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obviously is just a terrible fire out here i can tell you right now the official the try to find out exactly what the cause was of that deadly fire. >>reporter: the chief says that the blaze the rig to the building last night that killed one person and injured six others. the authorities are checking to see if a fire sprinklers in the building were working. and if they had a working fire alarm. >>reporter: there was taught that the spot the fire escapes were not clear. the mayor had this to say about the apartment fire >>: course the fire department and building inspection will be doing all the investigation working with the insurance companies to determine not only the cause and all the conditions
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that led to this blaze. my concern right now is for the residents. >>reporter: and i can tell you i check with the red cross and those residents about 50 + have been displaced because of this fire. as for the exact cause is still under investigation. >>pam: in the chaos of the evacuation and the fire fighting last night a dog was rescued from the building. of your centers these photographs of the dog named juanita and she was found on the third floor of the building and some nine hours after the fire started as surprisingly she was in good health. the paramedics took care of her until she could be reunited with owners >>pam: and investigators to try to find out what sparked that
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fire. there also wondering what's next for the future of the residence. >>reporter: the still question for many people they do not know whether gonna go. a lot of the businesses are checking cecile thicken salvage anything in their businesses. as with heavy hearts that many people are returning to the same. >>reporter: a motion that the best of many residents as they return to see what was left of their apartment building after wednesday's devastating fire. >>: i feel like there was nobody there to rescue us >>reporter: maria soza hard sirens and she heard she then of is something was wrong. >>: when i open the door was
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pitch black and the smoke was relief that a chris rtc. >>reporter: maria scream for help and the firefighters came to her rescue. now a day later she's wondering what's next. >>: >>: i have to star from zero edges up to wait to see what happened. >>reporter: she's looking for temporary shelter with the red cross right now. she knows the finding of a permanent apartment will be difficult if not impossible. >>reporter: what you're from other residents in similar situations coming up is six. did tell you that many residents are and then try and get inside their pet place be an escort.
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>>reporter: justin to the crown for knows octel train has just hit and killed a pedestrian. caltrain.. just south of the mountain view cal cit transfer station the circumstances surrounding that incident is unclear right now. but there are major cal train delays tonight. there's a bus service being provided between mountain view were continuing to monitor the situation. >>pam: now to a developing story out of the uc davis the doctors are treating a patient who looks to be consistent with the deadly ebola virus.
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>>reporter: at this point is a waiting game. the doctors arabinoside the uc-davis medical center all day long tried to assess this patient to see if they have another case of ebola. right now they do not know. this is that the other was shot outside the medical center and concede that they're wearing has met suits. hasmat suits.. >>reporter: the patient is currently an the condition this person was immediately transferred here they are in an isolation. many saw the patient being transported in did not know what was gone on and many people here at the hospital are
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wearing masks even though they say bowl is not spread through the air. ebola is not supposed to be transported through the air.. >>: i'm really nervous and release scared out now that much about the disease but i am nervous. >>reporter: volunteer nurses are being used right now. as for health officials we may get say that we may get new information we will certainly update you as soon as we get it right now we do not know if this patient has the ball was still waiting on the test. >>pam: new numbers on measles in
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california. 20 new cases in the last week. catherine heenan is here with more on the rising number sick children. and the rising impatience with parents who fail to protect them. >>catherine: measles as one of the most infectious diseases known to madison. you can get it just by breathing the same air as someone with the disease. >>catherine: doctors are treating 10 measles patients in the bay area six of them in alameda county, up from five last week. six months all of via is not one of them, but she has had to stay indoors for month. because an infected child visited the same pediatrician. >>reporter: >>catherine: in palm beach 66
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high school students have been told to get a shot or stay at home. measles has spread most quickly in southern california, where opposition to a vax vaccinations is highest. in all 79 people have measles in nine counties. 52 of them have been linked to a single outbreak at disneyland last month. >>catherine: of also on the rise here although this year's epidemic is more severe in the south and east. this graph shows the number of people hospitalized statewide compared to previous full seasons. the state health officials or that state health department says people says five people have died of influenza related causes this year three in the last week. the flu season generally lasts until the end of february. >>pam: still to come as
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suitcase with body parts is found in san francisco. what we're learning about the case and a search for this suspect coming up the 515 that at 530 police axing for your help tonight after young child is attacked. >>pam: and next we are learning new details about what happened on campus the night as stanford swim team star is accused of sexually assaulting a fellow student. interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. plus, free delivery, set up, and removal of your old set. and sleep train's 100 day money back guarantee. keep more presidents in your wallet. sleep train's presidents' day sale is on now! ...guaranteed! ♪ sleep train ♪ ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪
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>>reporter: nude's night kron 4 is the same graphics court documents related to the stamford rate sucks but. the felony complaint includes the police report, the interviews with witnesses the alleged victim and a the 19 year-old suspect, brock turner. >>reporter: those star swimmer who is no longer in role at the university told police he was at an on campus frat party the night of the alleged rape earlier this month. turner says he and the alleged victim started kissing making out which led to groping. >>reporter: he says there was never intercourse. and he was surprised at the other people intervene. the alleged victim, all is not a stamper's student says she was drinking at that party passed out doesn't
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remember anything until she woke up in the hospital and was told she was right. >>pam: were getting our first look inside the wells fargo museum as robbers smashed and two n s u v and steal gold nuggets and as the dry is january on record comes to close we are finding out just how dismal the sierra snowpack is tonight.
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>>reporter: adjusted to the kron 4 newsroom another issue for commuters to deal with. we told you about the cal train incident this and one is on the bay bridge of vehicle fire has blocked two lanes of westbound 580. as we start to the men you see two lanes of 80 westbound just passed treasure island as soon as we get more affirmation will relate >>pam: kron 4 is news has learned that the human remains
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found inside a suitcase in san francisco wednesday night was i have lists torso. here you can see video of with the suitcase was found on 11 street between market and mission. police say they received in 911 call from a passer-by a little after 4:00 p.m. reported a suspicious package that could be a health hazard. >>pam: all officers coordinated off the area and then made a grisly discovery. all police source tells not kron 4 that a second body part this time a leg was found near the firestone tire dealer one block away a short time later. a police spokesperson says that they initially detained two men and woman based on witness statements and surveillance video, but those people were released after being questioned. >>pam: the medical examiner is expected to issue a press
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release on the body parts tomorrow. at this time officials have not said that the remains are that of a man or a woman or if they belong to the same victim. the case has also not been officially classified as a murder although homicide investigators are handling the case. >>pam: news of the dismembered body left inside a suitcase and out on the streets and the san francisco neighborhood have left many who live and work in that area very upset. >>reporter: as jesus villareal prepared for big even at its our gallery he was trying not to think about the discovery just up the street. but it was that it was difficult after police found a suitcase with body parts, they also found remains near his business. >>reporter: whole area was roped
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off and it was just really unsaddling. this residue were still lives in the area said the whole matter was completely up unsettling. >>reporter: ashley tapaha takes a muni frequently to this area. for the crime scene was both disturbing and say at. >>: this is really scary. >>reporter: back at the art gallery pace news holes police fired you ever did this quickly in severance the scope reaser as stasi a kron 4 news >>reporter: ago heyse's in process were getting a look at the thieves who crashed a stolen
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as you've been here instilling historic gold nuggets. one of the roberts put a gun to the security officer in there. one other grabbed the display case which holds about $10,000 worth of gold. the men wore ski masks the word quickly at the wells fargo history museum they took off in a sedan >>pam: the section of highway one was washed out during a december storm reopen today. this video is the repair work from our helicopter partnership with abc seven. >>pam: the roadway between mill valley and your beach was closed december 11th after the storm flooded the road washing away and 80 ft. section. caltrans says they had crews working
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seven days a week for 16 hours to finish the repair work a had a skip schedule. the repairs cost roughly $1 million. >>catherine: the latest california snowpack reporters in and it's not good. because of very little january rain and unusual warm temperatures the snow pack for the drought- stricken state is very meager. today's survey found a snow water equivalent of just 2.3 in. in one area. >>catherine: that's just 12 percent of the long-term average. in a normal year the snowpacks supplies about 30 percent of california's water needs as it melts in the spring and early summer. january is typically california's wettest month but not this year. >>reporter: 61 in oakland paris
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sixes for concord. sixties in livermore. we're gonna be waking up tomorrow so areas of dense fog. i think the fog will dissipate a little " quicker in comparison to this morning. and we should have temperatures running a few degrees warmer. the gusty winds will be arriving out of the north and the east more on that when we come from the break. with kaiser permanente you'll connect with your doctor any time anywhere. another way care and coverage together makes life easier. ♪♪ become a member of kaiser permanente. because together, we thrive. ♪♪
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>>reporter: just into the kron 4 newsroom an update on the fire at the vehicle the some fire on the bay bridge. you could see the cruiser right there. the pickup truck is about to be towed away. this white pick up the whole front end of it as black that's the part that caught fire. you see this toeing
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something it had a big load in the bed of that truck we do not know what caused the fire. but to see three lanes getting by but the backup is extensive this is the westbound interstate 880. the two right lanes of west around 80 are blocked. >>reporter: it is see how was smoking right there the fire is now out in the vehicles about to be towed away. but the issue persist because back up trafficbecause >>pam: a bay area child falls victim to a sexual predator on her way to school. will tell you why a former presidential cabinet last out protesters
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>>reporter: a child molested while walking home from school in east oakland. it happened around 3:00 p.m. tuesday here on the 1100 block of 98 avenue. was a very busy thoroughfare that day. >>: suspect is described as a male hispanic. he had short salt and pepper hair and is had a beard of a saw and pepper he is wearing a brown leather jacket and dark pants. >>reporter: oakland police were on 90th avenue looking for a person of that description. >>: also reviewing a
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surveillance unit footage in the area. >>reporter: police looking for help from the public. investigators said the schools in the area have also been notified regarding the incident crime stoppers are offering a reward of $7,500 leading to information for an arrest in this case. >>pam: cruz and san francisco have fixed a broken water main in san francisco. the rate cap and about 5:00 this morning near baker and all streets snarling the morning commute traffic. >>reporter: traffic was so bad at this intersection which saw many near collisions. as crews
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worked to make the necessary repairs to at 8 in. water main that burst. it said water spewing down the street at this intersection. until 3:00 this morning the breakup of happened at 5:00. >>: and when climbing last night i was looking forward to a shower this morning. saw if i smell at work today and this my boss should know why. >>reporter: they did make the necessary repairs and got the water turned back gone about 10:00 this morning. they did have to close down one lane of east of bound traffic on all street. oaks streets
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>>reporter: are daytime highs today we're running about 24 degrees cooler than we normally have and that's because of the dense fog we have. because the the temperature there remain in the mid to upper 60s from richmond down to a word. ha yward.. more a wish to be about five degrees warmer. tomorrow will should be about five degrees warmer. >>reporter: will get a little bit a breeze after lunch time and '60s will remain from the coast to the bay area. and will be heading the into the next weekend in the mid to upper 60s.
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>>pam: the blizzard of 2015 has now passed but the situation is created as far from over. there's still 3 ft. of snow on the ground in some places and thousands of people are still without power. >>reporter: millions of new england residents buried with by a distorted blizzard pick up a shovel. from long island to maine residents up to their waist some up to their neck in snow. some parts of massachusetts is receiving a record-breaking 3 ft. of snow fall. in march filled south of boston residents returned to their coastline homes destroyed during the violent winds and high tides. >>reporter: a 50 ft. section of the seawall washed away
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officials fear it could happen again. meanwhile the disastrous cleanup effort continues to ban the community together. in new hampshire firefighters and cub scout go door-to-door. clearing driveways for the elderly. and in boston where snow surpass 2 ft.. one local bartender tracked several blocks during a snowstorm to clear the permanent finish line for the annual boston marathon. a symbolic act approving bostonian will once again persevere. >>catherine: a huge explosion in mexico city today it happened
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right outside a children's hospital. catherine heenan is here with that story. >>catherine: it was the gas tank truck which blew up and the explosion collapsed large parts of the hospital. 2 people have been killed and dozens were injured. we know we now know that it happened after gas leaked from the truck during the delivery to the hospital kitchen. >>catherine: witnesses say the holes broke and people began running. passersby helped to bring babies out of the nearby maternity ward at least 54 people were injured including 22 children. >>catherine: nearly a year after it disappeared the loss of the malaysian airlines flight 370 has officially been declared an accident. that means that the families of the victims can continue the compensation process with the airline and
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insurance companies. the malaysian government says it will continue searching for the plane. >>catherine: flight 370 disappeared last march after taking off from calotte lumpur had a into beijing. 2 and 39 passengers and crew members were on board. >>catherine: the family members of two men being held hostage by ices are pleading for their lives of their loved ones. a japanese journalist and a jordanian pilot have been threatened with the heading. there have been three different deadlines in the space of a week and all have passed. >>catherine: anxious relatives of the pilot have been waiting for any word tonight. the terrorists want to swap a woman al-quaida prisoner and jordan has been considering that deal but it first demands proof that
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the pilot is alive and apparently that has not happened. >>catherine: in washington an angry john mccain through some protesters out of a budget hearing me meeting today calling them some. it happened after members of an anti-war group called coke paid approach the witness table where former secretary of state henry kissinger was testifying. >>catherine: the protesters carried signs and chanted saying the 91 year-old should be arrested for war crimes. senator mccain said the protesters were disgraceful perry >>pam: also testified today madeleine albright and george schulz senator mccain asked them to share their foreign policy experiences with senate armed services committee. >>pam: and hernandez once had
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>>pam: you may remember this disturbing video on a highway to a group of bikers got into a confrontation with the family and as you state one of the motorcyclist pled guilty to assault in writing. christopher crew as pled guilty he expects a 4 month jail sentence to of the bikers have already pled guilty. several others including an undercover police detective are headed towards the trial. >>pam: the opening statements are under way in the murder trial of former new england patriots player aaron hernandez. the insiders the andrews is following the case and joins us from los angeles with more.
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>>reporter: me a date 2012, 22 year-old aaron hernandez bound for the super bowl and looking at $40 million future. a year later charged with shooting death of a friend he pled not guilty. today during opening arguments the victim's mother, and tears had to be escorted from the court room. >>reporter: fernandezes dream team hat, and claims of prior violence tossed out. >>: the jury is never been here that aaron hernandez is suspected of executing to other people a year before the jury is never good to hear that aaron hernandez is accused of shooting a friend in the face. >>reporter: this trial is expected to last six weeks. get
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more entertainment news on the insider tonight at 7. >>reporter: mostly clear skies and dry conditions are making for relatively cooler evening. when the upper 50s right now on the city. taking a peek in terms of what is going on right now we have a strong ridge of high-pressure dominating our weather. we have bone dry conditions through wednesday of next week. all the storm systems better tracking towards vancouver and heading up north southbound bass no showers same. the moisture is making its way to the north and east were gonna be bone dry. >>reporter: taking a look at the temperatures tomorrow morning of
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the cool of the start the day. 48 and daly city with the fog really starting to dominate the area. but for temperatures will remain a little bit cooler in the afternoon 64 enrichment and 64 in oakland. richmon... whenever breezy when heading of the north anise the keeper is dry and to next week's. >>reporter: were not looking at any precipitation. blue skies and temperatures ranging from the '40's to the upper 50s as we round up the weekend would have record warmth and south lake
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benefits. that the four week moving average our labour market and tenure it continues to improve. especially our unemployment labour market. it's leading to earnings growth more savings more investments more activity in the economy. we're not great but were good. >>reporter: what you did yourself of holiday debt. >>reporter: my credit card statements are to come in and but but those bonus points. a lot of america spends more than was expected. so congratulations to this low income households spent more than expected. you
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start paying down your credit card at this time right now you can do the snowball message which pays off the lowest amount that first or you can go after the bigger debt that has the higher interest rate. have a budget. >>pam: coming up next as 6:00 the latest on the investigation and the gruesome discovery of body parts in a suitcase in san francisco. + reaction from people in the area. in the cleanup and in an investigation into last night's 4 alarm fire. and the residence or without an alarm those stories are next at six.
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>>reporter: to breaking stories of a following at this hour the first is impacting cal train passengers. a train hit and killed a man south of the amount you station. mountain view station. the trains are running again in both directions but they're running very late at this time. delays are of so an hour. and meanwhile there is a truck fire on the bay bridge and this is creating a much larger than normal backup right now. >>reporter: crews quickly close out the two lanes of 880. people
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on in their cars without these pictures showing the truck gunfire. the good news is there were no injuries to report tonight >>pam: at this hour san francisco police continued to comb the south of market street for evidence after the grisly discovery of human remains that were found anise suitcase. you can see the crime scene looked like when it looked like last night from this video from our helicopter partnership with abc seven the. >>reporter: the sub police dispatcher recording responding to a 911 called about a suspicious package in history. a medical examiner quickly
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confirmed that the human remains were the bill for human remains. . >>: the suitcases in between a carry-on as rollers on the bottom. >>reporter: a worker at the goodwill said he saw this case on as early as 3:00 p.m. wednesday. on the wall looks like a bloodstain has been painted over. and we also found a human leg near the firestone tire shop. two men were detained and a woman they were questioned and released. an undercover cop car to be seen parked in the area. a policeman was the surveillance in the area asking questions for any witnesses. >>reporter: the homeless guy was
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standing there with the ninth making a bunch of noise it's gonna weird. >>reporter: the medical examiner is expected to release of a report friday whether or not and determine whether or not this was a man or woman. so far this has not been determined whether it is a murder or not >>pam: another big story tonight in investigation as to what sparked this fires over san francisco. more questions than answers after we learn that some of the fire escapes in that building were blocked during the inferno. >>reporter: the strike hammocks building inspectors and city officials are going to be looking into all those things. tonight is it looks like most of
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the building inspectors have gone home for the evening there's still a few cruise better remaining out here for the evening perry they were making sure that this street here stays blocked off. >>reporter: officials continue to work trying to figure out wednesdays' deadly fire the winter the multi-purpose building. the blaze their grip of that building killing one person and injuring six others was most damage was on the second and third floor of the building. the fire sprinklers installed in the building or dare try to find out that they were functioning properly at the time of this fire perry >>: the fire department and the building inspection will be new
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in their investigations and working with insurance companies to determine not only the costs and all the conditions of the building's previous to the fire. >>reporter: the red cross a step in to help the fifth year so rep displaced residents here at this apartment complex. there's still no cause as of right now for this fire. what we get more information will pass along to you. >>reporter: are team coverage continues now with some of the pictures that viewers have been sharing with us from this fire. it is see the glowing flames right here some of the still images really capture the drama that one on last night and the tragic fatal fire was a 4 alarm fire. we thank all of those that share the pictures with the so
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social media and our kron-4-dot- com. >>reporter: heartbroken displaced residents now be defined a place to live. >>reporter: i spent time with business people and those residence throughout the day they barely don't know what they're gonna do next. there is a city official schedules and shop owners back into their ground for businesses at 22nd and mission to see what they could salvage from the fire. others waited their turn in hearing the worst. >>: >>: i know we're gonna go fire on the roof roof >>reporter: residents also return to the same but were not allowed in their homes. many here all they have left is the
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shirt on their back. many of the residents have lived here for more than a decade and are paying little rant. with san francisco prices as they are now we didn't know that they're likely not to find any place in the six city that they can afford. >>reporter: wall there no clear answers some are looking to a higher power. back now live now 22nd and madison the building inspectors planned to escort residence one by one around 1030 tomorrow to see if there's anything left that they can salvage. >>reporter: were underneath a
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nice dome of high pressure. despite all the cloud cover that we had 24 hours ago. 57 into oakland 60 in concord. underneath this nice ridge high presser it will continue to bring us mostly clear conditions for one more day but were looking at fault for tomorrow morning in hazy sunshine. >>reporter: taking a look at the raiders settle like composite radar... will take a look at the extended forecast coming up in just a bit >>pam: coming up intense manhunt on the part for the height of
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assault it happen was a child was walking home from school and equal east oakland. was on 98 avenue and the child was able to get away and tell his parents what happy what happened the oakland police are asking for the community's help in finding the person responsible. >>: are suspect is described as a male hispanic 40 to 50 years old five-speed 7 in. tall he has short salt and pepper hair off full beard this salt and pepper. >>pam: oakland police are checking surveillance cameras in the area for evidence and crime stoppers program is offering a reward of $7,500 for information leading to an arrest in the case. >>pam: still had a possible case
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>>pam: new fears of ebola tonight after a possible case surfaces and northern california. tonight a patient is being treated at uc-davis medical center for ebola like symptoms. j. r. stone is live at the hospital tonight there when will doctors know whether this is the ball? >>reporter: it could come tomorrow or could come tonight the doctors have been at the medical center all day long tried to assess this patient to see if they do in fact have the ball looked right now they do not know at this point. >>reporter: k. this is what
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looks like outside the hospital this morning you concede that has met suits worn by officials. this patient originally went to mercy general hospital was transferred to this facility when doctors learned of their symptoms and the fact that they had recently been to west africa. >>reporter: that patient is now in isolation. i talked with other patients here at the hospital many of whom are wearing masks today. even though the ball is not transferred by error recording as experts these folks tell me the mask will stay on when they are inside as they are not taking any chances you are about to hear from housekeeper year and the california nurses association representative. >>reporter: again we may get new information tonight on if we do
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know we will update you hear on crime and but against as of right now doctors are still trying to determine if this person has ebola. >>reporter: some good news is fewer and fewer ebola patients are being treated in epidemics hotspot region of west africa. the world or if the world health organization says the number of new cases and danny liberia and sierra leone is at its lowest level since last june. but it has taken a huge toll. >>reporter: out of more than 22,000 confirmed and suspected cases about 40 percent have died. that is nearly 8800 victims, with the drop of new cases of the world health organization says its efforts will shift from stopping ebola
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spread to ending the epidemic. >>pam: the measle the outbreak is showing no signs of slowing down. there are now 95 confirmed cases and they some wide. although 79 are here since california. and 52 of those cases are directly linked to the disneyland outbreak in southern california. health officials say, most of the people contract the virus were not vaccinated. >>pam: a southern california school since 66 students, because they were not fully vaccinated for measles. this comes after palm desert high school students showed possible symptoms of measles since that stewed was cleared. the desire the desert sands unified school district says the ban students cannot return to class until february 9th unless they get immunize prior to that date.
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>>pam: tomorrow loved ones will say a final goodbye to peron padlock. she is the 24 year-old woman who was killed monday hit by two cars as she was jogging on a dangerous stretch of road in san jose. her service will take place at the chapel of chives on mission boulevard in hayward. >>pam: police arrest a arrested two men who they say were street racing cars prior to the crash. >>reporter: in what the city says is a renewed effort to slow traffic here on your way a boulevard this temporary radar feedback sign is now up and running showing drivers how fast they're going. guy out on a walking nearby residences says is about time. >>reporter: the posted speed
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limit here is 40 mi. per hour while the size seems to be having an impact clearly some drivers do in fact you're better one reason is a long downhill grade. as i drove it trying to hold a steady 40 you can see how cars are passing me by on the left. >>reporter: there is another prominent raiders' signed at the bottom of the deal, not far from where acheron poppel was killed on men monday following a candlelight vigil for on wednesday mersenne look pardo said and there will be more action ahead. >>reporter: this driver, one of several were ticketed thursday for speeding was clocked at 56. neighbors are pleased to see cops cracking down on speeding since the crash but as she stopped to pay our respects at the crash site memorial on she
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echoed the public that public family call for stiffer penalties for anyone caught racing here. >>reporter: other ideas under construction of consideration are new stop signs of traffic lights speed bonds and more enforcement that may not be enough say critics who point out that even though some 400 speeding tickets are issued here last year many drivers still have not gotten the message. >>reporter: were not receiving a drop of met ray locally but got clear skies and no precipitation. tomorrow will have to contend with the dense fog. is mostly spattered spreading from the base stores back in the valley that could bring some problems in the 880 corridor. i don't think it'll
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last as long as it did today around 10:00 a.m. we should have some clearing. >>reporter: that means it'll make way for more warnings to the course of the afternoon. was gonna be waking up with lower '40's and inland valleys kelly. 65 and can build 64 in fremont and in the east bay made up for sixties. mostly hazy sunshine to contend with. breezy conditions. and balanced force award as we head into the weekend. >>reporter: taking a look at extended forecast the war will continue and was picked on saturday with temperatures
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reaching the low 70's it will be beautiful outside. the gusty winds will continue to route the course of the day. >>reporter: as we head into when is that not a drop of rain. our next door system might bring us is that a shower to. >>pam: coming up a huge explosion rocked some hospital in mexico. now the desperate search for survivors is under way. and the new snowpack survey that shows california's drought is far from over.
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extensive damage. much of the building was destroyed. back home passersby iran to rescue some of the babies. besides the two people killed dozens were injured, mostly by flying glass. the explosion happened when workers were making a fuel delivery to the hospital kitchen and the holes broke. at last word at least 54 people were injured 22 of them children >>pam: a huge water main break leaves quite a mess on a busy stretch of road in san francisco. + bran and details on the former stanford swimmer accused of raping a woman on campus. and great news for drivers in the north bay. i weigh one is back open well ahead of schedule.
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kron 4 news has learned the gruesome discovery found inside a suitcase was that of a headless human torso. was discovered on 11 street between market and mission. the leg was found a block away at the firestone tire shop. so far they have not release that h race or sex of the body or even if the parts come from the same person. >>reporter: this case is certainly upsetting a lot of people live and work in this area. one woman said she couldn't believe what she was hearing on the news last night about body parts discovered inside a suitcase. another person who lives in the area had not heard the news and says of the whole situation is quite gruesome is only something you
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would you think about hearing and a moldy. they hope that whoever did this the police find it very quickly >>reporter: here in san francisco's mission district the building inspectors are still trying to find out what started at 4 alarm fired last night at 22nd in mission. they were out here all day looking at the building trying to see if the fire sprinklers work in that building and if the building had a fire alarm installed in it. and they're also looking at the fire escapes to see if they were functioning properly. >>reporter: a can also tell you right now the excite cause of the fire is under investigation. >>reporter: continue and uncovers residents of the apartments were destroyed return to the same not knowing what's
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left. >>: i'm worried most about rising material stuff which is are gaining and again housing were begun a lift. >>reporter: residents were not able to get into their apartments to assess through what they have left. that should take place around 51030 friday morning. >>reporter: doctors in sacramento and uc-davis medical center they're trying to determine if one of the patients has ebola. the patient transferred here witt looking like ebola symptoms and recently mrs. west africa. right now it is unclear if this patient has ebola. >>reporter: investigators said oakland police headquarters are asking for the communities else in arresting a sexual predator
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that attack the 10 year-old boy and was walking to school. >>: is a male hispanic about 40 to 50 years of age he has a full beard and shorthaired the salt and pepper. >>reporter: as a $5,000 reward being offered for information in this case. >>reporter: we been reviewing the kit criminal complaint against brock turner. he is accused of attacking a woman on january 18th. according to claims he was on top of the woman during a sexual act he said he was kissing groping the woman but he did not have intercourse. the woman says that she does not remember being salted does not know brock tonner. he's facing five felony counts.
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>>reporter: a renewed a renewed effort and try to tackle the speeding problem in your way road. they're thinking about putting up a side show drivers off fast they're going. they're also thinking about speed bumps and stepped up patrols. this action is happening because of a woman that was killed on monday she was killed by two drivers the racing. >>reporter: traffic backed up due to a water main break on the intersection of oak and baker. a water main break and spewed into the street. the cruise hat were working until 3:00 this morning they had to temporarily shut off water in that area. in order to make those repairs
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>>catherine: good news for people the u.s. highway 1 in marin county was closed due to have ranked last month and reopened today. i would one was closed december 11th after damage to the stretch between the panoramic highway and mere words road. the million-dollar repairs include building a retaining wall. caltrans says there crow's works 16 hours a day, seven days a week to open early. i would one was expected to be closed until late february or or >>pam: california's new snow survey is out and it doesn't look good. this file video of the last survey back in december. according to the report the statewide snowpack is just 25 percent of normal for this time of year. the sierra
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nevada currently owes the lowest in january snowpack on record. >>pam: officials say there was just 7 in. of snow on the ground down from 21 in. last month. the good news experts say the snowpack is better than it was at this time last year but not even close to the type of winter we need to in this in-store drought. >>reporter: another perspective on the drought's impact nbc in the latest drought monitor map just out today this week there's a big bet more of exceptional drought the darkest read here in eastern california. you see things looked pretty similar last week. >>reporter: nearly 40 percent of the state is experiencing those exceptional drought conditions. most of san francisco and iran are in severe drought territory.
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the east bay and the south bay are one level worse extreme drought. >>reporter: you can see an ice storm system impacting san diego right now. as it continues to push to the north and east over the 24 hours the pressure readings will heighten and delving bring us an offshore flow from the north and the west will continue to bring as dry weather and normal conditions. if they're headed toward closing towards lake tahoe the month of january and the on cupping we can wear expecting record wants. looking for the snow bomb forecast looking at 32 in. towards alpine medals 30 at squaw valley and 38 kirkland.
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>>catherine: as a result is ready to host the super bowl this sunday. it is already playing host to a special delegation from the bay area. the group of about 18 people wants to see how the city of glendale ariz. handles the crowds and attention the super bowl rings. >>catherine: considered home work. since next year super bowl will be at levi stadium in santa clara. the group has reportedly already learned things about logistics' security and
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>>gary: no surprise clay thompson is headed to the all- star game. news chosen as a reserve by nba coaches. so is curry kerr and thompson will be in new york city next month without a wait-and-see and james carton will receive more votes than clay thompson will start in favor of the injured kobe bryant. my guess is that times and had more votes and been an elite law under thompson hads
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been in the league longer... >>gary: your with damien out of oakland. look for alert to replace brian when they make the full roster is official. and the other kids that get snub was marcus cousins in sacramento. he's bubbling him a better individual lead year of been tim duncan we all know the tim duncan has won five championships. >>gary: this was the last day for super bowl participants to talk to the media.
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>>: a total of nine about the slain often come here and available for you i have talked all of my requirements are for felt so now next to this for this next three minutes of this be looking at your away looking at me shut out oakland california shout out oakland >>gary: he did show some personality next the coated o'brien and rob rakowski on the o'brien's late night show. talked about marchand lynch and discernible
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>>gary: our eyes of their best. we talked about this on the radio today are believed thinks he's a bad guy and he came in here twice. i don't think he's one of those guys this is secure. that i have to try and intimidate you because i insecure about my own skills. no i think he's comfortable with himself. what you hear that is lynch is a really good guy. >>gary: this is joe lane of get that started joe lee.. jelly will look over my tweet saw an
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initial let me know as govettlet me know if it is good or bad. this is taught you read us secure retests delhi has her own twitter, will keep that on the download. and all you teenage boys will be going through me. >>gary: his picture brady ran a joe montana uniform with the caption says i've been preparing for sunday's since 1983. grady grew up as a 49ers stand in san mateo and montana was this child and i don't.
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>>gary: the scandal is slowly going away here every so says this new bill slated ball grew is a mix of grapefruit: inline and has a little bit of carbonation the tag line is is more fun to play with squishy balls. >>gary: animals picking the super bowl runner kirsten memphis. the giant panda late says that the patriots are gonna win. lay lay.. and rudy the rules the of iowa says the seahawks are gonna win rudy the rooster...
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>>gary: 49 years. tongued devil has left the 49ers two years ago buddies back with the organization as the team's senior personnel executive. he was the eagles' vice-president since 2013. gamble previously worked with the 49ers in 205 and 211. >>gary: tiger woods' first tournament and a while uraeus and the waste management classic in phoenix. waste management classic deep settle for over 92 under par. 2 under par..
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>>gary:joe lee delhi has my heart. this is a tough reckitt and if we can bring more of our kids and introduced some the wonders of television then maybe we have a chance. >>pam: coming up the weekend is almost here and is expected to be ago when weather wise. and vanessa will be back with your complete forecast.
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are gonna release like this in a gonna be annoyed by it and are gone when know what it shut off. >>pam: more bad news for the oil industry. energy giant shell announced it will cut spending by $15 billion over the next three years. the mot comes after the company announced dismal fourth quarter profits from last year. shell is the latest company to announce cuts because of falling oil prices. the oil is currently trading at $45 a barrel that's down from over a hundred dollars last month last summer >>pam: here's what will cause you fill up in the bay area's largest cities. according to aaa san francisco drivers are paid to 63 on average for gallon of regular. and that's down 21¢ from last month. oakland drivers you are paying to 46.
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"the insider" with perspective on today's top trending stories. >> i'm very hands on. i fire nannies like this. >> now one of those nannies is firing back with a lawsuit. >> she's claiming mariah didn't pay her overtime and was jealous of her relationship with the twins. >> they try to make themselves more important in the baby's minds than me. >> we're going inside the case with the nanny's lawyer. >> damages in this case are going to be significant. >> then as the patriots prepare for the super bowl -- >> i probably won't be able to see it. >> the trial of aaron hernandez begins. and the plus-sized beauty that scored an historic modeling contract. what does a size 22 model a trail blazer or bad example. >> i want to be on vogue. >> she's known as the martha
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stewart of marijuana. >> i grow it i smoke it, i cook with it. >> is she the queen of qanacannabis or a snake oil salesman in this booming industry? >> i was on end of life care. >> let's go inside. >> it saved my life. >> now the latest celebrity and pop culture news delivered to you 24/7, it's "the insider" together with yahoo! >> will mimi be emancipated from her former nanny's allegations? >> tonight, we've got two women making headlines for two very different reasons. i sit down with the size 22 model making history by landing a major modeling contract. >> and i'm with the martha stewart of marijuana. her truly amazing journey to becoming hollywood's queen of cannabis. but back to mariah. a rough couple of months her public split with husband nick cannon. today, new accusations from a former nanny claiming mariah is anything but a hero. >> unfortunately i have to have nannies but i'm very hands on. i fire nannies like this.
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