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head down. >>reporter:he showed no emotion as the court clerk read the long list of guilty verdicts. >>:throughout this whole thing he's been, to use my word arrogant walking in and out of the >>reporter:the defense called only four witnesses, the government, 92. >>reporter:prosecutors described the fatal injuries of the three bombing victims: restaurant worker krystle campbell, eight year old martin richard and chinese graduate student lingzi lu. >>reporter:they described the execution=style murder of m=i=t police officer sean collier several days later. >>reporter:and they showed jurors the jihadist messages tsarnaev wrote on the bullet riddled boat where he was eventually captured. >>reporter:tsarnaev's defense: he was under the influence of his older brother tamerlane whom he ran over and killed while fleeing police. >>reporter:his lawyers will likely emphasize that argument when the same jury meets next week to decide whether he should be executed. >>reporter:rebekah gregory lost part of her left leg in the bombing. she says death penalty or life
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in prison,. >>:he should be held accountable for his actions and i am very thankful for each of the jury members that are making him do that. >>reporter:the seven women and five men on the jury will have to be unanimous on any death penalty verdict. >>reporter:the federal judge cannot overturn their decision but if they can't agree, he will automatically impose a sentence of life without parole >>reporter:among the victims of the boston bombing is aaron hern of martinez.. aaron was 11 at the time and with his father in the crowd near the finish line. >>reporter:he was there to watch his mother -- who was running in her first boston marathon. >>reporter:doctors say he didn't break any bones or damage any arteries. but they had to remove bits of metal from his legs. >>reporter:he came home to the bay area. 15 days after the blast. >>reporter:tonight at six. the community which supported aaron shares their thoughts about today's jury verdict. >>reporter:a man is dead tonight following an officer involved
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shooting in sunnyvale. >>reporter:kron four's rob fladeboe joins us live from the scene of the shooting with more. rob? >>reporter: this drama began just after 11:00 a.m. this morning when a man walked into a liquor store he was armed the knife he robbed the store and as he made his way around the mall to the other side of that is with the shooting occurred and thus reduce, by officers as the conceit there's a lot eye to the golan--there's a lot of activity going on. >>reporter: let's go to the video now a half-dozen verso familiar yellow markers he's used to pinpoint the locations showcased in evidence police did not say how many shots were fired or, the suspect was hit along the few details distills
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is one of the star arrived he spotted the suspect armed with mike espy said in the alley. >>: he confronted the suspect and the shooting occurred as a result of that encounter officers responding to a portable art robbery as a liquor store the wrong with a knife in the shooting occurred as of the cell the we have this morning. we're investigating isn't what happened but again the suspect is armed with the life of the to contacted the suspect again the shooting occurred and it was looking at the same.
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>>reporter: 47 this cameras would outside and inside the liquor store >>reporter:there was a 2-alarm building fire in san francisco's mission district this afternoon. >>reporter:video from a kron 4 viewer shows a time lapse of the fire -- which was reported around 12:45 this afternoon on bartlett street near cesar chavez and mission. >>reporter:the fire was mostly in the top floor of a two-story residence, and spread to the attic. >>reporter:it's believe it might have started in a dryer. no injuries were reported.
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>>reporter:a suspected sex offender is back behind bars this evening. >>reporter:the inmate escaped from valley medical center back on march 6th during a doctor's appointment. >>reporter:kron 4's alecia reid joins us. it took a month, and a lot of joint forces to find him? >>reporter:authorities worked non-stop until they found jonnel carter. >>reporter:they feared the public was in danger because of the child molestation charges he's facing. >>reporter:which if he's convicted could result in a possible life sentence. >>reporter:he made a break from valley medical center while on a scheduled visit. carter was waist chained and handcuffed at the time he escaped the hospital. police say it didn't appear pre-planned. he waited for the opportunity and took it. >>reporter:police say carter's brother joseph, and joseph's wife nikeisha assisted him during the escape by driving him to reno, where he boarded a greyhound bus headed to mississippi, under a different name. >>reporter:the santa clara sheriff's office arrested carter's brother and his wife for harboring and abating a fugitive. >>reporter:authorities received a hint that the suspect was
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living in a golfport, mississippi duplex. >>reporter:when cornered, he tried running through the back door but was apprehended a short time later >>reporter:he's being held in mississippi awaiting extradition to the bay area. >>: we focused a lot of attention getting this person back in custody because we knew he was a danger to the public and we put the resources in it that we needed and our people did a good job, but we will be looking at policies. >>reporter:carter will be facing additional charges for the escape including resisting arrest resulting in the injury of an officer. >>reporter:a member of the mississippi marshal service task force suffered a brooken arm and ripped bicep during his capture. >>reporter:san jose police are investigating the shooting death last night of a 33-year-old woman. >>reporter:they say the woman - who was from the sacramento area - was shot while in her car and pronounced dead at the scene. >>reporter:they say the suspect knew her.. >>reporter:officers responded to the 13 hundred block of south bascom avenue by this 7-eleven. >>reporter:where they found the victim lying in the street. kron four's will tran has more.
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>>will tran:police this morning are investigating the tuesday night shooting death of a woman in san jose. officers responded at 9:55 p.m. to the 1300 block of south bascom >>will tran: his cameras are trying to the parking lot where the shooting took place a intersection of this corner. the victim, a 33-year-old woman from the sacramento area was shot while she was in a vehicle police said. her identity has not been released. >>reporter:a woman with cancer made national headlines after being removed from a flight to san jose. because of her frail health. >>reporter:coming up - how she's using that experience to fight the deadly disease. also -- new fall-out from the deadly police shooting in south carolina. >>reporter:what's happening to
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>>reporter:starting january first.fares will increase by either 10 or 15 cents depending on the distance of the trip. >>reporter:for example - trips between berkeley and the macarthur stations will cost 10 cents more. for longer stretches like between hayward and the embarcadero - it will go up 15 cents. >>reporter:bart says the extra money will help pay for things
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like rail cars and an automated control system. bart taking comments on planned fare increase in 2016 >>reporter:still ahead. new numbers show that most california cities apparently aren't trying very hard >>reporter:to conserve water. >>reporter:except for one bay area city. >>reporter:how they're doing it -- next.. >>reporter:also - a rescue that would make lassie proud. how firefighters saved a puppy named timmy.
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>>reporter:a northern callifornia woman kicked off a plane because she has cancer.is now using the traumatic experience to help fight the deadly disease. >>reporter:elizabeth sedway and her family were removed from an alaska airlines flight from hawaii to san jose. >>reporter:you see them being escorted off here in this video. >>reporter:sedway was wearing a mask said she felt weak, and did not have a doctor's note saying she was fit to fly. >>reporter:alaska has since
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apologized.and funind the family's unexpected hotel stay once booted off the plane. >>reporter:well now.just hours ago.sedway posted on facebook that she has decided to donate the money from the airline.to the multiple myeloma research foundation. >>reporter:the woman from granite bay, near sacramento, says even unpleasant situations have silver linings and she hopes the airline will look at future events with increased wisdom and sensitivity. >>reporter:while some california cities are struggling to get residents to conserve water during this historic drought, mountain view is getting praised by the state's water board for how much they've cut back. >>reporter:kron4's maureen kelly reports on what they're doing right. >>reporter:in the last 12 months.15% >>reporter:that's the amount of water the city of mountain view has been able to keep from going down the drain. >>reporter:which means they've saved a staggering 598-million gallons. >>reporter:how have then done it. >>reporter:well they are one of the few california cities that
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requires mandatory cutbacks on outdoor irrigation. >>:limiting their watering to three days a week, that was our restriction last year. this year we will probably cut back to 2 days a week. >>reporter:there is also a county wide program which pays customers to get rid of their lawns.which are a big water hog.giving them a rebate of $2- dollars a square foot.the water conservation manager for the city is showing me the demonstation garden they've planted.to give their customers an idea of drought friendly plants they can use to replace their front lawns. irrigation especially during the summer months is a big portion of our water use.go brown >>reporter:another tool they credit for helping to remind customers to cut back.big landscape water users.like home owners assocations.get what's essentially a report card in the mail. >>:it shows them what they should be using and what they are actally using. and how much money they could have saved. >>reporter:they will still have to conserve even more if the state's water board's proposed mantatory cut backs are approved.they are looking at a
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reduction target of 20%.while other cities may have to figure out how to slash their usage by 35%. maureen kelly kron4 news. >>reporter: here is a live look or the embarcadero their rickety the push from north to south over the night. timbers is also dropping most into 66 to one currently in downtown santa is in his oakland will more will clear out dry air will begin to filter and as a result and silenced passes attempted to track defects were looking to start tomorrow of the 40's tim to remain in the upper 50s as we had with somewhat however low
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seven is as a head and if you're heading to the a's game tonight first pitch at 7 08 look to get attention 56 degrees and by the end of the game temperatures will begin to drop off to lower 50s and most of clear skies as a result were approaching the sunny skies in the afternoon will be progressively milder. >>reporter: tear the lettuce storm system is however was for into two parts and as a result the weekend promises to be slightly cooler and wendy of the third is as we head and then before you're on the play low '40's and cosigned by noon the
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sea breeze with tech of keeping to much of mostly a perfect is along the coastline but elsewhere for notice of 46 degrees take a look at extended forecast come right up. >>reporter:"monster jam" is making its way to levi stadium this weekend. >>reporter:starting saturday night at seven.fans will see the twelve-foot -tall.ten-thousand pound machines rip through a custom track. >>reporter:youth tickets start at 10 dollar and adult tickets start at 20 dollars. there are several packages that include lunch with the drivers and a pre-party. >>reporter:levi stadium is also scheduled to host monster energy a-m-a super-cross on april eighteenth and >>reporter:the f-i-m world championship later this year. >>reporter:firefighters saved a cute six week old puppy from a well. >>reporter:he somehow fell 50 feet down an eight inch hole in the ground. >>reporter:fresno firemen huddled around the hole, made a make-shift harness, and somehow got it around the golden retreiver mix and pulled him
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out. >>reporter:it took them several tries, but they eventually succeeded. >>: "we just used one of our utility ropes and made a loop on the end and just tried to get it around the puppy in the right way." >>:"this morning when i was going to school i heard him but i thought they were playing and that they were ok in the garage but they weren't." >>reporter:timmy's 12 year old owner says the opening to the well had been covered with a brick and cardboard. >>reporter:she thinks he may have fallen into the hole some timethe opening to the well has been sealed so this doesn't happen again. >>reporter:next. we return to a neighborhood where residents are upset about a homeless encampment. >>reporter:a closer look at the conditions that have people so worried. it took tennis legend serena williams,
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>>reporter:a follow-up to a "my kron 4 story" we brought you
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this week.about a homeless encampment that's right next to a san jose couple's back yard. >>reporter:we wanted to know what the city is doing about it.. >>reporter:kron 4's vicki liviakis went back to the neighborhood - and captured a confrontation between the complaining neighbor and the campers. >>reporter:we went back to the homeless encampment next to the neighborhood on cross way - this time to talk with the people who live under the freeway. >>reporter:laura condito came with us. >>: they're concerned about is an area that needs to be fixed because it is where the drug is transaction by drawingclean up what's going on. >>reporter:the residents of this encampment say they aren't responsible for the drugs and crime. >>reporter:a man by the name of
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angel tells me that after our story ran four san jose police came in and told them they had to leave. i got no where to go. >>reporter:besides calling police - there's something called the homeless helpline. >>reporter:work city wide. >>: summoned to see on the street could be anywhere we have attained the dedicated down, the people who work city-wide. >>reporter:the fact is that homelessness in silcon valley is in crisis mode. >>reporter:there are about 300 such encampments around san jose - just like the one here in laura's backyard. >>reporter:in san jose vicki liviakis kron 4 news.
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>>reporter:we checked out that last story after viewers reached out to us. >>reporter:if you have a story idea, go to kron4-dot-com, and click on the "my kron 4 story" button on the homepage to submit your story. >>reporter:on our website, you'll also find raw video of the homeless encampment. vicki and her photographer went on a tour of the area. it's really eye-opening stuff -- on kron4.com. >>reporter:still ahead. the fall-out from that deadly police shooting in south carolina. next at 5:30. what the department will be giving all of its officers. and later. proof that the golden bear still has a golden swing.
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>>reporter:tonight.emotions are running high in south carolina and around the country.after a racially charged police shooting. >>reporter:grant has been following the story and has the new developments. grant? >>reporter:once north charleston officials saw this video.they moved quickly.firing officer michael slager, who is white.and charging him with murder. >>reporter:the victim.who is black.was initially pulled over for a traffic violation. >>reporter:in the video.50-year- old walter scott.who was not armed.can be seen running away as he's shot eight times.
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>>reporter: gunshot fired subject is down >>reporter:that was the dispatch call officer slager maderight after the shooting. >>reporter:the officer claims walter scott grabbed his taser during a scuffle over the weekend. >>reporter:but the video seems to show the taser on the ground behind the officer.who then appears to put the taser next to scott's lifeless body. >>reporter:today city officials were shouted down.protesters yelling at a press conference.that black lives matter. >>reporter:the police chief did get a few words in. >>:- "i'm going to be totally honest with you. i am. and give me just a second. the honesty comes from my heart. i have watched the video and i was sickened by what i saw. >>reporter:today the north charleston mayor also met with
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the victim's family. >>reporter:the mayor also vowed to put body cameras on every officer on the street. >>reporter:while that police department in south carolina will be using body cameras. >>reporter:a bay area department is considering another camera system that will turn their cruisers into a crime fighting tool. >>reporter:kron 4's tech reporter gabe slate has the story. >>gabe slate:" the palo alto police department has implanted a really cool new high tech tool into their patrol cars that will help make the community safer and hold police officer's accountable for their actions. >>gabe slate:what they are doing here in palo alto could be a glimpse into the future of law enforcement across the country" >>gabe slate:these small cameras are built into the car, pointing outward recording video and audio non-stop during a shift. >>gabe slate:officers can access the 5 camera video surveillance
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system on this split screen box that sits on the lower center dash area. >>gabe slate:the footage is saved for 2 years. >>gabe slate:having video evidence of people committing crimes helps get convictions and keeps criminals off the streets. lieutenant zach parron - palo alto pd >>:"there are hard relations between communities and police officer's right now and if this can help people see that we are not doing bad things and trying are best out here that can help mend relations. " >>gabe slate:you can see here i'm on the front cam now side now rear now side that blue box lower left records suspect in back of car. >>gabe slate:there has been incidents already where a crime was committed here in a palo alto and they had no leads they went back through video footage
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from patrol cars that were in the area around the time of the crime and those videos lead to suspects and arrests. >>reporter: giving way to most a conditions as a result will be a chilly one if you wake up tomorrow thursday temperatures overnight without the to the upper '30's and mid-40s as men from others identified where having a gradual and moderates warming trend. increasing winds on the weekend saturday evening into sunday the slightly cooler temperatures and to the
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afternoon our storm track four satellite imagery shows mostly because the moon from northwest to southeast to consider the most clear skies of sure this high pressure that we build in over the next cut to four hours. --24 hours >>reporter: it will fall slightly warmer weather from a water in the 60s along the banks a percentage as head inland along the coastline in the low 50s 60 degrees however expecting around the base 71 as the head and looking ahead 21 afternoon's of a closely with the when speaking of the saturday evening into the weekend temperatures will top off into the middle '70s by saturday afternoon toilet: a + 3 is to hit for the second part of the weekend for the next one to suspect late monday night
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>>reporter:an oakland neighborhood is upset about a dangerous road. >>reporter:they say the problem is being caused by shrubs growing along broadway terrace. reporter scott rates has the story - which you'll see only on kron 4. >>reporter:with it's twists turns and narrow passage broadway terrace is already a challenging road for drivers but now people who live in this oakland hills neighborhood say there's an even bigger problem. >>reporter: you concede this is a straight right here down here and hear the plants and all of the show time running into what the problem is coming right out into the street i could step in here it is about where the curved end all of this is laying out in the street and as cars come by here is causing some of them to move into this is to divide that is the problem.
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>>reporter:mark fithian has lived in the area with his family for six years, he says he reported the problem to the city several times >>:"i haven't gotten anywhere" >>reporter:we wanted to find out why nothing was being done. so i reached out to city counsel member dan kalb. he tells kron4 that he has now reached out to the pubic works department. >>reporter:he also says the public works department is understaffed and that could be the reason for the delay, mark hopes something is done before a minor problem turn in to a much bigger one >>: you can see people walking up and down the street the cars of the people you cannot see them as the come on the corner >>reporter: she tells me that that to our report the cruise will be looking into the problem
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was so far there was no estimated time frame on when that work will be done reporting the news long. >>reporter:still ahead. actress mischa barton sues her mother. coming up at 5:45. why she calls her a "greedy stage mother." and next. stroller work-outs - for new mothers. >>reporter: hired today as health-care stocks than the dow was up to seven points.
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>>reporter:there's a new fitness routine for new mothers. one that even involves strollers. >>reporter:it's called "fit for mom stroller barre work-out. a mix of things including ballet, pilates and yoga.and stroller based exercises. >>reporter:it was created by a former professional ballerina. >>reporter:"fit for mom" is designed for new mothers - or just women trying to fit in a workout without sacrificing a
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lot of time with their children. >>: when a child learns to walk and learns to run and in stores to for physically we need to react to the children. >>reporter:whether you're pregnant or a new mom and you're just dying to get out of the house, we may have the fitness routine for you. __ explains in today's health minute.
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>>reporter:the greatest golfers of all time have made their mark at the masters. the greatest champion of all times. today the golden bear added to his legacy at augusta. >>: injected that number for the big three is involved with that. come on track--jack
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>>reporter:playing the fourth hole in today's par-3 challenge. >>reporter:the 75 year-old nicklaus hit his approach 15 feet beyond the hole, spinning it back and into the cup for a hole in one. >>reporter:after he celebrated with high fives all around. the golden bear can still sink a hole in one. but what about tiger? >>reporter: misted by that much. the four time masters champion was close. but not close enough. >>reporter:but it looks like his
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back is feeling better. >>reporter:tiger played the par 3 challenge with his daughter sam, son charlie and girlfriend lindsey vonn tagging along today >>reporter: a nice mixture of blue skies and cloud the residual moisture in the week of the storm that can produce the the temperature and the lower 60s bay area wide the sea
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breezes of between eight to 16 mi. an hour sustained. the to the satellite you concede the cause of moving in the northwest to southeast direction this actinide the cool temperatures will remain of the in the east-- >>reporter: we're looking at a broader and won the second half of the day discussing with from the coast the of this same case into friday that the he black topeka by late saturday and that is why the wins will pick up beyond true when discussing into sunday bringing temperatures up and down this is an upcoming weekend. >>reporter: into northern iraq
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you can see the most the clear sky sitting offshore and ice ridge of high pressure tim to remain quite comfortable in the ultimate seven is a cup of low pressure setting off to the southwest was with the pressure israel into the upcoming weekend. these temperatures meant to of the third is a specimen of that 60 feel in my predecessor into the east a good candidate time i 69 it antioch seven is headed to livermore 67¢
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to close to a and 58 as head into ocean beach the committee is slightly more from thursday to friday. >>reporter: here's a live look at heavily mount some missouri we picked up 5 in. over the last 24 hours
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>>reporter: we have more from hollywood. >>reporter: she joins a long list of child starts to take in their family to court and an industry where young ones are supposed to be protected are the parents to blame for the show biz kids going broke. >>reporter: there's been a lot of negative things in a lawsuit filed by mr. barr and her mother and longtime manager pocketed money from our earnings and bought a $7.8 million beverly hills home she is not even allowed to enter she calls her gritty stage mother. the first
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thought before the stock rose on the ioc would to rehab and 2007 after it the u i rest she claims the mamas wouldn't name and fortune of openly discuss how and on she was on the beach one so they released a statement to the inside of this is in part she is troubled by such outrageous and had a false claims of dishonest or improper conduct against her or her husband. >>reporter: and was also a lead on kron 4 at the inside and salmon to my ears as 730 followed by kron 4 news and
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eight. >>reporter: committee of support for the bay area boy who survived the boston marathon bombing still has six their reaction to today's quick verdict in that trial the bart station will passengers would like to see improved a lot more new still ahead next on kron 4 news and six.
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>>reporter:now at six. >>reporter:an armed robbery turns deadly.when a suspect with a knife encounters police. >>reporter:this is video of the scene in sunnyvale from our helicopter partnership with a-b- c 7 news. >>reporter:police have released
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very few details about the shooting. >>reporter:but kron four's rob fladeboe has learned that there was a confrontation between the officer and the suspect just before the shooting. >>reporter:the confrontation between the suspect and the lone officer occurred here in an alley, around the corner from this tasman avenue liquor store which police say the suspect had allegedly just robbed. >>reporter: deputy chief dave pittts/sunnyvale dept of public safety >>reporter:at least seven yellow evidence markers could be seen in the >>reporter:alley but police did not disclose how many shots were fired. nor did they reveal details about the confrontation, such as whether the officer was threatened by the suspect, whom police say was armed with a knife. >>: we're still investigating exactly what went down but again the suspect was armed with a knife officer contacted the suspect in the end shooting occurred and then i've located at the scene.
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>>reporter:the deceased suspect was described as a white male in his mid >>reporter:twenties. police spent several hours going door to door gathering witness statements and evidence, in what was described as a thorough routine investigation and not influenced in any way >>reporter:by the spotlight currently on alleged heavy- handed police tactics >>reporter:elsewhere in the country. >>reporter:police confirmed the presence of surveillance cameras both outside and inside the liquor store but could immediately say >>reporter:what, if any images the video might contain that will help them >>reporter:determine what happened here. in sunnyvale rob fladeboe kron four news >>reporter:relief for some, but there was no celebration as a jury convicted boston marathon bomber johar tsarnaev of every one of the federal charges against him. >>reporter:grant lodes is here with reaction to the verdict. >>reporter:grant? >>reporter:thirty charges. thirty guilty verdicts.
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>>reporter:tsarnaev's lawyers never denied he took part in the bombings. or the later killing of an m=i=t campus police officer. >>reporter:but they say he was presured by his older brother tamerlan. >>reporter:the two brothers were responsible for four deaths and hundreds of serious injuries in the worst terror attack on u=s soil since 9/11. a transit officer seriously wounded in a shootout with the brothers says today's verdict will not bring back the lives they took. >>:"it's not a day to celebrate i guess you could call it a bittersweet victory, i'm not out there cheering for what happened, but i'm satisfied." >>reporter:tsarnaev showed no emotion as the long verdict was read. >>reporter:17 of the charges carry the death penalty. >>reporter:his attorney will now have to convince at least one juror not to impose it. >>reporter:in federal court death penalty sentences must be unanimous. >>reporter:one of the young victims of the bombing lives here in the bay area. aaron hern is recovering now but he is still in the thoughts of may in the city of martinez tonight,
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kron 4's dan kerman went there to get reaction to the verdict and thoughts on the sentencing >>reporter:martinez resident aaron hern was just 11 years old when he was hit in the leg by shrapnel from the bombing at the boston marathon he was there to cheer on his mother almost 2 years and several surgeries later family friends say aaron is back in school, playing basketball and continuing his recovery the family was not at their martinez home wednesday but the town that came out to support aaron and his family shortly after the attack has been following kept them in their mind >>:it was a horrific crime and i felt so bad for that little boy >>:i was pleased to see already how the young man was responding to his injuries and you could see his attitude was fabulous , he was going to do well >>reporter:people in martinez have also been following the trial of the suspect in the marathon bombing everyone we spoke with on main applauded the guilty verdict >>:i think the verdict was fair and correct. he definitely did
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it, there was video and so much evidence that proved that he did it. >>:i agree with the verdict i think he was guilty i think he did it, he was in on the entire plan , his brother may have been the leader but he understood i completely i do think they came up with the right verdict >>reporter:sentencing is next but unlike the verdict, not everyone can agree on what should happen next. >>:death penalty will be just fine with me , i am sick and tired of having citizens of my country damaged and destroyed by nuts >>:it would make him a martyr if he were put to death and i don't want that , i want to see him go to prison and confined for the rest of his life >>:obviously if they've done something like they were accused of and guilty of it then by all means death penalty to them >>:it's hard to say i am not a real eye for an eye sort of guy >>:at this time no word from aaron hern's family on the verdict or their thoughts on sentencing. in martinez, dan kerman, kron 4 news.
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>>reporter:the f-b-i and san francisco police are looking for the so-called "clean cut bandit". >>reporter:he's wanted in three bank robberies in the past two weeks. >>reporter:police say the robberies happened at a u-s bank last monday.a citibank last thursday and a bank of america on tuesday. >>reporter:they say the "clean cut bandit" pulled out a knife in two of the robberies. >>reporter:the man is described as being in his 30-s or 40-s.and around six foot two. >>reporter:he may also have tattoos on both arms. >>reporter:an unspecified reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest. who escaped in march was arrested >>reporter:in mississippi, a sheriff's spokesman said tuesday night. >>reporter:johnell carter, 40 had escaped from santa clara valley medical center in san jose on march 6 santa clara county sheriff's sgt. james jensen jensen confirmed carter was
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arrested in mississippi and that the >>reporter: he went to opportunity and took his brother and his sister in law are not on the arrest hollering in bidding a fugitive drive him to the reno where he boarded a greyhound bus and headed to mississippi and to the door is a month but the event recall him when cornered he tried running through the back door but was apprehended a short time later he is being held in mississippi with the extradition to bay area. >>: we also strive for
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perfection. >>reporter: he will be facing additional charges for this kit including resisting arrest resulted in prison officer the mississippi marshals service task force suffered a broken arm and rep the biceps during his capture. >>reporter:oakland police and crime-stoppers are hoping that a $20-thousand dollar reward will lead to information about the shooting death of emilio nevarez. >>reporter:nevarez was performing with his band at a 14th street nightclub. >>reporter:he was shot while later moving some equipment outside.early sunday morning. >>reporter:police say two people were arguing on the street. and there was gunfire.. >>reporter:nevarez was not the intended target. his family has created a memorial fund to help pay for his funeral. >>reporter:so far no one has been arrested. >>reporter: 0 of them are perry to see most of clear skies the wind is up all of the west 60
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mi. an hour and is about 60 degrees tech look elsewhere attempt to the most part in the low 60s bay area wide in the backside of a departing storm system the motion will continue to appeal of the east in fact days to take on the rangers first pitch at 705 temperature was the 56 allied and of the game 40 degrees in the coastline into the afternoon hours >>reporter:coming up on kron-4 news at six.
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>>reporter:changes are coming to an east bay bart station.and riders are being asked to weigh in. >>reporter:how you can share your opinion. >>reporter:the number of west nile virus cases is breaking records in california. >>reporter:what might be contributing to the problem. >>reporter:california officials are taking steps to fight university tuition hikes. >>reporter:details ahead on a vote today. female announcer: get three years interest-free financing on brand name mattress sets. plus, get free delivery, and sleep train's 100-day low price guarantee. sleep train's interest free for 3 event is on now! ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪
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>>reporter:a new textbook model could supposedly save students more than a billion dollars a year. u-c berkeley students talked about the alternative textbook plan at a news conference today. the idea is from a u.s. public interest research group. bcn14 -datebook advisory a news conference is being held in berkeley this morning to >>reporter:discuss the release of a u.s. public interest research group report that shows an alternative textbook memorial gym at university of >>reporter:a proposal to increase enrollment and prevent tuition hikes at all california public universities >>reporter:has been unanimously approved. >>reporter:the senate education committee approved the bill - which would direct more money >>reporter:to the u-c and c-s-u systems. >>reporter:and that would prevent the 5 percent tuition hike approved for the 2015-2016 school year. >>reporter:it would also add more space for students and courses.
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still ahead. >>reporter:fire breaks out at another building in the mission district. >>reporter:dozens of fire trucks respond to the scene. >>reporter:what might have started the fire. >>reporter:and nancy pelosi is being criticized in congress. >>reporter:the harsh measures some of her colleagues are suggesting. okay buddy what's your favorite kind of cheerios? honey nut. but... chocolate is my other favorite... but apple cinnamon is my favorite too... and fruity... oh yeah, and frosted! okay, but...what's you're most favorite of all? hmm... the kind i have with you. me too.
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>>reporter:there was a two-alarm fire in a building in san francisco's mission district this afternoon. >>reporter:this kron 4 viewer video shows smoke from the fire.which was >>reporter:on bartlett street near cesar chavez and mission. >>reporter:the fire was mostly on the top floor of a two-story residence.and spread to the attic. >>reporter:it's believed it might have started in a dryer. >>reporter:no injuries were reported.
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>>reporter: transforming the plaza from what look like today to this vision of a more modern art station--bart station >>reporter: to have a little bit of parking and their sometimes the we to overflow the chasuble of the st. paul's will have one of the and the main is to be stepped up a lot of that like the bathroom's not hold back your thoughts on how to improve the compensation law on the board that the of the tech the seven-pa--bart.gov
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>>reporter: ongoing demolition of candlestick park we have video from a helicopter partnership with abc seven crudes are really working hard to take down the 55 year-old former home of the forty-niners and jackhammers are being used to punch through the tough concrete can stick being demolished to make way for a mixed use commercial and residential with spurring the starting the that was now buyers in california has set a record high that has helped officials on alert >>reporter: since its first invaded california 12 years ago the level was not activities last year broke several record to 31 people died exceeding all previous years ago of a 500 cases of the more serious
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neurological forms of the disease. into flashes and meningitis. the number of dead bird the highest ever detected in california senses are not able to predict what is your brain because the climate and the types of birds and the skills and the area and one of the color of unusual that could mean an early start to the season. >>reporter: it is possible lenglen not contributed to was not by creating limited resources of birds in the scare the. >>reporter: where currently tracking mostly dry air started to falter in high pressure begins to build as a result it will be clear and chilly temperatures tumbling into the upper 30's and metaphor is the head to the edge of the upcoming week in the afternoon we bring
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into early milder--certainly milder. >>reporter: armed storm system will be monday and tuesday as early as monday night in the north bank in pushing this out as a into to this storm track four satellite shops of the flex down off the southern sierra. >>reporter: over the next 48 hours that ritual begins to slacken as the into the upcoming weekend as the storm system of to the northwest breaks apart and brings on more than the flow. don't close down a little bit as into sunday the first part of next week for tomorrow but optima to be in the of the third is a low for this by lunchtime however will feel that
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it will be away from the coastline. upper 60s on the bay in 07 is as we headed inland dry slightly warm from thursday into the weekend a month and into to domestic a look at snowbound-- snowbomb.com >>reporter: it has improved by 3 percent of the last 48 hours in fact above seven of the fee with intimidated 2 ft. of snow kirkwood's our valley takes about five--of which is just now--12 in. of snow >>reporter: san jose city council legislative will go
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head-to-head in june with on a to a possible candidate you're looking at them their face either newspaper publisher man when on-line or turning on the right this after a special election did not determine the clear winner in canada need to give more to the some of the vote to avoid their room off the one will be sworn into office in early august. >>reporter: democratic lawmakers to the party should drop nancy pelosi as a top house leader arcases stevens and after a big inventory losses in 2010 she is not the right person to help the democrats back to the majority is not seeking reelection. >>reporter: joe biden will be in the bay area visiting thursday and friday for events and san francisco, oakland cupertino he will be in san francisco for a political fund-raiser in his open on friday when you talk
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about programs that pg&e facility friday his wife jill will visit the college to talk about the president obama administration commitment to community college. >>reporter:we'll check out hawk cam. right here in the bay area live. >>reporter:red tail hawks nesting on a highrise. we have a birds eye view. >>reporter:then why some say it's time to change the look of that $20-dollar bill. >>reporter:the push to replace andrew jackson with a woman.
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it took tennis legend serena williams, fencing champion tim morehouse and the rockettes years to master their craft. but only moments to master paying bills at chase.com. depositing checks at the atm and transferring funds on the mobile app. technology designed for you. so you can easily master the way you bank. >>reporter:they're back! >>reporter:the eggs have been laid.and for the thrid year in a row.baby hawks are about to hatch! >>reporter:this live hawk cam is courtesy of sunnyvale software compant p-m-c.where two red- tailed hawks have come, once again, for nesting season. >>reporter:the baby hawks are expected to hatch in about 12 days. >>reporter:pmc's 24/7 hawk-cam is generating fans all over the
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country. >>reporter:school children are even tuning in.learning about wildlife in real-time. >>reporter:window washers have been called off.so they don't disturb the birds. >>reporter:the nest is relatively calm now.but once the babies arrive.the parents will be very busy.leaving to hunt.so they can feed the little ones. >>reporter:three baby hawks are expected before the end of the month. a bobcat's wild catch caught on camera. >>reporter:reporter ross palombo shows us a photo a man took of a bobcat snagging a small shark out of the water.
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>>: he saw the cat stalking of fish and salt water and it can't it was a shark however once the bobcats saw him he dropped it and ran off. >>:" just really surprised? fascinated?" caught on camera >>reporter:a bobcat catching a shark and john bailey just stumbled onto it.
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>>reporter: to our big story
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tonight guilty verdict to boston bomber the former college student was convicted of every one of the 30 charges against him out 17 of which carry possible death penalty and his lawyer it never denied his involvement in the deadly terrorist attack on u.s. soil since 1911 but his older brother to amylin big influence on the seven women and five men on the jury will have to be unanimous in the death penalty verdict the federal judge cannot overturn the decision but if they cannot agree you automatically impose a sentence of life without parole. >>reporter: men keeping a close eye on the trial of the boston marathon bombing suspect that because one of their own was injured use only 11 years old when he was hit by shrapnel he's back home play basketball again the continuing cost of recovery is seen to agree it was just one
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guilty as for sentencing is seen to be a mixed bag some believe the suspect should spend the rest of his life in prison and others believe the death penalty and on the thing that is just. >>reporter: a man is dead following an officer involved shooting sunnyvale police said an officer was dispatched investigator robbery tear at this to the store on tasman drive just after 11:00 a.m. upon our arrival officer spotted the suspect who was armed with a knife said police in an alley behind the store to offer no details but said there was a confrontation between the officer and the suspect who was then shot and killed. describe only as a white male in his mid- 20s. >>reporter: the transit agency has the plans on improving the entire plaza surrounding the station we have a long term
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vision that we want to get some feedback from our writers. the market was said to have a bike stolen that is not good may be the security for bike and concord. >>reporter: in san jose a man breaks into a woman's home and it is all called on surveillance video in fact as he was breaking into the home the woman was on the phone with police officers who did not arrive until after the man ran out of the house how shall you the new surveillance video you will hear from the victim tonight at 8454 kron 4 new spirit >>reporter: for during a good job of conserving water over the past year they've managed to cut back 50% estimated 598 million
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gal. the city will still have to conserve even more if the state's proposed mandatory cutbacks are proved their looking at additional reduction target of 20% by other cities have not done to the job have to figure out how to slice their usage by 35 percent. >>reporter: telomeres cause a lacks a clear and northwest to southeast direction overnight and high pressure builds in and dry air filters and as a result tim judge wood job quickly into the upper 30's and the middle 40's however some for the afternoon to the upcoming weekend afternoon promises to be quite bright and a bit warmer as his for monday and tuesday were trapped in our neck storm system tim to stop some of the 30's to mid 40's into the afternoon hours ' on the coastline or from the coastal fell slightly warmer upper 50s from the low seventies
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inland as to take a look dry inside the warmer thursday to saturday that is when the call and will commence were expected to shower another they and it will be more scattered and filters by tuesday. >>reporter:a south carolina police officer is in jail facing a murder charge -- for >>reporter:shooting a man in the back.as he was running away. >>reporter:c-n-n's polo sandoval has the latest on the shocking incident -- which was caught on video. >>reporter:a sign of support from city officials in the south carolina community of north charleston. >>reporter:amid community criticism, they met with the family of walter scott offering support and condolences. >>reporter:amateur video that's graphic, but vital to the case appears to show the 50-year-old african man shot during a confrontation with police. >>reporter:he falls face-down, is handcuffed, and later dies. >>reporter:"226 to dispatch, shots fired. subject is down. he grabbed my taser."
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>>reporter:officer michael slager the patrolman seen in the footage, has already been fired by the city and charged with murder. >>reporter:questions surround his version of events. >>reporter:slager initially claimed he used a taser stun gun on scott and that scott tried taking his weapon. >>reporter:the video seems to contradict that claim. >>:"we want this to change how officers handle situations and that a change could come in america where no other family will suffer the way my family is suffering right now." >>reporter:the scott family maintains the former coast guardsman had no history of violence. >>reporter:it's also unclear why the father of four decided to run away moments before he was shot. >>:"i have watched the video and i was sickened by what i saw. and i have not watched it since." >>reporter:emotions run high in a south carolina community, with two families caught in the middle. >>reporter:polo sandoval kron 4 news. >>reporter:the south carolina shooting has people across the nation outraged about racism and police brutality.
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>>reporter:kron 4 caught up with oscar grant's uncle bobby johnson to talk him about the latest incident and the murder charge that followed. >>: his acceptance of this can happen for along time even before oscars that however we have to address this issue build the this is was really at stake here >>reporter:bobby is the uncle of oscar grant. who was fatally shot by a bart police officer in the early morning hours of new year's day in 2009. >>reporter:a woman could be the new face of the twenty dollar bill. >>reporter:at least a group called "women on twenties" is trying to make it happen.
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>>reporter:their candidates include eleanor roosevelet.harriet tubman.rosa parks.and wilma mankiller. >>reporter:the non-profit organization is holding a voting campaign to choose three of 15 candidates. >>reporter:members are hoping to convince president obama to choose one of them for the twenty dollar bill. >>reporter:there have been 60- thousand votes in just the past 48 hours.
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>>reporter:giants-diamondbacks just underway in phoenix.chris heston on the mound for the injured matt cain. >>reporter: he is likely not to land himself on the disabled list and will be out tonight but they hope to have come back some of the news the picture is dealing with the store back he wants to pitch on sunday in time to lobby bruce baluchi to let him pitch on sunday that is good news. meantime the a's have signed former giants outfielder cody ross who hasn't done much over the past few years.and is a d-h at best at this point in his career san francisco. >>reporter: this 500,000 of his
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tenement in dollar contract the diamondbacks will pick up the rest of that is how bad they wanted him off roster. they're all remember him from a 2010 season and was it with the national league championship most libel fair and open the giants won the first world series in san francisco and is not good a major bathroom issue
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off-season renovation left many bathroom's use the true cause of from on monday against includes the lines were so long for the working bathroom's some fans could not wait to go so you saw what they did that try to rectify the problem and to the bathroom is 6 if the plumbing of the oakland coliseum was bad check other wriggly about now. amassed against moral title woods took go around today along with the kids can part also they're all two shots unless you're putting. his back is
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>>reporter: he spent two weeks for now with warner to the wide receiver share some advice for his quarterback. stock listings will people have to say about you and will people want to see you do and be yourself. >>reporter: of cml official will be homicide line to the first time and the nfl next season is the first ever semi-official on a permanent basis in new york
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city, indiana pacers player chris copeland was stabbed and arm outside a manhattan nightclub in chelsea. you heard to sit teammate like this one of his players in that not showing
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much compassion for his players to have to stay focused but that is life of a professional basketball coach its 300th goal of his life turned parent--. >>reporter: rinaldo is still the king of soccer. when we come back where is tim kerr-and stay with us.
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>>reporter:the california lottery comfirms anthony fazzini discovered a winning lottery ticket on april first. worth $672-thousand dollars. >>reporter:his ticket matched five of the six mega millions number. >>reporter:he plans buy a new truck for his father, take a trip to italy, get golden state warriors tickets, and save money for his daughter's education. >>reporter:the ticket was purchased at the arco gas station on main street in oakley. >>reporter:tesla is no longer selling the model s - 60 - which you see here. >>reporter:it has new model. with all wheel drive. and more range and power. on the market. >>reporter:it's still a model s. and it's called "70-d" >>reporter:although it's the companys least expensive line. the base price is still 75- thousand dollars. >>reporter:and it's targeted at the mainstream luxury car buyer. >>reporter:and. we're keeping up with the kardashians tonight. >>reporter:this time kim is on the move. with a frenzy of photographers on her heels. >>reporter:she arrived in armenia today. to help commemorate a dark moment in that country's history -- the massacre of one-point-five billion armenians 100 years ago this month.
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>>reporter:kardashian is of armenian decent. >>reporter: things are like, and they were yesterday. a nice couple afternoon will be slightly warmer thursday through saturday to the to rise off the to the '70s and land along the coastline because of the persistence sea resort look near 60 degrees by saturday afternoon come sunday of the wins will bear out to the north will bring some showers as early as late monday night not been answered before tuesday at this time next week we're looking at additional storm system as of now. >>reporter:that's it for the kron 4 news at 6. >>reporter:stay connected with kron 4 and get latest news developments at kron4.com or download one of our mobile apps.
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>>reporter:our next newscast is tonight at 8 o'clock. see you then. >>reporter:goodnight.
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