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>> reporter:wjhen the coast guard along arrived here they found a sailboat sinking in the waters just off shore.. right here where you see that orange buyee. after they had located the sailboat, diver with the southern marin dive team went down to the boat and confirmed that it was indeed the alma. >> reporter:now, at this point we don't know who was on the sailboat.. the coast guard says that they are looking for any possible occuanta and we also don't know how the boat ended up on the rocks or why the emergency >> reporter:i did speak with the coast guard a short time ago, they say that they may have more information to share with us sometime this evening but for now that is the very latest. here in marin kron 4 news.
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>> pam:there is tight security at an east bay elementary school, after a little girl was attacked by a trusted adult on campus. >> pam:as kron 4's haaziq madyun has learned. the incident has prompted an increase in security at a number of schools in the area >> reporter: >>it does shake people belief system in the schools. >> reporter:the parent volunteer was arrested. awaiting to see if the da will press charges.
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>> reporter: >> pam: >> pam:new at five. >> pam:a new twist in the manhunt for a bay area public relations consultant. who is wanted by the f.b.i for possessing explosives. >> pam:the suspect -- ryan chamberlain -- has apparently posted an explanation on social media. >> pam:all this started saturday. when f.b.i agents and haz-mat crews searched his san francisco home. you are looking at the scene near jackson and polk streets. where authorites
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say, they found explosives. >> pam:kron 4's dan kerman is here now. with more on the case. and what the suspect posted on social media today. dan? >> reporter:depressed and suicidal instead of armed and dangerous. in the span of a few months everything that mattered to me betrayed me... i got dark and real dark. i scoured the internet for fuel for morbit
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>> reporter:he is >> reporter: >> pam:this is a search around the nation not just the bay area. >> pam:happening now. >> pam:commuters in san francisco are experiencing significant muni delays this evening. a large number of workers called -in sick today.reportedly in protest over their contract. only one - third of muni busses are in service. no express lines are being run. and cable cars are not running. tonight we have more on what's behind the so called "sick-out". >> pam:first. kron 4's jeff bush is live. to show us what the evening
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commute is like right now. >> reporter:the reason behind this muni sickout. is a new proposed union contract. voted on last week by drivers. >> reporter: >> pam:kron 4's maureen kelly is learning tonight how and why that deal was overwhelmingly rejected. >> reporter:here is the contract right here.it's a two year deal that's been hammered out over several months.but not to the driver's satifaction. >> pam:in fact.98% of the
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union membership voted it down. muni workers.like all city employees are prohibited from striking.but they can call in sick.which today they did.in droves. >> reporter:a rally by pro union demonstrators was held outside the sf metropolitian transist agency's office.the group saying they were standing in for the drivers who were afraid to speak out for themselves. >> reporter:the contract would make the average driver's wage 32 dollars an hour.the pro union group says that's not enough to make it in the bay area.given the rising cost of living. >>insult and slap in the face. >> reporter:while muni workers are frustrated over the deal.the mayor is unhappy about they way they went about venting those feelings. >>we've done 27 labor
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contracts. we should find the proper way to do this. >> reporter: now that the contract has been rejected by the.it's expected to go into arbritation sometime this week and it's expected to be approved.that because but by law.the arbitrators can't reject the muni management's deal unless the union can prove their interest outweigh the public's interest in effective and reliable transit. maureen kelly kron4 news. >> pam:only on four. >> pam:it is illegal to text while driving. but kron-4 received this picture which shows oakland mayor jean quan. using her phone while behind the wheel. >> pam:coming up tonight on kron-4 news at 8. kron 4's stanley roberts has the response from the mayors office. in tonights edition of people behaving badly.
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coming up at 5:15. >> pam:big announcements from apple. our tech reporter has a breakdown. of new device features coming soon. >> pam:then at 5:30. >> pam:a warning from bay area police about a new craigslist scheme. the new tactic they say a thief is using. and next. what you might be doing on facebook. that could actually be making you feel sad. . my dad worked as a short order cook. right here. my parents were immigrants. and they taught me that with hard work, anything is possible. i earned a scholarship to mit.
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and worked across party lines to get things done. i'm alex padilla. i'll protect voting rights for everyone. and make it easier to start a business. so we create jobs and opportunity for all californians. what should we order? (announcer) alex padilla. secretary of state. hey! have you ever tried honey nut cheerios? love 'em. neat! now you on the other hand... you need some help. why? look atchya. what is that? you mean my honey wand? [ shouting ] [ splat ] come on. matter of fact. [ rustling ] shirt. shoes. shades. ah! wow! now that voice... my voice? [ auto-tuned ] what's wrong with my voice? yeah man, bee got swag! be happy! be healthy! that's gotta go too. ♪ hey! must be the honey! [ sparkle ] sweet.
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how facebook makes you feel has been going on for some time. but new research released at the psychological science convention in san francisco shows. >> reporter:when it comes to facebook - it all depends on how you use it. for those people who were active - directly interacting with social media - posting status updates, sharing content and messaging others - their mood stayed about the same through out the day. >> reporter:but if you were a passive user - cruising the site or browsing through pictures of other people happy moments. >> reporter:it kind of bummed you out. the bottom line - using facebook per se isn't bad for you, but grazing content is. >> reporter:scientists remind us that people post idealized version of themselves on facebook. and comparing those to your own real world life is toxic - that is - unless you engage in the online theater yourself. pam? >> pam:still ahead. what's behind a new effort in the south bay. to "evict' homeless people out of certain areas. then.
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>> pam:apple unveiled new features coming to i=phones and i=pads today. at their annual w=w=d=c conference. the developers conference. in san francisco. >> reporter:our tech reporter gabe slate was there. he joins us now to give us the highlights.gabe - what's new? >> reporter:this annual show is all about software and developers so they did not unveil the i-watch, a t=v, or a new i- phone >> reporter:there was no new gadgets or hardware of any kind talked about they will do all that in september when they hold their fall press event. but they did show off a preview of i=o=s=8 the next operating system for i=phones and i=pads. and it adds some cool new features. >> reporter:an effort to get rid of homeless encampments on or near creeks and streams.
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the fog to come tonight and into tomorrow. 58 in ha yward, at teh coast only in the 50's. more fog ... we will take a look atthe extended forecast later in the broadcast. >> pam: continues in the city of san jose accompanied by police, this crew took down about a dozen illegal campsites. along the banks of coyote creek near highway 101 and mckee road. a fast-moving brush fire in the area last week, is
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thought to have been sparked by an illegal cooking fire in one of the camps. >> pam:the area was posted with notices on friday, giving the campers 72- hours to clear out. these >> pam:are among 66 -such homeless encampments along coyoteriver, which, authorities say, are being used as toilets. >> pam:according to the most recent homeless census, there are an estimated 5,000 homeless people on the streets on any given night in san jose. city wide, there are thought to be, as many as 250 homeless camps. san jose has budgeted 1- point-6 million dollars toward the on-going outreach and clean-up effort. >> pam:catherine? >> catherine:a developing
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story. an american soldier held captive for 5 years by afghan militants is recuperating in a german hospital. it's not clear yet when army sgt. bowe bergdahl will return home to the u.s.but not everyone is celebrating. >> pam: >> catherine:bowe bergdahl was america's last pow.held by the taliban for 5 long years. the price for his life - the exchange of 5 members of the taliban. republicans are now lining up to blast the white house for making the prisoner swap -- saying >> catherine:it amounts to negotiating with terrorists. there are questions about why bergdahl went missing in the first place. some reports indicate he may have walked away from his post -- a deserter. >> catherine:at least 6 u.s. soldiers were killed while searching for him. a member of his platoon at the time says he's angry. the white house insists it made the right move.
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>>long history of poisoner exchanges. >> catherine: meantime.berghdahl's family is eagerly waiting to see him. and the mayor of his hometown says it's too early to judge him until all the facts are in. >> catherine:in other national news. the n-s-a might be checking out your photos on facebook -- then stashing them away to enhance facial recognition software. that's according to the new york times. >> catherine:it says n-s-a agents are using photos taken from everything from social media to video conferencing. then -- using the facial recognition programs to automatically identify someone based on those images. >> catherine:a spokesperson
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is defending the practice - saying it's part of the agency's job to improve intelligence-gathering. but the n-s-a wouldn't confirm details - including whether it's using facebook. >> reporter:happening now. >> reporter:allegations against a russian hacker who authorities say led a group that infected hundreds of thousands of computers and stole millions of dollars. >> reporter:criminal and civil allegations have been filed against this man. evgeniy bogachev. >> reporter:authorities say his group infected computers with malware that captured passwords and account numbers. >> reporter:the program is called game-over zeus. they say bogachev and his group stole more than 100- million dollars from businesses and consumers. the f-b-i says the malware was mainly spread through email or phishing messages. members of the hacker gang come from russia, ukraine, and the united kingdom. bogachev has been added to the f-b-i's cyber's most wanted list. he's not currently in custody. >> pam:next.
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>> pam:she was the woman who recorded the conversation that got the clippers owner a lifetime n.b.a. ban. now -- she is apparently been the victim of serious crime. then. then. you got to make every dollar count these days. that's why they have lots of ways for you to save. real big club card deals, the safeway app and gas rewards. this week, large, red seedless grapes are just $1.99 a pound. foster farms fresh whole chickens are only 99 cents a pound. and gatorade is just $3.99 an 8-pack. there's more savings to love... at safeway. ingredients for life. teacher layoffs. and a 60 billion dollar budget deficit. that's what john perez faced when he became speaker of the california assembly. so he partnered with governor brown to pass three balanced budgets, on time. for the first time in thirty years. today, the deficits are gone and we've invested an additional 2 billion dollars in education.
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>> catherine:the woman whose audio recording of donald sterling led to his lifetime ban from the nba was reportedly attacked in new york city. the attorney for v. stiviano - seen here last month walking her dog - says she was leaving a restaurant sunday in manhattan when two men hit her in the face. >> catherine:he says her face is red and swollen today. but new york police say no reports were filed -- and no officers responded to any incident. they also say they don't expect any charges to be filed. >> catherine:as for the upcoming sale of the los angeles clippers. cnn is reporting that shelly sterling - donald sterling's estranged wife - wants to be an "owner emeritus"..maintaining some role in the team. >> catherine:she's reached a
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deal to sell the team for 2- billion dollars to ex- microsoft ceo steve ballmer. as for sterling - he attended a predominately black church in los angeles sunday. sitting in the first row. >> catherine:he'd been invited by the pastor - and got a warm reception. >> catherine:the deal to sell the clippers still needs to be approved by the nba -- and sterling has filed a lawsuit - claiming the team is being illegally taken away from him. >> pam:coming up at 5:30. >> pam:the latest on the muni- sick-out. just how bad the evening commute is with only one third of busses running. third of busses running. you know what? why don't you go get some frozen yogurt. i got this. you're so sweet. you got this, right? i do got this. from the shelf, and to your home. starting at $99.
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>> reporter:if you didn't realize or didn't care that there's an election day tomorrow.you're not alone. many plugged in to the political scene are predicting record low voter turnout in california for tomorrow's primary.with less than 30 percent of registered voters casting ballots. >> reporter:some experts say
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the state's new top two primary system could be playing a role. this will be the first state-wide election to use the system.in which the top two finishers tomorrow advance to the november general election.regardless of party. >> reporter:so we could have two democrats or republicans running against each other in november. we'll be monitoring the tomorrow's primaries.and you can follow along or real time results on kron4.com. >> pam:napa police arrested a 71-year-old man sunday on suspicion of killing his ex- wife. a friend of the victim called police saying he hasn't heard from her since friday. police went to the victim's residence in napa to check on the victim's welfare. >> pam:shozaburo nakamura, the victim's ex-husband allowed the officers inside and admitted to killing his ex-wife on saturday during a domestic dispute. >> pam:police found the victim's body in a bathroom. nakamura is booked in the napa county department of corrections on suspicion of murder. ssf craigslist warning-oncam >> catherine: >> pam:police in south san francisco are warning residents about a new craigs-list scheme. police say last month a woman answered a craigslist
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ad asking for models for a photo shoot. they say the suspect sent the victim a check before the photo shoot.and asked her to deposit it. >> pam:then, the suspect asked the victim to send part of the money *back to pay for transportation and makeup. the victim sent the money.but. found out no photo shoot was ever booked. >> pam:and the suspect's check was bogus. the suspect is still at >> jacqueline:we will be seeing warmer weather this week. i will have more on that coming up! >> catherine:he's being praised by environmentalists -- and blasted by industry. >> catherine:today president obama unveiled a plan to order big cuts in the pollution spewed out by
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america's power plants. >> catherine:the aim -- to reduce global warming. supporters say it's a huge step forward -- but critics argue it could cost the economy nearly a million jobs. >> catherine:president obama is going around congress to force a steep 30 percent cut in carbon emissions-- so- called greenhouse gases-- from coal-fired power plants. >> catherine:he's using his executive authority, proposing new epa regulations, to take his strongest action yet against climate change: >>as president, and as a parent, i refuse to condemn our childr that's beyond fixing. >> catherine:linking the move to health problems like asthma, he taped his weekly address at the children's national medical center. >>often these illnesses are aggravated by air pollution. pollution from the same sources that release carbon and contribute to climate change. and for the sake of all our kids, we've got to do more to reduce it. >> pam: >> catherine:the new rules reportedly would give states and local governments wide latitude in how to reduce carbon pollution-- allowing
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them to encourage solar and wind power-- instead of forcing power plants-- to close. >> pam: >> catherine:in this midterm election year, it's a strategy designed to go head-to-head with republicans making hay of the harm these regulations would do to the coal industry. >>the administration has set out to kill coal and its 800,000 jobs. if it succeeds in death by regulation, we'll all be paying a lot more money for electricity, if we can get it. >> catherine:the us chamber of commerce estimates it will cost the economy fifty billion dollars a year, advocates say those claims are exaggerated >>this is something we can't put off and the president deserves huge credit for making this his legacy >> catherine:governor jerry brown likes the idea.and says california is ahead of the curve on this issue. california already has a law aimed at reducing carbon emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.mostly by reducing to index of stories...
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industrial emissions >> pam:coming up at 5:45. another serious crash at an air show. we have the video. then. if you thought this craze was over. think again. the new milestone for gangam style my dad worked as a short order cook. right here. my parents were immigrants. and they taught me that with hard work, anything is possible. i earned a scholarship to mit. and worked across party lines to get things done. i'm alex padilla. i'll protect voting rights for everyone. and make it easier to start a business.
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wallem got married saturday night in montecito, california. >> reporter:during the ceremony, etheridge reportedly sang a song she wrote for wallem.which had never been performed before. >> reporter:people also reports etheridge's four children participated in the wedding. >> reporter:etheridge and wallem have been dating since 2010. they announced their engagement last summer. >> reporter:don't get mad if the song gets stuck in your head. but it looks like psy's 'gangnam style' is still hot. >> reporter:.whop whop gangham style! google says the korean pop star's music video has passed the two billion mark on you tube. that's billion. with a b. >> reporter:the search engine says it is the first video to reach that milestone. gangnam style was uploaded in july of 2012 and doesn't seem to lacking followers. so far this year, it has nearly 100 million views. oppa gangnam style! return
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>> catherine: accident at an air show. this time in wisconsin. a pilot was killed sunday in stevens point - when he was doing this stunt. the accident - caught on camera. the accident - caught on camera. >> catherine:it brings back memories of other air show crashes. including this one just last month - at travis air force base in california. the 77-year-pilot was flying this bi-plane when it happened.which was upside down when it hit the ground. the crash happened away from spectators.
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the pilot had been flying since he was 16 - and had been performing at air shows for the past 25 years. >> catherine:but one of the worst air show crashes in recent history was this one in reno in 20-11. >> catherine:the plane hit the tarmac in front of the grandstands in an area containing box seating. it disintegrated into a ball of dust. the pilot was killed -- 10 people on the ground were killed -- and 69 others were injured. >> catherine:the accident at the reno air races led to some safety recommendations for air shows.including course design. >> jacqueline:another round of widespread low clouds. continue to bayshores and keep things cool.
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that's what john perez faced when he became speaker of the california assembly. so he partnered with governor brown to pass three balanced budgets, on time. for the first time in thirty years. today, the deficits are gone and we've invested an additional 2 billion dollars in education. now john perez is running for controller, to keep fighting for balanced budgets. democrat john perez for controller.
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explosives. >> pam:he is social media savvy -- posting messages on topics ranging from his depression. to denials of the f-b-i's warnings that he is dangerous -- all coming out since the raid. kron 4's dan kerman is covering the case. he's here with the latest on what chamberlain has been writing. dan? >> reporter:the raid on chamberlain's russian hill apartment is still the talk of the neighborhood. those who know him. describe him as a nice, friendly guy. and are hoping for a peaceful outcome. >> reporter:nothing their reporting is true, he
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>>hopefully, he doesn't get hurt or no one else gets hurt. gets hurt. no one else got hurt. >> pam:the f.b.i. says. chamberlain was last seen south of san francsco on saturday. they same day the agency raided his home. >> pam:he is believed to be driving a white, 2008 nissan altima. with california or texas license plates. the f.b.i says. the license plate numbers might be either. 7-f-q-y-0-8-5. or b- x-9-m-0-4-2.
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>> pam:muni drivers are venting their frustration over a proposed labor contract. it would give them a nearly 11 and a half percent raise over two years, but require them to contribute 7 and a half percent into their pension. >> pam:drivers who didn't want to go on camera say the idea for this sickout has been spreading by word of mouth over the past week. and they haven't heard anything definate about another sickout tomorrow. the transit agency says they are going to continue to monitor the situation. >>"we will." >> reporter:the labor dispute will now head to arbitration which is scheduled for later this week. >> reporter:packed in like sardines ... the bus kept moving on.
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>>hoping for the best but preparing for the worst >> reporter: >> pam: but this morning. the monday commute was challenging. >> pam:as kron fours's terisa estacio reports. many muni riders did not know what was going on when they got to the bus stop. >>this was the scene at church and duboce. during the monday morning commute
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>> reporter: anxious commuters staring down the street waiting for muni to show up and when it did, as you can see here it was often standing room only. >> pam: >> reporter:all of this because of the muni sick out this commuter shared her story - >>yeah, i have been waiting for a while. someone said that he had been waiting for an hour, i can imagine that, and i am guessing i might not get on. >> pam: >> reporter:and this was the scene on geary and 19th again, lots of people hoping for a bus to arrive. >>i have been waiting for 20 minutes. nancy mcevers-anderson: commuter 48-53 well, i want to be sympathetic, but it is hard. >>commuter: frankly, they make a lot of money and i don't think they should be out. te, kron four news
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>> pam:we have special coverage of the muni sickout on kron4.com. including the frustrated passengers taking to social media to express their outrage. tell us what you think. through our kron 4 facebook page.. >> pam:coming up: >> pam:caught with both hands on her smartphone. at the wheel. what oakland mayor jean quan is saying about this photo. in a story you'll only see on kron 4. >> pam:see the south bay crackdown. sweeping homeless people off downtown streets. and out from along the creeks. >> pam:but first: the new medicine to help you enjoy spring breezes and summer sunshine -- without the sniffles, sneezes and itches that can spoil your time outdoors.
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safeway understands you got to make every dollar count these days. that's why they have lots of ways for you to save. real big club card deals, the safeway app and gas rewards. this week, large, red seedless grapes are just $1.99 a pound. foster farms fresh whole chickens are only 99 cents a pound. and gatorade is just $3.99 an 8-pack. there's more savings to love... at safeway. ingredients for life. >> reporter:if you're an allegy sufferer. there might be new hope to clear the air. >> reporter:the fda has just approved the first pill that
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could replace allergy shots at least for some people. it's called oralair, from a french company. and it only effective against certain grass pollens. just like shots though, it doesn't work on the spot. instead it takes several months to kick in. so while it holds promise for a select few - oralair won't help people allergic to other things or reach grass-allergy sufferers in time to ward off early summer symptoms this year. pam? >> pam:coming up: >> pam:we'll take you to the front lines of the south bay fight against west nile virus. when and where crews will be spraying a chemical fog against mosquitos. then -- oakland's mayor. busted behaving badly. kron 4 has the viral photo of mayor jean quan. and her response to using a cell phone while driving. at ikea, we don't just design furniture.
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little experiments. big ideas. brighter ways. and better tomorrows you can take home today. imagine if everyday was just a little bit better for everyone. heat shields are compromised. weare those thrusters burning? that's a negative. what's that alarm? fuel cell two is down. i'm going to have to guide her in manually. this is very exciting. but i'm at my stop. come again? i'm watching this on the train. it's so hard to leave. good luck with everything. with the u-verse tv app, the u-verse revolves around you the u-verse revolves around you right here. my parents were immigrants. and they taught me that with hard work, anything is possible.
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i earned a scholarship to mit. and worked across party lines to get things done. i'm alex padilla. i'll protect voting rights for everyone. and make it easier to start a business. so we create jobs and opportunity for all californians. what should we order? (announcer) alex padilla. secretary of state. >> pam:only on four. it's illegal to text while
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driving. but kron-4 received this picture that shows oakland mayor jean quan using her phone while behind the wheel. >> pam:she says she was just checking her location. but the photographer says that's not what he saw. coming up tonight on kron-4 news at 8. kron4's stanley roberts lets you decide if the mayor is behaving badly. gabe slate tech report >> pam:today apple unvieled new features coming to ther i-devices and mac computers at their annual w=w=d=c conference which is running now in san francisco. >> pam:our tech reporter gabe slate was there and tells us the highlights of today's keynote address. >> reporter:apple's new operating system for mac laptops and desktop computers will be called yo=sem=it=tee and it adds some interesting new features. >>just swipe up! let's say
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you're composing an email on your phone? mac can pick up the email and finish right on your mac! (cheers & applause) >> reporter:apple's new operating system for mac laptops and desktop computers will be called yo=sem=it=tee and it adds some interesting new features. 8-49 >>now airdrop works between mac and ios devices. >> reporter:the new operating system yosemite syncs someone's iphone or ipad to their computer in new ways pick up on ipad
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>>email composing. >> reporter:it's not just being able to handoff from your mobile device to your computer. in a lot of ways the computer will become an extension of someone's iphone even having the ability to receive calls. (cheers & applause) 11-58 - 12-03 miss call >> reporter:and you can make calls from your mac using through your iphone. >> reporter:apple also unveiled ios8 their new operating system for iphones and ipads which adds a lot of new features to i-devices tune into kron 4 news at 8pm tonight i'll be featuring that in my tech report. gsk4n >> jacqueline:the 9pm hour clearing through san jose.
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the coast. >> pam:toss: in santa clara county crews have begun fogging for mosquitos. health officials are most concerned about mosquitos carrying the west nile virus. as kron 4's john fenoglio reports, more crews will be out this week because the virus has already been detected in a number of areas. >>"we're actually setting quite a few records in terms of how early and how intense this virus is getting off the ground this year." santa clara county vector control district is referring to the number of dead birds that have been discovered and tested positive for west nile virus. as parman explains birds are the most commonly infected animal. >>"we're seeing very well defined clusters of dead birds out there in these areas where we're fogging. and it's getting really easy to go out and find infected mosquitos in these areas. >> reporter:track: in fact,
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parman says, 33 birds have been found since april. sot: "every time we find a positive bird we go out and set traps. we set 40 traps." >> lab door opening; "this is the testing area" track: traps are then brought here to the vector control district laboratory where mosquitos are tested f. traps with positive mosquitos determine where fogging takes place. while there have not been any reported human cases of west nile infection, parman says, the point is prevent the virus from spreading to humans. >> "as of wednesday we'll be doing our third fogging operation this year. our second is tonight. we've never had this many fogging operations this early in the year." >> reporter:* *john oc: * tonight's mosquito fogging will take place in sunnyvale at around 11-pm and last for several hours. the fogging area is bordered by map* * east olive av. and west el camino real on the north south mary av. and lime dr. on the west palo verde dr. on the east and inverness way. and la conner dr. on the south. >> reporter:* *john oc * on wednesday night, more fogging will, again, be conducted in sunnyvale, as well as, in santa clara. in san jose john fenoglio kron 4 news. >> reporter:the crackdown on homeless encampments along downtown rivers and streams continues in san jose.
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>> pam:kron four's rob fladeboe shows you how the illegal camp sites are being torn down and their tenants evicted. >> reporter: san jose police did the talking while a city crew did the cleaning as a a few dozen homeless encampments like this one on coyote creek were torn down and their residents evicted. there are thought be at least 66 such encampments along coyote creek and the guadalupe river alone in and around downtown san jose. >>'.we are trying to get to the most vulnerable areas first. there's an impact on on the environment and the neighborhood is especially vulnerable too so we're trying to get to these areas as fast as we can.' >> reporter:with an estimated 5,000 homeless people on the streets on any given night, in as many as 250 such campsite city wide, san jose has budgeted 1- point-6 million dollars toward eviction, clean-up and outreach designed to help the homeless get out of these camps and off the streets altogether. >>'.just cleaning out these camps is not enough all by itselt. what we're really trying to do here is address the cause of this which is homelessness so what we want >>to do is to get these people some help and get them inside into long term
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housing.' >> reporter:signs like this one posted on friday give the campers 72 hours notice that the police and the tear-down crews are coming. >> reporter:monday's mission found plenty of evidence the water here is being used as a toilet and that a brush fire in the area last week could well have been sparked by one of the many outdoor >>.first we're here and then we're over there and then we're back here again.' >> reporter:this homeless man denied any wrong-doing, calling the city's crackdown a game of cat and mouse, vowing to return when the police and clean-up crews are gone. in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >> pam:a grieving father who lost his only son during last months rampage in isla vista. has met with his son's killer for the first time. richard martinez has been blasting politicians and the
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n-r-a since his son christopher was killed inside a deli just over a week ago. >> pam:he said he wanted to meet with peter rodger -- the father of the killer, elliot rodger. >> catherine:elliot killed 6 people before apparently killing himself. the two fathers met sunday in a coffee shop for a "private conversation." they say they'll work together so other families don't need to suffer the same way they are,. >> pam:but first: >> pam:a car goes tearing through a park, narrowly missing a group of kids. how this dangerous joyride ♪ ♪ thank you! thank you! dedicated bankers born to go the extra mile. you've been such a big help. it's what i like to do.
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