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disbelief as family members learn a 15 year old has been arrested for the murder of eight year old maddy middleton. >> pam:the little girl's body found in a dumpster not far from where she was last seen riding her scooter. >>"it's my belief that she was killed before we even got >> pam:tonight as santa cruz mourns the death of a little girl and reaches out to her grieving family >>we just came to pray for them >> reporter: much of it is playing out live on kron for newsprint after making a second search creek a 15 year old boy was taken into custody moments later. he was charged with her murder. charged with term murder, sources telling kron4 news the she was allegedly raped and strangled. with new details of navvies personal
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belongings from--maddy >> it appears that she was lured to the suspect apartment willingly. she was murdered and side of the suspects apartment. then carried downstairs to the recycle bin and concealed. we determined that the suspect acted alone and not in accord with anyone else. there was the threat to our committee at this point. as the suspect is now in custody, and is now being housed at the tool down department facility. -- juvenile
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>> reporter: the police to make a point and say that there was evidence that someone may to great pains to make sure that the body was concealed and that dumpster and it was not in to the police research that they became to come across the body after it--but they came across her body. >> reporter: believe that the 15 year old suspect never tried to escape or flee the area. he could have been hanky are around the area trying to observe all of the ongoing. >> grant:we'll use a google earth map to show you some important property. >> grant:these buildings are used for dancing performances and art projects. >> grant:this is along river road.the boardwald is about two miles away.
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>> grant:police found maddy's body in a recycling bin in the garage on the ground floor of this residential building. >> grant:he was detained last night right here in the parking later arrested. >> grant:the suspect lives a few floors above.where maddy's body was found. evidence has been collected >> grant:kron four's dan kerman.live tonight in santa cruz.with reaction from a stunned, >> reporter:kron 4 news has been on top of this story from the beginning. and we were there live on kron 4 news at- 8. when police made the grim discovery last night. >> reporter: also live in this artist's community are stunned that in fact, a 15 year old boy has been arrested for murder. >> everyone here is shocked to happen here and now back
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borrowed in the community where we all care about is very unsettling. we have known him for six years considered a role model for some of the young children. never in a million years that i would think particularly with ham but this would ever happen. >> i've seen him dozens of times. nothing has ever struck me was odd or out of place. >> reporter: says, the to live in adjacent buildings and there was no indication that there was a problem with the two of them for it .--the two of them. >> seemed happy and there was never seem to be a problem.
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>> reporter: reporting live in santa cruz,kron 4 news ... dan kerman >> pam: alecia reid reports that something dramatic is unfolding live. as people learn about the discovery of maddy's body and the arrest of a 15 year old neighbor. it appears the mother is screaming and crying amid the unfolding news that the body was discovered >> pam: and our coverage continues 4 dot com for the latest details and developments in this case. there, we have posted today's entire police news conference. and all of our stories about maddy middleton and the information we have about the suspected killer. >> reporter: of our police sussex's that the girl's body is in sight of the shed. and that they have found the body. >> pam: it's all on kron 4
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dot com >> pam: we are also following news in the east bay. >> pam: where firefighters just got the upper hand on a wildfire burning at the camp parks reserve in dublin. >> pam: kron 4's justine waldman joins us live from dublin tonight with the latest on the fire. justine? >> reporter: i just received an update from the fire department this fire burned 250 a.. and now it is contained. the fire started at 1130 this morning. no military training at this time. the heat and dry conditions made this very difficult to get out. at one
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time a jump become tamest line. a wildfire fire in the far north bay has jumped containment lines.and mandatory evacuations are back in place.south-east of lake berryessa. >> it is now worse try to look at a fire or did a story. it is dangerous to fight fires. >> reporter: or kron4 cameras were here as helicopters were dumping water on the flames. and the satellite on this military base was never an danger because it had a defensible space built all around them. there was a heat related injury. >> reporter: dublin police is now investigating who was behind those strong spirit they do not know how this fire started. i am about to get an update. from the camp part. i will have more of
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dates coming to you tonight at 6. we are now lives in dublin justine waldman for it kron 4 news. >> grant:the fire first started last wednesday.but flared up this afternoon. >> grant:the burning right now is most intense in wildhorse canyon.where at least 150 acres have been torched. this is video from last week when the fire was raging.courtesy of our helicopter partnership with abc-7 news. >> grant:about 200 people have been told to leave their homes. no word on damage to structures today. >> grant:in total.more than 65-hundred acres have burned. it's 80 percent contained. >> grant:we'll keep you posted.as crews scramble resources to once again get a handle on the lake berryessa fire. >> grant:
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>> pam: taking a live look outside. those fires being fueled by the very dry and very hot weather. >> pam: temperatures are soaring. and another spare the air day has been issued for tomorrow. >> pam: it is the second spare the air alert. issued this summer. >> pam: kron 4 diane tuazon is tracking the temperatures and joins us with the forecast. diane? >> diane: things are hot and it will only become hunter. --hotter >> diane: here is what it will look like tomorrow, warning of really quickly. titanium is covered and on to what upper 80s. are around 2:00 p.m., and you will see red and purple and pink areas over 100 degrees. again, another day of hot summer heat. very warm
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conditions for the east bay shore lines. i'll talk more about the forecast coming up! >> pam: millions of gallons of water from the crystal springs reservoir. spilled, due to a water main break in san mateo county. >> pam: kron 4's maureen kelly talked to officials about why the tap was not turned off for more than 13- hours after the ruptured pipe was discovered. >> pam: this torrent of water which you see flowing freely out of the broken 54 inch main was first noticed by the san francisco public ultilities commission at around 9:30 pm monday night.when their system detected a sudden loss of pressure. >> reporter:but despite the drought.the tap was intentionally left on until 11 am tuesday. >> reporter:that caused roughly 15 million gallons to escape from the broken pipe.and rush down a nearby creek into the bay. >> reporter:a spokesperson for the utility says it was a tough choice.but they had to weigh conserving the precious resource with public safety. >>it really was a gut wretching decision.fire
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fighting. >> reporter:the rupture happened just inside the junipero serra county park. >> reporter:roughtly 50- thousand customers in pacifica san bruno and nearby communities would have been affected. >> reporter:the pipe couldn't be shut off until a back up water supply was hooked up. >> reporter:now that's done.crews are going to repair the nearly 90 year old tranmission line.it's believed that the rupture was caused by old age. >> reporter:the upside is.15 million gallons is only a fraction of the nearly 20 billion gallons of water being stored in crystal springs.so utility says there is no reason to panic.but the loss is still painful.
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>> it just hurt. >> reporter:maureen kelly kron4 news >> pam: there is much more ahead at five. >> pam: the man accused in the deadly pier- 14 shooting. was back before a judge. >> pam: the new charge he is now facing. next. >> pam: plus, find out how a test drive almost turned into a kidnapping, for one east bay car salesman. >> pam: and later. >> pam: the new coach who is pushing the n-f-l's gender barrier.
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>> grant:accused killer francisco sanchez is facing a new charge in the sanchez was back in court today, four weeks after steinle was gunned down on san francisco's pier 14 >> grant:the judge allowed pictures, but no sound recording today. the new charge is being a felon in possession of a handgun. >> grant:prosecutors earlier filed a aforethought. outside the courtroom public defender matt gonzales rejected that allegation. there's nothing in our investigation or review of the material in this case that changes our original opinion of the case, that this appears to be an accidental shootiing. >> grant:the murder has added fuel to illegal immigrants. >> grant:sanchez was in the country illegally and was
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freed from custody under san francisco's sanctuary laws. >> grant:he's due back in court august 25th. >> pam: sentencing for a gunman convicted of killing a vallejo police officer. will be delayed. >> pam: a solano couty superior court judge. today declared a mistrial. >> pam: in the penalty phase of the case against henry albert smith junior. >> pam: the trial, to determine if smith should receive the death penalty was to begin this week, but one juror is moving out of state. and there are no more altenatives to fill the seat. >> pam: the new trial is set for august 31st. >> pam: smith was convicted of killing vallejo officer jim capoot. after a bank robbery, car chase and then neighborood in 2011. >> pam: san jose police plan to flood high-crime areas with additional officers. >> pam: the police chief says officers formed this strategy. following an exceptionally violent month. >> pam: multiple shootings and the arrest of a man in the alleged stabbing and rape of three women, prompted the department to take additional steps in enforcement.
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>> pam: the police presence in crime hot spots will likely draw overtime shifts and the redeployment of the special operations division. >>a routine test drive at lehmar's buick g-m-c into dangerous kidnapping >> pam: this happened on monday when a prospective car buyer, asked to drive a luxury van off the lot. but instead of returning to lehmar's he allegedly drove onto the 242- freeway heading toward pittsburg. with the car salesman in the passenger seat. >>"that was like a kidnapped situation then" >> pam: when the van came to a stop at a busy intersection the car salesman was able to >> pam: he contacted police who later found the suspected kidnapper and car theif in antioch. where he was taken into custody >> pam: in the process, the vehicle was involved in several accidents and had to be totaled. >> pam: supervisors in contra costa county will now receive a smaller raise.
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following public outcry. >> pam: the board of supervisors voted today to accept the 12 -percent pay increase over three- years recommended by an ad hoc committee last month. >> pam: the supervisors initially voted in november. to give themselves a 33- percent raise. they later repealed the decision after public employee unions launched a referendum petition to reverse the vote. >> pam: board members currently receive a base salary of about $104- thousand. >> diane: it is a hot day today and it will continue to be hard for the next few hours. upper 80s for the inland valley area spirit and the east bay shoreline. >> diane: 58 am, mostly clear skies. and it should be in the low 60s. tomorrow will be hotter compared to today. by 3:00 p.m., 1 02
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fairfield and livermore thrift--and livermore. >> diane: is going to be a nice warm day for the east bay shoreline and the peninsula. the hotter and the talent bellies. 95 degrees thursday, and dropping down to lower 90s and by the weekend we will have the cool down. --inland vallies >> pam: the cal water advisory on e-coli. continues. advising customers to boil their water, or drink bottled water. >> pam: according to cal water. preliminary water quality test results for the south are all negative for traces of the bacteria. >> pam: they say. only a single of total coliform. the bacteria was found on a repair to a broken water area. >> reporter: palin into their minivan the first
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tour arrives. but after that it was not about cooling off but a celebration. >> reporter: they were not the only ones. >> reporter: are you looking for to your birthday? >> i am looking forward to going on the new ride. >> reporter: are you scared? >> know. i m nine years old. --no (laughter) >> reporter: was a chance to take a rest of the work of islam practiced for some. >> to do all of the ride today. every single one. >> reporter: many times?
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a parked s-u-v, near his los angeles home. >> pam: he had been dead for weeks. >> pam: his fiancee knew he was authorities. she said those were his wishes. >> pam: as reporter kyung lah reports. when police went to surprising discovery: an arsenal of weapons and ammunition. like they had never seen before. >> reporter: ross >> reporter:trying to unlock a mystery why would one man >>495 dollar price tag. >> reporter:have weapons like this >>clip holsters. >> reporter:holsters, gun locks, cleaners, casings. >>that's just one box. and there are hundreds, hundreds, hundreds. >> reporter:that's an understatement. police seized 12-hundred firearms in this upscale, pacific palisades townhome. >> reporter:that's right. 12-hundred pristine, new guns some with the tags still on them. >> reporter:officers also found nearly 7 tons -- yes tons -- of ammunition.
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>> reporter:the largest weapons seizure recalls. >>they basically had an assembly line, where they pass them from one to the other, into the truck, until the truck was filled with guns and ammo and we had to bring back another truck. >> reporter:that's not all police found piles of cash 230-thousand dollars >> reporter:as to what he planned to do with it all, we may never know. that's because jeffrey alan lash age 60 was found in this s-u-v just outside his condo decomposing there for more than two weeks. >> reporter:lash's life intensely private became public when his fiancee called lawyer harlan braun. >>i just assumed she was some crazy lady who was coming up with some bizarre story. the story as she told it lash worked for multiple secret government spy agencies >> reporter:he collected weapons. >> reporter:lash also suffered from his fiancee is the one who helped him into the car putting a blanket over his body. >> reporter:when he died lash promised his fiancee his quote "people" would take care of everything. taking away his guns
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>>she believed him? >>absolutely, for 17 years she believed him. probably very intelligent very manipulative person. or maybe it's actually true. maybe she believed what was true. he wasn't a drug dealer. wasn't a survivalist. wasn't a gun merchant. it's inexplicable at this time. >> reporter:one of the many mystifying parts for investigators lash appeared to have no income. >> reporter:no job. >> reporter:no criminal record. >> reporter:no family. >> reporter:but you can't just dismiss him as a hoarder because he amassed a weapons collection worth millions. >> reporter:so who is jeffery alan lash? >>just a nice ordinary guy. with a fascination for weapons. >> reporter:that may be but even lash's own attorney of 30 years can't explain where he got >>we never spoke about what he did for a living and that's because i had the impression that he didn't do anything for a living. >> pam: our top story tonight. 8 year- old maddy middleton. allegedly murdered by a 15 - >> pam: coming up at 5:30. we'll hear from the d-a
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about the possibilty of charging the teen as an adult. >> pam: and later. caught on camera. a close call for a guy pumping gas. . for over 60,000 california foster children, having necessary school supplies can mean the difference between success and failure. the day i start, i'm already behind. i never know what i'm gonna need. new school new classes, new kids. it's hard starting over. to help, sleep train is collecting school supplies for local foster children. bring your gift to any sleep train and help a foster child start the school year right. not everyone can be a foster parent but anyone can help a foster child.
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(male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> pam: now at 5:30. we are staying on top of breaking news out of santa cruz. >> pam: and the tragic ending to the search for 8 - year-old maddy middleton. >> pam: tonight, we have learned that maddy was allegedly lured by a 15-
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year-old boy. into his apartment where he killed her. >> pam: kron 4's rob fladeboe talked to the district attorney about whether the teen will be charged as an adult. >> pam: he joins us live from santa cruz with details. rob? >> reporter: 8 year-old maddy middleton, knew and trusted her 15 year old killer. they have statements and the video evidence along with her personal items. >> reporter: these are pictures that show police still at the same, where her body was found in the dumpster last evening. it is a recycling bantered we are not sure if this is the actual dumpster but we do know that this is the area.
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her body was concealed in that recycling bin rashid was found a second time last night. --was not found until a second time. >> reporter: the district attorney officer says he could be tried as an adult. under >> certain circumstances and offenses you can see if they are filed as an adult or a juvenile. at this point. it does appear to be charges that can be filed as an adult. and we are absolutely considering that with those type of charges. and the
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types of offenses, it can be charged as an adult. >> reporter: the juvenile has not been identified. and being held under tight security. it has been notified that maddy and her killer had been seen on from the complex together. >> pam: ever since maddy's body was discovered friends and neighbors have been going to the tannery arts center to lay flowers. >> pam: kron four's will tran was there and spoke to some of the people who a remembering maddy. >> it was nice to meet you
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we will miss you and i love you. that was a note from a child the drop off to pay their respects. >> is sent shock waves to all the spirit i have three daughters of my own print and on the news hit i just wanted to hold them tight. this morning i came down here to pay my respects to maddy and the family. >> i was just open with my children to read you have to be. i told them this morning, that they found a little girl and that explains the rest and let things happen. >> reporter: her body was removed and around 6:00 this morning at this is now up to the corners office to
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determine how she died. kron4news will tran >> pam: joining me now to talk about this tragic case is missing children activist marc klass. >> obviously, this is the worst news for her family. however, at least they now know sensed, they found her body and she is not wondering what happened to her daughter? >> pam: how did you react to a case like this? >> first of all, what or why is a 15 year old plan within 8 year old trick that age is too great. with a child murderer most of them are
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murdered by other children either a family member or someone that knows the family. >> pam: they're trying to decide whether to charge of this individual as an adult or a child. >> as a >> pam: have talked to you about these types of cases. talk to us about the first 24 hours, let's review again about what is done in this case patrick the media did ,--the police did contact the media they did send out fliers and other information. when >> talk about this last night. if you are a business owner, look through the
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dumpsters for it somehow they avoided looking at the dumpsters over 24 hours on the complex round spirit and that is that searching. if you are going to be martyred as a deduction of the child you would be dead within the first 24 hours and the longer you go from the time of production and the time of recovering the child the chances are lesson. >> pam: something that parents should know to keep their children safe. what is your a vice to parents? >> understand, this is an aberration for it is not like to happen on a regular basis. you have to tell your kids what happened last night. i would also suggest
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getting a cell phone for their children so if they do find themselves in a tight situation, they can contact you or 911. >> pam: thank you again for coming to evaluate the situation. we hope that we do not see you any time soon. >> pam: the n-f-l passes bad news to san mateo native tom brady. still ahead. what they said he did to a crucial piece of evidence. >> pam: and. a police officer under fire for how he treated a homeless man. what he was caught on camera doing is next. .. on wall street. >> catherine: the dow gained 189 points.
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--dog commands. >> grant: officer is now on unpaid leave at last had this case is investigated. >> grant: this is another ankle. he was able to move at the very last minute lee says one driver passed a stop sign and the other driver hit this one. he barely stop that in time. >> grant: do not just people reactions from the safety of your home. >> you can sit at home on yourself and say just to get out of the way! but is different when it happens.
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daily beast reporter who was writing a story about a decade old rate allegation in trump's divorce from his first wife. >> pam: cnn's stacey cohan explains. >> reporter:it all started with a story for the daily beast. reporter tim mak questioned trump adviser, michael cohen, about a rape allegeation made by the billionaire's ex-wife during their divorce proceedings in the 1990s. >> reporter:in defending trump, cohen cannot rape your spouse." and threatened to sue. >> reporter:maritial rape is illegal in all 50 states.as it was in of the alleged incident. >>"they were trying to say not criminal sense, like you mentioned. but then it descended into insults and threats. threats of lawsuits telling me to tread lightly and to say whatever lawsuits they might file against me were going to be disgusting." >> reporter:cohen is apologizing.saying he was simply outraged by the nature of the story. >> >> reporter:"in my moment of shock, i made an inarticulate comment - which i do not believe- and which i apologize for entirely."
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>> reporter:back in the 1990s trump's ex-wife, ivana, addressed the incident, saying while she used the word rape she did not want it to be interpreted in a "literal or criminal sense." >> reporter:now she has issued a statement supporting the man she famously called "the donald", saying "i have recently read some comments attributed to me from nearly 30 years ago at a time of very high tension during my divorce from donald. the story is totally without merit." >> reporter:i'm stacey cohan reporting. >> grant:san mateo native and new england patriots star quarterback tom brady's appeal to the nfl over a four-game suspension was sacked. >> grant:commissioner roger goodell have brady sit out the first four games of the season. this, the latest chapter in the deflategate controversy.the new england
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patriots were accused of using under-inflated footballs to gain a competitive advantage in january's afc championship game against the indianapolis colts. >> grant:brady denied any involvement. in june, four months after investigators requested brady hand over any possible electronic info tied to the case, it was discovered that brady destroyed his cell phone. >> grant:a lawyer hired by the league to investigate says brady probably had a general knowledge about how the balls were deflated. >> grant:brady now has the option of filing a lawsuit and taking the league to court. >> grant:meantime. the n-f-l making history. the arizona cardinals announced jen welter has been added to their staff -- as a training camp and pre- season coaching intern. >> grant:she will be working with the inside linebackers. it's believed she is the first woman to hold a coaching position of any kind in the nfl. >> grant:welter has been a trailblazer over the years. she was the first woman to
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play a non-kicking position on a men's pro football team - playing running back for the texas revolution of the indoor football league.. >> grant:welter later became the first female coach in a men's pro football league when she was hired to be an assistant coach with the team. >> diane: afternoon, sunny skies and it will be the hottest day of the week. we had him it conditions the temperatures on the cooler side must the more strict came in at the end of the week. and high pressure system is in place that is giving us high temperatures, and sunny skies. >> diane: we are talking about 80 to 85 degree temperatures by the end of the week. however, it will be cooler. 104 in
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brentwood, when all three out in pleasanton. we move to the east bay shore lines was pretty warm conditions in the upper 80s and 90s and san leandro, castro valley and the south bay regions upper 90s as well with 97 degrees on average for the daytime high. 100 for the fairfield area and napa and sonoma. >> diane: stay out on the beach if you are going to be headed out there. 89 for san mateo and 7 day forecast parent we are having in summer heat trend at least until thursday. it will cool down by sunday. >> diane: you can download are free application for all of your mobile devices. to
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keep up with the weather! >> reporter: this is an interesting situation with one point in time home ownership was 59% with tightening mortgage old-- mortgage laws. this is where its ships. the members in the next four to five years should be easier in the next 45 years and they will say they're tired leasing and then it will move into their own homes. >> reporter: like to lease cars? and you have tickets for us. --tips >> reporter: about 29
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percent of all vehicles purchased today are on a lease by millenniums. allow issued to buy more cars but to have that 12,000 mi. and breaking a lease to be very difficult and costly. if you crash the car in would be more on them and less on you. and get get insurance through it and we should drop it after some of the costs come down. --gap insurtance >> reporter: gold as typically ahead with inflation but there is no insulation. you do not need that " on " in safety and gold. i do not think gold is good for an investment,
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>> reporter:we have an important warning to share with you tonight >> reporter:researchers have discovered a bug in smart phones that leaves them vuln=ner=able to hackers. >> reporter:this security flaw could give access to your personal information, financial information, and your pictures and videos. >> reporter:here is a closer look at the threat, what phones are at risk, and how you can protect yourself. >> reporter:this new mobile threat called stage fright was discovered by security researchers at zimperium who claim that this bug affects 95% of android phones currently being used. >> reporter:so almost every android phone is at risk. this flaw affects the android operating system so all phone brands are affected. samsung, htc, lg motorola. etc. >> reporter:the scary thing about this security hole is that it can be taken advantage with by a simple text message. >> reporter:a hacker can send a picture or video text message that has been currupted to an android phone to infect it, take it over and then have full access to the phone without the user knowing. >> reporter:the flaw that lets this happen exists in the android media playback software. >> reporter:this bug has experts really worried
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because this is not a hack that requires people to click on anything or download anything. anyone can be a victim by this just by receiving a message. >> reporter:iphone users are safe from this stagefright bug. >> reporter:it only affects android users. >> reporter:and so far there have been no reports of hackers taking advantage of this flaw. >> reporter:and other good news >> reporter:the bug can be fixed with an over-the-air update and google already has a patch ready to go. >> reporter:the bad news: >> reporter:this needs to be a firmware update that comes from the device makers & carriers. and they are notorious for dragging their heels getting these important updates out. >> reporter:so wheather you have sprint, verizon, at&t or t-mobile service with an android phone the best thing you can do for yourself is keep a close eye on your phone updates and when one comes down from the carrier for a firmware update. run it immediately. >> reporter:gsk4news. >> pam: we will have a live update coming up liven six
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>> this just in to the kron 4 newsroom. (male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> grant:there has been a flare-up of the wragg fire in solano county that has promoted new mandatory closures this afternoon, a cal fire spokeswoman said. about 30 acres on the east side of the fire near vacaville re-ignited around 1:30 p.m., cal fire spokeswoman suzie blankenship said. >> grant:the flare-up occurred in a steep canyon with difficult access, blankenship said. sky ranch gates canyon and mix canyon roads are closed, and pleasants valley road is closed between putah creek she said. >> reporter:cal fire has reopened its call center at 967-4209. the fire that has burned nearly 6,600 acres was percent contained this morning. it started last wednesday in the lake
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>> pam: more breaking news.this time in the east bay. >> reporter:that's where a fast moving brush fire.burned 150 acres today. kron 4's justine waldman is live in dublin tonight. >> pam: justine.is that fire out? you know everybody around here is working around in a state of shock. >> reporter: this is an active military facility. about nine manti are here on any given day. and not today. and did not make any sense to him what a fire which started in this area where no one was supposed to be. >> absolutely not. we will have to find out the cause. make rationed out of it butler at this point i do not have the answer. --out of it but at this point
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>> reporter: dublin police are not investigating who was behind the drones. we do not know if that person will face any charges. and we do know that one firefighter was injured and is being treated in hospital for heat related injuries. >> everyone is walking on round here in a state of shock. >> pam: heartbreak and outrage in santa cruz tonight. >>this has been a horrific experience >> pam: the search for a missing little girl ends with the discovery of her body stuffed in a dumpster. >> pam: a teenage neighbor is in custody as the suspected killer. >> pam: kron four exclusive sources reveal disturbing details about the death of maddy middleton. >> pam: santa cruz police say the 15 year-old suspect lured little maddy to his apartment.where he allegedly killed her. >> pam: tonight the teen
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remains in custody. >> pam: kron 4 cameras were rolling when residents learned that a body was found, and the 15 year-old was taken into custody. >> pam: authorities say he could be tried as an adult. we're covering this story from multiple angles. dan kerman is live at the tannery arts center where a memorial continues to grow for maddy middleton. >> pam: but we begin with kron 4's rob fladeboe with brand new information.rob? >> reporter: the camera captures the 1 long grain image that we have of her. in fact, santa cruz police now says, that they have new video evidence. it has yet to be released. this was the scene at the center here earlier this morning. stand-
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up please was already- police-saying that she was already dead. she was lured by a neighbor that he had her body in a recycling bin. >> reporter: 8 are releasing new details of how she was that. --was found. >> will merely say that her body was concealed and recycling began in a way that it was not apparent or obvious. it was a 15 year old male juvenile, the recites in an apartment on the property creek upstairs from the location of where maddy was found heard he was taken into custody and
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brought back to the santa cruz police department an interview. >> reporter: to doing this individual, and to the early, early hours of this morning. he was subsequently arrested. police found evidence that linked the suspect to this terrific crime. --horrific >> reporter: considerable effort was made to conceal the body. besides the video evidence there was other physical evidence linking the suspect to the crime occurred including her personal items. >> reporter: county district attorney is saying that he could face charges as an
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adult. live in santa cruz, rob fladeboe. kron 4 news. >> pam: thank you, rob fladeboe. >> pam: our coverage continues tonight with a community trying to come to grips with this tragedy. >> pam: kron 4's dan kerman is live at the tannery arts centers.where he's been speaking with those who have coming by the pay respects dan >> reporter: many people are coming out today. that's just coming themselves. however, bringing their children. >> reporter: people who did not even know her is take the time to come out and pay their respects to rid >> this situation is not something that you can fathom.
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>> came to pray for her courage and give them flower spirit--weekend to pray for them. --we came to pray for thema and give flowers. >> reporter: the effect, that the main suspect is a teenage boy raises questions of who is living next door to them bridge >> now we have to be careful if you do not see them five or two minutes you have to go out and find them to see what is going on accurate-going on >> reporter: sama, said that they never seen this coming
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that he was in fact, at a role model for younger children. >> pam: during today's press conference, santa cruz mayor don lane said the entire city is grieving with maddy's family over her tragic loss. >> i know that thousands of the members of this community are joining with the medicines loved ones and grieving is lost. --madison >> pam: and our coverage continues online. anytime. go to kron 4 dot com for the latest details and developments in this case. there, we have posted today's entire police news conference. and all of our stories about maddy middleton and the information we have about the suspected killer. >> pam: it's all on kron 4 dot com >> pam: a live look at the bay bridge tonight. >> pam: for the second straight day.the bay area
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quality management district has issued a spare the air alert. >> pam: high temperatures and light winds forecasted throughout the week are expected to lead to unhealthy smog. >> pam: during spare the air days people are urged take public transit, carpool, walk or bike rather than driving alone. >> pam: it was a hot one today especially out in concord. >> pam: some east bay residents were so eager to figure out a way to get some relief that they braved long lines at water world this morning. people starting lining up before the park opened. >> pam: once in inside, people rushed to get into the water. expect similar crowds tomorrow.it's supposed to be even hotter. >> we just bring the love. especially when it is hot. way better than hanging and
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home care enough to go on- site and live the life. >> pam: diane tuazon is tracking this heat wave. did we break any records today? >> diane: concord broad numbers with an old team today. 102 today >> diane: oakland not too far as well. with 92 degrees. livermore was up to 104. just a few degrees of african those records. --of breaking those records. >> diane: san francisco peninsula, and the '70s.
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about 2:00 p.m. on round the daytime high, uc red and pink area there indicating the 100. >> diane: we have another couple of days in the summer heat. i can tell you what to expect some heat from or some relief from this heat. >> pam: contra costa health services posted this picture on its facebook page about the dangers of this extreme heat. all >> pam: it warns that children the elderly and people working outside are vulnerable during this hot weather. >> pam: it also has some tips on how to cool off. >> pam: contra costa county health centers in the county will serve as cooling centers this week. >> pam: a bizarre story out of the east bay. a wild ride
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>> pam: francisco sanchez pleaded not guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. he entered the same plea to an earlier charge of murder with malice aforethought. >> pam: sanchez has admitted firing the fatal shot, but claims found the gun wrapped in a t=shirt. no sound recording was allowed from today's proceeding. >> pam: but outside the courtroom, public defender matt gonzales said one thing is very clear to him. >>there's no motive to do miss absence of motive that's typically somethng that's significant, that's important. and you would look at it: there's an arrested person without any history of doing violence. he doesn't have a criminal history of stealing things so there's a glaring question mark as to how this unfolded." >> pam: the case has added fuel to the national debate over illegal immigrants. sanchez has a record of drug offenses and was deported five times. he's due back in court >> pam: august 25th.
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>> pam: tonight we've learned a financial dispute likely led to the death of a southern california woman killed while walking with her boyfriend. >> pam: 30 year-old carrie jean melvin moved to los angeles from northern california to pursue an acting career. >> pam: an july 5, she was shot in the back of the head while walking on sunset boulevard in hollywood. >> pam: the gunman then calmly walked to a black sedan.and drove off. >> pam: on friday.he was arrested. authorities say the suspect, a local businessman, was involved in some sort of financial dispute with melvin over a bad check. >> pam: today.he was charged with capital murder "chris was saying hey slow down, pull over, pull over, and that's when the guy grabbed his shirt and pushed him against the window and that's when chris reached down here, opened the door
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and jumped out" >> reporter:the sales manager here at lehmer's buick gmc dealership in concord is describing how one of his employees escaped an alleged kidanapping. this happened monday after a prospective car buyer asked to take a luxury limited edition expolorer like this oneworth $70-thousand- dollars for a test drive >>"the salesman upped the customer" >> reporter:which means? >>"he introduced himselfwanted to show his kids at his house in pittsburg" >> reporter:he says his saleman told him that when they first got to pittsburg nothing appeared out of the ordinary
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>>"there was a 3 year old baby running around the seats, he had no idea this was going to happen" >> reporter: the prospective car buyer's homehe allegedly threatened his salesman >>"he said you know too much i can't let you leave so kidnapping basically" >> reporter:he says he is not sure whether the scenario was premeditated or an impulse because after all the prospective buyer did leave a copy of his driver's license back at lehmer's >>"because when we go on a demo ride we get your license and information kind of dumb" >> reporter:so not the smartest guy in the world? >>"probably not the smartest guy in the world" >> reporter:concord police sgt. christopher blakely says the suspect crashed the vehicle in antioch and was arrested a short time later >>"i'm just glad we were able to get this guy into >> reporter:in concord haaziq madyun kron4news
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>> grant: palo alto's city official says a new 8 ft. fence will be implemented on the east side of the tracks. to help from suicides being committed. all of the students have been head and killed by a truck by stepping in front of trains during the recent years. -- steeping in front of trains >> diane: 83 degrees for hayward, san francisco at 81 degrees. that is down town san francisco. temperatures are still in the '80s for the inland valley locations and the east bay shoreline. mid-60s will occur as well.
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>> diane: does have that high pressure system in place dominating our area given us the high temperatures for the next couple of days. making its way into the south region. >> diane: game time at 715. clear skies. with land at 10 mi. per hour. it should be nice. great night for a baseball game tonight. one of three in pleasanton, the upper 80s at the east bay shoreline spirit and 84 for oakland, at 85 for hayward at richmond. san francisco
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and the peninsula and the upper 70's. and north bay in the mid nineties and 100th as well. we have the heat in place. for most of the two days ahead of the spirit--ahead of us. >> diane: >> pam: look at this water flowing here. lost water because of a water main burst last night. the break happened in san bruno. crews noticed the problem last night at 930 but in to slowly left the precious resources run into all 11:00 this morning. as the mess they were able, they hooked
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up a backup supply. to knock leave the 50,000 customers without water. -- so not to leave >> do we isolate the issue? we felt that if we get a backup water supply up in order by this morning and start the process by shutting off. >> pam: the pipe burst due to old age and is currently installing every done it water system. that will allow the agency to replace the aging pipes without causing service disruption. >> pam: coming up tonight authorities in texas
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>> pam: opponents of california's new vaccine law are now cleared to begin collecting signatures to recall the legislation's author. >> pam: advocates can begin the sacramento and yolo counties for the recall of state senator richard pan. >> pam: pan is both a democrat and pediatrician who led the push to make vaccinations mandatory for nearly all california schoolchildren. his bill was passed and signed into law in june. proponents have until december 31 to collect nearly 36-thousand voters in pan's district. >> pam: brand new video of sandra bland in the waller county texas jail just days before she was found dead in a cell. >> pam: you can see bland during the intake process, hours after her arrest for a traffic violation. >> pam: officials say bland later hanged herself.
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>> pam: her family rejects the finding, and says dash- cam video shows her arrest was unjustified. >> pam: that video shows the arresting officer's exchange he pulls her from her car and handcuffs her. >> pam: a committee is now reviewing bland's death, as well as her arrest. >> pam: the woman charged with from an upstate new york prison last month pleaded case. >> pam: joyce mitchell signed a form to waive a grand jury hearing on her charges. >> pam: authorities said mitchell a tailor at the clinton correctional facility provided richard matt and david sweat with tools to cut through cell walls and escape. >> pam: a massive man hunt for matt and sweat ended in late june after officers fatally shot matt and recaptured sweat. >> pam: a camera was
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>> reporter: caltran says a fire that they believed to have had in it under control has now reignited spirit by midday, high temperatures and strong wind has pushed the fire out of the containment zone and now an additional 400 a. have burned brick caltran has called in resources to help make water drops and several
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rows in the area have been closed there is forcing some people ought of their home for the second time in one week. charles clifford kron4 new spirit >> reporter: burned about 250 a., 1 cal fire firefighter did go to the hospital with heat injury spirit to ladrones did get in no way of be at first to knock this fire out. crews will stay out to make sure no more hotspot pop up. >> reporter: the apparent murder of an eight year old girl, and news conference here the police chiefs says madeleine middleton was found in a dumpster on river st.. just before monday evening correct she was
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killed but a non boule that was charged with her murder doctorate he hid her body and a dumpster. rob fladeboe kron 4 news. --charged with a murder as he hit her body inside of a dumpster. >> reporter: they say that this boy was a role model for young children in the area. they're also seeing a plane together and no altercation that anything that could have happened. dan kerman, kron4 news >> reporter: this is what the lookalike on first thing tuesday morning one hour before water world even opened. eager to call off
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and find some relief. i also saw people celebrating their birth date and they said, why not. you can combine both, call off and have fun with their family and friends. >> reporter: what started out as a typical test drive and an alleged kidnapping as a salesman runs for his life. chris >> reach down here, and ran for his life. >> this is a really bold move on his part. i'm really glad that we were able to get this guy in custody. >> diane: it will be a scorcher tomorrow specially in these areas with the upper 100 separate will be hotter tomorrow than it was
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today. 102 for livermore 1034 plaza tenter it really all the 100th in this area. making it feel hotter than usual with a high-pressure system. >> diane: 92 up and castro valley and we will continue to deal with this high pressure system for high pressure system giving us this hot weather. >> diane: it will be cut tomorrow so keep yourself cool and hydrated. 95 degrees in napa and a 30 degree difference at daly city with 104 in the inland valley locations. if you do not like the heat can out to the shore. >> diane: would talk about the 7 day forecast and a cooling trend coming output
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--up! >> grant: you would know the officer and then the driver and a state of rage. >> i did not see the sign. i did not see the sign. >> reporter: you are lucky i am a cop because i would be the bleep out of your right now. >> grant: driving the wrong way all around a traffic circle critic here the driver says he did not see the signs. he was scared when it initially started because he was scared and he would get shot. mike did have bay camera rolling on the dash of his vehicle. did detective in question is in the focus of the civil case.
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and another videotaped incident back in 2012. >> grant: another incident in brooklyn and york involving an officer. a group of officer singer doing physical try to get a young man to leave the store. >> grant: onlookers are trying to get the police to back he was charged with a slew of things considering trespassing police has yet to comment on what led up to this incident. pam? >> pam: what officials say was the cost of the mojave desert crash. >> grant: here is a quick look at one of the features. after you watch the application look at the bottom bar, touch it and you will see box attached is why imbricate into different sections of what you may
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>> gary:gpood ev-- good evening! >> gary: brady's name when you have someone else speaking for you. anyway? in the national football league says that they did not have any evidence of something different are calling. --a calling >> gary: you keep hearing those attorneys today say the problem is if you get a
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conjunction and play maybe four or five games. the attorneys, again says it will be hard to have him return. so maybe he will get to play eight or nine games. but he will miss the end of the season, if indeed he lost in court. >> gary: get those four games of the way and finished off with the the final 12 derrick there are going to fight this thing access brady at his campus. as of now he will sit out the first four games of the regular season starting in september. >> gary: first woman to hold any type of coaching position in the national football league.
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>> gary: this is a six week internship and again, you will see what happens. she is a former player. and variable midweeks. over the course of the last 14 years. >> i did not dream that it was possible. and i think the beauty of this is that his goal is a dream that i have never had. other girls can grow up and have it. >> gary: in the case, are at dodger stadium tonight traded away to the kansas city royals for a pair of minor league pitchers. play >> gary: all types of
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positions. the a's, pick up my league with a left-handed pitcher and right-hand pitcher >> gary: the giants has just released jean the other day . giants, hosting a walkie again. more time he is right and wrong st the giants are really trying to figure out something to get cold hamel. the fellow that pitch on friday. the dodgers rangers and cups are considered the front runners. --cubs >> gary: he says, the guy is a great talent but if the
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right deal along there could be a trade. everyone is looking to stock up. >> grant: kelly backtrack the second, and go back to brady. yeah >> gary:, i wish you would. >> grant: they should have they independent person judge. >> gary: they should have an independent person judge. >> gary: the golden boy has to received a similar penalty, when african- americans are pulled out
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four games for marijuana. it has to be similar trick for the golden boy. i hate to get deep but fun to sing. -- i just saying. >> gary: and what grant is saying is that supposedly brady's of bone had a lot of information on that regarding this. (laughter) >> gary: i guess i'd just make everything up. >> gary: cell phone, i could be in the middle of a romantic overture and then
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the phone ring. i have never had a problem. >> gary: you think you have problems? what you are a billion there and you wanted to build an arena? people fought him on the water front are reno and then he moved over to the mission area, and here is from the people that are fighting this deal from you see as after. they need to stamp of approval. >> gary: say that it would be hard at and lance needed to get an and out of the games, it will be tough. they say that they are going to fight the warriors owners until hell freezes over. >> pam: (laughter) >> gary: sole, pam for $5
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