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heading to scene and just appears near the john deere medical center to victims transferred. kron 4 is getting you ready for school. but are the school districts ready? across the bay area, schools are dealing with a shortage of teachers the oakland school district is but there, with just 4 days to go before the first day of class the situation is beginning to improve. kron 4's dan kerman is live in oakland with more on that >> reporter: if you look at the oakland school district last week short about five dozen teachers. they have brought that down 2¢ about 30. not great but have a contingency plan in place. at hoover elementary school in oakland says teachers visibly angry their questions for class a. this will has a full complement of teachers. not all in the district to do in fact this. strict with teachers
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of their short for what they need. "never want to be rushing into the start of the school year unfortunately this is likely to be the new normal lot just here but for districts throughout california and across the country." >> reporter: shortage of 30 teachers may be a lot it's an improvement for with the head last week. "ticker foot of the gas we will strive to make sure we have those vacancies filled by monday a. that is not the case we will continue with the school board hiring and we won't rest until we get a full-time teacher in every classroom." >> reporter: district still says there will be credentialed teachers and all classrooms. "some neat cases will take and ministers who have teaching credentials and put them in the classroom as a stopgap. that will be small and it certainly much less than anticipated it will be only a week ago."
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>> reporter: some classrooms in may and please correct class size as well. if they do they will have an extra person in the roost for the teacher student ratio remains a low. what is causing the shortage and what can this district do about it those details coming up tonight on kron 4 news at 6. >> reporter:it has been a mad scramble for teachers in other bay area school districts as well. it is a classroom crisis we have been reporting on. since the beginning of the month. school in san francisco has already started. and the district reports, it was able to fill all the open positions as of monday. just two weeks ago. it had 51- slots to fill. the situation in the san ramon school district was a little more desperate. last week, its website listed 418- positions open. not all in the classroom or fulltime. but now. just a few days before the start of school. the website shows only 30- positions open. with 8 of them in the
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classroom. unions have long been warning of a teacher shortage. the california teachers association cites some alarming nearly one- in- three teachers. leave the profession within seven -years. 13- percent of teachers leave the profession by the end of their second year. and one -in- ten teachers who work in schools high in poverty. transfer out. add to all that. the fact that, there are fewer new teachers in the pipeline today. according to the latest figures available. the number of newly issued preliminary teaching credentials. has dropped 26 - percent in five- years. >> reporter: is burning across the state test of fire the of the phone with the fire and there may prod the firecalifornia is not the only state that has been burning east of livermore area near tests florissants wednesday. fast- moving winds at has been
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burning 2,500 a. and on inc. i'll nick county. one house has burned no one was inside when it did. the battalion chief says he had limited resources while fighting this fire yesterday. "yes today we should of had two to three crews on initial attack coming out of the gate we. had one. i ask for an additional five they said none available. i ask sue for another 10 for today they said none available. and were employed in the fire season we need more staff." >> reporter: there will be making a better handle on this a fire. now to the south in the national forest near the town of santa margarita. national guard has been called out some monster hot spots temperament but fire from hitting the town. so far it has scorched the 3,500 a.. 25
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percent containment. at one point there was a mandatory evacuation order that has been lifted. the rough fire still burning in the sierra national forest 32,000 a. have burned. three percent contained, 2500 campers have been evacuated. more than 1000 firefighters are battling that fire which, was struck by. by lightning. clear >> reporter: so the nearly 7 million a. of burned throughout the west right now. one of the biggest is the soda a fire near boise idaho star. not a kick up a fire tornado this column of flame as tall as a 10 story building. central oregon silent shocked residents return to a community to a fast-moving
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fire over the weekend. at a community meeting of firefighters admitting have run out of manpower. king quick the winds kick up when unstoppable. the forest firefighters died when caught by flames,. "it tears you apart' the governor calling the fire is the unprecedented cataclysm. "fires have burned a big hole in our states part" >> reporter: this service now spending 50 percent of its budget fighting fires never happened before the. the first time in nearly a decade soldiers will join the fight as flames spread in a while plan to tender dry after years of drought. "season longer fire a year" >> reporter: that many and see them from space. in an early
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california not what it looks like from orbit the bay. area are done in this area as smoke right down here burning off of this fire i. here to the north part of the state near redding right over here eton's see all of the smoke filling up in the pacific there. very frightening stuff. >> reporter: sheriff's deputy carlos francies was kayaking last week in south lake tahoe, when he saw struggling in the water. he jumped into the water to help. he drowned. he had been with the sheriff's office since 2011. his colleagues say he is a hero. the funeral was held in sacramento where deputy francies a retired police auditor says. there are some red flags to pay attention to. in the recent shooting death of an unarmed police officials originally
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reported, the suspect was reaching for his waistband. when he was shot by officers, but after witnesses were interviewed. that statement was retracted. the man who was killed was identified as richard jacquez. a at a san jose office building. a few dozen protestors rallied outside of oakland city hall.. they were demanding justice for people killed during among them was the mother of 23-year- old richard linyardwho says, she is now scheduled to see o-p-d chest- camera video. which kron 4 viewed and reported that video shows the july -19th fatal incident, when her son was found dead, after being chased by oakland police
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qantas"see it as a whole video. parts of the video, a time lapse of 34 minutes. on see the whole thing in its entirety" linyard's family members say, they will be traveling to new york in october. to participate in a national protest against >> reporter:community activists are pressuring san francisco's mayor to speed up the process of body cameras for its police that's after this video surfaced, showing officers taking down a one-legged homeless man. a group called 'care two' is circulating a petition.and members say they already have 8-thousand signatures. the video was shot by a woman august 4th in the mid-market area. police argue the video doesn't
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tell the whole story - and the man had been forcefully resisting them. mayor ed lee has proposed spending more than 3-million dollars to give every officer a body camera, as part of his 2- year budget. >> reporter:police have released surveillance video of an armed robbery at a gas station in san francisco's lakeside neighborhood. the video shows a man with a gun. at gas station in the 100- block of junipero serra boulevard. just after five -in the morning on august eighth. surveillance video shows the suspect approaching the clerk from behind the register. and pointing a gun at the clerk. police think the man is 27- to 30 years old, five- foot- nine inches tall, weighing 160- pounds. there is more unrest in saint louis. as protesters clash with just ahead. what caused a demonstration to turn violent. plus. the hackers behind the ashley madison breach. have upped their game. tonight. who they now have their sights set on.
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using a dog repeatedly. 30 reports officials say this is not the first time they have dealt with this woman now they're gathering evidence to give to the district attorney. possible possible criminal charges. this video may not not be appropriate for some viewers. >> reporter: happens again and again for a while. "it is accused seen in the video, doing what surely looks horrible harm to an animal has not cooperated in identifying that an animal for us." >> reporter: of the power that the city of for my neighbor. "this edible ok, or does it need help?" >> reporter: is not the first video you've received a surrounding this person? "not the first most compelling, frankly sadly graphic of the videos we've seen."
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he may >> reporter: society now releasing the woman's name because of recent active investigation going on right now. they will tell us they've been dealing with this woman for more than 10 years. they say they have never had a case like this. still before the poor dog shown in the videotape. "with the trauma and police department hospital. that would be taken to for care if indeed this animal is suffering we will provide that care. >> reporter: air so collecting evidence including other videos to hand over to the d.a.'s office for possible prosecution. "leave it sees all the dogs many of those not hers owned by people leaving their dogs in her care." >> reporter: the humane society says they cannot stop her
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legally. >> pam:an 82-year old water main. broke in oakland this morning, causing thousands of gallons of water to flood the streets. before crews the break was reported around 4- this morning, at santa clara and oakland avenues. crews are expected to be there the rest of the day. working on the main. 13 properties out of water this evening and traffic slowed in the areaoakland had 5-water mains break on monday. after the earthquake, and officials said, this main its old age. a new study looking at ticks could help explain why lyme disease is so hard to diagnose here in the bay area. and as kron four's rob fladeboe reports now, the study also appears to have debunked a myth about where ticks are found. >> reporter:take a walk in most any wooded area around the bay area and you could pick up a nasty little hitchhiker known as the western black legged tick, which is known to carry lyme disease. but now
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researchers at stanford have found that ticks carry different bacteria that produce varying symptoms in different people. symptoms like fever, headaches and fatigue. this may explain why there's a wide variation in types of symptoms of people that one disease. disease in other words, if two people are bitten by the same tick, one might contract lyme disease while the other might not. what's worse, it's now thought that a tick and someone bitten by it, could be infected by more than one strain of bacteria. >> reporter: 6 indeed found around redwood trees like these come. help explain why more cases of lyme disease diagnosed in places likethat could explain higher numbers of lyme disease in marin county and along
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peninsula where there are more redwoods. at arastradero carolyn arnold welcomed thesot carolyn arnold/hiker of the"always redondo nature works and critters assumption ito existence works. seoul yet it doesn't surprise me!" the lyme foundation says the research should encourage 'classic' early stage symptoms "12% to not clear the disease even with treatment. trying to work on research to solve those problems as well." >> reporter:some un-invited guests are at in the nevada desert this year. out a warning on their blog.
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>>grant: 44 year drought. 7 billion dollar year. is this your agriculture will be the hardest that's according to u-c davis researchers. they also say that thousands of just this week - we learned that california is also 'sinking' faster than expected, because extra ground water is being as for global warming.weather experts say this past july is one of the casualties of our drought -- california bridges that are sinking and sagging. here's just one example. "high enough to flow both on the water. underneath the bridge. now today because of localized subsidence in this area. the bridge is it down in the water. plan around here sinking.
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that's a bridge in the rural fresno area.but experts say it's happening in a lot of places and people will begin >> diane: were tablatures preconditions made it feel cooler than it actually was. numbers in mid '80s antioch livermore, east bay shoreline upper 60s while san francisco peninsula stay in the low 60s. to s planner low clouds rolling integers '70s inland valleys. six is the paying coast, 10:00 p.m. thought. we will have a gradual clearing by 5:00 a.m. most, the sunny skies to bidders in the low 60s. when speeds picking up on shore breeze their 18 often our oakland to 69 in hayward 17. livermore 16 for concord as well. future cast tomorrow similar highs tuesday. it will not see warm-up just get dealing with a low temperatures in the '70s for 11:00 a.m. our.
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debitors right around noontime 1:00 daytime highs around 3:00. cream much mistake consistent low eighties for inland valley locations a% news for east bay shoreline. san francisco peninsula states in the '70s as well. but the onshore breeze preconditions tomorrow cooler temperatures the next few days to. what about warm-up coming up in just a few minutes. >> pam: new twist in caitlin generate. charges the reality a tv star could face. we are staying on some nights at breaking news we first told you about at the top of a newscast tracks trade craft trucked video next trouble?
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>>grant: skis behind it. two people are seriously injured. the truck right here got pushed into a river by the road. east of brentwood near or would erode and fallen road come together. we have a map we can show you where this is the trade. heading to oakland amtrak originating and bakersfield. no word whether pickup truck was on the tracks at the crossing. this happened before 03 o'clock in. you can see what's left of that pickup truck in the river. it's about five to 6 ft. of all water right there. tow truck has been called in to pull out. two people police have to believe war with this truck suffering a serious injury. airlifted to john muir medical center. a true heading there and a crew heading
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to the scene in contra costa where this wreckage is. no word on why it they were on the tracks to. we will keep you posted on the breaking news. >> pam: new developments in the fatal car crash involved in jenner's formerly bruce. entertainment tonight's kevin frazier is following the developments from hollywood. >> reporter: the deadly chain reaction crash in malibu. it could mean a bad news for gender. l.a. county sheriff's department finished their investigation. jenner could face misdemeanor of its other manslaughter. convicted sentenced to a year in jail share. it's concluded she was not speeding it but set off a chain of events that led to the death of a motorist in february. detectives represent their evidence to prosecutors. >> pam:more files from the
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infamous cheating website.ashley madison.have been released. today.the group who hacked into ashley madison last month.released what appears to be another 20 -gigabytes of data. that data also includes emails from the company c-e-o. on tuesday the hacker group posted a 10-gigabyte file containing databases that include 28-million unique email addresses. the data could reveal people who looked for affairs on the the company has called the posting."an act of criminality." >> pam:jimmy carter gets personal about his cancer diagnosis. coming up at 5:30. the former president outlines his diagnosis and hope for the future. and two woman make history. becoming the first female army rangers. next.
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>> pam: said news former president jimmy carter says that doctors have found cancer on his brain. he held a news conference in atlanta today to talk about what's next. catherine heenan is here with that story. >>catherine:people are talking about the poise and grace jimmy carter demonstrated today. even as he was a couple hours away from his first radiation treatment. it was a news conference in which carter came across as very calm - and even upbeat. jimmy carter walked in.showing incredible optimism for a 90- year-old man facing a cancer diagnosis.
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"so i'm ready for anything, and looking forward to a new the 39th president - known for his strong religious beliefs.seemed at peace. but he shared his first thoughts - after learning melanoma had spread throughout his body, including his liver and brain. ".thought i had a few weeks left.much more so than my wife." thousands of friends exciting adventures gratifying. gratifying surprisingly at ease much more so" >>catherine:president obama tweeted this message of support. saying in part 'jimmy carter is all pulling for you jimmy." since leaving the white house, carter has had one of the longest and most active retirements of any president. he says he and his wife have finally decided to cut back on ".we thought about this when i
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was 80.thought about it again when i was 90." president carter says he'll continue to teach sunday school in his hometown of plains georgia as long as he can. believe it or not.carter says he's still hoping to help build houses in quake-stricken nepal in coming months. >> diane: temperatures close sticking around in coastal regions into a live camera crew much cloudy conditions and clinicians hayward even out in concord. and then right around 11:00 a.m. and pulls back quite a bit low clouds in place by the way, much the marine layer keeping clouds pretty consistent in our forecast in the area for him tomorrow saturday morning much of the same pattern again patchy fog along the coast loquats in place. keeping things on the cooler side with temperatures. highs tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. normally return daytime highs
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right around 3 4:00. now dealing with '90s any of them at least for inland and allocations low 80s overall 80 any act 83 livermore 83 degrees 72 oakland 67 alan richman san francisco 66 degrees up in the north bay really reaching a low 80s we talk about the rest of the weekend looks like and geared next 70 forecast coming up next. >>grant: and st. louis crazy for violence there demanding answers after another met a black man died in a confrontation with police looking at the fallout right here demonstrations turning ugly a car set on fire holmes a burning out of control, businesses burglarize after two white police officers shot and killed unarmed 18 year- old yesterday protesters remove herbert refuse that without the streets protesters started throwing bricks and bottles at them police responded filling the air with teargas. miles from
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ferguson michael brown was shot and killed over year ago a very high-profile police killing. it >> pam: the clear frontrunner on the democratic side continues to face tough criticism over the e- mail scandal from her time as the attacks are coming from many directions. and as cnn's ryan nobles explains.it is starting to have an impact on the polls. >> reporter:she is still the leader in the race for president. but the campaign of former secretary of state hillary clinton is starting to show some presidential candidate "our party's label is going to be the latest news de jour about emails and email servers and what secretary clinton knew and when she knew it." that is the former governor of maryland martin o'malley- who also wants the democratic nomination. o'malley has been reluctant to criticize clinton.
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but as the controversy over her use of a private e-mail server grows. o'malley is changing his tone. presidential candidate "i think it is a huge distraction from as a party." and as democrats start to feel that they can safely target clinton. republicans are ramping up their attacks. presidential candidate "we shouldn't create more free stuff without any reforms attached -- that's the hillary way" presidential candidate "hillary thinks success is how many people are dependent on the government." clinton's campaign is pushing "it's not as if we didn't expect they've sent an army of surrogates to argue the attacks are nothing more than a political distraction. "in this case, it's this issue -- on the campaign trail on capitol hill and making it, trying to make it a partisan issue." meanwhile, polls show clinton slipping in the democratic race. and a new cnn-orc poll shows clinton leading the g-o-p frontrunner donald trump by only six points nationally.
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a quinnipiac poll in the key swing state of florida. shows trump narrowly ahead of clinton, 43 to 41 percent. in washington, i'm ryan nobles reporting. >> pam:clinton's top g-o-p rival. donald trump is on the cover of time magazine, and the headline reads: "deal with it." for the magazine spread. the republican presidential hopeful poses with a bald eagle in his new york city office. in the interview trump sounds off on undocumented immigrants, hillary clinton's email controversy, and taxes. they endured weeks of grueling physical training.now two soldiers, both women, have made history. captain kristen griest and first lieutenant shaye haver finished the course and will graduate friday from the army's elite ranger school. today the soldiers spoke about their experience of the tough training process and women in the militrary. "i do hope that with our performace in ranger school we've been able to inform that
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decidsion as to what they can expect from women in the military. that we can handle things physically and mentally on the same level as men. and that we can deal with the same stresses and training that the men can. to the other females who plan on coming i hope that they come with a strong mind, that's what it takes to get through here. just like everyone sitting next to me here had to do to make it to tomorrow." the ranger school's current class started out in april with 400 participants. by the end of the 62-day course, 94 men and two women met all the requirements. unlike the male graduates, the two women cannott apply to join the 75th ranger regiment. the pentagon is not expected to make a final decision about the roles of women in combat until later this year. all week kron 4 is getting you ready for school. tonight tech reporter gab slate looks at laptops under five hundred dollars. and amusements and anarchism.
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he's opening what he calls "dismal land" - featuring not only art that he produced, it's meant to reflect what he sees as the shattered dreams of wannabe princesses and today's hungry celebrity pop culture. the art is also intended to highlight corruption. a little depressing -- but that's the way banksy likes it. the art park opens friday in england. next on kron 4 ready for school choice. of great student laptop see and get under $500. focusing on a three to $500 price range. choice. of great student laptop see and get under $500. focusing on a three to $500 price range. and the stuffy in get. life's the food that brings us together. and kitchens where every meal is the most important of the day.
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to different conclusion than police. physique has their story coming up on our news tonight on 6:00. caring for the first time from jennifer anniston following her i do is an. insider michael in hollywood with more. >> reporter: u.s. about for the first time tying the knot in your backyard at her bel air mansion. i got the details on the divine comedy in commune. "as he gazed for three years at. it got married what took so long was now the right time? "in the divine timing" patient >> reporter: says he timing is everything. one of the most talked-about written about engage in engagements and written history. jennifer anniston and justin got details
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for engagement quash high shortly up to the very private wedding day. their diamond wedding ring and signature hollywood premiere of her new comedy she's preparing. "she was great who knew" never"and up with people like this i like observing people like this are. was astounding one notch behavior like this. so much on the story tonight at 7. >> reporter:tonight let's talk about good solid student laptops for under $500. in the $300 - $500 range. you can find a good solid pc laptop running windows that should function fast and efficiently
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for 3-5 years. depending on stick with name brands. like dell, hp, acer, asus, lenovo, and toshiba you want at least 4gb of memory. at least 320gb of hard drive space , or as much as you can get. look a machine that offers two usb 2.0 ports, and at least one usb 3.0 port. you also want your new laptop to have 802.11g connectivity for the best wi-fi speeds. stand up - another thing to consider is the new convertible devices or sometimes called 2 in 1 devices that are both a tablet and a ---------- the microsoft surface 3 is a good example of a convertible device just under $500. it's a feature packed tablet but you can plug it into portable keyboard and treat it as a fully functioning mini windows laptop. using all the traditional microsoft office products. now everyone is having back to school deals right now.
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it's easy to find good prices but if you want to keep it i saw great deals at best buy, target, costco and amazon. you can't go wrong with thoseand they offering some good student bundle deals you buy a laptop and you get a prnter and a few accessories tossed in. end stand up - on our website on kron 4 dot com. we have a special "ready for school section" where you can find a list of good student laptops in the $300 to $500 range that i recommend. >> diane: special along the water's as cloudy with. and speaking of onshore breeze to 12 m.p.h. consistent in the overnight hours. current numbers showing you will '80s parts of inland valley location otherwise never worlds and the upper 70's these. the shoreline san francisco-based a shoreline upper 60s san francisco at load mid-60's at that color. temperatures pretty much for the next few days rest of the
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weekend for you. had atm wrote more clouds rolling and temperatures in the '70s there. worlds in the '60s so. the nation tomorrow chance of patchy drizzle with that thought. and temperatures will stay in the '60s there the. by noon time clearing will take place with those clouds. southwest winds 7 to 10 mi. per hour. satellite radar showing it no rain for forecast. dealing with low pressure system off the coast: yes down quite a bit. getting as cloud cover during the day foggy conditions during the nighttime hours a. high pressure system to the southwest there be. it's way eventually to our area. will not hit us up in a 100. only get us to the upper 80s at that. immodest warm-up and 74 passes when talking about. the fox tracker big story for whether past couple of days a. and the today is moving forward as well so. sam widespread action there with the fog along the coastal regions. and across the bridge
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east bay shoreline hayward expect low clouds. fog in the morning commute hours. as we transition right around noontime we call back quite a bit and fog burns off what we have your high clouds in place an exchange of that. we see much of the same pattern again continue for friday night into saturday morning. the clouds and fog at transitioning out there. our highs tomorrow san francisco peninsula similar to today no big change moving along across the bridge. east bay low seventies 71 san leandro 7267 alan richmond. the east bay inland locations pretty much unload upper 80s at that. and cool things down for a bit 7 day forecast modest warm-up come monday and tuesday. going to 86 degrees under mostly sunny skies for the rest of the week. >> reporter:
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not so hard if you're a kitty cat here. if you love cats - this café is the cat town café in oakland is america's first permanent cat café started by friends of the feline - ann and adam. here in the cat zone - patrons can pet the cats and even take one home. a prof"the cat rescue organization. and our mission is to get them adopted" >> reporter:anybody can come - except no dogs allowed for obvious reasons. yes you can get your cat fix and caffeine fix here. along with kitch cat cookies and feed the cats. 81 be popular with the clientele. catnip goes a long
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way. "of them all of them all. in oakland, vicki liviakis kron coming up: 700 hundred dollars i have thirty one hundred dollars in tickets already i got caught behaving badly stop for at a stop sign for a school bus i'll explain in the next edition of people behaving badly [female announcer] during mattress price wars at sleep train,
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nats: 700 dollars! i have 3100 dollars in tickets already >> reporter:there is a quick way to get a one of the most expensive moving violations california has to offer its ignoring a school bus with its red lights and stop sign activated that's exactly want this driver did i stopped you for passing a school bus back there you didn't see the bright yellow bus red flashing light? we'll come back to her in a im out with officers bowers from the california highway patrol castro valley area office as he enforces the laws governing school bus and driver stopping or in this case not stopping
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bustle it's activated drivers stopped until the right activated a matter how long it takes. paris car is a solar car keep in mind always saw the silver car officer bauer sought to drivers pass the bus. both drivers doubled over not stopping trevor the silver car missing one important thing. you do not have a driver's license. the see the school bus the see the red light? yes i did. what did you stop not stop. the satellites, a school bus now us following this car. it but this is what usually happens
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going back to the driver of the story the very first driver she was driving on a suspended license so it was only fitting that we have a conversation keeps you in a turn red? no i didn't even notice. the five is $700. a point on your driver's license,the fine is 700 dollars and 1 >> pam: this see for themselves will please say about their
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and addoscar gonzales is adamant that the oakland police version of the death of his friend richard oscar gonzales added that the police version of the death of his friend richard occurring all he is hiding from police was between two buildings could not have happened. standard roller the distance between the two buildings when your body was found back on july 19th. after a traffic stop quick pursuit by oakland police by 40 minutes ago. gonzales his friends went to that same location to pictures of their on proves there was enough space for a lenient to survive.
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"this is a picture of us inside of the wedge and that's my friend devin jenkins a cousin of richard lanyard, as you can clearly see that my friend can fit inside of the wedge that the police claim that he died trying to fit in. "why would you let yourself die there is no way that you are afraid of police that bad that you don't want to get caught to die, you would rather do the time" >> reporter:after viewing linyard's body gonzales and linyard's familyare convinced that something else "i saw with my own eyes got to see richard at the viewing, i can see what happened, he was beaten" >> reporter:oakland police say when they found linyard he was unresponsive. officers tried cpr but were unsuccessful. as for the cause of death opd's spokesperson told me that they are still waiting for the alameda county coroner's final reportin oakland haaziq madyunkron4news >> pam:a new online petition.is putting the pressure on san
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francisco mayor ed lee. to speed up the process of getting body cameras on s-f-p-d officers. the care-2 petition follows the release of a home video. showing a handful of san francisco officers. taking down a one-legged homeless man. the online petition has nearly reached its goal of 35-thousand signatures. back in april.the mayor has proposed to use 3-million dollars from his 2-year budget.to give every patrol officer a body worn camera. >> pam: once before the shooting and san jose sevilla off a still three suspects before the murders of christopher lasch thursday to san jose police incident saw it and all blacks remain on lou. please consider and interest.
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>>grant: amtrak train and the mill river people vote critically injured in the process the pickup truck to jesse's been or would erode but to 45 today just to bring discover is to stop in time apply now a upchucked people in the office and a bully it the connect it to the truck somehow injured to john. for five passenger trains. crew remove the trap 6 were on serve. injured tonight in a sack ecru to the end of others and at the hospitalwith the first day of school new information and always update the story on kron 4.
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>> pam: area man back home working after 75 days of detention by immigration authorities. daniel released on monday after an outpouring of community pressure. he came to united states and news just two years old as a permanent credit resident. news 20 years old he was involved in a store robbery. was arrested served time in prison. at one point he was deport he was going to be deported the. he says he's lived on his life since then. he was surprised and is taken into custody three months ago. "course of attention it seemed like my basic human rights were ignored, in the first 24 hours no way there is no food. the medications." >> pam: his friends continue fighting for others in the hell
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that i discussed the and what they say humiliating unjust conditions. >> pam: just 4 days away, a teacher shortage in oakland has the district making contingency plans kron 4's dan kerman is live in oakland with details about who your children might see in the classroom dan? >> reporter: they might see an administrator in the classroom. oakland school district 30 teachers short this sitcom monday if they do not have those 30 filled there will be in a minister also credentialed teacher. first day of school in oakland monday while many teachers getting classrooms ready to go. there are not enough of them of. about a week ago we had more than 70 vacancies and now we have 30 vacancies. we are continuing to hire a round-the-clock. still likely will not be a full-time teacher, monday. while that may increase the size of some class's. the district says each classroom will have a credentialed teacher. even if
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it it samanids in administrator. "good teachers in the classroom also have a substitute there to support kurt the administrator. give to teachers if 30 kids in the classroom the stinted teacher ratio would be 15 to one. yet to teachers there. >> reporter: flynn says though recession led during layoffs to fewer and fewer people started to be teachers. "a teacher credentials canada to drop by 50 percent owned overnight. now several years later those are coming home to roost. >> reporter: classicized augmented dated by the state a. everyone is looking for more teachers and not less. at a time"when demand is increasing greatly our supply has shrunk. that is really a perfect storm the school districts are facing this year especially in california." reverse >> reporter: in this trend of teacher shortages will not happen overnight will have to begin with making teaching a
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more attractive again that includes greater influence is for the teacher and what they do more compensation. reporting live data carmen kron 4 news. >> pam:california lawmakers are trying to help out five thousand high school students who couldn't graduate because the state canceled a required exit exam. students were expected to take the test in july but it was cancelled because the testing provider contract expired. students have not been able to enroll in college or join the military as a result. the assembly voted today to suspend the testing requirement for students who have been effected. >> diane: cloud cover much of the bay area while. cam we're dealing with cloud cover at fog in the morning hours also cooler temperatures for the next few days. sidesplitter 9:00 p.m. or cloudy conditions at 70 degrees in the phillies' 62 east bay shoreline. nem patchy fog chance
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of light drizzle along the peninsula locations. 55 degrees for inland valleys 59 east bay shoreline. noontime much of that clearing from the patchy fog and clouds as well. you hear your highs around 3:00 p.m.. cooler temperatures all around and selected it to today's high is not dealing with much '90s at all if. for livermore '83 antioch 82 pleasanton may. legalese inland valley locations while the bay shore 72 oakland 70 for hayward and san francisco peninsula mid upper 60s. so the week and forecasts looks like this friday 84 average sat. a day of mostly sunny conditions as well sunday with the sun as well. tablature wise will have a modest warm-up as you can see here 85 degrees for both days. and we will not be dealing with '90s really the mid '80s and seasonal average close to it so. and they forecast coming up when i return. >> reporter:the bay bridge toll
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plaza will soon be getting a make over for the first time in 40 years the meters lights will be replaced - the 1.9 million dollar upgrade will include 50 new pavement detectors, 16 signal heads, five message signs, and two new controller cabinets. construction will start in two years >> pam:the golden gate bridge district's board of directors met today to discuss funding construction of a suicide barrier on the iconic bridge. the board approved the suicide barrier last year. the first step is to green light up to 355-thousand dollars to hire a consultant to help those potential contractors understand the project. the 76-million dollar plan calls for a net extending 20 feet below and 20 feet from the side of the span. the net would be made of stainless steel cable and would collapse slightly if someone
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jumped in, making it difficult to get out. bidding for contracts is expected to begin in october. it would take up to three years to build. new day >>grant: it details of a woman captured on videotape. being rough with the dog you see right there a spokesperson with the humane society tells us the video shows graphic abuse by burlingame woman a dog sitter society. agassi's 11 dogs fearing for safety. some belong to the woman others belong to other people. still trying to identify the dog scene in the video. the society hopes of of that examined the dog see if it has any long-term injury from this incident. "you sowed say physical abuse. video footage of what is clearly harmful action against the animal physically harmed or not that we can tell until
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seen, but if you punch and face it hurts or your job will broken. we do know these animals were not treated right." another >> reporter: video released we see a woman with a different documents society officials believe the woman stomp on this one a harming it the process of collecting evidence to give to the d.a.'s office for possible criminal prosecution, will have that part of the story tonight on kron 4 news at 8:00. >> pam:there are fewer of them right now because of the drought but a new study has found that disease carrying ticks are present on most bay area trails and in wooded areas, including in the redwoods. researchers at stanford also found that the western black-legged tick, most commonly found in the bay area, are carriers of multiple bacteria, which can cause lyme disease. the bay area lyme foundation, which commissioned the study, says the research found that tick bites can produce different symptoms in different people, making lyme disease very difficult to diagnose.
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"current tests are 50 percent accurate. we are trying to make one disease easy to diagnose. erysipelas your. lot of doctors when you say you'd like a line test would say no on sorry note blend disease here in california and. if there is lyme disease in california. you get it by taking might get the bacteria that causes lyme disease or bacteria that causes relapsing fever. and this may very well explain the of that wide variation in types of symptoms that people with lyme disease happier in the bay area." >> pam:the stanford study also found that contrary to popular opinion, ticks are found in the bay area's many redwood groves, although not in the numbers found in the foothills where oaks and other >> pam: 10,000 firefighters battling wildfires all across the state tonight. latest on the containment efforts coming up.
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wednesday near tesla road 2,500 a. in the. tesla fire is now one of 15 active wild fires across the state. the latest tally from the state shows the state recorded 167 new fires last week. pushing the total for the year above 4500. that's a 43% increase from last year. a total acreage of 144,000 as a 63% jump. the drought and scorching heat are just part of the problem. smoke from other rough fire covers the sierra national forest going since last month 22,000 a. have burned and containment 3%. some 2500 campers of vacillated national guard troops from northern california mobilized to fight this fire near.
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"would be the first fire assisted" >> reporter: national forests cover 4 a. in four days 20 percent contained. for the big jerusalem fire and lake county 95 percent contained parting 25,000 a. destroying nine homes. across the west wildfires burned nearly 7 million a. and a californian several immobilize fire fighter push limitnational guard troops from the firefighters, who worked for the u-s forest service were battling a blaze near the town of twisp, which is about 30 miles south of the canadian officials say they were killed after their vehicle crashed and apparently was overtaken by today washington's governor talked about their bravery these are 3 big heroes protecting small towns, and we
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are going to remember them and there are 7-million washingtonians that today are embracing them and their families and praying for them and hoping for the speedy recovery of our injured. >> pam:governor inslee and washington's two u.s. senators say they will to ask for a disaster declaration to speed up federal money and manpower to the area. >> pam:dying wildlife, bigger wildfires and dry farm towns. that's the dire predicition if california's four-year drought stretches into 2016 and 2017. it's a new report by the public policy institute of california. the policy center says the environment has been hardest hit by the drought. researchers say 18 species of california fish are on the verge of extinction. also out today. a new report indicating man- made global warming has made grant is back now.
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grant the study says california could be on the verge of a permanent drought? >>grant: this whole thing is, is at best. study estimating california for year drought costs the state economy $2.7 billion. this year alone for, years of drought adding up to all of that money just this year alone. farmers the hardest hit losing nearly $2 billion according to researchers at uc- davis, also say thousands of jobs will be lost. this comes on the heels of news earlier this week parts of california's central valley sinking faster than expected because extra ground water being pumped. not just a lack of rain across the globe last month july the warmest month ever recorded weather experts planning global warning. new drought monitor out today all the evidence you need how bad things are in
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california, but all the dark red. 46 percent of the state is in the worst situation exception, old drought unchanged from last week. our drought coverage continuesour drought coverage continues online. on kron 4 dot com. there are some tips on how to conserve water at home. shaming' and a look at which bay area cities are saving the most water during the drought. it's all on kron 4 dot com. >> diane: clot out there in the evening hours piquancy. alive cam golden gate bridge low clouds in place the fog rolling and around 11:00 tonight more. anglo's around 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. sixties and in an allocation. as in the east bay shoreline more like a burr 50 san francisco peninsula even up in the north the base. south bay as well. satellite rate are showing you rain and forecasts dealing with low pressure systems responsible for getting cooler temperatures. also with of patchy fog our region and cloudy conditions will clouds.
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marine layer stubborn one at that one. giving us more cloud cover and patchy fog along the region. we do have high ridge pressure system it will be moving to our region and later on and i'll be immodest warm-up. it will keep us in the 100 still keep us in the near seasonal average. wind speeds right now onshore breeze 60 mi. per hour oakland to. a hayward 15, concord livermore as well. fox tracker pretty much the same story dealing with last night's more morning as well 11:00 p.m. mostly rolling and: hayward some fog in the morning hours. six a m transitioning becomes heavier with the fog 12:00 a.m. at pulls back quite a bit. it's close to close at that it will stay in the coastal regions all day long. inland valley will have sunshine said, and a forecast for you. cooler temperatures it will be nice, as warm-up come
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monday into tuesday 86 degrees in the valley locations. 76 degrees east bay shoreline 70 along the coast. this is where we should be this time of year we won't get there till next week's. >> pam:college students hear a lot about the "freshman 15," but weight gain isn't the only reason they may want to consider but when short on time and on money, getting a workout in can be a struggle. karin caifa shows us what some schools and communities are doing to help. >> reporter:as a student at georgetown university, claudia nguyen had left competitive soccer behind. seeking a new routine, she found down dog yoga. yoga was something that allowed me to really strengthen as well as rejuvenate my body. >> reporter:the majority of college students aren't athletes. and minus the organized sports of high school life, a new environment with new freedoms, can give way to less healthy habits.
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short on time and on a budget -- getting them into a gym, on a field, or in a studio, can be the biggest hurdle. we know that there are barriers. we also know that there are many benefits to physical activity and one is a successful transtition into college from high school and being active to become more productive and all of those things. during her time here at georgetown, claudia said she started to take more than just physical benefits off of the yoga mat, and back here to campus. and experts say the benefits from just a little bit more fitness can extend, into the classroom. "science has shown that one of the best ways to de-stress is to get up and use your body. doctor pamela peeke of the american college of sports medicine says busy college students can get that stress relief simply by adding a walk or a bike ride across campus. it's so important for students out there to understand, that they can have a balance of all of this. that's why georgetown university director of fitness meghan dimsa says she'll spend time early in the academic year getting word out about on-campus offerings for non-athletes.
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we have club sports, we have group fitness, we have personal training, and we also have intramurals. so the students can participate in any of those activities. off-campus at down dog, owner patty ivey offers discounted classes and other options to make fitness more affordable for students. if they're on a budget, they can come and they can work at the studio for a shift. cleaning the studio, signing people in for a class, take a class for free, and they do that a lot. that now manager of the down dog georgetown location, claudia encourages students to find time to find a workout that works for them. you don't want to limit yourself. you can be so much stronger. it centers everything. in washington, i'm karin caifa. >> pam: indycar the most popular park and a golden gate area study shows may want to put yourself on away when you hang out there we explain why next later former president jimmy
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>>catherine:the former reality show star admitted today that he was unfaithful to his wife.by using the cheating website "ashley madison." and he's certainly not alone. a huge hack of the website is revealing the names of millions of users. one review has found that hundreds of u.s. government employees are on the list. some with sensitive jobs at the white house, congress and law enforcement agencies. the fall-out has been but incredible.with so many people trying to find out who's cheating, that some websites designed to help uncover names - have been crashing. as for duggar - t-l-c canceled the show "19 kids and counting" earlier this year, after he admitted he had molested two of his younger sisters when he was a teenager.
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>> pam:san francisco's golden gate park.has made it on a list of riskiest travel destinations.to use your mobile device in. a new report by mobile security firm skycure tested for malicious wi-fi hotspots at top tourist destinations around the world. the report says hackers use the word "free".to lure people on their malicous wi-fi hotspot. other locations on the list include the las vegas strip.disneyland.and times square in new york city. skycure says the safest thing to do.is to power off your device completely at these locations. >> pam: former president talked publicly about his very biblical battle with cancer plus new presidential poll numbers are in the not look good for canada it front runner hillary clinton.
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>> reporter: found dead being chased by oakland police told a rally thursday demanding answers regarding. cause of his regarding everyone"here wants to know what happens. was the hold up on the evidence was, was it interviewed at the hospital. why am i not enable this see my son." >> reporter: there still waiting for corners office to make the final determination regarding what caused richard's death. >> reporter: days to go before
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the opening of school on monday. district 330 teachers short. they hired last week more than 70 teasers short. they will probably not hit the falstaff number they are looking for in time for monday they say they will still have full credentialed teachers in every classroom. even if that means the person visited administrator. >> reporter: relying there is more than one videotape taken look, conceit for yourself the videotape we're talking about it. peninsula humane society says the dog border in the city of using a small dog happen small-time. and the other video shows other dogs possibly injured. he made society still collecting evidence to hand over to the d.a.'s office. in the meantime the humane society says it's focused on doing the dog in the video. >> reporter: here and tortola
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bally that foundation that may have a study why one disease is so hard to diagnose and the bay area. searchers at the stanford university the blackleg take as a carrier of multiple strains of bacteria results in different symptoms and different people making disease harder to diagnose. particularly early on when an infected person may think they have a bad cold. study found ticks are present in virtually all bay area trails. including in and around redwood forests. >> reporter: the conditions getting firefighters all kinds of problems, they continue to battle the test of fire is at least 25% 2,500 a. charred. because of a fire under investigation one home destroyed, 12 homes in the line of fire no one evacuated from those homes.
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>>catherine:former president jimmy carter says his fight against cancer "is in the hands of god." he held a news conference in atlanta today.to detail his medical condition. carter says that surgeons removed melanoma from his liver, but that four small tumors turned up in his brain. he's already had the first of four targeted radiation treatments. he spoke calmly and even optimistically about his condition today.saying that he's surprisingly at ease. "they found, for spots of melanoma on my brain. gary small very small but my first radiation treatment in my brain this afternoon."
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carter has already started receiving a drug to boost his immune system. and doctors say that fact - combined with his radiation treatment - means there won't be the terrible side effects people experienced 20 years ago. >> pam:hillary clinton's race for the whitehouse.has taken a rough turn. as her e-mail scandal has made her more open to criticism from both democrats and republicans. while clinton is still the frontrunner for the democratic presidential nomination. former maryland governer martin o'malley.who also wants the democratic nomination.says the email scandal is a huge distraction to the party. republicans are using hillary's vulnerability.to ramp up their attacks. "mission create more stuff without and your forms attached. then as progressive liberal top down way. people like hillary clinton thinking it's ok success the government
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is dependent on the government. >> pam:hillary clinton's campaign for the clear frontrunner on the democratic side continues to woman a petition said war is inaction splitter of stay reason as moderates the president's the bay and representatives, to don jon stewart stepped down after his 16-years on "the daily show" earlier this month. >> diane: a cool day for tomorrow a better idea. we have by 10:00 a.m. much of the area in the '70s covered in yellow to green. in the low 60s before the east bay shoreline sam francisco peninsula. parts of center fell as well. 7:00 a.m. cribbing up
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with '80s fairfield up the net but santa rosa san jose a lot round 11:00 a.m.. you get daytime highs of one to 2:00 at. much of the inland allocations' and down the low 80s. east bay shoreline san francisco stays in the '70s that. how will be for much of the day tomorrow is not much '90 school day for as windy conditions as well averaging 12 mi. an hour. rest of the week and looks like this friday 84 degrees. saturday 85 immodest warm-up. i say modest because it gives back the seasonal average 85. degrees for inland valley locations 73 east bay shoreline. 70 on the coast. >> pam:still ahead. bad news for caitlyn jenner. why the reality tv star and former olympian could be headed to jail. coming up im steve peek and i got caught behaving badly in redwood city had to utter those famous last words in the next edition of people behaving
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caitlyn jenner could be facing a vehicular manslaughter charge -- for her role in a fatal car crash in malibu last february. sheriff's investigators plan to recommend that charge.after determining that jenner was not driving safely for the road conditions. her s-u-v rear-ended a lexus, pushing it into oncoming traffic. the 69-year-old woman driving the lexus was killed, after her car was hit by a hummer. the case is still under review and the los angeles county district attorney will make a final decision. if convicted, jenner could face up to a year in county jail. a full hour of entertainment news is on the way. at 7:00 it's the insider, followed by entertainment tonight at 7-30. then we're back with kron 4
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>>grant:giants sent cash and a double-a pitcher to the cincinatti reds for byrd at 37-years-old.has hit 19 home runs on the season so far the 13-year veteran has a.237 batting average with 42 r-b-i's on the year. pence was officialy put on the 15 - day disabled list today with a strained oblique the giants are unsure of when
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dance starting a four game set in pittsburgh for nothing bottom of the eighth jaffa started the game for the giants. lin was not there yet either he will be in the lineup tomorrow night.the 49ers are gearing up for their home pre-season opener against the dallas cowboys this and colin kaepernick will have a chance to get in-game reps with the first team offense at levi's stadium quarterback colin kaepernick is all smiles coming into his 5th season with the organization. kap . passed for a lackluster 3,369 yards , 19 touchdowns and 10 interceptions last season kapernick 2.0 is what head coach jim tomsula and the niners have nicknamed the new and improved qb who has thrown with "more touch" since tomsula
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became head coach. "they're playing football together. you just see are really good smile. you know the guy he loves what he's doing. he loves the game." raiders conclude for the last practice. the team had a little bit of a walk through scheduled for this weekend. randy that court and get back to alameda. new head coach jack del rio hayward native speaking to the native of progress rate. as have made so far this year. "as it's been very productive. arrau's allows test beat a very
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productive or canfield. a really productive time for us. niner's going to minnesota a preseason game. tiger woods playing these low-level tournaments' not major's may on the schedule. he plan n.c.. because he is trying to make the fax cup playoffs a is not even close to qualifying it keeps doing that he will be there on the 10th of flop shot. 60 degree wedge it's in there for a birdie he thinks he will miss it but hey the old tiger wood of never doubted himself. tiger woods lowest pga round since 201364. tiger woods is feeling good.
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saleh"start finely. everyone's load out here 20 plus a ball and half for is a week. it's nice to get off to good start i have to continue making birdies everyone else will be doing the same thing." news to >> reporter: finished second or better to make fedex cup playoffs. 187th needs to get a 125 to make it. tall order give tiger credit play even though his playing quarterly the police beating out there." >> reporter: out for six months after hip surgery today warrior and the lighted be a chance practice and a facility coming up. beijing ducks can. basketball association coming off a championship of the road.
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players could be partnering with the reigning nba champions. >>grant: we like to try new things. we like to go to dinner. things we haven't eaten, this is going back to china. clay thompson were the stars for the warriors out promoting his shoe . chinese based company look what he tries. laughter >>grant: so it see it in dry ice. what ever is clay does not like it. pretty funny reaction.
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