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one spotted the boy. especially with those at the airport to admit video footage does admit shelling and unidentified person walking and approaching the whole wide bullying. >> why was he not recognize court against the red. recognized going against the ramp. >> reporter: they have indicated that they are revealing the procedures to see if their party changes
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that needed to be made. >> reporter: we can tell you this in addition to what we have learned they're also talking crowd 4 news that the time that the teenager shot this was at one is supporting several hours tot pass through with the plane took off. >> reporter: even if it was not happening at 1:00 there was 6 1/7 hours before the flight took off and still no one spotted him. when reporting live crawford is one dan kerman kron 4 news
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weretoday we got a private tour of a plane's wheel well.to try to give you an idea of the space in which this 15-year old was hiding. >> reporter:this plane here is a 7-2-7.the plane the teenager was in. is a 7-6-7. >> reporter:but you can see from the ground.it's not that hard to get in.you can grab onto the landing gear and then use the tires as a ladder. >> reporter:the 727's wheel well here is a bit smaller than a 767.but they're very similar in terms of all the hydraulics, electronics.fluids.there's a lot going on in there.and a person could dislodge or break something. >> reporter:and it's small in there.about the size of an average car trunk. >> reporter: the wheel well.people have to be careful they don't get crushed by the wheel. and
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>> reporter:then, if you're conscious during landing.you have to make sure you don't fall out when the door opens again. >> reporter:in this case,,,the boy was not conscious during consciousness. >> pam: we spoke to an aviation that the teen survived the flight. is remarkable. being inside the wheel well. left the stowaway exposed to the elements which could have killed him. >> and when the kings a priest to death >> >> catherine: the f=a=a has
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made a study >> pam: of wheel well stowaways. based on incidents dating from 1947 to 2012. there were 96 attempts on 85 different flights. 73 of the 96 stowaways died, making the chances of survival less than one -in -four. >> pam: the causes of death ranged from falling out of the landing, to freezing to death, >> pam: two- years ago. a mudslide closed part of this same street in piedmont. >> pam: in that case, the city determine. d the slide was triggered by water from a drainage line on private property. when >> pam: developing tonight. >> pam: we are awaiting the release of an autopsy. for a hiker found dead on mount tamalpais last week. 50-year-old marie sanner lived in mill valley. she taught at an elementary school in oakland.
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she went missing on wednesday. while hiking with a friend. >> pam: she apparently decided to head back down to her car alone -- but never made it. >> pam: and that death was the second in a month on mount tam. magdalena glinkowski was the first. she went missing on police say, she left a note saying she was going on a hike. her body was found about two weeks later. at this time -- authorities say, the deaths do *not appear to be related. >> pam: some changes in the bay area weather this week. starting today. this is a live picture from san francisco. overcast skies. ahead of showers expected lateri am live in the weather center with our chief meterologist jacqueline bennett. to tell us about the april showers headed our way. jacqueline? >> jacqueline: gusty went out there as the system move through and approach the second round. livermore, redwood citya day of
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remembrance and renewal today in boston. >> this just in to the kron 4 newsroom. >> pam: we will keep an eye on things piquancy one of the vehicles involved there. >> catherine: tens of thousands of runners and more than one million cheering spectators joining to reclaim their city's beloved marathon from the shadow of terror. >>today is going to be very emotional. no doubt about it. hist >> catherine: you can find it on the t=shirts read it on the makeshift signs. and hear it in their voices. >>we wanted to come back
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here to finish what we started." >> catherine: more than 35=thousand runners took part in this year's marathon, >> catherine: the field was expanded to include the five thousand who could not reach the finish line because of the bombings. >> catherine: images still fresh in the minds of everyone at the boylston street finish line. >>sadness, wicked sadness. >> catherine: 35=hundred police officers and more than 100 cameras helped to ensure security. >> catherine: there were no incidents as meb keflezighi crossed the finish line, the first american to win the men's race since 1983 had the names of last year's victims written in marker on the corners of his race bib. his victory shared by all of boston. >>"we're making new memories. we're gonna have a grand 'ole time here today with smiles on everybody's faces." >> pam: coming up at 5:15. >> pam: the drug that doctors are prescribing to
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children. that could have some serious health consequences. then at 5:30. >> pam: the plan scrapped for a new san francisco waterfront warriors arena. where the team is now setting its sights. >> pam: and next. >> pam: there have always been some questions about what is really in a hot dog. now a certain brand is getting recalled for exactly that.
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>> reporter:kraft is recalling 96- over.
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incorrect labels. >> reporter:federal officials say the packages at the center of the recall may contain cheese dogs. but the labels do not include milk as an ingredient. kraft says it's voluntarily recalling the hot dogs "because they may be mislabled." the 16-ounce packages were produced in march and distributed throughout the u.s. >> reporter:so what do you do with nearly 100 thousand pounds of re-called hot- dogs? kraft says if the usda considers them safe - they might be distributed to local food banks. ♪ ♪
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the sole >> pam: many doctors are still prescribing codeine for children. despite safety concerns. that's according to a new study. >> pam: researchers looked at national data from emergency room visits among children ages three -to- 17. in 20-10. the study says, more than half -a- million children in the e-r. were given the powerful painkiller. >> pam: the american academy of pediatrics has recommended against prodeine to children. >> pam: health experts say, they are only supposed to be given codeine, if the benefits outweigh the risks. researchers say, in some cases the drug can be fatal to some children. and may be ineffective in other cases. >> jacqueline: hi clairaut coverage pushing through earlier today. you can see
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the rate approaching from off shore. the rain. isolated showers for tomorrow morning. kind of spotty and unorganized. by midnight showers in fremont. >> pam: happening now. >> reporter: something that
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city officials are trying to keep a close eye on. >> this >> reporter: was the muddied scene after a few days ago nike out power in disrupting traffic before the road was open. >> opened up the road because the up the hillside was stable. we are pretty confident that it is ok unless something else happens. >> reporter: investigator said the first to try to figure out what exactly happened. >> until we know because we have not determined liability. engineer was up there friday and today looking to determine what >> reporter: this black net material in deep in debt
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rate comes down in the east bay. in peak must hug my new. >> reporter: >> pam: city officials told us today that that owner had to pay between 40 and $50,000 for the clean up. >> reporter: >> pam: >> pam: happening now. said fiscal police are looking for a man who directed officer behind the car sunday afternoon. it's a that happened after police got a call about a person acting suspicious near the bank of america atm on castro street. police say when they come from a suspicious person he pushed an officer and ran to a
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white ford taurus saturn. police tried to stop the car but this is the trouble with taking one officer with him. the officer was injured but is expected to survive. >> reporter:ten people were arrested during impromptu marijuana celebrations in san francisco's golden gate park on sunday for offenses ranging from selling marijuana or opiates to mischief and carrying a gun, police said today. >> reporter:april 20, or 4/20, typically draws large crowds to the park for a celebration of cannabis. the time 4:20 -- a.m. or p.m. -- has been associated with smoking marijuana since the 1970s and the date april 20 has become a >> reporter:countercultural holiday celebrating the drug. >> reporter:san francisco police sgt. danielle newman said sunday that shortly after 4:20 p.m., revelers in the park were finishing up "their big smoke-off" as police patrolled the area large crowds gathered in a thick white haze in several park's large open areas, including hippie hill and
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sharon meadow. police said they responded to four medical calls throughout the day -- a seizure at alvord lake near haight and stanyan streets, an overdose at the sharon arts building, a person who suffered an abrasion near the corner of haight and ashbury streets and a 16-year-old with a medical problem on hippie hill. >> reporter:park rangers issued citations for vending, illegal barbecues and amplified sound and advised about 100 people about illegal activities, police police made a total of four arrests: for selling marijuana and possession of marijuana for sale, another arrest for possession of opiates for sale and one arrest for possession of opiates. they found two people with loaded or concealed firearms, including one who was also carrying hashish, made a warrant arrest and arrested another person for malicious mischief, newman said. police also issued citations for an open container of alcohol, violations of the city's sit-lie ordinance, and peddling without a permit, >> pam: some news out of the bay area tonight. the man who died in a boating accident in brentwood saturday. the contra costa county corner's office says he was 40-year-old tod iwamoto of san juaqin county.
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>> pam: the sherrif's office says iwamoto was thrown from a boat when it hit an above water railroad crossing. >> pam: iwamoto's body was found by search and rescue divers just after 5 o'clock saturday afternoon. the sherrif's office is still investigating the accident. . >> catherine: in south korea.more bodies are being pulled from the sunken ferry. at least 87 have now been pulled from the cold water. many of them - teenagers. about 220 others are still missing. >> catherine: and the list of crew members who have been arrested.is getting longer. >>divers say they're hoping for a miracle case.that someone will still be found alive in an air pocket of the sunken ferry. it's almost as though they're trying to convince themselves of that unlikely scenario. >> catherine: as the search takes a terrible emotional toll. "as a civilian diver, there must be survivors.that's why i have hope." >> catherine: "the conditions are so bad my heart aches.we can't even face the families." >> catherine: but since the initial rescues last wednesday - the search has only turned up bodies. dozens of them - recovered and marched slowly up the shore. taken to tents to be identified by family members. even police struggle to hear
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the sounds that follow. >> catherine: "how are we going to live now" - this woman asks. >> catherine: the captain has been charged with negligence, causing bodily injury and abandoning his boat. other crew members have also been charged. monday - south korea's president didn't hold back. >> catherine: blasting their behavior. >> catherine: ".unforgivable actions akin to murder." >> catherine: the ship made a sharp turn before the accident.a junior officer was at the helm. in the ensuing panic and chaos.the ship quickly began tilting too far for most passengers to move or get into lifeboats. >> catherine: scenes of the school gym where families of the victims are staying. most of them - still waiting for some final word on what happened to their relatives. >> catherine: many of the passengers were students and teachers - on a school near seoul. >>next. >>we'll introduce you to "tahoe". a baby bear found alone in the forest. and now being nursed back to health
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>> catherine: a little california bear cub is lucky to be alive. she's called "tahoe" because she was found orphaned and alone in a lake tahoe forest. >> catherine: now she's toddling around the offices of a wildlifetaking good care of her. the cub was found by someone who realized there was no mother bear around. she was dropped off in an animal carrier - dehydrated and lethargic. >> catherine: workers say the mother might have been killed by poachers or hit by a car. they'll raise tahoe until she's about a year old - and will try to return her to the wild. >> catherine: they say they're trying to resist the urge to cuddle and play with her - since they don't want her to get too attached to humans. >> pam: coming up at 5:30. >> pam: the plan for a waterfront warriors arena -- scrapped. the new san francisco spot the team is setting its sights on. >> pam: then. >> pam: the unique dangers of summer. we have tips on keeping your kids injury free while playing outside.
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i'a beever s (male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> reporter: >> pam: tonight at 5:30. >> pam: the warriors have scrapped their plans to build a water-front arena along the embarcaderro.and now the team is planning to build on another piece of land in san francisco. grant following this story.and has details on the new location.
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here's what's on tap for >> reporter: this is a 12 a. site the two are looking at right here. confirms be the news of the cell today they are ecstatic and the team has not yet commented. it is there at the bottom along the waterfront kind of along third street and 60. just out of 80 the teapot. just south of at&t park. it is ready to be available for 2018 game season. >> residential is still ongoing will have a lot
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more opportunities there in mission in is and proper private property creek i do think that it will be much more strict 4. >> reporter: it will be privately financed. it would tap the dramatic no doubt. but the 80,000 ft. arena would have violated restrictions on the waterfront and people who have views of the waterfront would have been obstructed. " it is it went for the people who did not like the old site and and when for the warriors and " >> reporter: >> pam:
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>> pam: jason appelbaum starts off with the latest sportsas for our other playoff team.the san jose sharks.they exploded last goals against the kings last night to take a two-nothing lead in the series. >> reporter: instead, the warriors at the spot and went on to win the one because they deserved to win. speaking of the warriors won here is the fact, they also the action when more and for losses went curry when he scores 21
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or more accurate the day one! they won! >>with that being said, no matter who you are their subtle adjustments that you must make. >> reporter:it was a happy easter sharks fans at the tank last night. former a's great rickey henderson on the scene. >> reporter:another major
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construction milestone at the new 49-ers stadium. crews finished installing turf on the field today. the two-day project began late last week and was finished over the weekend. the 49-ers chose to use bermuda bandera grass. >>we like some of the things that we were doing in the game. >>we have to keep it going.
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since >> pam: which is known for its durability and designed to improve player footing on the field. the grass also has environmental benefits.using 50 percent less water than regular grass. workers are edging closer to completing the stadium.but minor construction still needs to be done. >> pam: the stadium is scheduled to open in august. when the san jose earthquakes soccer team take the field. >> catherine: a dramatic scene in a salt lake city federal courtroom today. when a man suddenly lunged at a witness. >> catherine: a u.s. marshal shot the man -- and this was the scene as he was taken to an ambulance. >> catherine: the 25-year- old later died from his injuries. it happened during a gang trial.and the marshal shot the man several times in front of the jury. he had only been carrying a pen - but authorities say he
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rushed the witness in a threatening manner. the fbi is investigating. >> catherine: the man who was shot was one of 17 people named in a racketeering indictment filed in 2010, accusing gang members of assault, conspiracy, robbery and gun crimes. >> the least that floor will remain secure for the rest of the day. >> pam: there's still no trace of missing malaysia airlines flight 370. as a crew from new zealand is among those looking for any signs of it. >> pam: miguel marquez reports from the search zone >> reporter:another day another search another hope of finding something any scrap of debris related to
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malaysian flight 370 >> reporter: >>it's our mission to find it. we want to be the crew that does find it but it takes time. >> reporter:captain tim mcelvary, some 30 search flights under his command, has been everywhere from the south china sea to the straights of malacca and now here 1000 miles off the australian coast. >>it's roughly analogous to canadian border to the distance we're flying for 2 and half hours on station then flying out now. >> reporter:this new zealand crew in a p3 orion, it's classified and sophisticated equipment, made for hunting enemy submarines stare at screensjust 200 feet above the water - the plane's wingspan is 100 feet they spot just about everything >>yeah. well that's the nature of the game. we are looking for absolutely anything that could possibly be mh370. >> reporter:and they tag those birds even in a sea of whitecaps in past sorties they've have seen more examples what's this? a tangled fishing net or a
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tangle of straps from an airplane cargo hold? >> reporter:this crew. the first so far to see an item and successfully direct a ship to pluck it from the ocean >>we patrolled and detected a small red object that we believed not to be more than 1 meter by 1 meter. >> reporter: perth responded from 20 miles away, it launched a team in an inflatable raft the p3 had enough fuel to stay on scene and direct them to the object. >>it was a large breadbasket or bread tray. the type you would typically find in a supermarket holding 20 loaves of bread. >> reporter:not from mh 370 another frustration the mission goes on. >> the >>flight 370 has been missing for more than a month. >> pam: coming up at 5:45. into a gore family event. we have the video. >> pam: the shocking revelation. lindsey lohan tells all in
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>> reporter:real life drama interrupts a reality show. intimate details about her life. >> reporter:the troubled actress says she recently had a miscarriage. according to people magazine.lindsay lohan says it happened during a break in the filming of her reality show. the 27-year-old revealed the personal information during the show's season finale sunday. she explained that's what was happening during the two weeks she reportedly held up production of the series.
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>> catherine: al gore walked his daughter sarah down the aisle at an outdoor wedding in california this weekend. it was all very simple and
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rustic.staged below a huge pine tree. >> catherine: it was happening just outside a coffee shop in carpinteria - in santa barbara county. the man who caught this on video wasn't invited -- he just happened to look up from his coffee to realize that he was looking at the former vice president. >> catherine: sarah gore was getting married to a santa barbara real estate agent. no one seemed to mind the stranger with the camera -- until he pushed his luck by asking gore if he had any advice on how to have a happy marriage. >> catherine: gore told him - 'no interviews.' he and tipper divorced a few years ago. >> jacqueline: breezy out there today as the storm is approaching. a lot of places in the teens today. gust in the 20's. we did
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have cloud coverage that pushed through today. >> jacqueline: the rain will start it will only be spotty showers and the system. with this system and unorganized with 100th of rain, if that. >> jacqueline: fremont seemed a little bit of light rain. as we head into the
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morning commute more clearing a couple of shellworks at the peninsula and south bay and then later and to the morning clear skies spirit chillier conditions of their in the low mid 60s for the south bay with its a 7 to 8 degree dropped them what we saw today. 62 in richmond san leandro, and hayward. at the coast upper 60s. '60s also through the north bay. again, isolated showers it will be warmer into thursday and friday with excuse me wednesday and friday. another storm pushes through. >> pam: summer's coming and for some kids that means playing outside and trips to pool. so holly firfer's has some tips to help them stay injury free.
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>> pam: summer is just around the corner. it's a great time to just enjoy being outdoors, staying active and having fun with friends. >> pam: but as with any season, there are some precautions that children should take. >> pam: >> reporter:water safety is a must. even though it's fun to frolic in the pool, there are still germs lurking. best way to avoid them is to think of your fellow swimmers. teach children that a pool is not a public toilet -- have kids take regular "potty breaks." and make sure your little ones never swallow the water. >> reporter:always wear a helmet when biking. >> reporter:if the family is boating, wear a life jacket. the centers for disease control and prevention reports that boating incidents in 2009, more than 7 out of 10 drowned. more than 90 percent of the people who drowned were not wearing a life jacket. >> reporter:beat the heat.
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>> reporter:summer temperatures can get pretty intense, so check to see if your child isn't overdoing it. remember to keep youngsters hydrated by giving them lots of liquids. water's the best. >> reporter:and never, ever leave children or pets in parked cars on a hot day, even if the windows are open. >> reporter:sun feel good? you bet, but make sure your little ones have sunscreen that protect them from uva and uvb rays. remember, babies' skin can sunburn easily. >> reporter:all great tips to keep kids happy and healthy this summer. for today's health minute, i'm holly firfer. >> reporter:people behaving badly coming up!
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>> pam: a local start-up has invented a new high-tech motorcycle helmet that is generating a lot of buzz. our tech reporter gabe slate got his hands on it and shows us how it could save lives. >> reporter:ths skully helmet is a first of it's kind it let's riders see what is happening behind them in real time that could prevent an accident. that could save a life >> everything that trouble. 180 degrees to see what is going on in your env
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ironment. making it easy for you to drive. >> reporter:this is the rear view camera built into the helmet you can barely see it and it's tucked back inside the helmet. i like that. you don't even know it's there. the translucent display screen is made possible with the built in heads up display optics module >> reporter:the helmet also has blutooth to a phone allowing a rider to take calls while on the road listen to music or get turn by turn navigation mapping right before their eyes on the heads up display inside the helmet. >>we are looking to gather preorders by the holiday gsk4n
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(male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> pam:one of our workers out on the apron did see the juvenile come out of the wheel well and walk towards the front of the aircraft. >> pam:at six. a major airport security concern after -- a teen stowaway miraculously survived a five hour flight >> pam:inside an airplane's wheel well. the plane left san jose mineta airport and landed in hawaii on sunday. the f-b-i says the stowaway -- a 15 year old boy from federal charges. >> pam:tonight -- he's in custody of child welfare services in hawaii. his family has been notified. kron4's dan kerman is live in san jose with a review underway that's tryiing to determine how teen evaded airport security. >>he raim he remained
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undetected. >> reporter:its not all that tall. the stowaway jumped the fence at 1am but the flight left hours later. >>we meet and exceed all of those federal requirements. >> reporter:reviewing
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policies to see if anything went wrong and if so, what should be be revised. >> reporter:today we got a private tour of a plane's wheel well.to try to give you an idea of the space in which this 15-year old was hiding. >> reporter: would concede a lot of hydraulics and fluid going on in there and a person can dislodge or bricks something and it is small and there. kapernick print you have to make sure
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the to do not fall out when the door opens again and someone can be crushed. he did later gain consciousness. >> reporter: he stole away could have possibly been sitting on top of the wheel narrow during his nearly five hour flight luckily he was not crushed. 7.the plane the teenager was but you can see from the get in.you can grab onto the
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then, if you're conscious during landing.you have to when the door opens again. >> reporter:it's also remarkable that the teen wasn't killed by the conditions he was exposed to.not being inside a pressured cabin at 38- thousand feet. >> reporter:mccarron says the lack of oxygen probably made the boy pass out, but the stowaway could have also died from hypothermia since the temperatures at that height can dip as low as 50 degrees below zero. >> reporter:but it may have also put him in a hibernation state. >>it is a miracle that he did survive. >> reporter:maureen kelly kron4 news. >> pam: the f-a-a says since 1947. there have been 94 flights where more than 100 people have stowed away across the globe. of those 105 people -- only 25 survived. statistics show stowaways have less than a 25-percent chance of surviving the
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ride. . >> pam: and we continue to follow developments online. check out kron4-dot-com -- where an expert talks about the teen stowaway and how he defied the odds of surviving. you can also join the conversation -- and share how you feel that's again on kron4-dot- com. >> pam: a developing story in >> pam: the california highway patrol is working to reopen lanes on northbound highway 85 after. crash. this is video from our helicopter partnership with a-b-c 7 news. police say at least two cars collided near the de anza boulevard exit. >> pam: drivers are being diverted off the highway -- there is no word yet when the lanes will reopen. >> pam: and in oakland -- an overturned tanker truck has
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shutdown an 8-80 onramp. the c-h-p says the truck leaked fuel near the bay bridge. a hazmat team is on scene cleaning up the mess. but police say the leak was minor. san francsico's golden gate park on sunday. the date -- 4/20. typically draws large crowds to the park >> pam: for a pot celebration. trash was a major concern after -- last year -- some ten- thousand pounds of trash was left behind by those celebrating during the 4-20 event in san francisco. >> pam: and as kron4's john fenoglio reports -- the city took a more proactive approach to prevent trashy behavior. >> reporter:and some people even helped clean up the
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mess left behind. >> reporter: gate park the cleanup continues following yesterday's unofficial four- fenoglio is in the park and shows us how the cleanup effort is going. >> reporter: today in the park hard to believe there were so many thoundands of people in the park less than 24-hours ago. >>this park is too beautiful to leave trash because you want to have a good time. >> reporter:in this video we shot yesterday you can see scores of people hanging out amidst those small clouds of smoke we all know what that's with the parks department and they say that they've been doing things a little differently this year, specificlly more manpower beginning last night with a crew of about 20 people out here picking up trash and a crew of about
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40 workers; those folks you see out here in the orange vests. also out here today, volunteers help with the cleanup efforts. in my car to take to my house to dump. if you want to celebrate on 420 please >> reporter: an attempt to cleanup the terrible mess that was left here last year roughly five tons of trash at a cleanup cost of about 10 thousand dollars. the parks department has not released the numbers or the cleanup costs for this year's event, but as soon as they do we will bring them to you here and on website kron 4 com. reporting in golden gate park john fenoglio kron 4 news. >> catherine: the sad procession of bodies at the site of the sunken ferry in south korea continues. @ >> catherine: dozens of deaths have now been confirmed. >> catherine: at least 87 bodies have been recovered - but sinceno one else has been found alive. the bodies are taken to tents - for relatives to identify. >> catherine: about 220 other people are still missing -- many of them teenagers. >> catherine: monday - south korea's president blasted the ferry captain and members of his crew. it was an angry public
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statement.suggesting they were murderers. to see >>the ferry captain is facing a list of criminal charges including negligence and abandoning his boat. >> catherine: prosecutors announced today that four other crew membersin addition to the captain and two crew members arrested earlier. >> catherine: as for the searchers -- they've been finding bodies more quickly, since they've to get inside the ferry. >> pam: coming up. >> pam: rain on the way -- growing concerns after >> pam: a hillside gave way last plus -- turning water into alcohol. >> pam: what was once a biblical miracle -- might soon become an everyday normalcy. >> pam: and -- bart passengers sit in judgement over bart's fleet of the future. why some bay area commuters are not happy over the seating upgrade.
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that gets up to 795 highway miles per tank. and get a $1,000 fuel reward card. it's like two deals in one. hurry in and get a $1,000 fuel reward card and 0.9% apr for 60 months on tdi models. >> reporter:the new fleet of bart trains are not even in service yet.but there is already a petition to change the design. >> reporter:some 49-ers fans are upset because they say the seats display seattle seahawks colors. >> reporter:a niner's fan out of stockton is so upset.he started a petition on change dot org. >> reporter:the petition says quote "please refrain from outfitting the seats in bart cars in neon green and blue." >> reporter:and calls the design "an outrage" and a "slap in the face of every
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san francisco 49-ers fan who rides bart". >> reporter:it has 15- hundred signatures at this point. >> reporter:we posted the story on our facebook page.where many people don't seem bothered by the idea of neon blue and green seats. tanya says: >>"this is stupid. its "color" for crying out loud. better things to waste money on protesting than this. who cares." >> she says."as long as it looks nice and clean who cares what colors are used." >> pam: still ahead. >> pam: out with the old and in with >>how apple is celebrating earth day -- by trying to be more green. >> pam: plus -- parents of saratoga teen -- audrie pott -- working to pass a bill that would close a cyberbullying loophole.
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>> pam: tomorrow.california legislators will hear testimony on a new sexual assault bill.
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>> pam: the family of audrie pott plans to appear before the state senate.to show support for the legislation. if passed.the bill will makeon april 22, 2014, audrie pott's family will appear before the california state senate to testify about what happened to their daughter, and the devastating nature of the crime that was committed. senate bill 838 has been introduced, and if passed will bring justice to sexual assault victims, making it the same crime whether the victim is conscious or not. there will also be a crime enhancement added if pictures are taken during an assault. >> pam: please consider signing this petition, and forwarding to your friends and anyone who may support this cause. >> catherine: it was much more than a footrace today. >> catherine: the boston marathon was a chance for the city to ease the painful memories of last year's terror attack. >> catherine: and by most accounts it succeeded
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men's winner, meb keff- lezh-gee ran with the names of last year's bombing victims written on his race bib, he's the first american man to win sice 1983. >> catherine: the field was expanded to 35=thousand to accommodate those who could not finish last year because of the bombings. >> catherine: for the athletes and the million plus people who came out to cheer for them, it was a day to reclaim a tarnished tradition. si >>and for a few of runners. it was a chance to show their defiance of terrorism. >>"i feel great! it was so nice to cross that finish >> catherine: heather abbott running withdouble amputee celeste corcoran needed a little help, but she too
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made it to the finish line, return to >> reporter:a year later -- the boston strong slogan still resonates with bay area residents. >> reporter:that's why many runners hit the streets in san francisco -- today -- to show support for the victims of the boston marathon bombings. >> pam: kron4's terisa estacio reports from the ferry building the center piece of the 49- the project took a total of bandera grass because it's
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>> pam: the cause of a recent mudslide on moraga avenue in piedmont is still under investigation >> pam: this was the seen a few days ago when water, possibly from a private drainage line saturated the hillside causing a mudslide on moraga near maxwelton road. city officials tell kron4 the possibility of wet weather in the forecast could cause the hill to destabilize again >>"something else happens" >> reporter:in the meantime a black haz-mat tarp has been set up at the bottom of the hill to prevent any mud from reaching the roadway should there be any wet weather in the bay area over the nextfew days.
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>> jacqueline: let's get right to bid on future testing in a clock tower that graeme is approaching the north bay. it is not very organized so it is kind of broken. as we move into the movement at a where it is starting to go south and east bay as well. still seen lick lingering showers at the north bay. very broken and very spotty. all tried out by morning. a couple of spotty showers lee during our land. lingering. all around. cooler a lot cooler than today despite the sunshine. 7 to 8 degree drop
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below so today. it will be warmer in antioch with low sixties for the east bay shore line. success in san francisco and berkeley institute in oakland '60s also for the north bay. >> jacqueline: wednesday and thursday will stay dry and a little warmer but friday another storm approaches the bay area bernanke as a little bit more rain and cooler temperatures in the forecast. >> pam: today is queen elizabeth the >> pam: the british monarch turned 88-years-old. to celebrate the queen posed for this black-and- white photo taken by a famous british photgrapher.
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>> pam: in london the her brithday celebrations rang out across the city. return to index of artillery shots >> pam: a birthday celebration fittwo different artillery gun salutes shot off in different parts of the capital. a 62- gun salute was given at the tower of london by the honorable artillery co. still ahead. >> pam: to park or not to park. >> pam: a bay area congressman in controversy. >> pam: the battle over allegedly reserved parking spots. that >> pam: plus -- bottom's up. >> pam: could soon be an american [dad] [laughs]
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>> reporter: they currently meet or exceed mandates. however, they are meeting to see if anything needs to change. >> reporter: have died from any lack of oxygen thirty id doesn't need to thousand feet high dipping below
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people left tons of trash. and concurrent closed of roughly two stills and curlers >> reporter: this empty lot behind me all the good shall it becomes the new home to the golden state warriors to the tent purchased 12 a. of it is located and the mission bay neighborhood. the hope to build the beaten the house and feed city or here in britain is telling been in and the team hope to b in newuild a 18,000
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sq ft building here in 2018- 2019 game season. >> reporter: here in a mall or the canal and piedmont in recent mud slid remanded concern for city officials as plant and the forecast could calls a destabilization of the hills. and in new >> it is possible but we do have are awful to look we have our folks andlooking at it. >> reporter: check all
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and >> gary: been in and >> jacqueline:rain fall total a couple of 100th. rain moving into the north and pushing into the south. hayward and also mou ntainview. this will not be the only chance of rain this week-friday.
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>> pam: process will the goal puts v-a employees. at odds with an east bay congressman. the ongoing problem recently reached a boiling point. location. their vehicles
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would be towed away. >> pam: a viewer reached out to us about the situation >> pam: she and her co- worker spoke to kron 4's haaziq madyun. it's a story you'll see only kron 4 >>"i was told not to park belongs to the congressman" >> reporter:do you feel like you're being bullied or pushed around? >>"yes i do exactly!" >> reporter:liza ambrose and kellie meier work here at the va outpatient clinic on mare island in vallejo. their employee parking lot is undergoing a bit of makeover. it has been a construction site for the past several months as a parking. so va employees and patients have turned to street parking across from front of democratic congressman mike thompson's field office. however ambrose says one of the staffers told her the street parking is reserved >>"the female employee will manager and complain that va employees or disabled veterans are parked in this
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spot" >> reporter: to is samantha emerick, a pathogens congressman thompson. in fact when i stopped by the office emerick told me that employees not to park there >> spa"she did tell me that i could have it towed if i park there and i told her there isn't a sign that says for constituents, and i said because i am. i vote" >> reporter: spa country in fact >>"i am a veteran. i've served my country" >>"so in the case of the parking issues on mare island" >> reporter: vallejo civil engineer jill mercurio says although lennar property developers puchased and lease land throughout mare islandcity streets were not a part of the deal
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>>"on walnut avenue the street, while it is still on lennar area, the city owns a right of way or easement over that, that makes all of those roads public roads so you and i can go drive on those areas" >> reporter:or park in this case >>"or in this case park" >> reporter:congressman thompson's communications director had this to say about the parking controversy >>"our interest is simply is making sure our are elderly, have a place to park and we simply talked with the va, asked for their help with the situation, and the site coordinator with the va assisted us" liza ambrose is on vacation, couldn't get her response on camera. however her co- worker kellie meir had this to say >> parking situation we wouldn't be parking there so we thank you for investigating for us" haaziq amdyun kron4news
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>> pam:san francisco - apple is offering free recycling of all its used products and vowing to power all of its stores, offices and data centers with renewable energy to reduce the pollution caused by its devices and online services. >> reporter:the iphone and ipad maker is detailing its efforts to cultivate a greener apple inc. with an environmental section on the company's website that debuted monday. among other things, the cupertino, calif., company is increasing its reliance on solar and wind power while sending less electronic junk to landfills. >> reporter:apple had already been distributing cards at some of its stores in exchange for iphones and ipods with some resell value. now, all of the company's stores will recycle any apple product at no charge. gift cards won't be handed out for all recycled products.
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>> pam:it's official. the u-s postal service will be putting former san francisco city supervisor and gay rights icon harvey milk on a stamp. and on may 22nd the white house is holding a ceremony honoring the day it becomes available. san francisco will hold a ceremoney for the stamp on may 28th. the stamp's image will a be a close-up. black-and-white photograph of milk's face. the postal sevice calls milk a visionary leader who gave hope to america's l-g-b-t community. he and san francisco mayor moscone were assassinated
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the mess that was left in front of 800 77th ave in oakland >> reporter:it was one of
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the locations for the legal dumping amnesty day that ended two days early because the sheer volume of bulk items and house hold goods >> reporter:not knowing the event ended is still not a good enough reason to do this but i guess common sence is not so common anymore >> reporter:it was so much trash that the alameda county district attorneys office and the oakland fire department responded to the scene >> reporter:a lot of viewers asked, what is going to happen to all this trash and who will foot the bill ? well i have some good news and some bad news >> reporter:first the good news, all the trash is gone, all that's left are the citizens crime scene signs and caution tape >> reporter:but the fact is 77th and hawley has been a major illegal dumping location for years so for some people this was the normal. scary huh? >> reporter:now the bad news, it took 7, yes seven 20 cubic dumpsters, like
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this one here to clean up the mess . the bill will go to oakland taxpayers >> reporter:the cost includes the desposal of the non hazardous waste that was left in a giant fish tank, the cost fof the investigator who shown here combing through piles of trash and the cost of oakland fire responding >> reporter:you see illegal dumping, wheather by design or accident cost money, it's money that the city could use for more important things you pick what you think is important >> reporter:i convinced the east oakland beautification council to change it's name to the oakland beautification council because the entire city needs to come together not just east oakland it needs to be a full on assult on illegal dumping of trash, bulk items , cars and dead animals
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help the players have better footing on the ground y. >> reporter: a lot and he wore the names of the debt stems last year, bombing victims. the red sox last decade was are really after the air power last year. who could forget this is our city
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speech following the body. but, the orioles they did beat the red sox with 726. 7-6 >> reporter: opting for decide except francisco about a mile down the road it mission bay to your third st the 16th the warriors purchase a 12 a. site, avoiding political fight to get the waterford the waterfront of the bill. and many groups including the sierra club oppose the project which would have been on a parcel of land leased by the city. but only this new property and the mission bay out right the warriors hope to have it
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built in time for the 2018 and 2018 game season. 11 >> reporter: 1182 tonight just to pay off in half hour. stephan curry goals and so does the warriors. the warriors do better when curry scores less spirit when. they break even when he scores 20 or more. he had 40 in the game and we shall see what happens tonight here is coach jackson on game 2. when >> would would that be said, come playoff time no matter who you are or whether you win or lose there are some adjusters the chin was to make. i did expect some adjustments. we will pick that up on. in
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new when in a and when >> reporter: not that it was unexpected the knicks still to make the playoffs this year at jackson will like to bridge get his guys will before when would like to bring in his guys. when >> reporter: 1 1 t of 42 victories he spent the last three seasons coaching the to will ask who should it prove that it felt to make the playoffs. he plans to retire to his hall in portland. whenhis home
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