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and forth. >> reporter:within minutes, the thieves make off with a total of five cars. all of them high end luxury vehicles. michael zaheri is the owner of formula one motors. he says the loss is devastating. >> reporter:it's a big loss. we can't recoupe it all unfortunately because the loss is to big. we are just going to try to get these cars back somehow. down >> this is a big loss to us right now we are trying to find these cars somehow. it will slow down the business, unfortunately. >> reporter:michael said on monday, they have recovered one car. the san jose police department said in a statement that the case is still under investigation and that no suspects have >> reporter:in san jose charles clifford >> pam: we have just learned that the san mateo police department has now made two arrests in the dealership burglaries which happened back in august. >> pam: two dealerships on el camino were hit -- brand motors, and trax auto.
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>> pam: investigators say, they are working to see if either of the suspects are connected to any of the more recent crimes. >> reporter:chuck showed us the theft at formula one motors in san jose. but two other high end dealerships were also hit recently. >> reporter:a couple blocks west in santa clara.mercedez benz of stevens creek targeted. eight vehicles were stolen from the dealership last wednesday. september 17th. >> reporter:and then this past sunday.car thieves were in belmont. autobahn motors was targeted here.early in the morning.sometime between one and three sunday. >> reporter:the suspects scaled a fence, broke in, and took keys to cars that were in the dealership for repairs. nine cars were confirmed stolen, one has been recovered in the east bay. >> reporter:investigators from all three cities are working together on these cases. we've posted the surveillance video on our
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r website kron4.com >> pam: tonight we are following developments in a massive wildfire east of sacramento. >> pam: near pollock pines. >> pam: it's called the king fire. and its now burned nearly 140 square miles. >> pam: tonight -- it's only 35-percent contained. you are looking at new video shot at the firelines today. >> pam: kron4's scott rates joins us live from el dorado county. >> reporter: battling in the air and on the ground is the king said fire raging on tuesday afternoon as firefighters pulled out all of these stocks to try to maintain it. >> reporter: the massive blades nearly burned 90,000
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a. and has consumed 10 homes and continued to spread. >> >> reporter: over 7000 firefighters around the country have been called in to help to stop the fire which is being felt hardest here in the small town of mosquito. >> reporter: gas see behind me fire crews trying to stop this massive fire. let me step out of the way so that you can see what i am talking about. this ceasefire crew out here. one of the homes that are in jeopardy the if you spin out here you see that the fire that has just released. a fiery blaze. >> reporter: however, they
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say that the weather conditions are now in jeopardy. >> we have extreme winds. the wind shifting they go from one direction to another print spreading the flank very quickly at this point. >> reporter: addition to the mosquito community in jeopardy is another hot spot. north of this by ear close to lake tahoe. they are trying to stop this from spreading into lake tahoe which will be even more disaster. one shift of the wind, this fire can easily spread into the lake tahoe area. we will continue to update you on the king of fire. scott rates kron 4 news. >> pam: take a look at this photograph tweeted from nasa. an aerial view of the fire.
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>> pam: the trail of smoke is giant in comparisson to lake tahoe. area larger than sacramento, atlanta, and las vegas. >> pam: the morning commute into san francisco went smoothly today. despite the closure of a major off- ramp from the bay bridge into the city. >> jacqueline: all the large uc here on the screen are red flag warning. we also have a dense smoke advisory that will be in effect tomorrow evening as the fire fighter minutes mentioned we have a very low humidity and is very dry with gusty wind. in the teens and 20 mount and our range which is pretty much the whole area. we are expecting even stronger when for late wednesday and into thursday including storm skirted
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>> jacqueline: from 35 mi. to 45 mi. per hour. >> pam: the folsom street off-ramp from westbound interstate highway- 80. is closed through march of next year. for reconstruction. >> pam: drivers should take either the fremont or harrison street exits to access folsom street. >> pam: officials say. the reconstruction will increase pedestrian access in the area. and will increase traffic efficiency. >> pam: new at 5. we all know how competitive it is to get into a good school in the san francisco unified school district. >> pam: now the superintendent is proposing a change in the school choice policy. which will move a group of students to the head of the line. when it comes to choosing a high school. >> pam: kron 4's dan kerman reports.
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>> reporter: when completed this school will look something like the district school officials are concerned that when enrollment open next month not a lot of students will apply to to the old school reputation. >> was one of the schools at the time of closure at a low enrollment and academic achievement was definitely not on par with what we want it to be. so what we want to do is make sure we send a clear message with the families. not only should they trust that this school will be amazing. that we will give them a little incentive to be the first pioneer class. >> reporter: it that a sentence if approved by the board will give students a huge advantage when applying for high-school. >> you get into high school
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you will have a great chance of entering any high school of your options. or choice. >> reporter: >> we know that people could see this as a risk at first. especially when it comes to their child education. >> reporter: as things start now is stated to open in 2015 of august. the application will start way before that. dan kerman www.kron4.com >> pam: coming up at 5:15. >> pam: the war on isis -- launched. >> pam: a look at the countries onboard for the first airstrikes in syria.
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>> pam: then at 5:30. >> pam: nearly 140 square miles decimated. by a massive wildfire near pollock pines. what cal-fire is saying >> pam: about the effort to contain the flames. >> pam: and next. >> pam: warriors arena in san francisco will look like. and why some think. the design should be flushed. it makes me happy to go on the computer.
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building a 12 a. site south of at&t park. the team are stressing that the drawings are very preliminary. the iran and, from other people said that it looks like a toilet. on twitter in 2014 they are having fun with this and there are a lot of comics coming in. comet. -- comments >> reporter: i love that the schematic design looks like a tool that. toilet >> pam: still ahead. did 49ers colin kaepernick >> pam: use a racial slur on the field? what the bears player he was allegedly talking to, is now saying about it all.
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>> pam: pictures from the ground today. showing the aftermath of last night's first=ever bombing attacks on isis targets in syria. the pentagon called the >> pam: campaign's debut a success. >> pam: five arab nations joined the u=s in bombing isis targets. >> pam: the u=s says, it informed syria's government in damascus about the strikes.. >> pam: and that along with isis, the raids targeted two al qaeda splinter groups. one of them suspected of plotting an imminent attack on the u=s homeland. >> pam: a lot going on: kron four's vicki liviakis is here to put in all in context. vicki? >> reporter:the news of an imminent terror threat was just one of the revelations: western jihadists apparently recruited to conceal explosives in their clothes and bomb airliners. >> reporter:instead, they found themselves on the receiving end of an intense
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air war >>whoosh >>zoom >> reporter:cruise missiles and fighter bombers launched from navy ships in the persian gulf >>last night on my orders america's armed forces began strikes against isil targets in syria >> reporter:the air assault included the combat debut of the stealthy f=22 raptor. jordan, saudi arabia, qatar, united arab emirates, and bahrain joined the fight. >>last night's strikes were only the beginning. >> reporter:the three waves of air strikes began at three a-m local time. >>targets included isis command posts in its unofficial capital, raqqa. the destruction evident in these pictures. >>we are unaware of any civilian casualties >> reporter:the u-s also hit an al qaeda affiliate called "the khorosan group" near the syrian city of aleppo. >> reporter:according to the u-s, the group was in the final stages of planning major attacks on u-s or western interests. >>"the khorasan group is
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working on bringing down us airliners on attack in the us homeland. >> reporter:dozens of al qaeda fighters from afghanistan have reportedly come to syria to exploit the flood of western jihadists who have joined the fight. >> reporter:those western fighters, with their valuable passports have a better chance of escaping scrutiny at airports and could place bombs on planes. >>we believe that the khorasan group was nearing the execution phase of an attack either in europe or the homeland. we know that the khorasan group has attempted to recruit westerners to serve as operatives or to infiltrate back into their homelands. >> jacqueline: 86 degrees out in fairfield and 83 degrees and livermore. change is coming for the bay area satellite reno pitcher, not much to see over the bay area right now. however, that will change. you can see the, shape over the costa water the rain is still up to the north of the spirit. tomorrow we will see
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sunshine to start the day for most locations creek it will be sunny the up the afternoon with clouds creeping into the evening. we will see clearing thursday afternoon and a dryer weekend ahead. >> jacqueline: 70's and 80's again, sunshine inland and plenty of sunshine in the south. the showers will come later on in the evening. cleared through the east bay and south bay and try to make a way to stay clear of the golden gate prepared the showers remain stationary through the evening. once we hit midnight and go into the early morning hours thursday it will sort of go to the self. south.
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>> pam: calls for the san francisco 49ers to bench ray mcdonald continue to grow all surrounding his arrest for domestic abuse >> pam: but the team's long- time player consultant explains to kron4's haaziq madyun, why the 49er's continue to stand their ground for now keeping the defensive player in uniform. and on the field >>"this is a situation that could ultimately endnot playing for the san francisco 49ers"
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>> pam: howevever don't look for the san francisco 49ers to make any moves like that against defensive lineman ray mcdonald before it is determined whether or not he will be prosecuted for the alleged domestic abuse of his pregant girlfriendsays the team's player consultant dr. harry edwards >>"at this early stage due process." >> reporter:although in recent days there's been an intense media focus on domestic abuse and nfl players like baltimore ravens ray rice and carolina panthers greg hardy he says this is not just an nfl problem >> there 52 universities
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under investigation. including the military academies and rearranging and ordering the organizing universities. >> reporter:dr. edwards has been the 49ers player psychology consultant for 30-years now and gave me a dose of the kind of advice he gives players in terms of avoiding domestic abuse >>"turn around and walk away" >> reporter:haaziq madyun kron4news >> reporter: bears linebacker lamarr houston played a supporting role in last week's colin kaepernick controversy in which the nfl said the 49ers quarterback used the n-word while he was engaged in a verbal tussle with houston. >> reporter:kaepernick has loudly denied saying anything, and after the
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bears beat the 49ers in week 2, houston agreed with his side of the story. >> reporter:but after chicago held off the jets on monday night during a game in which houston was charged a 15-yard penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct, houston changed his story, confirming to the chicago tribune that kaepernick had, in fact, flung the n-word at him. >>"he was just saying inappropriate language," houston said. >> reporter:houston said kaepernick got angry when houston sarcastically complimented him on his pass that was intercepted by kyle fuller. asked if houston was insulted by the n-word, he said it was more of a "cultural thing." >> reporter:kaepernick was fined $11,025 for the outburst, but he's appealing the punishment. meanwhile, houston drew a flag for appearing to curse out umpire tony michalek on monday night after the bears >> reporter:tackled jets running back chris johnson. >> pam: coming up at 530 tonight. one day after we told you about the san francisco officer that ended
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burned over night and now nearly 140 square miles and size. we have scott frank tells fire. we have scott from calfire... >> the news this afternoon that sort individuals were allowed back to their home. >> pam: those homes affected by the fire were they burnt? or were they going to survey the damage? >> unfortunately desperate unfortunately yes >> pam: how many buildings
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were affected? >> 12 structures were destroyed and 67 out buildings which are usually garages and etc. >> gary: >> pam: >> we are up to 35% attainment. we had a couple of days of good weather and less when. we were able to get a lot of work down because of the decrees and wind. --in wind >> today through the end of tomorrow, we have black mourning flags warning.
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--steep terrain. >> pam:thank you. >> jacqueline: and the great dense smoke advisory will remain tomorrow evening once the storm started to approach northern california. the wind gust have picked up in the teens to 20 mi. an hour range and are expected to get stronger. here is the till and up it still well off shore near the area. as we look at the futurecast early morning to see the shourd starting to approach print this is great news for the firefighters. we will see that the showers will come through. it was not beat a lot but helpful at this time.
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and with what he's named since march he's been >> pam: after spotting something suspicious and a place to play. 8 meatballs and beat on a leash area of four dogs. they are being tested for poison. so far no illness have been reported. in the meantime, a dog owners are be advised to keep an eye out for suspicious st print-- suspicious treats. >> pam: nobody likes to get
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a parking ticket. about one san francisco driver appears to have taken a dislike to a a whole new level. police say, she tried to run over an enforcement officer. kron4 j.r. stone has the details. >> it was totally bazaar. >> reporter: she attempted to run down be enforcement officer when he was writing a ticket. he jumped on her foot and she slammed into a motorcycle with him on the car. >> i could not believe that this woman continued to drive down the street with a man on her hood. >> i said look at this man on top of our car. >> she was swerving in between lanes going down the street.
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>> reporter: tells kron4 that she was sexually are rest before the man jumped on her car. she stops several times and he would not get off. something that at least one witness that took a bottle will verify. --took a photo. >> there was a guy on the car that was the screening. the motorcyclist was screaming and so was the woman. the light changed and they all returned to their vehicles and the woman drove off. and the police showed up >> reporter: telling me that she was sexually harassed and goes on to say that he asked me to do things instead of getting a parking citation. which let me to think that he was posing as a meter maid and i panicked.
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pollees has yet to verify this information--police. >> pam: coming up at 545 with her sentencing just days away. we have the inside as exclusive interview with the real housewife terisa guidice. >> pam: and next be market update including what california lawmakers are doing to make sure that they do not lose another bit tesla project to another state.
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>> pam: california lawmakers are pouring on the pressure to get tesla to bring in the next state of art did the factory to the california area. in a letter to tesla ceo and founder elon musk. a long list of congregational representative said it the state had a qualified work force and the educational and infrastructure to support tesla need. congressman mike says tesla next did the factory should be in the silicon valley. the apollo alto based company is already building in nevada.
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i like feeling smart. internet essentials from comcast has brought low-cost internet access to over 1.4 million low-income people at home. internet essentials helped me progress in my schoolwork. it helped my grades move higher. today it's the largest broadband adoption program in america. it helped me a lot. comcast. helping to bridge the digital divide. >> pam: we are just days away from the sentencing phase of trial. for real housewives of new guidice. >> pam: the pair pleaded guilty to fraud charges earlier this year. the insider sat down with teresa. >> pam: thea andrews joins
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us with her story. >> nomad to what joe and i will always stick with each other. people who judge us should not do that. >> reporter: >> we are going through a rough time and will make it through. >> reporter: to reset and joe could be facing a combined six years behind bars. sentencing is october 2nd. >> it has been pretty tough. i keep saying that we will get through this as long as
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we have our help. >> reporter: that are over a million dollars in debt. they have been forced to put the mansion on the market. terisa brent is still solid. her current book revenue is about $257 and this month she will launch a new product. >> my new product is july 12th. i love fabulous july 12th. gelato >> pam: after the insider, you can get the rest of your celebrity news on entertainment tonight at 7:30. followed by all the news at >> jacqueline: late evening showers in the north bay starting to spread south thursday morning clearing into the afternoon with prior warmer weather for the
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weekend. we will see sunshine for the most of the bay. taking a look at satellite radar picture right now clear over the bay area. not far off from the shore. a system stretching over the coast line here is the core of it with showers moving over washington and oregon right now. we are going to get showers but they will not be very expensive brick again, mainly clear for the east bay and south bay and it will stay that way. into the evening showers are approaching the north bay but kind of stationary until midnight and it it will move south. by 4:00 in the morning light showers over the heart of the bay area,
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hayward oakland and san francisco. pushing down to the south bay by 7:00 p.m. and we will start to see clearly. the slight possibility of a few street showers friday but is looking very likely right now creek. >> jacqueline: last time we had showers like this we saw isolated areas that received more total of rain. a quarter inch of rain or less and even less than that in the south bay. as for the sierra high criteria sprit when the showers, and on first and you will see the cloud increasing. that will help firefighters out
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tremendously. the red flag warning will be lifted. raising humidity's of that that will decrease the fire danger. >> jacqueline: more changes coming into thursday morning. a slight chance but not very likely with weekend temperatures gradually, warmer than into the next week as well . >> pam: a new study shows gen-xers. people born between 1965 and 1980. earn more than their paerents. but are not saving their cash. >> pam: the pew finanicial reports says the typical gen xer has only 29-thousand dollars in savings. while their parents saved more than twice that amount when they were the same age. >> pam: the study says this may be the first generation in recent history to accumulate less wealth than their >> pam: sure, there are plenty of advantages of owning a smartphone. but could our attachment to
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our phones be affecting us negatively? >> pam: and perhaps even causing us stress? susan hendricks has today's health minute. >> reporter:ringing, dinging, even flashing. if alerts are not turned off- smartphones can constantly prompt their >>the technology travels with us everywhere we go, intrudes into our awareness and is routinely interrupting our concentration or our ability to focus. >> reporter:if this sounds familiar, here are some tips to be 'smart' about your smartphone use. >>the first thing is to tune into how you're using your smartphone. is it dictating your life or are you actually creating rules on how you're gonna use it? maybe you're willing to check your phone once every hour or once every half hour, rather than everytime you hear an alert. >> reporter:practicing mindfulness- being truly aware of your surroundings, may help. >> reporter:says psychologist scott bea >>one of the things that reduces stress in people is
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a sense of controllability. and so,as we relinquish our smart phones a little bit or create better decision rules, we get back a sense that we're actually in governance of our life and in governance of where our attention is going. >> >> reporter:that means deciding when you are going to bother with your phone versus when it is going to bother you. >> reporter: i'm susan hendricks. >> reporter: people behaving badly tonight at 8 !
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like, yes frankenstein. pumpkin stein. has found that harvested bullish gold. ghoulish gold- selling $75 wholesale. he throws the frightening fruit and a mold it has taken four years of trial and error and hundreds of thousands of of dollars. providing a mall that will provide light. >> it is too large it is being cadets and forced to be too small. obviously it is too small it would not feel a mole. plus mother nature. >> pam: that is about a six
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(male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> pam: now at 6. >> pam: police say. this picture shows a woman caught in the act of trying to run down a parking control officer. >> pam: now the suspect is claiming. she was trying to escape being sexually harrassed by that officer. >> pam: kron 4's maureen kelly spoke to the co- workers of the parking officer. who are coming to his defense. >> reporter:san francisco police say the woman behind the wheel in this bizzare photo.33 year old bo momsoumbathtried to run over a parking control officer as he was writing her a ticket near alamo square on thursday morning. he jumped on the hood to avoid getting hit.the driver then allegedly struck a motorcyclist as she took offwith the meter maid still hanging onand he stayed on for roughly a mile until police caught up with them near market street. >> reporter:neither the parking control officer nor the motorcyclist were hurt.and momsoumbath was arrested police say she refused to give a statementbut she told >> reporter:control officer ion in exchange for sexual favors. and that she then took off in a panic thinking he was an imposter. she says she was terrified but she never tried to run him down.
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>> reporter:the parking control officer whose name has not be released. declined to do an interview with us .but his co-workers found the suggestion about sexual favors laughable.they weren't allowed to go camera but they says the accusation it is completely out of character for him. they say he's worked for the city agency for more than 30 years and has an impeccable record. >>parking control officers have a tough job and the vast majority of them do a good job at them >> reporter:sfmta spokesperson paul rose says they are being advised by the city attorney to say little on the sexual harrasment allegation other than this. >> reporter:momsoubath is scheduled to be arraigned wednesdya afternoon on one misdemeanor count of hit and run >> reporter:and one felony count of assault with a deadly weapon. the weapon being her prius. >> reporter:maureen kelly kron4 news. >> reporter:tonight police in three different bay area cities are investigating a string of brazen car thefts. in just the last week, nearly two dozen vehicles..
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some of them high end luxury cars.. have been taken right off the lots of three different dealerships. this is surveillance video taken last friday morning at the formula one motors dealership in san jose. >> reporter:around three thirty in the apparently broke into the dealership and stole car keys out of a back office. the thieves then used those keys to unlock cars on the lot and drive away in them. in all, five vehicles were taken from formula one motors. the owner says the men appeared organized and seemed to know exactly what they wanted. he says.this one hurts. >>it's a big blow to our business. we can't claim the insurance because the losses are to big. we are going to do whatever it takes to find these cars. it's going to slow down the business unfortunatley. >> reporter:in addition to formula one motors in san jose. >> reporter:two other high
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end dealerships were also hit recently. >> reporter:one in belmont.and one in santa clara. >> reporter:that's where mercedez benz of stevens creek was targeted. >> reporter:eight vehicles were stolen from the dealership last wednesday. september 17th. >> reporter:and then this past sunday.autobahn motors was targeted early in the morning.sometime between one and three sunday. >> reporter:the suspects scaled a fence, broke in, and took keys to cars that were in thenine cars were stolen, one has been recovered in the east bay. >> reporter:investigators from all three cities are working together on these cases. >> reporter:we've posted the surveillance video on our >> pam: there has been a major surge in the firefighting force taking on a massive wildfire in el dorado county. that fire is now threatening thousands of homes. >> pam: there are now nearly 75-hundred firefighters battling the so- called 'king fire'.
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>> pam: it has burned nearly 140-square miles. and is 35- percent contained. >> pam: kron 4's scott rates is live on the firefighting efforts. >> reporter: this fire is impacting so many people tonight. and now, the weather is not helping anymore. battling in the air and on the ground accurate the tank fire is raging on tuesday afternoon, as firefighters pulled out all of the stops to try to contain it. >> reporter: the massive blaze has burned nearly 90,000 a. and destroyed 10 homes and continues to spread. to many areas of concern for the firefighters. first, up top near the fire at lake tahoe area and lake tahoe national forest creek so far has not spread into the national forest. firefighters are concerned that if the wind
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pick up or ship it could easily happen. --shift. the second concern for firefighters is right here in this coming to the community of mosquito. it has been clearly evaluated. >> we have homes that are directly affected by this wildfire. >> reporter: however, they say that the weather conditions are now in jeopardy we see the wind shifted and they are called battling winds where they go from one direction to another. they spread very quickly at this point. >> reporter: still a lot of work to do for firefighters. up to 35 percent containment creek the bad news is much drier conditions and the wind is now becoming a
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problem. all efforts are to keep this fire out of the lake tahoe area creek live in el dorado county. scott rates. >> jacqueline: you see all of this orange here on the screen and that is where the fire danger is the highest. it is suspected until tomorrow evening untoward until rain shower start to roll in. they are expected to get stronger and these went range. the storms are still well off shore of the till and making it to the organ or get coast line. you can see here into thursday morning this is when the rain shower will rise. it will be not as a dry. not a
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whole lot of rain expected. it will help. especially a quarter inch of rain as it moves through the rigging showers and too late thursday morning. >> pam: turning to news around the bay area. the san francisco school board is considering a proposal which will give students who attend its brand new middle school. top priority. when it comes to choosing their high school. >> pam: the new school is the 'willie brown middle school' in the bayview district, and it is currently under construction. with the opening slated for august of 2015. >> pam: district officials are concerned. that the negative reputation of the previous school at this site will keep parents from sending their children to the new school. >> pam: so the district is sweetening the deal, by saying. if you enroll and attend willie brown for three years, you will be near the top of the list, when it comes to choosing a san francisco high school
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>> we are putting our all into willie brown. we hope it becomes a showcase school that other middle schools can learn from and spread great ideas around, so we are excited about it and we hope that families, even though they cant see it because its under construction, we are hoping they will want to be part of this. >> pam: these are artist renderings of what the new willie brown middle school will look like, once completed. parents can begin applying for this school at the end up october. >> pam: a hayward elementary school sent students home yesterday. >> pam: after experiencing both flooding and a flea infestation. >> pam: ruus elementary school was open today without incident. and the staff was planning to take additional precautions. after students left today.
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>> pam: all say. they will work to reduce the calories americans get from beverages by 20 -percent, over the next decade. they plan to do that by more aggressively marketing smaller sizes, bottled water and diet drinks. >> pam: the announcement was made at the clinton global initiative today. >> pam: the announcement comes as the country's three biggest soda makers face public sugary drinks in fueling obesity. >> pam: people have been moving away from soda on their own for several years because of concerns about sugar. >> pam: but the industry group says the new commitment will accelerate the calorie-cutting.
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>> pam: andrew spencer reports the coalition is targeting what has been a home base for the terror group in a war-torn syria. >> reporter:an isis stronghold in syria, raqqa has been the scene of the terror group's conquests in the middle east. >> reporter:overnight, raqqa became the target of an intense military operation, which started with the launch of tomahawk cruise missiles. >>"these are big, these are expensive, and they're typically only fired at fairly heavy static targets." >>".so apparently isis had some air defenses that the u.s. war planners were a little bit worried about." >> reporter:it was over raqqa that isis claimed to have taken down a syrian war plane, last week. >> reporter:with isis controlling or contesting large parts of both syria and iraq, nearly half-a- dozen arab countries teamed up with the united states for the strikes in raqqa. >>"that is something that the u.s., the administration, the obama
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administration was intent on building here -- making this not yet another relatively lone american intervention in the middle east but one that was joined by local partners, and you have those local partners." >> >> reporter:.jordan, bahrain, saudi arabia, qatar, and the united arab emirates -- at least three of them not only supporting the effort but taking part in bombings and airstrikes. >> reporter:i'm andrew spencer, reporting >> pam: secretary of state john kerry and president obama both spoke at the u-n today with korea and climate change being the hot topics. >> pam: kerry called on north korea to shut down what he calls an evil system of prison camps. >> pam: he cited a u-n report that estimated between 80-thousand and 120,000 political prisons are still in camps where starvations is being used as punishment. >> pam: north korea's denies rights abuses. >> pam: president obama spoke at a summit on climate change.saying the u-s will do it's part, but the world must also help. >> pam: obama says the u-s will meets it's goal to cut
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carbon pollution 17 percent by 2020.but the climate is changing faster than the efforts to stop it. >>president barack obama yes, this is hard. but there should be no question that the united states of america is stepping up to the plate. we recognize our role in creating this problem, we embrace our responsibility to combat it. we will do our part, we'll help developing nations do theirs. but we can only succeed in combating climate change if we are joined in this effort by every nation. developed and developing alike. nobody gets a pass. >> pam: the summit was held to garner support for a climate treaty to be finalized next year. >> pam: it's a number that is hard to make sense of.1- point-4 million ebola cases. that's the worse-case scenario predicted by the centers for disease control. >> pam: the cdc says the cases in liberia and sierra leone could be between 5-
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hundred-50 thousand and 1- point-4 million by january 2015. >> pam: that is.if there are no "additional interventions or changes in community behavior." >> pam: the estimate was derived from a new forecasting tool developed by the cdc. yesterday.the world health >> pam: organization said the official death toll from ebola in west africa has climbed to more than 28- hundred in six months, with 58-hundred cases confirmed as of monday >> jacqueline: sunny skies and mild if not one temperatures. we were in the 80 degree temperatures for antioch, fairfield and livermore. 82 and san rafael and 80 degrees and redwood. including sunnyvale. you can see below cloud returning here to the east bay. that is something that will
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change in the next couple of days. strain showers are expected to return to the bay area. --rain >> jacqueline: thursday afternoon clearing skies and a dryer warmer weekend if i had the characteristic in a look at temperatures to moral courage very similar to what we saw today cooler in certain areas. the 80 degrees in land and sunnyvale. we are expecting more sunshine for the east bay and south bay tomorrow. we will see cloud coverage approaching much later in the day. the core of the storm here, and they tell and up it extending over the coastal waters. you can see the spot he cloud coverage with the core of the storm drinking isolated showers into friday not very lightly. again,
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clear into the east bay and the south bay with remaining that wait until the afternoon. it will come on round-the-clock approaching the north bay and then by 1:00 we will start to see more of the showers hitting the ground. you will see the wide spread showers moving into hayward, oakland and san francisco but that and to the south bay by 7:00 and the morning with more clearing bringing in sunny skies. it will not beat a very strong storm. possibly a quarter of an inch of showers. three-quarters of an inch of rain. >> jacqueline: a slight
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chance of an isolated shower on friday however, it does not look very lightly. temperatures will gradually won back up. --warm back up. >> reporter:a brazen robbery in broad day light. it happened on a quiet street in walnut creek. a woman says someone held her up in her own front yard and forced her into a car. >> reporter:where she drove to a popular shopping area. and pulled money out of the bank. >> reporter:police say there were witnesses and are trying to put pieces of this story together. . >> reporter:.withdrew some money. walnut creek police say the suspect then drove the woman home after he got the money. and took off. >> reporter:she was unharmed. witnesses say the alleged robber was wearing some sort of disguise so it may be hard to identify him.
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>> pam: and more banks are cashing in on the electronic trend. when checks are no longer part of your checking account. the paper trail is check-writing is going the way of the dinosaur. but checking accounts are not. >> pam: alison kosik explains from the new york stock exchange. >> reporter:the latest item on the menu from banks:
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how about a checking account. hold the checks? >> reporter:more banks are offering check-less accounts, as check-writing declines. a recent survey found 65% of americans either don't own a checkbook or prefer not to use checks. >> reporter:instead, they're opting for online or mobile payment tools. >> reporter:citibank is the latest bank to launch a check-less account. >> reporter:the new "access account" also makes it impossible to overdraw your account. if you don't have enough money to make a purchase, go through. >> reporter:the new account will cost you $10 dollars a month. >> reporter:but you can avoid the fee by setting up direct deposit or maintaining a monthly balance of at least $15- hundred dollars. >> reporter:bank of america also offers a check-free account. >> reporter:and chase has introduced pre-paid cards as an alternative to checks. banks have a reason to embrace the shift away from checks: >> reporter: providing boxes of paper checks to customers. but if you still prefer checks, it's unlikely they'll be phased out any time soon. >> reporter:at the new york stock exchange, i'm alison kosik.
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>> this just in to the kron 4 newsroom. >> reporter: it is very likely that they will strike again at the end of this week. unlike last week strike this one will impact commuters. >> it is very clear that the district does not care about commuters creek nor do they care about the people that do these jobs. so it looks like a strike that will impact the comment is will happen now. it could be in the entire district or just one area. or possibly just the bridge. >> reporter: the labor coalition represents more than 400 golden gate bridge workers and basically everyone but bus drivers.
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they commit the dispute is over health care. life in the news room dan kerman www.kron4.com >> reporter: when things broke into the building and several keys out of the car stilling the local height and luxury vehicles are right off the lot. they said that they are investigating but at this point there is no suspect. >> reporter: and seven francisco co-workers of the parking enforcement officer that ended up on the hood of a woman vehicle stopped at the allegation that he was sexually harassing the driver. arrested >> reporter: for assault with a deadly weapon, the
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weapon being the vehicle as she was trying to run the meter maid over. due to sexual harassment is what she is dating. the accusation is totally out of character for him says a friend. >> reporter: firefighter unions are in the process of finalizing a letter in regards to new leadership. they want a new chief end, they are upset with the response time of paramedics on the street. the chief says she does not have any plan to resign j.r. stone kron 4 news. >> reporter: the kink fire continues to burn out of control creek it continues to grow and 35 percent containment accurate 2800
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people remain a that you waited out of their home. 21,000 structures are still threatened at this time. the focus will shift to stop the fire before its spores into the lake tahoe national forest creek that will be a challenge because of the weather conditions. more wind and more drier conditions are threatening a continuation of the fire. >> jacqueline: first let's talk about the bay area with an increase in cloud through the evening we could see a slight chance of isolated showers friday creek and does not look likely. many will hundred weather over the weekend. we will have sunshine for most of the day. people in the inland
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valleys as south bay are thinking what rang? because it will stick mainly clear. the system is still well up to the north accurate you can see the spotty patches on monday the core of the storm. clear through the afternoon, some of the golden gate tomorrow. the showers will linger to the north and pushed south after midnight. of course we will see more showers to up the north bay. again, yellow and orange will indicate more moderate showers was the start to see clearing as we move into the afternoon. showers totals will not be that impressive. possibly courter of an inch of showers. the quartered in j.
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garret--quarter inch. >> jacqueline: it will not be as dry out there and the showers will help to put out some of the fires lanes. flames. most of the rain is missing as to the north. drier warmer weather will resume this weekend and into early next week. >>pull to the right to the right you always pull to the right >> reporter:in a previous edition of people behaving badly i show how officer wilkinfeld in just 40 minutes pulled over 4 drivers which turned out to be one driver every 10 minutes
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>> >> reporter:there was the driver of the white mini van who claimed >>nats: if you need to use the bathroom that not and acceptable excuse >> reporter:then there was the driver of the blue honda civic admitted he use the lane to dip in and out of traffic to save time >>nats trying to go around people >> reporter:then there was the driver of this pickup truck that was late for an international flight to spain >>nats i'm on my way to the airport >> reporter:and a man driving a prius with a dog >>nats you can't be in the carpool lane you're by yourself and i got over too soon >> reporter:now it's only fair that i allow them to tell me their side of the story , first lets talk to the pruis driver >>sot i was getting over to get on the alameda exit >> reporter:then the man late for the airport >>sot i'm late for my plane sh where to spain wow what time your plane leaves like 7:30 but i need to be there at 5 because it't two hours early >> reporter:the civic driver >>sot: i didn't what to sit in the traffic have you ever
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been caught in the carpool before no sir this is your first time let me guess this is your first time ever being in the carpool lane yea by your self what are the odds the first time do it you get caught yes i don't know wow and on camera too. >> reporter:and last but not lease the woman with the rest room emergency which by the way restroom emergencies are listed as one of the leading excuses for carpool violators >>sot i have to ask you whey were on the carpool ma'am actually seriously first i'm late for the ahhh the hospital second my stomach hurt really bad its been hurting already and i couldn't like throughout the last two miles there are no exits that why why i wanna get quick up there and then exit to go restroom real quick >> reporter:as you can see everyone was ticketed and the fine is around 500 dollars for trying to save a little bit of time by jumping in the carpool lane illegally >> reporter:on interstate 80 stanley roberts kron 4 news
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(male announcer): it's now time for gary radnich from the jack in the box sports desk. >> gary: undergoing back surgery print one of the guy that art and though one up when good things tend to happen. he has been struggling the second half of this season with the giants. on both g has just decided along what the front office, let's not kid ourselves he will not be any use down the stretch. >> gary: back surgery is planned. aides are also
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playing tonight looking for a playoff spot great time to be a plate of great time to be a playoff fan. >> gary: undefeated in england occurred here we go .... they will play began at el national football league once a year. miami dolphins sunday is expected to play. the children enjoyed it and the other and the adults as well >> gary: here we go, they are talking about roger goodell, and how he handled the eagle ray rice situation.
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>> he is the way the best that he can't. --can. >> we are all trying to move forward. >> gary: talk about the commissioner. >> if he did not know what was on that tape. he is a lawyer. i think that he is lying. i believe if you put him on under a lie-detector test he will fail. >> gary: if you want to call him a lawyer you might want to have sat behind it. you need to have the facts. >> gary: i am afraid. >> pam:
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(laughter) >> gary: just the idea that he is a good producer, and write the great books. and try to be a big producer. >> gary: lee just need to have more when you call someone a liar cree >> gary: i say, it is personally do not like this person creek but when you call someone a liar and think that is still a little too strong . >> gary: give me a little bit of this. 49ers! i am in a good mood today. >> gary: it has been a while since people started saying
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that i am working at an un discipline team. look how dirty they are. >> gary: sold it is not over just the usual for are wanting to be it is very unusual to be the rough and tough guys without a conscience right now. >> we have been and this position before. it is still early and i am excited. >> gary: harbaugh has bankers crossed. thinkers crossed--fingers crossed. >> gary: starting everyone
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talking to died. the inward was brought in his direction. an african american calling another african american and this word is a little bit different than another cut of another color. >> here is a flag. and by the way a fine is coming to take money out of your pocket creek i find this agreed is and appalling. i will take this to my death bed and i will die have in this position. >> gary: we have stephen a. smith, that will die. >> pam: (laughter) >> pam: a kinder and gentler
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sportscast. >> gary: you have to yell and you have to scream and that is all part of the show. >> pam: it is. >> gary: this is kind of making me go like this. unless are 100 percent sure. >> gary: jackie is starting to show up. she is stating that i am starting to fade and now it's time to go in. i am not going to bring jackie and right now. >> >> gary: when you starting to screen he is a liar! and i am going to take it to my grave. and that i, and say good evening this is a sportscast. >> gary: medical condition
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is not improving and he is trying to recover from a hard or difficult procedure. he had a nice run and the pros creek but you always have to have your help, that is what they always say. -- health. >> gary: you cannot do anything in this world without good health and good news. >> pam: ♪ outn the open.tbring
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administration is warning doctors if it is too good to be true watch out. the sba has launched a campaign to help doctors spot fake and unapproved drugs. including both talks and cancer drugs and discount rates. botox >> pam: do drugs are often coming from overseas. the counterfeit drugs have shown up and the u.s. clinic and hospitals. since 2012. it happened three times and counterfeit drug was given to patients. >> pam: award winning singer and songwriter bob dylan is the recording industry% of the year. the 2015 music here honored comes from the foundation of the folks who bring us the grammy award. he is 73 years old now and
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the "insider" with perspective on today's top trending stories. >> you just never know what's going to happen around here. >> kris and bruce say i don't. is there a kardashian curse or are they just the latest victims of the reality couples jinx. >> you may kiss the bride. >> from tim and cory's break-up to the original newlyweds and even mama june and sugar bear. >> the countdown to the clooney wedding is on, and the guest list and who is officiating? plus, miley's beautiful massarotti gets jail time, and "dancing" takes on the voice. ♪ keep on dancin >> teresa guidice opens up on winning and losing it all. >> the only two people that really know what's going on is joe and i. >> as she awaits a sentencing that could put her behind bars. >> that's for a judge to decide.
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>> lloyd is with lenny kravitz, and he is still sexy at 50. >> 6 1/2. >> at 50 years old, can we talk about that? >> time to go inside. >> it's genes, man. >> now the latest celebrity news delivered to you 24/7. it's the "insider" together with yahoo!. reality tv bites, again. as kris and bruce call it quits for good. hello, everybody. welcome to the "insider." i'm louis aguirre. >> and i'm thea andrews. plus, breaking george clooney wedding news, and we've got the super fine at 50 lenny kravitz like you've never seen or heard him before. >> real, lenny. first, is there a reality couples curse? nick and jessica, jon and kate and new kris and bruce add their name to the laundry list of reality tv relationships gone wrong. >> there's nothing ever planned. it's just life as it is. you just never know what's going to happen around here. >> but if one is a believer and the reality couple cursed, then the news of kris and bruce's divorce should come as no surprise. >> i'm not looking to get divorced or anything, but having our space is ki
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