tv KRON 4 Evening News KRON February 26, 2015 5:00pm-7:01pm PST
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>> pam: a home invasion robbery that went terribly wrong. that is how hercules police. describe what led to death of a man who was found on the floor of his garage. on the 100-block of buttercup court wednesday. >> pam: his long- time female friend was also critically injured during the incident. >> pam: a 27- year- old man from san pablo was arrested in the case. investigators say, there is no connection between the people involved. >> pam: the names of the victims and the suspect are being withheld by police. as the investigation continues. >> pam: san francisco's public defender says. police are guilty of excessive force in the arrest of a homeless man who was sleeping on a bus @ >> pam: but san francisco's police chief. does not see it that way. >> pam: kron 4's dan kerman is live at the hall of justice with more. dan ? >> reporter: uc the police officer hitting the suspect was the baton. it hit the defendant's bed in the
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police officer. that is one of the reasons why the public defender says this is still went to far. police chief says his officer wind by the book. >> the matter who you are accurate if you are homeless you have the dignity to not be beaten down. this is a situation where the violence used by the officer was unnecessary. the officer involved here went down the line. >> has matched up with the video. and subsequent to it to make a holding so that this can go to trial. >> reporter: subsequently of arrested and held over for trial for attending a police officer. police police chief says this is all a pr tactic. now that his client has been held
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over for trial of the leak citizen complaints that would decide if this officer crossed the line. he is standing by his officer and that is the latest live at the hall of justice in san francisco kron 4 news. >> pam: police and f-b-i agents arrested a 17-year- old vallejo student yesterday, for allegedly bringing a loaded gun to john w. finney high school. >> pam: the authorities responded to a report that specific students were in possesion of firearms on campus. during the investigation one of the students fled from officers. but the student was caught and taken into custody. >> pam: police say, the loaded gun was reported stolen out of san leandro. >> pam: the five middle school students who were hospitalized after ingesting prescription pills wednesday, are back home with their families. >> pam: the albany middle school students were taken to u-c-s-f- benioff children's hospital in oakland yesterday by firefighters. >> pam: according to the school district. the incident is still under investigation. and district officals have not specified
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what pills were taken. >> pam: the body of a missing yolo county baby. that was found yesterday still has not been positively identified. >> pam: 23-year-old samantha green and her infant baby justice rees, had been missing out of woodland since monday. >> pam: two nights ago samantha green was found crying and hysterical in rural yolo county without her baby. >> pam: throughout the night authorities searched the area for the missing baby. and located the body of an infant near the knights landing slough. >> pam: the body has not yet been positively identified. >> pam: foul play by the mother is not suspected at this time in the ongoing investigation. >> pam: a bay area man schools 8 major adult food maker. then at 530 has been almost one year since this person was since this one
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>> pam: police say. this expensive dress that actress lupita nyong'o wore to the academy awards. was stolen in los angeles. >> pam: just how pricey is it? >> pam: the calvin klein collection dress is adorned with six -thousand pearls. and is valued at 1-hundred- 50-thousand dollars. >> pam: the dress was reportedly stolen from the oscar winner's hotel room. at the london west hollywood, sometime tuesday. while she was out of the room. >> pam: detectives are looking at >> pam: still ahead. arrests are made in the kidnapping of a woman in santa rosa. >> pam: what we are learning about the suspects. next. >> pam: and a high- speed llama chase. >> pam: yes. a llama chase! next, we have the video of the wild chase. and how the llamas were lassoed.
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(vo) at jennie-o, we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride ten miles for tacos. we thought we'd show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco, made with jennie-o ground turkey, cooked thoroughly to 165. (mom) i'd feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. (woman) i think that they're light and they're just fresh tasting. (vo) it's time for a better taco. (kid) the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. (vo) make the switch. look for jennie-o ground turkey at a store near you.
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>> pam: rob? what happened? >> reporter: this all happened across the street over there at a business called all text technologies. ahead and 140 this afternoon creek there or at least a dozen fire trucks on scene. they had to set up one of the portable decontamination showers. we were told about safety. there was an explosion at 140 inside the building. the company does use hazardous materials in regards to the manufacturing process used here. the physical therapy
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clinic had to be evacuated due to the explosion. >> we were working with patients at all of a sudden we heard a large bone. --b oom. everyone ducked for a few minutes. miller went in to look at the business. and one of the guys came out in his hair like had them blown back and he had dust all over his face. we caught 911. the fire department came on the scene and check things out and told us to evacuate . my >> reporter: entries you were told. the company what
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slate says that they used test the equipment for power systems this with special facilities to support heating exchange for biomass turbo systems that they convert to look what bill. two people are injured. the all clear on now for 30 this afternoon. --4:30 >> pam: a young woman who says she was held hostage for more than two- months at a santa rosa home. is now free. >> pam: three men are behind bars. charged with holding her against her will. and sexually assaulting her. >> pam: as kron four's terisa say, they started looking into this case when the woman showed up at a local police department. >> reporter:authorities say the 22 year old woman claims for two months since the christmas holidays she was held hostage here at this home on stony point road in santa rosa and it was here where she was brutally sexually assaulted as well as beat up numerous times. ♪ >> pio
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>> sexual assault and physical assault. >> how she got there is not a part of the investigation and i am not at liberty to discuss right now creek. >> cannot talk about how she was killed inside the house i can tell you she was threatened and coursed britt and feel for her safety. -- and feared for her safety. >> reporter:sgt. cecille focha says launched an investigation into the case after the woman showed up at the petaluma police department. >> reporter: how did she break free? a. know why she ended up in petaluma, but that is where she was and then we started looking into the situation. >> reporter:based on the victims sonoma county sheriff's department served a search warrant at the home and seized several items >> reporter:when theyc ame in - we >> reporter:one suspect - jose barajas- is being held on a 6 million dollars bail because he is also, focha says the victim says he orchestrated the crimes at
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the home. >> reporter: they others it seems held her aginst her will. >> reporter:the home on stony point road with many houses. >> reporter:will you talk? >> reporter:no one would talk to me - said the entire situation is beyond disturbing. >> it is just horrible. just horrible. te >> pam: dangerous behavior has one of california politician hoping for a change. expected to roll out the detergent poisoning at creek representatives says she want tougher loss in regards to this situation after hearing one hundreds of cases of children being sent to the hospital after eating the detergent not mistaken for candy. --pods
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>> pam: he explains what motivated tend to get into a legal battle with this company? >> reporter:two lawsuits have now been filed, which target the maker of a medical scope. >> reporter: his two other dogs sickened and 1-occurred because he switched to purina's beneful brand. >> i would hope that they would want to rectify what is going on here and listen to the people the consumers that buy the products. pets are dying. >> reporter: sometimes what is in the food which is also
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used in antifreeze. i did go to the store to check the ingredients. there are other what other kind of kibble with that chemical on the label. >> reporter: this is used in antifreeze but to make it less toxic than the alternatives. he also used in many other consumer products including catholic. --including pet food. >> reporter: surliness statement says that they will vigorously defenses to their brand which is a high end nutritious food enjoyed by millions of dog every day. --purina
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>> pam: several seabirds rescued from san francisco. are back in the wild tonight. >> pam: the international bird rescue released several recovered birds in alameda today. invited to celebrate the >> pam: release. were some third - graders from oakland's park day elementary. when they heard about the mysterious goo that strickened hundreds of birds back in january. the children raised money to donate to the center >> pam: the children sold jewelry, than six - hundred dollars. several dozen of those strickened birds are still being treated by the group. >> pam: llamas on the loose!! >> pam: the effort to capture two llamas in arizona. turned social media today. >> pam: grant lodes has the incredible video. and shows us how people are having fun with the story. grant >> reporter:right to the video.because it's tremendous. coverage of a high speed chase at the rodeo. >> grant:the llamas escaped from an assisted living going to do some patient therapy work.
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>> grant:this was in sun city arizona.near phoenix. and the llamas at times were right in the middle of traffic. >> grant:they weren't in much of a hurry. >> grant:the black one even let a person get right next to it.but when he tried to corral it.no dice. >> grant:the larger, white llama seemed to be the leader. >> grant:surveying the situation.surrounded by humans.before darting away.avoiding their captors once again. >> grant:eventually the humans got ropes.this is arizona. >> grant:the lone ranger and tonto were on the case.and one guy is able to corral the black llama with a rope around its neck. >> grant:now onto the white one.and you're gonna have to do a lot better than that. >> grant:man's speed is no
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match for the llamas.who outruns this guy easily. >> grant:so bring on the truck!! >> grant:one cowboy in the back of the truck is able to lasso the llama. eventually both animals were led to a truck.and taken home. >> grant:and the raiders couldn't resist jumping in on twitter.tweeting out this caption.these llamas may have great breakaway speed.but they've still got nothing on latavious murray. >> grant:more llama drama today that anyone here can remmeber. >> reporter: we are looking at comfortable temperatures tonight. we are talking about middle fifties. as we brace for the secondary storm that will bring us a few hit and miss showers throughout the course of the day. as we head into the weekend we are looking at
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lightening strikes. more on that coming up! >> pam: it has been three- years since the death of trayvon martin. >> pam: next, how the teens death changed the way the media covers controversial and sensitive topics. >> pam: and later. >> pam: one of the world's most wanted terrorists is identified. what we are learning about the masked man. known as 'jihad jonny'. coming up at 5:30. ♪♪
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>> reporter:this story really modern news media covers a controversial and sensitive subject. tonight we go inside the trayvon martin media effect. >> reporter:february 26, 2012 - three years ago today - unarmed florida teenager trayvon martin was shot by 28 year old george zimmerman. >>nat 911 call 08.14.41 'did you see what he was wearing?' 'yeah a dark hoodie like a gray hoodie' >> reporter:for ten days after martin's death, the story was covered only by the florida media. and it likely would have disappeared had it not been for the determination of the martin family - >> reporter:our media insider - npr tv critic eric deggans ---- >> the family of treyvon martin got the huffington post to do some major stories that really got people interested. >> reporter:the story finally dominated the 24 hour news cycle - receiving more coverage than becoming a cause celebre ---- a change dot org petition to bring zimmerman to trial garnered 2.2 million signatures. celebrities like jay z and beyonce joined the protests while others, including the entire miami heat team, donned hoodies in support of trayvon. >> reporter:zimmerman was eventually tried and found not - guilty. yet - trayvon's case is buried deeply in our nation's psyche - forever covers similar stories like the shooting of michael brown in
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ferguson and the death of eric garner in new york city. >> reporter:and this week the u.s. justice department announced that they will not charge george zimmerman with any federal criminal civil rights violations. >> reporter:we'll have more on this story tonight at 7 on the for kron 4 news, i'm thea andrews back to you pam. >> pam: and a program reminder. >> pam: kron 4 is celebrating black history month with a special at the end of the month called "selma to ferguson. what has changed" >> pam: former san francisco mayor willie brown, rev jesse jackson and others. talk about the changes in the civil rights movement over the past 50 years. >> pam: the special airs tomorrow at 9 p-m. right after kron 4 >> pam: we hope you will tune in. >> pam: coming up at 5:30. one- year hit and killed on the train talking about
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>> pam: it has been nearly a year since the death of 14- year-old jenna betti. >> pam: the teen and a friend were sitting on railroad tracks in martinez. when a train approached. >> pam: jenna moved out of the way at first. but then, went back for her cell phone and was then hit by the train. >> pam: now, we are hearing from her family. reporter will tran has a story. you will only see on kron 4. >> reporter: on this journey genet is very much with them. -jenna >> reporter: room is very much the same as she left it. they all spent time here. >> we are not afraid to talk to we are not afraid to talk about corporate she was our best friend >> she is my oldest sister and i always wanted to do everything like her because she was older.
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>> live in a space of love for our daughter and that would never go away creek have never said that it was not easy but love is very powerful and you let a guide you. your destination is much more beautiful than turning your back to its. >> reporter: still have tennis itself on the issue was try to retrieve when she was killed on the train track. the photos can never replace the person. >> talk about her on a daily basis. i pass by with the incident happened and i would just take the morning,jenna. >> reporter:hersmile.org makes donations to needy families.
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>> one to give back and pay for all the love that was given to us not only financially but as support and love for other people that were experiencing great tragedies like this family was her smile was born of that desire. >> reporter: the anniversary today is the way they feel are lost even more but they are confident--they are comforted by what she left her notebook creek live last and love. --live laugh and love\ >> gary: >> reporter: as a result
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when the conditions will begin to all rights late into tomorrow morning. mostly in the north bay and coastline. along with high level cloud. as a result, we will wake up to their comfortable conditions with temperatures dropping and the low 50s. closer to the bay. upper 40's as we head inland. by noon, it will be cloudy and cool by 60 degrees. >> reporter: high went approaching the coastline as the day goes on as spotty showers. we will track the rain coming up in just a bit! >> pam: in world news tonight. several stories to tell you about. a notorious terrorist is unmasked. isis boasts of destroying priceless antiquities. and a california family fears for family members kidnapped in syria. >> pam: grant lodes is here to begin our coverage.
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>> grant:he was the hidden face of terror, known only as jihadi john, until today. >> grant:tonight we have a name and an all too familiar story of how a devout young muslim transformed himself into a cold=eyed killer. >>"i'm back, obama, and i'm back because of your arrogant foreign policy towards the islamic state." >> grant:time after time the stone=faced killer with the at america and the west. and then cold=bloodedly slits the throats of at least half a dozen hostages from three countries. >>just as your missiles continue to strike our people, our knife will continue to strike the necks of your people." >> grant:his name is mohammed emwazi, a 26 year old computer programmer, born in kuwait and brought to england as a child, >> grant:this is his last known home. on a quiet street in northwest london. >>this is a nice area. everybody mixes, you got affluent you got working class, everybody gets on
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with everybody. >> grant:emwazi's path to radicalism began at least six years ago, when he travelled to tanzania in west africa and was detained on suspicion of trying to join the al shabbab islamists in somalia. >> grant:he returned to london only to move to kuwait the country where he'd been born. >> grant:when he returned to london in 2010 he was once again arrested. this time he was told he could not leave the country. >> grant:in 2012 he disappeared, and surfaced the next year in isis=controlled syria. >> grant:the c=i=a reportedly identified him months ago talking about it. >>i'm not in a position to either confirm or deny that the individual named in these reports is the individual that we're searching for. >> grant:in the newest video posted by isis, the victim is not a hostage. but history itself. >> grant:it shows men in an
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apparent orgy of destruction as they destroy antiquities at a museum in the northenr iraqi city of mosel. >>crash bang >> grant:these pictures may not be as shocking as they seem. >> grant:many of the artifacts appear to be replicas. >> grant:cnn says isis has already sold hundreds of antiquities from the museum on the international black market. >> pam: it is home to communities of syrian christians and hundreds of homes have been seized by the islamic state. they are even afraid to show their family pictures. >> the group holding them as media's savvy. they scan at all of the news releases and says if anyone post in the photos of anyone derogatory
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about the organization or affiliation they would single them out. >> pam: hundreds or thousands of families have been caught in the fighting and some have found sanctuary and the churches. >> pam: death or forcible conversion to islam. >> reporter: jason applebaum for the giants' training. where fans have voted for the new face of baseball. who is it? i will have more information coming out later in newscast.
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(vo) at jennie-o, we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride ten miles for tacos. we thought we'd show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco, made with jennie-o ground turkey, cooked thoroughly to 165. (mom) i'd feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. (woman) i think that they're light and they're just fresh tasting. (vo) it's time for a better taco. (kid) the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. (vo) make the switch. look for jennie-o ground turkey at a store near you.
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>> pam: apple has issued invites for a new media event on monday march 9, with the tagline "spring forward." >> pam: kron 4's tech reporter gabe slate says the event is most likely the launch of the new apple watch. >> pam: it will take place at the yerba buena center for the arts in san francisco. >> pam: apple has not revealed much about the watch or how various models will cost, other than to say the basic version will cost 349 dollars.
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honor. >> this is a critical honored for it is quiet now. but it was a bit of a bust. posy was named the face of major league baseball. he edged out last year's champ. david wright. very close to vote. but the can down to posy winning it. just a pretty cool honor. >> reporter: posy won the popularity contest. he was even chill about it today not much different from what he is normally. >> reporter: does it mean? >> any time you are voted by the fans in means something special. i always appreciate
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the support of the giants fans. i just keep on trying to win the game. >> reporter: posey was low- key about the whole thing can and said all of the right things. we the to one of his teammates a jokester to have a fun with it >>audio difficulties >> reporter: coming up at 645 with talk about look a strum he is an camp appeared he introduced lincecum to the style. we will have backed coming up. >> reporter: right off the canadian shore line. cold air as we head into the bay
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area tomorrow. >> reporter: 66 degrees in livermore, 65% to rosa and the wind is still up. and nice breeze of warm wet air. >> reporter: the wind will die down and then picked up again with another storm system pushing into the bay area. talking about what or mild conditions. and the upper '40's on inland lower 50s. bay shore middle fifties. we will have our day time high early on creek mostly sixties the area wide by noon. the wet will pick up and it will be hit or miss showers. >> reporter: about to am's
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frequent and the south bay. we will fill the called the cold and windy conditions as the bay area or as the day goes on in the bay area. >> reporter: and packing portions of the east bay route 88 am. not everyone will get wet at the same time. >> reporter: more sixties try to get and the mid-60s and throughout the day. factoring in the wind. it will feel like the upper 50s us so it will press the day dropped after now. >> reporter: take a look into the extended forecast we are expecting conditions through friday and saturday at with cool temperatures and heading into monday. >> reporter: high elevation
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>> pam:now at six. >> pam:some 15-hundred people possibly exposed to county confirms its fourth measles case since the outbreak began back in december. >> pam:good evening, i'm pam moore. >> pam:we're told the infected person rode bart last week from millbrae to civickron 4's charles clifford is live in millbrae tonight with the details.and reaction from riders. return >> reporter: we do not know if it is a he or she. but in road and to san francisco. look at the platform about eight short hours ago. last friday in san francisco and got off at 5:00. the officials believe that this is the only person or only time they broke the train.
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this is the second time this month that the passenger has written bart that may have been contagious with measles. beckham said through fourth and sixth in contra costa county exposing possibly at 1000 people to the disease. >> reporter: take public transportation being exposed to other people's illnesses is just part for the course appeared >> i do not know? who knows what they have? their risk of public transportation. >> reporter: may have been on the same train with the latest case but that is an estimate because it does not include the pickling bring on the bart transit form. >> reporter: some have even
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expos that were on the train at a later time. >> reporter: working to put together a list that the people that may have been in the same area as this person. >> pam: this is not the first time a measles alert has gone out to bart riders. >> pam: just two weeks ago. contra costa county officials reported that a rider took and san francisco. >> pam: we check with contra costa county tonight. and the health department says no new cases of exposure have been reported. that county still has only one case on the books right now. >> pam: an explosion prompted the evacuation of a couple of buildings >> pam: and tested this toll kron 4 haazig minute that it was a random criminal act that went terribly wrong.
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it happened at a business >> reporter: happened at this home and hercules. they say that the owner of the home front in the crotch creek they saw their neighbors at a violent struggle with the man at the side of his home on wednesday at 445 p m. barrett >> there was no gunshot wound according to the corner his injuries are described as traumatic to the head. >> reporter: a woman in her fifties described as the victims) was also found critically injured inside the residence. >> and the entry way inside the front door and distress but she was alive. >> i miss that i feel bad
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about it. >> reporter: the man who lives next door tells me he regrets not being home with his neighbor needed him. >> because i love to work but 20 minutes before the incident happened. i wish i was there i could help push the guy from on top of him and say my neighbor's life. >> reporter: and that is a bb gun and a bicycle belonging to the suspects were found at the scene a 27 year old san pablo resident with no ties to the two victims is not in custody in connection to the case. >> the big screen in the back of the house appears to have had bad at exit and entry what i say it went wrong most home invasion guards do not and in homicides. >> pam: said francisco police san francisco public
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defender says police stepped over the line went dead are arrested a homeless man who was sleeping on a bus. the public defender release this video of the incident after the judge thought there was enough evidence to put his client on trial kron4 dan is live at the hall of justice with reaction from the public defender and police chief. then?--0 >> this should not have happened to anyone. >> reporter: release in this video to the news media showing officer raymond pushing bonnard wore off the bus and hitting him with a baton and peppers or pepper spray before arresting him >> reporter: admits that he did make threats which to be here on the video but he says this escalated to a level that it should have.
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>> is expressing anchor creek and the officer should know better they should be trained on how to control their emotions so that they are not hurting system is unnecessary. --citizens >> reporter: that the mayor is defending his officers. since then he should not use or make threats. --made th reats >> reporter: ceviches are also accused the public defender of try his case and the media and now that the judge has made enough evidence to put one on trial. >> reporter: the chief also indicates that if his
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defended truly believe state officer stepped over the line he will file a complaint and it will be up to the occ to make a determination as to if that actually happened your not. >> pam: the bay area is bracing for showers. but it likely would not be enough to put a dent in california historic drop. but nasa is and the weather center with more of the storms headed our way prevent the nasa? vanessa? >> reporter: as we head into tomorrow and should be brisket inch chilly. and to the evening time find better
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chance with picking on precipitation with a secondary storm system with more moisture. scattered showers on saturday in isolated storms into the afternoon for game hill and possibly have your brain. we will track it out in just a little bit. >> pam: a reminder, if you can get all of your weather alerts forecast, check radar and more by downloading our free kron4 mobile application. >> pam: and special treat for it a group of east bay students who raise money to take care of sick birds.
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(vo) at jennie-o, we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride ten miles for tacos. we thought we'd show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco, made with jennie-o ground turkey, cooked thoroughly to 165. (mom) i'd feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. (woman) i think that they're light and they're just fresh tasting. (vo) it's time for a better taco.
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>> pam:the legal team behind the class action lawsuit against purina says they are getting inundated with phone calls from other people who say their dogs got sick.or even died.after eating the company's food. >> pam:we first told you yesterday about the discovery bay man who says his bulldog died and two other dogs were sickened after eating the beneful brand kibble. >> pam:his attorney's estimate they've now gotten one thousand calls over the last few days. >> pam:the suit alleges that the food has contains an animal toxin found in antifreeze. >> pam:the main plantiff says he hopes purina will investigate his claims now that so many people are coming forward >>"oc addressed it" >> pam:purina is standing by
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their brand saying that the lawsuit is based on false allegations and they are confident it will be dismissed. >> pam: a south bay community is on mountain lion was spotted roaming the neighborhood. a resident snapped these photos of the big cat on her porch. >> pam: it happened around 9:00 this morning in the 200 block of mountain wood lane in woodland. deputies responded.and the mountain lion took off into the hills. >> pam: on sunday, another mountain lion was spotted in the same area with two cubs. >> pam: authorities say residents should avoid approaching a mountain lion.and if you do encounter one, make noise and try to look bigger by waving your arms. >> pam: a special treat today for a group of east bay students. they got to tag along while a group of sea birds were released into the wild. >> pam: kron 4's jeff pierce was there. >> reporter:volunteers from the international bird rescue released sea birds in
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alameda today along with third graders from the park day elementary school who helped make it possible. >> we raise the money for the birds. if we did not they might die. >> reporter:when the students heard about birds struggling with the mysterious goo earlier this year they raised money to donate to the cause. >>we raised money for the birds. >>we did a book sale and a jewelry sale and a toy sale and we raised a lot of money. if i was a bird i would probably be scared and be thankful that the person is helping me get better. >> reporter: international bird rescue with a check for more than six hundred dollars. >>there hearts just went out and they just wanted to help put in the work to make the fundraiser happen. >> reporter:after the release the students combed
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the beach for plastic that might harm other birds. >>those kids were really great stewards of the environment and they went out and picked up that stuff and i congratulate the third graders from park day elementary they did an amazing thing. >>probably the best field trip i ever had. >> reporter: four news >> grant:californians knw the drought is a serious problem. >> grant:new field poll results. 94 eprcent of registered voters consider the drought it's extremely serious. >> grant:people in san francisco are more likely to think the drought is a big deal compared to people in los >> grant:and the latest drought monitor.out today. improvement in southern california. >> grant:slightly less of the darkest of rain there last week that we missed out on. >> grant:the bay area.is virtually identical to last week's
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>> reporter: taking a look at the current conditions to about a mild afternoon with temperatures still holding in the upper 50s. >> reporter: and will certainly be a comfortable night as we continue to monitor to onshore. picking up overnight time frame. temperatures were looking up in the middle fifties. >> reporter: and nice taste of winter. cold beer will be moving and could as a result highs with 63 as we get into the bay shore. >> reporter: it will still like the upper 50s quite brisk. >> reporter: not everyone will get wet.
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>> reporter: about today and tonight with sprinkles the up the san jose and santa clara county. >> reporter: as we get closer to the fiat eight an hour a week uc showers picking up in san jose and along the peninsula but it is hit or miss, not everyone will get wet. >> reporter: through the afternoon, mostly dry conditions trips again hit or miss with the showers. as we head into saturday with the second storm system and as a result scott showers are expected through the afternoon as we get breaks in the cloud. >> reporter: there may even be a rumble or two of thunderstorms.
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>> reporter: taking a look at the extended forecast, come tomorrow when he and kohl barely into lower 60s. but the chance to see what weather and thunderstorms as we head into saturday looked temperatures cool and breezy and the lower 60s accurate. >> reporter: winter weather advisory that will go into of that friday into saturday dropping to lake level. >> reporter: we could pick up the whole foot of snow creek is a look at the ski resort...www.snowbomb.com
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>> pam: demand is also starting to pick up especially in california because more people are on and broke into our mount martyr occurred here is what it will cost you to fill up and the bay area tonight. according to a triple a san francisco drivers are paid $3.80 on average. oakland drivers are paying $2.99 a gallon. san jose drivers, it you are paying $3.20 and the statewide average now stands at $3.90 a that is up 64¢ from one month ago. >> pam: still ahead.
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>> pam: a bart board of directors meeting happening right now. and to discuss the trend of the future. what some people are not happy with the new decision or new design class a still make in the nation's capital. funding for the department of homeless security hangs in the balance. where we stand tonight. >> pam: and a program reminder kron4 is celebrating black history month with a special at the end of the month called cellmark to partisan what has changed. former sen for cisco mayor willie brown and reverend jesse jackson and others talk about the changes into a bright moment over the past but the years. it airs tomorrow at 9:00 p.m. after kron 4 news at 8.
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would include these poles near the >> grant: who are standing. more to hold onto. >> grant:people in wheelchairs say difficult.and blind people are there.and run into them. >> grant:this is the first new design in nearly 40 years. >> grant:the new fleet will hit the >> pam: much more news ahead at 6- >> pam: including an east bay family still struggling one year after their daughter's death. >> pam: plus, intelligence officials identify the isis executor >> pam: also, somber ceremony today.marking 22 years since bombing.
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for the bart train here at that afternoon and rode into samper cisco at the center civic station prepared for a list of people that help may have come in contact with this person creek they are looking for people who may have not had the disease or vaccinated. >> reporter: say home and bashan robbery the 27 year- old man is not in custody in connection to the crime. >> this was a home and they join a robbery that did go very bad. >> reporter: as is the city's first homicide since 2012. >> reporter: authorities announcing the rest of three
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people at this compound and santa rosa. they have charged three people with holding a woman hostage as well as physical as sexually abusing her. they have come forth and told authorities about her tail. that launch an investigation. three people are in custody. we did speak to the people at the count on a system he never sought a bomb here. --never sought a woman here >> reporter: using excess of force to get a homeless man off the muni bus. showing officer raymond pushing and are worn off the bus and hitting him with a baton and pepper spray before our prestige after threatening an officer. defending his officers as he's gone by the
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minutes up ago. two suspects sought a ranger and took off down a steep cliff down the bay it were stuck in had to use climbing gear to get to the suspect creek the up from was airlifted by ac h-p chopper. both expected of vandalizing an historic building. international news tonight we had a name and we also have the first pictures a british computer programmer identified today creek the ice is executioner who be headed hostages. and the images they that at least a decade. muhammed in this picture right here is where he was attending a church of england school. in west london >> reporter: he was bright
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and alike. --polite >> pam: we are just hours awaywe're are just hours away from a partial shutdown of the deparment of homeland security. >> pam: if congress can't strike a deal.the agency will run out of money. >> pam: late this afternoon kron 4 has learned the senate appears to be on its way to voting on a clean funding bill. >> pam: the bill would strip language reversing president obama's executive actions on immigration. that version would pass the house. >> pam: many conservatives have zeroed in on the d-h-s funding as the place to wage the fight over immigration. >>what is going on in the house? we have two leaders other in two weeks. this is not a very good situation and we are not going ot be a part of their petty games. we want dhs to be fully funded."
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>> pam: if a funding bill fails to move throught congress.some 30-thousand "non-essential' personnel would be furloughed. >> pam: however, some 200- thousand people would be exempt because they work in areas vital to u-s security such as the tsa, federal air marshal service and coast guard. >> pam: a somber memorial in new york city today.marking 22 years since the first deadly attack on the world trade center. >> pam: hundreds gathered for a ceremony where the towers once stood. >> pam: back on february 26th, 1993.a 12-hundred pound parking garage underneath the twin towers. >> pam: six people died.more than a thousand others were hurt. six people were convicted in the attack. >> reporter: of the night to night clubs will increase with preconditions. waking up to comparable conditions
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in the upper 40's along the inland and '50s in the bay shore. >> reporter: problem as to when i get too much more throughout the course of the day. we will notice a 10 to 15 degree drop talking about low 60's at that. >> reporter: evening hours and will feel quite raw and the upper 50s current storm system will not bring a lot of precipitation and will be hit and miss showers throughout the afternoon and evening. >> reporter: the second system brings us a better opportunity to get wet. >> reporter: we may end up with half an inch of rain in the higher elevations. >> reporter: breezy and try come sunday with temperatures in the lower 60s. it will be closed again
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>> pam: the cdc says patient should wash their hands with soap and water after they visit the doctor's office to prevent contamination coming up the sports and daniel has an update with the staff curry and lebraun james show off in cleveland. thyssen will talk to lincecum about walking or about working in the off-season with his father. sports is maxed
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>> we have to be on top of our game and i hope as stars off well. the aggressive tonight and keep the momentum only go to the seat. --we go to dc. >> reporter:the cavs are hot. winners of 16 out of their last 19 games. they took first place in their division from chicago during that stretch. >> reporter:the dubs beat the cavs the last time they
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played. lebron james the last time they played. >> reporter:and everybody beats the cavsthe warriors team leaders talked about tonight's >> reporter: >> reporter:right now it's. the n-f-l lost another legal battle today. >> reporter:this one involves vikings running back adrian >> reporter:you might remember peterson missed all but one game last season after he was suspended by commissioner roger goodell. >> reporter:goodell was reacting to peterson's felony child abuse charge filed in texas. >> reporter:peterson says he was disciplining his child with a switch. >> reporter:he later plead "no contest" offense and stayed out of jail. >> reporter:now, he's out of thea federal judge siding with the n-f-l players
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>> reporter:it was essentially ruled a breach of contract. >> reporter:meanwhile, it's unclear interest in playing for the vikings. >> reporter:although he's due to make 13 signed through 2017. >> reporter:dez bryant could findbryant was allegedly altercation with his mother >> reporter:if there is video from the texas walmart parking lot allegedly took place, it >> reporter:but a video has surfaced on t-m-z's website that shows describing the incident to police. >> reporter:she says her son threatened her shirt during an argument. >> reporter:no charges were filed. >> reporter:in the background of all of this is dez bryant's new the cowboys. >> reporter:i was happy our
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executive producer jason applebaum sent me to santa clara for >> reporter:but this guy sent himself to sunny arizona and spring training. to talk to his pal buster posey about some news out of giants camp. >> reporter:jason. >> just building my confidence again. years and years again and try to get back to that and be a part of that. he is not here right now but we are still keeping contact. it is on orthodox but i am not trying to be changed. i have to take it, as myself and did something about it.
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>> reporter: he is as the fast starter kit will be want a pen short leash. >> reporter: he is on a thin short leash. >> reporter:thanks jason. >> reporter:let that not be the last time you see jason. join him and bip every sunday night at nine on "sports night live." >> reporter:this week, he'll have more insider dish from spring training. >> reporter:marlins outfielder giancarlo stanton is sporting a new king of batting helmet. this one has a facemask attachment in the shape of
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the letter "g" for giancarlo. >> reporter:it's considered the first personalized helmet designed for the major pro sports. >> reporter:stanton took a pitch to the face towards the end of last season, that broke an orbital bone and five teeth. >> reporter:the home run champ isn't saying if he'll wear the season but said so far this spring, he feels good in the batters box. >> reporter:alex rodriguez is back on the field. league game in 18 months after his latest steroid suspension. >> reporter:today, he was taking hacks in tampa before a crowd of 500 people, most of them media. a-rod is behind chase headly on the yankeees third base depth chart. >> reporter:but the bronx bombers have never had a problem tearing six. a-rod. we'll keep the tanning booth warm for you. >> reporter:in minnesota. sometimes it pays to be that guy. >> reporter: timberwolves game kevin garnett had a homecoming of sorts and was re-introduced to the fans. >> reporter:during the game, a shirtless adult made a bit
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of scene by showing off the "welcome home k-g" he'd painted on his chest. >> reporter: attention of garnett, who gave the fan a raised fist in solidarity. and a 97-77 win over the wizards. >> reporter: >> pam:coming up.a trio of storms is headed to the bay area. vanessa bezic is back with a look at just how much rain
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>> reporter: some rain. moisture will start so it will bring about a bunch of cold in there and went creek not everyone will get what is hit or miss. secondary storm scattered showers and we may hear rumbles of thunder. the heavier rain and higher elevations. we are looking at a heavy snow. for higher alkylations after it--we are looking at some offer the higher elevations.
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