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but they do ask that you take precautions. >> >> reporter: the chp says the work crew was part of the job training program. a statement on the box that says that we are shocked and saddened by the tragic accident get our deepest sympathy to the family involved. >> reporter: depending on what the c h p five in their investigation the man can face several crimes. >> reporter:highway safety is a big concern for all road crews. and this summer caltrans launched a campaign to remind drivers about the dangers. billboards like this one are up. >> reporter:the message. be alert.my mom or dad's at work. there's also a radio spot
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that's airing. >> reporter:the safety campaign is called 'slow for the cone zone' campaign, featuring the children of caltrans' very own field maintenance employees and highlighting a message to "be alert, my >> pam: happening today. >> pam: crews are expected to pull the stranded fishing boat off san francisco's ocean beach tonight. >> pam: we're also learning more about the missing captain -- who may have abandoned the 40- foot fishing vessel >> pam: when it ran aground. >> pam: but first -- let's check in with kron 4' s alecia reid. she is live in san francisco. where the stranded boat has become quite an attraction. alecia?? >> reporter: i am going to get out of the way so you could see what the ways look like right now. crashing against quite heavily. now look at that coming in pretty hard. they have a big portion of the beach just cornered off. as the way to get his boat out of here.
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now they also have a bulldozer weighty, and just waiting inside of in front of the boat to get out of fear. people are just one city all around waiting to see deadbolt get pulled out of here. both. diesel fuel is on the boat and the smell of gas is coming from the area today. there's no indication that there was a oil spill. they tell us that they are waiting to see what happened. >> we wanted to see the ship wreck. >> while. what is going on, you know? >> how did it crash?
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>> reporter: expected around 7:00 and of course we will be here to bring you the latest in the 6:00 hour. >> pam: meantime. authorities say, there is an outstanding missing captain, who may have abandoned that fishing boat when it got stranded off ocean beach. >> pam: santa clara county sheriff's say, a 75-thousand dollars arrest warrant was issued for timothy lybrand of santa cruz, when he failed to appear in court in 2012 on drug charges. the coast guard called off the search for lybrand monday. >> pam: tonight at 6 -- kron 4's maureen kelly has more on his criminal history. >> pam: police have released a sketch of a suspect who they say, sexually assaulted a girl in a restroom of a san leandro apartment complex. >> pam: authorities say, the girl was with her family in the pool area of the lakeside village apartment complex saturday afternoon. around 4-30, the girl went >> pam: to use the women's restroom. >> pam: once she got to there. the assaulted her.
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>> pam: police believe the suspect does not live in the apartment complex. but was probably there visiting someone or followed someone inside. >> pam: the family of ted agu, the twenty- one year old cal football player, who collapsed and died while working out last february, filed a wrongful death lawsuit in alameda county today. >> pam: lawyers for the family claim. the cal trainer, who was involved in a similar football death in florida, should have acted on the knowledge that agu had the trait for sickle cell anemia. >> reporter:like florida, the trainer failed to intercede and stop the activity even though it was known, just like in florida, that this athlete had cycle cell trait. but here's the hook, of all the people on the planet earth to know that salient fact would be the trainer on the field in charge of these student athletes. that trainer in this case happens to be named robbie jackson. the trainer in florida where
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that young man died was named robbie jackson. it's not a similar name it is the identical person. >> pam: the legal team representing the family does not expect to go court for another year. >> catherine: the second u.s. ebola patient ever in the u.s. is being treated in atlanta tonight. as doctors try to figure out how the two americans were infected. >> catherine: the news on the two missionaries is fairly encouraging. while the bigger picture on the deadly virus continues to be very troubling. >> catherine: when nancy writbol was brought into emory university hospital in atlanta tuesday morning. she was carried in on a stretcher. >> catherine: unlike her younger colleague -- unable to walk in. >> catherine: the 59-year- old missionary got sick in liberia while working on an ebola decontamination team.
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but after two doses of an experimental serum.doctors think she has a fighting chance to survive. >> catherine: her husband had a friend read a statement.saying they now have hope. after getting the serum - nancy's colleague dr. kent brantly went from being in grave condition to being able to take a shower the next morning. >> now we have a reason to be hopeful. >> catherine: nancy is described as weak - but improving. the world health organization says the epidemic has killed nearly 900 people in west african countries. and infected more than 16- hundred. >> catherine: a sacramento peace corps volunteer has just been evacuated back to california from western africa -- he says african officials are "not" doing a good job of handling the outbreak. >> catherine: >> the proper process has
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not always taken place creek and the drop when the ball has all really been dropped. >> catherine: sierra leone is now sending out pleas for help.saying it is "not able to deal" with the crisis. >> catherine: fear continues to affect americans. doctors in new york city are still waiting for test results on a man who checked himself into the hospital with a high fever yesterday. >> catherine: they don't think he has ebola - but they're not taking any chances. and there's been a string of cases which turned out to be false alarms. >> catherine: including a woman in ohio.a half dozen people in new york.and a man in baltimore. >> catherine: the concern is also affecting airlines. british airways has temporarily stopped its flights to and from sierra leone and liberia. >> catherine: saying it doesn't want to take any chances with the safety of customers and crew members.
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>> catherine: hat suspension will last until at least the end of august. >> pam: coming up at 5-15. a major bust -- >> pam: south bay residents scammed out of hundreds of thousand of dollars. who the suspects were targeting. and why there might be more victims. >> pam: and at 5-30. >> pam: the marine shot outside his antioch home is still recovering. details on the ongoing support he is getting from his family and friends. >> pam: but first -- >> pam: a scary ride in new york. two tour buses collide. several people hurt. the latest next. >> jacqueline: seen a look to a bit of drizzle with more rain expected tonight and we will talk more about it coming up
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>> pam: accident apparently involving two double-decker tour buses in new york city's theater district has injured 13 people, three of them seriously. >> pam: the fire department of new york says none of the injuries is believed to be life-threatening. >> pam: the accident occurred tuesday afternoon around 47th street and seventh avenue in manhattan, an area usually teeming with tourists near the tkts discount broadway tickets booth and the hershey's chocolate world store. it shut down a stretch of seventh avenue. >> pam: city officials say at least the scene, including several bus passengers. rose cantillon is visiting the city from ireland and sitting on a bench when she "heard screaming" and ran.
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>> pam: let's take a live look outside of san francisco from our mount tamalpais camera. kron4's chief meteorologist jacqueline bennett is monitoring the conditions. jacqueline. >> jacqueline: it is unusual for this time of the year but pay we will take it. just a few hundreds of an inch of rain that will not make a sort of debt at what so ever creek we are seeing light showers in portions of the north bay but now hitting the ground. just a few sprinkles. not a lot of rain actually hitting the ground. we are seeing light showers at highway 101 with a trace of rain there. we still have more to go. satellite ran a picture
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showing wrapping all round california and moving into the north bay with some headed off shore. the question is, what is the far enough to actually hit the bay area south of the golden gate bridge to that. >> pam: police in richmond are looking for an 18 year- old man who they say is considered armed and dangerous. >> pam: demetriaus rashawn robinson is wanted on a two- million dollar arrest warrant in connection with the a double shooting that happened on bayview avenue last thursday. >> pam: investigators believe robinson rang the doorbell, then shot a teenage boy and a man in his twenties. both victims are recovering from their injuries. robinson is described as a black man with brown eyes, 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs about 160 pounds. >> pam: a main thoroughfare in >> pam: state center was the
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chief among those raising concerns. from the bay area, says construction had major challenges causing the bridge to open late in way over budget. stating that substandard work was done by a chinese firm. and a lack of oversight and quality concerns with caltran. there was also concern raised by long-term problems with the bridge. this from co-workers were creating this these were the work major problems. >> pam: a group of scam artists have been arrested and charged with tricking san jose latino residents out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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>> pam: these are pictures of the arrested. officials say the group pretended to invest people's money in a variety of businesses. >> pam: however. most investors lost their entire investment. officials say in some cases. victims lost their entire >> pam: investigators believe there are more victims of the scam that have not yet come forward out of fear of deportation. >> pam: a three point two magnitude earthquake hit near downtown napa early this morning. the quake struck around 5- 40. bout 3 miles southwest of napa. >> pam: so far -- no reports of injuries or damages. >> reporter:good news for firefighters.the storm system near tahoe is bringing humidity to the state.and firefighters are making progress in a couple of the biggest blazes. >> reporter:state-wide there are nearly a dozen fires that are active. two of the most destructive. >> reporter:one in shasta county.east of eureka. and a fire burning in both california and oregon. >> reporter:cooler temperatures and scattered showers helped firefighters with this one along the oregon border. >> reporter:it's now 30 percent contained and has burned 72 square miles in the thw two states. >> reporter:the fire has
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destroyed six homes and it's still threatening nearly 300 additional homes. >> reporter:meanwhile.that shasta county fire is up to 20 percent containment and it's ripped through 100 square miles.and is threatening the small town of burney. >> reporter:eight homes have burned.some 700 more threatened. >> pam: a badly burned black bear cub that hobbled up the right driveway has been rescued and flown by a volunteer pilot to a california. >> pam: steve love lives in north-central washington's methow valley, where the carlton complex of wildfires has scorched nearly 400 square miles since mid-july. when the 37-pound cub took shelter under his horse trailer late last week, he put out a bowl of water and tossed her some apricots from his tree. >> pam: the next day, a state fish and wildlife officer was able to capture the cub and take her to wenatchee. state biologist rich beausoleil says the cub has severe 3rd degree burns on all four paws. a local vet donated time and medicine and beausoleil fed the cub yogurt and dog food while trying to determine who could help her. lake tahoe wildlife care agreed to take the cub, since named cinder. the state biologist also reached out to pilots for paws and a seattle pilot volunteered to deliver the cub to the california center. >> pam: challenges to same- sex marriage bans in four
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states will be argued in a circuit appeals court in cincinnati this week. >> pam: a panel of federal judges of the 6th u-s circuit court of appeals will consider six cases from kentucky. michigan. ohio. and tennessee tomorrow. >> pam: arguments on same- sex marriage bans are ahead over the next few weeks in courts in chicago and san francisco. >> pam: the circuit courts are the last step before the u-s supreme court. there has been an 8 month streak of federal rulings against bans. >>the american 2-star general killed tuesday in an ambush in afghanistan has been identified. >> catherine: he is major general harold greene.who was killed in an attack this morning at ain afghanistan. >> catherine: he's the highest ranking official to have been killed in the war there. the husband and father had been deployed to afghanistan in january. >> catherine: the taliban is claiming responsibility for the attack. >> this shooting is of course, a painful reminder that our whole of what the risks that are not women and men in uniform make every day.
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>> catherine: fifteen others were injured in the attack.at a base university referred to as the "west point of afghanistan." >> catherine: they're all expected to live. the attacker was killed.and was apparently an afghan soldier. american generals usually have their own security details. >> catherine: a northern california man suspected of killing his wife and their two young daughters last year died of a single gunshot wound to the head. >> catherine: and deputies say it was likely self- inflicted. 46-year-old shane miller's cause of death was released today. >> catherine: that's after his skeletal remains were found on the banks of a river in humboldt over the weekend. >> catherine: the remains were found about 2oo miles from his home, near an area where he grew up. >> catherine: miller was suspected of shooting his 34-year-old wife and the couple's 8 and 5-year-old daughters at their home on may 7th of last year. >> pam: next.
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>> pam: authorities are investigating why the tahoe queen boat, a boat known for its scenic cruises in lake tahoe ran aground in lake tahoe. >> pam: it happened on monday afternoon near the tahoe keys area, prompting three-hundred people aboard to evacuate. >> pam: coast guard rescue boats passeners and crew aboard.to shore. authoritiesa says inspectors are checking the vessel, which is expected to be pulled off the sandbar and to the shore on today. >> pam: no injuries were reported >> pam: bromance, hashtag and selfie.these are just a few of the new words that scrabble will add to its new dictionary. >> pam: publisher merriam- webster says the fifth edition of the famous board game's dictionary will
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include five-thousand new words. >> pam: it's the first new edition in nearly a decade. >> pam: other new words include "buzzkill," "bling," "chillax" and "frenemy" the dictionary goes on sale wednesday. >>this is one interview that will just brighten your day. >> pam: while a reporter was interviewing patrons at a pennslyvania fair. up walks 5-year-old noah ritter. and he's not "apparently" awesome. he just is. >> it was great! i have never been on live television before. i do not watch the news is sometimes because i and a kid. sometimes ground hog give me the remote and we watch the power ball. >> pam: noah's grandfather says ritter is looking
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forward to starting kindergarten in the fall. >> pam: and you may think ritter wants to be a reporter when he grows up. but he says he wants to be a paleontologist. >> pam: with the gaza cease=fire holding for nearly 24 hours --- hundreds of thousands of residents are returning to their homes, or what's left of them. ...we need to break up. is it the biting? cuz i can stop? no! i love you and your show. it's cable. customers are more satisfied with u-verse. switch and we can stay togethe forever? ow. i'm not gonna lie to you. it's also the biting. break up with cable. choose u-verse tv from $19 a month for 2 years.
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(male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> pam: speaking to france and the family of that veteran and we are learning more about who he is and what may have led to the shooting. >> reporter: shot 4 t last friday in antioch were walking home from the grocery store. close family friend peak and the founder of the east county veteran resources corporate >> his wife called to inform me that he was shot. i could not believe that this happened to someone that i knew. a great and wonderful man. wonderful father and
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had a fabulous smile. >> reporter: home after serving multiple torres in i iraq. and now a family in france are asking the community for prayers that the direct war veteran can heal from this as well. >> just be there for him because i think that is what will help him down the road for recovery. that we could truly care. >> reporter: yelling to the driver to slow down when he was walking down prior to being shot. only same comment that the shooting remains under investigation. haazig madyun kron 4 news. >> catherine: with the does
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the cease-fire holding for nearly 24 hours hundreds of thousands of residents are returning to their homes, or what is left of them. israeli negotiators are in cairo now, for indirect talks with their palestinian counterparts. they hoped this that there will be enough of an agreement to at least extend the truce between horror beyond the current 72 hours. >> catherine: the din of were replaced by solids much of got the city is rubble. >> we cannot forget what has happened. the people killed and the property damage. >> we do not have home our life tragedy has started now. >> in the war there is no winner. >> catherine: the israeli military is claiming victory, saying it has destroyed every one of the 32 hamas tunnels leading from gaza to israel
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>>"this was the main reason for our ground force activities, and indeed that threat is currently null and void." >> catherine: hamas also proved to have become a tougher enemy. >> catherine: israel lost 64 soldiers in what it called operation protective edge, >> catherine: in the last prolonged conflict in 2009, only 10 of them died, including four killed by friendly fire. >> funeral >> catherine: to some israelis, 64 lives are enough. >>"it's about time, i think." >>"we have to consider the price that we.we might pay for this." >> catherine: the cost in gaza much higher, 18=hundred=67 dead, though the number is likely to go higher as more bodies are found in the ruins. >> catherine: nearly one in four of them were children. 70 percent 12 or under. >> catherine: unicef, the u=n children's relief organization, estimates that 373=thousand surviving children require immediate psycho-social support/ >> catherine: that's because they suffered some form of direct traumatic experience. such as watching the death of a friend or family member.
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>> catherine: this government ready-to-eat, showing the court to file charges. tampa, fla. - golden state >> pam: warriors player marreese speights faces a drunken driving charge in florida. tampa police say the former florida gator was arrested early tuesday morning and charged with driving under the influence. >> pam: the warriors said in a new release that the team was aware of the arrest but had no comment. >> pam: according to a police report, an officer pulled over speights' black bentley shortly after 3 a.m. because he failed to yield the right of way while pulling out of a driveway. the officer reported that speights seemed impaired and agreed to a field sobriety test. >> pam: police say speights' blood-alcohol level was recorded to be 0.103 and 0.106 percent. florida law considers a driver impaired at 0.08. >> pam: speights was released on $500 bail. records didn't say if he had an attorney. >> reporter:nba champs add a female >> reporter:san antonio - the san antonio spurs are the second nba team to have a female coach. the league champs have hired wnba star becky hammon as an assistant
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coach. she will retire from the san antonio silver stars after this season to join the spurs. >> reporter:hammon spent some time around the spurs during last season's run to the championship, and coach gregg popovich says she made a strong impression. >> agreed and tremendous honor for it i am capable because of my basketball iq. things that they have seen in me personally. >> reporter:she joins south carolina assistant lisa boyer, who served on john lucas's staff in cleveland in 2001-02, as women to coach in the nba. >> jacqueline: you can see that we have high cloud coverage still with a little bit of sun peeking through. especially to the north with cloud coverage. we have seen a few light showers movie in critical we still have more rain to go. it will be heading towards the
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north bay and acted out overnight. and still look like it could carry rainfall is not really impressive but we can take what we can get we will tie it out of futurecast and i will show you what to expect on your morning commute coming up. >> pam: back-to-school is often a time when parents think about getting their kids to the doctor for their annual wellness exam. >> pam: a pediatrician can address issues in children- not just physical, but social and emotional ones too. in today's health minute, holly firfer takes a look at the importance of this doctor's visit. >> reporter:grace krugler prepared to enter kindergarten, but not before a visit to the doctor. grace is having her hearing tested, along with her vision. >>those can affect the way a child performs in school. if you just send them into the classroom without that eye screen, they can have problems seeing the board, they can have problems
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reading their work and really have problems with their grades in school also. >> reporter:dr. jennifer shu says a 5-year-old well check includes assessing the child's physical condition, but also things like: >>are they mature enough to listen to directions? can they sit in the seat? >> reporter:grace's older brother jack, is also in for his annual exam. jack plays baseball. and though many children who play sports get a physical through school, shu says having a medical 'home' is important. >>the pediatrician will have your records- what was your height, what was your weight, what was your blood pressure, and they're gonna be able to pick up on any red flags. >> reporter:the american academy of pediatrics recommends every child get a physical exam every year. shu says this visit allows doctors to address issues such as nutrition, physical activity and sleep, along with social and emotional issues. >> reporter:for today's health minute, i'm holly firfer. >> pam: 9 west new campaign raising eyebrows.
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>> reporter:nine west's new promotional campaign is causing some confusion. >> reporter:the message of the campaign. seems to imply that there are only two occassions for wearing shoes. either for finding a husband or dropping off children at school. >> reporter:people are debating whether the campaing is meant to be ironic or if its sexist. on the company website -- you will find specific "shoe occassions" -- and nine west only lists two -- finding a husband. and dropping kids off on their first day of kindergarten. >> reporter:each shoe occasion topic -- comes with a mini pep talk. for the husband hunting shoe occasion -- there is text saying "go get 'em tiger. whether you're looking for mister right or mister right now. we got a shoe for that." >> reporter: talking about this topic. seem to be offended by the campaign sentiment over the last 24 hours on twitter show that the negative tweets outweigh
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the positive. >> reporter:positive tweets come from people who think the shoe campaign is funny. and assume that it's meant as a joke >> reporter:negative tweets come from people who think the campaign is borderline sexist. michelle says nine west is killing their image with their recent advertising i don't buy -- as i think their stuff is tacky. >> reporter:sara says nine west walk of shame shoes for women? its only meant to be funny. >> reporter: >> jacqueline: we have rain moving through northern california. will we see more rate in the bay area tonight.
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>> pam: two surfers made a friend off the coast of the north-east coast of england. a young seal crashed their surf session, climbing on their boards and attempting to balance. >> pam: they caught the whole thing on a go-pro camera. one of the surfers told the b-b-c the seal hung out with them for nearly an hour. he also called it a "once- in-a-lifetime experience." >> pam: a dog in kansas escapes her new home and walks 30 miles back to the family who initially gave her up. >> pam: but that family still didn't want her -- and took the unwanted, aging labrador retriever back to a shelter. >> pam: hopes for the dog named "lady" to find a home were fading -- and her time was running out. brad davis shows us how lady lucked out -- and landed a home for life with a millionaire! >> reporter: just a few days
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ago she seemed destined to live here at this animal shelter. and then helen rich got involved and there would be no more cages for lady. rich a chilling gum heiress brought her home to odessa. >> she looks out the window to see her new home. that was the most touching part. >> reporter: truly is a rags to riches story. she has the run of a 15,000 square feet mention, that she calls home. >>, all lady. colon. com on one >> reporter: i lived on a
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farm and they're all sorts of things to do all around here. its a 38 a. farm is she goes everywhere with the meat and she loved it. >> lady deserves to have the best possible life to bring attention to all of the others who are like her. she would not let me go. >> jacqueline: high clouds pp at a little bit cooler. a little less grain in that putt. we picked up a trace of rain this afternoon but not incredible rainfall but we will take it. because we are in a terrible drought as you know. we still have more rain to go with low cloud pressure. you still see ho
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wrapped around systems. we make it clear with this letter into the night. later tonight, at 10:00 in the evening for the north bay or early wednesday morning we have the police bout of rain. we could pick up a little bit more in the north bay. father to the north, if it is south of the cut picked up more way it stays there a little bit louder. let's take a look at futurecast creek we do have the clout you see the cloud coverage closer to the north and some showers starting to approach. noticed futurecast pinpointing smaller areas here. i do believe in me be more widespread. so, down to
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hayward by midnight. but things are drying out and later morning hours. as we head into the afternoon it is the sum of that clearing up to the north correct temperatures tomorrow will be warmer attitude today. more sun for the east bay. 80 degrees in san jose upper 80s in land. when will start learning that got into early next week with a cooling trend in during the weekend. >> reporter: clinton free products accurate bulletin free >> something that people are very are rarely a diagnosed with. it has to contain glue
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is it the biting? ...we need to break up. cuz i can stop? no! i love you and your show. it's cable. customers are more satisfied with u-verse. switch and we can stay together forever. forever? ow. i'm not gonna lie to you. it's also the biting. break up with cable. choose u-verse tv from $19 a month for 2 years. (male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> pam: we have team coverage on this developing story. kron4's maureen kelly has dug up new information about
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the missing boat captain's >> reporter: well pam is started just a few minutes ago and i can say they do have it on the sale and. i am going to get out of the waste and you can see what we are working with here. that was connected to the boat. for the fact for the last five minutes to get it out of the sec. sitting out of the water for the last two days and not moving much. try to secure and to make sure that it d not go back out to sea. help pushing the boat out of the secret for the last few hours to did not move much
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the excavator and tractor was able to get out of the border with out much work. the smell of deal is so strong. they said he nationally that they may not have got into the water but i did to speak with the coast guard not too long ago, they did tell me that there is fuel and the watcher and you can see is looking into the water you can see it on the sand. they tell us hopefully, with the tide that will push it back out to sea. >> pam: >> reporter: and turns out the captain of the polo what is wanted for by the law. here is his mug shot. this means the major award for a
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2010 drug charge. and failed to appear at a review hearing in 2012 when it was issued. that was not the first time he was wanted by the police. he has been in and out of the prison system since 1998 and 2011. court records show that he has been arrested at least nine times with county and one with the alleged attempted murder of a woman and 1994 but that charge was reduced to batteries. at the vigil week dismissed. accused of four felonies for twice even a police. they did recognize the paloma. a 40 ft. boat. according to the coast guard is now owned by michael sullivan who has yet to return our phone
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calls. >> pam: one highway worker is dead, another injured after a driver veers off southbound 101 in redwood city and plows into them. >> pam: it happened just after 11 this morning. you are looking at video from our helicopter partnership with abc-7 news. >> pam: the chp says the driver of this black mercedes was just south of woodside road, when she went off the freeway, hit a sign and plowed into a group of workers cleaning up the non- paved shoulder. >> pam: she then hit a fence and several other parked cars before coming to a stop. >>we don't know what caused her to veer off the roadway that will be main part of investigation. we don't know if drugs or any medical condition was the cause. >> pam: the 9 member clean up crew was part of the jobtrain program. the c-h-p says the driver could be facing vehicular manslaughter charges.
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>> jacqueline: it is pretty cloudy out there with an overcast everywhere. hey attention to the road away with no brain right now. rain with light rain over the bay bridge. a few sprinkles may be getting through. at as we look at a wider view on satellite picture some of it is to the north especially the heavy air areas with the yellow on your screen you will see that we still had plenty more rapid are around the back side of the low pressure system. as it continues to rack route it will impact us tonight and tomorrow morning. futurecast will show us where the wing coming up and just a bit.
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>> pam: an u-s marine veteran shot last week just a few blocks away from his home in antioch remains hospitalized tonight >> pam: brandon del fiorentino severed multiple tours of duty in iraq before returning home in 2012. he was walking home from the grocery store last friday when the shooting occurred. >> i was devastated and could not believe that this would happen to someone that i knew. and wonderful man and greek and loving father. he has the best smile >> pam: family and friends are asking the community to pray for his recovery. antioch police say the shooting remains under investigation >> pam: national night out parties are being held throughout the bay area tonight. the purpose of these parties is to raise awareness about combatting crime while meeting neighbors and local police. >> pam: kron 4's jeff bush joins us live tonight from concord's national night out at todos santos park.
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jeff. what can you tell us? >> reporter: right on route 100 people that have come here tonight. here in the bay area putting their best foot for to get out there and interact with the public at large. it is also about the community getting together and getting out the house and meet their neighbors. you can see the police officers are already here. talking to the people about some of their concerns. it is kind of light hearted. it to be about anything in regards to the conversation. national night out its a very important part about community building.
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>> celebrating good crime prevention and uc are volunteers and officers on bicycles. including other officers and a canine demonstration. >> reporter: i am being told that the bad will start up your 15 minutes from now. it will be a good time to play music from the '60s and '70s. from santos park should go about 8:00 tonight >> pam: straight ahead, the 2nd american infected with ebola in africa is back in the united states. an update on her condition.next. >> pam: plus, the santa clara valley transportation authority is coming up with a plan to avoid the traffic nightmare at levi stadium. >> pam: and the cease-fire appears to be holding in the middle east, for now. return to
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that the voters will approve by taxing property owners. if that ballot measure passes the bridge would house will reopen. if a majority approves, the tax rolls in 2015-16 and years. in, the district will have to shutter a station in downtown brentwood on sept. >> pam: all authorities say the first he did last saturday
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moved about 9000 people by light rail and bus to the stadium. it may deploy more like real trains to ease week times. and crowds. the 49ers game is on the 17th of this month. coming up next more fear about ebola and you will hear from a california man who evacuated from africa as the disease started to spread love with sunshine for are the bay area today and just let us know to expect more rain today.
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banking designed for the way you live your life. so you can welcome your family home... for the first time. chase. so you can. >> pam: san leandro police are looking for a man they say attacked a girl at an apartment complex pool bathroom. >> pam: this is a sketch of the suspect it happened on saturday around 4-30 in the evening. >> pam: the girl was with her family at the lakeside
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village apartment on waterfall way. police say, this man attacked her when she went to the bathroom at the pool's rec center. >> pam: police say they're still trying to find out how the suspect entered the locked building. >> pam: police in richmond are looking for an 18 -year- old man, who they say is armed and dangerous. >> pam: demetriaus rashawn robinson is wanted on a two -million dollar arrest warrant, in connection with a double shooting that happened on bayview avenue last thursday. >> pam: investigators believe robinson rang the doorbell, then shot a teenage boy and a man in his twenties. both victims are recovering from their injuries. >> pam: robinson is described as a black male with brown eyes, 5- feet- 11 inches tall and he weighs about 160 pounds. >> pam: san jose police arrested two men and a teen in connection with a stabbing death last week. >> pam: authorities say 33 year-old michael maynard was attacked by a group after some sort of argument. >> pam: he died of multiple stab wounds. police arrested two men last week, and took a 14 year old boy into custody over the weekend.
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>> pam: all are being held on suspicion of murder. >>the second american ever to be treated in the u.s. for ebola. >> catherine: is in an atlanta hospital tonight. she is 59-year-old nancy writebol.who got sick while working as a missionary in liberia. >> catherine: nancy was carried by stretcher into emory university hospital this morning. unlike her younger colleague - she was unable to walk in. >> catherine: both american ebola patients are now in the same hospital -- and both have been given an experimental serum. >> catherine: nancy has been improving - and doctors say she even asked for some of her favorite food today. a family friend read a statement today from her husband. >> we kept our faith. now we have a real reason to be hopeful. >> catherine: nancy's colleague - dr. kent brantly - is said to be moving around his hospital room.
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after getting that experimental serum - doctors say his improvement has been 'remarkable.' >> catherine: but also say more testing is needed. >> catherine: in western africa - the death toll from ebola is nearly 900 -- with 16-hundred people infected. the outbreak continues to cause ripples of fear in the u.s.where a string of people has been tested for ebola. >> catherine: so far - results show those people do "not" have ebola. including a woman in ohio, a man in baltimore.and a half dozen people in new york. >> pam: tonight, a sacramento peace corps volunteen is back home after he was evacuated from western africa because of the ebola outbreak. >> pam: dawson jopes says he was never in danger, but says there were reports of some people with ebola, escaping hospitals, and even being released by hospital staff. >>the proper management procedures that should be taking place to contain
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have not always taken place. there have been some crucial points when the ball has really been dropped and responsibility has not been taken effectively. >> pam: jopes says people in the u-s should not live in fear of the virus. he believes there is enough medication here to prevent an outbreak. >> reporter:burney, calif. - fire officials say light rain and increased humidity helped crews make progress against two wildfires in a northern california forest that are just miles apart and are threatening hundreds of homes. >> reporter:the smaller of the two fires in the lassen national forest is within sight of the small shasta county town of burney, though officials said it remained about 4 miles away on tuesday morning. >> reporter:the eiler fire, which has burned through nearly 45 square miles, did not grow substantially overnight. crews also increased containment from 10 to 20 percent. >> reporter:the fire is threatening more than 700 homes, some of which have been evacuated. the nearby bald fire has forced the evacuation of about a dozen homes. u.s. forest service spokesman jim mackensen says containment on that fire jumped from 20
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percent to 30 percent overnight. the fire has miles. >> pam: the east bay got some much needed rain this morning. this was the scene at todos santos plaza in concord. >> pam: more than a half- inch of rain fell in most parts. the average rainfall in august in concord is point zero 3 inches. about point zero 7 inches fell today. >> jacqueline: not huge rainfall totals out there today but still better than nothing. we are looking at satellite radar picture would systems continue to move through northern california. not quite movie and just yet but we do have a steady string. that will be the time frame with one- tenth of an inch of rain largely. is that area parks
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itself it could pick up a quartet of inch of rain print we will not see any lightning because there is nothing to support that. to the north and hazy cloud cover to down south near the golden gate. more rain pushing it through the o'clock hour in the north bank. at 10:00 i do believe we will see more coverage than what futurecast is showing, possibly more widespread. continuing a push but will be dry for the morning commute for the most part. temperatures for tomorrow will be warmer than what we saw today. we will also see more some break in land creek 90 in antioch and 88 in livermore with 70
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degrees in san francisco and 76 degrees in oakland. it will be a little warmer especially on thursday. indeed a lease for the most part and coming back in the 90 degree temperatures for next week. >> pam: after the break. >> pam: afghanistan.on alert tonight. this, after a high-ranking shooting spree. >> pam: also, million of user names and passwords, hacked by russian criminals. what you need to look out for, the next time you login. return to index
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>> pam: nation's capitol. cnn reports there's a new leaker exposing national security secrets. today in "the intercept". >> pam: it cites documents released by the national counterterrorism center *after edward snowden fled the u-s to avoid prosecution. >> pam: the article's author says he believes snowden inspired information to the public. >> pam: government officials areat this point, it's unclear how many documents the and we just got word that russian criminals stole more than a *billion internet user names and passwords. >> pam: it could be the biggest theft of digital credentials ever. the information to send out those annoying spam emails for fake products. >> pam: an american army general is dead, 15 others wounded after a shooting at a training facility in afghanistan. >> pam: officials say coalition forces were on a routine visit to the facility when a man wearing an afghan military uniform he opened fire. >> pam: afghan soldiers reportedly
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shot and killed him. >>this shooting of course is a painful reminder of the service and sacrifice that our men and women in uniform make every day for this country. >> pam: the general killed has been identified at major general harold greene. he's one of the highest ranking military deaths >> catherine: israel says it embarkment what was usedwhen they throw birthday parties in west oakland, >> a complete its rally with a drawl from got it into six year. release of how moss pregnant prisoners and foreign aid to speak
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tide hoping that the water will help push the boat to shore. >> reporter: 10 hour coverage santa clara county sheriff's department had eight outstanding warrant for the captain of the pommel. this is not his first brush with the law. in and out of state law. in and out of state prison. here is a mug shot. to for drug possession and the baby and the police. >> reporter: a driver plowed into a highway clean up crude and killed one person per it shortly after 11:00 a.m.. they do not know what caused the driver of his black mercedes to gear off the highway and killed a worker. the work crew was
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part of the job-training program and another worker suffered minor injuries as did the driver. the driver could face the killer manslaughter charges. >> reporter: calling on the community support for u.s. marine veteran who remains hospitalized after being shot last friday by an unknown person and walking home from the store. >> he has the best smile and a wonderful father. the want to give him another support because we believe that will help him down the road to recovery. >> reporter: one of his two windows were broken out few weeks ago but has since been fixed. they are looking into the case. j.r. stone kron 4
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news >> reporter: in san francisco a woman is in the center of the ebola outbreak. she is brisking all to adopt a son. which was headed to west africa and in spite of health warnings. she is not as sierra leon. people are being told to stay home rather than gamble with the making contact print there are preparing to leave sierra leone and return to as f o as early as next week >> jacqueline: satellite radar picture showing rate edging towards the north bay. as we take a wider look we still have rain coming in at this section here which
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may make it down to the bay area at will be more right in the north to vapor it rang false title total can be similar to yesterday. we will not see any light meat out of this. rate approaching for the is o'clock hour with a couple of light showers. >> jacqueline: it will start to move itself to the golden gate arm round midnight and stay at around 4:00 in the morning even though futurecast is not showing that. we will see right early in the morning. warning into the 90s by early next week. (male announcer): now,
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here's stanley roberts who found some people behaving badly. >> reporter: when they throw a birthday parties in west oakland let's just say they go all out but mostly in circles i'll show you with the help of youtube >>ambiance >> reporter:this was a party for someone named black angel, she is celebrating being one year older and what better way than shutting down an entire freeway on-ramp >> reporter:here is black angel blowing out the candles with her tires >> reporter:as i said i'm in west oakland, not far from the location where they burned in my name a honda crv in except for this time they chose to block access to interstate 880 >> reporter:there is even a shot from high above where you can see the drivers doing all kinds of donuts and whatnots, as time goes on more people appear and traffic is. >> reporter:it seems that these show people are looking for to see just how far they can push the envelope with these reckless and very dangerous stunts >> reporter: job so what else is there to do which poses this question if you have jo job how are you able to burn rubber you know tries aren't cheap >> reporter:as time went on
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the sideshow grew bigger and not because the more spectators showed up but because traffic was brought to a grinding halt you know once they had a similar problem in philadelphia until the police waited, blocked everyone in and impounded every car caught inside the area >> reporter:and issued tickets to every single spectator caught in the sting, >> reporter:it would be a long walk back jose, and tracy if therepersonally i just don't see the fun of driving around in circles, burning up gas damaging my engine and risking other people lives >> reporter:in west oakland stanley roberts kron 4 news >> pam: after the break. >> pam: a frightening scene in the big apple after two double decker buses crash sending nearly a dozen people to the hospital. >> pam: details.next. >> pam: details.next. if i eat this super creamy and delicious
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>> reporter:los angeles - at least 340 vehicles damaged by last week's massive flood on the campus of the university of available for pickup by their owners. >> reporter: most of the 13 people injured were bused passengers.serious but none seemed to be life- threatening. one was speeding and collided with the other bus. ucb would shield missing in the other box. near the hershey's chocolate world's store.
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>> pam: four adults and four children traveling to molokai from oahu sunday afternoon were forced to abandon ship when the boat they were in sank. >> pam: the dramatic rescue was caught on camera. passengers clung to kayaks after their boat took on water in rough seas about 12 miles from land. >> pam: one of them was wearing a go-pro camera and caught it all on video. a coast guard helicopter crew pulled eight people to safety. >> pam: jackets. >> pam: oakland, ca - the oakland-alameda county coliseum authority will meet wednesday morning to vote on that will keep the oakland athletics playing baseball in oakland. >> pam: . what: oakland- alameda county coliseum authority >> pam: . who: alameda county supervisor nate miley, alameda county supervisor scott haggerty, oakland vice mayor larry reid, oakland dobbins, mary warren >> pam: coliseum way, oakland >> pam: 6th at 8:30 a.m. >> pam: the a's lease is the final supervisors both signed off last month. "keeping the a's in oakland has been a real team instrumental in bringing the administration let them walk away."
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both selected for the final 15. 16. of course all of the u.s. basketball talk has been centered around paul george who broke his right lake braddock exhibition game last weekstephen curry and klay thompson have made the cut to the 16 finalists for the usa basketball team that will compete in the fiba world cup in spain portland trrailblazer and oakland native damien lillard and sacramento kings center demarcus cousins also made the final 16 >> gary:the finalists now go to chicago to resume training as 4 more payers need to be cut in order to reach the final roster of 12 they will play an exhibition versus brazil at the united center on august 16 >> gary: underwent surgery saturday and is expected to be out 12-18 months luckily his suffered no torn ligamants >> gary:warriors forward maurice speights was arrested and charges with d- u-i in tampa florida this morning. the team said they are aware of the incident
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but have no futher comment at this time. >> gary:becky hammond 1st woman full-time nba assistant coach >> gary:the san antonio spurs hired wnba star becky hammon today making her the first full-time, paid female assistant on an nba coaching staff. >> you would never have to put you would never be able to play in the nba. i will have to call my father. and tell him that he never said coaching. >> reporter:hammon who plans to retire from the wnba's san antonio stars after this season spent time working with coach gregg popovich and the spurs last season. >> gary:lisa boyer served on john lucas' staff in cleveland in 2001-02. but she did not travel with the team and worked with the cavs' staff as an offshoot of her job as assistant coach of the wnba's cleveland rockers. >> gary: when i see this successful guy in
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connecticut. he has won all of these championships and there is to some think about a man yelling at women players? she has the skill and knowledge but i believe the women and men are different print you cannot look in my soul and tell me what i am feeling. ? >> pam: i disagree >> gary: i am just saying, manned coached girls' teams. >> gary: and i do not like that either >> pam: man coaching girls' teams. >> gary: 12 relate to you and follow you. isn't that easier when women are with women and men are with men?
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>> gary: >> pam: i do not agree with bill. with the zero. >> gary: while the 49ers had there open practice at levi's stadium coach john harbaugh and the baltimore ravens held a free open practice yesterday in annapolis at the navy marine corps memorial stadium. >> gary:the 49ers open the preseason against the ravens thursday in baltimore. >> gary:49ers cornerback parrish cox said it will be nice to get away from the drudgery of training camp to final play an actual game even if just an exhibition >> just a boring. nl when you are going up against each other you kind of want
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that action. >> gary: i do not believe that the camera man should shoot from the back of a person's hat. j >> pam: i agree. (laughter) >> gary: cents the last super bowl, what about 2002 that was what quick shot and they lost to tampa bay. st. ter will be the no. 1 option 4 them this year. breaking the rules as we speak jason applebaum is interviewing stricter for the sports show on sunday night. i said jason what about doing the job? he says
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he's going to introduce stricter >> pam: i do not ask you about some of the world leaders. and you may not know their names >> gary: (laughter) >> gary: after throwing a teammate first draft choice to the ground, when asked about throwing the would be to the ground and said or he said $500 he can't afford it. >> gary: right now, but just going up in flames. with 33.
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in the sixth indian creek few minutes the a's will play tampa. look at this little guy to his state. all over the place. no word at the possum will appear tonight. >> gary: (cheers & applause) >> gary: leading the angels by one game. justin paid to replace bill 4 was released by the a's. keep trying he is now signed with detroit tigers. that is pretty much it. everyone is waiting to see if tiger woods will play thursday at the pga. it is funny. will woods play? funny. will woods play? >> pam:
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>> pam: sells driving cars are coming and people are getting ready! 29 percent have not heard of it before the study. so dripping cars, a variety of benefits with the word crashes and lower insurance rates. people are heads the ticket with getting in one bright now. 11 percent said they would not be interested in driving this type of vehicle >> pam: the average spent on
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this close to $518,000 in 2013. meantime, in 2011 the bay to seek reported a case of back wall of 23,000 incomplete patent and trademark cases. >> pam: the tech giant is expected to release a pair of larger iphone said that run faster. with a 5.7 in. screen. compared to four and to display on the fight and spirit a lot of people are work awaiting that release. >> jacqueline: moving down towards the the north bay.
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