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this morning on the kron 4 morning news. >> james:another american journalist killed by islamic militant group isis. >> james:what the president's is doing to help stop the crisis in iraq. >> james:and an alleged assault in a south bay public restoom has police taking a closer look at this video. >> james:why the attackers say they were protecting a child from the victim. the kron 4 morning news starts right now. >> james:good morning. it is wednesday, september third. i'm james fletcher. >> erica: and looks pretty
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clear up there with the level few clouds. as for temperatures san francisco and 61. 56 in santa rosa. it would do little better job clearing up to date. we're still talking about temperatures below the seasonal average. >> erica: oakland looking for highest 67. you'll notice there are note '90s. we'll continue with afternoon sunshine. bobwhitmore details on that parr
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forecast. >> erica: quality napa roads we have not mind answering in the hot spots. at the san mateo bridge to drive times are steady and there are no problems getting to the bridge. you may see a little drizzled coming out of the north bay. the driver is 25 minutes out of the bottle into san francisco. >> james:isis is not on the official agenda for this week's nato summit in wales, but leaders are expected to discuss the ongoing crisis in iraq and syria. >> james:andrew spencer reports the united states' role remains to be seen. >> reporter: the killing of another american journalist
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brings more attention. >>: he was traveling to one of the most dangerous places so he could report back bitumen suffering. >>: this kind of barbaric it only brings home the nature of the enemy we faced. >> reporter: the turks who will been letting isis' cross their borders saugh need to get into this fight. >> reporter: more the 1000 families say of their loved ones are still missing. more
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than 100 people stormed parliament on tuesday. the u.s. embassy beefed up their own security. and of 350 troops were there to protect. >> james:early this morning, white house officials say they believe the video showing steven sotloff's killing is authentic. >> james:and president obama is in estonia this morning -- for a quick visit before the nato leaders' summit in wales. >> james:while in the eastern european country, he's scheduled to meet with the president of estonia and the presidents of latvia and lithuania. >> james:this trip is meant to address their concerns about russia's territorial gains in ukraine. >> james:the stop is also expected to reinforce the message of nato leaders. >> james:they are set to announce the positioning of troops and equipment closer to russia in eastern europe at their meeting in wales.
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>> james:a man punched inside the restroom of a public park in san jose. >> james:the people in the video accuse the man of exposing himself to a child. >> james:this morning--san jose police are being tight- lipped about the investigation. >> james:kron 4's scott rates shows us more of the graphic video and >> reporter: the alleged incident happening in this press room behind me over the labor day weekend. >> reporter: of the video is hard to watch you concede this utterly man getting punched several times by another man who is visibly upset. claiming the man who his punching explosive self to his son.
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>> reporter: the upset man throws several punches before the man leave the restaurant. after taking a plethora of punches to the face you see the man in the blue shirts being held back by people. >> reporter: so far police said not saying much but they are investigating at the video is being forwarded to their assault units. there will be looking into the assault as well as the exposure. >> james:and family and hayward police are looking for a missing child. >> james:12-year-old jaime segura was last seen at winton middle school-- located on winton avenue near soto road-- on tuesday afternoon at about three p-m.
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>> james:he is a hispanic male, five -feet tall and about 90- pounds. >> james: sweater, gray pants and black shoes. coming up on the kron 4 morning news-- >> james:will be play or will he sit out? >> james:the latest details on the investigation surrounding 49er linebacker ray mcdonald. >> james:we'll hear from coach harbuagh >> james:had to say about the issue. >> james:plus-- we'll tell you what happened to the c-e-o of centerplate-- the food catering company that serves foods at most bay area sports venues-- after he was caught on camera, apparently abusing a puppy in an elevator. >> james:and a napa quake victim forced to live in his front yard.
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>> james:on tuesday-- the 49ers management and team- members spoke out about the domestic violence charges facing ray mcdonald. >> james:the general manager promised a full investigation on the matter. >> james:he also asked the fans, public and the media to reserve judgement on mcdonald's arrest over the weekend. >> james:mcdonald's teammates spoke to reporters after practice about mcdonald's charges. >>: everyone's support story here as you said the store will come out will will support him here. >>: that's our brother that's
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our teammate and we will support him and that's all i'll say. >> james:head coach jim harbaugh addressed the ray mcdonald issue tuesday on k-n-b- r radio-- this is what he had to say about the situation. >> james:we're told mcdonald will continue to practice-- but it is not clear whether he will play in sunday's opening game against dallas. >> james:the n-f-l has yet to weigh in. new information this morning-- >> james: on the c-e-o who lost his job after video surfaced-- showing him abusing a dog. >> james:this is c-e-o desmond hague with his peers in front of a stadium project. >> james:he's been pressured to resign and we learned his former company-- center-plate. has named a new ceo-- eb poll >> james:this is the surveillance video that shows hague entering an elevator - repeaetdly kicking a dog and then yanking its leash.
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>> james:hague apologized, saying he lost his cool and it was out of character. >> james:and centerplate, his catering company that serves food at sports and entertainment venues like levi's stadium in santa clara-- tried to weather the storm but the petitions and public outrage was too much. >> james:centerplate announced the change yesterday-- reiterating that it does not condone animal abuse.
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>> james:the national weather service confirms a tornado damaged a community in louisiana. >> james:the twister touched down yesterday afternoon in the parking lot of a paper company in mansfield, louisiana. that's near shreveport. >> james:it damaged several vehicles parked at the facility. >> james:workers said the storm dropped out of the sky without warning.
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>>: as a running through the powerhouse for a total citgo it was a tornado coming and that things are flying everywhere. >> james:despite the storm, workers were still on the job at the paper company. no one was injured. >> erica: we do have a lot to look forward to. we had a deep marine layer. an overcast. temperatures eye near or below the seasonal average. we should cease local area of clouds as the afternoon. timid to issue range from the mid-60s to the '80s. we're talking about pretty
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mild unstable weather. and we are looking at dry weather and around the bay area. >> erica: as we look at 3 this afternoon. we will see eighties in the forecasts. fremont 79, 73 in santa clara. 77 and vallejo. will look for mostly cloudy conditions. ocean beach will be 63. >> erica: not much change in the seventh day around the bay forecast. we will continue with
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this pattern of morning clouds and sunshine in the afternoon. >> erica: focusing on the roads and the bay area. we're not looking at any potential hot spots. and of the bay bridge one of the cache lines are looking at a brief delay. san mateo bridge is looking been good in both directions. habithe goldene bridge is looking good with lots of space between car spiris. ase turn our attention to the south bay, we are seen top speeds on a
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northbound to 80 and highway 101. >> james:another american missionary doctor has tested positive for ebola and is now in isolation. >> james:members of the missionary group say, they don't know how the aid doctor, who was not specifically treating ebola patients, contracted the virus. >> james:the director of the centers for disease control and prevention visited west africa to see the eridemic first-hand. >> james:he says, in order to fight the deadly disease, all countries need to be on the same page. >>: we know how it spreads in would know how to stop it from spreading. >> james:meanwhile, the f-d-a has given a green light for a new ebola human safety trial-- for a vaccine this week. >> james:the death of unarmed teen michael brown is a topic of discussion across the country. >> james:duke university held an investigative forum on the incident monday. >> james:panelists discussed
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race, the role of police and how social media coverage of protests in ferguson, missouri helped shape the story of brown's death. >> james:panelists also discussed how brown's body was left in the street for hours. >> james:and debated his mother's choice to wear a red dress to her son's funeral. >>: it's sad that someone has to adapt to bring these things to someone's awareness. >> james:a grand jury is hearing evidence about michael brown's killing >> james:and the u.s. justice department has opened its own investigation into the teen's death. >> james:websites set up to raise money for ferguson, missouri police officer darren wilson-- the officer who shot and killed 18-year-old michael brown on august 9-th-- have been shut down-- while administrators figure out how to distribute the funds. >> james:two separate campaigns on the go fund me dot com website stopped taking donations over the weekend. >> james:the pages have collectively raised more than 400-thousand dollars.
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>> james:a saint louis area teenage girl began the initial fundraiser. >> james:shield of hope, a charity run by the local police union, set up the second one. >> james:but now the pages will be merged and shield of hope will take over handling of the funds. >> james:officials say if the money cannot be used for wilson's defense, it will go to support the wilson family's needs. >> james:a 3-point-7 magnitude earthquake rattled southern california last night. >> james:the u-s geological survey says, the quake struck riverside county. in the san jacinto area. >> james:so far -- no reports of any injuries but people on social media did report feeling the ground shake. >> james:days after the napa earthquake -- state governor jerry brown has asked president obama to declare a major disaster -- >> james:the declaration would free up federal aid. >> james:governor brown also asked the president to issue an executive order which would speed up recovery efforts. >> james:right now -- 129 buildings are red tagged. 20 structures have been upgraded to the yellow or green-tag list. and more than one-thousand structures are now yellow- tagged. >> james:also - the last
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remaining napa students kept home from school were back in the classroom yesterday. >> james:and new water leaks have popped up-- forcing crews to shut off water in some napa neighborhoods. >> james:crews spent a few hours fixing a water main break that flooded a street on stadium avenue. >> james:this was one of several breaks, which have popped up since the quake. >> james:meantime we talked with one man whose home was red tagged-- he explains how he is living in a tent on his front yard. >> james:richard dahlgren says, he's working with a contractor to try and save his house. >>:i'm overwhelmed.seriously just overwhelmed.i just do what i can butted to >>:the house is pretty old and it didn't really have a foundation anyway so i guess as a consequence it suffered greatly. >>:this one here is where i got my air mattress.this is the one that i'm sleeping in.
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>> mark:dahlgren says, he has been told it costs three - thousand dollars for a crane to even pick up the house. >> mark:he is hopeful that he can either get a grant to help pay for the damage or that family members might help him. return to the emergency evacuation center in napa is being relocated.
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bottom 9th a's come back >> james:sam fuld with the ground rule double off fernando rodney brandon moss scores 6-5 mariners next batter >> james:josh reddick representing the wiining run grounds out to shortstop to end the game throws his helmet in disgust final: 6-5 a's >> james:the angels lost so the a's remain 4 ½ games back in the a.l. west they lead the wild card by 3 games giants/rockies >> james:pitcher brett bochy son of manager bruce called up today they are the 7th father-son combo in major league history bottom 3rd >> james:yusmiero petit who broke the major league record retiring 46 straight batters last week taken deep by dj. lemahieu for a 2-run home run 6- 0 rockies top 6th/ 7-1 rockies >> james:buster posey solo home run his 19th 7-2 rockies top 7th/ 7-6 rockies >> james:hunter pence in the midst of a 15-game hit streak singles home posey 7-7 tie next batter >> james:gregor blanco goes all the way to the wall in left pence scores 8-7 giants >> james:dodgers won back to
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clayton kershaw's 17th win giants still 2 games back in the n-l westthey lead the wild card by 2 ½ games >> james:it looks like micheal sam will get another chance. >> james:sam could be a cowboy >> james:according to reports michael sam who was cut from the rams and not signed to their practice squad is flying into dallas tonight and will take a physical for the cowboys tomorrow >> james:if he passes the physical the cowboys intend to sign him to their practice squad. >> james:sam who was the first openly gay player to be drafted by an nfl team when the rams took him in the 7th round would be the first openly gay player to make a practice squad if dallas does sign him >> james:he had a productive preseason for the rams recoding 11 tackes and 3 sacks >> james:j.j. watt $100 million extension >> james:houston texans defensive end j.j. watt has agreed to a contract extension worth a reported $100 million making it the richest contract for a >> james:$51.8 million is guaranteed with a $10 million signing bonus. >> james:watt had two years left on his contract that was due to pay him $1.9 million this year and just under $7 million in 2015. >> james:we're coming up on 4-
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>> james:here are the big stories we're working on for you this morning. >> james:president obama says the u-s is stricken with grief over the beheading of american journalist steven sotloff. >> james:the execution was carried out by the islamic extremist group isis. >> james:isis released the video yesterday and it has been authenicated. >> james:a cease fire agreement is now in place in eastern ukraine. >> james:russian backed separatists have been fighting ukrainian forces >> james:so far, there's been no reaction from the separatist group on the the leaders of both countries. >> james:and video sent in by a viewer shows a man getting punched inside a public park bathroom in san jose.
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>> james:as soon as kron 4 received the video. we showed it to police. >> james:witnesses also accuse the man of exposing himself to a child. * * >> erica: it looks like a clear day out there but there is an overcast. that could change over the next few hours. plenty of upper 60s and '50s friedberg . r on today it will pull back towards the coast line. lucia lot more at sunshine compared to yesterday.
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>> erica: any act today 77. redwood city is 83. in terms of what's x and 97 day all around the bay. our area of low pressure will bring some moisture heading into next week. >> erica: we're starting to see if you backrubs to cash paying customers. and religion at the san mateo bridge there are no delays there. and in the golden gate bridge were definitely seen traffic moved. we do not have
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any accidents to report. >> james:in other big news. p-g- &-e is facing a whopping 1- point- 4 billion dollar fine. for the deadly 2010 san bruno blast. >> james:eight people were killed. 66 others hurt in the explosion and fire. >> james:the mayor of san bruno commended the california public utilities commission for its decision tuesday -- but as kron4's dan kerman reports -- san bruno mayor jim ruane questioned where that money will go. >> reporter: as a result of the pipeline explosion there is a record of $1.5 billion against pg&e. that brings the total penalty to over $2 billion.
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>>: we can't see the benefit to the state general fund when its not being put back into pipeline safety. >>: were hoping that cpc makes a decision that will help put the safety spread on our gas systems. >> reporter: sam brunel's mayor does not see to that way. >> reporter: while pg&e scenes displease was a rolling back napa side seems to have appealed the haft until the first of october to do so. if
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there is an appeal of those who made this decision will review it and see what changes need to be made. and the commissioners themselves will vote. >> james:it has taken several years to get to this point.and the p-g&e san bruno saga is not over yet. >> james:the pipeline explosion was >> james:the following year, the national transportation safety board revealed a scathing analysis of what went wrong-- saying pg&e's management of its pipelines was deficient and ineffective. >> james:the n-t-s-b also noted that it took 95 minutes for pg&e to shut off the flow of natural gas. >> james:in 20-12: the california public untilies comission - which regulates the utility - orders pg&e to pay 635 million - to update pipelines needing modernization. >> james:then in 20-13: c-p-u-c staffrecommends pg&e be fined two and a quarter billion
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dollars for violations related to the disaster. >> james:and earlier this year, federal criminal charges are filed against the utility. >> james:if convicted pg&e faces a one-point- 13 billion dollar fine-- which is separate from tuesday's penalty. >> james:pg&e has pleaded not guilty to the federal charges and says its employees did not knowingly violate pipeline safety laws. >> james:and new this morning-- police in pittsburg have released surveillance video of a truck they say, is involved in a fatal hit -and- run on sunday. >> james:investigators say, this truck hit and killed 50-year- old michelle braz -- while she was walking along willow pass road. >> james:the truck is described as a silver 2001 or 2002 chevrolet silverado. stepside truck. >> james:police say, it may have front end damage from the collision. >> james:an update now to a story we first brought you yesterday morning. >> james:two men from alamo are
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behind bars for stealing copper wire from a high school football field in danville. >> james:it happened just before 4 yesterday morning. >> james:officers responded to san ramon valley high school when residents reported hearing strange noises from the bleachers. >> james:41-year-old damon carthen and 38-year-old jason sprague were both arrested in connection with the thefts. >> james:the danville police chief says they have actually seen a drop in the number of copper thefts. >>: i hope that this arrest will remind people that this is not good business. >> james:police also say they did a search of carthen's home after his arrest. and say they found more stolen copper wire. >> james:a warning this morning for drivers and tourists at a busy san francisco parking garage. police are seeing a rise in vehicle break-ins there. >> james:we're talking about the sutter-stockton garage near union square. >> james:within the last year, police say there have been 80 reports of vehicle break-ins. a much higher number compared to other parking garages in the area. >> james:now, police and transit
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officials are working together to upgrade the garage's surveillance system. >> james:shoppers say they've seen strange behavior in the lot before. >>: strange people are here debts of but not parking cars. and hanging in the bathroom. >> james:the building's management is also working on posting flyers throughout the garage. they'll warn drivers not to leave valuables in plain view. >> james:we are learning more of what happened in the moments after a nine- year old girl >> james:accidently shot and killed an arizona shooting range instructor. with an uzi.
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>> james:a lawyer for the girl's family says, the child is devastated and the family is asking for privacy. >> james:the statement comes as investigators released a 9-1-1 recording. where people described the victim's injuries. >>:911 operator: somebody got shot at the last stop? >>:caller: yes! please send an ambulance, asap. >>:caller: where's he shot. >>:bystander: right in the head, dude. >> james:a new police report-- names the child's parents as alex glen and alison maclachlan-- but does not list the couple's hometown. >> james:the instructor was standing next to the girl, when she squeezed the trigger. >> james:the gun's recoil wrenched the uzi upward, instantly killing charles vacca.
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>> james:meanwhile -- a bay area boy was accidently injured-- while shooting targets at his family's property. >> james:this happened on saturday in el dorado county. >> james:deputies say, the seven-year-old boy's father was helping him use a 22-caliber rifle, when suddenly the boy clutched his chest and said it hurt. >> james:the boy was taken to the hospital--- he is expected to survive. >> james:deputies are still investigating, but say the bullet might have been a ricochet. coming up on the kron four morning news.
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been cut off two homes in the region. the has impacted 450,000 people into countries. >> erica: not to high and not too cold. right now is a little hazy. but a little bit of a drizzle along the coast line. you probably didn't see the sunshine whatsoever bills cloudy in the east bay as well. >> erica: looking ahead bell was a pretty mild afternoon. as we
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take a look at the satellite in the imagery we do have a long green blazer sitting at 2,000 ft.. but its color to burn off and pulled closer to the coast line. >> erica: by lunchtime was to partly cloudy conditions. and will see '70s art and concord and north of the golden gate bridge. and you see the '80s to make it into the forecast by 3:00. we are studying in things off with temperatures below average. 80 in sunnyvale. 86 and
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every end. >> erica: fairfield 86 and 77 vallejo. seabury's will keep temperatures along the:. and 68 along san francisco. and 74 degrees in oakland. we will see very little change in the forecast. and brace yourself for some crotty mornings. and saturday led to the warmest day of the weekend. and it looks like will cool things down early next week. >> erica: still looking at a minor weight in somehow these cash lines. and were not looking
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at any potential hot spots. 10 to 11 minutes from the maze as tubercular from san francisco. in the golden gate bridge is looking good. in your drive time is under 27 minutes. and as the ticket over to the traffic map you see that highway 101 is looking good. and you are seeing speeds above 50 lot 5 m.p.h.. >> reporter: apple said that their target of attacks on user name. they're able to reset
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their passwords and gain access to the photos. it was not a breach of from any of apple's systems. but the same regular people with apple account is not any more damage than the ira had been. >> gabe: now this is important that apple is recommending this and so my. you should use it to step off the case in this security. they step by step instructions on how to turn on these instructions for europe but count.
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>> james:and if you shopped at home depot. take a look at your credit or debit card statement. >> james:the store may be the lastest retailer to fall the victim to hackers. >> james:home depot says it's looking into "unusual activity." >> james:and that it's working with both banks and law enforcement to investigate. >> james:this breach may have affected all 22-hundred home depot stores in the u-s. >> james:several banks are now saying. this may have started in april or may of this year. and lasted until now. >> james:and if that is true. this breach could be much bigger than what happened when target was hacked. which had 40-million credit and debit cards stolen in just three weeks. >> james:the party responsible for the breach, according to a cyber-security blogger, may be the same group of russian and ukrainian hackers suspected in the target breach late last year. >> james:stolen credit and debit card data appeared to be for sale on a black market site. >> james:if you think you have
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been hacked. >> james:visit our website kron4.com for advice from experts. >> james:there's been a big increase in tailgate thefts. >> james:the national insurance crime bureau released a report saying tailgate thefts rose by nearly one-third between 20-12 and 20-13, from about 830 thefts to almost eleven-hundred. >> james:the n-i-c-b reviewed claims data submitted by insurance companies over the last two years. >> james:it found that by state, the most thefts happened in texas, california and arizona. >> james:and the cities reporting the most thefts were houston, san antonio and dallas. >> james:the stolen tailgates are resold in the underground market as replacement parts -- or sold for scrap metal. >> james:and if you're planning to tailgate, plan ahead to keep free from foodborne illness all season long. >> james:holly firfer has more in today's health minute. >> reporter: the site and the
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sound are both parts: good to they're getting party. >>: a good offense is the best defense when it comes to bringing food that to bring in with you. >>: 1 and six people get sick from awful borne illness every year. >> reporter: other common mistakes the people make bears cross contamination. >> reporter: another it not using one of very important device. >>: a meet moderate is very important.
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>>:and an alleged assault in a south bay public restoom has police taking a closer look at this video. why the attackers say they were protecting a child. >>:and a possible end to the fighting in ukraine. >> james: it is a little drizzle by the coast. the marine layer is a lot thicker than it was yesterday. where st. cloud
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conditions cannot livermore. so at least the clouds are high enough to weaken see the buildings. the weather for today shows temperatures in the '70s and '80s. and the rest of the week if the same conditions. >> james: temperatures and low and mid '60s. this just a touch of warmer than this time yesterday. we will come back at 5:15 a.m.. >> george: 8 >> james: it's a pretty quiet
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ride around the bay area. otherwise no delays. the bay bridge toll plaza should be enjoyed in now as a will not stay like this for long. but little slowing starts to build on 580 but no problem for the antioch right. then no delay for the peninsula drive. and 101 at through both sonoma counties. bo >> james:police in pittsburg have released surveillance video of a deadly hit and run accident form over the weekend. >> james:kron 4's will tran is live in pittsburg with the details. will. oftentimes there is no video.
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across the street there is still a roadside memorial. let me show you this the video. a driver of the silver 77 or bottle comes along and loses control. comes along and heads up " and you can see it snapped in half and the moments after that he runs and two michelle brass. she was a 52 year old woman from the neighborhoodthanks will. >> reporter: the husband and her mother came out. they think it could have been an accident where they want this person to
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come out and tell the police what happened. this chevy silver although should have significant fraud and damage to. they believed by someone out there knows who this person is. >> darya:a group of men is accused of trapping and assaulting a man in a public restroom in san jose. >> darya:this cell phone video was posted to facebook but has since been removed. >> darya:in it you can see a man being punched by another man. >> darya:the man throwing the punches claims the man he hit exposed himself to a child. >> darya:police are investigating the incident and the video has been forwarded to the assaults unit. >> darya:investigators say they
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will investigate both the assault and the alleged exposure. >> darya:police have identified the man who was shot to death in east oakland over the weekend. >> darya:he is 22-year-old hector uribe. >> darya:the shooting happened sunday afternoon on the 54- hundred block of coliseum way. >> darya:so far no arrests have been made. >> mark:the hayward boy missing since school let out yesterday has been found. >> mark:police say 12-year-old jaime segura is safe and sound this morning.returned home overnight. >> mark:he had disappeared around three o'clock tuesday.and reported missing when he didn't return home from winton middle school. but he's home now. >> mark:no word on where he was for those hours police and family searched for him. >> mark: a construction crowbar was it lifting reebok and then that debris hit some
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construction workers causing serious injuries. >> darya: russia have agreed on a cease fire in eastern ukrain. >> darya:the brief statement issued earlier this mroning didn't offer any details on the agreement. >> darya:so far there has been no immediate reaction from the russian-backed sepratists who have been fighting ukrainian >> darya: agreement as they become available. >> darya:meanwhile.the european union is considering more sanctions against russia for its involvement in ukraine. >> darya:the proposed sanctions would target sporting events. >> darya:russia is set to host the world cup in 20-18.but at this point one diplomat syas sanctions unlikely. >> darya:the e-u is also considering deepening its current sanctions against russian officals and russia's
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financial and arms >> mark:isis is not on the official agenda for this week's nato summit in wales, but leaders are expected to discuss the ongoing crisis in iraq and syria. >> darya:and now the killing of another american journalist is bringing more attention to isis. >> mark:and u-s officials are saying the group holds more american hostages. >> mark:now some lawmakers are saying the u-s needs to do more while others say the u-s can't act alone. >>: turks 11 letting it isis' cross of their communities for a long time and saudis who have been looking the other way they need to get into this fight. >> mark:earlier this morning white house officials confirmed that the video of the most recent killing of the american journalist is authentic. >> mark:and yesterday president obama authorized 350 troops to protect diplomatic facilities and personnel in baghdad. still ahead on the kron 4
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yep! do you like it? mhm remember the taste of kfc original recipe? it's really good. uh-huh so will they. >> george: all the mini metros are tracking on time. >> darya:if you own a pick-up truck you may be a target for theives. >> darya:according to a new report there has been an increase in tailgate thefts and california has seen some of the biggest increases. >> darya:between 2012 and 2013 the number of tailgate thefts increased by close to 30 percent. >> darya:and the most thefts happened in california, arizona and texas.
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>> darya:according to the national insurance crime bureau the stolen tailgates are sold for scrap metal. coming up on the kron 4 morning news. >> mark:how an 8-year-old girl managed to escape a kidnapping >> mark:plus.severe weather casuing problems in parts of the country. >> mark:that plus your local forecast coming up next.
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service confirms a tornado damaged a community in louisiana. >> mark:the twister touched down yesterday afternoon in the parking lot of a paper company in mansfield, louisiana. that's near shreveport. >> mark:it damaged several vehicles parked at the facility. >> mark:workers said the storm dropped out of the sky without warning. >>: as we running into the
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powerhouse with a telex to go during a tornado we were able to look up into the funnel cloud. >> mark:despite the storm, workers were still on the job at the paper company. no one was injured. take a look at this. >> mark:this reporter's umbrella was no match for the strong winds and heavy rain in ohio tuesday. >> mark:she was in the middle of a live report when a gust of wind turned her umbrella inside out. >> mark: as she continued on with her report. >> mark:she later said she was able to salvage the umbrella. >> james: in the only thing out here that you will encounter is drizzle. we're seeing this as
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rosa and the livermore valley is will be in the 80s today. >> james: 68 in downtown seventh time for cecil. -san francisco. it's a nice summer at black pattern. and we really don't change our temperatures much. >> george: not tracking any problems yet. after labor day weekend traffic use a teller about the bank. -bank. the
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little slowing down and antioch. still pretty easy ride. and the 580 getting a little slow. the north bay right back to marin county 101 southbound. >> george: problem free at the bay bridge bay except at the toll plaza on the right-hand side. the san mateo bridge looks good with no problems. and if you'll be at the golden gate bridge in the next 30 minutes or
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so watch out for crew members. >> darya:president obama is in estonia this morning -- for a quick visit before the nato leaders' summit in wales. >> darya:while in the eastern european country, he's scheduled to meet with the president of estonia and the presidents of latvia and lithuania. >> darya:this trip is meant to address their concerns about russia's territorial gains in ukraine. >> darya:the stop is also expected to reinforce the message of nato leaders. >> darya:they are set to announce the positioning of troops and equipment closer to russia in eastern europe at their meeting in wales. >> mark: upcard that happened yesterday afternoon as he still a jaguar but could not drive the car. the suspect eventually got away in another car.
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>> mark: police have not made any arrests they're searching for that shooter. >> darya:in the sacramento area, an eight year old girl is taken from her bedroom by a man she didn't know. >> darya:the mother didn't want to show her face on camera. she says sunday morning, a man, seen in this sketch, got in to her home through an unlocked door in carmichael. >> darya:he picked up the girl while she slept in her bedroom. the mother thought it was her father carrying her. >> darya:the man then threatened the girl's life. and took her deep into the woods. >> darya:the man did let the little girl go. >> darya:she ran barefoot through the woods and back home.
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security breach. >> darya:the company announced yesterday that it's partnering with banks and law enforcement to investigate quote: "some unusual activity" related to customers. >> darya:the company promises to alert customers if, in fact, their system was hacked. >> darya:happening today. >> darya:you can no longer buy tobacco products at c-v-s. >> darya:this comes a month sooner than planned. >> darya:the drug store chain announced in february that they would stop selling tobacco products on october 1st. >> darya:but starting today, instead of cigarettes filling the shelves behind cash registers. you will see nicotine gum and other products that help people kick the tobacco habit. >> darya:c-v-s is the first large drugstore chain to stop tobacco sales.
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backup here at the toll plaza and we will see the back of sought to sell land towards the middle lane. >> george: that appears there will have problems for the second day and the role for the santa cruz mountains. this could have been the result of a solar car crash. >> darya:a 3-point-7 magnitude earthquake rattled southern california last night. >> darya:the u-s geological survey says, the quake struck
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riverside county. in the san jacinto area. >> darya:so far -- no reports of any injuries but people on social media did report feeling the ground shake. >> darya:days after the napa earthquake -- state governor jerry brown >> darya:a major disaster -- the declaration would free up federal aid. >> mark:governor brown also asked the president to issue an executive order which would speed up recovery efforts. >> mark:right now -- 129 buildings are red tagged. 20 structures have been upgraded to the yellow or green-tag list. and more than one-thousand structures are now yellow- tagged. >> mark:also - the last remaining napa students kept home from school were back in the classroom yesterday. >> mark:the emergency evacuation center in napa is being relocated. it's being moved to the volunteer center of napa county in the gasser building on soscol
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avenue. >> mark:a report from a 14-year- old who claimed his father shot his mother yesterday in fairfax.turned out to be a hoax. >> darya:the marin county sheriff's office says the boy claimed his father was angry and armed with automatic weapons. >> darya:deputies evacuated residents from surrounding homes on deer creek court. >> darya:deputies began to realize the call was ahoax when a woman showed up claiming to be the call came from. >> darya:this was the third hoax that marin county law enforcement has responded to in the last few months. >> mark:los angeles county prosecutors will seek jail time for a state senator convicted earlier this year of lying about his legal residence. >> mark:the conviction of state sen. rod wright was the first of three unrelated legal cases against state lawmakers this year. >> mark:prosecutors want wright to serve six months in jail or six months of home confinement when he is sentenced later today. >> mark:the giants and a's both
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try to come back from a 6-0 deficit last night. >> mark:and it looks like the m- v-p of baseball is back for the san francisco giants. >> mark:buster posey homered, doubled twice and drove in four runs, and scored three times. giving the giants a 12-7 victory over the colorado rockies. >> mark:posey's solo homer in the sixth keyed a three-run burst as the giants raced back from a 7-1 deficit. then hunter pence had two hits to extend his hitting streak to 15 games for the giants. >> mark:now the dodgers won with clayton kershaw's 17th win. >> mark:the giants still two games back in the n-l west. >> mark:they lead the wild card by two and a half games. >> mark:to the athletics also down 6-0 pitcher sonny gray stumbling as of late. >> mark:the seattle mariners held off a late rally by oakland for a 6-5 win handing the a's their fifth loss in six games.
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>> mark:in the fifth-- kyle seagar a two-run home run off gray-- giving the mariners the 6-0 lead. >> mark:josh reddick trying to get the wiining run-- grounds out to shortstop to end the game. >> mark:gray pitched five innings and gave up six runs. >> mark:the a's remain four-and- a half games back of the first- place angels, who lost at houston. >> mark:seattle is third in the a-l wild-card standings. >> darya:little league world series phenom mo'ne davis was the guest of honor at the dodgers game last night. >> darya:last month davis became the first girl to throw a shut out at the little league world series and last night she got to throw out the first pitch before the dodgers game. coming up on the kron 4 morning news. >> darya:michael sam's dream of
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the u-s is beheading of american journalist steven sotloff. >> mark:the execution was carried out by the islamic extremist group >> mark:isis released the video yesterday and it has been >> mark: >> mark:a cease fire agreement is now in place in eastern ukraine. >> mark:russian backed separatists have been fighting ukrainian forces since april. >> mark:so far, there's been no reaction from the separatist group on the deal. which was brokered by the the leaders of both countries. >> mark:and video sent in by a viewer shows a man getting punched inside a public park bathroom in >> mark:as soon as kron 4 received the video. we showed it to police. >> mark: exposing himself to a child. >> james: temperatures aren't 61
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in oakland. 59 in san jose. notthis is what it looks like ad the satellite. racine it puts a lot further in london yesterday. and you're actually seeing overcast conditions. kahane and the marine layer is a lot different. that's what temperature they're going to be more mild for us today. and then by three in the afternoon there are no '90s. most of our inland valleys of points in the 80s today. >> james: 74 in oakland and
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downtown seven assists san francisco's 75. and then looks like the weather minor will stay very stable for the next seven days. there is a chance we might warm things up litter on next week. >> george: things are starting to slow on interstate 80. drive times are still under 40 minutes for that trip. we drive many problems on 680 southbound yet. aband the north bay the route of
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on the 1900 block of the alameda. members at the apartment complex says that they heard a loud explosion. another crew set off a soft cast myself. coppe >> stanley: you're a liar you're a liar >> stanley:the bizarre actions of adam sandler, not the actor .but the man who dresses up as elmo has now caught the
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attention of the san francisco police department >> stanley:i showed you video of signs posted around fisherman wharf that read "the elmo character does not work for this store you do not have to tip him" >> stanley:places like the bay company, safe harbor, the wharf store, wharf outdoors and cioppino's who for the record are owned by the same parent company >> stanley:the signs that have apparetnly our raged adam sandler >> stanley:i even spoke to a se >> stanley:lf-proclaimed homeless man who had nothing nice to say about elmo believe now he just treats everybody like a piece of crap >> stanley: i'm going back where i was. so can you leave me along man and stop taking money from indian business bothering people >> stanley:now kron 4 had discovered new videos of adam sandler during some of his outburts
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>> stanley: they are engaging in negative advertising campaigns >> stanley:that have visitors and merchants at fishermans wharf even more concerned >> stanley: because the jews own ney york >> stanley:so now changes are about to take place first off >> stanley:the san francisco police department told me they are now viewing adam sandler not as a fisherman wharf performer but as an aggressive panhandler >> stanley:and will be looking into any complaints from merchants and visitor of the wharf because of his actions as an aggessive pahnandler >> stanley:also the san francisco police will be in contact with homeless outreach services in an attempt to offer mr sandler help in finding housing if he is in fact homeless >> stanley:also they will look at getting mr sandler some physoligical help. however there is one more option on the table >> stanley:the san francisco police are talking about the possiblity of having the city issue a stay away order for adam sandler and the elmo character he dessses up as from
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fisherman's wharf >> stanley:i have been following the elmo saga from the day he first arrived in san francisco from new york, it will interesting to >> stanley:the city is aware that there is a problem, so do many of the merchants, now so do you >> stanley: what the is coming out of your mouth? you know it's pretty hard to wear out your welcome in the city by the bay, but the man posing as elmo has managed to do just that. in san francisco stanley roberts kron 4 news >> darya:according to reports.michael sam who was cut from the saint louis rams >> darya:is in dallas this morning and will take a physical for the cowboys. >> darya:if he passes the physical the cowboys intend to sign him to >> darya:sam who was the first openly gay player to be drafted by an nfl team would be the first openly gay player to make a practice squad if dallas does sign him. >> reporter: justin not be averse truck collided with another man appeared. he is already on probation for bet
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