sunnyvale with 56 in fremont. low 60's at the immediate coast line. we do have partly cloudy conditions tomorrow. and to next week we will return by

mid week. >> pam: only on kron 4-- >> pam: an attempted carjacking of a taxi cab. while driving on the bay bridge. is all caught on video. >> pam: our stanley roberts takes us inside the cab. and shows us there's more to the attempted >> pam: eye. >> pam: in this exclusive edition of people behaving badly. >> brah can i get a ride to oakland >> reporter:it started out with 34 year ambrose charles walker the third jumping in a cab at 4th and market asking for a ride. >> reporter:but ended up as a carjacking attmept, right smack in the middle of the bay bridge.

>> reporter:you know that old saying story? well this ain't one hong how i tell it ambrose still end up in jail >> reporter:first off ambrose wants to desperately get ot of san francisco by saying he want to go to oakland >> reporter:just get me out of frisco >> reporter:then he changes his mind and wants to go to a different place >>brah can you take me to the bus station >> reporter:followed shortly by >>take me to the doctor man saint lukes >> reporter:because he is now claiming that his asthma is acting upso then the cab driver says >>where you going man don't waste my time theres a bart

station right there im not going ther take me to the bus stop which bus stop ummm the bus terminal over there >> reporter:this goes on for a while then he ask to go to oakland again then saint lukes then oakland which makes you wonder what would make someone so whishy washy >>i just smoked some weed with some sherm . >> reporter:sherm is slang for pcp or angel dust a powerful hallucinogenic, >>somebody just slipped me some weed or something brah >> reporter:which would explain what happens next his head drops for a second then this sound of scary moments inside cab ambrose ends up in the driver seat trying to operate the taxi but since it was a prius he was having >> reporter:this is when citizens stepped in and called 911 one driver even place his car directly in front of the cab to block it ' believe it or not the cab driver was more worried about ambros leaving the cab so that was one of the reasons whey he kept him in the car on the bay bridge

coming up. >> reporter:google making big plans to provide ultra fast internet. >> reporter: where they are working to make it happen in the area. santa clara mountain view sunnyvale >> reporter:palo alto >> reporter:starting this week, google will work closely with palo alto city leaders on a joint planning process to explore what it would take to build a brand new fiber-optic network capable of delivering these gigabit speeds throughout palo alto. google will begin compiling a detailed study of local factors that might affect construction plans. simultaneously, city manager

keene and city leaders will begin meetings with google to discuss what it would take to plan and prepare the city for a fiber project of the scale. >> reporter:google will provide an update on which cities will get google fiber by the end of this year. google fiber is an internet and tv service that provides internet connectivity that is up to 100x faster than the basic broadband, along with hundreds of hd tv channels. google fiber is currently available in kansas city, kansas, kansas city, missouri and provo utah, and will be available in austin, texas later this year. for more information about this announcement, visit the google fiber blog. facebook is expanding its mobile messaging network popular app. >> pam: the social media giant has agreed to buy whats-app in a deal worth 19 billion dollars. >> pam: under the terms, facebook will pay four billion in cash and 12 billion in stock. >> pam: whatsapp is used by more than 450 million people. >> pam: it allows users to send text messages for free over the internet.

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friday a rematch with canada and the sharks >> we're excited. i'm sure it will be great. >> gary: this is not good for the host country. >> gary: this is some of the marquee sports for russia. >> gary: rush just knocked

off by finland. >> gary: the moment did not look too big. shot crew landscaper did not disappoint >> gary: 36 year old millard with the truth from the final race. due to kidney injury. knee injury >> gary: nearly flawless performance took home the gold. >> gary: cost wednesday

>> pam: she has long lakes pretty very beautiful. she has those long legs >> gary: the great and j.r. stone in arizona and j.r.! taken away... we're >> reporter: is gary radnich check? where is gary?

>> reporter: there are not necessarily calling him the big man because he lost some weight this year. coming into camp losing weight why did you do it? this is the last of his contract. hank, you have to be ready and ready to go at all times. here is what he had to said. >> i do not care about me now i care about the team. it >> significant difference. which is, and what should be the case. losing quite a few

pounds and should be moving all around a lot better. >> reporter: this is a very young team. 190 but they say, they have something to prove. >> biggest thing is finding and identity. planning for your planning to your strapped parent >> we have some unfinished business which carries us into spring training with a chip on our shoulders.

>> reporter: chip on the shoulders and unfinished business and tell you what... we will be in the phoenix area covering the oakland a's tomorrow and that as well. to hike this up more we have tim to have some great stuff they're both in a very good move with hudson coming along after a brutal injury. >> gary: and bic truck, and a dollar bill he can afford to drive with a little bit of security. look out for golf and practice. rory

mcelroy he knows is off course. he will knelt a spectator the spectator it fell right into a cactus and is stopped. chunks of cactus is all over him every he remains alive. every >> gary: 0 ugly story, ray price of baltimore reagan in new jersey he caught on video lifting his fiancee at the up and dragging her out of the elevator out of the casino. he hit her in the casino and rendering her unconscious. she allegedly hit hard she allegedly had 10 prior. rice attorney came out and set wait for all of the details to come out

before you make a judgment of rate rise. ray rice. will take a break and come back in a anncr: at jennie-o we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride 10 miles for tacos. we thought we'd show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco made with jennie-o ground turkey cooked thoroughly to 165. i feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day.

i think they are light and they are just fresh tasting. yeah. when i eat well, i feel well. anncr: it's time for a better taco. the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. make the switch. look for jennie-o ground turkey in a store near you.

>> gary: rego open around for the daytona 500! park >> gary: kirk clinker man goes airborne and upside- down. a huge chunk of the grand stand fix. jason appelbaum the producer i

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