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being student body. most of whom several hundred mostly undergraduates stood in a long line waiting for their turn to become immunized against a
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condition, one has been been discharged. in addition, about who may have had close contact with the three confirmed dr. cody says the infection is known to causes two different one includes fever, head ache, stiff neck and a sensitivity to vomiting and cold hands and as part of the super bowl human trafficking operations. santa clara detectives conducted an twenty- year old tekera scott of human trafficking of a minor. police say, scott was placing ads online. under adult escort when detectives located scott at a hotel in milpitas. they also found a 17- year old girl. who was being sexually exploited for money. they also found a loaded just three days until super bowl- 50 kicks off at levis stadium. and fans are flocking to the bay area for the big game. these fans were taking pictures at the big -50 logo outside levi's stadium today. where security is extremely tight.
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you can tell more out of town visitors are starting to arrive in the bay area. one location where you can see proof of that. is at the super bowl city. we sent kron4's haaziq madyun to francisco, to mix it up with the growing crowds >> reporter:when you see the budweiser clydesdales on the embarcadero, it'soffical, everybody and their.horses, are here at super bowl city in san francisco. this place is packed this is your first day at super city? "yes it is" "it is, a lot of people are showing up" some of these football fans are showing up from far away places too "i'm originally nigerian from west africa, something tells me you are not from around these parts "absolutely not, toronto canada" now there are people here from all over the world. that means the lines to get into super bowl city entrance just got
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longer.the wait to get past the security check, point more intense, and once you're inside, you will find longer lines with folks waiting to take photos on one those headless panthers or broncos statues. what do you think about all of this? this is crazy? "it's exciting, all of the energy in the air, you just have to be here to enjoy it, you just have to be here" well bay area locals you've had your chance to enjoy super bowl city all to yourselves for the past 3 or 4 days. now out of towners are moving into the city. get ready to share. in super bowl city. i'm haaziq madyun. >> pam: halftime show performance cold plate came to san francisco to talk to the media. and here with the offense to expect a see a. during kelly was their reports that mostly the british rocker how little they know about american football.
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>> reporter: in san francisco with more. just to be clear that's the for. the 7 time grammy winners were very clear they didn't know much about what will be going on here inside levi stadium on sunday.which you can see from our helicoper partnership with abc7 news. we are firmly split between those who know nothing and those who know next to nothing.as long as lebronn james is alright everythign will be okay but despite planning for the staduim full of fans.not to mention the multi million viewers watching on tv.the supergroup says they are feeling the pressure to bring a memorable show.for the game's golden anniversary. everyone who does this show knows what a big deal it is and puts their life and soul into it. the theme of the show is the past, present and future of music.the la youth orchestra will represent the future.the way they will weave in the past. by asking people who have performed in the
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past.beyonce.the best.and the other person who will be joining us as well. they did not reveal who that other guest joining them during the show will be.we've been told it's a global superstar.cold play may have dropped a hint.when asked what their favorite song is. uptown funk is our favorite coldplay song. which may mean bruno mars could be back on the 50 yard line on sunday as well. maureen kelly kron4 news. >> pam:our coverage continues on kron 4 dot com. there we have an entire section dedicated to super bowl 50. you can find super bowl city
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events. and a detailed list of road closures in san franciscoit's all just a click away. at kron 4 dot com. backslash. superbowl fifty. for all your super bowl coverage--- kron four has got you covered. starting sunday morning at 7. mark and darya kick off our super team coverage will all the news. before the big game. then. join us after the game at 8 p-m. for the latest from levi's stadium and game highlights. and at 9- it is - sports night live. sports director gary radnich will be here with special guest. raider lorenzo alexander. the president's >> pam: poking fun at the very that the lighthouse read is here with the case highlights celebration really nice to see this today. >> grant: the biggest ovation and to this guy hall of famer who is an executive with the
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warriors also the logo nba logo he got a big round of applause. today it was all but recognizing the championship teams of last season ended warriors for year title drought this is a squad that really exemplifies all this good in sports. . "the the kind of people you want representing the city and be a bank has a people you want to be rooting for"
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"44 cozening king the no. 44. when president first to the stage he wished curry was there to share this with him but guess i will have to get my media training some other day. riley became a star last year enjoyed her dad at the podium. now
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flying back to the bay area before saturday night of lawless city funder on superbowl eve. >> pam:brain injuries are a hot topic around the n-f-l. coming up. how the league is plus, the man accused of attacking a c-h-p officer. faces a judge. what happened in court. is next. and work begins to bring down another section of the old bay
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>> gabe: >> reporter: >> reporter: dr. chairman of
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ucsf neurological departments on an nfl neck and cuffs and committee of the nfl do. the briefing showcase said the better diagnosis concussions everything from better helmets' to technology that will diagnose concussions and traumatic brain injuries within minutes the nfl says the report concussions rose dramatically from the 2014 season to the 2015 season it's unclear if there are
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more concussions or just more reporting medical advisor says the ruling means doing a better job permanent injuries also to diagnose them and treat them another case of meningitis. light. the other results that the attack and if 44 year-
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old charge and to murder. the member core support fell off a. less
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accrues trade on the bar ok for the bis the material is good scrap metal and recycle each daythe breakdown of a major section of the old eastern span of the in the second part of a three- phase process. one of five trusses, weighing about 25- cal-trans says, today's focus is to remove the portion from the bridge. and begin lowering it to on friday, crews will concentrate on setting the truss on the barge.which will carry it disassembly. the material will eventually become scrap metal. and be last up to 14 -hours. cal-trans says, the best way to see the slow process of demolition. is to watch online. disassembly. the mystery of a 63- million- lottery jackpot, continues. and a deadline has come and gone the deadline for that super- five.
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and at last word - no one has part of what makes this a very strange case -- a lawsuit has been filed by a man who insists he already turned in his ticket and was told to expect his he says he was told the ticket was too damaged to be processed.and now wants a judge to declare him the winner. but lottery officials say they simply don't know what he's talking about. >> catherine:the ticket was sold august 8th in a 7-11 store in the l-a area. unless someone popped up just before five -- the 63-million has been forfeited and the money automatically goes to california schools. stanford has named a new york university leader. as the new president >> pam:the governing board announced that. neuroscientist
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marc tessier- lavigne. is the university's next leader. tessier- lavigne was once a professor at stanford from 2001 to 2005. he will be succeeding president john hennessey. he held the presidency at rockefeller university in new york since march 20-11. the trustees say, he was the unanimous choice of a 19- member he will officially become stanford's 11th- president on september 1st. find a picture of terrier-lavigne from nyu or stanford website >> britteny: to a week and piglet that beautiful shot right now as the sun is slowly starting to set alicea few clouds and the rest of tonight lots of sunshine as we go into tomorrow. and into a week and more importantly which everyone is making their plans for what is going or party planning celebrate our shot shows quite
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conditions figured noticing a few clouds streaming in from the north and into the rest next couple of days we continue to see high pressure increase we see no rainfall on the map here that will be a trend. tonight see the 10 choose drop on the mid 40's a warmer closer to the base as we are right along the coast by midnight dropping down to the low 40's. 38 degrees at the base than slower to the coasts a week and up tomorrow mostly sunny skies nice and dry temperatures as the wake up in the 40's tomorrow should start to go back to the '60s and that is the beginning of the warming trend which will lead us in the '70s if you plan to head out to the stadium closer to 70 degrees tamara. you noticed that vouchers at 55 and seven rows of 61 half moon bay 54 in hayward, the cheers in fremont
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65 symbol city forecast shows and the saturday was a sunny and warmer dry temperatures and then forceable sunday at the stadium temperatures at 73. >> pam:but they were upstaged by another dog today. the surprise visit they got. next at five. and later. a behind -the - scenes look. at what it takes to show. ,.
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>> pam:the super bowl festivities call for some canine cuteness. at animal planet's 12th puppy bowl. this year, 49 adorable and adoptable pups. will be taking the field. all of which are looking for forever homes. today, members from 'team ruff' and 'team fluff' made their debut.
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they came from the san francisco a-c-c and the east bay s-p-c-a. all of the puppies showing up this sunday. are brought from 44 animal shelters across the country. for people less interested in football, but who want to enjoy the viewing parties. the puppy bowl will kick off at 3 p-m. on animal planet. this super bowl sunday. now to the other big game. today is the last day of media availability for both super bowl teams. to wrap up the week, the denver broncos and carolina panthers got a surprise visit from a special guest. mark carpenter saw it all unfold. he joins us with the big reveal-- who was it mark? >> reporter:at yesterday's media session, cam newton made it very clear he's tired of answering the same same reporters. so who better to brighten everyone's spirits than snoop dogg. the man known as snoop d-o- double g made the rounds to each team's headquarters.and
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interviewed both quarterbacks. cam, dab for me. cam dabs snoop "there you go" "first of all, can i get a 50 percent discount on papa john's pizza when i'm in the state of colorado? absolutely, you ever want to see an entire room of nfl players get star struck? just add snoop dogg. "that's snoop dogg man, who wouldn't be starstruck. that's a hall of famer right there. anytime you get to meet a guy like snoop, it's all good. that's a blessing." "for him to come up and ask a question, i got to meet him one time at a fitzgerald event and he knew my name. that was pretty cool with that. he knew my name, i was like sweeet!! i played it cool though.my hands were all sweaty, i had to apologize to him."
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>> reporter:for players, the acclaimed is the perfect way to end a week and a half of super bowl hype and press junkets. "that was for snoop d-o-double- gizzle. he's a great guy. i actually know him pretty well, we did a commercial a couple years ago, but it's different now to see snoop dogg come in here and interview guys. he probably knows a lot about football." but the broncos won't be happy with all snoop had to say. reporter: hey snoop, who you going for? snoop dogg: the panthers baby, what do you mean? they just snoop's visits were part of a segment for the rich eisen show. the teams are now off limits for the rest of the week. and the next time we'll hear from them is after the big game on sunday. the the >> pam: media know he is coming? >> reporter: already the press conference of a sudden you hear these cameras clicking he walked
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in and a huge crowd the race for the white house gets tighter. as we head closerthe latest from the campaign plus. the notorious former - c- e-o of turing pharmaceuticals -- is grilled by congress. what he refused to answer. next. (scal): good day, m'lady! i am sir-can-a-lot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. wake up those eggs with glorious spam! see what spam can! do... at spam.com
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>> pam:tonight the race for the white house is heating up with polls showing a closer contest for both the republicans and democrats. kron 4's national correspondent mark meredith takes a look at where things stand in new hampshrie with time running out. debt >> reporter:facing great expectations "bernie, bernie" vermont senator bernie sanders is making every effort to win new hampshire's primary. but victory doesn't come easy - to win - he's sharpening his "i don't know any progressive, who then takes 15 million dollars from wall street"
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after squeaking out the narrowest of wins in iowa - clinton's campaign is already looking past new hampshire to states like south carolina and nevada. the latest granite state polls show clinton down by 29 points to sanders. it's a large gap and one not likely to close before tuesday's vote. take a look" meanwhile - republicans remain ready to rumble. doanld trump, ted cruz, and ben carson continue to attack each other - the three men claim their competitors are using dirty tricks to win. trump even tweeting out: "the state of iowa should disqualify ted cruz from the most recent election on the basis that he cheated- a total fraud! cruz calls trump's claims ridiculous. "its' no surprise that donald is throwing yet another temper tamtrum, or if you'd like another trumper tantrum" fresh off his third place win in iowa - florida senator marco rubio appears to have the momentum's his campaign needs. the latest polls show rubio essentially tied for second in the granite state with 15 percent support - neck and neck with ted cruz but still far
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behind long time front runner donald trump. the republicans will debate saturday night in new hampshire. it'll be less crowded on stage - with rick santorum and mike huckabee no longer in the race. but we expect to see a lot of tough talk between ted cruz and donald trump - the rheotoric certainly more heated in just the last 24 hours. >> britteny: tracking what is next we of the high surf advisory gone to stay in effect a friday morning a warming trend is on its way and as we head toward the weekend and the chairs pushed into the mid-'60s guy conditions as we get closer no storms off the horizon for tomorrow we start to notice a warming trend pushing into the 60s for some locations not but
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in the mid-60s 55 tomorrow 64 redwood city 637 tel 55 will be the high in fremont and the year 74 pass the warming conditions on the way. for sunday from locations in the '70s and then we hold on to the '70s lots of sunshine of the next couple days. we are not tracking a chance for rain. . >> pam:the zika virus continues to spread. not only abroad but also in the u-s. cnn reporter diane gallagher has the latest on how u-s officials florida today florida has 12 zika cases. we have to ensure that florida is safe. just like in a hurricane, you're going to prepare for the worst, hope for the best. florida is not alone in dealing with zika, it's been confirmed in a number of states. texas actually created a task force to help deal with it and the world health organization said last week that he virus is spreading so rapidly in central and south america, it estimates four million people could be infected in the next year.
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zika virus is mosquito-born but the first case transmitted in the u.s. did not come from a mosquito. in dallas county we have received confirmation that it was spread otherwise, through sexual activity experts say the infection by itself is not dangerous but there is an alarming link to a condition called microcephaly, in which women infected while pregnant can give birth to babies with small heads and underdeveloped brains. that's the important thing to remember. this isn't a huge health concern for the majority of people but we do know for pregnant women this could be something very concerning. so concerning, the c.d.c is telling women who are, or could be pregnant not to travel to zika-affected areas or have unprotected sex with men who have. delta and united airlines, along with the department of defense, are allowing pregnant employees to opt-out of assignments in those places. at the epicenter of the outbreak, summer olympics host, brazil. as the country prepares for carnival this week, it's also finalizing a public health campaign that will involve more than 200-thousand troops.
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in washington, i'm dianne gallagher. members of a house committee were angry and frustrated today -- by the appearance of pharmaceutical chief martin shkrel-ee. he's been widely scorned - for drastically hiking the price on a drug sold by a company he acquired. catherine heenan is here with the story. >> catherine:people hate him for recently raising the price on a because of his youth and attitude - critics call him "pharma-bro." today - he was among those sworn house oversight and government reform committee.only he refused. he took the fifth.and just sat there for an hour.often smirking. committee members were trying to get him to explain why he'd insisted on raising the price of the
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only effective drug for a rare and sometimes deadly infection. and when offered some advice.he made it clear he found it amusing. his attorney's argument didn't hold up very well - after this surfaced: shkreli began tweeting about his experience on capital hill. that included this. he said "hard to believe that people in our government." >> pam:sad news in the music
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world tonight. maurice white, the founder and leader of earth, wind & fire, has died. white died at home in los angeles yesterday. white founded earth, wind & fire in the late 1960s. the group went sold more than 90 million albums worldwide with hits like "september," ''shining earth, wind & fire won six grammys and was inducted into the rock & roll hall of fame in 2000. maurice white was 74 years old. ahead at five. be a >> pam: max icon the score on the map news reports say mara was found dead and north carolina sitting in a truck with apparent gunshot wound the 41 years old leaves behind a wife and two children most decorated p.m. x writer more than 20 member put medals to his name. they hold a news conference for a morning with details about his staff.
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putting on the super bowl coming up. a behind the scenes look at bringing the show to life. and next. how the n-f-l is connected with real american heroes this super taking a look at wall street. the dow gained 80 points. the nasdaq added five. and the s and p gained three points.
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>> pam:pro-football is often about brawn. but this weekend it is about bravery and brotherhood we're not talking about the big game on sunday. but a match up on saturday. between. some n-f-l alumni and members of the military. kron 4's will tran learned more about how the super bowl is connecting with the wounded warriors project. >> reporter: many legends in town none of like these gentlemen marcan jacob for the wounded warrior program fifth paid a price so we can enjoy the symbol. and you for joining us it's been an honor to have you thought on being here for you doing as well as the super bowl? "being here is a privileged
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opportunity to get back together with some brothers we mess some hesitancy and read a basis in the be a family one more time than if of guys come out of it would put on a great game done for amazing cause it couldn't be for better reason or for better people." "they're all in this ball cast together plan as well to some of the things." >> reporter: up around. "gumboots on its awareness
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thing small way to say we understand what you're going through will people which is asking people to return the favor" there are several big many are being held at pier 70. which has been turned into a high tech venue. williams. announcer: during sleep train's presidents day sale
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>> pam: are out of towners of packing
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the mass-transit bigger around. news coming about six of the influx of more riders is taking a toll on regular commuters anteater the bay area live report coming up tonight at 6:00. . >> pam: we head into civil weekend many are being held at pier 70. dave matthews is playing there tomorrow night for al williams saturday that hot chili peppers. gabes slight shows us the giant video wall. >> gabe: a week ago it was a model would nothing in their transforming it into a high-tech the visual spectacle. a video projectors turning the front of this building into an enormous
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video screen. i saw this before morse on a bigger scale. note"show mode when the actual music is playing inside will show on the outside of the building. >> gabe: assess the peak inside where they are still setting up the will have video walls and screens all over. that should answer gramm picks at real time as they are posted from the events. >> pam: just down the street procure 78 preparations under way for the night before concert at at&t parked. grammy award winning metallica from huck up their partnership with abc seven the mass. the stage being
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constructedin adddition to metallica. the band "cage the elephant" will also be performing. and the biggest show this weekend. the super bowl 50 half time show. featuring coldplay and tonight the insider's louis aguirre has a sneak peak at what goes on to bring the show to life. >> reporter:pam, so much goes on behind the scenes that you normally would never see. until now. our keltie knight is in san francisco taking us inside ¤w1 16 c2.5 g 0 the making of super bowl 50! music hit keltie 14:01:55 stand up guys, superbowl sunday is right around the corner and while the players are going to be concentrating on the field, there's going to be 1000s of people behind the scenes making it a spectacle "under + cameras and hundreds of people working make this of big show."
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kk so if cam newton comes on the gonna have a camera to see it. anything. down on the field. sc this is where they are going sc/kk walk and talk 14:11;36 so you're getting the inside scoop 14:11:42 imagine, 1/2 time hits, the gun goes off, as soon as that happens its like ants running around. we have 100's of staging pieces going out/. beyonce and coldplay are getting ready for 1/2 time. pepsi tape listenign on head sets. 'i can hear cold play now' 11:54:12 everything is scripted down to the minute. keep in mind that the show has to be done in we'll have so much more on this story tonight at 7 on the insider, for kron 4 news, i'm louis aguirre back to you, pam. >> pam: great weather ahead for all festival events in the big game. >> britteny: 80 will come into
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our city great we have the show losses sunshine temperatures in the '70s. 10 to 12 degrees above average this time of year. a live look where we see barely any class definitely stay dry into the rest of tonight. and the week and we see plenty of sunshine and temperatures will stay in control for us and that will help us out what those dry conditions and warm to the chair is to might splinter 9:00 a.m. bob dunn of 46 degrees partly cloudy skies 7:00 a.m.i skies for us and then sunday a slightly chilly and the cheers of 40 degrees inland locations at the base 45 along the coast of 46 and tracking the high surf advisories in effect till friday morning and a warming trend on tap for us continuing to push into the 60s tomorrow in the '60s today the official high at
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the airport was 58 degrees and the symbol we do have that ridge of high pressure developing over our area and that is what will protect us from any kind of rain or snow moving in. the have this big ridge here if you notice a few clouds moving in from the north right now apart from that we will see great conditions 62 behind marlin richmond. at 63 assam tell all the way up in fremont and then at san jose will get up to 66 degrees. then by the times and it rolls around at we are going closer to 70 degrees at we by stadium. levi stadium. >> britteny: we have a warming trend that i drive pattern starting up we will take a
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closer look at this note report. up to some of the higher elevations burrell it less open. 100 in. and north star 15 lifts open with a base of 99 in. of snow. coming up nats: ahhh we cant have you park any where around here its eeither parking or you gotta go we take a look at some of the shenanigans that i found when i hung out near the broncos i'll explain in the next edition of people behaving badly
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this is super bowl week. which means players will spend all of their time here in the san francisco bay area. at practices and media availability. up until the big and as stanley roberts found i want to see payton i want paytons signature so im willing to be your lens cleaning lady some people go through great lenths to be up close and personal with these guys the members of the denver broncos ok if i hop over the fence and roll kamikizi like will you back me up to say im with you here at the stanford this die hard fan drove all the way from denver to get a glimpse and yes he actually has tickets however this kid is here from modesto, with is dad he was
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hoping to see the team asked him what his teacher might think about him paying hookie she might think why are you not in school so you the dad right up im the dad so you let you kid over in santa clara . this group traveled all the way from fresno the problem they entered a restricted area we tried to get in to get some pictures and just trying to see the team they said we had to go across the street this black suv is just stopped in a lane of traffic at the teams headquarters for the denver broncos whch is under tight security meaning no shenanigans ahhh we can have you park anywhere around here its either parking or you gotta go theres a car coming out right now that im following needless to say it was not ok and the driver was told to move yea i can't have you here i can't pull behind this car you can pull up on the street though you wanna go straight ahead give her a call tell her where you're at i cant have you out here in this lane, this is
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nfl talent finally after an extended conversation the driver moved parking was intresting, this guy chose not to pay by simply going around the gate and other were having a hard time getiing out the hotel even charged the media for parking they charged you guys to park here yea they invite you here to do a thing then they charge you whopcharges the media to park yea and the cant give change and they cant give a recipt unless we use a credit card unless they were smart like me and get validation . #me for the win following aroung the denver broncos stanley roberts kron 4 news
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countdown to super bowl 50. the crowds have arrived. the crowds at super bowl city out of towners are pouring into san francisco for super bowl . today people were seen waiting in longer lines to gain entrance to the fan village. security check points were busy as well.
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>> reporter: there is a week in san francisco because the symbol city. a large chunk of the financial district is closed off because of cars also lot of people visiting and the san francisco bay ferry say that the writer should numbers are way off well above average all this week and they've had their six on average weekday 13004000 people take part in a survey 471,660 people use the system here in san francisco this said the writer should as up as well last week and this saw hundred and 70,000 riders saturday sunday double the normal weekend. writer ship was up about 10% on wednesday sought 12% increase out on the bait ferri says that they have the service to accommodate the city and on wednesday before the
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ferries that is the increase from the average weekday. live now not over yet they say that they will be as many trees as possible through super bowl sunday an extra officers on duty they say they've made a quite a few commendations and will run extra services after the conference and began to comic writeraccommodate write r. people >> pam: same on airlines to get in security checkpoints at busy. some people told us that they didn't mind the big crowds "it's pretty quiet yesterday.
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and now fans everywhere everyone representing their own team" >> pam: with pop music have letters you expect this will crowd and for the fans choosing to drink some even get free tow home through triple astarting 6-p-m sunday until 6 a-m monday tripple a will tow your car for free up to ten miles.each mile after that you will be charged the normal towing fee. tow truck drivers will take the car driver plus one additional passanger if they can fit safely in the truck. the service will be open to everyone not just tripple a members. and if you're fortuate enough to buy a ticket to the game.get ready to pay up, big time. grant lodes is here now with a look at how much it will cost sunday.grant?
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>> grant: >> catherine: >> grant: hundreds and hundreds prices falling slightly nearing of course the biggest ticket reseller as cheap as 2007 hundred $50 though it's obviously an effort the most extensive 23,000. if you want a sweet 21 of your best friends pulliam money together $240,000 a get unlimited food beer and soda. 11 grad person than average to get has been dropping $5,000 per ticket. >> pam:coldplay--the headliners of the super bowl halftime show -- came to san francisco to talk about their upcoming
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performance. they were able to give some details about how they will fill those 12 minutes, but kron4's maureen kelly reports, there are still surprises they are trying to keep secret. >> reporter:the supergroup walked out on the stage before a room filled with journalists.and confessed.they are feeling the pressure to perform. both at today's newsconference.and for the halftime show on sunday.when an estimated 100 million people will be watching. this is a great warm up now sunday will seem a bit easier the seven time grammy winners were charming and funny as they were asked about their plans for the big show. how to you fill all those years we thought we would play our hits and then figure out how we will fill the other ten minutes. they said they argued over which songs to play.but didn't give away any hints to what hits did make the set list.but now we know one song they will not be performing. despite the fact
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that they will be joined by beyonce.singer chris martin says they will not be playing their recent song that features the diva.hymn for the weekend. he says they asked her to join them because of her stellar performance at the 2013 superbowl she's one of the best performers i have ever witnessed. they say another global superstar will also sharing the stage on sunday at levi stadium.which you see here in this helicopter video from our partnership with abc7 news.it's rumored to be bruno mars.but that was only hinted at during the news conference. uptown funk is our favorite coldplay song this week standup. the british rockers made a lot of jokes about how little htey know about football.singer chris martin says they are rooting for the denver panthers. maureen kelly kron4 news >> pam:today is the last day of media availability for both super bowl teams.
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to wrap up the week, the denver broncos and carolina panthers got a surprise visit from a special guest. mark carpenter saw it all unfold. he joins us with the big reveal-- who was it mark? >> reporter: tremendous day the panthers facility todaythis is the time during the super bowl where players start to get frustrated with the constant media obligations. so who better to lift everyone's spirits than the man known as-- snoop dogg. the rapper put on his reporter hat today.and interviewed both the panthers and broncos. if you ever want to see a room of nfl players and future hall of famer get star struck.just have snoop dogg pay a visit
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snoop was the star of the show as soon as he walked in the i was stationed at panthers was in awe. photographers followed his every move. some players told us how excited they were. unfortunately, the broncos said. he told reporters at panthers headquarters.that he predicts a carolina win and there will be three defensive touchdowns. the teams are now off limits for the rest of the week. and the next time we'll hear from them is after the big game
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>> pam:we'll have much more on the panthers and broncos coming up at 6-45.when gary radnich joins us for sports. stick around for that. san francisco got a taste of the much loved "puppy bowl" today. part of the fun leading up to the big game. catherine heenan is here.with one of the cuddlier aspects of >> catherine:who doesn't love the puppy bowl? it's an annual tradition for animal planet. the 'scrimmages'. here's a closer look.with our own haaziq maadyun even trying to keep >> catherine:even die-hard football fans have been known to take a peek at 'puppy bowl' on game day. this showcase was inside a 24- foot mock football field outside gott's roadside restaurant.
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and one of the best parts -- it's a chance for the puppies to get adopted. we bring"the excitement goodwill and people enjoying the suitable experience. or promoting animal adoption with it east bay and san francisco. readout adoptable puppies that will be hopefully finding their homes by the end of the season. >> catherine:the actual 'puppy bowl' was filmed earlier in new york. but this local version is happening from 11am to 8pm today through saturday. then 11am to 3pm on sunday. >> pam: on kron 4 dot com. we have an entire section dedicated to there you can find super bowl city events. and a detailed list of road closures in san francisco and around levi's stadium. it's all just a click away. at kron 4 dot com.
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kron 4 is going all out for the our crews will be fanned out across the bay area. covering all angles of super sunday. coverage begins at 7:00 sunday morning until 10 am. then kron 4 news at 8. with live reports from the big game. that's followed by sports night live. a complete day of big game coverage. right here on kron 4. all dry and warming up through the weekend. your super bowl forecast is looking pretty super! >> britteny: as and get into a week and it will be even better we stayed dry expecting a lot of sunshine and temperatures keep arming up. the of the '70s by saturday sunday and then the civil city forecast heading out saturday were conditions the nice and dry temperatures like him at 65 degrees sunday levi stadium we see temperatures
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closer to 73 and could even get as hot as 75 degrees. at what the sunshine and we stayed dry level cut side right now. are the high pressure continues developing as to why not the picture again quiet weather pattern set up which to. but temperatures to warm up as far as to its concern 46 degrees to partly cloudy conditions than by 7:00 a.m. complete checkers
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and forecast and have that for you and a bit.for up-to-the minute weather neighborhood. download the kron 4 mobile app. your number one source for news >> pam: of meningococcal meningitis at up from two yesterday. as a result, the entire student body is being urged to get vaccinated against the potentially deadly disease.
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>> pam: the entire student body third to get vaccinated against the potentially deadly diseasestudents turned out for the first clinic this afternoon. there will be another one from 10 to 6 tomorrow here at the leavey center on campus. even those students who have been immunized against meningitis in the past are encouraged to attend because the vaccine is new and designed specifically for this particular strain of meningitis. "many strains in this particular
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cluster since have the same strain. and the reason it's important most students are not protected against this strain from the vaccine may have had as young adolescents." the health department says two of three infected students remain in the hospital in fair condition while the third has been discharged. vaccine will need a second booster in about a month. according to the cdc. the symptoms of bacterial meningitis can appear quickly or typically they develop within 3-7 days after exposure. symptoms include.nausea, vomiting, increased sensitivity to light.and alerted mental status, or confusion.
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anyone who thinks they may have meningitis should see a doctor as soon as possible. >> pam:this week the nfl announced reported concussions were up dramatically this season compared to last. that coupled with news that raider great kenny stabler, who died of colon cancer in july, also suffered from the brain disease cte, which has been found in the brains of dozens of former football players. this raises the question of whether playing football can cause permanent brain damage. as kron 4's dan kerman shows us. today, the nfl showcased research they are funding to help prevent, treat and diagnose concussions. >> reporter: in head-to-head is, at football games mentioned and determine if of a concussion or traumatic brain injury within minutes on the sidelines. that is what this hand-held device
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and what is designed to do. at an ultrasensitive blood test to detect concussions the impact. to innovations nfl help fund the better agnos concussions. of the >> reporter: prevention side also showed " the thing a new set of your helmet. "they recoil and come back into position. >> reporter: mahomet a spinoff of what is used for motocross better technology and the field
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itself artificial turf. "because underneath artificial turf material better help the impact when a player hits the playing field." >> reporter: " advises state that the rebels to a lot more to do commit the game safer as well as prevent diagnose and treat injuries. >> pam:new at six. the city pacifica is facing yet another spot of coastline erosion. another section of the seawall on beach boulevard has collapsed. these are pictures sent to us this morning from a kron 4 viewer from the street level. it just looks like a sinkhole in the road near paloma avenue. but the erosion is underneath. just two blocks away. a larger second of the seawall gave way last month. as you can see in this video from our partnership with abc 7 news.
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and further north. an apartment building sits percariously on a cliff. all of its residents were forced to move out last week. >> britteny: real high surf advisory until tomorrow. we are going to continue to see conditions in civil sunday rough ride along the shorelines a closer look at what we are checking next lies to the advisory saying in effect to the bay and to warm things up through today the high fifties as we go into the next couple days we continue to we push into the '70s even possibly loader mid-70s by sunday at the stadium and then a drive to verbal sunday lots of sunshine and dry conditions continue all that area of high pressure
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developing over the region the search of high-pressure will block the rate arsenal that can develop in this dry powdered will be in control at least until most of next week and we continue to see these in lots of sunshine will carry us into the weekend. if you plan to carry out saturday or sunday close to 21159 degrees sunday at levi stadium expected for us even warmer have the shares climbed already warmer in temperatures expected by 3:00 p.m.. all right around 73 at degrees it will be the beautiful time out there at the stadium. 47 in san francisco. small plots of land
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and below the '60s in richmond net but 61 1/2 monday temperatures at sunbelt 65. as the go into the next few days the high-pressure rebuilds the saturday a start to be a full weekend. sunday's 70 degrees at all little warmer the track temperatures in the low to mid '70's and then expect temperatures stay in the low '70's lots of sunshine and still dry pattern persists for overnight lows and stays in the 40's and to the high '40's. >> pam:
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>> catherine: >> grant: $5 million for the incident happened. in san francisco the on ramp to east bay interstate 80 chris. the bat of the helicopter partnership with abc seven, facing charges of attempted murder of a police officer. he did not enter pleas today. they say he used a knife slashing officer on track crossed a throughout the seven veterans of the chp is facing life threatening injuries. a still hospitalized but upgraded to stable condition after surgery. now being soft foods. the witness and hopeless attachment was arrested a short time later tuesday. after a struggle with officers. >> pam:up next.it's a slow process. but a major section of the old bay bridge is finally coming down. catherine is back with when that
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work should be wrapped up. almost always tell the tourist. they are the ones picking up pigeons and showing them to their family members nats: ambiance if i had to pick one thing not to do that would be it.i'll show you a few more in the next edition of people behaving badly tonight at 8 announcer: during sleep train's presidents day sale
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save up to $300 on beautyrest and posturepedic, get three years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic, plus same day delivery. sleep train's presidents day sale is on now. >> pam:crews are lowering a huge truss that's part of the old bay bridge. catherine is back with details on exactly what they're doing. it's a major section of the old eastern span. >> catherine:and it began coming down this morning.but very, very slowly. this is a 504-foot truss that weighs about 25-hundred tons.
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there are five of them.which were built in 1935.and combine to stretch about a half mile. it's a careful process that moves at a snail's pace - at least to the viewer. eventually the truss sections will be taken to the port of oakland.and recycled for scrap metal. this particular truss will probably be gone sometime friday. crews are spending as long as 14 hours both days -- just to get this one on its way. the other trusses will be moved at a later date. >> pam: golden opportunity for soldier who did not know it's coming coming up + trains and buses and ferries all jammed packed as the possible 50 fans come to a bay area the president has fun with the world champion warriors at the white house. explain.
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>> reporter: fiscal affairs saying writer ship numbers are way up probably because of the central city has close got a good section of downtown are in particular said wednesday they had their seventh cigarette a ship date ever and other agencies say that the rest are
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adding services doing what they can to accommodate writers. >> reporter: this place is packed. it's getting crowded it's fun and the weather is great all bay area locals its verbal city to ourselves the past three or four days at as of now this place has been invaded from people all over the world in joining this woman kind of symbol experience. >> reporter: time performers called play had to the news conference to talk about the upcoming performance. the theme of the show will be the past present and future of music i'll late new distraught
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orchestra represents the future the way they leave in the past and of all the other goal goebbels were start sharing the stage sunday at levite stadium and a guest rumored to be brought out mars that was only expected in the news conference. woman >> reporter: behind bars after the devi's had investigation on milpitas hotel without a public stand on the web site the detectives say when they got to the undisclosed hotel in milpitas they found a 17 year-old girl and that this woman 20 year-old care at scott is being held here in santa clara facing several charges
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including human trafficking of a minor. >> reporter: senate clara university students lining up to get vaccinated against meningitis fell. health department concerned there are now three cases to remain hospitalized in fair condition third student discharge entire student body is being urged to get vaccinated against the potentially deadly disease new vaccine available against this especially will form of men and deadest meningitis. >> reporter: agnos and prevent concussions device and what it's designed to do. and at the
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prevention side showing a state of the art helmut. >> pam: 75,000 seats in levite stadium who's putting the finishing touches on the the stadium which you see in this video and helicopter partnership abc seven. a quick check on stop hot tickets you're able to buy. most of us or many watching the game on television and not the case of want very special person. >> britteny:getting a ticket for the game is pretty hard to do. for many of us it's just a
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dream. well. today turned out to be a lucky day. track: it's all about superbowl 50 and it's happening in our backyard. but not everyone gets to go to the game in person. meet lt. sean inkelaar-cruz. he'd like to be inside levi's stadium. but being at the n-f-l experience at the moscone center is close. through the pat tillman foundation, he is having a one on one with four time superbowl champion kicker. adam vinatieri. stand-up: what if i told you this military veteran doesn't know it yetbut he's going to the big game on sunday! inkellar served 16 years in the military. including a deployment in iraq. now he is studying for his master's degree at usc. on a pat tillman scholarship. tillman and grew up in san jose.
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he played for the arizona cardinals. but then change his uniform to serve in the military. *sot -- here are your tickets "roy to the game i'm excited." >> britteny: cattell he was
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shocked and surprised sean curran is exciting day hopefully he'll remember it forever. >> pam:still ahead.heavy hearts in the music world tonight. maurice white, founder of earth a look back at his life.next.
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games legend.dave mirra. has carolina. police say mirra died from a self-inflicted gun-shot wound. mirra was one of the most decorated riders in x-game history. winning a medal every year from 1995 to 2008 including 14 gold medals those who knew mirra called him a great friend and wonderful person. maurice white.founder of earth wind and fire also died today at his los angeles home. catherine is back. he was an icon in the music industry. >> catherine:maurice white - often known by his nickname "reese" - was a former session drummer who went on to create one of the best known groups of his generation. white founded "earth wind and
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fire" in the late 60's.which went on to sell more than 90 million albums worldwide. the band's many hits included "shining star", "september" - and a cover of the beatles' "got to get you into my life." white died at his home at age 74. he'd suffered from parkinson's disease and hadn't performed with the band for years. in an interview a few years ago - he said he always wanted the band's music to inspire --- not just entertain. >> pam: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 news at 8:00 snoop dogg crashes this several conference. and then carry has the best of all sports at
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>> gary: a sitting in my office arguing which should be the first story warriors on the white house or snoop dogg. >> gary: carolina panthers' denver broncos at the price of his visit today. snoop dogg
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visited the headquarters today. the first question where it's coming up in just a minute. he paid a visit to denver broncos. jump in on a patent.
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>> gary: a big some new dogg fan. warriors coming up a few
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minutes. when you get snoop talking did 25 narrow the spread of stuff. at an interesting story to tell you from the superbowl media related in just a moment.. this could be average to a price one shy of. of5,000 a few more dollars more top ticket reported of all time tips not the only one you hang around until read before kickoff. the guys and the celtics you can pretty rugged cheap ticket they have to wait.
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>> gary: i argued and says it and paid a good one today. the room looks around the hall of famer at derrick all the sudden i'm mad as everyone leaves the area.
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>> gary: tecumseh president he's pretty cool next year if the lawyers repeat affleck's the love the president. suburban >> pam: 0 we can almost hear so is the sunshine of bernie's back to the forecast
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announcersave up to $300train's on beautyrest and posturepedic, get three years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic, plus same day delivery. sleep train's presidents day sale is on now. >> gabe: 0 the court cutter's people stuccowork tell you how you can watch the super bowl computer laptop taproot mobile phone next. on kron 4 news at 8:00 p.m.. >> pam: will much more
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accessible coverage. plastic and of the forecast. >> britteny: things get warmer as we go to the next couple days '70s but a week and possibly mid-70s fairly by stadium fence and clara the forecast which will be nice and we're back in a clock with all the latest weather news and sports and hopes the then. stay in touch at >> marty: kron4news-dot-c kron4news-dot-com four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth-- [train horn blares] ... to the continent... [claps] ... a new nation. announcer: don't wait until presidents day to get a better night's sleep. during sleep train's presidents day sale save up to $300 on beautyrest and posturepedic, get three years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic, plus same-day delivery, and sleep train's love your mattress guarantee. sleep train's presidents day sale is on now.
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"the insider," counting down the biggest stories tracking today. >> number one, inside the making of super bowl 50. >> there's going to be thousands of people behind the scenes making the entire show a spectacle. >> all the people behind the tv's biggest event. . >> and celine dion returns to caesar's to pay tribute to >> he loved life and life loved him. it's a nightmare, they're going to be right in the firing line again. >> the juice's former manag comes to reveal what's inside his secret oj tapes. plus our insider bonus. pamela an uncensored.
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>> is the bay watch baby slipping into her iconic red swimsuit? now hollywood from the inside out, it's "the insider" together with yahoo. it is a big day for us, gearing up for music's biggest night with our grammy legends series. >> and joining us as our special insider is t.j. jackson, michael and janet's nephew. and he's getting the superstars to open up about all kinds of things. arrest reitthat, deion, gloria. tj even got him to go on the record about his daughter lily's rumored romance with a jonas brother. let' to the biggest tracking entertainment stories of the day. so much goes on behind the scenes that you would normally never see, until now. keltie is in san francisco and we're going inside the making of super bowl 50.

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