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knocking out power. it is about 100 people here in this neighborhood. p g n e are here tried to cut the trees down. >> it looks like the second time on your house. it will be back home owner's responsibility of opening up >>it will be the homeowner's responsibility to open up the street. >> reporter:audio
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difficulties new video tonight of a car that that drove into a see's candy store in pleasant hill. leaving at least two people hurt. you are looking over the scene, form our helicopter partnership with abc-7 news. >> pam:this happened just after three. the vehicle appears to have driven right up the walkway -- and through the front door. and just about 45 minutes ago -- the car was pulled out of the store. at this point -- we don't know the extent of injuries - or if the driver has been taken into custody. >> this just in to the kron 4 newsroom. >> reporter: news. a raging fire at the jersey firefighters have been battling this fast-moving fire for hours. >> reporter:at least three beach-front homes.destroyed in sea isle city.just south of atlantic city. other surrounding homes were
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damaged. >> reporter:no injuries have been reported. the cause is unknown. but strong winds fanned the flames as fire-fighters worked to protect other million dollar homes along the beach. >> pam:developing tonight. >> pam:investigators are still trying to figure out how two women died on mount tamalpais just a few weeks apart. both were hikers -- both went missing within the last month --both were eventually found dead in approximately the same area. >> reporter: >> pam:at this time -- authorities say the deaths do not appear to be related. and foul play is *not believed to be involved. we sent kron4's charles to mount tam tonight. to take a look at some of the dangers hikers might face. chuck? >> reporter: i wanted to to use the of the various st. louis to take the look at some of the deal.
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at 6pm we will have anther another look. >> pam:now a look at the women found dead. 50 year old marie sanner went missing on wednesday night. >> pam:authorities say she was hiking with a friend who planned to stay the night on the mountain while she decided to head back to her car with her dog. her body was found the next day. >> pam:and a few weeks before that glinkowski went missing on march 30th. police say she left a note saying she was going on a hike. she was missing for nearly 2 weeks before her body was found over the weekend. happening now.
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>> catherine:the deadliest accident ever recorded on mount everest has killed at least a dozen guides. this man is one of the sherpas who survived but is seriously injured. he and his colleagues were setting up ropes for other climbers when an avalanche swept over them this morning. >> catherine:12 are dead - and at last word four are missing - buried under the ice and snow. >> catherine:rescuers have been looking for the missing guides. before this avalanche - the everest had been a snowstorm hopper in may of 1996 that killed 8 climbers. >> catherine:6 nepalese guides were killed in an avalanche in 1970. of the men killed today -- five of them had been employed by nbc for an upcoming special on the discovery channel. >> pam:a math teacher at san leandro high school is being charged with the statutory rape of a female student. you are looking at 27 year old leon chang's mug shot. >> pam:police say they have been investigating chang for
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several months after the school district alerted them that chang may have been involved in an inappropriate relationship with a teen. the suspect turned himself in yesterday. >> pam:police say investigators determined that the teacher had been engaging in an ongoing sexual relationship. new at five, we talked to a student at the school who says the arrest of her freshman algebra teacher, took her by surprise. >>"interesting actually" >> pam:chang is being charged with two felonies. unlawful sexual intercourse and arranging a sexual meeting with a minor. >> pam:police in richmond trying to piece together a wild shoot out. authorities say it all started as an attempted burglary. kron 4's will tran has the latest from the scene that was left riddled with bullets. >> pam: >> reporter:a teenager found shot to death is concord's firstthe crime happened last night just before 9:00 on
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man appeared to have died of a medical condition. it's not known how he got under the deck or when. >> pam:still ahead. new video from a big earthquake that shook mexico overnight. then. our own big earthquake being remembered in san francisco. [doorbell rings] hey. hey. what's this? it's u-verse live tv. with at&t u-verse... you can watch live tv from your device. hey. hey.
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>> pam:an startling number of people who go see a doctor. are getting the wrong diagnosis. that's according to a new study by a group of researchers. grant lodes is here now with more on the problem. >> reporter:that's right pam. and the frequency of those mistakes are startling. a study in the journal "b-m- j quality and safety" found that one in 20 adult patients are misdiagnosed. researchers say some of these misdiagnosis were minor. like calling something an "allergy" when it's really a cold. >> reporter:but in the united states alone. doctors see more than 6 million patients a year. and those misdiagnosis could have major consequences, such as a dangerous delay in cancer treatment. >> reporter:this study only looked at outpatients. meaning those paying a visit to the doctor's office. and not a trip to an emergency room. >> reporter:the patient, their care teams, and the health care system need to work together to reduce
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these mistakes, said singh, a patient safety researcher at the veterans affairs center for innovations, and baylor college of medicine, both in houston. >> jacqueline:temps are still cooler out there today despite the sunshine. 62 in hayward. 57 in san francisco more 40's than 50's over night. a chance of rain in
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the seven day dforecast. more details to come! >> catherine:a developing story. more details are coming in from acapulco mexico - where a powerful 7-point-two earthquake struck today. one of the biggest quakes to hit mexico in a long time. >> catherine:the scene in a news studio in mexico city. as the 7.2 quake hit friday morning. sending the lights and equipment swaying. it was felt across at least a half dozen states and mexico's capital - where it shook >> catherine:for at least 30 seconds. this was the scene out on the streets shortly afterwards. with people grabbing cell phones and trying to figure out exactly what had happened.
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>> catherine:although it's one of the strongest quakes to hit mexico in years - there was no immediate word of serious injuries. >> catherine:there 'was' damage. including this scene - where part of a building slams to the ground. this abandoned building in mexico city was also damaged. >> catherine:and in surrounding small towns. walls from other older buildings collapsed. some of them landing on cars. >> catherine:a tree fell onto this man's car.smashing the back window. and this is debris inside a home after a wall came down. >> catherine:and at least one small rural hospital had to be evacuated. people were shaken.but some say they realized after running into the streets that the worst had already happened. many soon returned to their offices and homes. >> catherine:just like san francisco -- people in and around mexico city are used to earthquakes. and many of the buildings have been retro-fitted. meantime.first daughter malia obama is in southwestern mexico on a school trip. the white house says she's fine - and was never in danger.
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>> pam:today marks 108 years since the devastating earthquake and subsequent fires in 1906. city leaders held a commemoration ceremony this morning and as kron 4's mike pelton shows us >> pam:while reflecting on the past, officials say today is a reminder to also look to the future. >>sirens >> reporter: city leaders gathered more than 3000 people became displaced later in the morning 20 acoustic and church think the picture to show transit.
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[tom] really? you wouldn't have that number on you,would you? >> pam:some counties in northern california and southern oregon want to seceed fromand want to form their own.called jefferson. as kimberly mcdougal reports, supervisors in yuba county are fighting to leave california behind. >> pam: >> reporter:the yuba county board of supervisors see joining the state of jefferson and leaving california behind as a no brainer for one big reason. >> more than tax collectors for >> reporter:andy vasquez a yuba county supervisor says they have no representation at the capitol - he says don't get any attention or money for the issues that matter to them.
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>>"certain countries that type of society where you don't have any representation and they tell you what to do and take all your money is called slavery and we seem to be worker ant's here." >> reporter:but its not just the county leaders who see seceding from california as necessary. >>"all the money is being used stupid reasons and they don't give the money here to fix the roads." >>"without some separation southern california owns take what they want." >> reporter:vasquez says he isn't naive he knows the state of jefferson's movement isn't going to be easy -- but even if they fail at separating from the golden state-- they might succeed in getting attention. >>"but we are going to do something rather unique we are going to get a number of counties together and we are common goal and how it turns out we have no idea." >> reporter:those behind this movement say if they can get 13 counties to join the movement they will have the same economic stability
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as the state of new mexico, which will make them a viable state. so far they have 4 counties on board. and the four counties are yuba, glenn, siskiyou, and modoc. >> reporter:the whole jefferson idea is not an original one. is pushing an itiative that would create six californias.six different states. >> reporter:and they have proposed names.jefferson would include the counties in far northern california.closest to oregon. >> reporter:north california is the second region. the bay area would be know bay area. the central valley would be central california. west california would encompass the los angeles region. and south california would include san diego.and the area closest to mexico. in order for this initiative to appear on the november ballot.more than 800- thousand signatures are needed by july. >> pam:coming up at 5:30. we now know another retailer has been hacked. our credit expert will be
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>> catherine:michaels is now telling us that a security breach at its stores lasted 8 months -- and affected about three million customers. and yes -- credit and debit card numbers 'were' taken. >> catherine:the news comes after michaels told customers 3 months ago that it had learned of a possible hack. it's been investigating ever since. the breach affected about seven percent of card transactions from early may to late january. the company says there's no evidence that customer names or pins were stolen. also hacked -- the michaels subsidiary 'aaron brothers'.which sells art supplies and does framing. >> catherine:information from another 400-thousand cards was potentially stolen at the aaron brothers stores between late june and late february. >> catherine:and michaels and aaron brothers not the only recent breaches.
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along with those two stores. >> pam:you may remember several other retail chains were affected,,, the largest was the hack at target. 70 million customers were affected during the peak holiday shopping period. over a million of neiman marcus' customers were also hit in a data breach. sallys beauty supply customers were also warned to look for fraudlant transactions. but an exact number of customers affected was never given. >> pam:here we go again! >> i know! but they finally admitted it.
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>> reporter:south korean authorities have arrested the ferry captain whose ship capsized on wednesday. two crew members were also taken into custody, the death toll from the disaster.could reach 3=hundred. after 48 hours, only a handful of bodies have been recovered. ... >> reporter:hope is giving way to grief and then to anger. >> reporter:families lashing out at the news media and the government. the chant, "return them to us." the 480=foot ship is now completely below water. >>"are you feeling any hope for your child?" >>"my little baby is in the sea, in the dark. i worry he is shivering with fear and hunger. we need to rescue him fast." >> reporter:after two days there is little chance of
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finding survivors in the 54=degree water. >>ship: "please notify the coast guard. our ship is in danger. the ship is rolling right now." dispatch: "where is your ship?" ship: "please hurry. absolutely hurry." >> reporter:the korean government released audio of the ship's first distress call crew members say the captain was not even on the bridge. the third mate was at the helm when the ship made a sharp turn that apparently caused the vehicles and shipping containers in the cargo hold to topple over. >> reporter:these cell phone photos show the chaos below decks as the water poured up through the stairwells. it's hard to tell exactly which way is up.until you see this rescue helicopter hovering over the ferry. this woman says she had to climb up some cabinets to reach safety. >>i didn;t have enough strength to climb up. a young man in front of me helped me up. he said hang on tight. then they saw us and truned the rescue boats toward us. >> reporter:the captain says he ordered passengers to stay in their cabins until rescue boats arrived. crew members say he was one of the first people to leave
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the ship >> reporter:hiding his face on thursday, he apologized. >>"i'm sorry," he said. "i'm at a loss for words." >> reporter:most of the passengers were students at this high school. classmates mourned the few who have been confirmed dead. an assistant principal who survived the ordeal was apparently overcome by grief, his body was found in these woods, hanging from a tree. >> reporter:negligence charges are being filed agains the captain and two mates. authorities are also planning to charge whoever was responsible for fake text messages sent from the sinking ship. >> reporter:they say they checked the phone records of all 271 missing passengers, and none of them had used a cell phone since the accident. >> jacqueline:70 in sunnyvale and san jose. down three degrees in san
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a careerbuilder survey found that almost 40 percent of workers say they have gained weight while at their job. and that extra weight could end up hurting employees. nearly one in five workers feel that people who are favoritism in their workplace. >> pam:the study also had a list of weight. those in management positions. workers 35 and older. women i-t professional and those of us who work on ben and >> pam:and talking about work. >> pam:researchers now say coffee keeps tired workers honest! in the study from the journal of applied psychology. scientists found contributes to unethical behavior at work. making workers more susceptible to bad influences. >> pam:for example a boss asking workers to carry out ascientists say caffeine can help you resist by strengthening your self- control and willpower when you're exhausted. >> pam:what researchers say
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real estate agents forced to carry packets of tissues because so many would=be homeowners break down in tears at what they would get for their money. >> reporter:new numbers out today indicate a bad situation is getting worse. return to >> reporter:according to the real state firm dataquick, the average bay area home now goes for 579=thousand dollars. >> reporter:that's up from 470=thousand a year ago. the increase works out to about 9=thousand dollars every month. >> reporter:or about 12 dollars an hour. >> reporter:contra costa county has the cheapest home prices, although they are up 22 percent over last year. alameda is next=cheapest. despite the biggest price jump in the bay area. in santa clara county, the average price is now more than 700=thousand. >> reporter:it's even higher in san mateo county. in marin, the average home sale is now 875 thousand.
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and in san francisco it's 937 thousand. >> reporter:as high as they are, bay area home prices are not record=setting. the alltime high was in 2008, before the housing finance collapse. dataquick says we are only about three=quarters of the way back to recovery. >> jacqueline:as we make our way into the noon hour you see more 60's. 60 for san francisco ...63 in oakland, inland valleys low 70's and
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cleanup underway in piedmont -- crews are working to clear the mess after a mudslide caused several trees to fall on power lines. whereat one point -- nearly 500 customers lost power. right now -- the problem is closures this evening. many >> reporter:the tree fell on moragastreets are closed at moraga avenue between pala and and harbord drive. and as kron4's justine waldman reports -- crews arecan to reopen the roadway. >> pam:a math teacher at san leandro high school is under arrest for -- allegedly engaging in an ongoing underage female student. kron4's maureen kelly has new information about the suspect and the crimes he's accused of. >> reporter:the criminal complaint, chang engaged in
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an act of home unlawful sexual intercourse with a victim indentifed to her dinner only as jane doe. and that in september of 2013 he arranged a sexual meeting with a minor.being motivated by an unnatural and abnormal sexual interest in children. >> reporter:san leandro police say chang for months.after being alerted by the school district of possible criminal activity.and that their investigators ongoing sexual relationship between math teacher and the teen. here you can see a photo posted on his facebook page that shows chang surrounded by students at a formal school dance. >> reporter: reveal that chang has been a teacher at the san leandro school district since 2008.and htat before working at san leandro high school, that also taught at bancroft middle school. >> reporter:students at the school say chang taught algebra and mathias student who says chang was her teacher during her freshman year says she is surprised by the arrest of someone who she considered a good teacher. >> pam: a car drove into a
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see's candy store in pleasant hill this afternoon - injuring two people. this is new video of the scene. the accident happened just after three. >> pam: police are saying two cars collided near the store. sending one up the walk way and through the front doors. >> pam: aproximately 30 customers were inside when it hapenned but no one inside the store was injured. crews have since pulled the car out of the store. police say a preliminary >> pam: the missing hiker who mount tamalpais. the marin county coroner's office have identified her as 50-year-old marie sanner. >> reporter:the mill valley resident taught at think college now elementary school in oakland. authorities say sanner's death appears not to be connected to the death of another hiker magdalena glinkowski. >> reporter: found in around the same area. live on mount tamalpais this evening. with a look at the steep trails. hikers face. charles?
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>> pam:a santa clara county judge has ordered for two brothers to stand trial together --- in a 25 year old murder case. the judge entered a not guilty plea for robert zimmer today. who you see here from an earlier court appearance -- are accused of murdering david's estranged wife more than 2 decades ago. found wrapped in a quilt inside her car at san jose mineta airport back in 1989. to consolidate the murder cases against the two suspects. a preliminary hearing is set in may.
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>> pam:san francisco city hall is taking steps to help evicted long term renters find affordable housing >> pam:with ellis act evictions soaring, the board of supervisors has passed a law allowing evicted low income residents, who have lived in the same place for at least 10 years, to get priority when affordable housing becomes available. the ellis act housing preference program got says it will help, he admits more affordable housing need to be built to keep up with an ever increasing demand >> catherine:mexico was slammed with a 7-point-two earthquake today that country in years. >> catherine:this was the scene in a news studio in mexico city. the quake had the lights and equipment swaying. it was centered on a long- dormant fault-line northwest of acapulco. >> catherine: are vacationing for the easter holiday. >> catherine:the quake was so powerful - it was felt across at least a half dozen states.
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perhaps suprisingly - there have been no reports of death or major injury. although there 'has' been damage. >> catherine:including this scene -- where part of a building slammed to the ground. walls on older buildings also collapsed.with most of in central and southern mexico. cars and homes were damaged.and some small rural hospitals had to be evacuated. there are reports tonight that first daughter malia obama is in southwestern mexico on a school trip. the white house says she's fine - and was never in any danger. >> pam:coming up. a scary ride for some students.after their commute was stopped plus -- you stabbed, you stabbed, you stabbed until he was dead. >> pam:justice served hot during a murder sentencing. and -- a reach for the sky. the mission to space next.
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arrested in january. >> reporter:prosecutors say charges were filed after the student confronted her in a phone call.and posted it on youtube. >> reporter:cardosa was arrested and charged with five felony counts of aggravated assault on a child.and 11 other sex- related counts. "i hope you die in prison!" that's what michigan judge john mcbain told a woman who was sentenced for murder. he sentenced camia gamet, seen here, to life in prison without parole in her boyfriend's murder. mcbain said he'd never seen a defendant so rude and who showed so little remorse. >> reporter:he exploded when he handed down her sentence. take a listen. >> reporter:the judge wrapped up his tirade by adding that gamet has 42 days to appeal his sentence.
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>> pam:a popular grocery chain is hoping to emerge from bankruptcy amid mounting losses and labor troubles. and as kron four's rob fladeboe reports, loyal customers of mi ueblo stores are hoping they won't have to do their shopping elsewhere should the chain have to close it's doors. >> reporter:tina flores and diana cervantes shop at mi pueblo because it caters to hispanics, offering products few other stores carry. what's more, they don't wantsomeplace else. >> reporter:it would appear to be business as usual here at the flagship mi pueblo grocery store on king road but the 22-year-old san jose based-chain is in bankruptcy and battling >> reporter:rumors it may shutdown. freddie gonzales is a sub contractor. >> reporter:with 15 stores in the bay area, mi pueblo reportedly lost millions of dollars after being forced by an immigration audit to replace 80-percent of it's employees but workers like mike benitez doesn't believe reports the company
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and his his job are in jeopardy. >> reporter:citing bankruptcy filings, the san jose business journal reports that mi pueblo has proposed a complex reorganization plan that will allow it to survive but would wipe out millions owed to creditors but if that's what it takes.so be it says longtime for the first time. the university of california has more incoming, in-state latino students than caucasian students at one of its campuses. much- needed water is coming to california! state and federal officials both announced. they will be increasing the amount of water alloted and supplied. to cities and farmers in the state. >> pam:officials say, rain and snow from storms in february and march. is what allowed this increase.
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>> pam:this week's federal drought map shows no change from last week, nearly one quarter of the state remains in a condition of exceptional drought. unseasonally high temperatures have also melted half the snowpack in some parts of the state, with much of the water evaporating before reaching the reservois. >> jacqueline: some fog will return tonight with cooler temps. tomorrow in the upper 50's. east bay shore line in the low 60's. 63 for
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>> reporter:remembering the past.and planning for te future. early this morning san francisco city leaders.led a ceremony.marking 108 years since the horrific earthquake and fire that leveled san francisco in 19-06. >> reporter:at 5:12 am today.same time the quake struck.sirens sounded.and a wreath was laid to rest around lotta's fountain. >> reporter:that was a place for people to meet after the quake.at market and kerney streets. >> reporter:mayor lee took this opportunity to push for a 400-million dollar earthquake safety bond that will appear on the june ballot. >> reporter:later in the morning - dozens gathered at 20th street and church - to pay tribute to this heroic hydrantkown as little giant.giving it a fresh coat of gold paint. the hydrant was insturmental >> reporter: in fighing the fire after the 1906 quake. >> reporter:some three thousand people died in the tragedy.
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>> pam:this is when ch ristians celebrate easter sunday >> pam:social media has been buzzing for weeks about how, this year, easter sunday is on the same day as pot-lover's highest holiday -- april 20th -- also known as 4- 20. >> pam:marijuana-smokers have long celebrated on the date by lighting up for reasons not quite clear. in los angeles -- a church is using medical marijuana imagery and a catchy wordplay to try and attract new worshippers.
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>> pam:the easter sermon series is called medicated -- but pastor justice coleman say he's not talking about drugs. >> pam:the flier is actually refering to seeking fulfillment through god. and pastor coleman and his church is getting a lot of attention -- today he posted this intstagram picture. when asked if he smoked marijuana -- his response " guess, you'll have to come sunday to find out". >> pam:coming up. a messy problem in the east bay. the investigation to find out how so much trash ended up on the wrong side of the road. plus a dramatic ride -- tossed children out of their seats during the morning commute. really... so our business can be on at&t's network for $175 dollars a month?
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people injured - and was air-lifted to the hospital. the bus driver and two of the children had minor injuries - and have been released from the hospital tonight. 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
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a progress report -- crews working to clear up >> reporter:the captain of that capsized south korean ferry. behind bars tonight. he and two of his mates were arrested on suspicion of negligence. meanwhile 28 bodies have been recovered. 270 people are still unaccounted for. >> reporter:after two days there is little chance of finding survivors in the 54=degree >> reporter:ship: "please notify the coast guard. our ship is in danger. the ship is rolling right now." dispatch: "where is your ship?" >>ship: "please hurry. absolutely hurry." >> reporter:the korean
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government released audio of the ship's first distress call >> reporter:crew members say the captain was not even on the bridge. >> reporter:the third mate was at the helm when the ship made a sharp turn >> reporter:that apparently caused the vehicles and shipping containers in the cargo hold to topple over. >> reporter:these cell phone photos show the chaos below decks as the water poured up through the stairwells. >> reporter:it's hard to tell exactly which way is up.until you see this rescue helicopter hovering over the ferry. >> reporter:this woman says she had to climb up some cabinets to reach safety. >>i didn;t have enough strength to climb up. a young man in front of me helped me up. he said hang on tight. then they saw us and truned the rescue boats toward us. >> reporter:the captain says he ordered passengers to stay in their cabins until rescue boats arrived. crew members say he was one of the first people to leave the ship >> reporter:hiding his face on thursday, he apologized.
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>>"i'm sorry," he said. "i'm at a loss for words." >> reporter:along with the captain and crew members, the government is also seeking charges agains hoaxers who sent out fake messages, supposedly from passengers trapped on the ship. >> reporter:authorities checked the records of every one of the missing people, and found none used a cell phone after the accident. donetsk, ukraine - the insurgents who are occupying several government buildings in eastern ukraine don't appear to have much use for diplomacy. despite an agreement reached in geneva yesterday between russia, ukraine, the u.s. and europe, the pro-russian insurgents are refusing to surrender their weapons or give up those buildings. the surrender was one of the steps outlined in the agreement aimed at easing tensions over ukraine. >> catherine:president barack obama's national security adviser says anti- semitic leaflets distributed in ukraine were "utterly sickening" and that obama has bluntly expressed his disgust. susan rice is referring to leaflets demanding that jews in eastern ukraine register with a self-proclaimed local authority or face consequences. she says the leaflets have no place in the 21st century.
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house >> pam:a couple in sebastopol built this house for only 30-thousand dollars--and they call it the 'tiny project'. >> pam:alek lisefski built this tiny house for he and his girlfriend on an eight by twelve foot flatbed trailer. >> pam:it's about 160 square feet and it took less than a year to build. the house is portable. >> pam:and right now it's parked in someone else's backyard. >> pam:lisefski says building this house is is attempt to live a simple, more conscious,
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>> pam:only on kron 4-- there is an investigation underway to determine how so much garbage ended up on one street in oakland. >> pam:it was more than anyone has seen at one time. which had investigators and city officials scratching their heads illegal dumping in oakland is a problem we have been following for a long while. city leaders even took action to address it. >> pam:now, kron four's stanley roberts gets to the bottom of this particular incident. (male announcer): now,
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here's stanley roberts who found some people behaving badly. >> reporter:you are looking at a whole what seemed like a half of an entire city block it was marked off as a citizen crime scene and even brought out oakland fire and the alameda county da's office >> reporter:the district attorney investigator stated that he had never seen anything of this magnitude but vowed to get to the bottom of how all this trash ended up on a city street >> reporter:it was trash from all around the bay because they found bills from as close as oakland and as far away as lafayette but no one seemed to have a clue how this much trash got here >> reporter:photos were taken and letters with address were photographed and cataloged looking for any al all evidence so whoever dumped all this trash could be identified >> reporter:nothing was overlooked, even this bottle of miller high life which seemed out of place was tagged and bagged >> reporter:oakland vice mayor larry reed came by and voiced his displeasure in
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how some people appear to have no respect for oakland >> reporter:so was it some mad dumper coming into oakland with rampped disrespect for the citizens of oakland or was it a case of be careful what you wish for or a little bit of both >> reporter:well apparently the alameda county district attorney got right on the case and tracked down a suspect and a possible motive they looked at surveillance video and this is that they found out >> reporter:when the east oakland beautification council ended its hugely successful amnesty dumping program two days early and some well some people didn't quite get the memo >> reporter:all they say was this add telling people there was free dumping from april 12 to april 16th so on april 16 all the last minute dumpers showed here and well unloaded what they have >> reporter:including this giant stuffed blues clues dog, this vintage television and well containers of oil stuffed in a fish tank everything possible was dumped here including the bathroom sink >> reporter:but what w here: tha county district attorneys office will be doing whatever they can to find and prosecute illegal
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dumpers in oakland >> reporter:but this proves my broken window theory if one pers see trash they will dump their trash and so on and so on and so on in oakland stanley roberts kron 4 news [doorbell rings] hey. hey. what's this? it's u-verse live tv. with at&t u-verse... you can watch live tv from your device.
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start the playoffs in los angeles saturday against the clippers.in fact the first two games of this series will be in southern california before they come back later next week. >>it is an opportunity that you have to take advantage of. >>it will only make it that much better. >>we were picked to lose by the experts and it is not fact ...it is their op
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inions. it does not mean it will happen. >> reporter: sharks playoff schedule is out.first game tomorrow night.shark tank at 7:30.they play sunday at 7 pm as well before heading to los angeles.i checked tickets on stubhub. cheapest ticket to tomorrow's game is 70 dollars to sit up in the rafters >> reporter:certainly
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night in a row we're talking about 49ers linebacker aldon smith. >> reporter:nfl insiders say that smith, who has just one year left on his contract, will not be optioned and picked up by the san francisco 49ers. they have until may 5th to do so. smith was arrested last sunday at lax accused of making a false bomb threat. he's also had two dui's since early 2012 and he faces gun posession charges after a party at his south bay home where he was stabbed. the nfl has not issued any suspension at this point but this is a man who could be doing jail time come next season. return to >> reporter:we've been talking about levi's stadium for much of the week as well but good news this evening. >> reporter:the mayor of santa clara tells us that 95 percent of the new grass at levi's stadium is in. this is the same type of grass that you saw at candlestick. it's used at at&t park and now it's really starting to make this new stadium look like just that.a new stadium. the san jose earthquakes.that's the soccer team here in the area for all you soccer haters.
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they will be first to play in the stadium in early august >> reporter:the oakland a's are just about to open up a three game series against the houston astros. a's with the best record in the american league. >> reporter:but the news today involves athletics reliever sean doolittle.the team has signed him to a five year deal. this comes at an interesting time. a time where jim johnson who was set to be the main closer has struggled on occasion. the talk is that sean doolittle could fit into that role >> reporter:playoffs,
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the "insider" with perspective on today's top trending stories. why is hollywood so vindictive to jesus christ? >> a special on hollywood and faith. >> inside the latest religious movie. >> how biblical films are raking in the cash. and "duck dynasty" stars inside drugs, drinking, and infidelity. >> i wanted to kill myself, and i was going to do it, i really was. >> the women on the preachers of l.a. and their lux lives. how difficult was it for you to live in secrecy? >> whatever happened to
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thornberg's richard chamberland? >> being gay was not an option at all. the "insider" together with yahoo. our special on hollywood and faith. i'm thea andrews, kevin frazier is on vacation. a new religious movie is hitting theaters, "heaven is for real." it comes in the wake of "noah" and "son of god." losing a child is the worst thing you can go through. >> he had a near death experience. >> a small town pastor who nearly loses his son, and finds his faith. >> we want to be supportive, but we can't turn into a circus. >> "heaven is for real" what does that mean for you? >> it's very seldom people get into the nuts and
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