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>> reporter:been discharged in good condition. the virus detected by the child's doctor, who followed the protocol set up by the health department once it was learned the virus was on the move. are they bracing for more cases now that school is in full swing? >> reporter:dr. cody says the patient who contracted the virus has no signs of any paralysis, which has been linked to the virus, reiterating that young people and those suffering >> reporter:from asthma are most vulnerable. she reminded the community there is no vaccine for ev- d68 or specific treatment, other than management of symptoms and extra vigilance on the part of parents or care givers and their doctors. >> wash your hands, wash your hands and wash your hands. if you have feverish
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symptoms or cold symptoms you should stay home from work or school so that you do not spread this to anyone else. if you have asthma watch out for your symptoms and seek relief. >> reporter:in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news >> grant:the first case of enterovirus d68 was recorded here in california in 1962. this year, it has hit the midwest harder, possibly because the coasts have had more frequent mild outbreaks and the immunity is higher there. >> grant:scientists aren't sure why so many kids are getting so sick this year, but they have acquired some new information about an old virus >> grant:four facts about ev=68 and they all begin with "no." no reason to relax if your child is not asthmatic. the cdc says the virus is causing serious symptoms in children without any history of respiratory problems. >> grant:there is no reason to have your child tested for the virus. >> grant:the tests are take
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a long time to complete, and since there is no specific medication for the virus, the treatment would be the same. there are no special precautions: washing your hands often with soap and water is the best defense. >> grant:and there is no clear connection between the virus and the handful of paralysis cases that have been reported around the country, including the bay area, >> grant:researchers say the results are inconclusive. >> catherine: breaking news at five. >> catherine: golden gate bus drivers will be striking next friday.shutting down bus service between san francisco and marin county. >> catherine: this comes less than two weeks after golden gate ferry service workers walked off the job for a one day strike. >> catherine: the golden gate bridge labor coalition says it's been in negotiations with the district since april. the group says it's been working without a contract since july first
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>> catherine: a former livermore golf instructor has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for sexually abusing three boys he taught. >> catherine: 32 year old andrew nisbet had faced 75 felony counts. but he pleaded guilty to seven felony counts in a plea bargain in september. the charges include >> catherine: solicitation of murder for trying to hire a hit man to kill the victims. last march.a d-a's investigaor posed as a hit man and visited nisbet in jail. >> catherine: during that conversation.nisbet said he was serious about trying to have the boys killed. >> catherine: the search continues for the man who exposed himself to two young girls in palo alto. the incidents happened on monday and tuesday. >> catherine: kron 4's will tran talked to detectives today about their plan to catch the suspect. >> reporter: in palo alto the search continues to expand for the man with and desist indecent suspect.
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>> reporter: the case is what you think that they are similar to each other? >> a white male in his 20s and 30s with similar hair and features a we will focus on that. it is the fact that we are getting too many people that are describing the same person >> reporter: are you afraid that the next time there is someone that will be violent? >> i like to say that i hope that there is not a next time. we want to prevent this in order to prevent this we have to be out in the neighborhoods and the diligent. continuing to
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investigate in hope to make it a rest. an arrest. >> reporter: reporting from palo alto kron 4 news. >> reporter: >> grant: breaking news poll of the police has just told me about another in the separate exposure that has happened again creek this third victim is older than the first two victims. >> reporter: >> grant: gathering more information and as soon as we learn more we will tornillo. --inform you. >> catherine: hart middle school officials are still on look-out for a man who has been taking photos of students. >> catherine: they say an unidentified man has been
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seen in the past few weeks near the school. there are reports that he parks off campus and takes pictures as the students go to and from school. >> i can not get tam off of me mama. >> reporter: >> she was screaming for help. the bus driver did not tell per. this man was putting his hand down her pants. >> reporter: most of these buses are equipped with cameras on board. police have seen video of the alleged attack. and she said it described as being downright disturbing. >> after they view the video. then noticed that the pressure was all over her daughter. predator. >> then went to the
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predators house and talk to him and found out that he had down's syndrome. and that they will not press charges. >> reporter: under california penal code is states that all persons are capable of committing crimes. other than those that are in a specific classis creek david says the law needs to change >> someone needs to do something about it creek they need to rewrite it because it is rob. he just molested my daughter on the bus. he needs to be tried. >> catherine: a lot of people are outraged over this story patrick tonight at 8. kron4 scott rates will talk to a criminal defense
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lawyer about the law that seems to be prevented action by the police. >> catherine: coming up at 515. caught on camera. the trap investigator said in wrapup. to find contractors try to take advantage of earthquake victims. >> catherine: debt at 5:30 p.m.. practice makes perfect. we have a good deal of the blue angels getting ready for fleet week. female announcer: save up to 35%!
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>> grant:now---red bull also gives you money. if you had the energy drink at anytime in the last 12 years.red bull may owe you money.. >> grant:the company has agreed to pay 13 million dollars over claims that it misled the public with the popular ad campaign "red bull gives you wings." >> grant:a class action lawsuit says the campaign was a blatant lie. because the drinks have no more caffeine than a cup of coffee. >> grant:the settlement has stirred some reaction from social media.mostly sarcastic responses. >> grant:everyone filing a
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claim is entitled to 10- dollars in cash or 15 dollars worth of red bull products.and you don't need a proof of purchase. >> grant:however.the site is down right now. possibly because so many people are trying to log on. >> grant: we will keep you posted. you can join the conversation of facebook and twitter. >> catherine: still ahead. >> catherine: the latest on ebola in america. the warning from experts as the battle to contain the virus continues. >> catherine: then ---- fleet week returns. we'll show you the blue angels soaring over san francisco. >> catherine: getting ready for the big weekend show. bulldog: [yawning]
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officials issued a warning. kron four's terisa estacio has the story. >> reporter: says he won't seek re-his term ends this year. >> reporter: making making suggestions on repairs. we concede, walking through a home. >>here, there. >> reporter: >>a total of 13 people were arrested. >>we are here to prevent
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second victimzation. to make sure that they're not being taken advantage of you. >> you want to make sure that the people working on your property has insurance in case they get hurt. there is a big chance that they will come up to you to help pay for their hospital bills. >> catherine: michael peevey, says he will not seek reappointment within his term when his term ends this year. michael peevey made the announcement today
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amid criticism over accusations of inappropriate e-mails between his agency -- and p-g-and-e. >> catherine: it also comes after state senator jerry hill proposed removing peevey from office. >> catherine: after the e- mails were released - there werethe e-mails described alleged backroom dealings between peevey and other commission members -- and p- g-and-e officials. >> catherine: senator hill says there's a cozy relationship - with the agencies working to get a favorable ruling for the utility in connection with the 20-10 san bruno pipeline explosion. pg&e has fired its vice >> catherine: president and two other executives. >> grant:a destructive wildfire.burning out of control east of sacramento.after flames rip through at least five homes. >> grant:tonight one thousand additional homes are threatened. the video is powerful.you can see.several houses on fire. >> grant:clearly.strong winds fueled the spread of the fire. this is in the community of applegate.in placer county.about 50 miles east of sacramento.
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>> grant:the aftermath is vivid. homes.burnt down to their foundations.and still smoldering. people had just minutes to take what they could shove in a car.before taking off. >> grant:bikes.other posessions left behind. 420 acres have burned. >> grant: yesterday afternoon.is 20 percent contained. tonight one lane of eastbound 80 is open through applegate. this after all eastbound lanes were shut-down last night at this time. >> grant:more than 12- hundred people are working to contain this fire. we'll keep you updated on county. >> jacqueline: more comfortable during our inland valleys. 86 degrees and doubt in the south bay we bore in the '70s but temperatures are already calling back into the '60s. same thing for santa rosa.
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tomorrow and will be slow to clear but it will be mild out there tomorrow. if you are planning on catching the blue angels we aren't looking at 70 degree temperatures for tomorrow and the mostly sunny skies creek the wind should not be too bad. we do have changes with warmers warmer weather is sunny skies. yosemite national park, >> catherine: we're learning more about the air tanker pilot who was killed while fighting a wildfire near yosemite. he's been identified as 62- year-old geoffrey "craig" hunt, from san jose. >> catherine: global pandemic. >>"i will say that in the 30 years i have been working
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in public health, the only thing like this is has been aids and we have to work now so that this is not the world's next aids." >> reporter:two new ebola related cases are getting attention. in spain.a nursing assistant is fighting for her life. >> reporter:she is the first person to contract ebola outside of africa. >>"i've only come out to say that her clinical situation has worsened, but i can't give you any more information." >> reporter:in dallas. texas health officials now say testing for first responder michael monnig has comeback negative for ebola-- despite the fact he entered the unsanitized apartment where ebola victim thomas duncan was staying >>"there is absolutely no risk of the contact of a contact becoming infected." >> reporter:meanwhile europe and the united states have begun to beef up their responses to the outbreak. >> reporter:major airports in the u-s and the united kingdom will begin increasing screening measures for travelers coming from west africa. >> reporter:and last month the bill and melinda gates foundation committed 50- million dollars to emergency response.
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>>"we need to do the right thing, not just because it's right to do at home, it is right to do at home, but those are our neighbors too." >> reporter:andy rose kron 4 news. >> catherine: then. that's so. controversial. >> catherine: what actress raven symone said about her heritage.that's causing a backlash. >> catherine: then. our cameras were rolling for the blue angels first fleet week practice. . ...we need to break up. is it the biting? cuz i can stop? no! i love you and your show. it's cable. customers are more satisfied with u-verse. switch and we can stay together forever.
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as african american i am american. the reaction >> reporter: was so severe forcing reagan to respond. i never said that i was not black. i want to make that clear i said that i am not african american. >> reporter: a lot issues comes from where she is not a word she is not familiar with arms are were her words come from, roots. ha >> these find out who you are when you are in an industry where you are constantly being platforms. and the rest of the world may their conclusion based on the platform? >> therapy.
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>> catherine: you can watch all your celebrity news here on kron-4. the insider starts at 7:00 -- followed by entertainment tonight at 7:30. >> catherine: then -- all your local news at eight. >> catherine: coming up at 5:30. a preview of what's to come this weekend. our cameras were rolling as the blue the angels took to the skies. >> catherine: then. >> catherine: new details about a terrifying traffic stop. what we now know about the officer who smashed the window of a car. with two children in the back seat.
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>> catherine: kron4 it is your official fleet week station. we are going to bring you the blue angels live on saturday. but now grant lotus is live with video from today. >> reporter: worth the wait. >> grant:it took a while.but after a weather delay.the blue angels finally took the sky today. >> grant:this afternoons
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practice session.scheduled to start just after noon.was delayed for a few hours today.while the fog in san francisco and above the bay was slow to clear. >> grant:another interesting aircraft is in the bay area for fleet week. >> grant: there is one of them screaming across the bay. it was shot across a park in san francisco. people there, tourists crowding all round it is a sight to see. again, it's not even the real thing. hopefully the f o g will be long and gone for the shows on saturday and sunday. it is something to behold. i was actually up in one of these two years ago remain back a lot of memories pruitt and jackie's husband does this for a is insane. >> grant: from 3 to for both
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saturday and sunday the blue angels are hitting the sky. at 3:00 saturday kron will have a live show if you want to stay at home and watch on tv you can do that too. >> grant: a list of the events as scheduled not just the blue angels but hey they still the show. >> jacqueline: will have >> jacqueline: uc f o g very briefly. on saturday. and sunday big changes are in the forecast. it will get under way on sunday print temperatures reaching '80s.
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you get a measure how want it will be in the rest of the bay area. more details and just a little bit. >> catherine: another interesting aircraft is in the bay area for fleet week. its called the osprey. and as kron four's alecia reid reports. >> catherine: its mission is to protect people in an emergency. >> reporter: capable of randy march is in response to the victim in case of an emergency permit this is the same team that will goal and four counts of teas and perform surgery on the plane if necessary. --emergency response. >> with the star transfer using blood which is a big difference
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>> and goes nearly twice as fast and content of berkeley and land and a parking lot. >> reporter: >> that is the advantage that you can get with the osprey. >> take a small amount of resuscitation equipment, blood and their weight equipment all of that stuff. actually put it on at the back of any vehicle. >> reporter: here at as as general web the marines are doing a practice run with conjunction with hospital staff. --sf general hospital >> reporter: in case of a national disaster or
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humanitarian need there is always staff here. >> catherine: this saturday -- be sure to tune into kron 4. we'll bring you the blue angels flying high above the bay area for the fleet week air show. >> catherine: that's this saturday at 3:00.live.exclusively on kron 4. >> catherine: it is not the first time that the police department has face that kind of charge. some wild ups and downs on wall street. should you be in chile into a 13 minute stand off with indiana police. it started with a simple traffic stop in broad daylight. colleen passenger plea the drivers over for not wearing their seat belt.
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the way she was pulled over scared her from the start. worried? he was pulling over like i had robbed a bank. i did not know which way to pull over. expert is saying. >> reporter: things go downhill when her companion does not have a id. she reaches back to pull a ticket that has his name on it and the police become suspicious. >> this is crazy >> reporter: >> you need to step out of the vehicle. >> reporter: the that the
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driver stays on it in the line with 911 because she fears that her life is endangered. >> reporter: about a minute later jones will not limos accurate a supervisor approaches closer. >>screams. >> reporter: pollees has a- camp video and audio recording made by another officer on the scene. that bill has not been shown yet >> reporter: in a statement the police departments is that they were falling procedure by not keeping his hands in plain sight and going into a back pocket officers safety was threatened. the officer the smashed the window sills
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records that he has been sued twice for enforcement. >> reporter: in 2008 a family accuses the same officer of pointing a weapon and bactria the mother and placing a chokehold on the child at a car stopped. >> reporter: also sued in 2003 for defensive or offensive content. the outcome is unknown and either a police officer could be reached. now another family is suing the city stating that the police officers had gone too far. >> catherine: i know what our furniture expert in saying financial expert at same. and next. more on the latest trend of people eating chia and flax seeds. do the seeds really do
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>> catherine: they're tiny -- but they pack a nutritional punch. two food products that are starting to make a bigger splash on supermarket shelves. >> catherine: carl azuz takes a look at chia and flax seeds in >> reporter:chia seeds and flax seeds seem to be everywhere- on store shelves and in drinks like these. >> reporter:so what's with their popularity? turns out.chia seeds are not so new. they achieved superstar status through "chia pets." >>it's actually the same seed, but they have a history that dates as far back as the >> reporter:chia seeds, along with flax seed, are a good source of vegetarian protein, but. >>you don't have to be a vegetarian or vegan. they're a very convenient source of protein and omega-3 fats for anyone, and especially if you don't eat fish. >> reporter:in addition.
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>>flaxseed may reduce the risk of certain cancers while chia contains more fiber, protein and omega- three fatty acids. >> reporter:both offer heart health benefits. >>because they are so high in fiber and omega-3 fatty acids, they've been shown to help lower the risk of heart attack and stroke, lower cholesterol levels, as well as tryglicerides and even blood pressure. >> reporter:you can mix and match them- try them in oatmeal, yogurt, or baked goods. but remember--in order to get the benefits--go for ground flax--chia's great either way >>a good rule of thumb for either flax or chia seeds is maybe to have 1 tablespoon in the morning and then another tablespoon later in the day, so you get about 2 tablespoons for the day >> reporter:small seeds, big rewards. carl azuz. kron 4 news >> jacqueline: we would take a look at the numbers and how much we will warm up this weekend coming up! [phones rings]
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>> i have seen the product and it will be big. it would take about six years to roll out. you can see the gimmicks with tvs does not work like 3 d. other gimmicks like that built into the television did not work. but the great quality and bigger picture works. >> catherine: sending out a mysterious tweet earlier this week. teasing the unveiling of a new car today. maggie lake reports on what the bay area based company might be revealing .
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>> reporter:the big question is what's next fits founder elot won't be long before we find out." >> reporter:musk tweeted out this photo last week- promising to make a product announcement thursday- >> reporter:he said, quote, "about time to unveil the d and something else". >> reporter:then this photo appeared online. fueling new speculation about the car: >>"i think it will be a higher performance 4 wheel drive, kind of a sports car, either a 2 door or a 4 door car." >> reporter:a number of reports say musk could also announce driverless car features >>"it is easy to see why car enthusiasts went into overdrive. tesla's vehicles have received rave reviews and elon musk is a silicon valley rock star. when he is not building cars, he racing into space!" >> jacqueline: we did hit 88 briefly in antioch creek and the north bay 81 degrees and stem rafael but other than that we were in '60s and '70s for the bay area this afternoon down 17 degrees in santa rosa creek 13 degrees
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cooler in now cut and 10 degrees cooler in concord. was 15 degrees cooler in redwood city and sunnyvale. as look live from the san mateo bridge at the height cloud coverage but mostly sunny skies throughout the bay area. it would be really it will be widespread tomorrow with the f o g. seabury's wins will die down for it to purchase mainly in the '80s and '90s as well. here is a look at the f o g tracker to alter it the 6:00 hour patchy and the north and danced to the east bay projec >> jacqueline: it will be slow to clear by now and creek we are still hanging on to pass g f o g in the afternoon. help clearing
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some of the pettiness and the north bay. 70's and low 80's in the south bay. 82 degrees in sunnyvale at 79 degrees in san jose. inland valleys will still seek a degrees out there tomorrow creek 85 degrees and one that creek was 70 degrees inside with seven degrees in san francisco and low eighties for the north bay. >> jacqueline: used up on the f o g trecker will be clear on friday so we will have sunny skies and mild temperatures on saturday. and more on sunday. saturday's a lot of the 80 degree temperatures and sundays on sunday 80s and 90s. we do have a fire
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chase. so you can. (male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> catherine: next at six. >> catherine: a kron 4 exclusive. health officials confirm two more cases of en-tair-o vrus d-68 in san francisco. >> catherine: this brings the total number of cases in the city this year to three. and now we're learning that one of the new patients is also suffering from paralysis in a limb. >> catherine: kron 4's dan kerman has been talking to health officials. he joins us now with the latest. dan? >> reporter: if the direst it's not scary enough paralysis is even more fear inducing. test results are
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back and the child is now facing paralysis and one of their lands and now positive for in material virus and the 68. this is the second case this year that the child has both. >> reporter: positive for enterovirus d68. this would be theparalysis was not among the symptoms in the first reported in santa clara county. >> reporter: >> from cases that will go far back late 2011. almost making no recovery from their weakness. and some have made good recovery. after their weakness. >> reporter: doctors are not sure of what the connection is with this paralysis and the enterovirus d 68.
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>> reporter: doctors also say there's no correlation between the severity of the enterovirus and whether they've received paralysis. >> lot of patients are coming in was struck lippold rhinos and a cough then develop weakness of an arm or leg in more than one lamp but not respiratory problems. >> reporter: the number they say is likely rise prepared >> it will likely rise and go through the population. >> reporter: your child has a cold or flu symptoms and began not using a palm or lake please go to a doctor sooner than later. --not
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using an arm or leg. >> catherine: but south bay health officials say they've suspected for some time thatthe virus is here -- and on the move. >> catherine: they base that on the number of patients reporting general flu-like symptoms. >> catherine: the first case involved a person under 18 - who was hospitalized and later released. that patient is now recovering - in good condition. >> catherine: the health department is expecting to see more cases but says the virus is most active in summer and fall and typically retreats with the arrival of cooler weather. >> catherine: there's no vaccine to protect you from the entair-o virus. the c-d-c says the best way to prevent getting the illness is to wash your hands with soap and water. >> catherine: also - avoid close contact with people who are sick.
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and clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces. >> catherine: and our website is a good resource to get a handle onwe have links to information about: >> catherine: what symptoms to look for. how it's spread. >> catherine: who's most at risk. and much more. it's all on kron4.com. >> grant:tonight.a franticfirefight with depleted resources. this wildfire aest of sacramento has already destroyed five homes.and several outbuildings. >> grant:now fire officials are worried it tould get much worse. the fire is burning in the small applegate community.located in placer county. >> grant:what started as a series of wildfires along the side of eastbound interstate 80 ahs grown to 420 acres. >> grant:and now.crews are battling.hoping to keep the fires from getting into a canyon along the interstate.where dry brush
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and trees could case the fire to really take off. >> grant:right now,.at least one thousand homes are threatened.mandatory evacuiatuons are in place. the fires, which started yesterday.are 20 percent contained. >> grant:not helping matters. >> grant:cal fire's 22 air tankers are grounded.being examined after one crashed two days ago.killing the san jose pilot who was heloping fight a fire in yosemite. >> grant:this fire in applegate has park officials at yosemite say sparks from a car triggered the wildfire that led to the death of an air-tanker pilot. >> catherine: it's unclear what type of vehicle caused the caused the sparks. >> catherine: within a few hours of the blaze breaking out tuesday, a calfire airtanker crashed into a canyon wall. killing 62 year old pilot geoffrey hunt of san jose. >> catherine: so far the fire has burned 245 acres, and is just 10-percent contained. >> catherine:
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>> jacqueline: it was a lot cooler up there today no doubt, you have noticed it. that and to the '80s and antioch and fairfield. we also have a 80 degree temperatures and several failed creek 67 teams mostly, everywhere else. today 77 in napa. temperatures are a lot cooler than what we saw yesterday creek down 10% in concord and san jose. 70 percent cooler and santa rosa and 12 degrees cooler and san mateo. 15 degrees cooler in redwood city. now looking from the bay bridge toll plaza with high cloud cover cheer as we go to the golden gate bridge we are still holding on to low clouds here and down the coast line we are expecting widespread s o g. slow to
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cleared. things look good for the air show tomorrow. pretty like wind as well. changes for the weekend with sunny and warmer temperatures getting actually hot in some places. >> catherine: away they go! the blue angels take to the skies above san francisco bay -- for their first practice for fleet week. >> catherine: the jets were grounded for much of the day because of fog. but just about two hours ago.things cleared up enough for the blue angels to take off. >> catherine: they love the blue angels. expect one family drove up from morgan hill. --infact
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>> the pilots came out to get coffee around 2:00 so we come out with them and took photos creek that kind of made our day. >> catherine: this saturday -- be sure to tune into kron 4. >> catherine: we'll bring you the blue angels flying high above the bay area for the fleet week air show. that's this saturday at 3:00.live.exclusively on kron 4. >> catherine: coming up, new information on the san jose father killed in front of his own home. the suspect now behind bars. >> catherine: also -- golden gate transit union members, announce another strike. when workers are expected to walk off the job. >> catherine: and -- fears of ebola spreading in the u- s has some people on edge. why some airport employees walked off the job today. he gets a ready for you alert the second his room is ready. so he knows exactly when he can check in and power up before his big meeting. and when alan gets all powered up, ya know what happens?
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>> catherine: tonight-- three men are behind bars - accused of killing a san jose father in front of his home. >> catherine: luis gonzalez, alexander reyna and michael castro face homicide charges for the shooting death of 24 year old richard watkins late last month. >> catherine: san jose police say a relative of watkins was parking his car before athat's when the men opened fire. a stray bullet hit and killed watkins, who was standing on the porch.
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>> catherine: he leaves behind two young daughters.and his wife is pregnant. >> catherine: police say the incident might have been a case of mistaken identity. >> catherine: mountain view police are on the hunt for the suspects behind a frightening home invasion. it happened yesterday morning on san marcos circle in mountain view. >> catherine: police say two african american men stormed into the home and tied up a resident. they reportedly stole a phone and some cash. >> catherine: the victim was not hurt and the suspects are still on the loose tonight. if you have any information, contact mountain view police. >> catherine: coming up, more controversy for san francisco's embattled fire chief. today she was on the hot seat because of ambulance response times. >> catherine: that's after an incident where a man died. what she's calling for.next. >> catherine: and unlicensed contractors are caught on video -- preying on napa earthquake victims. that's still ahead.
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department's response to an incident yesterday where an eldery man died. >> catherine: firefighters responded to a carbon monoxide alarm at an apartment building at taravel and 23rd avenue. >>while crews evacuated the building. a resident was suffering from an apparent heart attack. >> catherine: it took the ambulance 18 minutes to respond. that's 8 minutes longer than the department standard. >> catherine: the man died at the scene >>.need to be expanded >> catherine: union leaders say they no longer have any confidence in their chief. and have asked the mayor to fire her. >> catherine: this afternoon the fire commission met
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behind closed doors to talk about the chief's job performance. >> catherine: north bay commuters.brace for another golden gate bridge worker strike. today.golden gate bridge bus drivers said they're going on strike next friday. >> catherine: this is video from the ferry workers strike back in september. this time.it's bus workers who are walking off the job. >> catherine: the october 17-th strike will shut down bus service between san francisco and marin county that day. >>it's the third strike by members of the golden gate bridge labor coalition.who are in a contract disputes with the bridge district. >> catherine: the district says 22-thousand people use golden gate transit. >> catherine: today - bart's board of directors approved a plan to partner with a-c transit to provide extra bus service between san francisco and the east bay. >> catherine: that would be on friday and saturday nights when bart trains are not running. bart trains don't run overnight because that's the
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only time crews can do maintenance. >> catherine: a-c transit would expand its routes from san francisco to the richmond bart station, and from dowtown oakland to the fremont bart station. >> catherine: it would also add a new line serving the pittburg/bay point bart station. the one-year pilot program could launch as early as december. >> catherine: an undercover sting in napa has been caught on video tape >> catherine: officials with the contractors state license board say it shows unlicensed contractors preying on victims of the napa earthquake. >> catherine: today, those officials issued a warning. kron four's terisa estacio has the story. >> >> reporter: official says that it shows and license contractors were walking through homes making suggestions on repairs.
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>>cracked here, there. >>we called people out to give us a bid. total of 13 people were arrested. >> reporter: >> we are here to prevent second victimized asian for people who are critical right bottle and outside of their homes. victimize emotionally and financially because of the earthquake. that is why we are here to make sure that this not happen again. >> you want to be real careful for people who would not want to give you a written contract and will
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accept payment up front. they need to carry workers, or insurance. you want to make sure that these people that are working on your property are in short in case that there is an issue and they become injured . >> jacqueline: tomorrow we will see the fault drizzle. --fog. so clear by noon but by 3 we are looking at sunny skies creek more on the blue angels coming up. first let's talk f o g. widespread f o g tomorrow morning. by 9:00 in the morning we are purchasing a clearing for the east bay. as we head into the new we are still hanging on to patchy f o g.
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temperatures tomorrows are very similar with all clearly f o g. currey 80 degrees in cupertino cam 79 in san jose and kitty in campbell. 87 degrees and antioch and 86 degrees and livermore. we will see in 70 degrees temperatures in san francisco and low eighties for the north bay. >> jacqueline: tomorrow we will have the sole clearing f o g creek it will be clear by 3:00 p.m. so we will have mild temperatures at that hour. saturday will be even warmer. this is what the weekend is shaping up to be with a lot of the 80 degree temperatures. by sunday we are looking at a lot of the low 90 degree temperatures.
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we will see the dried meant coming into the valley. we are also under a fire watch because of the temperatures. the delta and diablo range. are all under the fired weather watch. looking at the extended weather... clean off on monday. and are even looking at brain on monday and tuesday. --rain. >> grant:a new warning today from the head of the centers for disease control. comparing the ebola epidemic to the deadliest plague to strike america in modern times. >>i will say that they only thing like this is aids, so we have to work now so that this doesn't become the next
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aids. >> grant:while doctor thomas frieden was speaking at the world bank, workers at new york's laguardia airport were protesting. >> grant:airplane cleaning crews say they don't have the proper gear to protect themselves from the potentially deadly disease. >> grant:in a few days ramped up screening of passengers will begin at jfk in new york city and expand to atlanta, newark, chicago and here at washington dulles >> grant:these five airports receive about 95 percent of the 150 passengers arriving in the u.s. daily from ebola hot spots guinea, liberia and sierra leone. >> grant:under the new screening measures, passengers will have their temperatures checked with a laser thermometer--no touching necessary just held close to the forehead. and they will have to fill out a new cdc questionnaire. >> grant:but there are no guarantees. >>there's a 21 day incubation period. people may not have a fever when they're passing through the airport. invariably when a case comes through, people are going to ask we had this
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temperature screening set up, why did this happen? i'm telling people it's going to be completely predictable that its going to happen because this is not a foolproof way to prevent ebola from coming into the country. >> grant:the american freelance photographer being treated in nebraska is still in serious condition, but doctors say he is able to talk. >> grant:they are giving him to stregthen his immune system. in dallas, where a liberian man died of the disease last week, a sheriff's deputy complained of ebola likebut today doctors say he was not infected. >> catherine: up next.more trouble for minnesota vikings star adrian peterson. grant returns to tell us why the prosecutor is pushing for an arrest. >> catherine: and people in l-a are lining up for a major announcementwe have a preview of what the company is expected to roll out.
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bond and have him re- arrested after the minnesota vikings running back allegedly admitted to smoking marijuana while he is awaiting trial on a felony child abuse charge. >> grant:in a motion filed thursday, the montgomery county district attorney's office accused peterson of smoking marijuana while out on bond. he allegedly told a worker conducting his urinalysis exam during a wednesday court appearance that "he smoked a little weed." not taking any illegal drugs are common terms to adhere to when out on bond. >> grant:peterson has been put on paid leave while the case plays out. he has admitted using a wooden switch to discipline his 4- year-old son earlier this year in suburban houston. >> catherine: next at 6-30.a look at your top stories, including more confirmed cases of enterovirus here in the bay area. >> catherine: plus, the blue angels finally take to the skies for their first practice of fleet week. >> reporter: people behaving badly up next! >> jacqueline: it was the difficulty cooler out there today with 10 to 15 degrees lower than what we saw yesterday. we will see a warming trend coming up with
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trying to mislead you about the effects of proposition 46. well here's the truth: 46 will save lives. it will save money too. i'm bob pack, and i'm fighting for prop 46 because i lost my two children to preventable medical errors and i don't want anyone else to lose theirs. the three provisions in 46 will reduce medical errors and protect patients. save money and save lives. yes on 46.
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for most of the day and be at 75 degrees for the 3:00 hour. '80s are expected for downtown san francisco with the dried warm wind picked up this week especially on sunday. we will have 90s and land and '80s inside the bay. it will cool next week as the storm approached the bay area. we can't even see wayne starting to state street-rain starting tuesday, (male announcer): now, here's stanley roberts who found some people behaving badly. >> reporter: i get plenty of emails almost from people trying to solve a bet. the wager is always about
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what can youand can not do at behind the wheel of a car while stopped at a light >> stanley:will first off, if you're admiring your new shirt or folding clothes you're probably not behaving badly because folding shirts is not against the law >> stanley:however if you have a phone firmly attached to your ear while sitting at the light that is in fact behaving badly, i guess high end cars don't come with handsfree >> stanley:i'm at intersection of treat and bancroff road in the city of walnut creek after a viewer asked me to have a look at driver at this location >> stanley:the first thing i noticed was the amount of drivers that run the red light turning left from bancroft road onto treat like this driver >> stanley:it's usually the drivers at the end of the line not wishing to wait for the next lite cycle, but some are blatant red light runners >> stanley:it happens at almost every single light cycle like this driver when driving around it's important that you take the absolute best care not to block the crosswalk whether you are driver a landscaping truck
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>> stanley:or the driver of this a lincoln town car, but the thing i noticed much is how many people are ignoring the hands free law >> stanley:but here is the intresting part and i'll use this white mustang as a prime example . the driver is holding a phoneclealy a violation of the hands free law >> stanley:but across the road is walnut creek police suv that just appeared, and back the mustang the phone has all but diappeared >> stanley:this driver is using with appears to be a tablet, its not clear until she makes the turn and takes the tablewhen behind the wheel of a car truck or bus your full attention should be on the road and everything going on around you. not your electronic device in walnut creek stanley roberts kron 4 news >> catherine: we will have a preview of tesla car straight ahead.
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>> catherine: president obama will be coming to san francisco this weekend. he'll fly into s-f-o tomorrow afternoon for democratic national committee events. >> catherine: he scheduled to arrive at the airport tomorrow at 3-30 p-m. he'll be going to a d-n-c event after he arrives.and then will attend a d-n-c roundtable saturday. >> catherine: the president will be returning to washington, dc on saturday morning. >> catherine: the eyes of the auto-industry are on tesla tonight. analysts expect the electric car maker to unveil its first all-wheel drive vehicle. >> catherine: c-e-o elon musk tweeted a photo last week--promising to make an announcement today. it made reference to how it was "'about time to unveil the d and something else.' >> catherine: it's believed "the d" stands for a dual motor or an all wheel drive system. analysts say an all-wheel- drive model is what tesla needs to compete in the luxury car market. >> catherine: colin kapernick is pint for wearing head phones by the
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down to whoever is able to execute properly . >>audio difficulties >> >> gary: by the clock starts saturday and sunday in st. louis and at home for an afternoon game creek next tuesday and wednesday here is in san francisco. four out of seven and two out of three. but this is for out of seven for the national league championship. this has been a real, down the to award winner has not been used will list lincecum
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>> gary: in the 2012 national league championship series he helped shut down the cardinals coming out of the bullpen. here is lick lincecum sounding like a team man. >> i think that this is something more special about it. this is what pitchers talk about all of the time. just to be on the roster is great for it >> gary: do to make millions of next year take the money. this guy 30 years of age he believes he still has it. it will be very interesting what giants do. with a
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dangling him for this off- season. >> gary: to his credit, he is saying the right things now. >> gary: staying at the same hotel as the giants are bought and a big fan of bochy. --haurbaugh >>i am a big fan. i would love to run into him. >> gary: was that? >> jacqueline: people are always asking if i like you. >> jacqueline: (laughter)
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said that they had to wear suit and tie on the road. it was $8,000 fine if you do not do it. he rolled out a check for $41,000 is that i am not wearing a coat and tie so let me take you up front pay you up front. >> gary: sports night on friday night derrick things happened creek >> gary: there will be no longer there will be no black out. >> gary: detroit lions had barred a teenager from all of their e dense and stadium for shunning a light in the
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>> catherine: coming up, why this huge camera is strapped to the >> catherine: two bay area tech companies have just been named the world's most valuable brands. the consulting agency " inter"brand" released its annual list today. >> catherine: google says the view from the camelback is most authentic and least damaging way to take photos.
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of some of the biggest sand dunes. >> catherine: sting is already in the hall of fame with the police but now he is trying his luck as a solo act. the winners will be announced in the center. december. >> jacqueline: >> catherine: one more fleet week. >> jacqueline: tomorrow will be almost identical as what we saw today. by saturday and sunday in a reversal in hour wind toward cutting off the sea breeze and.
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