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>>scott rates: very nasty this the 15th freeway in southern california this would allow five of about 500 a.-tech a 345 and again you can see the tech a plane wreck their but really they're struggling to get this toned down a little bit but very nasty and again multiple burn victim as was all of this fire. >>catherine heenan:the other big story today. a big marijuana bust shuts down a popular park in the south bay. san jose's alum rock park will not reopen until tomorrow. and children who were at a summer camp there have been evacuated. kron 4's rob fladeboe is live in san jose tonight. rob we understand two suspects are still on the loose?
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>>rob fladaboe: one suspect is in custody this is a big fear mom us with so that it is one of the largest in the history of the santa clara county a marijuana eradication program it is located right up there somewhere 760 a. this garden i am telling it as an unincorporated area just east of the park he is fit into the park with a look in some video this to the scene about 1030 this morning here in the parking lot at the north entrance to the park at the end of the penitentiary creek road wave this time some of the police joined this manhunt such an for the three suspects eventually they took one suspect into custody the deputies said they found a couple of loaded semi- automatic handguns at the mayor monocyte growth does go to the ariels and the first in will see is a scene setter.
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>>rob fladaboe: 1 see a couple of heavily armed and camouflage raiders here that one of those suspects into custody the other two escaped of course as you said earlier the park was evacuated their the kids camp gone on some 30 kids were evacuated no one was hurt in the situation here is a little more background from santa clara county sheriff's department spokesman james jensen. >>: in the civil servants of the coffee we decided to eradicate this marijuana grown in the east foothills but a lot park when the deputies were walking into the area of the suspects of the deputies and began to run were ever to is one suspect and to suspect continue to flee. >>rob fladaboe: this is a very significant garden where toll there are seven of 500 plants
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growing here and this eradication effort continues as we speak on the streets this model marijuana an estimated street value of $16 million and in the manhunt was called off because the train here at the parker so remote that the radios were not working and out of fear of the safety of the officers the call the search of a peace to suspect described as hispanic male in their 20s remained at large on their last same they were shirtless neither of the mormon church to the public as a bias to be on the lookout for those two individuals. >>catherine heenan:the war of words between san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi and a host of detractors continues in the wake of the sheriff department's release francisco sanchez, months before he was arrested in the pier 14 murder. >>catherine heenan:kron 4's dan kerman is live at san francisco city hall with the latest. dan >>dan kerman: this is the latest
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the letter of agreement from his own deputies after being called out by san francisco mayor ed lee nonsense as the sheriff deputies are after a share of ross mccurry over the apartments, policy not to communicate with immigration officials without awards or order. >>dan kerman: in this letter to the share of the attorney for the senses the deputy sheriffs association says the department's refusal to coordinate much less cooperate with federal law enforcement agencies reckless the compromise of the safety of sworn personnel citizens and visitors. they also believe they needed to be consulted before the policy was implemented and sure of that they're calling on the ship to immediately rescind the directives. >>dan kerman: the share was not
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available for comment but a statement issued by his legal counsel called as nothing more than political posturing in an election-year. >>dan kerman: yesterday the sheriff called on the mayor and the board of supervisors to get together to clarify the situation while some supplies to support the idea others say it will be political paired with a sure try to shift the blame and they are not going to do it. >>catherine heenan:the lawyer for vallejo kidnapping suspect matthew muller says his client suffers from bipolar disorder. >>catherine heenan:the attorney says he plans to use his client's mental state as part of
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his defense. kron4's maureen kelly talked to a criminal defense lawyer and former prosecutor. he says the courts have set a high standard for defendants trying to use an insanity defense. >>:a lawyer who says his client suffers form some psycholigical disprder is nothing new it happens all the time especially where there is a lot of evidence against him >>:but unless it fits the defination of insantiy it's not a defense in a criminal case >>maureen kelly:legal expert jim hammer says muller's lawyer would have to clear a lot of hurdles to get his client a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity. >>maureen kelly:the arrest warrant affidavit states that
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the former marine told investigators that he suffers from gulf war illness.had problems with psychosis and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2008.hammer says a good defense lawyer will still try and get a jury to hear that.but not without a fight from the prosecution. maureen kelly kron4 news >>catherine heenan:our coverage of the arrest of matthew muller and his alleged crimes continues on our website. kron 4 dot com. there you will also find a timeline of just how the story of the abduction of denise
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huskins unfolded. again. that's on kron 4 dot com. >>catherine heenan:police stand guard outside an armed forces recruiting station in chicago. the same thing is happening in some other cities across the county. in response to yesterday's shootings in chattanooga. >>catherine heenan:scott rates is here to tell us what investigators have learned now about the gunman. >>scott rates:new details are coming out about the gunman and his victims. the fbi is heading a joint task force, and giving the case its highest priority. >>:"this is an investigation of terrorism." >>catherine heenan:---->>scott rates:police say mohammad youssuf abdulazeez was on a mission: armed with two rifles and a handgun. extra ammunition in his vest. and total invisibility as a a security threat. >>:"i think the concerning thing here is this is somebody that wasn't on anybody's radar."
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>>scott rates:here is what we are learning about the 24=year old son of a middle class muslim family. though he was born in kuwait, his family is palestinian, with relatives on the west bank >>scott rates:last year he traveled to jordan for seven months, and had made at least four trips there earlier. >>scott rates:officials say he has no known connection to terror groups. >>:"we have no indication that he was inspired by or directed by anybody else." >>scott rates:the pentagon has identified the four victims. flags are at half-staff at city hall in springfield massachusetts for gunnery sergeant thomas sullivan. he served two tours in iraq. staff sergeant david wyatt's service included tours in iraq and afghanistan. >>scott rates:sergeant carson holmquist was also an afghanistan veteran, lance corporal squire "skip" wells -- a georgia native, also among the fallen. he joined the military to follow in his family's footsteps.
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we are following the latest developments on this sto kron-4 dot com. >>vanessa beziq:--diane t: tomorrow will have slightly cooler temperatures and normal as it and see the future past year by 10:00 a.m. seven is for the inland valley and the upper 60s for the east bay in san francisco and the peninsula transition into noontime upas he becomes more into the '80s for the inland valley and the east bay shoreline the upper seventies as well for will display the call tomorrow as opposed to to that in the extended forecast coming up next still had an elderly couple attacked and robbed in the east
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bay neighborhood residents. >>catherine heenan: after the child died after being hit by a car you are looking live at this amazing scene in southern california a typical friday afternoon commute becomes an infernal a brush fire jumped the 15 freeway this was around the cajon pass area and billows of black smoke the freeway has been close of of direction we're looking at cars but for the most part have been abandoned they have to get out and run to escape the flames the chp says that some people lefties in the car yet in this cartel will be a huge problem stay with us will have more of the news continues.
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>>catherine heenan: a wild fire which jumped highways 15 and is really causing chaos were told this is not burned 2,000 a. were looking live with the scene and looking again at a lot of those cars and trucks of simply been abandoned were told the committee the full first told to stay in the cars with this really got up and people started the bull out of the cars and local people took the keys and 50 obviously the both directions to could be multiple
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burn victims on this fire right now this the 15th freeway near oakville grow of made a pass from los angeles law vegas obviously a very highly traveled road to thousand acre brush fire. >>scott rates: just the past few minutes to conceive write their the helicopter above the water on the big rig it is been struggling with try to get the point on the control of very dramatic scene obviously very scared for those people try to get home on the afternoon commute a lot going on that is off the five are the battle of 45 mi. an hour winds very nasty conditions and we have 2,000 a. burned right now multiple
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evacuation and place for this bombing homes around that area this a very nasty freeway fire there could be possible burn victims as a result still on top of this. >>catherine heenan: roughly an hour and is said now we're talking 2,000 a. an interesting bass it's just a few minutes ago some drawn activity in the area actually forced them briefly to ground the air tankers and helicopters are clearly they were backed up in the air and install few minutes ago and all of this not held by the fact it is very hot very dry and us got indicated the winds reached 45 mi. an hour.
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>>scott rates:, we are streaming this live on our website to see www.kron4.com what looks. the the place to do it. >>catherine heenan: the chp will have to figure out if it can take a long time even when they have the fire under control the figure out if they have to clear the freeway a lot of people got out and ran after initially being told to stay put up the fire was approaching very quickly and that was impossible to the have to go will continue to watch that and other news in the meantime to senior citizens or route of the gold jewelry.
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>>: that is very dangerous fremont police have very limited description of the two robbers their lasting running down the street before getting into a silver porter or b&w--four-door b&w. >>catherine heenan: he was walking to a scar on his history men began to make disparaging remarks about his ethnicity and after a brief exchange one of the men stabbed him in the five with a screwdriver this says is
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still not clear well he will be living. >>will tran: they showed up in court were to find out whether a convicted sex offender will live will have to wait at least a few more weeks to find out his attorney asked the judge to push back the matter some more reports can be done he says he should have been will leave from the hospital two years ago they looked at thousands of possible place for him to live with no luck they have repeatedly said no to their neighborhood the salon, sherpa farm has gone beyond their duty to engage in the process of discouraging landlords to rent to him the 51
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year-old has an extensive criminal history including no conscious of sexual battery on a 17 your grow back in 2006 caused a severe vision and he will never be alone. >>catherine heenan: mainly preventing teen suicide the camera system at a level crossing can detect the difference between a person and animals or vehicle along the track they say it and send a signal to expand as it was given the track four mile and the the direction he died on wednesday
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and his family is trying to get the message out about world safety. >>jeff bush: a tragic accident the 12 year-old was riding his bicycle on alchemy l'oreal and henderson are around 7:00 p.m. the bad news hey was declared brain dead as families donated his organs and they want the world to know how much they loved him and hope that his death brings more attention to roadway's safety this a donated organ is what he would have wanted.
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>>jeff bush: they hope the people will get more concerned about safety when they're on the road the families said they do not have a lot of money and a setup a call from the mayor can't to help pay for the funeral expenses. >>reporter: here is what to expect for tonight and tomorrow and the weekend ahead the breezy night about 50 mi. are with the wind speeds on average to how crowded midmorning a gradual clearing the weekend calling
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down partly cloudy skies the reason we're calling down because of high pressure give us one timber to will be out of the area that will give was cooler temperatures what recall of the normal the time of the year was a transition to our area a few high cost of place because of that because we also have one shot for what was hurricane delores moving over and was going to become tropical moisture as a move further into the cold war. >>reporter: afternoon high for tomorrow we mention " an average 84 for antioch 84 for concord 86 for fairfield 66 for richmond opens to get 74 degrees again the week and forecasts for you cited at 87 degrees 79 under sunny and breezy conditions sunday and 93 for the valley 84 for the east bay shoreline the
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>>catherine heenan: the tragic carlotta theater tragedy the shooting has been found guilty on all counts they joins us from los angeles with more on the jury's decision. >>reporter: the question now is will he face the death penalty he wicks of as a convicted murderer been decided he's guilty of four first-degree murder is concerned yesterday the jury found him guilty of all 24 counts of first-degree murder after deliberating for the 12 1/2 hours the speed of the deliberation with this minute charges tells of the jurors overwhelmingly rejected the insanity defense he said the quick verdict indicates that the same jury will most likely send him to death when the same
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jurors reconvene next wednesday to begin the penalty phase that will have only two choices life in prison without the possibility of parole or death marked dixon given the massive suffering he caused they will sentence him to death so much what the story tonight the inside as part of a full hour and the time a new starting at 7:00 at 730 the entertainment tonight we're back with the news at 8:00. >>catherine heenan: more about the four marines killed in yesterday's shooting in tennessee this is supported the four models in the rally is happening abomination market one year since the death of eric garner will revisit the breaking news and selling california a brush fire that exploded into a future fire a couple of thousand
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♪ sleep train ♪ ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ male announcer:this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news evening starts now: >>scott rates: a fast-moving
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brush fire has burned at least 2,000 a. and have done a lot of damage on the 15 freeway several cars have been burned there existed the live pictures of what the fire looks like we split the screen you see on the left-hand side the fires are burning in the field and over to the right hand side selah the flames the will to go to some video here from about 45 minutes an hour ago we can and show you the multiple car on the 15 freeway on fire a very dramatic this is 15 freeway is one of the main road from los angeles to las vegas is a completely shut down as firefighters continue to work very dry conditions.
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>>catherine heenan: that was not going to work because the fire exploded and as you mentioned 2,000 a. and still a huge problem there are we're told evacuation's now in the area there maybe some homes involved homes may have been damaged and fire those don't have an clear
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about we have been saying tankers dropping water on the fire as well as helicopters 2,000 a. right now does not seem to be gone when. >>catherine heenan: plenty of flames here and we mentioned earlier it may have started we did learn a few minutes ago there was a car fire regardless of what started in really grew out of control is to be a very
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hard time claiming the mess because a lot of people took the keys and a highway of course does remain close and my before very long time. >>catherine heenan: they're searching for the reasons mohammed went on a debt with shooting spree in tennessee yesterday killing four marines or wounding three other people. >>reporter: will now learn more about them they're flying at half staff the city hall in springfield mass. for sullivan peoples of the fall on facebook st. terror comes home to massachusetts they skip well among the fallen he joined the military to fall and his family footsteps the confirmed death on
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the facebook and think people for the prayer pay was a reserve fund grants for a wisconsin also shot and killed the board included the randall smith his grandmother said he saw the shooter and tried to warn others before being shot three times the recorder was wounded in the late in officer was shot in the ankle me what authorities are trying to figure out what motivated him to commit his attack. >>catherine heenan: one-year anniversary since the death of ever garnered the man and miracle back to being put in a stranglehold by police offices had approached them the suspected him of selling cigarettes and and also trying to arrest him put him in a
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chokehold that suppose the prohibited by the police department the deaths sparked months of protests against police the claims of racism against african-americans suspects the city of new york paid his family $5.9 million to settle wrongful death claim no offices have been indicted in that case demonstration has been happening today a around the country including here in the bay area in his memory. >>catherine heenan: that it o'clock tonight it is on to happen at piedmont hills high school to, the 19 year-old the football team, going to hold what they call a friday night scrimmage and is, if friends and family will be sharing stories about his life. >>reporter: a look ahead for
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you given most recall the 75 degrees for the by noontime sun is guys temperatures in the '80s but in the valley 74 east bay shoreline 69 for the coast weapons of political tomorrow temperatures are run about five to seven degrees cooler because the upper level come trauma a great bass and drop to the area zone and hear given as a to " bend down and also given us cloud cover as well 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning low clouds and patchy fog in the oakland and hayward and the more concord area which transition to 11:00 a.m. these are not clouds off the coast data clouds go for parts of the peninsula into san mateo as well as received by 8:00 p.m. saturday night much of the same pattern.
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>>reporter: stick around for the next couple of days and keep the template as on the courtside 3:00 p.m. a four refer antioch 86 to present 744 open 66 out richmond the north region a for santa rosa is to get a lot 82 degrees in san francisco 68 degrees 87 to march 89 sunday more cloud cover on sunday as the transition into monday with heavier clouds in place and also select chance of rain shower was still in with a slight chance. >>catherine heenan: arizona during our rage incident that was caught on camera will hear from motorcyclists involved but for the new report showed that ambulance times in san francisco the response time still lag
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>>catherine heenan: they announced plans to sell the house of to an investment firm called blue mountain capital management it comes four months after prime health care backed out of the bill because of strict conditions place by this state blue mountain was initially into on the $50 million into the hospital system to the hospitals are in southern california san francisco fire department ambulance response time the critical report saying that their responses are not up to par they're not responding fast enough according to the city's civil grand jury the problem lay
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mostly on too few ambulances and the dispatch process not working well the department ambulance response has improved over last six months but it is still falling short of state performance standards. a motorcyclist breaks the law. but he's being hailed as a good guy --- after this fight breaks out in the middle of the street. >>reporter: and expect any ran out of the clouds the extended forecast, the next.
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♪ ♪ ♪ it took serena williams years to master the two handed backhand. but only one shot to master the chase mobile app. technology designed for you. so you can easily master the way you bank. >>catherine heenan:motorcyclists are often portrayed as the bad guys in road-rage incidents. but a biker in arizona is being hailed as the good guy -after fending off an angry attack. and it happened - with his helmet cam rolling. c-n-n's jeanne moos shows us how it unfolded. >>reporter:sometimes road rage is a one way street, >>:"hey! you better step back right now."
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>>reporter:and in this case a motorcyclist and his girlfriend were on the receiving end. >>:"you got a problem? >>:"yeah i got a problem!" >>:"he hit me directly in the helmet." >>reporter:the motorist then shoved the biker's girlfriend. >>:"don't you bleepin touch her!" >>reporter:it all played out on a saturday afternoon in yuma, arizona. >>reporter:"the driver got mad when the biker did something that's illegal in arizona called lane-splitting. the bike went between the car and a bus traveling the same direction." >>reporter:51 year old lee schismenos followed cody moon- yos and his girlfriend to a red- light, and after taking a couple of swings, the older man got taken down. >>:"you better stop! stop! are you done?" >>:"call the cops right now. help! anyone?" >>reporter:moon-yos' girlfriend called the police. >>:"dude i did nothing to you." >>:"yeah you just broke the law." >>:"i went, i like, i went in
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between you at a, at a, on a road?" >>:"yep." >>:"and you're gonna, and you're gonna punch me and assault me for that? >>:"yep." >>reporter:on line moon-yos was hailed for his restraint: >>reporter:"10 out of 10 to that motorcyclist." >>reporter:"actually props for not smashing his teeth in." >>:"i think he handled it really good." >>reporter:"were you tempted to haul off and smack him?" >>:"no the, the thought never really entered my mind. how bad would i have looked if i had laid into, you know, an old guy on ground after i had already did what i needed to do." >>reporter:moon-yos would like to become a cop. >>reporter:the officer who responded smelled alcohol on schismenos breath. >>reporter:he admitted he had 4 to 5 shots of whiskey. >>:"are you gonna behave?" >>reporter:police say schismenos potentially faces charges ranging from d-u-i to assault. >>reporter:cnn was unable to reach him. he was treated at the hospital for a broken ankle and abrasions on his knuckles. wonder how he got those?
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jeanne moos c-n-n, new york. >>catherine heenan:a showing of drones - like you've never seen before. the drone showdown at sacramento's cal-expo is the first-ever u-s national drone- racing championship. more than 120 pilots from all over the world competed. pilots mounted cameras on their drones.and flew them by looking through goggles.and using a remote control. >>catherine heenan:the drones zig-zagged around the the course at speeds of eighty miles-an- hour.averaging 25-second laps. the prize -- a championship belt buckle.and 25-thousand dollars. >>catherine heenan:a hotel with a large staff of robots opened in south japan today. guests are welcomed at the henna hotel by a robot.
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a hitchhiking robot has embarked on its first cross-country u-s tour. >>catherine heenan:it's called a "hitchbot" has a bucket list which includes times square.mount rushmore.and the grand canyon. the trip will end in san francisco. hitchbot can't move on its own.and will rely on strangers to drive it from place to place. canadian researchers created it in order to study how people interact with it. there are no rules limiting where travelers can take it.or what they do with it. >>reporter: what to expect for tonight tomorrow and to the weekend for you breezy conditions about 12 mi. our with onshore flow tomorrow client midmorning where: down because a great basin of the level cross areas that will bring into clout also: as dawn of the bid would have won some moisture and her pandora's morning lows overnight
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handful of '60s low '60's at bat 62 antioch 61 for fairfield is bay shoreline 59 degrees on average to ross hi will be pretty much cooler to recall the near normal this time of your top of off 5 to 7 degrees on average temperatures in the mid '80s 84 for campbell 81 for cupertino north region and san rafael mill valley but otherwise simple as are really wanted in the 80 degree mark 61 for ocean beach 68 for san
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francisco 7 off the san bruno if pettifog mills area tomorrow morning but again mclaren for the afternoon saturday at 87 degrees sunday 89 more cloud cover we have a slight chance of rain showers sun and into monday morning a 20 percent chance of it is worth the mention even with a chance tub as listed as a mild and humid in least until tuesday. >>stanley roberts: it is a city and the south with us having ever-increasing problem but there is a way to stop the i will explain in an exhibition of people behaving badly
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this thing is pretty sweet. >>here is stanley roberts who found some people behaving badly: >>stanley roberts:you are looking at no one but two donations bins that are supposed to be for clothes and shoes its located direct across from a senior apartments in san jose near city college >>stanley roberts:and while the bines are in this segment this story is not about the bins, we already know they attract garbage >>stanley roberts:one of the quickest was to create blight and lower property values is to allow illegal dumping to take over a neighborhood. most large cities are not immune to this problem >>stanley roberts:over near douglas street and willard ave in san jose is the beginning of a huge problem that can be prevented all it takes is just a little bit of civic pride >>stanley roberts:civic pride means not permitting people to leave there household goods on the street because once you open the door more people feel the same way and dump their stuff >>stanley roberts:and if enough
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stuff gets dumps it looks terrible and it attracts crime and violence its called the broken window >>stanley roberts:if a window is broken and left unrepaired, people walking by will conclude that no one cares and no one is in charge." this theory says that the little things matter. >>stanley roberts:even placing a free sign on something does not mean you are absolved from being part of the problem >>stanley roberts:the city of san jose suggest a few thing first off monitor the site: pick up litter and remove graffiti from the site so that does not appear abandoned or unused. >>stanley roberts:dumping attracts more dumping. remove dumped items immediately so that more people do not add to the site. >>stanley roberts:also, illegal dumping that sits can affect our local water ways and attract insects and animals creating an unhealthy environment. >>stanley roberts:but more important than anything report the problem to the code enforcement and make them aware there is a problem >>stanley roberts:since you have to live there make sure you do
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your part to keep it clean >>stanley roberts:in san jose stanley roberts kron 4 news >>catherine heenan: damage to homes reported this is on the 15 interstate in southern california and amazing scene with getting late details next 6:00 the report that is critical of san francisco's ambulance service with the grand jury is saying about that as a lot more news ahead at 6:00. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪
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male announcer:this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news evening starts now: >>catherine heenan: breaking news we've been telling you about for several hours the latest on a huge fast moving fire high winds up in california
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police say the brush fire was did not appear to be a big deal but it just exploded alas support of more than 3,000 a. have burned people had to flee from the cars there were track on the highway this is a huge mess there are a backing which is in the area of reports of possible injuries web in monitoring the situation on air and on line since the fire began roughly three hours ago. >>scott rates: or talk about 2,000 a. now and a jump to 3,500 a. we do know there are homes the also burned as a result of this fire very nasty you can see again the picture ride him look at the size of this is continuing to grow this is a live picture right now you can see how much acreage were talking about now the car
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earlier about an hour and a half about 50 seconds of a sweater looks like on the 15 freeway near oakville rolfe at the calhoun passed very very nasty. >>scott rates: you could see right there multiple cars on the 15 freeway that call fire for this massive brush fire jumped onto the freeway and causing all lands to be shut down the have to come out and really try to get a handle on this path as fast as they could to prevent and injures aware still trying to learn if indeed there were any injuries the wind is not helping. >>catherine heenan: palms of an evacuated their reports of homes which have been damaged the we're telling people earlier commuters were initially told not to go anywhere stake in the
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cars and then exploded in became clear there will have to get out in some cases taking the keys and running from the flames. . >>scott rates: this time lost as a loss biggest a lot of people more regular with this. >>catherine heenan: in the south but tonight a police manhunt not only lets a suspect but to a bigger catch about $16 billion worth of marijuana is the full story from robb. >>jeff bush: ----- >>rob fladaboe: we have a
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marijuana eradication team that does several surveillance of proper accounting today we decided to eradicate this marijuana grown in the east foothills of off alamo park when the debt is walking into the area the suspect from the deputies and began to run the join the man of the suspects one of home as we see this video no more was heard back from two semiautomatic handguns in the wrong 30 kids attended a summer camp or quickly evacuated or with visitors like kimberly they're looking for someone the park remains closed and deputy's planned to be here all day and eradicating 7000 plants some of which are shown here the search
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for the other two suspects will called off when the deputies radial stop working in the extremely rugged terrain two suspects remain at large inconceivable for described as hispanic male will push our lives will they were last seen. >>catherine heenan: in said francisco of battle of will continue between deputies in share of the joining us live from san francisco and has the latest >>dan kerman: this one is criticizing the shares policy which he says is based on the city center is a city ordinance
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the sampras's would dippy share association is turning senate and the formal grievance complaint there were not consulted about this policy to instructing them not to communicate with immigration officials about awards orders disheveled unavailable for comment but a statement issued by his legal counsel called the grievance nothing more the political posturing in an election year the share of cesses policy is based on san francisco sanctuary city wouldn't and he was falling and when the sheriff department released pure 40 more suspect senses the senses without contacted immigration officials first on thursday of this week he called for a hearing with the board of supervisors and the mayor to clarify the pulsing.
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>>dan kerman: opposes the proposal what he is asking for is a spectacle with him in america and that is not we need then is not what we need and not how we need to handle the situation and reflect on it is a sitting with continued the he is one of those who believe that the share of made a wrong call but not contacted immigration officials but also revises the - 7 agree on that or about whether to have a meeting he says he's willing to meet with the chevy also believe the share of did the typing. >>: this gunman had every intention to encounter in the
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murder police officers to capture the deadly shootout and chattanooga tennessee tonight we're learning more about the rampage that left four marines dead and how police were able to finally stop the killers were given new information we're back to take us through what we're learning. >>scott rates: it began with mrs. are coming forward describing the unbelievable sight of a man and a silver convertible cool summer lifted up or rifle and opened fire they rested a scene in pursuit, as he drove 7 mi. to a navy reserve center question through metal gate and fatally shooting four
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marines the gunmen mohammed was armed with several weapons including an ak-47 type rifle and several 30 round magazine they did not hesitate to bay engaged that person that gunman immediately aggressively the gunman struck one to another police officer with gunfire as he went down his teammates for responding quickly as aggressively came to his aid the put their hands on them and drive to and from under the gun fire and bravely returned fired insured he was safe and the gunman remained engaged the case now being handled by a joint fbi task force this is an investigation of terrorism he
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was trained as a mix of martial artists a cult sense to travel to either jordan or yemen in the recent past supposal which to teach a lesson to children those trips apparently never raised any suspicion. >>scott rates: he worked briefly at a nuclear power plant near cleveland he was let go after he failed a drug test. >>catherine heenan: his been shot and injured by police have been an immoderate committee of the five they're not releasing allowed of detail yet on what happened the offer is conditioned in the shooting was this morning the federal agents and question that had stepped out of its front door on with a gun police and the score and his wife back home after she was picked up for public intoxication the monterey county be a is investigating to nine members of contra costa into phase i supported the committee
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organizing walk the streets with clergy this is a span they say against the violence in the sitting to a half mile walk comes on the heels of the shooting tuesday that lasted 29 roadbed and a 17 year-old in critical condition the city has seen a reduction in murders of the passover years with the first half of this year has seen 10 homicides already in the east of a fremont police are looking for two-man. >>catherine heenan: he tells of the incident has left the couple and the community badly shaken. >>haaziq madyun: held up at gunpoint targeted for the gold during the fighting scenario happened to a pair of grandparents does offer walk wednesday around 8:00 p.m. the elderly couple five your grandchild was with them with a robber occurred his live in this quiet warm spring metal hood for
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the last five years he says recent if feels like the area has been targeted by criminals from outside of the community and. >>haaziq madyun: he feels the same way someone from not the area now you give me a little bit more information another resident of the sky at the edge because campbell said that he sought to mammoth cast as home and coming into a silver for your bmw from the same time the roberts took place that confirm the getaway car matches the same description but investigators have limited description of the two robbers involved in the meantime the privilege of terror remain on edge. >>catherine heenan: they might
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install cameras and a couch ran at a number of car train crossings to prevent future track sending it was aimed mainly at preventing teen suicide the camera system at the metal avenue crossing now the second detect the difference between a person animal or vehicle along the tracks and send a signal to 91 the system was and the tracks for a mile and indirection san francisco fire department ambulance are still not responding to emergency medical dispatches often enough or fast enough that is according to the city's civil grand jury the problem being blamed mostly on too few ambulances in a dispatch process not working well the department ambulance response time has improved over last six months but it is still falling short of state performance standards. >>reporter: partly cloudy skies right now also wind speeds are
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picking up just a tad bit 16 offer our for oakland as well for hey work 10% to rosa its was 2 for effect of this on shore it was the crown for the rest of the evening as well tomorrow slightly cooler temperatures than today your looks like a feature cast and a and from what you perceive the inland valley already in the seventh is what the east of a shoreline in san francisco peninsula area in the '60s as we transition to around noontime the 2:00 you still gets about 80 degrees mid-80s at that for the invalid locations. >>reporter: much of the same pattern for the next big tomorrow as well will have more cloud cover into sunday with a slight chance of rain shower the top of what an extended 74 pence, up next. >>catherine heenan: the one-year anniversary of ever gardner's death in the cave national call for justice--eric garner next
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the latest on how the legal authorities handled the controversy kidnapping case.
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>>catherine heenan: renews a southern california you're looking at the water being dropped action that could be an airline we're watching a wild fire on 515 near the cajon pass in this is just been an incredible mess will start as a
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small brush fire possibly ignited by a car has exploded to roughly 3,500 a. there are cars along the highway which have been stuck people like to run from the flames were getting reports of homes that have been damaged dark evacuation's in the area and again commuters had to leave their cars and a run from the scene a social media message from the sun burned in the coming five apartment called the fire in a mass casualty incident which means possible the wish and not have confirmation of injuries but this has been a huge mess and it could be many many hours before the chp convict this area of interstate 15 clear again. >>catherine heenan: the recent arrest of a suspect in the kidnapping of denise and took a lot of people by surprise because the vallejo police department publicly had declared that incident a hoax would talk
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to a legal expert about whether the remarks by police could be a problem for the prosecutors now try to get a conviction. >>maureen kelly: the statement come from vallejo pd not long after the appeared safely back at her parents' home in southern california for two days after a lead living of death of former boyfriend vallejo home now that he's been arrested for that kidnapping they're demanding an apology but in the case make a to a jury trial could vallejo plaguy remarks raise enough reasonable doubt for them to be acquitted the defense lawyer and former prosecutor says it depends on what type of evidence the have linking him to the crime but either way and his attorney is bound to bring in of. >>maureen kelly:
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>>catherine heenan: the family are insisting the $5.9 million settlement this week with new in the city is not a victory they said it would not rest until civil rights charges are filed one year ago today a police officer told led to his death the cnn report on what happened since then. >>reporter: the now infamous
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videotape the outside instead i've a strip mall captured a confrontation between iraq garnered in a city police officers--eric garner i mind my business please leave me alone they approached the 43 year-old for allegedly selling los untaxed cigarettes. the fall >>reporter: of six was better moments later killed a and the police and in a city medical examiner's office ruled his death a homicide by way of a toehold a move banned by the nypd what happened is overwhelming this session is only watch the video once she refuses to watch it again this a few days before the one-year anniversary of her father's death mimics city officials
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announced the $5.9 million settlement with the garner family this is not a victory the victory will come when we get justice the whittle said the money is not enough. >>reporter: they're pushing for the sergeant who was trained him in the alleged chokehold to be prosecuted the results of the investigation still pending meantime there remain stripped of his badge and his gun off the streets relegated to desk duty now they made the calls as our career to work with the national action network and nonprofit
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dedicated to advance to write and she created the air garner foundation open her worker brings a brighter future for the two grandchildren her father left behind. >>reporter: a few clouds in the for the east bay area you can see the live camera emplace temper to read now 91 degrees for antioch 85 for presence in eastern shoreline 68 for zero quick sentences concurrently 64 degrees by 8:00 p.m. mostly cloudy conditions 75 degrees for the inland valleys 68 for the east bay shoreline by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning by noontime sun is guys 80 degrees for the inland valleys pretty significantly they're showing in the low pressure system the upper level moving into the great basin and move into our area the cloud cover corn down quite a bit pick up the wind
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speed of the bid as well because of that we're dealing with the hurricane in giving monsoon question from a hurricane as the hurricane continues to travel the shows of the cool waters will your was a slight chance of rain showers come sunday night into monday morning. >>reporter: much cooler tomorrow 92 for the '90s in brentwood 85 and walnut creek and much of the east bay area will be dealt with the temperature is immense seventh overall were down whatever to slightly cooler than average and talking about 75 degrees cooler 89 sunny tech look at them more clout role in sunday and monday but even with a slight chance of rain showers look at the temperature is still pretty warm 89 degrees 90 degrees on monday it feels like the committee level is going of sunday and monday even with more cloud cover and a slight chance of rain star and placed it all was
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the hour by hour forecast by downloading the mobile web application for free and oliver android and apple devices. >>catherine heenan: cars and trucks from the freeway fire in southern california tonight later a most unusual creature has been announced to the world.
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>>catherine heenan: what has been an amazing disturbing scene and southern california will begin as a typical friday afternoon commit on interstate 15 north of highway 138 it began with a brush fire possibly ignited by a car and this thing just exploded 3,500 a. we are getting the reports of a vacuum nation from the road of course people have to leave their cars and run up the homes in the area are being evacuated and several homes have been damaged enough watching this.
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>>scott rates: 5 or so home may have been damaged this of the fire growing so fast were talking in the 5:00, it was 2,000 a. and an 6:00 it was up to 3500 now very dry conditions out there firefighters wear hearing wins of the 45 mi. per hour the multiple evacuation's in the area and a nasty fire on the roadway a lot of heavy smoke as we have seen a lot of flames in the area and they have been struggling with this we keep mentioning that is hot and dry in the wind gusts up to 45 mi. an hour the crews are out there and you see some firetrucks we've seen water tankers dropping water but this has been a mess. we know at least 20
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vehicles were destroyed and another 10 were damaged not surprisingly. >>catherine heenan: at first they were not terribly concerned it was a small brush fire but they got caught by when the dust apparently and just took off a lot of heavy flames still to be seen as we told you earlier they were burning people got stuck and they cannot go anywhere the had to leave their cars they mention homes which have burned but you're seeing here some of the areas where the flames are still intent. >>catherine heenan: the latest
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on this fire as the new numbers continue to command a manhunt hole in the south bay with a multimillion-dollar seizure of drugs later a big discovery for dinosaurs hunters. back in a moment
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male announcer:this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news evening starts now: >>scott rates: would continue to follow up 3,500 a. brush fire burning in southern california and part of the fire burning on to i 15 down the southern california and burned several cars the freeway had to be close to you concede right they're taking a live look at the fire and just how big it was we know the homes are damaged as a result of this fire and that
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several people had to be evacuated very nasty situation coming of there's a look at the cars burn month of a carpet of 20 vehicles were destroyed as a result of this fire a big problem down and some california firefighters tried to get ahold of it but it continues to grow at this hour. >>reporter: the sheriff deputies in conjunction with the campaign against marijuana planting red of marijuana raid early this morning and corporate area just east of park one suspect is in custody two others remain at large that is recovered to semiautomatic handguns for kansas and a summer camp in the park were evacuated as a precaution and a substantial and a 7000 plants from which has been shown an estimated street value of $16 million. >>reporter: san francisco city
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hall and continues to be turned up on sheriff now of this to the grievance filed by san francisco deputy sheriffs association of the grievance criticize of a share for his policy instructing them not to communicate with immigration officials in the policy led to the list of some fiscal sanchez for the prime suspect in the pier 14 matter as far as the grievance is concerned the legal counsel from the sheriff says this is all political theater in an election-year. >>reporter: here on grammar boulevard in fremont of pair of grandparents were robbed of their gold jewelry and gunpoint while out for even stronger the five your grandchild was with them when the robbery occurred fremont police--my the of into a direct car described as a four- door silver bmw wednesday from
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the time the driver to place. >>reporter: in san francisco we spoke to a legal expert about the challenges facing prosecutors in the vallejo kidnapping case said police earlier dismissed the abduction of the niece as a hoax this said it depends on how much evidence they have time the accused to the crime pieces of evidence and injuring members are likely able to understand the police can make mistakes with the issue is likely to come up and be embarrassing for the vallejo investigator cross-examine on the stand. >>reporter: the victory is more to the port richmond to reveal stunning views of san francisco bay 600 bar. kevin brown is putting in a winery at the port of richmond and the outdoor
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deck. >>reporter: 5000 people receive this letter is to women and to cut back on the water use or face the penalty in we discovered the threshold for penalty is pretty high here in the east bank of thousand gallons a day that is four times more with an average family uses but still a lot of people using a lot of water the biggest water wasters appear to be in danville for more than a thousand people receive the letter. >>catherine heenan: a different type of prospect is going on for diamonds and we've report a gang of thieves is after diamonds now the houston villa on the edge of your we cell to men and women are being targeted as such a high rate in the houston metal
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area some companies are banning the employees from caring jury to and from stores here altogether. >>reporter: today the jury system hot line of the most recent attacks until the man had just left the store and the galleria area and was headed back to the airport when things turn violent. >>reporter: they say the man who was what was not carry the stuff you expect the rocks with diamonds would leave $1 million
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fortunately in this case this man was not hurt the people in the industry were read this to become deadly at any point. >>reporter: to averages will be cooler for tomorrow compared to we had today 84 for antioch 85 for a little more the east bay shoreline should be in the los upper 70's in san francisco peninsula and the high 60s the forecast looks like is a 89 sunday to take a look at monday a slight chance of showers but keep in mind even with the cloud cover started into monday temperatures will still be warm and humid at that to the wind into thursday is will we expect to see more cooling down temporize. >>catherine heenan: he sits down with the lawyers coach people behaving badly come of next coming up our extensive resources are educating bikers what their response i will
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>>catherine heenan: he was hit by car riding his bike is now asking people to be more aware of road safety the boy died this week he was hit monday night it happened near the intersection of henderson avenue at camino realgar he was not wearing a helmet when he cross against a red light in was hit system is opened the tragedy will remind bicyclist and drivers about the importance of road safety including wearing helmets and keeping an eye out for bicyclist.
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>>catherine heenan: he donated his organs and hope of helping of the children still ahead and we go one-on-one with the warrior steve kerr and a day for golfers when we come back after the break.
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>>scott rates: the all-star break over they are back in action tonight at the coliseum also the pitcher sunny great takes the mound for the a's as they face the minnesota twins the final game before the all- star break of beating the cleveland in the game shut out
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so far this season they are 41 and 50 and remained in last place for the american league west the game time tonight 7 05 of the coliseum. >>scott rates: on a high note a sweeping the phillies at at&t park they start the second half of the season and phoenix arizona diamondbacks will start tonight at parts of and the pitching rotation the pitching rotation has struggled expensive at at&t park in helps the giants out a little the the hopeful that it will play a bigger role in the second half of the season the giants 46 and 43 but still throw the rival dodgers by four and a half games. >>scott rates: the british open it was all a good day for the
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signals you can see right here a bad day for golf there was up 3 hour rain delay look at the water come off the court dustin johnson leads at 10 under right now by the way the tide was is in jeopardy of missing the cut his a five over par 311 the projected cutbacks even par and is not looking good for tiger woods there's some type of medical if he does not make the cut this to be the sixth mixed cut for a major for tiger woods play is expected to resume tomorrow it is not the only golf tournament going on the celebre is our at the american century golf championship netizen lake tahoe the golden state's head coach steve kerr is one of the big names also point laxalt he sits down for satellite interview. >>j.r. stone: going into next
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season what are your most looking forward to? steve kerr: that is a dangerous word is an incredible defeat but all we're trying to do is be good for the next several years and tried to keep giving our self another shot but there's some good teams and the legal we have a good young corps but we're just one of many that have a chance to win the title. >>j.r. stone: draymond green is on for five more years he gets your blood pumping a little bit. from the start of training camp he hated me that is the problem still paid to events but we will keep winning these championships and that is steve kerr: it was hugely
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important he is one of the key parts of our team his emotional leadership his passion for his competitive desire is thrilled for draymond green that he was awarded for his efforts he deserved and alice was excited to coach him for the foreseeable future. >>j.r. stone: the american century i read some things the talk of the tournament is a guy by the member of justin timber lake have you got his autograph have begun pictures with just the timber lake have you spoken with just-in-time the lake? steve kerr: not yet i would love to run into him i'm a big fan my wife and daughter would love to of more than i would but it is one of the things that makes a lot of people famous people you want to me and maybe have met
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with you get to hang out with them a little bit is a credible beautiful. >>scott rates: more than a new it will be on sports night live this sunday at 9:00 p.m. of course he will be coasting back with jay r. is all full half- hour. >>catherine heenan: coming up on the mayor of richmond appears to be in the battle with his colleagues and a winery awards to ship his challenging the plan to move historic ship that is a central landmark of the rosy national park. >>reporter: the historic world war two ships victory is more than a quarter of richmond glancing efforts and stunning views of san francisco bay he's
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putting in a winery a porter for richmond he is an outdoor deck the deck now in the shadow of the victory. >>reporter: the port of oakland the richmond city council even the richest museum could all agree to move the ship although ads with some reluctance the only dissenting it is the richmond mayor who won a dozen new location to be in this near the winery and is a limited view a slab simply forgotten
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both the promise that it will be relocated to what is known as base and five adjacent to the present location is still the lone dissenting he says if he were a desire of the for the victory would be in base five. >>robin winston: it has been---->>catherine heenan: a creature discovered that is next
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>>catherine heenan: this is a relative of one of the dinosaurs featured interested world the scientists say is the rapid that has long feathers on its farms and tell is been discovered in china as scientists say is the latest of the dinosaurs are related that to you live with in the scene in southern california the fast-moving wildfire swept across the freeway the cajon pass winnow the 20 cars and trucks have been destroyed the resource center running to safety and wind up at least 05 homes have been damaged no reports of serious injuries and a quick look at whether is was a warm-up sunday. >>reporter: with a slight chance
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of rain storm monday court to the to by mid-week next with starting wednesday. >>catherine heenan: stay connected we will see you at 8:00 in will have the latest on the news including the disaster scene and seven california see you at 8:00. music:
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