>> was hoping for a full acquittal. the jury determined that his behavior was negligent. >> reporter: is running the as and the last case will also represented in this case. >> he is really a sweet kid who i got to know over several years of representing him. >> reporter: the fire and the salon's is one of many in this area creek they cannot believe that he is tied to the others but the case is yet to be turned over to the d.a. office. the chargers had no other researchers have been filed. --charges have been filed. >> pam: in the video you can

hear the officer seen the man ran over his foot. then you see an officer pushing. almost tossing the man out of his wheelchair. >> we always want to make sure that our officers are conducting themselves in the correct way. >> pam: in addition to a police department investigation, the incident is also being citizens complaint. >> pam: new developments in a major cold case crime today. a suspected serial killer has been extridated to san mateo county. to face charges in the decades old 'gypsy hill murders'. >> pam: kron 4's maureen kelly was there as the

suspect made his first court appearance. >> reporter:cameras were not allowed in to see 66 year old rodney hal-bough-er stand before a judge.his hands shackled to his waist. >> reporter:but families members of some of his victims were there. >> reporter:this is crime scene video from when the body of 18 year old veronica cascio was found at the sharp park golf course in pacifica in january of 1976. >> reporter:17 year old paula baxter of millbrae was murdered one month later >> reporter:the san mateo county district attorney says they have dna evidence linking halbower to those two murders. >> reporter:but that is not the case with the murders of 14 year old tanya blackwell and 26 year old carol lee booth.halbower is not facing any charges in those cases.yet. >> reporter:but investigators have ruled him out as a possible suspect in the daly city murder of 19 year old denise lampesaying he was in custody in nevada at the time of her death. >> reporter:california didn't have the death penalty in 1976 so halbower is facingttwo possible life sentences.plus he's already serving a thrity year sentence in oregon. >> reporter:authorities say the suspect's dna also links

him to the 1976 murder of a 19 year old reno woman.but that case is being handled by nevada proscuters. >> reporter:the original police officer assigned to the paula baxter case says he kept investigating the murder well after he retired..he showed up in court today.glad to see a suspect finally in custody.nearly 40 years later. >> there is closure i just wish that the girl was still alive. she was a really nice girl. >> reporter:halbower did not enter a plea.he's being held without bail and is due back in court next monday. maureen kelly kron4 news. >> pam: there was a scare at the marin county civic center this morning. one that forced an evacuation. >> pam: catherine heenan is here with the details on what happened. catherine >> catherine: sheriff's deputies were just wrapping up an awards program inside the civic center

>> catherine: when they heard what's being described as "blast-like" sounds. >> catherine: it turns out there was an innocent explanation -- but they were taking no chances. >> catherine: about 9:45 -- everyone was evacuated from the building.as deputies and police officers did a room by room search. >> catherine: they never did find anything dangerous -- and now think the loud noises were caused by wheelchair tires. >> catherine: but in those early minutes following the first explosive noise -- there was genuine concern about what was happening. >> catherine: a second noise was heard shortly afterwards -- and again -- wheelchair tires >> catherine: are being blamed. >> catherine: the person in the wheelchair had apparently pumped up the air in his tires this morning, and admits he probably overdid it -- and they popped. >> catherine: the chair had been parked outside the room where the ceremony was happening. .. >> catherine: the man who runs a west berkeley medical marijuana dispensary that's been ordered shut down --- says he's not giving up the

fight. >> catherine: this is 'forty acres' -- a dispensary and collective on san pablo avenue. >> catherine: this week the city council ordered it shut down -- calling it a public nuisance. >> catherine: that's despite the fact more than 40 supporters testified on its behalf. >> catherine: but others complain about late night loud music and alleged drug dealing. and >> catherine: this has been a long-running battle..and co-founder christopher smith says he's going to appeal the latest council ruling. >> catherine: dispensaries are non-profits which require a city license. >> catherine: smith argues that he's lived in the building for years - and that '40 acres' is a collective >> catherine: run out of a residence. he has 90 days to fight the order to close down. >> catherine: san jose police have now arrested 8 people -- after stumbling on

a home-based casino this week. >> catherine: officers had been responding to a possible domestic assault situation.but as soon as >> catherine: they arrived people began scattering from the home. inside - they found video gambling machines, drugs and even cash -- in plain sight. >> catherine: this is the home -- on the 100 block of south capitol avenue. >> catherine: police detained 20 people -- ultimately arresting 8 on a string of charges, includingnarcotics possession. >> catherine: the investigation is ongoing. >> pam: the university of california's governing board. has decided to hold off on a plan to tie coach bonuses to the grades of their student athletes. >> pam: last month, u-c president janet napolitano approved the new policy. it was created to address concerns over low graduation rates for students on the football, men's basketball and six other teams at u-c berkeley. >> pam: it would have required the athletes to meet certain minimum academic standards. before coaches could receive incentive pay. the policy

was set to take effect this week. but it ran into opposition from lieutenant governor gavin newsom and some members of the board of regents. they are arguing that the academic performance standard in the policy. is not ambitious enough. >> grant:now to that football air pressure issue that's currently overshadowing the uncoming super bowl. >> grant:what's known as deflate gate got juicer today when patriots head coach bill belichick and quarterback tom brady spoke about it for the first time. >> grant:both saying.they have no idea how 11 of the team's 12 balls were low on air -- two pounds per square inch deflated when the nfl investigated. >> grant:the patriots won that afc championship game in a blowout.so it's not likely the air pressure in the footballs was a

determing factor. >> grant:but it does raise questions about cheating and the integrity of the game. >> grant:brady.a product of san mateo's serra high school.who a few years ago admitted he prefers a slightly deflated ball.gave his side of the story. >> i was preparing for a game. i do not know what happened. obviously something did happen. however, i was preparing for a game. >> pam: tonight at 5:45.gary radnich will be here to offer his perspective on the story. >> pam: still ahead at five. an accident in one oakland neighborhood. is rasing concerns about safety. >> pam: we will explain why at 5:15. >> pam: then. protesters are gathering right now at bart's board meeting. >> pam: coming up at 5:30. what their demands are for the board. >> pam: and next. a new warning about e- cigarettes and a dangerous cancer causing chemical.

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>> catherine: a new warning about e- cigarettes. researchers now say that the vapor they produce can contain a surprisingly high >> catherine: amount of formaldehyde -- which can cause cancer. it's a preliminary study - but it's adding to the growing fears about the vaporizers. >> catherine: researchers say long term users of e- cigarettes could be up to 15 times more at risk for cancer than people who smoke regular cigarettes. >> catherine: meantime --

the bart board is meeting tonight.and could vote on whether >> catherine: to ban their use on trains and in stations. >> catherine: that ban is expected to pass. >> pam: next at five. an accident along a road in the oakland hills. is raising new concerns tonight about safety. >> pam: the details are next. >> reporter:

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confusion or abnormal behavior. the most common side effects are mild to moderate nausea and vomiting. call your doctor right away. don't lose another moment to the flu. when there's flu, tamiflu. >> pam:a pedestrian was hit by a car in the oakland hills yesterday. >> pam:now, people who live in the area are questioning the safety of the roadway. >>it is tonight's "my kron four story." >>whoa! >> reporter:as you can see trying to cross the street here on park blvd in oakland can be rather dangerous. in fact a woman was seriously injured by a vehicle earlier this week crossing here at

trestle glen >>"speeding on park blvd is a big problem in the neighborhood" >> reporter:hugh morrsion has lived here in this trestle glenn neighborhood for 14-years >>"we have close calls dailyand more dangerously between cars and pedestrians" >> reporter:part of the problem is a lack of street lights. check this out. at the top of the hill at the hwy-13 exit on park blvd once the light >> reporter: turns greenthere is a 's of a mile down hill stretchi will speed up the cameraas you can see it is full of twists and turns, there's a cross walk along the way and a pair of schools before you reach the next traffic light here at leimert. morrison says it continues that way down the hill

>>"they've tried digital speed limit signs. they don't wok people phase them out" >> reporter:oakland city councilmember district. during our interview it even got a little hairy for yours truly trying to cross he street here >>"enforcing the red lights, the stops signs, like this gentleman here who almost ran you overwe're trying to reactivate the traffic unit" >> reporter:he says traffic enforcement has all but gone by the wayside due to decreased staffing at opd. so he says it is up to the city council to do what it can to increase public safety here >>"the city has it on their schedule due to the fact that measure bb passed and we will have money to fix he pot holes, deal with the sidewalks, the lighting and the safety of the neighborhood" >> reporter:in oakland haaziq madyun kron4news >> pam:we checked out that last story after viewers reached out to us. if you have a story idea you'd like us to check into -- go to our website

kron4-dot-com >> pam:and click on the my kron4 story tab. >> jacqueline: now we are looking at clear skies. bay area wide as the cloud cover shift into the central valley. more cloud off shore. we will keep it mainly clear tonight with the exception of f o g. >> jacqueline: 56 in san francisco and 53 degrees in san jose. tonight, we will mainly be in the '40's is what you see on the screen with some 30 some extent upper portions of the north bay in fairfield. most is how quickly things will rebound with the '60s here on the screen. and to the 3:00 hour spreading into the '60s and hit to the 70's

by the end of the week. >> jacqueline: we could set the new record temperatures coming up in just a little bit. >> pam: nearly a week after a mysterious gray gunk surfaced in san francisco bay. injuring and killing birds. we are still waiting to find out what the substance is. >> pam: since last friday, more than 250-birds have died. as a result of their feathers being covered with the strange gooey substance. with a texture similar to rubber cement. >> pam: the goo covers their feathers, and the birds become unable to insulate themselves. and they eventually freeze to death. >> pam: hundreds of live birds have been taken to the international bird rescue. to be cleaned and rehabilitated. >> pam: three young terrier puppies found abonded in a trash bag are doing better tonight >> pam: the pups were examined by a vet and have checked out. >> pam: but as kron four's terisa estacio reports, the puppies need some time before they can find permenant homes.

>> reporter:nestled next to each other and cuddling a stuffed animal in their crate these little guys were fast asleep >> reporter:when i arrived at the east bay animal rescue and refuge in concord >>gonzalez/ebarr - i think the stuffed animals are like moms >> reporter:hungry. the little guys started to venture out one by one >> reporter:ray has been watching over the pups for the past few days here at the rescue center. it was on monday when the pups were discovered abandoned at a pleasant hill park in a trash bag tied on the top - apparently in an attempt to suffocate them. >> reporter:they are doing a lot better - eating. >> reporter:although they are doing great they still are pretty small too small to get homes yet. >> reporter: they need to put on weight and we need to alter them before they go to homes. >> we do not need more population of puppies up

there. that is the policy. that is what we have to wait until the airbill least eight weeks before adopting. >> reporter:so in the meantime these guys are going to a foster home where they can stay together and grow together until permenant homes can be found. >> he then looks good so far. once they are fully adjusted and happy that is when we will know that everything is going great. >> reporter: they really are little sweeties. >> reporter:in concord te >> pam: next. the navy removes a top linked to a scandal involving a death and an extramartial affair. >> pam: and britian's prince andrew breaks his silence. amid troubling accusations made against him.

>> pam: paths... the insider has more from hollywood. >> reporter: the big question on everyone's mind is will he finally break his silence and adjust the truck linked a that...--and i trust the troubling is secular him. >> reporter:buckingham palace is vehemently denying his involvement in an underage prostitution sex ring. still, this disturbing british monarchy. >> pam:the insider's louis aguirre has more from hollywood. >> reporter:pam, all eyes were on davos, switzerland as prince andrew attended the world economic on everyone's mind was would he finally break his silence and address the troubling

accusations for the first time? >>i just wish to reiterate and which have already been made on my behalf by buckingham palace. >> reporter: breaking his silence as a royal sex scandal overshadowed the world economic forum in davos switzerland. >> reporter:it is his first public appearance since underage sex allegations resurfaced in a lawsuit by this woman, virginia roberts. >> reporter:the details of the sordid allegations were laid out in this newly released sworn affidavit. the now 31 year old alleges that starting at 17 years old, she quote: >> reporter:had sex with him three times, including one orgy. i knew he was a member of the british royal family, but i just called him "andy." >> reporter:in the affidavit, roberts claims this photo taken in london the day they met back in march 2001. she claims later that night they engaged in sexual activity, and she was subsequently paid fifteen thousand dollars by the prince's one jeffrey epstein for quote >>"what i had done and to keep "working" with the prince." buckingham palace has strongly denied the prince ever had a sexual relationship with roberts >> reporter:this could just be the tip of the iceberg. >> pam:get more entertainment news on the insider tonight at 7, >> pam:for kron 4 news,

back to you pam. you can watch all your celebrity news here on kron- 4. after the insider -- entertainment tonight airs at 7:30. >> pam:coming up. protesters are packing a bart board meeting right now. what they are demanding. is next at 5:30. plus. a drone comes crashing down in califronia. board that has police concerned.

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>> pam:happening right now. protesters are packing a bart board meeting in oakland. >> pam:they plan to confront board members. about having to pay restitution for this protest.which shutdown the west oakland station back in november. >> pam:this video is from our helicopter partnership with abc-7. kron 4's scott rates is at the board meeting. he joins us with more. scott? >> reporter: some nearly 200 protesters attacking this bart area 3 it right outside on the rooftop you see at the doors with hundreds of people right there. just before the bart board meeting started they stated the pledge a pledge of allegiance . >> before we get started even if other i will let to take a moment to inform people how we will start this evening. we would like

to have people address the board tonight. if you have not done so already... chanting >>chanting >> reporter: there was a peaceful protest not too much of a hassle. protesters state that the district attorney and dropped charges on the west oakland station back in november. there asking for this and that is what they are here. we will stay on top of this to bring you more of the latest developments. scott rates kron 4 news. >> pam: today the bay area got off to a bit of a breezy start.

>> pam: but it ended up being a sunny. and a little hazy day. >> pam: this is video from emeryville looking out over the bay towards alcatraz. >> pam: let's get a check on the forecast with chief meterologist jacqueline bennett. >> jacqueline: pam we deal with up to low temperatures. 60 in napa and santa rosa was 61 degrees in fremont bridge look at the changes over the next 24 hours. eight degrees cooler in hayward. and antioch and livermore print things will start to one up later tomorrow and especially into the weekend. we will see areas of the f o g over night and there will be chilly temperatures in certain spots. >> jacqueline: otherwise and the forties everywhere else. we will have more

sunspot sunshine and the clouds would not be as bad. with record temperatures. let's take a look at those numbers coming up in just a little bit. >> pam:fremont police are investigating five different residential burglaries. all in the same day. >> pam:kron 4's will tran talked to fremont police about what happened. >> pam:yemen's president has resigned -- abed mansour hadi. >> pam:it's bad news because he's been staunchly pro- american -- and an ally in the fight against >> reporter: 45 tundra of nicolette avenue and the 1100 block of gilbert court. why so many and so why so many in one day? >> are concerned with a number of burglaries in our town yesterday. this is

unusual, it has been other times and situations with multiple burglaries in one day. + 54 but five in one day plus an octet is unusual. so and at 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. window there was definitely the target time where people were away from our homes. i running errands or taking of children from school or away at work. >> reporter: did make it more difficult to track down what this is because people were not at home? >> of course. because people were away from their homes. but some people may have a video surveillance cameras. so our detectives are following up on that today. in two of the cases one or three that occurred in one

attack but possible bmw was seen in the area. we are not the 100 percent certain but some witnesses told us that when we were out there yester day. >> reporter: i can tell you that you are being encouraged to lock your doors because in one case one of the suspect came through an unlocked door. reporting in fremont will tran creek >> pam: the kings have brother would not assume that from there. and a change in power in yemen today. and it is not good news for the united states.

catherine is here to explain. >> catherine:hadi was essentially forced to leave. giving rebels an opening. >> catherine: the dominant force in the leaderless country - is now the houthis, who are allied with iran. >> catherine: they don't like the u.s. -- and oppose yemen's cooperation with drone strikes >> catherine: against al qaeda. >> catherine: hoothi rebels have been outside hadi's home in recent days -- keeping him from going anywhere. his prime minister and cabinet have also resigned. >> catherine: all of this has caught the u.s. by surprise -- and there's the possibility that americans might be evacuated from the country. >> catherine: passed a bill banning all taxpayer money for abortions. >> catherine: it passed mostly along party lines.

>> catherine: the white house has warned that president obama would veto the measure -- all but ensuring >> catherine: that it will never become law. >> catherine: gop leaders rushed the bill to the house floor anyway -- hours after abandoning another >> catherine: bill that would ban most late-term abortions. the vote coincides with the 42nd anniversary of the supreme court's roe vs. wade decision. >> catherine: jeb bush and mitt romney had a private meeting in utah today. >> catherine: it might have been a little awkward -- because it was scheduled 'before' romney's >> catherine: surprise announcement two weeks ago -- that he's considering a third run for the white house. >> catherine: jeb bush announced last month that he's looking into a run as well. >> catherine: the new york times is reporting that the two men might now try to find a way to avoid rival campaigns that would split their party. >> catherine: when asked at the airport today what's up in utah -- bush simply said "i like to ski. i can't comment."

>> pam: under investigation with the navy. that investigation includes a death of a civilian that worked at the base. stating that he may have been and having an inappropriate relationship with the dead civilians wife. >> pam: both tom brady and the patriots head coach. speak out about "deflate- gate" coming up at 5:45. kron 4 sports director gary radnich gives us his take on the controversy. >> pam: plus. a drone comes crashing down in california. >> pam: the surprise police got.when then found it. is next.

>> grant:police in a mexican border city say a drone overloaded with illicit methamphetamine has crashed into a supermarket parking lot. >> grant:tijuana police spokesman jorge morrua said wednesday that police were alerted after the drone fell tuesday night near the san ysidro crossing at mexico's border with california. >> grant:six packets of the drug, weighing more than six pounds, were taped to the six-propeller remote- said authorities are investigating where the flight originated and who was controlling it. he said it was not the first time they had seen drones used for smuggling drugs across the border.

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bill belichick and quarterback tom brady. both talked about the scandal. kron 4's sports director gary radnich joins us with take on this. >> gary: belichick and grady brady. responding to the balls reported sunday surpassed that were deflated. back in 2011 he prefers the ball that way. now the national football league is in castigating and it will have to make some formal ruling. --is investigating. >> i have never spoke with a staff member about the ball here pressure. on these

phobos something that he would have to talk about much better detail. >> have a process that i go through what it hit the ball but i want to, and the soap balls that i want to use for the game. i do not want anyone touching, rubbing or placing a year or deflating the footballs after i have to touch them. i believe that they are perfect. >> have >> i have no knowledge of anyone doing anything as far as i know. >> gary: do you believe brady? that is the question. >> gary: a lot of people are just looking at a belichick with no trust.

>> gary: but tom brady is squeaky clean. >> gary: can send us your reaction. and you trust tom brady today? i guess i felt kind of a trusting soul and i thought that the story would go away i tend to believe what they have said. >> pam: i get to patrick and they were not leaving him. --i did too. >> pam: and they were not be leading him either. --belie ving him. >> pam: they were tough on him. >> gary: itself casting a

cloud over the super bowl. >> gary: may be tired of talking about this. so bring on the game appeared. >> gary: brady blames belichick. in the ball boy is blind. --the ball boy was blamed. >> pam: i was not aware that they selected their own balls. >> grant: this one is from at kron4 g. radnich. i just washed brady. very small but hard to believe. flat out

cheated. maybe this will not blow over. >> grant: very deflating. week she cared to. --we cheat here too! >> grant: i believe them to be innocent. but there has not been any evidence to suggest that it are not cree >> grant: do you think that tom brady was lying today? >> jacqueline: by tomorrow afternoon we will see more sunshine and temperatures warming up and the mid '60s

for a lot of the locations. we are in the clear right now. we did have clout this morning and we did anticipate that. few isolated bring showers. >> jacqueline: we should stay made clear up there tonight. central valley f o g is reforming and moving into the delta with patchy f o g. but 8:00 the f o g will still hang with us. we will help clear skies into the afternoon a. >> jacqueline: temperatures will warm up by the 3:00 hour. 39 degrees in santa rosa and death mulling more mild in san francisco and richmond. --more mild.

>> jacqueline: 60 in los gatos and warmer for inland valleys creek in fact a lot warmer today. low fifties for central valleys. mid- 60's inside the bay is the upper 60s down in hayward. 55 degrees in san francisco and mainly '60s for upper part san francisco. and the north to bay. >> jacqueline: up and down the coast line with the waves with dangerous conditions. he would like to be careful.. >> jacqueline: www.snowbomb.com

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>> pam:now at six. >> pam:protesters responsible for shutting down bart last friday, and

now taking their concerns directly to the agency's board of directors. >> pam:good evening i'm pam moore. >> pam:supporters of the "black lives matter" movement are making their voices heard tonight, the want bart to drop charges on more than a dozen protesters accused of shutting down the west oakland station back in november. >> pam:the board of directors meeting started about an hour ago.kron 4's scott rates is live in oakland with the latest.scott? >> reporter: you can hear break their that they have stepped up right at the beginning of the meeting making their message heard. right as they started the pledges of the allegiance. they began to chat. there are so many protesters that they started to divide different sections. singing songs and talking. they are demanding charges be dropped against the 14 protesters at the west oakland station back in november when they tied themselves to be

barred train when they were protesting. this should go on for another half hour or so and i will go in and continue to talk with people. i will continue to keep you updated occurre. >> pam: developing news at this hour. san francisco police have made an arrest in a recent arson fire in san francisco's castro district. and it turns out the suspect just got out of jail two months ago after serving more than three years for a gruesome crime. >> pam: kron 4's dan kerman joins now with details. dan. >> reporter:last night police arrested 25 year old david diaz. on suspicion of arson >> reporter:it was saturday night when fire broke out inside this castro district hair salon. it turns out diaz was a client and the public defender says diaz boyfriend owns the bar below. >> reporter:diaz just got out of jail just 2 months ago, after serving three years for involuntary manslaughter. >> reporter:it was in june 2011 when diaz was accused of vista park during a sexual encounter that included of setting fire to the man's body. her served more than three years in jail for that, and the man

who defended him says news of his arrest saddens him . >> mr. ds is someone that i was very optimistic for he was doing well a lot of custody and remain strong bonds with friends and family before that. he was keeping in contact with. and very very hopeful. i hard i find it hard to fathom that he would like a fire on something like this. i cannot see it. >> reporter: also mentioned that this fire is one of several and the castro in recent weeks. police do not believe that he is connected to any of the other fighters. pam? >> pam: a 66 year old

convict has been extridated from an oregon prison to appear in a redwood city courtroom in order to face charges in two cold case murders from nearly 40 years ago. >> pam: this is the mugshot of rodney halbower. >> pam: authorities say they have dna evidence linking the suspect to the rapes and murders of two peninsula teenagers. >> pam: the body of 18 year old veronica cascio was discovered at sharp park golf course in pacifica back in january 1976. >> pam: 17 year old paula baxter of millbrae was killed one month later. >> pam: the district attorney says they can not seek the death penalty in thess cases, because it had been was declared unconstitutional that year only to be reinstated in 19- 77 >> he is 67 years old. we could have to life sentences consecutive. he will have enough time to finish his 30 years in oregon and we feel rather confident that we can

convict this man that he would never walk free up again. >>'free again" >> pam:halbower is still considered a suspect in death of two other san mateo county teens from around that same time period. >> pam:he has not been charged in those cases, but they are still under investigation. >> grant:tonight san francisco police are addressing this controversial video that some are calling a case of police brutality. >>video >> grant:this happened sunday in san francisco's visitation valley neighborhood near the sunnydale housing complex. >> grant:there are two angles capturing parts of what happened. >> grant:polcie say they noticed people arguing,.and then cited three people for having an open container.and one for obstructing an officer. >> grant:the video appears to show an officer berating the man in the wheelchair

for running over his foot. >> grant:family members of the man in officer over- reacted when he tried to dump the disabled man out of his whellchair. police.aren't saying much. >> this is what internal affairs art investigating this situation to see that our officers are acting in the correct manner. >> grant:s-f-p-d's internal affairs division and the cities office of citizens complaints are investigating. >> grant:no officers have been placed on leave in connection with >> pam: a verdict today in the case of two san francisco officers accused of illegally searching residential hotel rooms without a warrant. >> pam: officer richard yick was acquitted on all charges in federal court today. >> pam: officer arshad razzak was convicted of the four counts against him. >> pam: those charges stem from rooms, and in some cases stealing items, then

lying about it on police reports back in 20-10. >> pam: razzak will be sentenced by seeborg on april 28. >> jacqueline: definitely more mild and half moon bay was 64 degrees there and 60 assets frozen and that the + fremont. temperatures largely in the '50s although we have already dropped. 52 and oakland and concord and santa rosa. the inland valleys and the delta with portions of the north bay and will also be chilly out there tomorrow morning and the low 40's and fall over the 30's. more sunshine will come and the cloud will clear faster. >> jacqueline: the warming trend will get underway tomorrow and go into the weekend if we may even see record-breaking temperatures. take a look at futurecast, tomorrow morning it will start of chilly in the '40's at the most part

with a few upper 30's as we move it to the afternoon quickly getting into the sixties which is what you see on the screen. widespread 50 street and in toward the 70's. we will take a look at those numbers coming up in just a bit. >> pam:a reminder -- you can get all your weather alerts, forecasts, check radar and more. by downloading our ***free*** kron4 mobile app. >> pam: a doctor is telling us how easy it is to get the measles and affection. plus a local football team are asking for answers regarding someone swiping their equipment. >> pam: at what is tom brady san about the alleged cheating scandal.

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>> catherine:at least 70 people have now become infected with measles.in an outbreak linked to two disney parks in california. >> catherine: the outbreak has now sickened people all over the state -- including a handful of bay area residents. >> catherine: new infections have been popping up -- and health officials are telling people to keep >> catherine: ...their children 'away' from disney theme parks unless they've been vaccinated for measles mumps and rubella. >> catherine: the concern is intense -- because measles

is so very contagious. . >> and the beginning is like a cough, a red eyes and a hard to distinguish between a common cold. but there is a rash that will come through. >> catherine:this is what measles looks like. >> catherine:the outbreak has spread to 5 u.s. states and mexico. >> catherine:most of the people who have become sick had not been vaccinated. >> pam: new developments in "deflate-gate" the scandal surrounding the new england patriots. >> pam: the team is accused of deflating footballs in last sunday's a-f-c championship game. >> pam: n-f-l rules say the balls must be inflated to between 12-point-5 to 13- point-5 pounds per square inch.

>> pam: according to e-s-p-n

eleven out of twelve game balls the patriots used sunday were underinflated. potentially giving them an edge with an easier grip. >> pam: today quarterback, and bay area native tom brady says he had nothing to do with it. >>"i didn't have any--i didn't alter the ball in any way. i have a process i go through before every game. where i go in and i pick the balls i want to--the footballs i want to use for the game." >> pam:the n-f-l is investigating. if it was intentional. or whether something.like the temperature at game time.was to blame >> grant:deflate-gate isn't done justcoming up at 6- 45.our sports director gary radnich with give his take on today's press conferences. . >> grant: a lot of people

are talking about this and it overshadows the lead up to the super bowl on sunday. the slate gate as it is known with a lot of people tweeting and expressing their opinions. >> grant: scarring twitter across the country. many people have positive reactions but 62 percent has negative reactions to what is going on right here. people are expressing this in tweets. >> grant: the guy that was supposed to interview brady was the want to watch the ray rice video creek they have not talked to him about this despite the fact that the national football league is investigating this issue. tom brady, said he liked the baltic deflated even though he did not know before with

touching the ball. hash tech. hashtag >> grant: the patriots a big win for it our sports gary our sports director, gary radnich would give us his take on this. >> pam: new at six. >> pam: a south bay youth football team is searching for answers tonight. someone stole thousands of dollars worth of equipment.right before spring practice is set to begin. >> pam: as rob fladeboe explains in tonight's my- kron-4 story, the team is huddling amid a call for help. >>shannon roberts/coach-san jose hit squad-- >> reporter:last sunday, coach roberts went to the team's equipment shed here on perrymont avenue and discovered that someone had broke the lock and stole virtually everything inside.

>> lot of us has put into a lot of work for this program and not just myself but everyone involved. >> reporter:the san jose hit squad is a growing bay area wide spring football program, a kind of grass league that serves mostly under privileged kids. >> really specialize in keeping children off the streets and touching the at risk used accurate we do not turn away any kids. we are not the program this is if you do not have the money you cannot play. --that says if you do not have the money, you ca not play. >> reporter:the helmets, jerseys and other gear you see hear are now gone, some $20-thousand dollars worth all tolled, much of it donated

>> reporter:by parents and sponsors. all that remains in the unmarked shed are a few pads and duffle bags and unless the funds are found to replace the equipment roberts says the upcoming season is in jeopardy. >> we have quality here third to see it all gone. it just sadness me. you took from children that are trying to straighten out their lives and stay off the street creek to realize that. my name is sam roberts and that is my kron4 story. --shannon roberts >> pam: this story was brought to us by a kron 4 viewer. if you have a story you want us to know about >> pam: just head to our website.kron 4 dot com and click on the my-kron-4 tab. >> pam: three puppies found in a trash bag in the east bay.are improving tonight.

someone spotted the terriers at a park in pleasant hill on monday. >> pam: it appears someone tried to suffocate them. now they are recovering at the east bay animal rescue and refuge in concord. >> pam: officials say they are still too young to be adopted, so they will be taken to a foster home until they are able to put on some weight. >> jacqueline: it will be chilly up there tomorrow morning, as well. in the 30's and low '40's. but the afternoon we will seek seven skies and warmer temperatures in the mid to upper 60s. in certain locations. >> jacqueline: sweeping down to the central valley with blaine pumping up and this 0 we see clear skies locally. apart from that we will stay clear overnight with the exception of the low cloud and central gulf of ogee moving into the dell tucker it moving into the delta.

>> jacqueline: we will see more sunshine through the day tomorrow with a woman after a new high spirit upper 30's and a handful of places. 40 degrees and at pucker it definitely more mild at the coast line. but the afternoon, mid to upper 60s in the south bay. 67 degrees and sunny bill and was gatos. --sunnyvale and los gatos >> jacqueline: similar conditions at the coast. san francisco with 65 there. 70 degrees with portions of the north bay tomorrow. we will see pretty big waves up and down the coast line. so you

probably want to stay out of the walter kerr it pretty dangerous conditions so please stay safe. >> jacqueline: as we head into saturday and sunday more 70 degree temperatures. mid-70s with isolated locations and setting some new records. we even had a chance of showers returning. >> pam: up next. >> pam: a north bay courthouse.evacuated after a pair of blast-like sounds. what authrorities think was the cause. >> pam: and later.google's tech takeover. the mountain view-based company's latest venture into the wireless business.

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is suspected serial killer has been expedited to face charges for the rate of two san mateo county teenagers. their death or is part of a strained a the kind of the gypsy hill murders. they were able to link the nearly 40 year old cold cases now 66 years old. 22 two other murders around the same. corporate he did appear in court today and was denied bail. >> reporter: police investigating an altercation between one of their officers and a man in the wheelchair. a group of officers in the nl cy district appears to back into one of them and the officers appears to push him off and dumps him into the street. you can hear the officers say in the video that they win over his book.

--foot. this answer to that this incident is now being investigated. >> reporter: now confirming that there are 59 cases of measles 42 of them are people that may have visited disneyland. cases have been linked to disneyland with a 2% of the people not being vaccinated for measles. --8 2% >> reporter: starting at the very beginning of the bart board meeting creek they were chanting black lives matter. hundreds came up to

different areas and started singing songs and hanging or holding up signs brett demanding that the charges be dropped against those porting process protester spirit--the charges be dropped against those 14 protesters. >> reporter: demanding that the cities are safer for the people that live here. >> people have to slow down. forcing people to slow down so that in the more safe and they way have to use more traffic lights. >> reporter: a rash of burglaries in fremont all in one day. five confirms revs resident burglaries' through all fremont. there is no rhyme or reason at all why

they are attacking. the fremont apartment states they believe is happening so quickly because multiple groups are doing this spirit that are working with the home owners to see if they can get their hands on surveillance video screen a lot of residential burglaries are happening in many states when people are at work for asko make any difference to track down or making it difficult to track down witnesses. >> reporter: take a look at this guy right here occurred found a bed at a park in east bay. they are now at their rescue facility with they are receiving t l secret they need a couple more weeks to develop and then they can be found a good home. >> reporter: ripped off and

threatening his season. the san jose his squad is making hits but they made a hit last week when their equipment was stolen from the team's storage shed here on perry mud ave. this season are wrong corner they are calling their parents sponsors and others to help replace that equipment. what the police tried to track down the beast. --the ieves >> grant: when you consider the big picture california, is so dry compared to the rest of the country. see the

bay area is not in the darkest a writ which is the worst exceptional dropped but there is a considerable amount of this state that is in the area. nearly 40 percent is in the dark red exceptional dropped at the highest level of the skill creek there are more issues. california nevada and parts of oregon oregon are in the worst shape. >> jacqueline: as we head into the weekend tomorrow morning it was still be on the cooler side and the 40's practically bay area wide. as we move into the afternoon we will see sunshine faster tomorrow. fairly widespread and to the 3:00 hour. as we look ahead at the numbers in the south

bay with the upper 60s for it cupertino 67, same thing as santa clara and campbell warning about 10 degrees for the inland valleys. >> jacqueline: day we were in the low seventies. same things inside is a separate downtown san francisco and the north bay with 68 in napa print and 70 degrees in santa rosa. we made spot a couple degree short for certain locations but we will continue to warm and brick records. on sunday it will be the warmest day of the warming trend. with the mid-70s in some locations. however, a slight chance of rain for next week. >> jacqueline:www.snow

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>> catherine: the same oil prices that have been making drivers so happy in recent weeks. are making some people very 'un'-happy -- because of job layoffs. >> catherine: the drop in crude prices has already cost thousands of oil jobs. >> catherine: and people in that industry say there could be waves of layoffs yet to come. >> catherine: one company -

s-l-b - laid off 9-thousand people just last week. >> catherine: there's less drilling going on -- meaning less work for related services like trucking. >> catherine:one insider says there could be 20- thousand fewer jobs by june although experts say they'll likely come back.. >> catherine:as for what it will cost to fill up here in the bay area. >> catherine:the triple-a says that san francisco drivers are payingan average of 2-64 a gallon right now. in oakland -- it's 2-49. >> catherine:and in san jose - drivers are paying 2.50. and away from the big cities - the prices are lower. >> catherine:right now the statewide average is 2-47 a gallon.

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curry, is now past the king. lebraun james for the most votes of any player in the nba. last year, he was the first warrior all-star over latrell spree well. that was way back in 1995. curry, head a message for the fans today. >> this is something that i do not take for granted to have the love for fans from the aspirate the support for myself and the team means a lot. >> gary: all-star-starters. not kobe? >> gary: curry, kobe bryant

lick griffith and marked lasalle. i would tell you more about kobe. >> gary: kobe is out of there and most assuredly klay thompson will go to the all-star game and it will be announced later. >> gary: you mentioned the warriors and the banks follow, steve kerr will coach the all-star game. this guy have this season as a in be a coach and will be on the sidelines. having the best record in the western conference. 34-6. they will be break on pace to win 70 games. howell and the hat will they do that? --how in the heck will they

do that? >> gary: i will say it again, to pale. you get mad or happy? i choose happy and that is how i role. >> pam: you choose tepic. --you choose happy. (laughter) >> pam: you keep on rolling and the bitterly--bently (laughter) >> gary: you drive up to the ballpark and your standard called off accurate that guy has had it. when you dry up in the bentley that guy is

rolling! >> pam: that is right! i was just cosigning. >> pam: (laughter) >> gary: kobe. he has a torn right rotator cuff critic you have to wonder at this stage of his career battling serious injuries last year. now this is probably 84 kobe bryant. the lakers? you have to be the highest-paid guy in the league and he is. kobe bryant? you have a torn rotator that is serious business especially when you like to shoot as much as

kobe does. >> gary: response to a 11- 12th floor balls used were under inflated?--footballs >> gary: the national bobo league in art investigating --the national football league are investigating this situation. >> personal preference, on his football is something that he can talk about. much better detail that i. >> have a process that i go through before the game i go pick a set of false the ones that i like to use for the game. i do not want anyone touching the games after

that, rubbing them or putting them in the air or placing ill or deflating. -- air. i have no knowledge of any think or wrongdoing. i am very comfortable saying that. i am very comfortable saying that as long as i know no one has done anything. >> gary: knight out of 10 new heat exactly or he knew exactly in the would not go into a game not knowing is what some people think. --9 out of ten >> gary: why would you risk that to beat a little better?--be

>> gary: why would they risk their reputation for doing something shady. >> gary: take a break and enjoy the super bowl. >> gary: that is pretty much the assistant coach ron duff for the evening. i am tired pam britt had coaches up into patrick the assistance i had had enough. -- assistant

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