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>> grant:--and i am grant lotus. kron4 to reset a stock deal has the latest details on the man wanted for the murder of his own son. >> reporter: neighbors said they do not know what happened in this case or how anyone could set their home on fire with their child inside. but, they are glad that he is now in custody. >> i do not know what happened. >> reporter: he was wanted for arson and murder in this case. here at the vallejo police department, kron 4
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news. >> vicki: our top story--or other top story we are falling right now is out of the east bay where police found a human torso near the bay bridge. kron4's and kermit as liven oakland for us tonight would be tough on investigation. then?--dan kerman? >> he was taking photos of the old bay bridge and the city skyline. he discovered a torso. >> reporter: at this point they believe the body has been in the water for one month for a little longer and once to shore several
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days ago. >> what we do believe that it is a young male. >> reporter: as to whether foul play was involved, early indication is there was not since there was no trauma to the torso, which raises several other questions. >> we do not know if this is a missing persons case or is possible suicide? >> reporter: now, we are not ruling anything out of the facility into foul play but likely not. they will run dna on this torso to identify who it was. kron4 move--kron4news >> vicki: kron4 first told you about this story with a mobile push alert at 148 this afternoon. download the
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free kron 4 mobile news application and be the first to know about radios. -- about breaking news. >> grant: heyman is injured by gunfire while driving on interstate 80 in hercules tuesday night this is the 27 car to car shooting on bay area freeway in the past five months. >> vicki: drivers in hercules phil kron4's have the minute they are frustrated that law enforcement cannot stop the shooting. >> reporter: another day, another person wounded by gunfire on a bay area freeway the latest shooting incident happened on route 916 tuesday night here on
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interstate 80 near highway 4 and hercules. with nearly 30 shootings the dating back to november of 2015, drivers are starting to gain their frustration at law enforcement. >> you know you haven't seen a strong police presence before had an especially not now and i think that it's an issue in itself. >> reporter: are you guys and getting a little frustrated that the cubs have not been able to catch the people? >> you kind of question oleo. for short is a gap for the committee you know this because if this is a really nice town and i think it is safe but when they get too close to where he dark it is getting scary. >> reporter: for several
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months now, see if the investigators have city's car to car shootings are not random incidents, placing the blame on game activities with the increased number of shootings, that near to it is now being questioned by some drivers. >> you kind of question that this is being game activities, you think it may be something out? what could it be. --gang activity >> (cheers & applause) brandon, random shootings, copycat, anything any excuse just to go out and shoot. >> it has to be gained related. >>--gang related.
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>> grant: search for san francisco police are looking for five suspects who stabbed a man several times last night and the other mission neighborhood. the habit of not 11 last night on geneva avenue near mission street. the 21 year- old man was walking home with five men came up to him and stabbed and the side and back. he was taken to the hospital but we do not know what his condition is yet. the five men are in their late teens or early 20s. >> grant: and south bay. several businesses were burned out after a big fireball go in a strip mall. inhabit and santa clara early this morning and you are looking at a dramatic video from this thing. montforts he will tram has the latest on the investigation as spoke to some of the people who lost their businesses.
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>> reporter: fire burned out of control for more than four hours creek finally on route 730 m the morning. the santa clara fire the provinces that have been contained. the buildings next door did not have to be evaluated. >> reporter: fire quickly turn dangerous. an extended a letter and decided to shoot dozens of water from high above. no one injured or killed. it does not appear to be a suspicious fire. will tran, kron4news >> grant: and coming up on
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kron4 move as 6:00 we will show the dramatic video of the strip mall fire from the perspective of a drone. kron4 is rob fladeboe will break down the footage for us. that is, it ought at the 6:00 hour. >> vicki: the upcoming memorial day weekend is the traditional kick off for summer travel. >> grant: and a lot of people will be standing in what you're for security lies. now, the t s eight is making its case on capitol hill promising that things will get better. catherine heenan has the details. >> catherine: we have all seen along security lines and most of us have been in a few. the t s eight has been under fire for the many delays but saying they are now working on ways is beefing up.
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>> catherine: working on ways to speed things up. >> catherine: at least that is what the t s eight and minister told a house homeland security committee today. among other things, he says there's not a national command center to monitor checkpoint screens and weight tons. but the basic problem, they are dealing with a lot more baggage these days. >> catherine: there is a separate area for passengers to take off his shoes and belts at their own pace. it is automatically with the new system has reroute was suspicious bags to a separate conveyor belts which should help keep alive
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movie that has already debuted world's busiest airport. >> grant: tornado slamming part of the midwest and it was all caught on camera. the video of the tornadoes and not want to miss. >> pam: plus, the aggressive bees that killed two balls and sunk to other people in the east bay are now africanize killer bees cree
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>> vicki:here's a question we haven't asked all season long-- >> vicki:what is wrong with the golden state warriors? the defending world champs' season is one loss away from being over. >> vicki:as the oklahoma city thunder now hold a commanding 3-1 series lead in the western conference finals. there wasn't a formal practice today.but some guys were in the gym getting shots up. >> grant:doesn't look good! >> grant:steve kerr met with reporters. mark carpenter was one of them.and he joins us with the latest. mark-- this is a true must- win situation. >> mark:the team that tore
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through the regular season with an all-time best 73- wins.is all of a sudden on the brink of elimination. >> mark:and the warriors need to find some answers. one reason floating around to explain their troubles.is stephen curry's health. >> mark:a yahoo sports report released this morning.cites an anonymous source that curry is not right and he's playing at 70-percent at best' but-- steve kerr is not buying into that. >>kerr "nobody has said anything about steph being 70-percent to me. our training staff, relatives, friends, sources with knowledge of the team's thinking, nobody has told me he's 70-percent. apparently, they told the media, but they didn't tell me." >>"is he bothered a little bit? perhaps, by the layoff, i mean he went three weeks. i mean he just may not be where he quite needs to be, but it's not an injury and
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that's the important thing to note." >> reporter:so if it's not curry's health, how does one even begin to explain how a team that once seemed invincible all of a sudden looks human? >> reporter:there's no shortage of guys willing to shoulder the blame. >> reporter:draymond green's only had 12-points in the last two games. >> reporter:and the mvp-- 5- of-21 on threes. >> reporter:but-- steve kerr says it's on everyone. >>"we were not sharp. we were not prepared to play last night and that's my fault. that's my job as a coach to have them prepared and we were out of sync last night." >> reporter:in conference finals history, 39-teams have been down 3-1.and only 2 have come back to win it all. >> reporter:it's not the greatest odds, but-- there's no counting out the defending champs. >>"it's just a kind of sense of reality staring us in the
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face. we are down 3-1. obviously we gotta win tomorrow. momentum can shift quickly in the playoffs. we've seen that the last couple years, so let's take care of business at home. get some momentum back and we got a chance." . >> reporter:las vegas is taking notice of golden state's recent struggles. for the first time all year, the bovada oddsmakers no longer have the warriors as favorites to win the the title. >> reporter:the new frontrunners are the cleveland cavaliers and oklahoma city thunder. tomorrow's tipoff is set for 6pm at oracle arena. >> grant:what about the sharks? >> mark:and the san jose sharks could put an end to their western conference finals tonight. in less than an hour, the sharkies hit the ice for game 6 against the st. louis blues. >> mark:a win tonight.and san jose is moving on to the stanley cup final for the first time ever in franchise history. they took a 3-2 lead over
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the blues.after a pivotal game 5 victory earlier this week. the puck drops at the shark tank at 6. we'll have updates both online and on-air on throughout the night on kron4 news. >> grant:meanwhile, sharks fans are smelling blood as they look to close out the blues tonight. as kron four's rob fladeboe reports now, expectations will do just that. >> vicki: sharks fans are smelling a little blood as they closed out tonight. >> grant: this could be fun. >> reporter:'team teal,' as sharks fans are sometimes known, arriving early here at the pubs and eateries that cater to hockey fans and the talk is about exercising those playoff demons that have plagued the sharks and their fans up until now. >> reporter:dave formenti and don kientzy have been season ticket holders since the sharks early days at the cow palace.
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>>dave formenti/sharks fan --the family will happen with the kings. tonight may be our year. >> reporter:this is actually uncharted territory for the sharks and their fans. after 25 years of trying, they have never been to the stanly cup finals. but the wait for a blues fans like jack geist. >> i have a lot invested in this team. and then hoping that the investment well pick up tonight. --all for tonight. >> i was there when bay were winning the stanley cup last
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and they never won a game. so i look for to go on winning a couple of games. >> reporter: if they win the stanley knight finals will begin on monday. against tampa bay for his word against the pink ones. -- against the penguins. rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >> grant:good news out of the east bay tonight. those aggressive bees in concord that killed two dogs and stung several others.are not africanized killer bees. >> grant:that's according to d-n-a tests done by the state department of food and agriculture. >> grant:officials tested seven bees in the hive.and found they are just regular honey bees. >> grant:you may remember
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the department removed the hive from a bee-keeper's property on may 14th. the bees also attacked a mail carrier and a home- owner.sending those people to the hospital.. >> vicki: honey bees on steroids. >> vicki:n national news tonight. severe weather slamming parts of kansas. emergency sirens blared through dodge city yesterday as the storm system unleashed high winds, tornados, and even baseball- sized hail. >> vicki:on your left you can see the damage left over by the storm in ford county. all over.downed trees and power lines.damage to homes and out-buildings. >> vicki:crews were out today assessing more of the damage. and on your right. video of the tornadoes hitting dodge city. fire crews say two people were taken to the hospital in critical condition. >> vicki:the storm is expected to head eastward across the state, bringing high winds, heavy rain and possible lighting grid-- flooding.
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>> grant: here is brittany shipped with the weather. >> grant: i felt a little sprinkle. >> brittney: the jill? i have yet to fill one. hopefully,. >> brittney: we are seeing some severe weather move through the nation. hour storm trucker for shows showers developing a higher elevations like santa rosa, sacramento and every letter else. in the sierra snowstorm best best snow showers as well. >> brittney: was the highlight more sunshine. also, and two friday with a
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high-pressure rebuild and to the area where our temperatures will warm up as well. strong wind speed like and fairfield. 17 in san jose, 21 and oakland. >> brittney: 22 in redwood city. he was the the strong wind continuing into night and finally starting to come down just a little bit into tomorrow. >> brittney: los 70 and concord and comfortable in santa rosa. with temperatures for tonight as we go until a o'clock we are dropped antipater's in the '60s. closer to the bay. did '50s for everyone by 9:00 p.m.. the with the temperatures are in the 50 >> brittney: with treacle
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>> grant:a group of oregon college students are accused of trashing an island on lake shasta. >> vicki:reporter cristina davies shows us just how much effort it took to clean up the island. >> reporter:it was short scenic boat ride to slaughterhousebut as we pull up to the pristine view turns ugly. tents and trash covered the area. >>phyllis swanson/forest
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"we're shocked, very shocked and disappointed." >> reporter:over the weekend the u-s forest service estimated about one-thousand college students on over 60 house and patio boats came to this island.leaving it trashed. >> reporter:phyllis swanson with the forest services wants to find the culprits. >>phyllis swanson/forest services "we are hoping to maybe make contact with these folks and do a little bit of education." >>cristina davies/reporting "she says this happens every year where college students come and party and when the weekend's over there is a whole bunch of trash. but this year is different they left shoes tents and clothes." >>phyllis swanson/forest services "it's sort of hard to understand why it was left." >> reporter:university of oregon bags.hats and sandals. left behind. i even found a couple ice chest with fraternity letters on them. >>phyllis swanson/forest services "there is a lot of stuff here left that the wildlife shouldn't be getting into." >> reporter:i reached out to the university of oregon. they say quote. "the manner in which the shasta-trinity forest area was left is disgraceful. the university is actively investigating the situation and will take
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action as appropriate." >> reporter:they continue saying lambda chi alpha "has taken the commendable step of suspending all of its chapters' activities until the situation is addressed." >>phyllis swanson/forest services "they are invited to play in nice if they would be a little bit more you know, common courtesy, show some responsibility." the u-s forest service says it will take at least ten- thousand dollars to clean up the area. return to index of
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(male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >>donald trump has got to go! >>build that wall build that wall! >> vicki:cheers inside and fistights in the streets outside as donald trump brings his anti=immigration message to seven of california. >> vicki:there was lots of shouting, but no repeat of last night's violence outside a trump rally in new mexico. >> grant:the republican front-runner also got a gift of sorts.from the obama administration today. >> catherine: >> grant:catherine heenan is here to bring us up to speed on the race for the white house.
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>> catherine:less than two weeks to go before the california primary. donald trump, hillary clinton and bernie sanders were all working the crowds in southern california today. >>get him out. out out >> catherine:a handful of protesters made it inside the anaheim convention center. >> catherine:outside, a line of mounted police confronted a rock=throwing crowd. >> catherine:heavily armored swat teams made arrests long after the candidate departed, >>" virtually every municipal police agency within orange county has sent its resources to help us with this event. >> catherine:last night in albuquerque police used pepper spray and smoke grenades to disperse several hundred protesters,
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trump went on twitter to call them thugs who were flying the mexican flag. >> catherine:today he turned to hillary clinton. >>she's as crooked as they come. she had a little bad news today. not so good, the inspector general's report. not good. >> catherine:the long awaited report from the state department inspector=general says clinton's use of a private email server was "not an appropriate method" of preserving sensitive documents while she was secretary of state. >> catherine:clinton had no public comment at an appearance just a few miles from the trump rally today. she was dealing with another kind of distraction: >> catherine:as she began to speak in she and actor jamie lee curtiss spotted a pair of shirtless men with the letter "h" painted on their chests. (cheers & applause) >>i gotta admit it's a little distracting. so i'm going to look over here, or over here. >> catherine:clinton is heading to the bay area this evening. she will appear at rallies in san jose and downtown san francisco tomorrow. return >> catherine:bernie sanders campaigned in cathedral city and lancaster in southern california. his campaign says he'll be in ventura tomorrow, l=a on
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friday, bakersfield on saturday and fresno on sunday. >> vicki: 3 ship is hear!-- brittney shipp is here! >> brittney: we will fly up near sacramento. near our higher elevations. who can see isolated thunderstorms just a little less activity s yesterday. pretty close continued to move away. >> brittney: the clouds will increase this to go into the rest of tonight and it will decrease and to later parts of tonight. >> brittney: to have
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unsettled weather. it will go away from our region which means we will see dry your a more warmer temperatures. tomorrow morning he will see a lot more sunshine sticking to allow for most of the day and i fry that the five thursday night. >> brittney:--sunshine sticking all around for most of the day and five thursday night. >> brittney: with the temperatures are still on the coverage, close to the mid '50s by hayward. we will not warm up to much until the up the moon with 61 for daly city, if the 84 richmond and we will see a few more 86 on the map. --
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80's >> brittney: will have more with the 7 day forecast and about 50 minutes explanation. --and 15 minutes >> grant:ford is recalling one of its most popular vehicles. because of a possible brake problem. the company says its recalling 270-thousand f-150 pickups built in 2013 and 2014. >> grant:ford says brake fluid could leak from the master cylinder. this can make the front brakes fail. >> grant: this happened to your fiance? >> vicki: yes it hit, it happened twice added expense serious stuff.
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>> grant:ford dealers will replace the master cylinders and other parts for free. the car maker says it is aware the problem might have led to nine accidents. but ford points out that one was hurt in any of them. >> vicki:the u-s department of agriculture is accusing a pet food company of animal abuse. holmes farm inc has been cited for more than one hundred violations. >> vicki:this comes after an undercover investigation by peta. holmes farm supplies food for guinea pigs, hamsters, and other rodents. >> vicki:one of the stores that supplies the company's food is petsmart. the store would not comment on the allegations. petco ended its relationship with holmes farm after finding out about the federal investigation. >> vicki: with a minute there! that is a water main break.
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take a look at this video.an underground fire went from bad to worse in a matter of seconds.in st. petersburg, florida. >> vicki:the fire which included an explosion.sent manhole covers flying up in the air. fire crews barely avoided the blast.and undeterred.kept heading towards the source of the flames. >> vicki:the power in the area had to be shutdown immediately atfer the fire erupted. several businesses had to close their doors.while crews worled on the extinguishing the flames. manholes were not the only thing that was soaring in the air. >> vicki:this video shows water shooting up several feet in the air after an underground pipe burst in massachusetts.the streets were flooded and the water was shooting over utility poles in the city of brockton, which is south of boston. officials say construction equipment that crushed the pipe might have been the problem. >> vicki:the roads in the area had to be closed.and water supply was restricted for about 30-residents. return to
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>> vicki:guess who was in the bay area today? >> vicki:and we're not talking about one of the presidential candidates. >> vicki:it's 'chewbacca mom'. >> grant:catherine heenan is here with more on her visit to facebook headquarters. >> catherine:you either love her video or you're tired of it -- but chances are pretty good you've seen this. candace payne strapped on a chewbacca mask recently and videotaped herself on facebook live.
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>> catherine:at last word - the laughing texas mother had been seen by more than 144 million people. and that's why facebook invited her to come visit. >> catherine:her video became the most popular one yet -- for facebook's relatively new live feature. >> that is not mean making that noise. that is the mask! (laughter) (laughter) >> catherine:mark zuckerberg knows a good thing when he sees it - and a way to promote facebook live. he invited candace to company headquarters in menlo park today. >> catherine:and she got to meet chewbacca himself. the photos show them frolicking around the facebook campus together. >> catherine:riding
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shooting cents last year. coming up i 6:00 we will hear from residents in the area who are not frightened but angry that there has not been any think of the to stop the shootings. coming up tonight at 6:00 and now back to you in the studio! >> grant: we will see you later tonight at 6:00 >> grant:next a five. kron 4 investigates: after this alarming video surfaced from an east bay special needs school. what former staff members are telling us. return to
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>>"it's definitely not a couple of bad apples. i would say it's a bad apple tree (male announcer): it's now time for gary radnich with sports!. >> grant:a viral video gives a shocking glimpse inside an antioch special needs school. a 9 year old boy was slapped and tackled by a teacher's aide eariler this year, as others look on.some even laughing. >> grant:but is this incident an isolated case. or part of a larger pattern of abuse? kron 4's maureen kelly has been investigating the east bay tobinworld schools. >> vicki:she was able to track down former tobinworld staff members.who say the viral video is compelling them to come forward about what they've seen happen behind classroom doors. return to >>"it's definitely not a couple of bad apples. i would say it's a bad apple tree >> reporter:a viral video gives a shocking glimpse
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inside an antioch special needs school. >> >>she was out of lineway out of line >>"it was pretty intense. i mean it was very shocking to see. >>shocked maybe to the extent of intensity in the video, but definitely not surprised because working at tobinworld, you do see that there are certain staff that take things way over board. >> reporter:four former tobinworld teacher's aides agreed to come forward and talk about their experiences at the antioch tobinworld campuses after seeing the viral video. >> reporter:they said they never saw anything as exterme as what was caught by a cell phone camera. but they all say they've seen other tobinworld staff abuse their power over students. >>: "i've seen staff pluck students in the head if they haven't gotten something
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right on their worksheet/ i've seen staff contain students just because the student was cussing at them, not because the student was physically a threat to anyone around them or even to themselves. but just because the staff was fed up. >>this is called a baskethold >> reporter:here one of the women is demonstrating a kind of containment hold her former co-worker. state law allows school staff to pin students down if they are a threat to themselves or others until they calm down. but the former tobinworld aides i spoke to say they've seen kids contained for minor infractions. >>if they're talking crazy to you, put them down on the ground. if they look like they're challenging you, put them down on the ground. if they're looking at you crazy and you tell them to stop, put them down on the ground. it was just, that was the solution for everything >>"i mean they would have six staff to one student-to the point where it was way out of hand. if you need that many staff, maybe the police need to be called. having a student down on the ground for sometimes all day-like three or four hours, switching out staff. >> reporter:in the video you can see an aide throw what looks like paper clips at the boy.the former tobinworld employees say at times they have seen other staffers instigate students to make them act outgiving staff an excuse to use force. >>it would be like their pride gets hurt or they get annoyed or they get fed up
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with the kids or they just feel like taking someone down >> reporter:these aides all parted ways with the school for different reasons a few years ago, not all of them left voluntarily. some say they felt reprucussions for not using enough hands on discipline. >>i rarely contained students. i was called into the office saying that surely you can't be doing your job properly if you never have to contain a student. >> reporter:judy weber, the executive director of tobinworld, chose not to be interviewed. instead she reacted to these allegations in a written statement. "my life's mission is to improve specialized education and increase access for children who desperately need our care, and scores of others at tobinworld have the same goal. >> reporter:"staff must complete non-violent crisis prevention intervention training by a certified trainer, which is approved by the california department of education. staff members are allowed to use approved cpi techniques but only when the student is clearly endangering him or herself, other students or staff members. >> reporter:webber added that efforts to strenthen safety and security are ongoing and resolute. maureen kelly kron4 news >> vicki:our kron 4 investigtion continues tonight at 8. the challenge of dealing with children
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with special needs and the type of discipline these teacher's aides say they were asked to dole out. that's tonight at 8. >> vicki:then tonight at 10. maureen kelly reports on the tobinworld's connection to a controversial doctor that sparked a state investigation. return to >> brittney: it is a point to be really nice with temperatures in approving closer to we get to the weekend. a few clubs are still hanging has to go into the rest of the night. we will see a decrease in clouds, wrote with more sunshine for us. and heavy and to the weekend temperatures warming up for friday saturday and sunday. >> brittney: oakland speed
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is of 21 mi. per hour regarding the wind speed. with the high pressure rebuilding and that means we will see comfortable conditions as we head until tomorrow. same thing as we get into friday with the highest among the regions and the '80s. 81 and concord, and the 7 day forecast shows that things will continue to warm up as we head into the weekend. with a warmth on memorial day weekend and a slightly cooler did week for next week's forecast--slightly cooler mid-week
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matenopoulos is in hollywood with more on this story. >> reporter:no she's not grant and vicki. from 'glee' star amber riley's recent instagram rant. >> reporter:to pregnant plus-size model tess holiday. >> reporter:the stars are sounding off on hollywood's body shaming smackdown! >>it was a great experience / i would recommend wiping out >> reporter:she may have welcomed that wipe out with a smile in the idyllic waters of hawaii with her love. but amy's not letting body shamers take her down without a fight! >> reporter:once again she responded to beach body cyber bullies. this time in the midst of her 6 month anniversary trip with boyfriend ben.she posted a message to the quote 'trolls' saying quote i hope you find some joy in your lives. and not just in writing unkind things to a stranger you've never met >> reporter:meanwhile "glee"
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star amber riley also has had enough with trying to fit into other people's ideals. >>amber: i got some things i need to get off my chest. why does me being fat offend so many people? >>th: people saying stuff especially people saying comments about me or my health or my baby, and it really you know--it really gets to you. but you just have to remember those people are just miserable. >> reporter:pregnant plus size model tess holliday is all too familiar with body shaming trolls. but what about when judgment comes from a social media platform? >> reporter:this week facebook banned a photo of her in a bikini used to promote an australian feminist segment- claiming the image depicts quote >>"body parts in an undesirable manner." >>th: i don't usually respond to comments on social media anymore,/ 11:21:10 i feel like my followers will jump in and protect me >> reporter:we'll have so much more on this story tonight at 7 on the insider, for kron 4 news, i'm debbie matenopoulos back to you, grant and vicki. return to >> grant: that is it for us at 5. we have pam and steve
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(male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> pam: the fire again. >> is my cartier hit for i get injured--if my car is hit or i get injured? >> reporter: concerns of the car to car shootings on 80. this team has happened on the freeway. >> there has sent 12 people injured. and countless
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people have lost their lives in the shootings. >> reporter: and un identified shooter all been fired and a male was hit and the lake. --leg >> it is still too early on in the investigation to say what is related and the case. >> reporter: getting a ride to richmond every day where he and chancellor kohl the shootings have his parents concerned with this safety. >> i tell me to be careful. it worries them. --my parents tell me to be careful. it will release them. >> we will be out in force.
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using every resource. to resolve this highway violence. >> reporter: haazig madyun, kron 4 news. >> pam: a few of them have been deadly. grant lotus has a better idea of how widespread the violence has become. grant? >> grant: look at this stretch of interstate 80. this is where the violence is most intense with 28 shootings and total and we are talking about the last seven months since november of last year. last night, was on the eastbound 805 before highway 4. guys? >> pam: as we told you last week there has been a push to and from more
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surveillance cameras. tomorrow, there are other cities in the affected areas that will send a joint letter to the governor asking for money for installing cameras on rep. they also like caltran to update its existing cameras. >> steve: our other big story tonight a man wanted for allegedly torturing a vallejo house and killing his 5 year old son is under a rest tonight. we broke this story this ave. 53 year old should make called richmond police to turn himself again the fire happened on sunday in vallejo. >> steve: a woman and a teenager made it out of the house but the five-year old
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was trapped and died. we are told to make was wandering the streets when he made the call today. >> reporter: vallejo police showed up a short time later and should make is now in their custody. he faces murder and arson charges. >> steve: now the first alerted you about this story today at 131 this afternoon. you can be the first to learn about breaking news and live yvettes wherever you go. on wismar device through the kron4 mobile application. download it for free for google and apple devices. >> steve: now to this dramatic video in the south bay kron4 was in santa clara before dawn this morning and all of this story throughout the day a fire erupted at a
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strip mall on el camino just before 3:00 a.m.. the award through several businesses, wiping them out in a matter of hours. a few did survive but many have smoke damage. >> steve: some of the business owners say they will rebuild what others are not sure what they would do next. no one was hurt and the fire and the cause is under investigation. >> pam: doubt see the fire required data sets required scores of firefighters, hook and ladder trucks tens of thousands of gallons of water at the experiment of sorts. as kron4 rob fladeboe reports now, providing some much needed rest cannot recall on this. of the big fire from high overhead was a drone.
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>> reporter: there it was, hold bring high above the smoke and flames catching images and affirmation that helped firefighters on the ground make key decisions about the fire's behavior. >> we look to see fire parents over time. >> reporter: its developmental stage this is the chief but aside from its obvious use in helping firefighters make tactical decisions during a fire, is a real value may be in what happens after a fire. rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >> pam: in oakland. investigators are trying to determine the identity of
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the person, whose torso washed up a short earlier today. >> steve: it was found this out of the old eastern span of the bay bridge. if that is where kron4 is live tonight with more on this alarming discovery. dan? >> reporter: a grisly discovery wednesday just south of the old oestrus fan of the bay bridge, a worker having lunch and taking in the views discovers a partially closed torso on the rocks. >> torso looks like it has been on the rocks for several days. >> reporter: the corner and homicide investigators were dispatched to the scene, but early indication is there was no foul play involved, and they have been the result of a drowning, a boat accident or a suicide.
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>> there is always difficult to say in these cases but we will not rule out anything. >> reporter: the core of beliefs the torso is deck of a young man, but cannot specify the age because the torso is so decomposed. >> we will test the and a on the torso to see what is linked to come back on the torso. . >> reporter: we hope to have more answers. live at the east bay, dan kerman >> steve: predacious here with us. --brittney shipp is here with the weather >> brittney: storm trackers
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for is showing us where those storms are going to be or isolated thunderstorms. and i mean, isolated. and if you rainshowers near south lake tahoe. or repair the unsettled weather off to the east moving away. where it will give the warmer weather as we head into thursday and friday. san francisco as 61 degrees, 71 in santa rosa and we will still be in the '60s but o'clock. for most of the area by nine to virtus withdraw the into the low 60s to 50. >> pam: on the campaign
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trail. donald trump, bernie sanders and hillary clinton and were all making splashy appearances in southern california today. >> steve: less than two weeks to go before the california primary. catherine heenan is here with the details of the clinton and dropped campaign stops. >> catherine: hillary clinton was in riverside. where she joined actress jamie lee curtis on stage. and focus mostly on republican rival donald trump. she did not bring up some discouraging news for her camp today. the fact that a review by an inspector general says clinton and her team did not handle her e-mail set up properly, while she was secretary of state. >> catherine: and that she
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had in fact a more clear died and several federal standards. clinton is headed to the bay area tonight. and will be at rallies in san jose and downtown san francisco tomorrow. >> catherine: the critical report was of course something donald trump of today. while in anaheim made reference to the report calling it " not so good and " for the clinton campaign but there were other distractions. protesters were again waiting for a truck outside anaheim convention center. >> catherine: there were scuffles and the rest some of those protesters throwing rocks at police. trump was up beekeeping in assisting an even rougher protest in new mexico last night was barely on his radar. >> catherine: but again, it did not look like a love fest outside albuquerque's
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convention center last night. an angry protest turned violent with a tear- gas, vandalism and our rest. but city officials say that this was less about political process that people in the crowd would try to cause disruptions. some participants have openly admitted that is true. >> pam: democratic candidate bernie sanders had a political rally today in cathedral city near palm springs. the rally was at a local sports park this morning. sanders, also had another rally in lancaster two hours ago. with his in- laws and the lease county. this is all part of the many beds the center is holding in southern california before the state's primary on june 7th. sanders next stop will be at a high school campus, which is also an loss' at least county creek >> pam: coming up troublous
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sac in the area of their way drive with crosstrees, currently have a shelter in place and the people are are too they end their homes her ' saint andrews drive. this is very will record-- rural. we do not know the conditions of the to people that have been shot. we do not know if they are alive or dead. only that they have been shot. there are a lot of homes in the area right of five of the gulf force. --golf course >> grant: we do know that one. we do not know about the under-assessed other individual. residents are being told to stay inside their homes. this does
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happen within the hour. we will continue to bring you updates throughout the show. >> steve:thank you, grant! >> steve: struggling to keep up. that is how some in congress feel that the t s eight is doing what it comes to airport security. >> pam: today. lawmakers were giving the man in charge of the agency a grilling on capitol hill. kron4 national correspondent mark meredith is in washington of with his response. >> reporter: 3 hour wait times. passengers stranded. the chaos at chicago o'hare
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airport last week was so bad, today congress demanded answers. >> reporter: >> prices did not just come out of nowhere. airports and airlines have been sounding the alarm for months. >> reporter: sitting before a committee on homeland's security the head of transportation security administration promised improvements are in the works. >> the investigation-test i of investigating it our people with the help of congress with our own throats of how we train people at all levels of the agency. >> reporter: after the meltdown at o'hare, d.c. as a says is moving fast to fix problems. some of its efforts colin the agency is moving more employees from part-time to full-time status. the government is adding a command center to
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monitor in a doorway times nationwide. and the t s eight is an encouraging more people to sign up for free check with is letting passengers submit background checks the experience less rigorous screening. but some argue that the t s eight is too ineffective to change at and fish should be privatized--and instead should be privatized. >> reporter: but before trusses on congress want accountability. today the team as a basis is making changes to execute, station just days out of the public learn one employee in charge of screen and $90,000 in bonuses in just 13 months. >> apparently there with a system that happened that system did not happen will not happen under my
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leadership. >> steve: in florida if congress passes the veterans administration wrong we clear more than 4000 veterans did. a movie with ended their benefits. representative david jolly, since these people are very much alive. after an investigation be be a found along for the death cases between the years of to stop the 11th and 2015. since van de de fe has restored all of the veterans' benefits. the the eighth became aware of this mistake because, for a mint jelly bought up the issue in november on behalf of the veterans for tampa bay. -- jolly
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>> steve: hellfire said they have a well fire in monterey county nearly under control. the met fire started sunday --cal-fire >> steve: started sunday near so the deck. a has scorched nearly 3,900 a. so far. one firefighter did suffered a minor injury but is ok. hellfire says the fire is 90 percent contained and it could have full containment by the end of the night. no homes or buildings have been damaged by the fire. --cal-fire
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>> brittney: 69 degrees and concord and 70 the grease and pleasanton. we have a weather this service will continue to drift away from us and that means high pressure will be back in control. we do have some los best if we do have scattered snow showers and thundershowers. in higher elevations. >> brittney: as we go into the rest of tonight with the an increase and clouds. " a decrease toward the end of the night into the morning and we will see some sunshine. friday, we will see a lot more
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sunshine and when i see the cloud returning until next week. >> brittney: los 70's and hayward, and close to 80 degrees in san jose so very comfortable. >> brittney: mid '80s for friday heading into saturday. with temperatures hovering on runs 60 to the mid-60s. 7 day forecast shows a warming trend on the way. have we had and to the big holiday weekend and monday. it will be comparable and one of the warmest praise for the entire week. if you are closer for test-if you are closer to the bay we will stay in the seventh zero temperatures. >> pam: hundreds of people
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>> steve: 625 x kron4. coming up enviro video has surfaced with this guy caught sleeping behind the wheel driving. using the feature. of self driving. this company using this opportunity to remind drivers to be safe and responsible. >> pam: at its italian navy ship spotted a capsized boat today off the coast of libyan cms to save hundreds of people. the video you are
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watching shows the italian navy throwing rescue devices into the water and saving people stranded in the water. the italian navy says, seven people have died, at 500 other were rescued. reports say, the vote to overdo it to the large number of people on board. the italian navy required assistance from a helicopter and another naval vessel nearby. >> pam: why is supporters say it is our chance to leave behind a legacy. >> steve: plus, is one of the more interesting tradition see the town is the naval academy for a first-year students through.
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>> grant: police are not saying what have led to this shooting and stabbing. this is usually a quiet neighborhood the police have asked everyone to stay inside as they searched three and it suspect. males. >> vicki: >> reporter: and vallejo a father is a charge for setting a fire and killing his five year-old son.
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shoemaker was on a street and richmond, he called wanting to sole lender. they picked up and now he is an vallejo police custody. here is a photo of his young child. he was inside the house when the fire started. his mother was injured and colleague at a burn center. --and currently at a burn center >> reporter: a torso have washed ashore on a rock. they believe that it belonged to a young male. a has been and the water for a month or longer and washed ashore for just a few days. at this point the authorities do not believe foul play is involved because there is no trauma to the torso. the raises the question of who is the missing person or with his son when the drum or to
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their own life? they will use dna testing to an revealed the identity. dan kerman >> reporter: this is the 28th freeway shooting and the last five months and the 16th here on 5-80. --i-80 >> reporter: and hercules, i seek a madyun kron4 new for >> steve:we've been talking a lot about california's presidential primary which is now 13 days away. >> pam:but there is something everyone in the bay area will find on their ballot. regardless of political affiliation. measure a-a. which asks voters to invest 500 -
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million dollars, over 20 years, to clean up and protect san francisco bay. >> pam:this is the first time a measure like this will appear on the ballot. in all nine bay area counties. the bill promises to restore marshlands, shore up the infrastructure and improve the bay's water quality. >> pam:it also calls for improving trails and recreation. >> pam:supporters are calling it an opportunity for people to leave a legacy >> pam:the measure requires a two-thirds majority to pass. >> the important thing about measured 88 this was a lifetime for bay area residents to get ninth with one voice heavily policed the sam francisco bay a better place for children and grandchildren. >> pam:the money would come through a parcel tax of 12- dollars per parcel. opponents say, the tax is unfair. saying it should be based on the parcel value instead. >> steve: read your ballot!
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and what it comes to weathered listen to this woman breathing--brittney shipp, meteorologist >> brittney: we have a few isolated showers and thunderstorms. this system will continue to push off the east and the high pressure will revealed causing temperatures to challenge. we will still see cloudy skies tonight and then out to mull morning to see more sunshine. --and it will continue to thin out and more sunshine will appear. >> brittney: low 60s and oakland, 69 degrees and concord, and 71 degrees in
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santa rosa. >> brittney: pam and steve? >> steve:thanks, brittney! >> steve:navy documents show chris kyle lyed about the number of medals he received. you may remember actor bradley cooper played kyle in the movie "american sniper. >> steve:the movie was based on the book written by kyle about his experience in the military. kyle received one silver star and three bronze stars. >> steve:in his book.it says he earned two silver stars and five bronze stars. a navy spokeswoman confirmed the documents are valid. >> pam:first- year students at the u-s naval academy. have completed an annual rite of passage. the students at annapolis known as "plebes". put a cap on the herndon monument. >> pam:the monument is lathered in vegetable shortening to make reaching the top of the 21-foot monument. as challenging as
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possible. >> pam:it is all part of the graduation week. and dates back to the 1940's. this year's class reached the top in one of the fastest times ever. >> it was just pure joy. my favorite part with this deal lamichael has made. --just being all around my classmates. (cheers & applause) this year's class did it in a little over an hour. >> pam:the fastest recorded time was in 1969. the plebes reached the top in just 90 seconds. return to index of
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>> steve: a lot more news ahead tonight on kron4 notes at a thrift--at eight! >> brittney: >> pam:our vicki liviakis is in the newsroom right now with details on what's ahead. vicki. return to index of >> vicki: authorities are looking for 90 years old for mental castro not clear if the two are still in the area. we will have a live report coming up at a thrift for now, we will send it back to you in the studio. >> pam:thank you!
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>> steve:actress melissa gilbert has dropped out the race for a congressional seat in michigan. the actress who is known for her role on "little house on the prairie" was advised by her doctor to withdraw. >> steve:the reason was injuries she received from an accident in 2012 in her neck and head. the injuries have worsen.and gilbert says " i am physically unable to continue my run for congress." democrats fear that their only chance of getting a spot in a district that is predominantly republican is now gone. >> steve:in sports. we will take a look at how the sharks are doing as they try to get to their first ever stanley cup finals. >> pam: . and examine the warriors collapse. what draymond green had to say about it. and what coach steve kerr said about trying to bounce back tomoprrow night. gary has that. and all the sports. coming up.
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(male announcer): it's now time for gary radnich with sports!. >> gary:the sharks can close out the st. louis blues and get to their first stanley cup finals >> gary:right now. >> gary:the warriors with their backs against the wall after their 2nd straight blowout loss in oklahoma city last night they are down 3-games-to-1 to westbrook durant and the
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oklahoma city thunder >> gary:the warriors have to win in oakland tomorrow night to stay alive >> gary:today steve kerr was asked about a report that steph curry was playing at only 70-percent due to that earlier knee injury this according to a team source the report said >> we have the the focused. >> gary:meanwhile on the internet vlog "uninterrupted" draymond green gave his thoughts on his performance and shared a text he received from kobe bryant after the game. >> gary: 5 with thomases,-- isaih thomas says he has to give some under need the allied no more interviews and go out and play three--
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no more interviews and go out and play. >> gary:the giants looking for the 12th win in the last 13 >> gary: a great outing >> gary:7th inning >> gary:giants up 2-1. denard span hits a long double. trevor brown walked in. 3-1 giants >> gary:8th inning >> gary:yangervis solarte hits a 2-run shot to left field. tied the game up 3-3 >> gary:it didn't get any better for san francisco. brandon belt came out of the with an apparent ankle injury. >> gary:10th inning >> gary:brandon crawford singled to deep center. matt duffy scored >> gary:giants win 5-4.have only lost one game in the last 13 >> gary:record: 30-19 >> gary:here's bruce bochy on peavy's performance >> gary:during last night's
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reds-dodgers game in l.a. the reds joey votto seemed annoyed at a paper airplane that was thrown down on the field >> gary:as he went over and emphatiically stomped it out. then shoved it into his back pocket as a crowd razzed him >> gary:then dodgers first baseman adrian gonzalez had some fun at votto's expense egging the crowd on to continue giving him a hard time >> gary:dodgers won 8-2 return to >> gary: as we did our radio show at the ballpark today. either--it is always good to show the cincinnati reds >> gary: it was a lot of fun to meet so many good people.
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and >> gary: was just a very cold exterior of the bay south bay to everyone. that with a lot of fun. --it was just a very cool experience. the though thank you to everyone. that was a lot of fun. >> i did not show up. but i had a good reason. >> gary: is no good reason to show up is there? >> i won an award. (cheers & applause) >> gary: you want an award? (cheers & applause) >> j.r. stone to read one of our reporters were out there too. --j.r. stone, one of
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our reporters was out there too. >> gary: issue of parents name?--it is your parents and name? >> robert toll and isabella. >> gary: congratulations. >> pam: yes! >> grant: the pressure is on victor. >> pam: will be back >hi. is the internet still out? yes! i have nothing. come on! work together. work together. work together. do you got anything? i don't have anything. no i don't have anything. please come back internet.
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>> steve: some terrific news for and have users! the company announced on its web site this week that starting in september it will hold exclusive u.s. rights for new films from disney. >> pam: yes! >> pam:the deal, struck in 20-12, includes films from disney subsidiaries marvel, lucasfilm, and pixar. other streaming platforms like amazon prime and starz will still be able to stream previous disney umbrella releases. >> pam:.but future releases starting with "captain
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