tv KRON 4 News Weekend KRON March 25, 2017 7:00am-10:01am PDT
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good morning. welcome to kron 4 news weekend. taking a live look from our embarcadero camera...partly cloudy but dry conditions for the bay area this morning. thanks for joining us. i'm marty gonzalez. here is dave spahr with today's (dave spahr)a few early morning showers can be expected today, otherwise mostly dry through early sunday. rain chances will return by sunday afternoon and continue through sunday night with a few showers lingering into early monday. otherwise, dry and mild
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weather is expected from monday through the remainder of next week. ( marty @ landing ) breaking overnight... the chp has reopened all lanes this morning after a body was found on interstate 280 in san francisco. the body was first reported at about 11 last night just south of the alemany boulevard onramp. no other information is available at this time. all northbound lanes of the highway were blocked for about two hours as crews worked the scene. we'll bring you more information as it enters our newsroom. ( marty @ landing ) breaking news.. at least two people are dead this
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morning following separate crashes on interstate 680.. the first happened just after 3:00 in the morning, northbound on the stoneridge drive on ramp in pleasnaton. the second happened northbound i-680 in pleasant hill around 4:30 this morning . this was on the momument boulevard off-ramp. c-h-p says a car struck a pedestrain. we'll continue to follow these stories throughout the morning. ( marty @ landing ) happening today... it's the fourth quarter drive to keep the raiders in oakland... fans of the silver and black and the city of oakland are making a big push to stop the team from moving to las vegas. they will be holding a big "keep the raiders" rally in oakland today. all this comes just days before an expected vote by the n-f-l owners on whether the team will be allowed to move. kron4's lydia pantazes has the story. "the las vegas raiders? (makes vomiting sound)."it's not something people around ricky's bar and grill ... where the walls are lined with raider memorabilia.... like to hear.... or say.in fact the
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idea of the raiders moving to vegas makes fans here a little uneasy."ughhhhh, yeah, cause, i kind of, ughhhhh, i want to think positive but word around the campfire, it's not looking good.""that's just crazy! all of a sudden they start winning and now they want to move."but just days before nfl owners are expected to vote on the raiders proposed move to vegas... the city of oakland has sent this letter to the nfl.it lays out more details of the plan to build the raiders a new stadium at the coliseum site."we are doing everything we can to send the message, we are serious, this deal is done here."this is a look at the stadium and mixed use development project... with and without the oakland a's staying."i'm upset, oakland wants us here, everyone wants us here, just let us be here."while some raider fans aren't sure how they'll feel if a move happens...the owner of ricky's bar and grill says even if the team moves to las vegas...his bar will always be home to raider fans."it's not gonna change! it's still going to be raider central.... on them... support them totally." ( marty ) kron4 has you covered may
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happen next with the raiders. the owners meeting are set to start tomorrow in phoenix. kron4's mark carpenter will be there reporting live for us on any developments. while there are multiple reports a vote could happen, we are also tracking the possibility that it could get pushed back to the next owners meeting in may. ( marty @ landing ) in national news... after several long days and nights of political arm twisting, repeal and replace of obama-care is dead for now. house speaker paul ryan announced the controversial republican health care replacement bill was shelved. g-o-p leadership along side the white house had worked trying to appease members of the conservative house freedom caucus as well as more moderate house republicans..
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speaker paul ryan said he and the president agreed to pull the bill when it became clear there was not enough republican support. ( marty ) when president trump was asked about the future of health care he indicated he would work with democrats on some kind of replacement bill. the president is turning his attention to tax reform. ( marty @ landing ) happening today... bart is opening up its new warm springs station in fremont. that station is now the closest bart station to san jose. kron 4's averi harper is live in fremont where commuters are now taking their first rides. averi? (averi) a big moment for bart and some bay area commuters... after delays, and other challenges - the brand new warm springs station
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in fremont is ready to go. there was ceremony open to the public yesterday to check out the station and its features. this 5-point- four mile stretch is the first extension to the fremont line, bringing riders closer to the south bay. despite set backs along the way, yesterday was all smiles.. especially considering the project was under budget by 100-million-dollars.
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for your health:here is a look at some of the new medical findings released this week: ( marty ) an important recall to tell you about... a certain brand of edamame is being recalled because it could make you sick. the product affected is the advanced fresh concepts edamame soybeans in pods dated between january 3rd, and march 17th of this year. it was sold at sushi counters in stores throughout california. the company says there are fears it might be contaminated with lysteria. as of last week, nobody reported getting sick from the product. stores have been notified and the packages have been pulled from shelves. warm temps today. i have a full forecast straight ahead.
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following this morning... we are learning more about four bodies found in a sacramento home. that gruesome scene leading police to the bay area where a suspect was taken into custody in san francisco. the victims were discovered after a family member here in the bay area called police to do a welfare check. ali wolf has the latest on the investigation. a heinous quadruple murder has torn apart a south land park family."total shock. "tynya (tanya) beverly says her former colleague, angel
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vasquez, her two children and another adult were killed inside their south land park home...beverly says the man police arrested, salvador vasquez-oliva is their father and husband...(tynya beverly - victim's friend/former manager) "this is a big call for love that if you had to do this you are in so much pain to have to take your family out like that" the 56 year old is behind bars at the sacramento county jail facing four counts of murder...for a crime horrific enough to disturb and disgust a neighborhood.. a police department.. and a community.. (sgt bryce heinlein - sacramento police dept)"this is a very tragic incident thats affected everybody from the community, to the family to the officers that are involved"neighbor and former sacramento city council member lauren hammond says the children were an 11 year old boy and a 13 year old girl...who she describes as quiet and reserved.(lauren hammond - neighbor& fmr. city council member)"we watched them learn how to ride a bike, skateboard, roller skate up and down the street so losing them is very hurtful" hammond says the children attended john cabrillo elementary and sam brannan middle school. police say salvador
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vasquez-oliva is their primary suspecthammond never sensed he could be capable of such a heinous and disgusting crime... (lauren hammond - neighbor& fmr. city council member)"he should have done something else. i wont say what that is but the answer is never to kill your family."the california deparmtent of employment development says vasquz oliva worked for e-d--d since october 2012 as an office technician....beverly says vasquez also worked for e-d-d..and was in the process of splitting from her husband... but recently let him move back into their south land park home.beverly says shes still in denial about the fact this dedicated mother and her children....are gone."why the kids? why the babies? i just dont understand it and i cant get my hands around it" (tag)the coroner will determine the identies of the victims how they were murdered.. and when.vasquez oliva is being held without bail at the sac couny jail... he is expected to make his first court appearance monday. hammond says last night the victims parents and grandparents came to the scene.. they came inside her home to use the restroom.. and they were still in shock, processing their enormous loss... ( marty ) and one of the victims was interviewed on sacramento t-v on another topic, just eleven- hours before being found dead. here is a part of that interview.
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think that's a fair decision? victim: i would have said that's a fair decision.> the reporter was asking the woman her opinion about a story involving marijuana being banned from a sacramento complex. ( marty ) nearly 10- thousand inmates in california will be released over the next four years... it's an attempt to reduce the state's prison population. the new regulations will reduce sentences by up to six months for inmates earning a college degree or getting drug counseling. the change comes after voters approved proposition 57 in november. the initiative lets felons seek parole more quickly and gives corrections officials broad discretion to grant early releases. california prisons have been the subject of several federal lawsuits because of overcrowding and inadequate healthcare for inmates. ( marty ) the warriors back in action against the kings. highlights ahead.
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the warriors back at oracle arena hosting the kings. kevin durant sitting courtside... he's been making strides in his recovery... before the game k-d made a some jump shots... the warriors will evaluate durant this upcoming week. off andre iguodala's three-pointer miss... steph curry cleans it up and knocks it down from
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three... golden state took the lead in the game. (curry: 27 points, 12 assists, 7 rebounds) in the second... matt barnes steals the ball from his former team and draymond green in transition throws it down to give the warriors a ten-point lead. draymond puts the game early in the third with triple. (green: season-high 23 points, 8 assists, 4 rebounds, 3 steals) final: 114-100 golden state áthey remain 2.5 games ahead of the spurs in the west(wipe to devin booker) but the story that making is making national headlines is devin booker's performance against the celtics. the young phoenix guard dropped 70 points. this is a guy that on a regular night averages 20 points per game booker is the first player to score the most points in an n-b-a game since kobe bryant's 81-point game over toronto in 2006. boston did go on to win the game 130 to 120... but hey hats off to the former wildcat. tara vandaveer and the stanford cardinal are the last team from the bay area still involved in the big dance. they were taking on
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the longhorns... a win over texas would put them in the elite eight. karlie samuelson hits a triple putting stanford up by three in the third quarter. the cardinals eventually pulled away in fourth... briana robertson doing her best steph curry impression nails one from downtown. final: 77-66 stanford they'll face the fighting irish on monday. meanwhile, aaron rodgers was in at the wisconsin-florida game supporting the badgers. this was argubly the best game so far in the men's n-c-a-a basketball tournament. wisconsin needed a three to send it to overtime... zak showwalter off one foot keep's the badgers season alive. rodgers was loving it from the stands... but that smile would turned into a frown. four seconds left in the game... gators down by a two... chris chiozza hits the game-winning three-pointer. final: 84-83 florida áthis was the first game in this tournament that went into overtime and had a buzzer- beater. the sharks were
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in dallas to face the stars. the men in teil have lost the last four. we go straight to the action... bottom line it wasn't a good night for the sharkies. adam cracknell was a nightmare for san jose. after joe thornton and joe pavelski couldn't turn the red light on... cracknell way to get his in his n-h-l career. 6-1 dallas. the sharks first place in live look outside... golden gate bridge..
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yours, outside the bay bridge toll plaza. dave spahr is here with your weather forecast. (dave spahr)a few early morning showers can be expected today, otherwise mostly dry through early sunday. rain chances will return by sunday afternoon and continue through sunday night with a few showers lingering into early monday. otherwise, dry and mild weather is expected from monday through the remainder of next week. ( marty @ landing ) another big story we are
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the spread of the bacteria. it's a story you'll only see here on kron4... (spencer blake)miramonte high in orinda was one of the participating schools at last weeks swim meet at dougherty valley high in san ramon.it was after the event that contra costa county health services confirmed one of the swimmers at that meet had the infectious disease."i've never heard of meningitis before, and then my friend told me like, you can die from meningitis. so i kind of freaked out and googled it." "it can really screw you up, and it's transmitted through like, contact."that's when health officials started notifying parents.students started hearing through the grapevine."yeah, i did hear about it during class."this student is friends with a girl who is on the swim team."she told me, 'oh i went to the doctor so i can get pills for meningitis."that's just what health officials told parents to do -- take their kids in to get antibiotics."this other person i knew said her doctor told her not to go in the pool anymore because of this."but
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to be clear, the potentially deadly bacteria isn't spread through water.however, it can spread through close contact with others, which is why water players and their parents were also notified. parents of cal high students in san ramon say their principal also sent out an email. "i think if they take the necessary precautions it should be okay."though it's still a disease the health department takes very seriously.in orinda, spencer blake, kron four news. ( marty ) another big story we are following this morning... a homicide investigation is underway in fairfield after a man was found shot dead in a car. kron four's hermala aregawi spoke to the victim's natsot mom cryingmurder in broad daylight.the mother of 24 year old vinshay bracy heartbroken.the famly mourning tonight.after the fairfield man was found shot to death in his car.sgt jeff osgoodthis afternoon around 1:42pm, our fairfield police dispatch center received a call from a passerby that was in the area of great jones and illinois
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street reporting that they believed they had seen a shooting victim inside a car at that location.police arrived on the scene..and determined that the victim had passed away.investigators spent a few hours combing through the areaand interviewing witnesses.working quickly in the rain so that evidence wouldn't be compromised.for family members.. this is too familiar. the victim's aunt lost her own son to gun violence a few years ago.sot victim's auntit bring back memories for my son because i lost my son to this gun violence. it just seems like it's just happening all over again. i just wish that the violence would stop. i wish the gun violence would stop, that they would take all guns away.... he was a wonderful young man. i've been knowing him for years. and uh him and my son were best friends in their childhood. and uh its just unbelievable. unbelievable.this having happened in broad daylight. police are hoping for more witnesses to come forward so
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they can figure out who is responsible for this crime. reporting in fairfield, hermela aregawi kron 4 news. ( marty ) police in contra costa county have arrested a man.. accused of child molestation, rape and aggravated sexual assault this is the suspect... gary burbank from discovery bay. sheriff's deputies say they uncovered evidence that he had sexual contact with at least three teenagers between the ages of 14 and 16. and investigators believe there may be other victims. burbank is being held on 14- million dollars bail. ( marty ) police are making arrests after the deadly terrorist attack in london. but it is unclear how or if those suspects are directly involved. the lone attacker who killed four people outside the british parliament was killed, but
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now police want to know if anyone helped him in the attack. scott mclean explains. "to see your city violated in such a way is truly shocking." a day after their city was attacked, londoners gathered to mourn, and pledge not to live in fear."terrorism is about trying to scare us through an act to put great fear in us. i think we need to respond with a greater act of solidarity."on wednesday, british police say 52-year-old khaled masood used his car to plow through crowds of people on the westminster bridge before ramming into the gates of parliament, and stabbing a police officer to death. masood -- was killed by police -- now, investigators want to know if he had help. mark rowley/uk acting deputy commissioner and head of counter terrorism: "we remain keen to hear from anyone who knew khalid masood well." masood is a possible convert to islam, and was born adrian russel ajao.police have seized
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personal items and a massive trove of computer data from properties in london and birmingham -- where he most recently lived in a flat above this store. "you don't know who is good or bad. today you're good, tomorrow i don't know who you are."meanwhile, on the streets of london the number of armed police officers has doubled... a re- assuring sign, as the city tries to carry on. scott mclean kron 4 news. coming up... p-g and e is apologizing for the deadly san bruno fire. watch their court ordered ad to the public.
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it's been more than 6 and a half years since the deadly pipeline explosion here in san bruno. and pge is making a very public appology but it is an apology forced upon them by the courts. city leaders here have mixed emotions.natson september 9th 2010, pg&e learned a tragic lesson we can never forget.on thursday, this public service announcement from pg&e started running on television stations around the bay area. it will also appear here on kron 4 next week.nats last summer, pg&e was found guilty on 5 federal counts of failing to property maintain and inspect its gas pipelines before the san bruno explosion. earlier this year, a federal judge fined the power provider 3 million dollars and required them to run an ad campaign publicly acknowledging the convictions. this commercial was created to satisfy that requirement. natswe are deeply sorry. we failed our customers in san bruno.soti think pg&e could have gone further but it satisfies the requirements of the court.san bruno city manager connie jackson has seen the ad. she says it sets the right tone, but she wishes pg&e had done something like
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this sooner.sotwe are still here six and half years later with this ad campaign putting pge in a public position of taking responsibility. it should have happened sooner. but even though pg&e has been convicted in federal court, fined more than a billion and a half dollars by the state, put under an ethics monitoring program and forced to run ads like this one. jackson says that what happened in san bruno will not be easily forgotten any time soon.sotto suggest that this will ever be done, forgotten or fully righted is probably more than we can hope for in the near term.pge also ran a print campaign with ads in the san francisco chronicle and wall street journal.in san bruno, charles clifford kron 4 news. ( marty ) still ahead... two n-f-l players are giving back to an east bay high school...
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tower. dave spahr is here with your weather forecast. (dave spahr)a few early morning showers can be expected today, otherwise mostly dry through early sunday. rain chances will return by sunday afternoon and continue through sunday night with a few showers lingering into early monday. otherwise, dry and mild weather is expected from monday through the remainder
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vintage clothing store in san francisco is accused of selling furs and other items made from endangered species. she now faces a possible five -year prison sentence and tens of thousands of dollars in fines. the owner took cameras inside the back room of her store, "decades of fashion" - that's where she keeps her more expensive and fragile pieces. it is the same room where undercover investigators say they found an endangered leopard skin coat last month. and then two weeks later, the haight street store was raided - more than 150 items allegedly made from endangered species were seized the owner says she's done nothing illegal.
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this store... just a list of things that were my own personal things that i've had for 40 or 50 years and the only things that i actually inherited. these things that were taken down these poor animals and made into these first back in the 40s, they were considered endanger i know that sounds a little and delicate but they were not. i think i have a consciousness to even think about that. and once again i'm gonna tell you i had no reason to jeopardize my business>( marty ) a spokesperson for the san francisco district attorney's office says the age of the endangered items does not matter if the intent is to sell the items. hansen is set to be arraigned next week. ( marty ) this morning an east bay high school's sports program is getting thousands of dollars thanks to a super bowl champion. before playing in the nfl... robert turbin was a star football player at fremont's irvington high school. kron four's will tran shows us how turbin with the help of a beloved former 49ers running back was able to give back. most of us... after graduation.. have never returned to our high school. most of us...also don't have
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our jersey hanging in the school gym either(robert turbin/indianapolis colts running back-- it's always been my dream to one day come back)robert turbin won a super bowl with the seattle seahawks and currently plays for the indianapolis colts.on friday night he ran up and down...... not on the football field... but the basketball court.the 27 year old says he owes much of his success to irvington high school... so this place is always home.... with people showing up and packing the stands like family(robert turbin/indianapolis colts running back-- i have two sisters. one has ms the other with cerebral palsy. my foundation raises money for both and raises money for people in need but as much as i am passionate about those people i am passionate about irvington and we're also raising money for this event) if you're a niners fan.. there's a good chance you'll recognize turbin's special guest and current colts teammate.frank gore says he was happy to help turbin..... help others.(frank gore/indianapolis colts running back-- we got close.
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last year we played with the colts together. i told him if you have something, you know, i'm there. you know we competed together last year on the field and off the field. you know he's a good dude) turbin asked his former high school if they could help him put on his first annual spring ball... alumni versus the varsity players basketball game.no one was surprised... not his youth football coach.. or irvington's athletic director when turbin said he wanted the money to go charity. (jerry trujillo/alumni team coach- "he really cares about this community. really giving. you know he just loves this community and he always wants to come back and do something for this school and the irvington area) (michelle stone/irvington h.s. athletic director- "he's always been very very humble. he was a normal kid, not wanting to go to class and then finding out what he wanted to do he needed to work really hard)(will tran/fremont- -the game raised 10 thousand dollars. five thousand goes to turbin's foundation to help fight ms. the other five thousand goes to irvington high school's athletic fund that helps fund 33 teams throughout the year. in fremont will tran kron 4 news) ( marty ) actor harrison ford had a
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close call last month when he accidentally landed his small plane in the wrong place at a southern california airport last month. the 74-year- old actor was supposed to land on a runway at john wayne airport in orange county, but he mistakenly landed on a taxiway. and he even caused a serious safety concern when he descended above a boeing 737 with 116- people onboard. audio recordings from the febrary 13th incident were released yesterday explaining ford's actions. ( marty ) the f-a-a says the mistake
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let's start talking about how we can really get to the route of the problem. hey, we hear you. fighting hunger doesn't stop here. i'm working with aarp foundation's drive to end hunger team to change the national conversation around hunger, bring experts together, and make programs better than ever. if you don't think "we're in this together" when you think aarp, then you don't know "aarp." learn more at aarp.org/possibilities. in entertainment news. three new movies hit theaters this weekend including two that are bringing iconic t-v series to the big screen. david daniel has the preview. "the answer to what is happening to you is here. you five are the power rangers. it's morphin' time!"small-town misfit teens are transformed into a team of super-heroes in "saban's power rangers," the latest attempt to take the long-running t-v series to the big screen. analysts predict
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the flick will debut with 30- to-40 million dollars this weekend -- easily the top new movie, but nowhere close to dethroning "beauty and the beast" at the box office."are you going to bring the martian back to earth?""no, we're gonna keep it up here -- we're gonna study it where it's safe."an organism from mars goes from science experiment to lethal threat in "life." ryan reynolds and jake gyllenhaal lead the cast of the sci-fi thriller, which is getting good reviews and is predicted to make 15-to-20 million dollars in its opening weekend."we're the california highway patrol. this job is crucial. without us out there..." (nat) "...someone could get hurt!"also riding into theaters: "chips," loosely based on the t-v series. dax shepard wrote, directed and stars in the raunchy action-comedy, which figures to debut with eight-to-12 million dollars. in hollywood, i'm david daniel. warm trend continues. i have your full weather forecast straight ahead.
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spahr with today's forecast.. (dave spahr)a few early morning showers can be expected today, otherwise mostly dry through early sunday. rain chances will return by sunday afternoon and continue through sunday night with a few showers lingering into early monday. otherwise, dry and mild weather is expected from monday through the remainder of next week. ( marty @ landing ) breaking overnight... the chp has
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reopened all lanes this morning after a body was found on interstate 280 in san francisco. the body was first reported at about 11 last night just south of the alemany boulevard onramp. no other information is available at this time. all northbound lanes of the highway were blocked for about two hours as crews worked the scene. we'll bring you more information as it enters our newsroom. ( marty @ landing ) breaking news.. at least two people are dead this morning following separate crashes on interstate 680.. the first happened just after 3:00 in the morning, northbound on the stoneridge drive on ramp in pleasnaton. the second was on northbound i-680 in pleasant hill around 4:30 this morning . this was on the momument boulevard off-ramp. c-h-p says a car struck a pedestrain. we'll continue to follow these stories throughout the morning. ( marty @ landing )
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happening today... it's the fourth quarter drive to keep the raiders in oakland... fans of the silver and black and the city of oakland are making a big push to stop the team from moving to las vegas. they will be holding a big "keep the raiders" rally in oakland today. all this comes just days before an expected vote by the n-f-l owners on whether the team will be allowed to move. kron4's lydia pantazes has the story. "the las vegas raiders? (makes vomiting sound)."it's not something people around ricky's bar and grill ... where the walls are lined with raider memorabilia.... like to hear.... or say.in fact the idea of the raiders moving to vegas makes fans here a little uneasy."ughhhhh, yeah, cause, i kind of, ughhhhh, i want to think positive but word around the campfire, it's not looking good.""that's just crazy! all of a sudden they start winning and now they want to move."but just days before nfl owners are expected to vote on the raiders proposed move to vegas... the city of oakland
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has sent this letter to the nfl.it lays out more details of the plan to build the raiders a new stadium at the coliseum site."we are doing everything we can to send the message, we are serious, this deal is done here."this is a look at the stadium and mixed use development project... with and without the oakland a's staying."i'm upset, oakland wants us here, everyone wants us here, just let us be here."while some raider fans aren't sure how they'll feel if a move happens...the owner of ricky's bar and grill says even if the team moves to las vegas...his bar will always be home to raider fans."it's not gonna change! it's still going to be raider central.... you don't give up on them... support them totally." ( marty ) kron4 has you covered may happen next with the raiders. the owners meeting are set to start tomorrow in phoenix. kron4's mark carpenter will be there reporting live for us on any developments. while
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there are multiple reports a vote could happen, we are also tracking the possibility that it could get pushed back to the next owners meeting in may. ( marty @ landing ) in national news... after several long days and nights of political arm twisting, repeal and replace of obama-care is dead for now. house speaker paul ryan announced the controversial republican health care replacement bill was shelved. g-o-p leadership along side the white house had worked trying to appease members of the conservative house freedom caucus as well as more moderate house republicans.. speaker paul ryan said he and the president agreed to pull the bill when it became clear there was not enough republican ( marty ) when president trump was asked about the future of health care he indicated he would
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work with democrats on some kind of replacement bill. the president is turning his attention to tax reform. ( marty ) and the president took to twitter this morning... he tweeted: "obamacare will explode and we will all get together and piece together a great healthcare plan for the people. do not worry!" ( marty @ landing ) happening today... bart is opening up its new warm springs station in fremont. that station is now the closest bart station to san jose. kron 4's averi harper is live in fremont where commuters are now taking their first rides. averi? (averi) a big moment for bart and some bay area commuters... after delays, and other challenges - the brand new warm springs station in fremont is ready to go. there was ceremony open to the public yesterday to check out the station and its features. this 5-point- four mile stretch is the first
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for your health:here is a look at some of the new medical findings released this week: ( marty ) an important recall to tell you about... a certain brand of edamame is being recalled because it could make you sick. the product affected is the advanced fresh concepts edamame soybeans in pods dated between january 3rd, and march 17th of this year. it was
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sold at sushi counters in stores throughout california. the company says there are fears it might be contaminated with lysteria. as of last week, nobody reported getting sick from the product. stores have been notified and the packages have been pulled from shelves. warm temps today. i have a full forecast straight ahead. ( marty ) for the weekend: it's the rally health fest in san francisco. and it's hosted by kevin hart and chargers running back melvin gordon. check out the yoga classes and more. it's happening at justin herman plaza from 10:00 to 2:00. it's free to attend, but you have to r-s- v-p at: rally health fest s-f 20-217 dot com.
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toss to weather. (dave spahr)a few early morning showers can be expected today, otherwise mostly dry through early sunday. rain chances will return by sunday afternoon and continue through sunday night with a few showers lingering into early monday. otherwise, dry and mild weather is expected from monday through the remainder of next week.
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( marty ) a big story we are following this morning... we are learning more about four bodies found in a sacramento home. that gruesome scene leading police to the bay area where a suspect was taken into custody in san francisco. the victims were discovered after a family member here in the bay area called police to do a welfare check. ali wolf has the latest on the investigation. a heinous quadruple murder has torn apart a south land park family."total shock. "tynya (tanya) beverly says her former colleague, angel vasquez, her two children and another adult were killed
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inside their south land park home...beverly says the man police arrested, salvador vasquez-oliva is their father and husband...(tynya beverly - victim's friend/former manager) "this is a big call for love that if you had to do this you are in so much pain to have to take your family out like that" the 56 year old is behind bars at the sacramento county jail facing four counts of murder...for a crime horrific enough to disturb and disgust a neighborhood.. a police department.. and a community.. (sgt bryce heinlein - sacramento police dept)"this is a very tragic incident thats affected everybody from the community, to the family to the officers that are involved"neighbor and former sacramento city council member lauren hammond says the children were an 11 year old boy and a 13 year old girl...who she describes as quiet and reserved.(lauren hammond - neighbor& fmr. city council member)"we watched them learn how to ride a bike, skateboard, roller skate up and down the street so losing them is very hurtful" hammond says the children attended john cabrillo elementary and sam brannan middle school. police say salvador vasquez-oliva is their primary
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suspecthammond never sensed he could be capable of such a heinous and disgusting crime... (lauren hammond - neighbor& fmr. city council member)"he should have done something else. i wont say what that is but the answer is never to kill your family."the california deparmtent of employment development says vasquz oliva worked for e-d--d since october 2012 as an office technician....beverly says vasquez also worked for e-d-d..and was in the process of splitting from her husband... but recently let him move back into their south land park home.beverly says shes still in denial about the fact this dedicated mother and her children....are gone."why the kids? why the babies? i just dont understand it and i cant get my hands around it" (tag)the coroner will determine the identies of the victims how they were murdered.. and when.vasquez oliva is being held without bail at the sac couny jail... he is expected to make his first monday.last night the grandparents came inside her the restroom.. processing loss... ( marty ) and one of the victims was interviewed on sacramento t-v on another topic, just eleven- hours before being found dead. here is a part of that interview.
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victim: i would have said that's a fair decision.> the reporter was asking the woman her opinion about a story involving marijuana being banned from a sacramento apartment complex. ( marty ) the warriors back in action against the kings. highlights ahead. live look outside... richmond bridge ( marty ) for the weekend: it's outdoor yoga day in san francisco. practice yoga under the trees. it's happening at 11:30 at golden gate park. free to attend. what are you doing?
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before the game k-d made a some jump shots... the warriors will evaluate durant this upcoming week. off andre iguodala's three-pointer miss... steph curry cleans it up and knocks it down from three... golden state took the lead in the game. (curry: 27 points, 12 assists, 7 rebounds) in the second... matt barnes steals the ball from his former team and draymond green in transition throws it down to give the warriors a ten-point lead. draymond puts the game early in the third with triple. (green: season-high 23 points, 8 assists, 4 rebounds, 3 steals) final: 114-100 golden state áthey remain 2.5 games ahead of the spurs in the west(wipe to devin booker) but the story that making is making national headlines is devin booker's performance against the celtics. the young phoenix
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guard dropped 70 points. this is a guy that on a regular night averages 20 points per game booker is the first player to score the most points in an n-b-a game since kobe bryant's 81-point game over toronto in 2006. boston did go on to win the game 130 to 120... but hey hats off to the former wildcat. tara vandaveer and the stanford cardinal are the last team from the bay area still involved in the big dance. they were taking on the longhorns... a win over texas would put them in the elite eight. karlie samuelson hits a triple putting stanford up by three in the third quarter. the cardinals eventually pulled away in fourth... briana robertson doing her best steph curry impression nails one from downtown. final: 77-66 stanford they'll face the fighting irish on monday. meanwhile, aaron rodgers was in at the wisconsin-florida game supporting the badgers. this was argubly the best game so far in the men's n-c-a-a basketball tournament. wisconsin needed a three to send it to overtime... zak showwalter off one foot keep's the badgers season alive. rodgers was loving it from the stands... but that smile would turned into a frown. four seconds left in the game... gators down by a two... chris chiozza hits the game-winning three-pointer. final: 84-83 florida áthis was the first game in this tournament that went into overtime and had a buzzer-
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beater. the sharks were in dallas to face the stars. the men in teil have lost the last four. we go straight to the action... bottom line it wasn't a good night for the sharkies. adam cracknell was a nightmare for san jose. after joe thornton and joe pavelski couldn't turn the red light on... cracknell goes the other way to get his first hat trick in his n-h-l career. dallas wins 6-1 dallas. the sharks still remain in first place in the pacific live look outside... golden gate bridge.. ( marty ) for the weekend: it's the 12 annual tulip exhbition in oakland. check out the floral arrangements and more. it's happening at the mountain view cemetary from 10:oo to 4:00. it's free to attend.
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return by sunday afternoon and continue through sunday night with a few showers lingering into early monday. otherwise, dry and mild weather is expected from monday through the remainder of next week. ( marty @ landing ) another big story we are following this morning... a confirmed case of meningitis in the east bay. now parents and students are worried about their health. kron four's spencer blake has details on what the health department is doing to prevent the spread of the bacteria. it's a story you'll only see here on kron4... (spencer blake)miramonte high in orinda was one of the participating schools at last weeks swim meet at dougherty valley high in san ramon.it was after the event that
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contra costa county health services confirmed one of the swimmers at that meet had the infectious disease."i've never heard of meningitis before, and then my friend told me like, you can die from meningitis. so i kind of freaked out and googled it." "it can really screw you up, and it's transmitted through like, contact."that's when health officials started notifying parents.students started hearing through the grapevine."yeah, i did hear about it during class."this student is friends with a girl who is on the swim team."she told me, 'oh i went to the doctor so i can get pills for meningitis."that's just what health officials told parents to do -- take their kids in to get antibiotics."this other person i knew said her doctor told her not to go in the pool anymore because of this."but to be clear, the potentially deadly bacteria isn't spread through water.however, it can spread through close contact with others, which is why water players and their parents were also notified. parents of cal high students in san ramon say their principal also sent out an email. "i think if they take the necessary precautions it should be okay."though it's still a disease the health department takes very seriously.in orinda, spencer blake, kron four news.
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( marty ) another big story we are following this morning... a homicide investigation is underway in fairfield after a man was found shot dead in a car. kron four's hermala aregawi spoke to the victim's family. natsot mom cryingmurder in broad daylight.the mother of 24 year old vinshay bracy heartbroken.the famly mourning tonight.after the fairfield man was found shot to death in his car.sgt jeff osgoodthis afternoon around 1:42pm, our fairfield police dispatch center received a call from a passerby that was in the area of great jones and illinois street reporting that they believed they had seen a shooting victim inside a car at that location.police arrived on the scene..and determined that the victim had passed away.investigators spent a few hours combing through the areaand interviewing witnesses.working quickly in the rain so that evidence wouldn't be compromised.for family members.. this is too familiar. the victim's aunt lost her own son to gun violence a few
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years ago.sot victim's auntit bring back memories for my son because i lost my son to this gun violence. it just seems like it's just happening all over again. i just wish that the violence would stop. i wish the gun violence would stop, that they would take all guns away.... he was a wonderful young man. i've been knowing him for years. and uh him and my son were best friends in their childhood. and uh its just unbelievable. unbelievable.this having happened in broad daylight. police are hoping for more witnesses to come forward so they can figure out who is responsible for this crime. reporting in fairfield, hermela aregawi kron 4 news. ( marty ) police are making arrests
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after the deadly terrorist attack in london. but it is unclear how or if those suspects are directly involved. the lone attacker who killed four people outside the british parliament was killed, but now police want to know if anyone helped him in the attack. scott mclean explains. "to see your city violated in such a way is truly shocking." a day after their city was attacked, londoners gathered to mourn, and pledge not to live in fear."terrorism is about trying to scare us through an act to put great fear in us. i think we need to respond with a greater act of solidarity."on wednesday, british police say 52-year-old khaled masood used his car to plow through crowds of people on the westminster bridge before ramming into the gates of parliament, and stabbing a police officer to death.
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masood -- was killed by police -- now, investigators want to know if he had help. mark rowley/uk acting deputy commissioner and head of counter terrorism: "we remain keen to hear from anyone who knew khalid masood well." masood is a possible convert to islam, and was born adrian russel ajao.police have seized personal items and a massive trove of computer data from properties in london and birmingham -- where he most recently lived in a flat above this store. "you don't know who is good or bad. today you're good, tomorrow i don't know who you are."meanwhile, on the streets of london the number of armed police officers has doubled... a re- assuring sign, as the city tries to carry on. scott mclean kron 4 news. ( marty ) the f-b-i is now offering a reward for any information on the man who tossed a homemade firecracker into a crowded southern california restaurant. pasadena police have released this new surveillance video showing the man they are looking for. he is in the the white shirt. this surveillance video is from a nearby supermarket. it
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happened back on february second... pasadena police say a man threw the firecracker into the cheesecake factory around 5:00 in the afternoon. people scrambled to get out of the restaurant. officers do not believe the incident was a terrorist act. no one was injured. ( marty ) happening now... police are searching for a burglar who stole five purses from a coach outlet in petaluma. this is a picture of who they are looking for. the robbery happened around 7:30 last night. the store says the purses are worth almost two-thousand dollars. the suspect was wearing a beige sweater, maroon pants and an oakland a's scarf at the time. coming up... p-g and e is apologizing for the deadly san bruno fire. watch their court ordered ad to the public.
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its role in the deadly san bruno gas pipeline explosion in 20-10. earlier this year a federal judge ruled that the utility must run the ads. kron four's charles clifford explains. it's been more than 6 and a half years since the deadly pipeline explosion here in san bruno. and pge is making a very public appology but it is an apology forced upon them by the courts. city leaders here have mixed emotions.natson september 9th 2010, pg&e learned a tragic lesson we can never forget.on thursday, this public service announcement from pg&e started running on television stations around the bay area. it will also appear here on kron 4 next week.nats last summer, pg&e was found guilty on 5 federal counts of failing to property maintain and inspect its gas pipelines before the san bruno explosion. earlier this year, a federal judge fined the power provider 3 million dollars and required them to run an ad campaign publicly acknowledging the convictions. this commercial was created to satisfy that requirement. natswe are deeply sorry. we failed our customers in san bruno.soti think pg&e could
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have gone further but it satisfies the requirements of the court.san bruno city manager connie jackson has seen the ad. she says it sets the right tone, but she wishes pg&e had done something like this sooner.sotwe are still here six and half years later with this ad campaign putting pge in a public position of taking responsibility. it should have happened sooner. but even though pg&e has been convicted in federal court, fined more than a billion and a half dollars by the state, put under an ethics monitoring program and forced to run ads like this one. jackson says that what happened in san bruno will not be easily forgotten any time soon.sotto suggest that this will ever be done, forgotten or fully righted is probably more than we can hope for in the near term.pge also ran a print campaign with ads in the san francisco chronicle and wall street journal.in san bruno, charles clifford kron 4 news. ( marty ) still ahead... two
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live look outside...sutro tower. dave spahr is here with your weather forecast. (dave spahr)a few early morning showers can be expected today, otherwise mostly dry through early sunday. rain chances will return by sunday afternoon and continue through sunday night with a few showers lingering into early monday. otherwise, dry and mild weather is expected from monday through the remainder of next week.
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vintage clothing store in san francisco is accused of selling furs and other items made from endangered species. she now faces a possible five -year prison sentence and tens of thousands of dollars in fines. the owner took cameras inside the back room of her store, "decades of fashion" - that's where she keeps her more expensive and fragile pieces. it is the same room where undercover investigators say they found an endangered leopard skin coat last month. and then two weeks later, the haight street store was raided - more than 150 items allegedly made from endangered species were seized the owner says
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most of us... after graduation.. have never returned to our high school. most of us...also don't have our jersey hanging in the school gym either(robert turbin/indianapolis colts running back-- it's always been my dream to one day come back)robert turbin won a super bowl with the seattle seahawks and currently plays for the indianapolis colts.on friday night he ran up and down...... not on the football field... but the basketball court.the 27 year old says he owes much of his success to irvington high school... so this place is always home.... with people showing up and packing the stands like family(robert turbin/indianapolis colts running back-- i have two sisters. one has ms the other with cerebral palsy. my foundation raises money for both and raises money for people in need but as much as i am passionate about those people i am passionate about irvington and we're also raising money for this event) if you're a niners fan.. there's a good chance you'll recognize turbin's special guest and current colts teammate.frank gore says he was happy to help turbin..... help others.(frank gore/indianapolis colts running back-- we got close. last year we played with the colts together. i told him if you have something, you know, i'm there. you know we competed together last year on
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the field and off the field. you know he's a good dude) turbin asked his former high school if they could help him put on his first annual spring ball... alumni versus the varsity players basketball game.no one was surprised... not his youth football coach.. or irvington's athletic director when turbin said he wanted the money to go charity. (jerry trujillo/alumni team coach- "he really cares about this community. really giving. you know he just loves this community and he always wants to come back and do something for this school and the irvington area) (michelle stone/irvington h.s. athletic director- "he's always been very very humble. he was a normal kid, not wanting to go to class and then finding out what he wanted to do he needed to work really hard)(will tran/fremont- -the game raised 10 thousand dollars. five thousand goes to turbin's foundation to help fight ms. the other five thousand goes to irvington high school's athletic fund that helps fund 33 teams throughout the year. in fremont will tran kron 4 news) ( marty ) actor harrison ford had a
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close call last month when he accidentally landed his small plane in the wrong place at a southern california airport last month. the 74-year- old actor was supposed to land on a runway at john wayne airport in orange county, but he mistakenly landed on a taxiway. and he even caused a serious safety concern when he descended above a boeing 737 with 116- people onboard. audio recordings from the febrary 13th incident were released yesterday explaining ( marty )
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the f-a-a says the mistake is a violation of regulations and it continues to investigate the incident. coming up... three new movies hitting the big screen this weekend. which one will top the box office. that's next. ( marty ) here's a live look at kirkwood this morning... a high of 37 degrees today with a chance of snow showers. they've had 5 inches of snow in th
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including dehydration, which may cause you to feel dizzy, faint,lightheaded,or weak, upon standing. other side effects may include kidney problems, genital yeast infections,changes in urination, high potassium, increases in cholesterol, risk of bone fracture, or urinary tract infections, possibly serious. serious side effects may include ketoacidosis, which can be life threatening. stop taking and call your doctor right away if you experience symptoms or if you experience symptoms of allergic reaction such as rash, swelling, or difficulty breathing or swallowing. do not take invokana® if you have severe liver or kidney problems or are on dialysis. tell your doctor about any medical conditions and medications you take. using invokana® with a sulfonylurea or insulin may cause low blood sugar. it's time to turn things around. lower your blood sugar with invokana®. imagine loving your numbers. there's only one invokana®. ask your doctor about it by name. in entertainment news.
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into a team of super-heroes in "saban's power rangers," the latest attempt to take the long-running t-v series to the big screen. analysts predict the flick will debut with 30- to-40 million dollars this weekend -- easily the top new movie, but nowhere close to dethroning "beauty and the beast" at the box office."are you going to bring the martian back to earth?""no, we're gonna keep it up here -- we're gonna study it where it's safe."an organism from mars goes from science experiment to lethal threat in "life." ryan reynolds and jake gyllenhaal lead the cast of the sci-fi thriller, which is getting good reviews and is predicted to make 15-to-20 million dollars in its opening weekend."we're the california highway patrol. this job is crucial. without us out there..." (nat) "...someone could get hurt!"also riding into theaters: "chips," loosely based on the t-v series. dax shepard wrote, directed and stars in the raunchy action-comedy, which figures to debut with eight-to-12 million dollars. in hollywood, i'm david daniel.
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(dave spahr)a few early morning showers can be expected today, otherwise mostly dry through early sunday. rain chances will return by sunday afternoon and continue through sunday night with a few showers lingering into early monday. otherwise, dry and mild weather is expected from monday through the remainder of next week. ( marty @ landing ) breaking overnight...
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the chp has reopened all lanes this morning after a body was found on interstate 280 in san francisco. the discovery was first reported at about 11 last night just south of the alemany boulevard onramp. no other information is available at this time. all northbound lanes of the highway were blocked for about two hours as crews worked the scene. we'll bring you more information as it enters our newsroom. ( marty @ landing ) breaking news.. at least two people are dead this morning following separate crashes on interstate 680.. the first happened just after 3:00 in the morning, northbound on the stoneridge drive on ramp in pleasnaton. the second was on northbound i-680 in pleasant hill around 4:30 this morning . this was on the momument boulevard off-ramp. c-h-p says a car
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struck a pedestrain. ( marty @ landing ) happening today... it's the fourth quarter drive to keep the raiders in oakland... fans of the silver and black and the city of oakland are making a big push to stop the team from moving to las vegas. they will be holding a big "keep the raiders" rally in oakland today. all this comes just days before an expected vote by the n-f-l owners on whether the team will be allowed to move. kron4's lydia pantazes has the story. "the las vegas raiders? (makes vomiting sound)."it's not something people around ricky's bar and grill ... where the walls are lined with raider memorabilia.... like to hear.... or say.in fact the idea of the raiders moving to vegas makes fans here a little uneasy."ughhhhh, yeah, cause, i kind of, ughhhhh, i want to
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think positive but word around the campfire, it's not looking good.""that's just crazy! all of a sudden they start winning and now they want to move."but just days before nfl owners are expected to vote on the raiders proposed move to vegas... the city of oakland has sent this letter to the nfl.it lays out more details of the plan to build the raiders a new stadium at the coliseum site."we are doing everything we can to send the message, we are serious, this deal is done here."this is a look at the stadium and mixed use development project... with and without the oakland a's staying."i'm upset, oakland wants us here, everyone wants us here, just let us be here."while some raider fans aren't sure how they'll feel if a move happens...the owner of ricky's bar and grill says even if the team moves to las vegas...his bar will always be home to raider fans."it's not gonna change! it's still going to be raider central.... you don't give up on them... support them totally." ( marty ) kron4 has you covered may happen next with the raiders. the owners meeting are set to start tomorrow in phoenix.
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kron4's mark carpenter will be there reporting live for us on any developments. while there are multiple reports a vote could happen, we are also tracking the possibility that it could get pushed back to the next owners meeting in may. ( marty @ landing ) in national news... after several long days and nights of political arm twisting, repeal and replace of obama-care is dead for now. house speaker paul ryan announced the controversial republican health care replacement bill was shelved. g-o-p leadership along side the white house had worked trying to appease members of the conservative house freedom caucus as well as more moderate house republicans.. speaker paul ryan said he and the president agreed to pull the bill when it became clear there was not enough republican support. ( marty ) when
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president trump was asked about the future of health care he indicated he would work with democrats on some kind of replacement bill. the president is turning his attention to tax reform. ( marty ) and the president took to twitter this morning... he tweeted: "obamacare will explode and we will all get together and piece together a great healthcare plan for the people. do not worry!" ( marty @ landing ) happening today... bart is opening up its new warm springs station in fremont. that station is now the closest bart station to san jose. kron 4's averi harper is live in fremont where commuters are now taking their first rides. averi? (averi) a big moment for bart and some bay area commuters... after delays, and other challenges - the brand new warm springs station in fremont is ready to go. there was ceremony open to the public yesterday to check out the station and its features. this 5-point- four mile stretch is the first extension to the fremont line,
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focus on that in the bay area. and that's all very refreshing. well it's actually very modern. i like how the exit it looks like you're actually seeing the sky.> ( marty @ landing) thanks averi. ( marty ) more details about the gruesome quadriple murder in sacramento. what police believe may have happened. and... the warriors back in action against the kings. highlights ahead. also... a certain brand of edamame is being recalled because it can make you sick. find out which one next.
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for your health:here is a look at some of the new medical findings released this week: ( marty ) an important recall to tell you about... a certain brand of edamame is being recalled because it could make you sick. the product affected is the advanced fresh concepts edamame soybeans in pods dated between january 3rd, and march 17th of this year. it was sold at sushi counters in stores throughout california. the company says there are fears it might be contaminated with lysteria. as of last week, nobody reported getting sick from the product. stores have been notified and the packages have been pulled from shelves. warm temps today. i have a full forecast straight ahead. ( marty ) for the weekend: it's the rally health fest in san francisco. and it's hosted by kevin hart and chargers running back melvin gordon.
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worth almost two-thousand dollars. the suspect was wearing a beige sweater, maroon pants and an oakland a's scarf at the time. ( marty ) a big story we are following this morning... we are learning more about four bodies found in a sacramento home. that gruesome scene leading police to the bay area where a suspect was taken into custody in san francisco. the victims were discovered after a family member here in the bay area called police to do a welfare check. ali wolf has the latest on the investigation. a heinous quadruple murder has torn apart a south land park family."total shock. "tynya (tanya) beverly says her former colleague, angel vasquez, her two children and another adult were killed inside their south land park home...beverly says the man police arrested, salvador vasquez-oliva is their father and husband...(tynya beverly - victim's friend/former manager) "this is a big call for love that if you had to do this you are in so much pain to have to
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take your family out like that" the 56 year old is behind bars at the sacramento county jail facing four counts of murder...for a crime horrific enough to disturb and disgust a neighborhood.. a police department.. and a community.. (sgt bryce heinlein - sacramento police dept)"this is a very tragic incident thats affected everybody from the community, to the family to the officers that are involved"neighbor and former sacramento city council member lauren hammond says the children were an 11 year old boy and a 13 year old girl...who she describes as quiet and reserved.(lauren hammond - neighbor& fmr. city council member)"we watched them learn how to ride a bike, skateboard, roller skate up and down the street so losing them is very hurtful" hammond says the children attended john cabrillo elementary and sam brannan middle school. police say salvador vasquez-oliva is their primary suspecthammond never sensed he could be capable of such a heinous and disgusting crime... (lauren hammond - neighbor& fmr. city council member)"he should have done something else. i wont say what that is but the answer is never to kill your family."the
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california deparmtent of employment development says vasquz oliva worked for e-d--d since october 2012 as an office technician....beverly says vasquez also worked for e-d-d..and was in the process of splitting from her husband... but recently let him move back into their south land park home.beverly says shes still in denial about the fact this dedicated mother and her children....are gone."why the kids? why the babies? i just dont understand it and i cant get my hands around it" ( marty ) and one of the victims was interviewed on sacramento t-v on another topic, just eleven- hours before being found dead. here is a part of that interview. the reporter was asking the woman her opinion about a story involving marijuana being banned from a sacramento apartment complex. ( marty ) the warriors back in action against the kings. highlights ahead.
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ide... he's been making strides in his recovery... before the game k-d made a some jump shots... the warriors will evaluate durant this upcoming week. off andre iguodala's three-pointer miss... steph curry cleans it up and knocks it down from three... golden state took the lead in the game. (curry: 27 points, 12 assists, 7 rebounds) in the second... matt barnes steals the ball from his former team and draymond green in transition throws it down to give the warriors a ten-point lead. draymond puts the game early in the third with triple. (green: season-high 23 points,
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8 assists, 4 rebounds, 3 steals) final: 114-100 golden state áthey remain 2.5 games ahead of the spurs in the west(wipe to devin booker) but the story that making is making national headlines is devin booker's performance against the celtics. the young phoenix guard dropped 70 points. this is a guy that on a regular night averages 20 points per game booker is the first player to score the most points in an n-b-a game since kobe bryant's 81-point game over toronto in 2006. boston did go on to win the game 130 to 120... but hey hats off to the former wildcat. tara vandaveer and the stanford cardinal are the last team from the bay area still involved in the big dance. they were taking on the longhorns... a win over texas would put them in the elite eight. karlie samuelson hits a triple
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putting stanford up by three in the third quarter. the cardinals eventually pulled away in fourth... briana robertson doing her best steph curry impression nails one from downtown. final: 77-66 stanford they'll face the fighting irish on monday. meanwhile, aaron rodgers was in at the wisconsin-florida game supporting the badgers. this was argubly the best game so far in the men's n-c-a-a basketball tournament. wisconsin needed a three to send it to overtime... zak showwalter off one foot keep's the badgers season alive. rodgers was loving it from the stands... but that smile would turned into a frown. four seconds left in the game... gators down by a two... chris chiozza hits the game-winning three-pointer. final: 84-83 florida áthis was the first game in this tournament that went into overtime and had a buzzer- beater. the sharks were in dallas to face the stars. the men in teil have lost the last four. we go straight to the action... bottom line it wasn't a good night for the sharkies. adam cracknell was a nightmare for san jose. after joe thornton and joe pavelski couldn't turn the red light on... cracknell goes the other way to get his first hat trick in his n-h-l career. dallas wins 6-1 dallas. the sharks still remain in first place in the pacific
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continue through sunday night with a few showers lingering into early monday. otherwise, dry and mild weather is expected from monday through the remainder of next week. ( marty @ landing ) another big story we are following this morning... a confirmed case of meningitis in the east bay. now parents and students are worried about their health. kron four's spencer blake has details on what the health department is doing to prevent the spread of the bacteria. it's a story you'll only see here on kron4... (spencer blake) miramonte high in orinda was
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one of the participating schools at last weeks swim meet at dougherty valley high in san ramon.it was after the event that contra costa county health services confirmed one of the swimmers at that meet had the infectious disease. "i've never heard of meningitis before, and then my friend told me like, you can die from meningitis. so i kind of freaked out and googled it." "it can really screw you up, and it's transmitted through like, contact."that's when health officials started notifying parents.students started hearing through the grapevine."yeah, i did hear about it during class."this student is friends with a girl who is on the swim team."she told me, 'oh i went to the doctor so i can get pills for meningitis."that's just what health officials told parents to do -- take their kids in to get antibiotics."this other person i knew said her doctor told her not to go in the pool anymore because of this."but to be clear, the potentially deadly bacteria isn't spread through water.however, it can spread through close contact
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with others, which is why water players and their parents were also notified. parents of cal high students in san ramon say their principal also sent out an email. "i think if they take the necessary precautions it should be okay."though it's still a disease the health department takes very seriously.in orinda, spencer blake, kron four news. ( marty ) another big story we are following this morning... a homicide investigation is underway in fairfield after a man was found shot dead in a car. kron four's hermala aregawi spoke to the victim's family. natsot mom cryingmurder in broad daylight.the mother of 24 year old vinshay bracy heartbroken.the famly mourning tonight.after the fairfield man was found shot to death in his car.sgt jeff osgoodthis afternoon around 1:42pm, our fairfield police dispatch center received a call from a passerby that was in the area of great jones and illinois street reporting that they believed they had seen a shooting victim inside a car at that location.police arrived on the scene..and determined that the victim had
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passed away.investigators spent a few hours combing through the areaand interviewing witnesses.working quickly in the rain so that evidence wouldn't be compromised.for family members.. this is too familiar. the victim's aunt lost her own son to gun violence a few years ago.sot victim's auntit bring back memories for my son because i lost my son to this gun violence. it just seems like it's just happening all over again. i just wish that the violence would stop. i wish the gun violence would stop, that they would take all guns away.... he was a wonderful young man. i've been knowing him for years. and uh him and my son were best friends in their childhood. and uh its just unbelievable. unbelievable.this having happened in broad daylight. police are hoping for more witnesses to come forward so they can figure out who is responsible for this crime. reporting in fairfield, hermela aregawi kron 4 news.
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( marty ) police are making arrests after the deadly terrorist attack in london. but it is unclear how or if those suspects are directly involved. the lone attacker who killed four people outside the british parliament was killed, but now police want to know if anyone helped him in the attack. scott mclean explains. "to see your city violated in such a way is truly shocking." a day after their city was attacked, londoners gathered to mourn, and pledge not to live in fear."terrorism is about trying to scare us through an act to put great fear in us. i think we need to respond with a greater act of solidarity."on wednesday, british police say 52-year-old
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khaled masood used his car to plow through crowds of people on the westminster bridge before ramming into the gates of parliament, and stabbing a police officer to death. masood -- was killed by police -- now, investigators want to know if he had help. mark rowley/uk acting deputy commissioner and head of counter terrorism: "we remain keen to hear from anyone who knew khalid masood well." masood is a possible convert to islam, and was born adrian russel ajao.police have seized personal items and a massive trove of computer data from properties in london and birmingham -- where he most recently lived in a flat above this store. "you don't know who is good or bad. today you're good, tomorrow i don't know who you are."meanwhile, on the streets of london the number of armed police officers has doubled... a re- assuring sign, as the city tries to carry on. scott mclean kron 4 news. ( marty ) the f-b-i is now offering a reward for any information on the man who
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tossed a homemade firecracker into a crowded southern california restaurant. pasadena police have released this new surveillance video showing the man they are looking for. he is in the the white shirt. this surveillance video is from a nearby supermarket. it happened back on february second... pasadena police say a man threw the firecracker into the cheesecake factory around 5:00 in the afternoon. people scrambled to get out of the restaurant. officers do not believe the incident was a terrorist act. no one was injured. coming up... p-g and e is apologizing for the deadly san bruno fire. watch their court ordered ad to the public.
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ads. kron four's charles clifford explains. it's been more than 6 and a half years since the deadly pipeline explosion here in san bruno. and pge is making a very public appology but it is an apology forced upon them by the courts. city leaders here have mixed emotions.natson september 9th 2010, pg&e learned a tragic lesson we can never forget.on thursday, this public service announcement from pg&e started running on television stations around the bay area. it will also appear here on kron 4 next week.nats last summer, pg&e was found guilty on 5 federal counts of failing to property maintain and inspect its gas pipelines before the san bruno explosion. earlier this year, a federal judge fined the power provider 3 million dollars and required them to run an ad campaign publicly acknowledging the convictions. this commercial was created to satisfy that requirement. natswe are deeply sorry. we failed our customers in san bruno.soti think pg&e could have gone further but it satisfies the requirements of
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the court.san bruno city manager connie jackson has seen the ad. she says it sets the right tone, but she wishes pg&e had done something like this sooner.sotwe are still here six and half years later with this ad campaign putting pge in a public position of taking responsibility. it should have happened sooner. but even though pg&e has been convicted in federal court, fined more than a billion and a half dollars by the state, put under an ethics monitoring program and forced to run ads like this one. jackson says that what happened in san bruno will not be easily forgotten any time soon.sotto suggest that this will ever be done, forgotten or fully righted is probably more than we can hope for in the near term.pge also ran a print campaign with ads in the san francisco chronicle and wall street journal.in san bruno, charles clifford kron 4 news. ( marty ) still ahead... two n-f-l players are giving back
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vintage clothing store in san francisco is accused of selling furs and other items made from endangered species. she now faces a possible five -year prison sentence and tens of thousands of dollars in fines. the owner took cameras inside the back room of her store, "decades of fashion" - that's where she keeps her more expensive and fragile pieces. it is the same room where undercover investigators say they found an endangered leopard skin coat last month. and then two weeks later, the haight street store was raided - more than 150 items allegedly made from endangered species were seized the owner says she's done nothing illegal.
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most of us... after graduation.. have never returned to our high school. most of us...also don't have our jersey hanging in the school gym either(robert turbin/indianapolis colts running back-- it's always been my dream to one day come back)robert turbin won a super bowl with the seattle seahawks and currently plays for the indianapolis colts.on friday night he ran up and down...... not on the football field... but the basketball court.the 27 year old says he owes much of his success to irvington high school... so this place is always home.... with people showing up and packing the stands like family(robert turbin/indianapolis colts running back-- i have two sisters. one has ms the other with cerebral palsy. my foundation raises money for both and raises money for people in need but as much as i am passionate about those people i am passionate about irvington and we're also raising money for this event) if you're a niners fan.. there's a good chance you'll recognize turbin's special guest and current colts teammate.frank gore says he was happy to help turbin..... help others.(frank
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gore/indianapolis colts running back-- we got close. last year we played with the colts together. i told him if you have something, you know, i'm there. you know we competed together last year on the field and off the field. you know he's a good dude) turbin asked his former high school if they could help him put on his first annual spring ball... alumni versus the varsity players basketball game.no one was surprised... not his youth football coach.. or irvington's athletic director when turbin said he wanted the money to go charity. (jerry trujillo/alumni team coach- "he really cares about this community. really giving. you know he just loves this community and he always wants to come back and do something for this school and the irvington area) (michelle stone/irvington h.s. athletic director- "he's always been very very humble. he was a normal kid, not wanting to go to class and then finding out what he wanted to do he needed to work really hard)(will tran/fremont- -the game raised 10 thousand dollars. five thousand goes to turbin's foundation to help fight ms. the other five thousand goes to irvington high school's athletic fund that helps fund 33 teams throughout the year. in fremont will tran kron 4 news) ( marty ) actor harrison ford had a
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close call last month when he accidentally landed his small plane in the wrong place at a southern california airport last month. the 74-year- old actor was supposed to land on a runway at john wayne airport in orange county, but he mistakenly landed on a taxiway. and he even caused a serious safety concern when he descended above a boeing 737 with 116- people onboard. audio recordings from the febrary 13th incident were released yesterday explaining ford's actions. ( marty ) the f-a-a says the
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three new movies hit theaters this weekend including two that are bringing iconic t-v series to the big screen. david daniel has the preview. "the answer to what is happening to you is here. you five are the power rangers. it's morphin' time!"small-town misfit teens are transformed into a team of super-heroes in "saban's power rangers," the latest attempt to take the long-running t-v series to the big screen. analysts predict the flick will debut with 30- to-40 million dollars this weekend -- easily the top new movie, but nowhere close to dethroning "beauty and the
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beast" at the box office."are you going to bring the martian back to earth?""no, we're gonna keep it up here -- we're gonna study it where it's safe."an organism from mars goes from science experiment to lethal threat in "life." ryan reynolds and jake gyllenhaal lead the cast of the sci-fi thriller, which is getting good reviews and is predicted to make 15-to-20 million dollars in its opening weekend."we're the california highway patrol. this job is crucial. without us out there..." (nat) "...someone could get hurt!"also riding into theaters: "chips," loosely based on the t-v series. dax shepard wrote, directed and stars in the raunchy action-comedy, which figures to debut with eight-to-12 million dollars. in hollywood, i'm david daniel. ( marty ) ever since actress carrie fisher died in december, "star wars" movie fans have been wondering what will happen to the series... fisher of course played the iconic princess leia... and was supposed to be in the next movie. disney's c-e-o says
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fisher completed filming her role for the upcoming film titled "the last jedi." that means there will be no changes made to this sequel. a few other tidbits have been revealed. fisher does appear throughout the film. and disney is discussing what would amount to another decade and a half of star wars movies. adlib seven day. thats kron 4 news weekend for this saturday morning... i'm marty gonzalez. from all of us thanks for watching. join us for kron4 news weekend tomorrow morning starting at 8
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is sponsored by russell's fine furniture. (upbeat instrumental music) - welcome to bay area bargains. we're at russell's fine furniture is santa clara where furniture is pouring in, all kinds- a little farther there please. al kinds of furniture is coming in. whoa, whoa, easy there guy. and richard russell, tell me what is happening here? why all this furniture? - you tell me what is happening? when did you have a taxi pick you up? - it was coming in anyway and i figured it would be more convenient. - oh my gosh. - so explain to us please. - well it's quite an explanation, but i want to start out with just one of our typical pieces. i didn't pick out the best value or anything, just what's happened here. here's a beautiful leather sofa. really fine leather. - [host] mm hmm. - at $599. - [host] what?
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