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d been taken into custody and could face vehicular manslaughter charges. gathering and affirmation as soon as we learned more additional details we will sure to bring them to you. >> pam: now to san bruno. >> pam: where a police chase ends with a car slamming into a pizza shop. and bursting into flames. this happened along el camino real. >> pam: that's where kron 4's dan kerman is tonight with the latest. dan? >> reporter: amazing, at this in regard to this story. no one was injured. it was closed. it could have been a tragic story. >> reporter:this was the scene at seniore's pizzaria in san bruno, after a 16 year old girl being chased by police slammed her car into a gas the business on fire. >>david downing/deputy fire chief
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>> there is fortunate to be alive. a ball of flames when they pulled up creek it became fully engulfed in flames. it doubled in size within 30 seconds. >> reporter:fire officials say the fire burned for more than an hour, until p, g and e crews arrived, drilled into the pavement and shutoff the gas. >> jeff "the rat man"/witness >> shooting up in flames. i was nervous because it was shrapnel coming my way. >> reporter:this man filmed the video fire department arrived >> reporter: out, there was nothing left of seniore's pizza >>talal jaber/seniore's pizza >> i broken-down happy that
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there were no one inside of the building. >> reporter:fortunately though at the time of the fire the place was closed and no one was inside. >> reporter: she and a stolen car? and another question was the driver license? we have complete we have continuously contacted the san bruno police department but they have built to return our phone calls. the good thing is that no one was injured in this fire creek. >> pam: the spread of measles is widening tonight. the state health department confirms. there are now 73- reported cases in california >> pam: the new cases are all in southern california. but as we have been reporting. the bay area is not immune. >> pam: three counties -- alameda, san mateo, and santa clara -- have reported measles cases. >> pam: the most recent in santa clara county. and that case has the health
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department issuing an alert. >> pam: at first. it was just at one city affected. but now, a warning about possible exposure to measles. has been posted at a third location. >> pam: 'dave and busters' restaurant. at the great mall in milpitas, has been notified that a man who was infected with measles. but not yet showing symptoms, visited last monday evening january 19th. >> pam: the same man tells health department investigators. that he also went shopping a day >> pam: earlier, on sunday january 18th, at the costco store and at the walmart store in gilroy. >> pam: notices are also posted at those locations in an effort to alert people who may be at risk. >> i want to emphasize the vast majority of people that would have been in the area have then vaccinated and not need to worry. this is to alert people who are not protected and have not been
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vaccinated. for what ever reason that they may have been exposed. >> pam: the health department says, the unidentified adult male who may have exposed others known measles cases so far in santa clara county. >> pam: health officials say. people at risk for the measles, who were at 'dave and busters' in milpitas. between 6- and 10 -pm on monday january 19th, or at either of the two big box stores in gilroy a day earlier, between 4- and 6- pm should. continue to watch for any symptoms of the measles for the next two- weeks. >> pam: tonight, san mateo fire investigators are trying to figure out. what sparked an unusual january wildfire in pacifica. >> pam: about 80- t0 90- homes near fassler avenue. were forced to evacuate. >> pam: tonight all residents are allowed to return to their homes. >> pam: kron 4's team
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coverage begins.with will tran in pacifica. how >> reporter: how did this fire started at 3 in the morning? >> reporter: how were you able to jump all over this? >> the efforts of our firefighters creek extremely doing a great job. despite the number of difficulties. they were fighting against darkness. going down steep terrain with flashlights. the only lights they had to guide them down. very heavy fields that were burning down there. they did an outstanding job.
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>> reporter: outstanding is the right word. >> i was getting ready to go to the jim and i looked up and saw my neighbors and five in the morning and i knew something was wrong because she never get up that early. i yelled out for her and she said that we were being evacuated. i ask for what and she set for a fighter. i set fire? there was smoke. i thought it was up zero g creek--fog, we grabbed our w-2 information and some other people work and got out. >> reporter: for the rest of the day but will be worried about hot spots. they were lifted about 8:00 this morning.
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>> pam: the fire forced the evacuation of a number of residents in pacifica. while some people took refuge at the community center others decided to stay. and do what they could to save their homes. >> pam: continues our team coverage. >> reporter:this is what the scerri family saw from the back deck of their home early monday morning shay scerriflames leaping high into the air steve scerri said the family reacted quickly >> reporter:steve scerri/pacifica resident we rounded up stuff >>we were going to leave but then grabbed hoses. q. so you decided to stay? yeah, we thought we could help - we started hosing everything down scerri says it was nerve racking to see the fire so near >> i have been here since 1988 and has not seen any fire like this in the belly.
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so shocking. >> reporter:you think it won't happen to you. >> reporter:scerri says they were not only concerned for themselves. but look at this picture of tehir neighbors home. you can see how the fire looked like it could engulf the home >> it was scary. >> very thankful for the firefighters. i must have said 20 million bank use walking up and down the street this morning. --thank yu'syou's. >> reporter:he has a good fire break - so but yeah, it was close >> reporter:scerri says now, as they family watches crews mop up and clean up, they are extremely relieved. >>you bet, we are very grateful. >> reporter:te there is much more ahead at >> pam: five. the northeast is bracing for a massive winter storm. >> pam: coming up at 5:15. the latest on what is being called. a historic blizzard. we'll also look at the
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impact it is having here. >> pam: then. it has happened once again. a dangerous sideshow on a bay area road. >> pam: how many people police arrested, and who was behind it. coming up at 5:30. and next. the hollywood a- lister. behind the "bat kid" movie. to train service dogs for people with disabilities. i would never imagine a life without an assistance dog ever again. i relied on people a lot. he helps me live a more independent life. bulldog: we need your help to do more. give at mattressdiscountersdogs.com, or any mattress discounters. mattress discounters good deed dogs helping dogs help people [chris]still smoking up a storm? [tom]yeah.pathetic,isn't it? [chris] ever try to... [tom] quit?of course! my best time was six days. the worst was ...uh...23.4 seconds. [chris] so can i ask you... [chris & tom] why are you still smoking? [tom] [sarcastic] "it's so much fun." [chris]why not call the smokers' helpline? the program's free,and... [tom]and they'll tell me..."you oughta quit." [chris] not so. just tell them you're ready to quit. then,they'll tell you how.
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leukemia he revealed that his dream was to save gotham. as batman. and the make-a-wish foundation. and thousands of volunteers made his wish come true. >> pam:batkid inspired the making of a documentary called "batkid begins," >> pam:and now, actress and producer julia roberts has closed a deal to adapt the documentary into a scripted film. >> pam:roberts will star and produce the movie with her 'red om' films partners. >> pam:still ahead. bracing for the worst. >> pam:the northeast prepares for a winter storm. expected to be - crippling and life threathening. ♪♪ at kaiser permanente
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>> pam: people across the northeast are facing a storm of "epic" proportions. bringing with it a range of problems. ranging from travel meltdowns. to power outages. >> pam: catherine heenan is here with the story. >> catherine: we're talking about a monster storm that could affect nearly 60 million people. >> catherine: tonight -- the
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national weather service is describing it as "life threatening." >> catherine: at least the northeast knew that trouble was coming. monday by lunchtime - schools and businesses were closing early. >> catherine: snow was already blowingflurries had begun in boston. >> catherine: and a string of public officials was begging people to take the storm seriously. >> catherine: telling them to stay home.and off the roads. >> catherine: if at times if sounded like officials were trying to scare people.they were. >> catherine: >> everything we know so far is that you cannot underestimate the storm uprooted if you are without power, you will be without power for a period of a time. >> catherine: the concern is not only record-breaking levels of snow -- but high winds. >> catherine: guaranteeing
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extensive power outages. >> catherine: as of 11pm in the state of new york -- only emergency vehicles will be allowed on the streets. >> catherine: people were clearing out grocery stores. >> catherine: and stocking up on things like firewood, road salt and shovels. >> catherine: those who had tickets to fly were often out of luck completely. >> catherine: thousands of flights have been cancelled mostly out of the major hubs in the northeast.with the ripple effect tying up travelers across the country. >> catherine: authorities aren't kidding about people staying home. a lot of trains and public transit agencies are closed.. >> catherine: and on broadway tonight --- the theaters are dark. most if not all of the shows have been cancelled. >> pam: the northeast blizzard is already having a big impact on air travel. 26- hundred flights were canceled today. >> pam: and more than 3 - thousand are already canceled for tomorrow. kron 4's j-r stone is live at s-f-o with the latest there. j.r.? >> reporter: we are now
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seeing any major delays at s f o at but we are seeing dozens of cancellations here. the good news is that people are preparing not to come to as f o at are not stuck here at the airport. >> reporter: from as after all at the jfk international in new york and worked in new jersey creek between those two airports we have seen 39 cancellations. that is the kind of problem that we are dealing with. talking with passengers who flew here from the war. one is set to occur from about 11 hours to get here spending hours on the wrong way as they deice the plane in san francisco. --runway
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>> i have to say my biggest fear is that i would have been okay if they had been canceled but it was to be stuck and the airport for three days. i did not want that to happen so i am nervous or was nervous about that. it sounds like a good week to be all of here. to be out of here. >> reporter: the good news is that we are now seeing problems with connecting airports either. the problem here is the cancellation that we are dealing specifically to the north east and to j. f. k. and new york international. live at s f o kron 4 news. >> jacqueline: are seen cloud cover is moving into the bay area from that weak storm. similar picture here at the san mateo bridge where it is now cloudy and calls are filling and from
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the south. that is where we have a kind of system. cut off system. the chance that we will seek a little bit of land out there tomorrow is very likely to it as a look at the current conditions in the low 50s and 60s it is cooler out there today at least in certain spots. we will see cloudy skies like what we see right now with mild temperatures. >> jacqueline: as we look ahead with dry and mild weather will resume we would tie up the potential drain on futurecast and look at how much we have done so far in january. coming up in just a bit. >> pam: a mammoth asteroid buzzed by earth in a fly-by today. telescopes in australia, and other places. can still catch a glimpse of the mountain -sized space rock.
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>> pam: it hurtled by earth at 35-thousand miles an hour. it was still safely beyond the moon's orbit. >> pam: astronomers have been tracking the asteroid for more than a decade. the same asteroid won't fly this close to earth again. for a few hundred years. >> pam: next. some terrifying moments for a pilot over the pacific ocean. as his plane runs out of gas. and he's forced to ditch in the ocean. >> pam: also ahead. new developments in "deflate - gate". we will tell you who is the focus now that the n-f-l has narrowed its investigation. how? they enrolled through covered california. it's the health insurance marketplace where you'll find a range of plans from leading health insurance companies that offer you the best combination of quality, rates and benefits. and, through covered california, you may get financial help to pay for coverage. it's based on income. to get covered you've got to get going. open enrollment ends february 15th. visit coveredca.com today.
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>> pam: fire destroys more than a dozen boats this morning. at the walnut grove marina. officials say, the fire took several hours to contain. >> pam: some of the boats which were destroyed. were 60 -feet long. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >> pam: have you seen a parachute attached to a plane? it saved the day yesterday
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near hawaii. >> grant:the plane took off from an airfield in tracy.had a mechanical issue.and the plane then parachuted down to the waters off maui. >> grant:the pilot of the single engine cirrus s-r 22 was in contact with rescue crews the whole way. >> grant:you see the pilot there pop outta the door. >> grant:a coast guard aircraft scrambled to the site.250 miles off shore.and captured this amazing video. the small plane had its own parachute and landed safely. >> grant:the pilot climbed out of the plane into a life raft. he was picked up by a nearby cruise ship and is in good condition. >> grant:the faa approved parachutes for planes more than 20 years ago.and they've been credited with saving hundreds of lives. >> pam: another dangerous sideshow shuts down a bay area highway. next at 5:30. the arrests and the musician linked to it.
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>> pam: right now at 5:30. >> pam: you are looking at video of a dangerous sideshow on the streets of east oakland. this happened yesterday afternoon. >> pam: more than 100 - people blocked the on-ramp on to interstate-880. >> reporter: you are looking at video of the legal sideshow. in east oakland rid it was one of the side shows that occurred that day. couple of sideshows. that happened in the east bay over the weekend. and they were organzied by someone producing a movie. kron 4's haaziq madyun has >> reporter:"at the time we did have a number of sideshows occurring at the same time" >> reporter:the sideshows continued until late in the evening in different locations throughout east oakland. eventually the chp caught on to one in progress. >>"on the high on ramp to
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northbound 880we were able to break up this sideshow" >> reporter:3-misdemeaner- citations were issued to spectators who live outside of oakland. >>"the ones that we sited were not local, one was from fremont the other two from antiochto aid in these sideshowsthere were over 100-cars at this location" >> reporter:kron4 has learned that the large turn out was connected to word being spread on social media regarding a film being made >>"if people do want to film on the freeway we do have a venue that will allow them to do that safely and legallyit is something that we do on a regular basis" >> reporter:he says short of being able to apprehend someone in the act of participating in a sideshow, issuing misdemeanor citations to those cheering in crowd is the next best thing >>"these people weren't the ones spinning doughnuts but they are still going to face charges. it's a misdemeanor charge it's a serious thing"
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>> reporter:in oakland haaziq madyun kron4news >> pam: sadly, sideshows are pretty common in the bay area. here is video of one that happened back in august on the golden gate bridge. >> pam: you can see the car spinning pretty close to the people in the car which is recording the video. >> pam: and this one in the port of oakland.happened in november. >> pam: this is video with our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news. >> pam: hundreds of people were and a car set on fire during that incident. >> pam: and in 20-13.this sideshow on northbound 880 in oakland shut down the interstate in the middle of the afternoon. >> pam: no arrests were made in that one. >> pam: a good samaritan stopped to help two people hurt in a traffic collision. and because of that good deed. tonight a san ramon man is lying in a hospital bed in serious condition. >> pam: here's the scene of the accident from early
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friday morning on eastbound 580 in castro valley. >> pam: the chp says it was a solo vehicle rollover when the good samaritan went to lend a hand. >> pam: but then a second car collided with the wreckage.leaving the man who tried to help with major injuries. >> pam: kron4's maureen kelly spoke to the good samaritan in an interview you'll see only on four. >> reporter: he says he pulled over when he some of the disabled decide. the frantic and woman standing next to a man on all fours and the road away creek. >> was not coherent. pam went to grab him. --i went to grab pam. and all but in an ambulance. --and i woke and an ambulance.
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>> reporter: female was killed. a mother of two. the driver of the second car suffered minor injuries. the disinherited is looking at four months of rehabilitation and learning to how to walk again. >> i would hope that if my car was in this situation the someone would stop for me. >> reporter: was evidence found at the same that drugs was a factor in the first crash. under the influence of drugs at the time of the crash. the man that he risked his life for could be arrested for the or manslaughter. >> jacqueline: temperatures in the '60s practically bay area wide. 67 in fremont and
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nantucket 54 in san francisco with a 61 in oakland. 62 degrees in san mateo. a stick a live look from the san mateo bridge with a beautiful picture with the sun setting. written on march so pretty. you see the clouds increasing through the bay area. we do have showers over the bay area. it is possible that we can capture a few of the showers for the south bay and the east bay which we definitely need some rain. this could be the driest january ever. >> jacqueline: just a couple hundreds of inches of rain creek we will take a look on futurecast and see what is expected for tomorrow and when it will
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hit. >> pam: more evidence today -- that problems. catherine heenan is here to explain. >> catherine: be careful where you play with your drone. the latest owner to get in trouble -- the man who flew his over the white house lawn. >> catherine: this is the drone. >> catherine: after it crashed overnight on white house grounds -- a government employee came today -- to say he was playing with it, and didn't mean any harm.and didn't intend for it to get it so close. >> catherine: this followed a scramble of police and secret service agents searching the grounds -- in case there was some hidden threat. >> catherine: investigators seem to believe the man's story -- but they've been interviewing other people to check him out just in case. >> catherine: ten people have died in a fighter jet crash in central spain. >> catherine: this is amateur video.taken shortly after the crash. >> catherine: the greek f-16
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jet reportedly lost power during take-off.crashing into other planes >> catherine: and exploding. >> catherine: one of the pilots performed a 'wrong maneuver' - both pilots were among the 10 people killed. the jet came down at a military base southeast of madrid. >> catherine: it had been taking part in a nato training exercise. >> catherine: president obama became the first american leader to be the chief guest >> catherine: at india's grand republic day celebrations today. an honor that underscored the growing warmth between the two countries. >> catherine: he watched alongside india's prime minister.and got loud cheers when he took his place. >> catherine: thousands of people came out - despite rainy weather. >> catherine: the president is trying to strengthen ties between the two countries after years of tension and mistrust. >> pam: is the country ready for its first president with three a reality show experience? taking a look at wall street the dow rose six points today.
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>> pam: the former governor of alaska and the donald both publicly confirming their interest in being the next president. >> pam: the insider's louis aguirre has more from los angeles. >> reporter:pam, is america ready for a president with reality show experience? we go inside as the gop begins their pursuit for a winning candidate trump: we have a presidential election coming up and we have some good people nobody like trump of course
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>> reporter:two of the most colorful figures on the right, revving up attention for run! >>sp american is definitally ready for real change >> reporter:multi-tasking that presidential teaser while scooping wild boar chili in las vegas. two days later at the the iowa freedom summit, her telepromptor apparently died, and as pundints from both sides of the aisle pointed out, so did her ability to make sense. >>with the same people and same policies that got us into the status quo. another latin word, status quo and it stands for, 'man, the middle-class everyday americans are really gettin' taken for a ride.' >> reporter:meanwhile mr trump took a break from international mediation. >>miss isreal and miss lebanon are fighting like cats and dogs. >> reporter:.and took the stage in iowa, where he teased at his own twenty sixteen ticket by tearing apart other potential candidates. >>it cant be mit because mit ran and failed he failed >>you cant give someone another chance . >> reporter:get more news on the insider tonight at 7, for kron 4 news,
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>> grant:the nfl is honing in on a potential main suspect in the deflategate investigation. at the center of things.according to fox sports.is a new endland patriots locker room attendant. >> grant:he reportedly handled the footballs after they were examined pre-game. and took from the officials locker toom to another area.on the way to the field. >> grant:the nfl has interviewed this person of intenrest.and there's some
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video that the league is reviewing. investigators are still trying to figure out if 11 of the team's 12 footballs were intentionally deflated. >> grant:more than 40 people have been intwerviewed, but it's likely the case won't be resolved until after this sunday's super bowl between the patriots and the seattle seahawks. >> grant:lance armstrong doesn't regret eveything. >> grant:the shamed cycling legend who was stripped of his record seven tour de france titles.and given a lifetime ban from the sport.said in an interview with bbc that if he were racing in 19-95.when doping was completely pervasive.he'd probably do it again. >> grant:but, armstrong said that if he were racing now.he would not take performance enhancing drugs again because he does't think you have to. in order to win. >> grant:he famously beat cancer then 19-99 to 2005. >> grant:the 43-year-old says he hopes to have his lifetime ban shortened.and wants to resume his public life.competing in some sport.and raising money for cancer.
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>> grant:the addage goes. what goes up must come down. >> jacqueline: we do have a cut of system over san francisco. we will see a chance of showers tonight and tomorrow. here is a look at the weather had line with cloud the the mild temperatures. tuesday with a slight chance of showers but fairly dry out there tonight i do not believe we will see much of any showers in should stay dry and mild. taking a look at the folk trecker. this is an addition to the cup coverage chelsea with the storm. as we head into the midnight hours tonight creek thought >> jacqueline: gilroy, a
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couple of light showers there. staying over the central valley as we move into the 2:00 hour. with isolated showers over the south ave. it will be dry out there. you will see showers and snow and the sierra likely for tomorrow. we do need more rain this month that we have seen literally no rain this month. with the exception of santa rosa. when it could be the driest january that we have ever seen creek temperatures in the '60s minor-league low to mid 60's in the south bay. delta up about 60 degrees at 59 degrees and vallejo. 62 and 91 other places as well
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occurred we will see rain and snow. higher with a brain snow mixed at lick level early in the morning creek turning into all ran into the afternoon creek-rai bondn--rain. >> pam: wagnerbut when it comes to gasoline. it appears to be >> pam: whenkron 4's mark danon breaks expert rob black >> pam: in today's market update. >> reporter: were it is starting to and the massive slide and turned into a trickle now as far as going lower. $2.70 average with wholesale prices starting to creep up. what >> reporter: much in the
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super bowl at 0 and the millions this year who are advertising this year? >> an original national football teams wins the super bowl in goes up. if you look at the car companies from last year six or 11 of them are not advertising. indicating that feature of the economy is expected to play all your they are saying that it does not look good. room >> and glue company will patrick reminded me of the 1990's and 2000's with a pass march will-were- petsmart... with the super bowl commercials not indicative of great things. >> reporter: the banks are
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now offering free credit scores to people inside of the most important things for your life that it is where you have to pay for it. >> yes important although i think people put too much on them. critic will give you a chance to look at two different credit reports. equifax and trans union print which is more transparency so people can figure out ultimately how to improve their financial lives.
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>> pam:now at six. >> pam:a tragic scene in san jose. tonight, police believe two speeding cars triggered this crash. >> pam:a pedestrian was hit and killed. these images come from our helicopter partnership with abc 7. >> pam:good evening, i'm pam moore. >> pam:tonight. the drivers of the two cars are behind bars.on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter. >> pam:authorities are looking into the possibility that the two cars were racing. >> pam:kron 4's charles clifford is live in san jose tonight with the very latest. charles? >> gary: >> reporter: us take a look at video i shot hours ago when they were working to put this same period to vehicles in the sun and a bmw were northbound and as
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we just reported, investigators say that they may have been street racing on northbound reasons unknown, they reached a point where they went up on the sidewalk when striking striking a pedestrian and killing her. >> reporter: the investigators have been here all afternoon taking measurements and pictures. the stud to remove the vehicles but at this point they still have this street closed down derrick as we know the two drivers have been arrested, mail accurate they are facing charges. that is the very latest year in san jose. kron 4 news. >> pam: a san bruno pizza parlor was destroyed. after a high- speed police chase. ends with this fiery crash. these pictures come from our helicopter partnership with abc 7. >> pam: authorities say, a 16 -year- old girl was behind the wheel. and she was taken into custody. >> pam: kron 4's dan kerman is live at the scene in san bruno tonight. with more on
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how this all unfolded. dan? >> reporter: pam, not much left of the pizzeria accurate they are boarding up right now but it is completely gutted because of this fire creek breaking up at 10:00 this morning chasing this 16 year-old girl say that she was driving erratically and she blew through a couple of stops signs then pulled into this parking lot and slammed into a gas line print a netted a car on fire, then igniting the business of fire. she managed to get out of the car and injured. and no one was in the building at the time creek the flames were pretty intense. >> they cannot get the gas shut off. pg and ease on its way creek that actually
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pulled it off and within a half an hour. >> reporter: get it took about an hour for them to get this fire under control. at this point the owner of the peace a real says he wants to stay in san bruno either by building at this location or moving to another location but there is not a lot left here. >> reporter: the piece of real was not opened at the time so no one was inside. there was very little damage to the building next door. still, we x the remaining questions... to 16 year old girl glee in the car? what she licensed? so far san bruno police have not responded to only to state the she was driving erratically. >> pam: multiple illegal
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sideshows took place across east oakland this past weekend kron 4 obtained this video from one of the events. >> pam: in one incident more than 100- people blocked the high street on- ramp. to the interstate-880 freeway. 3-misdemeanor- citations were issued to spectators at that location. >> pam: meantime. one oakland politcian is now preparing a proposal, that would allow sideshows to take place in a controlled setting >> when i was growing up as a teenager, drag racing and racing down 34 ave was cool to do. to see how fast i get from one black to the other. i was in middle school and i remember when my neighbors were the one it and they were in high school. open up in fremont and union city creek sold me or anyone else did compete against each other's and... perhaps we
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identify a location. for these young people. >>"identify a location" >> pam: councilmember noel gallo says, he is currently reaching out to sideshow participants. to get their feedback on the idea. >> pam: he says he plans to put forth his proposal on the city council agenda later this week >> jacqueline: 65 degrees in santa rosa and 66 also in hayward and richmond. we have since seen increase and clouds of tear through the day today. coming up in the south was cloudy skies over the bay area and you see the persistence secret over california with a cut off system bringing rain. we have a slight chance of showers that are closely on its way because we are pretty dry out there. 68
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degrees and san francisco and 69 degrees in oakland and san jose. >> jacqueline: 40 and 50 out the door tomorrow morning with a slight chance of showers tomorrow creek it will be dry and mild for the rest of the workweek and i would just take a look at the extended forecast coming up. >> pam: it's only january. and we're already talking about wildfires here in the bay area. >> pam: tonight, investigators are trying to figure out what sparked an early morning brush fire that forced people from their homes. >> pam: it happened just after 3-30 - this morning in pacifica. it spread to about 10- acres before firefighters managed to get the fast- moving flames under control. >> pam: these pictures come from our helicopter partnership with abc 7. >> pam: officials say, about 90 -residents were evacuated. and re-located to a shelter at the pacifica community center.
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>> pam: no reports of any injuries. >> pam: kron 4's terisa estacio spoke with one man who was ready to pack up and leave if the flames got too close. >> reporter:larry passmore looked out with firefighters monday beyond grateful that his home is still standing. >>larry passmore/pacifica resident yeah. it got real close. we got ready to go. grand-daughter ready >> reporter:this is how close it got to passmore's home. these pictures were taken by scerri family just a few homes down. >> we were getting out of here. we realize that the fire was away from the house. >> reporter:what did you see, a wall of orange. it was hot. i grabbed hoses to water down area. >> reporter:larry says it all happened arrived and got to work beating back the flames. >> reporter:did you ever think a fire would happen here? yeah it was enivitable - the canyon is right here. >> yes i did. i was semi
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prepared for i mean we live in california, i just did not think that it would happen in january. >> reporter:larry is from a fire fighter family and he had a big fire break surrounding his home. >> reporter:i am sure it helped. i was prepared, but i will be more prepared the next time. now today just grateful, >> really grateful. te >> pam: coming up. the east coast is hunkering down tonight as a blizzard bears down on the region. >> pam: how the storm is impactingplus, three south bay about possible measles exposure. >> pam: but first. the man accused of setting a fire in san francisco's castro district, appears before a bulldog: you don't need superpowers to help someone. sometimes, all it takes is a warm heart and a cold nose. that's why mattress discounters good deed dogs is raising money to train service dogs for people with disabilities. i would never imagine a life without an assistance dog ever again. i relied on people a lot.
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>> pam: a 25-year-old man convicted of involuntary manslaughterallegedly killing a sexual partner and setting his body on fire in san francisco's buena vista park in 2011 appeared in court today after being >> pam: arrested in the castro district last week on suspicion of another act of arson. >> pam: the arson suspect david munoz diaz, appeared in san francisco >> pam: superior court today wearing orange jail clothing, handcuffs, and a pair of thick black glasses. he took part in his arraignmenta spanish interpreter and did not enter a plea. diaz was arrested wednesday for allegedly starting a fire early on the morning of jan. 17 in front of a bar and hair >> pam: block of 18th street about a block from castro street, according to san francisco police officer
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francisco," bastian said >> pam: today. szabo said, "undermining the aside the >> pam: arson conviction hampers our ability to charge diaz with enhancements relative to the new arson charges." deputy public defender alex >> pam: lilien is again representing diaz after serving as his attorney in the previous trial. he said today that >> pam: to the city that never sleeps is shut down tonight because of age years snowstorm that creates havoc back east.
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>> pam: as kron four's rob fladeboe reports now advisory notices for those who may have been exposed to the virus have now been posted at a third location. >> reporter:it appeared to be business as usual at the popular dave at the great mall on monday, except for signs like this one on the door advising patrons about possible exposure to the measles here. >> reporter:it turns out the same man who visited dave and busters last monday evening, also went shopping here at the costco store and across the street at the walmart in gilroy a day earlier, on january 18th where similar advisories are posted, alerting those who may be at risk. >>dr. sara cody/santa clara county health department -- >> this is just to alert people who have not been vaccinated for what ever reason that they now may have been exposed. >> reporter:the unidentified adult male, one of two people known to have . >> reporter:contracted the measles so far in santa clara county, is thought to have been shopping at costco and walmart between 4 and 6 pm . >> reporter:on that sunday and was at dave and busters
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between 6 and 10 pm, on monday. the health department says live measles virus, most often spread through the air, can survive only for a couple of hours and there is virtually no risk for patrons now but after reading the advisory, fran doggett and her group hesitated for just a bit before deciding to get lunch at dave and busters. >>fran doggett/customer -- if you are bringing other >> >> if you are bringing other children's kids other people's kids to this area is something to worry about. >> grant:according to state health officials, the number of measles cases is california is now at 73. >> grant:so far, nine cases have been reported in the bay area, five in alameda county and two each in san mateo and santa clara counties. >> grant: since last friday
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. >> grant:three of the alameda cases have been linked to an outbreak at disneyland in southern california where 64 people have come down with the measles. >> grant:that is an increase of five in the last three days, >> grant:we will continue to track the developments with the measles outbreak here in california. for more information.you can head to our website, kron 4 >> pam: heavy snow beginning to fall right now across the northeast. officials warning of extreme blizzard conditions. >>emergency, state of emergency, snow emergency >> pam: storm warnings in effecttrains, planes and automobiles brought to a halt. >> pam: nearly 60 million people hunkered down as the powerful winter storm arrives tonight >> pam: catherine heenan is here with the latest on the storm the weather service is calling life=threatening, catherine. >> catherine: if officials sound like they're trying to scare people -- they are.
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getting people off the roads and out of harm's way. >> catherine: in fact - two hours from now in new york state --- only emergency vehicles will be allowed on the road. >> catherine: there are blizzard warnings in 7 states. >> catherine: 5 states have declared states of emergency. >> catherine: strong winds could mean hundreds of thousands of power outages. >> catherine: and the storm could dump as much as three feet of snow in some places. >> catherine: people who had tickets to fly were mostly out of luck today. >> catherine: nearly 7- thousand flights have been cancelled. mostly in the major northeast hubs. >> catherine: but the ripple effect is tying up travelers across the country. one way or the other -- as many as 58-million people could be affected >> catherine: by the monster storm. >> pam: the storm back east is having a ripple effect at airports nationwide. kron 4's jr stone is live at sfo where doznes of flights have been cancelled.jr? >> reporter: pam according to the web site this
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afternoon a majority of flights for a direction directly linked to the snowstorm. >> reporter: after what was a very long travel date. >> it was fine. it was just that united took a long time to load the backs creek but we were dying to get off the red. --ramp >> yes, it was getting that yes, it was getting bad. >> i have left one of my daughters back there to go through it. >> reporter: most of the problems are to and from the destinations. the jfk in new
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york and warwick in new jersey. some have been canceled creek 39 flights to and from to new york and new jersey have been canceled today accurate another 13 flights to and from boston and philadelphia had been cancelled as well. as for the ways we are not seen those here at s f o. any good news to report is that in many of the connections are now seen problems with those flights as well. >> reporter: j.r. stone kron 4 news. >> jacqueline: we could see a little bit of showers tomorrow. a slight chance of showers pretty mild temperatures to stock the day. still not too bad and litter in the afternoon with 50 degrees now cloud over
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the bay area. that is where we may find the storm today. is a cut of storm moving up toward the north and it looks pretty impressive. it is really drive over the bay area right now so much of it will make it to the ground. it may not make it to the ground. >> jacqueline: mainly cloudy, 6:00 and the morning to seek a few showers over gilroy creek edgy over the south bay and the east bay through the later morning hours. you will see snow and this sierra + brain it will be a snow rained mix. we will state largely dry. looks impressive on a satellite radar coming through. we have not seen a lot of rain for january.
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this is shaping up to be the driest january ever on record accurate >> jacqueline: we require to be in the upper 50s for a portion of the delta we are expecting f o g tomorrow morning upper 50s and 60s. looking up the coast line '60s there as well. and through the north bay. as you saw on futurecast we are expecting a rain snow mixed. this is our one and done a deal. the rest of the week we are dry and mild. >> pam: a heads up for drivers in san jose. >> pam: crews begin construction on bart's new south bay extenstion. the areas you'll want to >> pam: avoid.
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>> grant:starting today boyd memorial closed for 30 days to address "health and security issues". >> grant:the city's community services director authorized the temporary closure of the park that has become the site of littering and abandoned drug paraphernalia. >> grant:over the next month the park will be cleaned and city officials will work to enforce ordinances to help restore public access to the facility. >> grant: january 25 at 7 p.m. continuing for nine months through fall 2015. >> pam: plus, and another
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side show broken up by police in the east bay we talked to the lawmaker who is now pushing to make this activity legal. >> reporter: 0 yeah, i tried to talk to some of the speeders caught on the golden gate bridge. in the next edition of people behaving badly. i was really worried about my business, but now i can save so much money. when my mom told me about how much she was saving on her health plan, i got health insurance through covered california, too.
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>> reporter: the woman he was trying to help died at this thing. the second driver was only moderately injured accurate date accident is under investigation for it >> reporter: possible exposure to the measles. a lure fliers like this one are now posted at the entrance at the dates and busters. a similar fliers are posted at the costco and wal-mart stores and gilroy. the man was later he diagnosed with the measles or shot did. and visited measles and visited busters the next day. >> reporter: it wanted to continue to be vigilant to watch for signs for the measles.
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>> reporter: and six alarm fly fighter starting at 3:00 in the morning and a very steep and to rein area where they cannot see and fire trucks to that location. they shout water from above what their hoses and seven firefighters by foot to clear vegetation vegetation. >> reporter: beckham waited for several hours and then finally about a 30 they were able to return to their home. still under investigation, the cause of the fire. >> reporter: dozens of flights have been canceled. like jfk and new jersey. it also dealt with problems such as boston as philadelphia as well. j.r. stone kron 4 news. >> reporter: taking a look
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at satellite and radar picture, of storm looks pretty impressive. all of the yellow's there on the screen print you assumed that we will get more rain. showing virtually nothing because it is so dry out there. 6:00 tomorrow morning a chance of rain near gilroy edging towards san jose. sweeping past the east bay but not making an impact. >> jacqueline: a range nomex and the sierra but pretty much a little higher. it has been tried out there for very much of all of january. the driest so far carried on record. we would definitely
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break this previous records as to how tried in has been. people behaving badly. (male announcer): now, here's stanley roberts who found some people behaving badly. >> reporter: 6565 on the bridge? >> yes that is what they tell me. >> reporter: cannot find a license? >> know. i cannot find it. >> reporter: multiple violations accurate >> will have to have someone come get you. but you have to park. or we will have to
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tow your vehicle. however, someone else will have to come get you. >> reporter: this net driver in the black toyota, never spoke with me on camera. i will explain in a second. >> reporter: the driver refused to roll the window all the way down instead he kept it at two and a half inches open. wondering how he was caught. >> >> you do not need to see it now? >> reporter: the driver refused to believe that he was speeding. he says of his cell phone to record the interaction.
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>> that is me and the yellow butter all emended reflective jacket. >> i do not want this. >> reporter: this man... >> have a good day. >> that was not in my mind. i did get caught behaving badly. that is true. >> reporter: lee roberts kron 4 news. >> pam: coming up. new information on the death of joan rivers. the lawsuit is filed against the clinic at the center of the scandal.
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self the with the comedian all well according to the malpractice lawsuit filed today by hearst built by her daughter melissa. stop breathing, and melissa rivers said the lawsuit was one of the difficult position she had to make her grandmother deserve better. investigation did find that the clinic may several the clinic made several . >> pam: gary has brady
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>> gary: between the blizzard. some nba game is not going on tonight. here comes tom brady. of course, he responds to all of the deflate, gate print. >> i thought this was all about me and my felons were hurt and then i move past it accurate and not interested and try to find out right now because we have the biggest game of the season
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ahead. >> gary: after it has been proven that belichick and brady and paraphrased are innocent he expect apologies from all of the media. meanwhile, the national football league has zoomed in on a patriot attended the took the ball from the official locker room to another area on the way to the field. fox is reporting several sources say the leak has supposedly interviewed this young man and video. >> gary: someone but if these guys are pretty smart, they would set it up closer to full closer to super bowl that it would become a distant memory. >> pam: well, of excel for the person that is taking
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the fall in all of this. -- except >> gary: is to be pretty interesting to see if they will continue to hammer the two guys. >> gary: listen, i appreciate that answer your question and i have answered them all on friday and saturday creek >> gary: more super ball talk super ball.. he no place for new england and he said that he is encouraging his teammates to go after to injured shoulder of the other players. so there it is accurate a former teammates is in as interim whoever else weekend. --a former teammate says less
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injured whoever else weekend. >> gary: again one year and it will be nice for him certainly, he would like to go out with improvement from the raiders. in terms of when our laws and has not been very good for it >> gary: the problem with pro basketball is golden state. it is the warriors across the country and they are hosting chicago tomorrow night. guess who is the player of the week for the third time creek klay thompson. >> gary: 31 last night over the celtics. thompson today, talking about going off and going off. >> five guys to make plays
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issued on the floor giving a great looks. i have been getting great looks of this whole month and it has helped my shot. i still fresh and healthy. no reason not to play. >> gary: waiting to see in deed steve kerr pulled the trigger and start klay thompson frit the all-star game. kobe bryant is injured and will miss the game for the parting was the third in both paris the way thompson has been going who would argue. >> gary: gary payton calling get fit international committee school and oakland. uniting to teach the value of exercise and eating healthy. peyton, a group of an oakland he is
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and all of famer. here he is doing some talking. >> gary: hanging out with kids brett that are special. --they. we enjoy these kind of even desperate >>we enjoy these kind of events. >> gary: do not laugh at me. i enjoy being wafted by now but a friend. --laughed at >> gary: how has your life changed because of curry is playing so well?
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>> pam: cut you say that you do not make sports guys your hero only your parents and people like that. >> gary: heroes are your parents and and like martin luther king and world leaders not a basketball player. >> gary: this is the one guy that will keep the standard high he is not dropped he is not trent--he is now dancing from the selling spread he is an athlete that we cannot object respect--he is an athlete that we can all respect. >> gary: my anger is one tweet away. >> pam: (laughter)
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>> gary: one more year, kobe bryant has pay torn rotator cuff. >> gary: when you are doing a new television contract, they will say we we are rebuilding creek what about a billion dollar deal. now we have kobe bryant and they used him but now is a bad scene in l.a. because it cannot use tam. --use him.
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to remove a feature for one of their popular applications accurate to an end to kron4 tonight at 8:00 p.m. and that will feature this and my tech report. the gate slate kron 4 news. >> pam: according to the web site san francisco is america's richest city grit you need to make $124,000 per year to live comfortably here in san francisco. san jose comes in second to live in this area with 115,000. >> pam: kind of knew this did did and we. --didn't we (laughter) >> jacqueline: we have showers down to the south which is in the yellow which indicates heavier sales.
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