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plane coming apart we got a number of marshalled in their the huge fireball. >>reporter: he and his wife in their home survived but many did not beckon lot still have the customer never mind now pacific gas and electric is paying for one place $6 billion for an unsafe operation of this gas transmission system. >>reporter: we do not expect to appeal today's decision what to make sure all our customers that we send billions of dollars of a lesser we estimate this gas system the safest in the country. >>reporter: the mayor says he is pleading for half of county must use the pipeline safety improvement but the ruling leaves out a few key components. >>: we had as for pipeline to be established we it as an independent monitors for the relationship between pg&e and the puc. we have to $2 million
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of our attorney fees to the extent of the last number of years to actually make all this happened and we did not get those from the puc. >>reporter: many live in the committee did was talk about the explosion of the ruling he thinks that is a step in the right direction. >>: much better ruling the my expected to use up. >>reporter: welcome to bring off--will bring back this fall members or their homes. >>: that i hope will be it the good thing that came out of this terrible situation is that this will not happen to someone else. >>reporter: we're back live december monocrats would never look a lot you see right behind me was a house there that was destroyed in the fire and many of the occupants in that home died coming up tonight at 6 who will speak with one of the survivors of the home that is coming up again tonight at 6.
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>>reporter: new packages you see here from a deadly shooting saturday night in oakland was left a young musician did most of the performance that is to purchase of insurance you see them again these images of a suspect car a silver mercedes police want to talk people who were in the seventh images about the death of this guy berkeley best musician that said he was hit by stray bullets not intended for him as he was carrying equipment of the vineyard on 14th street near broadway. >>reporter: here are the images again the gun and shot in the next killed him early saturday the shooting was linked to a fight between two other people in the area. >>: we're asking anyone to help us identify who these individuals are their personal ventures investigators believe they were with the shooter at the time that this young man was shot killed.
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>>reporter: thousand dollars reward money is on the table for information into in the rest will continue to follow the breaking news. out of news >>catherine heenan:now to a story you saw first on kron 4. a cement spill in an east bay creek as the investigation gets underway - the clean up is moving forward. >>catherine heenan:although everyone wants this done quickly officials say it must move slowly to avoid more damage. >>catherine heenan:kron four's terisa estacio shows us up close how this operation is going to be handled. >>reporter: accidentally dumped into this laughlin at a creek in oakland. >>: which shut to find a way to clean it up above the creek and do less damage this already have been done with no one to go whenever about the creek with as much as bullboat langston have much damage. >>reporter: the cleanup is going to take awhile and it is not
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going to be fast or easy. getting it out of there is going to be tricky. >>: it will be done by hand with shows and buckets. >>reporter: the concern in this clinic is the impact on wildlife the dead bird covered in cement was discovered and take a look at this bird discovered by our resident out here. >>: terrible the animals and plants for guy and a single every piece of cement and ever be taken out of there. >>reporter: they're down by the water one he says his hard to estimate how long clean-up will take but then there's going to the restoration and that was certainly take quite some time. semi permanent damage.
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>>catherine heenan:as teresa reported it will take a longtime for the cement spill to be cleaned up. >>catherine heenan:kron 4's charles clifford is live at the spill with the latest on the progress. charles? >>reporter: the clinton effort continues it would take until next week possibly monday to complete will also learn some new details its is the in this area in working on replacing some old pipeline and the inspectors have gone through and close some valves on the " blind and then told a subcontractor the it was ok to for this summit and to the clothesline to promise to lead off design is appears the inspector may have a correctly identified a valve in been closed in fact it was still open the contract when the headed for concord and to let i believe that it cannot go beyond that what happened with down
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obviously that the country when about 970 ft. down for the construction crews were working well right to the open valves and out and to grant look at the creek. >>reporter: filled up half mile with concrete--glen echo creek. >>reporter: from the the very oldest and not the usual readied tie selected the situation so the law refers to the listed in but was close and fact it was still open. it is a developing situation turned for you're exactly what happened the canal will continue to the week and probably until at least monday and is a democrat finishes up by monday because there is rain forecast of one to get it done before and the additional water start slowing down the creek. the line >>catherine heenan:today sunnyvale public safety officer benjamin kroutil was identified as the
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>>catherine heenan:officer who shot and killed a suspect in a liquor store robbery yesterday. >>catherine heenan:kroutil is a 13-year law enforcement veteran. >>catherine heenan:he was put on administrative leave after the shooting. >>catherine heenan:he shot the man in an alley adjacent to a strip mall yesterday morning.after he allegedly >>catherine heenan:came at the officer with a knife. >>catherine heenan:two contra costa county homicide suspects were arrested wednesday in oregon on interstate five. >>catherine heenan:oregon state police said 20-year-old zakari wilson.and 24-year old artie adan-andus were >>catherine heenan:taken into custody after they were spotted in a car. >>catherine heenan:earlier - state troopers had been notified that the men might be traveling through oregon.
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>>catherine heenan:a strange new survey. >>catherine heenan:one claiming that if you like grilled cheese sandwiches - it says something about how often you have sex. >>catherine heenan:a survey by a dating and social networking site called "skout" claims that 32-percent of grilled cheese fans have sex at least six times a month. >>catherine heenan:compared to the 27-percent of those who aren't fans.. why is anyone asking?
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>>catherine heenan:maybe because sunday is 'national grilled cheese day'.with events marking the occasion in san francisco. >>catherine heenan:an alert east bay police officer arrests some burglars. next. the unusual backpack that was a tip-off. also - the health concern that led to the recall of a popular brand of hummus.
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>>catherine heenan:s-f-o reported the highest number of perimeter breaches of any airport in the county. >>catherine heenan:that's according to a new investigation by the associated press. >>catherine heenan:kron4's maureen kelly was at an airport news conference - where new details were >>catherine heenan:released on where the intruders are getting in. >>reporter:since 2004 sfo's 15 mile perimeter has been comprised 37 times. that's an average of 3-4 times a year. >>reporter:but airport spokesman doug yakel suggested their number may be higher than other airports because the data they released covers all exterior breaches.
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>>reporter:including those that were accidental. >>reporter:4 incidents involved their fences.6 were detected by buoy's inside the 200 yard buffer zone from where the runways meet the bay. >>: of the cases there were boulders in distress or somewhere. >>reporter:16.nearly half of the intruders. were homeless or mentally unbalanced. >>reporter:two of the 37 actually made it on to a plane.one person was the son of a maintenance worker who was allowed into an area he wasn't supposed to be in. >>reporter:the other. >>: followed a pilot door open the room was able to access corporate aviation aircraft the individual immediately apprehended. >>reporter:the one person not included in this number.marilyn hartman.the frequent want to be flyer who was arrested at sfo four times.that's because she
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was able to slip past the security checkpoint without a ticket.which is not considered a exterior perimeter breach. flyers had mixed feeling about the news. >>reporter:the airport says they don't just relay on their fences.but have a multi layered security system that they are continuing to improve upon. >>reporter:in addition to boosting patrols and upgrading their security equiptment s-f-o is also cointuing to reach out to nearby homeless shelters in an effort to keep their occupants a safe distance from their perimeters. maureen kelly kron4 news. >>catherine heenan:as for san jose's airport -- it's number 4 on that list. it's had 18 security breaches in the past decade, five in the past year alone. >>catherine heenan:here's one of the new security measures they're taking as a result. a new, higher fence around the airport. >>catherine heenan: southwest corner of the airport along coleman avenue. >>catherine heenan:that's where a woman climbed the fence last week and got across the runway before >>catherine heenan:being arrested by police. >>catherine heenan:coming up at six, kron four's rob fladeboe
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will take a look at the new fence and other new security efforts. >>catherine heenan:it's important to note that not all airports cooperated withincluding new york's three main airports and boston's logan airport. who refused to turn over data citing security concerns. >>catherine heenan:police have been investigating a bomb threat today at milpitas high school. students were evacuated to the football field. this is video from our helicopter partnership with abc- 7. >>catherine heenan:police say that at 8 this morning - the school got a voice-mail from someone claiming there was a bomb on campus. >>catherine heenan:the call was traced to a pay phone. >>catherine heenan:police didn't find anything suspicious on campus - and haven't made any arrests. >>catherine heenan:students were sent home early.while nearby middle and grade school students continued kept inside.
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>>reporter:a burglar.busted thanks in part to a hello kitty backpack. >>reporter:a richmond police officer saw three guys hope over a fence after leaving this house.while he was driving around on patrol in the par- chester village area. >>reporter:the officer says once he stopped his car.they took off running.two got away.but the third.weighed down by a loaded hello kitty backpack.was not able to escape. >>reporter:inside the bag.a laptop.and sony playstation system. the two guys who got away dropped a loaded handgun that was recovered. >>reporter:but those suspects may soon be in cuffs as well.the officer recognized them from previous encounters.and arrest warrants have been issued. >>catherine heenan: oakland is taking action on a narrow winding road that neighbors have been worried about for some time -- saying it's a hazard. >>catherine heenan:the problem is made worse by shrubs growing onto the road. >>catherine heenan:this is broadway terrace- where plants and shrubs have made the road even more narrow. >>catherine heenan:forcing drivers to cross the center line
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into oncoming traffic. >>catherine heenan:now the city's public works department is stepping in.saying crews will first get rid of some of >>catherine heenan:that vegetation. solving the problem of the shrinking street that has an oakland neighborhood upset. >>catherine heenan:there's a huge recall for a popular hummus brand. the problem --- potential listeria contamination. >>catherine heenan:the 'sabra' dipping company is recalling 30- thousand cases of its "classic hummus". listeria can cause serious and even fatal infections in children and elderly. >>catherine heenan:others may suffer nausea.high fever and headaches. it can also miscarriages. the f-d-a is telling anyone with the hummus to throw it away or return it. >>catherine heenan:so far.there have been no reports of people getting sick. a big recall for one of the most popular hummus makers in the country. >>catherine heenan:sabra is recalling 30-thousand cases of hummus because of potential listeria contamination. >>catherine heenan:taco bell is thinking outside the box -- and trying out home delivery and catering. the bosses say delivery is
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actually a big request from customers.and the >>catherine heenan:service might start in some places later this year. >>catherine heenan:catering is now being offered in houston and will expand to more cities in time for football season. >>catherine heenan:taco bell will also roll out a new loyalty program and online ordering >>catherine heenan:if you're a taco bell fiend, you may soon be able to get your fix brought directly to your door. >>catherine heenan:a south bay woman shares surveillance video of a man breaking into her home. the surprising way he got inside -- coming up..
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>>catherine heenan:in tonight's 'my kron-4 story. ' >>catherine heenan:a south bay woman shares frightening surveillance video of a man breaking into her home.while she was there alone. >>catherine heenan:kron-4's j-r stone shows us the surprising way the man got in. >>: turner is outside my window and i thought it was a raccoon and when i pulled the camera there is a man standing outside my bedroom window on the other side of the wall or was sleeping in my heart stopped. >>: i still like panic and i immediately started shaking and tried to call 911 and took me three times because i kept misdialing. from misdialing >>: this long effort to push in the lock in a robert can't get
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through with a slight push if you do not have backup locks on the door. hiding in a closet with nothing to protect their operator said there was an officer ride down the street and he had to wait for his partner because the have to come into is that what the file cabinet and to the desk drawers of and that there was nothing else in here and he went through these doors on both the nice sense in the dresser. >>: not find anything he tried to get into the wrong in calling on the door unlocked. present.
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>>: my hope is that they came and shot him he was startled and he ran away was and started screaming is scared writ he was startled and that is when he ran away and jump the fence in left. >>catherine heenan: baekeland first patrol car showed up at the house five minutes after being dispatched for call like this when it is not written will burn officer will not move and without it least one other officer present. >>catherine heenan:if you have a story idea to share, go to kron4-dot-com, and click on the "my kron 4 story" button on the homepage to submit your story. >>catherine heenan: stormy weather and mrs. king said the west of st. louis is the dillon withheld damaging winds as a lot
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of concern about tornadoes and strong, is continuing to rumble east is to look at the same again in kingdom city they had under a lightning a lot of wind some places including milwaukee to the interstate ticklish shut down for several hours because of heavy rain and flooding. >>catherine heenan:coming up next. >>catherine heenan:a warning tonight about scam artists posing as utility workers. >>catherine heenan:where it's happening.. >>catherine heenan:and new video of the traffic stop that led to a deadly police shooting in south carolina. >>catherine heenan:more of the moments leading up to that confrontation -- at 5:30.
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came to his house. despite his demeanor their son could not write and i did not want to open the door and tell him to go way he did mention pg&e he look like a worker at the this is two weeks ago an announcement at the door did he try to knock against him or did he leave a loss for the firm with them but he knew what no one around. . >>will tran: stay in front and burglarize the home will be very careful and cautious for what they're doing and will there are the phil an easy but the
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situation at tried to the commission a legitimate work is always carry their id is scheduled appointed pg&e with the water district will call you for the hours prior to the informant led the another they're coming edition never be an unannounced visit here is one thing that you should really look out for their look showing this on marked y s u v legitimate workers always drive around in marked pickup trucks >>reporter: it will be a bit when the peseta/tim just a pretty nice san francisco and 69, of livermore chipping at 69 as well very pleasant evening
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clear skies for the most part of this amount would have a chilly start this to be a little the corliss item should rebound pretty nicely at afternoon temperatures in the upper 60s to lower subsidies satellite and radar shows a ridge of high pressure building of california for the next few days. >>reporter: we will have more sunny days on the way not just tomorrow with the start with tomorrow and afternoon highs 67 san rafael in redwood city 66 in san mateo and 64 in hayward >>catherine heenan: what happened just before the fed a police shooting an unarmed black man in south carolina.
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>>reporter:just released dash cam video shows the moments leading up to the shooting death of walter scott on saturday. but it does not show the actual shooting. >>reporter:officer michael slager is seen approaching scott's car. they speak, and then slager returns to his patrol car. scott was allegedly pulled over for having a broken taillight. >>reporter:the 50-year-old gets out of his car, briefly, and officer slager tells him to stay in the car. >>reporter:scott then gets out of the car, again, and runs away, out of the camera's view. >>reporter: you cannot see that of course moments after the video we shot by with thisin cell phone video shot by a witness, slager is seen shooting at scott eight times as he runs away. >>reporter:that witness is now speaking out about his now infamous video. >>reporter:faydin santana already has a facebook page in his honor. >>reporter:it is filled with messages thanking him for coming
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forward. >>reporter:the video of police officer michael slager shooting walter scott in the back convinced prosecutors to charge slager >>reporter:santana told n=b=c news he was talking on his phone, when he saw the two men struggling. >>:"they were down on the floor. they were down on the floor before i started recording." >>reporter:he turned on the camera when he heard the officer use a taser. >>:"you could hear the sound of the taser." >>reporter:"he had been tased at that point? >>:"yeah, yeah." >>:".and you heard the sound?" >>:"yeah, i would hear it make the sound before i started recording, and i believe he just trying to get away of the taser." >>reporter:santana's video does not support slager's version radioed in at the time. >>:"dispatch. shots fired. subject is down. he grabbed my taser." >>reporter:instead it shows the officer returning to the scene of their original struggle. stooping to pick something up. then returning to scott's body and dropping it there.
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>>reporter:today santana admitted. one of his first impulses was to erase the video and forget the whole thing. >>reporter:he thought it might put his own life in danger. >>reporter:but on sunday, the day after the shooting, he decided to contact scott's family. >>reporter:by tuesday, the video was in the new york times. >>reporter:slager was under arrest. >>reporter:santana says he is glad the officer will face justice. >>:"you pay for your decisions in this life, you know. and like i said, mr. scott didn't deserve this." >>reporter:early this mornig santana posted a message on his facebook tribute page. saying he quote "never imagined that this will turn with so much love. >>catherine heenan:new york real estate heir robert durst appeared in a new orleans court today on gun charges. >>catherine heenan:he pleaded not guilty. >>catherine heenan:durst was arrested march 14th.and has been in custody in louisiana since. >>catherine heenan:the real estate heir is more famously acing murder charges in california. >>catherine heenan:the los angeles d-a's office is waiting for the case in new orleans to
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play out before proceeding with >>catherine heenan:the california charges. >>catherine heenan:they say 39- year-old bobbi finley and her 27-year-old husband zach house. have been writing fraudulent checks in colorado.oklahoma and oregon. >>catherine heenan:finley got her nickname in 2010 after reportedly going from one military base to >>catherine heenan: another.marrying over a dozen service members.and draining money from their bank accounts. >>catherine heenan:the mother of finley's new husband is worried about her son. >>catherine heenan:woman dubbed 'military mistress' sought in fraud in 3 states husband, 27-year-old zackerie
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>>:"i'm concerned that he is going to.he's going to get himself into trouble right along with bobbi. i just want him to come home safe, face whatever he has to here and stay here where he's always been " >>catherine heenan:detectives say the couple has written bad checks for more than 13-thousand dollars. >>catherine heenan:finely said she feels unfairly targeted because of her past and is turning her life around. >>catherine heenan:still ahead tonight. >>catherine heenan:singer kurt cobain's daughter is talking publicly about her father for the first time. >>catherine heenan:why she says he's like santa clause. >>catherine heenan:and next. why walgreens is shutting down two hundred stores. >>catherine heenan: back with more news with an traffic depositing checks at the atm and transferri technology designed for you. so you can easily master the way you bank.
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one of the campus's gates and he is a wound to his upper body and taken to hospital in extremely critical condition thousands of people or to the u.s. census bureau supported hear gunfire and/grenades a developing story the continues to fall the breaking news out of suburban d.c. a u.s. census bureau guard has been shot and is in critical condition. >>catherine heenan:walgreens announced today that it will be closing 200 stores in the u-s. >>catherine heenan:this comes just months after it bought the european drugstore chain alliance boots. >>catherine heenan:the company.now known as walgreens boots alliance.says it will close the stores as part of an aggressive cost- cutting plan. >>catherine heenan:it hopes to reduce expenses by one-point- five billion dollars over 3 years. plans are still being finalized. >>catherine heenan:a-t-and-t has agreed to pay a 25-million- dollar fine because of several information hacks. >>catherine heenan:it's the biggest such fine imposed. >>catherine heenan:the breaches
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happened the company's call centers in mexico, colombia and the philippines. >>catherine heenan:investigators say call center employees stole the private information of thousands of customers. including social security numbers. >>catherine heenan:the company is offering free credit monitoring to those affected. >>reporter: you might want to reconsider we have the seven day coming up.
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>>reporter: storm track four shows a 61 in san francisco oakland 65 cockers 69¢ karl's or is 66 and never more looking at 69 degree to your current temperatures i will be a clear skies by this afternoon were looking for slightly warmer conditions and this will continue to get woman brought the afternoon and temperatures much like we saw today however it will be a little bit breezy as well a lot of the sea breeze the surgeon to extravagant-922 m.p.h. for york. >>reporter: we have for rich of high pressure that is building over the state and is keeping all the clouds and a chance of precipitation a which laws for the time being morning lows to the time being instead on the low side 43 for central fell 48 and open 47 in concord and 41 in
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seville 44 in san jose miller the chilling temperatures will quickly 1 9:00 in the morning is perceived it for lunch time will have temperatures again for most are the six is will arrive for quickly from 1:00 on the east bank and the even one to six it for the afternoon is done. most clear some reason conditions at it will be temperatures down a little bit but they will rebound as a said afternoon highs 60, also 67 read what city 67 for montagu's 72 for the arm to the valley. >>reporter: 66 will be a high temperature is san angelo to peninsula federal 61 in san francisco and san mateo the close to 70 here is the seventh day along the bank--that >>reporter: >>snowbomb.com: ski
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report they have a couple of chairs opening in all-time models while still has four. >>catherine heenan:all eyes are on on panama where president obama and cuban president raul castro are both attending the summit of the americas this weekend. >>catherine heenan:it will be their first meeting since the white house announced plans to normalize diplomatic relations with cuba. >>catherine heenan:polo sandoval has the latest. >>reporter:the sunny cuban coastline is still out of reach for most american tourists. >>reporter:sure, president obama's december announcement promised to thaw the icy relations between the us and cuba. president obama:: "isolation has not worked." >>reporter:.but the new rules only allow *some* americans to visit the island without permission from the u-s government.
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>>reporter:travelers need to fit into one of 12 categories. among them are journalists, and people visiting the island for educational, cultural, or religious reasons. >>reporter:as for the typical american tourist. there are still some restrictions-- it would take an act of congress to clear the way because of the embargo put in place in 1960. >>reporter:and there's no telling when or *if* congress might act. >>reporter:but there could be some prospect for change with u- s and cuban leaders coming together for the first time in almost sixty years. president obama and cuban president raul castro may meet at the summit of the americas. >>reporter:"perhaps nobody is watching the talks between these two as close as cuba's neighbors. places like the bahamas, the dominican republic, puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands. everybody here makes a lot of money off of tourism." >>reporter:"more than 60 cents of every dollar in our economy is generated by tourism" >>reporter:beverly nicholson- doty is tourism commissioner of the u-s virgin islands. >>reporter:she feels a little
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bit of competition in the caribbean wouldn't be a bad thing >>reporter:"any new destination that comes into our competitive marketplace certainly has the opportunity to redirect some of our business, but when you start looking at cuba, we recognize that we know its on the horizon." >>reporter:. if tourism ties are ever fully restored -- it would likely put cuba back on the map as a popular getaway. >>reporter:until then, most americans can only dream of cruising down cuban streets. >>reporter:.and re-living the nostalgic havana nights of the 1950's. >>reporter:im polo sandoval reporting.
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>>catherine heenan:it's been 20 years since the singer selena was killed. but her music may go on tour in coming years. a tech company called "acro- virt" wants to resurrect her career - using a digital embodiment of the singer..something like a hologram. >>catherine heenan:"selena the one" will walk, talk, sing, dance, and collaborate with
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other artists. and even release new music. >>catherine heenan:u-c san diego and the san diego the project. the tour could happen in 20-18. >>catherine heenan:sunday marked 21 years since kurt cobain of 'nirvana' died after shooting himself. now - his daughter is talking about him publicly for the first time. the insider's louie aguirre has more from los angeles. >>reporter:catherine. leaving behind his only daughter, >>reporter:francis bean. now 22, an unfiltered francis is talking about the father that the music world revered but she never really knew. >>reporter:simon sv: this is the first major interview that frances has ever done and i think you get a sense of really vivid and vibrant personality and someone who has her own voice.' >>reporter:frances bean cobain daughter to kurt cobain and rocker courtney love, is now twenty two. and in an exclusive q&a with rolling stone magazine - she opens up for the first time about her famous father ---- >>reporter:the trio of cobain dave grohl and krist novoselic
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descended from seattle on the rest of america with a ferocity and potency uncommon in popular music at the time. >>reporter:but it all ended tragically twenty one years ago when on april 5 1994, cobain took his life. >>reporter:as the executive producer of the hbo documentary "cobain: montage of heck", frances delved deep into her family's archives to find footage that is both moving and painful --- a portrait of an artist out of his time, lyrically brilliant, forever tormented. >>reporter:kurt cobain montage of heck 'he hated being humiliated you could see the rage come out' >>reporter:of working on the film she says "my dad has been like santa claus, this mythical figure. and i dont' know him. i want to present kurt the man." and she even admits to not being a fan of nirvana saying "the grunge scene is not what i'm interested in." >>reporter:cobain singing "all alone is all we are.' >>reporter:we'll have much more on this story tonight at 7 on the insider, for kron 4 news i'm louis aguirre back to you catherine.
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>>catherine heenan:you can watch all your celebrity news here on kron-4. after the insider -- entertainment tonight airs at 7:30. followed by kron 4 news at eight. >>catherine heenan: the fire officials say a guard at the u.s. census bureau headquarters has been shocked that person critically wounded there is a mix information about exactly what is going on but again at the guard at the census bureau has been shot critically injured were from the stories with us.
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continues today in the east bay. >>catherine heenan:after a construction accidentally dumps cement into an oakland hills creek.creating a hazard for wildlife. >>catherine heenan:it was initially estimated that clean- up would take 3 days.. >>catherine heenan:but now we're learning the whole process may take much longer. >>catherine heenan:kron-4's charles clifford is live in the oakland hills. >>catherine heenan:chuck what progress has been made today? >>reporter: they have been making some pretty good progress listed look at video shot a short time ago today there were in their bushels hand crews will be out the statement out of the echo glen creek and the clinical creek--glen echo creek >>reporter: 102 cubic yards of cement with into the creek that estimated about a hundred and 2207 cubic yards good news they're not this was much material as a grisly believed they did to prepare the progress washing down more than
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concrete toward black bear which is where the quick drains into we're getting more details about the investigation into what it told subcontracted that a valve was closed on a pike in the subcontractor for copper into clothes and all and it ran out into the creek sometimes they do not close properly inspected missed diagnosing or missed noticing how about was open or closed. >>: 6 like this happen where is tolerance) open open instead of closed we have this happen before when we have the fire
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department try to close valves because there's water coming down. >>reporter: their state water officials out here saying that one bird has died there is a pit spike in the water but there are conducting tests to determine. >>catherine heenan:pg&e has received one of the biggest fines a utility has ever received. >>catherine heenan:it's for the utility's role in the san bruno gas pipeline explosion >>catherine heenan:september 9th 20-10, a pipeline exploded causing a huge fire that killed 8 people and destroyed dozens of homes. >>catherine heenan:now the public utilities commission has ordered pg&e shareholders to pay 1-point-6 billion dollars for the unsafe operation of its gas transmission system. >>catherine heenan:half the money will go toward safety
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improvements. >>catherine heenan:pg&e is reviewing the ruling - but doesn't plan to appeal it at this time. >>catherine heenan:tonight kron 4's dan kerman is live in the crestmoor neighborhood of san bruno that went up in flames. and dan -- you talked to a survivor of the blast? >>reporter: at the time the mother and daughter were not at home today i spoke with the mother. my daughter had called me and said there was something wrong it is just terrific inside the home was a husband son and mother-in-law did not make it.
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>>reporter: is one of several that is taken in this area this one here has been purchased by the city of san >>catherine heenan:in a new associated press survey, between january 2004 and january 2015, s=f=o had 37 different intruders. >>catherine heenan:that is more than twice as many as at mineta san jose. >>catherine heenan:in fact it is more than any other of the country's 31 major airports. >>catherine heenan:sfo officials say 16 of the 37 incidents involved homeless or mentally impaired people. >>catherine heenan:six involved boaters within the airport's 200 yard security perimeter on the bay >>catherine heenan:only four involved fencing. >>catherine heenan:the ap survey covers only people entering airport property from outside. >>:"not included in this number
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are individuals who made an attempt to access aircraft from inside the terminal. what marilyn hartman did at several locations is pose as a passenger without a boarding pass in an attempt to board an aircraft, >>catherine heenan:hartman is the infamous serial stowaway who did succeed in boarding a flight at san jose. >>catherine heenan:that's just one of the embarrassing lapses at san jose's airport -- where there's been five of them in the past year alone. >>catherine heenan:kron four's rob fladeboe brings you up to date on what's being done about it. >>reporter:while the entire security protocol here at mineta san jose >>reporter:international is now under review, the first order of business, >>reporter:which you can see here is already underway, is to make the >>reporter:perimeter fence higher. >>reporter:the work is beginning here at the southwest corner of the airport >>reporter:along coleman avenue where a woman scaled the exisitng fence >>reporter:and got across two runways before she was spotted by a freight worker and arrested by police.
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>>reporter:in addition to the higher fence the airport is working with the 'safe skies alliance' on ways to detect intruders immediately through technologies being pushed by east bay congressman eric swallwell, who says lax security is putting travelers at risk. >>: the problem is the time between the bridge and when the individual is confined that is why been calling for a year now from our detection capability. >>reporter:of the 18 security breaches here going back ten years, 9 were >>reporter:caused by cars hitting the fence along de la cruz avenue. that >>reporter:too is being looked at in an effort to keep travelers safe. >>: it is something that we're vigilant on and that we're always looking for ways to improve it is our number one priority. >>reporter:while some of the new security measures under consideration are dependent on federal funding and could be
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years away, the new >>reporter:fence, which will add about five more feet to much of the entire >>reporter:one-thousand acre plus airport perimter, should be complete by >>reporter:the end of this year. in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news airlines: 72.8 percent >>reporter: the census bureau guard shot while working critically injured not want to take you live to missouri where the severe weather is pound in several states in the midwest and plains no injuries has been
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reported the significant damage and an annoying the weather in the midwest and against the security guard shot at the u.s. census bureau outside of the sea. >>catherine heenan:the search is on for persons of interest in the murder of an east bay musician. >>catherine heenan:who police are looking for. >>catherine heenan:former 49-er kwame harris set to appear in the court. after trying to bite a police officer >>catherine heenan:and next. >>catherine heenan:local doctors prepare for a strike. >>catherine heenan:how the walkout could affect some university students. >>reporter: saddle and ride our crews will tell you what is expected to the next few days coming up.
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>>catherine heenan:u-c doctors who work at campus health centers are getting ready for a four-day strike. >>catherine heenan:they're protesting what they say is the university's failure to negotiate a labor contract in good faith. >>catherine heenan:doctors at the five northern california campuses walked out this morning and plan to return monday. >>catherine heenan:university officials say health centers are expected to provide urgent medical care during the strikes.but students might have to reschedule other visits.
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>>catherine heenan:apple is ready to let fans get a close look at that new watch.. >>catherine heenan:for now -- you'll be able to handle it - but you won't be able to take it home yet. >>catherine heenan:and next. >>catherine heenan:police identify persons of interest in the murder of a local musician. details straight ahead.
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>>catherine heenan:oakland police are searching for man involved in the death of a berkeley musician who was killed by bullets intended for another target. >>catherine heenan:it was an argument on the street. that turned into gunfire. >>catherine heenan:kron 4's haaziq madyun reports. police have just released surveillance pictures they hope will lead to who killed emilio nevarez. >>reporter: you're looking at still pictures from surveillance video of a man and woman consider persons of entrance and in the fourth shooting death of a meal on the irs a pretty officer described the man you see here will have a male he is wearing what appears to be a plaid shirt plants and has glasses on this is the same mel
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you can clearly see that he has glasses and warrant a plaid shirt. this is this car was spotted leaving the four on the block of 14th street trolley after novara's was steadily hit by a stray bullet in his backing up his musical map the time. >>: is described as a silver mercedes--430 as were 500 s. we're asking anyone to help us identify who these individuals or their personal interest in this is believed there were with the shooter at the time that the young man was killed. >>reporter: 2 to $5,000 to the report for an information. >>catherine heenan:pet food
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express is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for the shooting death of emilio nevarez. >>catherine heenan:as haaziq reported. he is the musician killed by a stray bullet outside a downtown bar following a recent performance. o >>catherine heenan:akland based petfood express is challenging other oakland businesses to chip in to help find his killer this latest contribution makes the reward $25-thousand-dollars for information leading to the arrest of the shooter in this case >>catherine heenan: he is expected to be a court-martial redwood city for sentencing this after he was found guilty of assaulting his ex-boyfriend he
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was the result is sentenced to three years' probation five days in the county jail on mr. man a domestic violence charges and he's appealed and lost me about the san francisco d.a.'s office and read in the results of toxicology tests before deciding on charges against him were led to an end run crashes and trying to bite a police officer they sent last week end. >>catherine heenan:the officer who shot and killed a suspect in a liquor store robbery in sunnyvale yesterday has been identified as benjamin kroutil. >>catherine heenan:the officer was put on paid shooting. >>catherine heenan:kroutil is a 13-year law enforcement veteran. >>catherine heenan:he responded to a report of a robbery at grewalz liquors wednesday morning. >>catherine heenan:the officer found the suspect armed with a knife in an alleyway next to the a strip mall where the liquor store is located. >>catherine heenan:kroutil shot the suspect after he allegedly came at him with the knife. >>catherine heenan:today sunnyvale public safety officer benjamin kroutil was
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>>catherine heenan:a burglar is in custody tonight after a richmond police officer noticed something odd. >>catherine heenan:the officer says he saw three men jump over a backyard fence onto a busy street. >>catherine heenan:one of the men was carrying a "hello kitty" backpack.that looked very heavy. >>catherine heenan:the officer stopped his car and the three started running. >>catherine heenan:he was able to catch up to the man carrying the "hello kitty" backpack. >>catherine heenan:inside the backpack was a laptop and a sony playstation. >>reporter: is a planner just for tomorrow we're looking at a chilly start today was pretty nice the headline to show the pattern continued over the weekend where we can see mostly clear skies a little bit breezy but the most part temperatures will be long said but temperatures and is pretty nice. looking for 59 san francisco 65,
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santa laxity 3 in fremont and 62 we're looking at in hayward. >>reporter: 20 to moscow our nevada when speed half moon bay to moscow 13 redwood city 6 amount our best and oakland to definitely still a bit windy out there. we're just come down to 42 santa rosa we could ask to see some areas drop below 4 degrees not a whole lot of areas but a few of them and and what they've mostly for central fell 40 in fairfield 46 in fremont 44 in san jose and should start again but was it to the edge of one quite nicely. it is a slight
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>>reporter:april is distracted driving awareness month and a team from the california office of traffic safety is challenging students at community colleges. >>reporter:at chabot college in hayward students were asked to shoot baskets while responding to texts on cell phones to demonstrate the difficulty in splitting their concentration. >>:everybody has said it's really hard to focus on making baskets while you're trying to text message. we wanted to make the point that if you can't make a basket then you shouldn't be driving and texting at the same time. >>:sometimes people don't understand that it is also illegal to be at a stop sign or a stop light and text or talk on a hand held cell phone. >>reporter:in conjunction with distracted driving awareness month law enforcement agencies throughout the state will be increasing enforcement regarding illegal cell phone use
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>>catherine heenan:coming up. >>catherine heenan:a follow up to a my kron-4 story. >>catherine heenan:a woman's house broken into while she's alone inside. >>catherine heenan:now we look at how long it took for police to respond. >>catherine heenan:p-g-and-e hit with a record penalty in the deadly san bruno pipeline explosion >>catherine heenan:what the city's mayor says is still missing from the penalty. >>catherine heenan:have a nice lawn? >>catherine heenan:well you won't be able to enter *this* competition. >>catherine heenan:one bay area city wants to see the best *ugly* yards.what they are offering to the winner. >>reporter: back with more news weather and traffic.
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about as a close one factor was to open that told a subcontractor to for copper into a pipe and then flow directly and through the open valve oughtn't to clinical creek for several hours we learned today that it will be of tell monday before they're able to finish the cleanup effort >>reporter: second lot still dot the area for pg&e gas line ruptured causing an explosion and fire that killed eight and destroyed dozens of homes now the cp you see it has issued a ruling finding pg&e $1.6 billion the jenny says there's still reviewing the matter but it does not intend to appeal the ruling >>reporter: have the penalty will go toward pipeline safety improvements. >>reporter:s-f-o reported the highest number of perimeter breaches of any airport in the county.
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>>reporter:according to their data.intruders have gotten in 37 times since 2004.an average of 3-4 times a year. >>reporter:an airport spokesman says their numbers include accidental breaches like boaters in the bay who get too close to the runways. >>reporter:nearly half of the incidents involved homeless or mentally unbalanced individuals. >>reporter:twice people made it on to airplanes before they were stopped. >>reporter:the airport says they take all of the incidents seriously and are continuing to make improvements to their security. >>reporter:maureen kelly kron4 news >>reporter: airport officials said work is already under way now on the higher fences along the perimeter and other new measures to keep out intruders san jose international airport is on the 18 security breaches as was what you conceal work already under way and read about half a perimeter fence to 10 ft. in addition to new barbwire across the fence the airport
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expect saddam is conditioned by the summer. >>reporter: a hopeless headquarters release still photos of personal interest in the miller navarre's murder case here she is wearing a tie and looks like pants and possibly carrying something in her left and we have the mail he is wearing what appears to be a pressure there with a shot at the time that the gunman was shot and killed. >>reporter: 14 yesterday officers are technicals to look into veblen's videos that was taken from this home directly behind me after a man broke in the middle of the night no one was hurt but that looking closely to see that identified
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the man they're also descending how long it took them to respond to the call. >>catherine heenan: an unarmed black man in south carolina today police released the-cam just before the shooting they interviewed a witness who saw the events leading up to the shooting it was awarded video contains graphic that might offend some viewers. >>reporter: did tell cnn that she saw how all began she says she was an enigma and she heard the police car speeding by curious to follow them to the events are parts parking lot or officer pulled him--over there
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was chaos she did not want to get in closer she said she saw the to men less than a block away that as she saw a physical confrontation she says she has yet to speak with police nil release-can video from the vehicle shows they're having a conversation with and then later he opens the door of his vehicle and six off while he had run a little in the city of one possibility and saw the hit shy
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away from the taser the competition ended up along with former starter >>catherine heenan: build as medicine are banned in a hit the bar a racing the video out of fear for his life. >>reporter: 01 we told you about outside washington d.c. where the census bureau guard has been shot and critically injured it appears there was some sort of standoff where were if one intermission with that effort in the midwest meanwhile severe weather wreaking havoc across several states this is a live picture from a storm trace the vehicle in illinois the extensive damage in an annoying
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to their storm system to see the massive size right there at this is taken from a person in their home not sure exactly how far we are from the tornado but certainly it's scary situation no injuries reported in rochelle illinoisan the extensive damage has been reported as soon as we see pictures and video of the damage will bring that to you. >>reporter: december sale does not enough credit for a pitcher in the bridge 92 04 san
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francisco checking in renounce 60 degrees opposite did little more its 70 i temperatures to are on to be in similar rental saw today pretty much high sixties to low 70's all on the back with final look at your kron 47 the amount of a forecast sunshine brought the week. >>catherine heenan:still ahead. >>catherine heenan:have an unkempt yard? >>catherine heenan:one bay area city wants you to show off overgrown weeds and dry grass. >>catherine heenan:it's all for an "ugly yard contest." >>catherine heenan:we'll show you who's in the lead and how you can win!
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>>reporter:most people living in san francisco don't have yards. >>reporter:but some do.and if it's ugly.the city wants to see your sorry tuation. >>reporter:these are all pictures that people have submitted.hoping to win an ugliest yard competition that the city started to raise awareness for drought tolerant landscaping options. >>reporter:these two have the most votes so far.but the contest is far from over.
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>>reporter:on the left. a blackberry vine infestation. >>reporter:on the right. >>reporter:on the left.overgrown weeds, dog waste, gopher holes snails and bugs everywhere. >>reporter:their words, not mine. >>reporter:there's still more than a month left in the competition. >>reporter:the winner will get a free yard makeover. >>reporter:all contestants will get free native plant seeds. >>reporter:to enter, or vote.we head to our website.kron4.com.
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>>reporter: the moment but first the you're a record-setting days 21 on jack nicklaus and first seed to get things started and then on the seven who tied a would this is a shot of the day the thai air of old from behind a tree he considered on the green and up and down they for tighter he was 1 over all the long finish 739 strokes back to the left to right put up the ball drops he is one understudies two strokes better than tighter the approach much when when you're jordan's speech we mentioned a topic in his the
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flat almost goes in for the near eagle but he was tapped in for birdie great for nine and back nine for speed 14 holes is seen as a surgeon garcia's is always in the makes. >>reporter: he was the man today. >>: kickball on the putting surface in getting off to the store to the hardest part of the tournament this to have to keep on going and have them go my way in the middle of the round. >>reporter: the opener for game shut down against the new padres and tim hudson terry is on the mound get some help from his
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entire interview it really opened up talking about meeting nelson mandela. >>reporter: the top seven scorers and all the scare from a number of early entry to one team ducs de will hope for also declare for the nba draft look to forget these same seven words courtesy of marchand lynch possible media day >>:i am here so i wont get fined
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>>catherine heenan:now - the head of the national highway safety administration says he might reopen the investigation into jeep gas tanks that can rupture and catch fire in rear- end collisions. >>catherine heenan:the recall was issued two years ago. and as of 4 months ago. only three percent of the jeeps have been fixed.
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>>catherine heenan:apple is expecting a big day tomorrow. when customers will line up and get >>catherine heenan:to see and hold the much-touted new apple watch. >>catherine heenan:it's getting mixed reviews.but a big demand is still expected. >>catherine heenan:the watch will sell for as low $349- dollars. >>catherine heenan:but a luxury gold version will cost 17- thousand. >>catherine heenan:you won't be able to walk out of the store with a new apple watch on your wrist. >>catherine heenan:apple is just taking orders -- and the watches will be shipped starting april 24th. >>reporter: very clear conditions to a little bit breezy often on part because the conditions for the week but generally just nice. >>catherine heenan: stick
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