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the fire is still goingit's about 40 percent contained, but it's burned more than 38-thousand acres. >> reporter:18 homes have been destroyed and one person has been killed in the fire that started on friday. and some neighborhoods are the area is now under a state of emergency, that frees up state resources and dollars to help fight the >> right now we are pr otecting homes. >> reporter:only 10%
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contained >> grant:north of ldos angeles >> grant: this thing has burned more than 18 homes >> grant: some neighbors are still in danger tonight. >> justine:happening now. a statewide power warning.known as a "flex alert" has been issued until 9:00 tonight. >> justine:heat advisories are posted for parts of
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southern california. and temperatures could reach triple digits in parts of the bay area. in response.state officials are asking people to reduce electricity usage to avoid power outages. >> justine:additionally.they warn everyone to prepare for the hot weather.suggesting you stay out of the sun and drink plenty of water. in addition to the flex alert. a spare the air alert has been issued for tomorrow. >> grant:meteorologist brittney ship temperatures. >> brittany: no relieff. right now temps are at 100 degrees in some locations. we will see triple digits
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for antiocha and 85 for mountainview. >> brittany: try to drink a lot of fluids. do not leave your pets and children in hot cars. it is too hot. >> brittany: power warning goes into effect at 9pm. >> grant:a reminder - you can track the hot weather
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around the bay area. with the kron 4 mobile news app. also. on our website we also have tips for staying cool in the heat. that's kron4.com >> justine:it's the final lap for the obama administration at the democratic national convention in philadelphia.as president biden are set to speak tonight. >> grant:chief national correspondent jim osman joins us live. with what to expect. jim? >> two roles tonight. to accept hillary clinton and reject donald trump. >> i believe we are out of towime to mount a winning
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campaign for a nomination. >> the president and vice president will speak tonight and you will also hear the vp select tim kaine. >> then again, another man selected as a vp nominee...
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his name joe biden. >> we have information coming in about the president's speech. his goal is to convince the american people to get behind hillary clinton. >> his speech will not be as personal as president's bill clinton last night.
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>> trump stangled optimisim of ronald regan. malice towards different views. that is disqualification in any position in the land. including the highest position in the land.
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>> you get more tied to the message as any convention. >> justine:jim, what do we expect from kaine's speech? >> he is fluid in speaking spanish and a missionary in hon duras >> look for those two areas tonight. >> grant:we will check back in with you later, jim.
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thank you. >> grant:an advisor to hillary clinton is calling it the first time a presidential candidate has called on another country to "commit espionage." >> justine:tonight people are talking controversial comments made by heenan is here to explain. >> catherine:if donald trump is trying to from the democratic convention. it seems to be working. >> catherine:the republican presidential to help find hillarymissing e-mails. >> catherine:trump sent out a tweet.saying that if russia or another country has any of what he calls her "illegally deleted" e-mails - theyb-i. >> catherine:he's referring to the fact russia is accused of meddling in the u.s. presidential election. while in florida today.trump spelled out the suggestion again. .. >>they probably have her 33,000 emails and erased.
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they will find some beauties there. >> catherine:tonight trump is denying that his comments were actually intended to encourage espionage. conference if he really thinks russia should hack clinton's e-mail. >> catherine:he said "let the president talk to them." grant? >> grant:our other big story tonight.a san francisco police making and possessing a banned assault rifle and banned parts. >> justine: we will update you the latest on maddy middleton's murder.
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>> grant:investigators are searching for clues tonight along where a body was discovered earlier today.
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>> justine: paulis was first notified of flooding on round midnight. --police were first notified of plugging all round midnight pipet rested. --pipe had
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rusted >> justine: there is still no cost estimate. >> grant: a highly toxic algae has been spotted in the morning of. pads are now being--test are now being performed to see how dangerous it hit four people. >> reporter: do not touch that water and could be hazardous for your help. that is from the officials here at contra costa county health services. >> we know that there is
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elegy presence so we will go ahead and put out this morning. --we know that there is algae >> reporter: the county started testing the water a few days ago after concerned residents started to fire the alarm. >> could even smell it. and i see people swimming all around here and i say i would not do it. >> reporter: dr. underwood says that is probably a good idea. >> detoxes of that are produced can be very serious and the cat out that your neurological system your gastrointestinal system and they can cause rashes, so if you happen to get the
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water on you make sure you wash it off. >> reporter: she says if you in just the water, get to a hospital. if you're past the job and and rinse them off right away. health services officials say they will know. come in, which is an expected. by the end of the week. and discovery bay hot seat madyun, kron4 and is. --haazig madyun kron 4 news. >> brittany: it is a little hazy. with the fire still burning. moving into our region. as with the directions. the three and things i was concerned about is the spare the alert. we have a power warning and a heat concern reported >> brittany: if you can't take transit, wahl 4 reduce
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your driving and wonder and awe as this weekend when the air quality will be better. --and run an errand. this weekend when the quality will be better. >> brittany: you can, try to conserve energy during the peak hours. and let a lot of louis. tried to exercise in the morning. --tried to drink a lot of water and exercise in the morning. >> brittany: we have an enormous temperature difference. we have an onshore flow as we head into tomorrow with another round of triple digits. i will check what is in store and another 15 minutes.
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>> grant:kron 4's dan kerman is there and has more on the investigation dan >> reporter:a grim discovery during the lunch hour wednesday afternoon. a driver heading down willow pass road noticed a body in a ditch on the east side of the road. >> >>they got out to check on the appeared he was deceased. >> reporter:after a call to 9-1-1, a full complement of police officers arrived on the scene and determined the white man in his late 20's was indeed dead. >>we have investigators from case unit on scene to find out what transpired and how he ended up here on the roadway.
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>> reporter:authorities say at this point the cause of death is unknown >>could be a hit and run or could be something else, a suspicious death where he was just found lying there. we are still looking into both possibilities. >> reporter:as the investigation got shutdown this heavily travelled stretch of willow pass road between lynwood drive and kinne boulevard, causing a backup and forcing >> reporter: again at this when we will not know if district will open up?-- again we will not know if or when this stretch of the road will open up. >> grant: you do not want to fall victim of these links called and especially if you work in a certain industry.
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>> justine: cruz 8-year old's body was discovered in a garbage bin outside her apartment home. >> justine:a teenager - and family friend- aj gonzalez has been charged with her murder. tonight, kron four's terisa estacio. brings us up to >>maddy's dad called his daughter a sweet angel - an active and social 8 year old who was set to enter fourth >>- but that never happened - watching her murder trial unfold a year after her gruesome death. >>sot/tc: 15 marc klaas/klaas kids foundation i think what is most alarming, one of thethe perpetrator, in this case, did all of these horriblwe things to her, bond her gagged, her raped her and he was only 15 at the time. >> reporter:marc klaas knows all too well, what it is like to lose a child. this is a painting of his daughter, >> reporter:living room - polly was richard allen davis, who now sits on death row. klass nowfoundation in polly's name to help find missing children.
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>> reporter:mady disappeared on july 25, 2015 - and there was a massive search for the brown haired always smiling girl. images of her last seen riding her razor were widely broadcast. sadly, her body was discovered a day later in a dumpster - and this teen, 15 year old aj gonzalez is now charged with her murder. gonzalez is now 16 years old and being tried as an adult with the possibility of facing a life sentence. >> should he? look this is an as an adult, he should have known right from wrong, he lured her >> he knew exactly what he was doing. he lured her into his apartment with a promise of ice cream. bank of what he can graduate student. --
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been of what he can graduate to? >> reporter:klaas adds, despite the parents to take from this >> they should always tell an adult where they are going - trusted adults. - someone they can turn to to extricate them from something, and if they are young, like maddie, give >> reporter:gonzalez remains locked up trial is set to take place
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(male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> has a mother, as a mother this is an agonizing period the decision not to proceed on these trials on the remaining trounces agonizing. >> justine: baltimore city attorney we elected we halt all prosecutions against police officers and the death of a pretty great.
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>> grant: the stunning announcement comes more than one year after great died of injuries he suffered in the back of a police van. his death brought what more is worst riots in that case and promises of justice for his family. catherine heenan is here to tell us what happened today. >> catherine: prosecutor maryland mosby, was criticized when she bypass a grand jury and filed charges against the opposite last year. the day she vented her frustration at what she said, did to judicial sabotage by a baltimore police. >> there was a reluctance and an obvious bias, that was consistently and the
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blood by not by the entire police department, but by the individuals within the baltimore police department at every state of the investigation. >> catherine: freddie great unrest was reported in video his bail injuries were not. --freddie gray >> catherine: after being picked up for allegedly wielding a knife he was put in the back of a police van in handcuffs but was without a seatbelt. they drove him all around for 25 minutes, while he bounced, suspending a fatal injury to his neck. by the time he all right at the police station, he was in cardiac or less. after several days of violent protests prosecutor announced... >> we had a probable cause to file charges. >> catherine: of the six
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officers indicted there were three tried and acquitted. today she dropped charges against the remaining three. >> without real substance when foreman to current criminal justice system we could try this case 100 t in cases just like it, and we will still end up with the same result. >> catherine: gray's step father to interpret we stand behind her and prosecuting team and my family is proud to have them represent us. baltimore police union, happy with the outcome depended >> justice has been done. >> catherine: the six officers still face an internal of their review to determine if they should be disciplined or fired. it is
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being conducted by two outside police agencies. in the meantime, all six are on administrative leave with full pay. >> reporter:the man who tried to assassinate ronald reagan washington mental hospital next month. john hinckley jr. is now 61 -- and doctors claim he's no that drove him to shoot reagan in 1981. >> reporter:he'll be moving to his 90- virginia. hinckley will have to attend therapy sessions and will be restrictions on how far he can travel.
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>> reporter:among the people upset by the judge's ruling today -- reagan's daughter pattishe says her heart is 'sickened' by the decision, adding that she'll be forever haunted by the day her father almost died. >> reporter:three of the four men accused in the death of a player. pleaded guiltyin a plea deal, nashaun manslaughter in the death of a's player michael nolan. hunter pulled the trigger intwo others pleaded guilt to assault. october, and a fourth suspect appears in court next week. >> reporter:the shooting was retribution for an attack on the shooter's friend back innolan was shot outside of a burger king in new york. his family is still struggling with the loss. >>"he's always going to be gone, so, but i guess that move on with the next chapter in our lives and that's to try and figure out knowing that they won't be able to destroy another comfort." >> reporter:the oakland a's had signed nolan in the 20- 14 draft. but he returned home to yonkers, new york after he was injured. return to index >> justine:the city of orlando wants to turn the site of the pulse nightclub into a permanent memorial. that is where a gunmen opened fire and killed 49 people back in june.
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pulse recently created a non-profit charity called "the one-pulse foundation." it is working to fund and aid in the construction of a permanent memorial. >> justine:their goal is for it to be on the pulse site. since the shooting, hundreds of people have paid their respects to those killed. colors of the rainbow, flowers and candles still line the gate out front. >> grant:remember when all those people were dumping ice cold water on their heads? well... it paid off. return >> grant:the whole point of the ice-bucket challenge was tos.sometimes referred to asnow the a-l-s association.says money raised from the challenge... >> grant:has helped discover the gene they say is the most common cause of the disease. the challenge helped raise for the association. it says understanding the gene's role in a-l-s will help develop targeted treatment therapy.
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>> brittany: 80 degrees on friday and met 70 for the weekend. --mid 70's i will track your 7 day forecast coming up and and another 15 minutes. >> grant:still ahead. prank callers targeting restaurants in sacramento county. and costing them damage. >> justine:plus. one a's fan gets the playing catch with a major league player. the best part. he doesn't even know it. >> grant:stocks are closing mostly consumer goods companies outweighs gains in the technology sector. the dow fell just over a point. the nasdaq gained nearly 30 points. and the s&p lost more than two points. return to index
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>> grant:several restaurants in sacramento county. have fallen victim to a messy and >> justine:callers are tricking workers into testing their fire suppression system. from our partner's at c-n-n. mike luery has more. return
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>> reporter:the fire department wants restaurants to know.that alarm companies will not call you to activate your fire suppression system.or your alarm system. investigators are still working to identify the frank callers. prank callers. return to >> reporter: this nearby wendy's restaurant was also applied and pinero was also targeted the did not take the bait. -- panera's >> the staff and of participating in the colors direction. --the staff participated in the color
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direction. --callers >> grant:powerball fever is heating up. more than 400- million dollars are up for grabs. after the break. we'll tell you about some lucky stores in the bay area. >> brittany: we are still tracking triple digit heat for part about. tomorrow. we are applied to show you when the relief will be on the way.
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>> justine: if you want to go but a ticket and i know that you are speaking about it now. the power what is at its highest. -- the powerball is at it's highest. >> i bought ten tickets. (laughter) >> my granddaughter was born seven, 77. and i did have a seven on my ticket.
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>> reporter: employees here said customers are waiting for the pot to get even bigger. >> may be over 500 to 600 million i should say. >> it takes a lot to get to the lines now. >> justine:the laptop comes in two different sizes---13 by three inches and 12- point-five inches. and costs between 525 to 750 dollars. >> justine:some say the new computer looks the same as the macbook air. it's even named the "mi notebook air." >> justine:critics say the company gets its ideas from apple. this new product might fuel that criticism once again. the company's executives
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have been working to get rid of that reputation. >> grant: love this story. >> grant:a llama with a prosthetic leg is bringing comfort to fellow amputees in sacramento, california today. her name is bella the llama.she broke her leg in a gopher hole about four years ago. bella's new owners decided to look for help and soon found someone to make her a prosthetic leg. >> grant:now she goes all around california.sharing her story with fellow amputees. and she also helps little children as well. return to >>"we've had some little kids who are afraid of prosthetics that all said now they think, wow, they're cool. and they're no longer afraid when they see dad or uncles or anybody with prosthetic legs, especially the military." >> grant:bella's owners say she is well known.
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and animal handlers from all over the world have asked about prosthetic limbs for their pets. >> justine: that 's pretty cute. >> justine:imagine playing baseball with a complete stranger. a major-league ball player. >> grant:that's exactly what happened to one little oakland a's walking his dog. that was wearing an a's bandana. the little boy then asked the pair to play imganiary ball with him. turns out this youngster was playing with. a's relief pitcher sean doolittle. >> grant:looks like the kid even hit a homerun off of doolittle. eireann dolan with c-s-n bay area posted the video to twitter. the pair even snapped a selfie together. >> grant:dolan tweeted after the encounter. quote "when i finally showed him a pic on my phone of sean in uniform, he took my phone and asked if i had games on it."
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>> grant: we have a serious alert for tomorrow. >> brittany: we do. we have a fear of the old--we do. we
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have a spare the air alert scuttled for tomorrow. >> brittany: you will notice that our temperatures will continue to drop-and but it will not happen until we get to the weekend. that is when you will notice the cooler temperatures moving interest here is a closer look at what we can accept for the rest of tonight. >> brittany: at what we can expect for the rest of tonight >> brittany: 79 in hayward, and san mateo. >> brittany: it all depends on where you are located. >> brittany: 113 in-laws of vegas and phoenix 112. --130
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degrees and a lot of vegas. >> brittany: tomorrow it will still be hot. friday, a little cooler. >> brittany: we will see a stronger onshore flow to us. >> brittany: triple digits and livermore creek and 84 degrees in hayward, 71 degrees and half moon bay and 68 in seven francisco b'rith --in san francisco. >> brittany: in inland temperatures will drop as we get into the weekend. closer to ever to next week. from the high seventies to the mid-70s. for next week. and the coast, right at 70 degrees for the next seven
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days or so. >> grant: during the democratic national convention.
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>> i am really overwhelmed with joy and pride for our country right now. (cheers & applause) >> reporter: the moment he became real after taking the stage hand and hand. >> all have worth. and we are all part of this country...we all have wor
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th. >> reporter: with the caption " history made and so proud and excited. >> reporter: have more on this story tonight. grant, that to you. >> thank you for joining us tonight. >> pam: will bring you coverage from the convention at 6:00.
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(male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> pam:now on kron 4 news at six: in a little over an hour, president obama is set to speak at the democratic national convention. in what is shaping as a big night in philadelphia. >> pam:good evening i'm pam moore. >> steve:and i'm steve aveson. the democrats are rolling out their big hitters. vice president joe biden is also suppose to address the convention. kron 4's national correspondent jim osman is inside the arena in philadelphia. >> steve:what can we expect to hear from the president and vice president tonight? >> reporter: we have not received the full speech but he will lay out an argument for the request sent as a
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public official. she has been knocked down and got back up. that she has been in a room where decisions have been made and she is ready and prepared to sit behind the oval best said the desk in the oval office. --she is prepared to sit behind the desk of the oval office. (cheers & applause) >> reporter: >> steve:jim. a number of california leaders spoke to the convention today. including some strong words for donald trump? >> your governor is not afraid to mix things up. so serving up rick mead. -- red
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meat >> appeared to will the crowd with some things about donald trump. -- woo the crowd >> i say donald trump is a fraud. (cheers & applause) >> i say donald trump live. --lies >> the governor and brown are good people to pick. because they do not have much to worry about in regards to the democratic california. which is a blue state. >> pam:jim. there was also a very emotional moment at the covention this evening. it was the mother whose son was killed. jim. what was her message.
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>> i think it was the most heartbreaking moment of this convention to listen to them mother. if you watch the coverage. she was one of the mothers who were there on the scene almost immediately. >> as the news developed you saw her. this happened a number of weeks ago. but she felt compelled to be here tonight because her son was at a quarter of hillary clinton. >> the weapon that murdered my son fires starting rounds in one minute. an official when it out the terrible math. one minute to shot dead set to run so many
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lives. >> where was the common since the day he died. (cheers & applause) >> the crowd was trying to hushed everyone. it had become a wednesday in the hall. it was a very captivating moment. they wanted to quiet everyone so they can hear. what happened in orlando hit home. >> pam: thank you, with that live report from the convention. >> steve:we caught up to
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california lieutenant governor gavin this afternoon. we asked him about the push california this november. >> i want to make sure we deal with the edible concerns and public safety there have been a lot of provisions at it is time to change the page. >> steve:newsom helped write the appear on the ballot. right now marijuana is legal in only a handful of states. >> steve:republican presidential nominee donald trump. todayto find hillary clinton's missing e-mails. >> pam: it was a startling question that he put out. catherine heenan is here with details on the eyebrow - raising comments. >> catherine:more than a few people are suggesting that donald trump is actually doing a very good job of grabbing headlines during the democratic convention. and that he's probably not at all sorry for what he
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said.. trump was referring to the theory that russia is suspected in the hacking of internal communications at the democratic national committee. >> catherine:he sent out a tweet today -- saying that if russia has any of what he calls hillary clinton's >> catherine:"illegally deleted" e-mails -- they should share them with the f-b-i. later while in florida -- he brought it up again. >> catherine:california's leon panetta is not the only one scolding trump over the remarks. but some political analysts say the democrats might have made a smarter move by ignoring the comments.instead of taking the bait. the trump campaign 'is' backing off a bit. >> russia if you are listening i hope that you find the 33,000 deleted e- mail's and i think that you what be admired by our presbyterate--press. >> i just think that this is beyond the pale. >> catherine:tonight a spokesman says trump did not
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actually mean that he's encouraging espionage. >> catherine:pam and steve? >> pam: thank you, catherine. >> pam:the wildfire raging in monterey county. has turned deadly. afternoon from our helicopter partners at a-b- c plume of smoke. one person was killed while using a bulldozer to help fight those flames. >> reporter: this is why-- this is why palo colorado canyon road and a dozen other roads here along the big sur road
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remain closed. this is where the fire started last friday. it's also not far from where the soberanes fire took a life last night. a dozer operator who paid the ultimate price. >> reporter: >> else that are out there operating in the rocky conditions, it is a dangerous job overall. >> reporter:there are some 3,000 firefighters on the job but not enough to deal with the many, many, smaller fires like these i saw climbing up the canyon. >> reporter:dan patrick is not leaving but evacuation orders include parts of robinson canyon in carmel valley. the focus here is on structure protection >> i have no where to go. i want to ride along these guys, i will be proud to do it. >> reporter:
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>> now this is a risk aversive game. it put firefighters at risk. -- the risk vs. gain. >> reporter:this view, from kron 4's helicopter partnership with abc 7 puts the scope of the fire into perspective.layer pushing in from the sea, the air attack was expected to be in play this afternoon but full containment is not expected until at least august 5th. in big sur rob fladeboe kron 4 news . >> steve:the sand fire burning near los angeles is now 40 percent contained. a little over 38-thousand acres have been burned. about 3-thousand put out the flames. >> steve:some residents have been allowed to return to their18 homes have been destroyed and one person has died. some areas are still in danger. >> steve:yesterday.the acting governor of california issued a state of emergency for the fire.
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>> steve:the heat has led to what's called a statewide flex alert. in simple terms. it is a power warning. >> steve:this means you should try to during peak hours to ease the strain on the power grid. the warning is in effect tonight and tomorrow. >> steve:state officials want people to conserve electricity between 2 p-m and 9 p-m. >> steve: it is at this point voluntarily. >> pam: brittney? >> brittany: we will start off with the spear of the air alert going into somalia with an unhealthy ozone layer. -going-into tomorrow
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with an unhealthy funds own lawyer. >> brittany: those who suffer from respiratory and heart conditions, if you follow into that category you really want to be careful. reduce your energy use and driving. maybe run your and france over the weekend we do not have this alert. --run your errands over the weekend >> brittany: 84 degrees and mountain view, the '90s and san jose, 68th and san francisco and 88 and petaluma, 89 in santa rosa and i will track the rest of your forecast coming up and another 50 minutes. --15min
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>> steve:thank you, brittney! >> steve:an alert motorist driving down willow pass road in concord made a grim discovery during the noon hour a body along side the road. >> pam:it was found near lynwood from highway 4. kron 4's dan kerman is in concord with what he's learned tonight about the investigation. >> reporter: investigators with major crimes are on the scene trying to determine how the person died. >> are still trying to look in to see if this is a hit and run situation or something house.
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>> there are no gunshot wounds or anything of that nature. >> reporter: just shy of highway 4 is causing a big back up and the streets and neighborhoods of concord. >> reporter: trying to determine how this person got here and how he died? >> pam:an update on a story we told you about last night. on kron 4 news at six: >> pam: allegations of abuse. find out what next for the student. >> steve: the water looks nasty and green and the east bay. a potential hazard for your family. >> pam: coming up! a river rescue and the central valley.
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>> steve:the special needs school where this chaotic video was shot that shows an aide abusing a 9 year old student. is now closed upso where does leave the disabled students who had been attending tobinworld? >> pam:kron 4's maureen kelly has been investigating tobinworld for months. tonight she has an update about where the displaced students are going from here. maureen?
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>> reporter:according to tobinworld's website, 125 students had been enrolled in the special needs school that shut down >> reporter: sudden closure came after some districts had already pulled their kids out, the upheaval has some parents and guardians disabled students will go from here. >>they need to be placed, they need someplace to go >> reporter:daycare owner yolanda holmes had a child in her care attending tobinworld 2. that's the campus where this shocking video was filmed.that sparked investigations by kron4 news.which uncovered more claims of abuse. and an investigation by the attorney general's office. >> reporter:that department of justice probe was the trigger for the antioch unified school district to yank more than 40 students out of the embattled institution. oakland.the home district to the boy in the video also pulled their 8 remaining students out. our investigation found kids had been bussed in from districts all over the east bay.some even as far as >> reporter: mountain house and tracy. >> reporter:you can see the
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pittsburg unified bus picking up kids from tobinworld for the final time tuesday. the pittsburg district superintendent says they were already considering looking into alternative placements for their 11 students when they got the notice that tobinworld was closing. >>i hope and pray to god that something be changed about this so kids will have some place to go when school starts back. >> reporter:yolanda also as a grandson that used to attend one of ,located on antioch public school sites.that tobinworld closed down last month. the antioch superintendent says they are working with the state department of education to get another special education school. campuses. until they get those open some of those antioch 112 students are going to summer school at sierra's vacaville campus. >> reporter:some of their other students are going to class at the spectrum center in pittsburg. that same provider has also just opened a new satelitte in antioch.the majority of antioch students who had gone to tobinworld 2 have been offered spots at that new campus >>they are doing the best as they can to find placement for him right now >> reporter:meanwhile the antioch school district says they expect to save 300-400 thousand a year since they are providing the space for the new schools.taking over for tobinworld return to index >> reporter:now. there's an
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update on the criminal charges that stemmed from the abuse video that sparked this chain ofaccording to the contra costa district attorney's office, the aide you see slapping and roughing up the boy in the video has pleaded no contest to one count of battery. >> reporter:kameljot kaur has been sentenced to three years probation. a second aide. chad corbin. pleaded no contest for failing to report the abuse. >> reporter:he got two years probation. >> reporter:they both have to undergo anger management as part of their probation. >> steve: thank you, maure en. >> steve:late this afternoon we learned p-g-and-e's criminal trial has gone to the jury. the utility faces numerous charges and a conviction could carry a fine of 562- million dollars. one of the charges is obstructing the federal
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investigation into 2010 san bruno blast that killed eight people and destroyed dozens of homes. it also is accused of violating laws requiring pipeline operators to inspect and test high-risk lines as well as maintaining accurate records. >> pam:a highly toxic algae has been spotted in the marina. health department officials tell kron4's haaziq madyun.tests are being performed right now to find out the toxicity level and how dangerous it is for people >> reporter:blue green algae is toxic, harmful to humans and in discovery bay >>"we just don't know how much of the toxin is in the water" >> reporter:that is why test samples have been taken by contra department and sent to state labs for further testing says dr. marilyn underwood >>"they will then give us on that we will be able to tell you how concerned we are" >> reporter:according to the california department the blue green algae naturally occurs in surface water during warmer months >>"heat, stagnant water, and a nutrient source, all that
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combines for a perfect to grow" >> reporter:the health services department is issuing a residents to stay away from from the testing are in >>"if it's toxic i don't want it on me, i don't want it on my kids, i don't want it on my animals" >>"if you happen to get the water on you, make sure you important if you let your dog get wet to rinse them off with clean water" >> reporter:officials here say so far there has been no reports of people or pets coming in contact with the blue green algae.in discovery bay haaziq madyun kron4news >> pam:we have seen plenty of health problems from blue green algae before. the russian river had it last summer. two dogs died from swimming in the toxic water. >> pam:this year scientists are closely monitoring conditions. to avoid a repeat of last year. >> pam: the fresno county
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sheriff's office use a helicopter to airlift of the young girl from the fast current. they were successfully able to pull her from the water. how bay that says how she ended up and the water is still being investigated at this time. >> brittany: the temperatures will stay that way. but we do have whatever occurs on the way so please do not worry. --but we do have cooler temperatures on the way. so, please do not worry. >> brittany: 5 the weekend cooler and with temperatures are expected for us. -- by the weekend >> brittany: current temperatures at 99 for reno.
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112 degrees for phoenix and 1134 loss' vegas. --113 las vegas >> brittany: hot ellen temperatures will have been and tilt the system changes. >> brittany: we are waiting for cooler air. 104 degrees of four livermore, 82 degrees and napa, 88 in novado... parts of our area is experiencing triple digits so please remember to drink plenty of fluids. go
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outside during the off-peak hours like early in the morning. do not leave your children and pets in the carter at the temperatures is too hot. >> brittany: >> pam: >> brittany: wii was the alumni degrees for inland locations for next week. for the bay area we will draw closer to the mid 70. and we will stay close to 80 degrees by friday. temperatures will drop into the high 60s as he pushed into the weekend. >> steve:thank you, b rittney. >> pam: find out how people are remembering the death of a your old maggie milton. --
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>> pam:the federal reserve has decided 'not' to bump up interest rates over the summer. there were indications a rate change could come this month. following several good reports on the u-s economy. >> pam:however, that changed when hiring slowed. and then uncertainly followed great britain's vote to leave the european union. the fed expressed optimism today about the economy. >> pam:experts believe an interest rate hike remains likely. before the end of the year. this is video from our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news. >> steve:tesla is moving forward on its plans to buils a new factory in nevada. check out the two-million- square -foot facility. it will manufacture batteries for the model three sedan. >> steve:in a news conference today... tesla c- e-o elon musk says the factory itself innovation. he says that makes it even more important than the products it's creating. >> steve:the factory will eventually employ ten- thousand people. tesla plans to start producing mass-markey litium-ion battery cells later this year.
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>> pam:take a look at what happened to a north bay fire station.how the firefighters inside responded when they heard someone breaking in. >> steve:and he is getting out. why the man who attempted to kill president reagan is being released from prison.
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>> reporter: 23,000 a. and still going. burning from the carmel islands. still just 10 percent contained. and it has turned deadly now it with a bill manager earth was killed during the night. . --building manager. >> reporter: in big sur, rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >> reporter: cloth a driver of a big lake to lose control of his truck. -- big rig >> reporter: 89 know if he had a heart attack for fell asleep at the wheel. it was a very tragic accident retain a trucker and have.
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--ripping a tractor and have. >> reporter: investigators look into the discovery of a dead body on the east side of willow grove. investigators have been on the scene for much of the day tried to determine if the person died as a result of a hit-and-run or suspicious circumstance. he is a white male in his late 20s. the identity has not been revealed. >> reporter:maddy's body was found one day after she was found not-says after she
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was mark missing. always know where your children are sent to the incautious of the age of the percent defective child is playing with. gonzalez is set for trial. >> reporter: parents and guardians are concerned as to where the students will go. now that tobinsworld is closed. some students are going to the sec from center and his bird. -- in the spectrum center and his bird. -- pitsburg >> reporter: and sap, locals were all morning to repair a
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water main break. --and said apollo and san pablo. crewelwork all day long to repair a water main break of eight pipe backed up water on roads. >> this can be horrible so we went ahead to put out this warning. the toxins can affect your body. there had >> reporter: been no reports of people for their pets
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coming in contact with this blue-green algae. >> reporter: and sell unsold people are buying their power bought tickets. -- powerball >> reporter: many are coming to cavanaugh the cut is known to be one of the lucky bay area stores. >> reporter: to get stills and tonight at 7:00. -- ticket sales and >> steve:a petaluma man is under arrest for breaking into and vandalizing a fire station. this is the aftermath. you all over the place. the suspect threw something through the front door to get in. >> steve:he then made his way inside and started throwing chairs. firefighters came out and
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detained him until police arrived. he now faces felony vandalism charges as well as possession of drug paraphilia. >> pam:robbers are targeting people in the downtown walnut creek area. the first incident happened last wednesday, when two suspects tried to grab an elderly woman's purse on commerical lane. she was able to hold them off. the suspects then struck again on friday. this time grabbing two purses from the patio area of a restaurant. >> pam:this was on mt. diablo boulevard near main street. the suspects each time ran to a vehicle that was waiting for them. it is described as dark gray jeep patriot, similar to the one you see here. return to >> pam:the man who tried to kill ronald reagan back in 1981. will be leaving a government >> steve:mental hospital next month. catherine heenan is here with details on a judge's ruling today. return to
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>> catherine:this isn't a particularly unexpected move. 61-year-old john hinckley jr. has had 80 unsupervised visits with his family in virginia since 2006. >> catherine:but a lot of people aren't happy about the decision. reagan's would-be assassin mental hospital for 35 years. today a federal judge said he's no longer a danger to himself or others. >> catherine:hinckley must live with his elderly mother for at least a year.and carry a cellphone that tracks his movements. he'll continue getting therapy - and must work or volunteer at least three days a week. >> catherine:reagan's daughter - patti davis - says her heart is 'sickened' by the decision. and the reagan presidential foundation argues that hinckley is still a threat. >> catherine:hinckley attempted suicide in 1983 - but his doctors say he's been mostly free of mental illness for more than 20 years. >> catherine:pam and steve? >> pam: thanks, catherine. >> pam: i know a lot of
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people like the heat but i am happy to see the f o g. >> brittany: (laughter) >> brittany: as pam mentioned, the f o g is that. -- back >> brittany: by the time you head out for lunch tomorrow we will push into the '90s. by 3:00 p.m., to purchase will return for the close to the triple digit mark so it will continue to see the hot temperatures for antioch with a 102 degrees. 98 and concord, and 88 in novado. >> brittany: we will see a lot of sunshine. for the
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inland locations. 94 on saturday. a great cool down and perfect timing. for the weekend. we will stay along 78 degrees for the coast. >> pam:thank you, brittney!
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>> steve:france honored ten american veterans in san diego. >> pam:but it has been a long time coming. all the men served in world war two. the french consulate recognized the southern california veterans. with france's highest honor. called the 'knight in the national order of the legion of honor'. >> pam:the legion was started by napolean in 1803 return to >> pam: gary have all the
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sports coming up!
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(male announcer): it's now time for gary radnich with sports!. >> gary: good evening! >> gary:giants trying to avoid their 9th loss in 11 games. hosting the reds happy little girl with a couple of baseballs >> gary:madison bumgarner was rolling along he gets joey votp swinging t end the 1sr ining bottom 3rd/ scoereless >> gary:connor gillespie solo home run off former oakland-a dan straily but it would be his only mistake of the game 1-0 giants top 5th/ 1-0 giants (cheers & applause) >> gary:eugenio suarez fly to left goes off angel pagen's glove for an error allowing brondon phillips to advance to 3rd base he would score on a sac fly 1-1 tie top 7th/ 1-1 tie >> gary:jay bruce takes bumgarner out to the pavilion in right field his 5th straight game with a home run 2-1 reds bottom 7th/ 2-1 reds >> gary:strailymatched
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bumgarner brandon belt looking final: 2-1 reds >> gary:giants have lost 9 of last 11 games. >> gary:meanwhile, the l-a dodgers hosting the tampa rays. to wrap up a two-game series before starting a three-game series versus the arizona diamondbacks on friday. >> gary:top 4th >> gary:evan longoria hits a 2-run homer to left field. rays took the lead 3-1 bottom 7th >> gary:dodgers trying to rally late in the game. logan morrison on a dodgers foul ball makes the stands to end the seventh.
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final: 3-1 rays >> gary:record 57-45 >> gary:hall of fame n-f-l coach john madden will present ken stabler into the pro pre-recorded video. >> gary:madden is recovering from a will not be able to attend the n-f-l hall of fame ceremony in canton,ohio next month. >> gary:former raiders receiver fred biletnikoff and stabler's two grandsons will be in attendence to unveil stabler's bust. stabler died from colon cancer in july of last year at the age of 69 >> gary:the "snake" led the raiders to their first super bowl victory in the 1976 season madden was his head coach in oakland for nearly a decade.
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>> gary: grant, growing up did you ever hear stories of a snake? >> brittany: >> grant: i knew that he was a clutch. >> gary: sets right. >> gary:--that's right. >> gary:there are some new developments out of the forty niners camp. colin kaepernick has been cleared by his personal physician. kaepernick who has battled injuries recently and underwent three surgies. kap along with the rest of the niners will report to training camp in santa clara on saturday. kaepernick will compete with the resurgent blaine gabbert for the quarterback position.
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>> gary: meanwhile...the los angeles rams announced that they have released nick foles foles had requested his release and will be an unrestricted free agent he has the opportunity to sign with the team of his choice >> gary:foles skipped the rams' offseason workouts after the team drafted cal product jared goff no. 1 overall head coach jeff fisher said he feels releasing foles was the best decision for all parties involved. >> gary: 59 character are more people like him van roy macro? >> grant: some things never change.
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>> gary: remember him with a cigarette in his mouth and swinging away. >> gary:nfl hall of famer warren sapp had a dangerous encounter with a shark today. while on a lobstering trip the florida keys sapp was biten by a shark bit the 7- time pro bowler in the arm leaving a large gash. sapp took to twitter to share his incident and a photograph of his injury. captain sapp and his crew stayed out on the water in spite of the attck- attack. >> gary: he was not injured enough not to tweet! >> gary:a moment that cal football fans will always
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remember is now a bobblehead after a 2006 victory against the university of washington. recently retired nfl running back marshawn lynch took control of the medcart and began driving it around the field >> gary:the moment was captured on video and now has its own comemorative bobblehead when the cal golden bears host the washington huskies on nov. 5, the first 10,000 fans will get the special "ghost ride the whip" bobblehead and a chance to relive the moment. sot + cg >> gary: when i come back here at 84 they are going to say that guy was for the good. >> gary: welcome that it is good to see you and i did
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not know if you were coming back this time. >> pam:thank you! >> gary: finally say if families i am leaving. --
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>> pam:iconic rock band led
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zeppelin continues to fight of their well known songs. >> steve:lawyers have appealed a jury decision that would have accusations of stealing the intro for "stairway to heaven".from another band! >> steve:an attorney for the late randy wolfe better known as randy california filed a week in a los angeles federal court. accusations of the band stealing the intro from randy wolfe's band spirit back in 19-68 is still ongoing. >> brittany: hawks again tomorrow so please dehydrated.
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"the insider," tracking the biggest stories making news today. number one -- the stars sing together for hillary's fight song. ♪ this is my fight song >> rachel platten tells us how her song became an anthem for female empowerment. then kerry and the scandal crew go back to work for the last time. >> this is also going to be the final -- >> no! who said that? >> inside the live tv slip-up that left "gladiators" shocked. and number three, ellen pompeo gets candid about aging in hollywood. >> from here on it's a steady decline into old age and cultural incision. >> why she's stuck in meredith gray's scrubs.
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