tv KRON 4 News Weekend KRON September 3, 2017 7:00am-10:00am PDT
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another hot one around the bay area, and another spare the air day as we take a look from our embarcadero cam. good morning, i'm marty gonzalez. dave spahr is here with the forecast and a bit of relief (dave)the strong ridge of high pressure that brought two consecutive days of oppressive heat to the
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region will begin to shift eastward today. this will result in a region-wide cool down, yet temperatures will remain well above seasonal averages. in addition, remnants of tropical storm lidia will begin to spread across our region from the south today into monday and bring a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms to southern portions of the region. additional cooling is forecast on labor day and into the first half of the upcoming workweek. (marty) extreme heat can cause train tracks to move.. or buckle. that means bart will continue to run its trains at slower speeds this weekend. kron 4's hermela argawi explains that means
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possible delays. extreme heat causing more problems for bart riders. quetzal rodriguez/bart rider not all the trains have air conditioning, so they're a little more packed, irritated people, sweaty, with their shirts off, i mean you name it jb ingram/bart riderwhen i ride, it's normally not the commute hours, the commute hours it's like sardines in there, and if you're on a car that is not air conditioned, it could be miserable. now, the heat is not just making riders uncomfortable.. it's also causing delays.in an unusual move, bart says it's intentionally slowing down its trains when they're above ground..so that if the rails move due to the heat.. drivers will have time to react appropriately.quetzal rodriguez/bart rider.i'm definitely going to make sure that i have everything planned, make sure i'm on top of it. rideryou gotta prepare youself and allow yourself time to travel any public the trains will from about 10 to twenty minutes.
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(marty)the slowdown will be in effect today from noon to 8pm.. but bart says it could be extended based on the (marty) breaking overnight... north korea says it has conducted a 6th nuclear test -- it caused a six-point-three magnitude explosion. these are photos of kim jong un inspecting the device prior to the test. the u-s-g-s says explosion happened close to where north korea has detonated bombs in the past. but this was their most powerful test to date. north korea claims it has a hydrogen bomb that can be put in an intercontinental ballistic missile.several countries including china and russia have condemned the blast (marty) president trump reacted on social media. he tweeted this morning -- calling north korea a hostile rogue nation that's a threat to the u.s. and china. (marty)the president also called out south korea, tweeting:south korea is finding, as i have told them, that their talk of appeasement with north korea will not
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work, they only understand one thing! (marty) the president is back in washington after spending saturday in houston. he has declared today a national day of prayer -- for people affected by hurricane harvey and its aftermath. southeast texas is working to recover from the devastating storm that has claimed at least 53 lives. omar jimenez reports on the president trump's second visit to houston in less than a week.. a city ástill underwater. houston continues to recover over a week after harvey slammed into texas. nats saturday the city played host to the president.as part of trump's ásecond visit to the state...this time meeting with evacuees at a harvey relief center.pres donald trump/saturday/houston: "really, i think people appreciate what's been done. it's been done very efficiently, very well and that's what we want. we're very happy with the way everything's going. there's a lot of love, a lot of love." elsewhere in the citya new evacuation order.this one mandatory for close to 300 residents on the west side who stayed in their flooded homes. sylvester turner/houston mayor: "there comes a time when you have to exercise good common sense and this is one time when you have to put person over propertyto the eastin ábeaumont water
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áremains an issuebut not just because of the flooding.the high waters knocked out two of the city's water pumps days ago leaving residents without ádrinking water.mayor becky ames/beaumont: we are not at the finish line but we've undoubltly gained a second wind.temporary pumps are in placebut even with áthat water residents are being recommended to boil what they use. city manager kyle hayes/beaumont:there is going to be periodic interruptions in our water service, the pressure is going to go up and down. heading into labor day...the region continues to try and get back to a sense of normalhouston schools saying they'll be ready to open by september 11th.the astros kept running the bases saturday night.and as donations continue to pour inmany residentsnow evacueesstill wonder what the future holdsin hopes of one day being able to return home.in houstoni'm omar jimenez. (marty) the devastation
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caused by harvey has motivated the bay area's sikh community to lend a helping hand. kron 4's ella sogomonian reports a trucking company in fremont plans to hand deliver goods collected last week. sot: karm phagur, bay star trans truck driver// "i travel quite a bit for my job so i figured why not head out there and try to make a difference." truck driver karm phagur figured he travels through texas anyway so what's another 600 miles to houston to deliver goods to flood victims? sot: karm phagur, bay star trans truck driver// "i'll probably be out there a few days extra and help out with whatever i can do and whatever they need me to do."by tuesday his refrigetrated 18 wheeler will be filled with supplies he will hand deliver.the trucking company along with members of the sikh community across the bay area came up with the donation idea as they watched the horrific aftermath of hurricane harvey. sot: gurjeet hothi, hothi freight lines owner// "it was just an idea of some friends we were just sitting together and thinking how fortunate we are we can help the less fortunate and we just got the idea to raise as much stuff as we can to help those victims out there."the formal drop off location is this hayward
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warehouse on industrial parkway but sikh temples across the bay are helping too. they're collecting clothes, diapers, toiletries, food and money that will be shipped off on wednesday. (marty) that hayward warehouse on industrial parkway will have a barbeque today between 12 and 5. but you can drop off donations at temples all over the bay -- including milpitas, el sobrante, and san jose -- anytime before tuesday. coming up... the latest on the wildfires that continue to rage around the state. a second officer placed on leave following an incident with a utah nurse. hear what the local police department is now saying. and flying the 420-friendly skies... what a national airline is saying about the new advertising on their flights. grocery outlet is the home
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flight magazine of a major airline. las vegas based acres' cannabis ...says its full-page ad can be seen in allegiant air's in-flight magazine. it's been a challenge for the industry to overcome the stigma of pot. besides billboards...dis pensary owners say it usually places ads on social media. advertising on more traditional platforms will let them reach new audiences...like las vegas tourists. (sot) (marty) allegiant air says running the marijuana ad is simply a business transaction. the airline doesn't endorse the company or its product. (dave) a look at your temps. we got another hot one.
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garcetti says a wildfire burning just north of downtown....is the largest in the city's history. the la tuna canyon wildfire began friday afternoon. it has forced people in more than 700 homes to evacuate. the flames have burned five thousand acres. the fire also forced closures of highway 210. it is being fueled by the extreme heat in california and shifting winds. those who chose to remain in the area say they're worried about the fire getting closer. (sot)
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(marty) so far two homes and another structure have burned. no injuries have been reported. volunteers have opened at least two evacuations centers in the area. (marty) closer to the bay area. one of the largest wildfires burning right now is the ponderosa fire in butte county, just east of oroville. evacuation orders are in place for some of the surrounding areas. the fire has burned over 38- hundred acres. it is 51- percent contained. the fire has destroyed 32 homes and another five-hundred homes are threatened. officials say the fire's location in steep and rugged terrain, along with the hot and dry temperatures are complicating crews' efforts to put out the fire. (marty) governor brown has
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declared a state of emergency for the helena fire in trinity county. the fire has burned six-thousand acres and is zero percent contained. it started wednesday near the town of helena, west of weaverville along highway 299. people living in the area are being evacuated. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. (marty) a second utah police oficer is now on paid administrative leave after this controversial arrest of a hospital nurse. police are apologizing for the incident that happened in july. the nurse, alex wubbels, was detained for trying to prevent officers from taking blood samples from an unconscious patient. dan simons reports that the nurse was following hospital policy. natsot: screaming, being led awaythe disturbing video comes from the inside of an emergency room.and the woman screaming?a burn unit nurse, who is being arrested by a salt lake city police officer. natsot: "please sir you're hurting me. lady walk!"the incident - captured by police and hospital cameras - happened in july. but now, the
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district attorney says he wants a criminal investigation. university of utah nurse alex wubbels says she was just doing her job, following hospital protocol, by refusing to let police take a blood sample from an unconscious patient.natsot: "is this patient under arrest? no!" wubbels says detective jeff payne demanded a blood sample from a car crash victim who was in a coma and severely burned. his truck - smashed by a car racing from police, according to local media wubbels calmly explains the policy for obtaining blood natsot / hospital video:"the 3 things-if you have electronic warrant, patient consent or the patient is under arrest. and if you have neither of those things, the patient can't consent."she even gets her supervisor on the phone who backs her up. the tension only escalates.natsot / hospital video:"she is the one that has told me no. yeah, but sir you're making a huge mistake. making a huge mistake by threatening a nurse. no, we're done.""she is under arrest--- doesn't' have to be like that!"salt lake's city police chief apologized and
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said what happened was unacceptable.chief mike brown, salt lake city police:"i was alarmed by what i saw in the video. i want to be very clear. we take this very seriously."for now, wubbels isn't filing a lawsuit.alex wubbels, nurse:"i feel strongly giving people benefit of the doubt and i truly believe he was honest in his apology and sincere in trying to make change and make things better."police released wubbels without charges that day, after she sat in the police car for 20 minutes detective payne said in a written report that his watch commander advised him to arrest the nurse for interfering with a police investigation.payne and another officer now on administrative leave, as internal investigators look into the incident.
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taking on the mariners on saturday night.. game tied at two -- top 4th -- the a's with two on -- matt joyce hits a 3-run jack -- oakland scored four runs in the inning the mariners rally from behind -- bottom 9th -- game tied at six with the bases juiced. seattle wins on a walk off wild pitch -- jean segura scores mariners win 7-6
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college football games going on all across the country saturday. cal had their home opener at chapel hill taking on the university of north carolina.we jump right into the action. cal quarterback ross bowers had a big day. late second quarter he finds vic wharton the third for the deep ball. wharton had 156 yards on the day including this 67 yard touchdown pass. late third quarter bowers again looking for his man. this time he's got patrick laird. check this out. he gets a block and he's got speed. he's also got a touchdown. in the replay you can see the shake and bake that is pretty stuff. cal took the lead 21 to 17 at that point. they kept going strong through the fourth. bowers had 363 passing yards on the day. he threw for 4 touchdown passes and just two interceptions. this game was back and fourth but cal stayed
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on top. they win this 35 to 30. they will take on weber state university next saturday at 2 p.m.the giants at at&t park saturday in the heat taking on the cardinals.taking on the the heat saturday in at&t park p.m.university next weber state 35 to 30. they they win this stayed on top. fourth but cal back and fourth but cal stayed on top. they win this 35 to 30. they will take on weber state university next saturday at 2 p.m.the giants at at&t park saturday in the heat taking on the cardinals.jeff samardzija on the mound and the shark looked good. he looked like the pitcher we thought we'd see when this season started. he would end up going seven innings today. giving up just one earned run. he struck out nine batters in those seven innings. if only he had been pitching like this earlier in the season. bottom of the ninth buster posey up. base hitit's a bloop. that would score hunter pence. that would tie the game at one. this baby is going to extra innings. and boy oh boy this was exciting. nick plate. he says get out of ball is gone. giants would (marty) coming up... we'll take you to a sonoma county wine and food festival... going on this weekend despite the extreme temperatures.
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(dave) the strong ridge of high pressure that brought two consecutive days of oppressive heat to the region will begin to shift eastward today. this will result in a region-wide cool down, yet temperatures will remain well above seasonal averages. in addition, remnants of tropical storm lidia will begin to spread across our region from the south today into
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monday and bring a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms to southern portions of the region. additional cooling is forecast on labor day and into the first half of the upcoming workweek. (marty) our team coverage of the record breaking heat continues... kron four's spencer blake reports on the cooling stations that have given sweltering san franciscans a break this weekend. weekend.franciscans a sweltering san have given stations that cooling spencer blake continues...breaking heat the record coverage of our team (marty) our team coverage of the record breaking heat kron four's spencer blake reports on the cooling stations that have given franciscans a break this weekend. (nat: splash)mission pool and playground is just one of the places people went to try and cool off saturday."it's very hot. i don't have air conditioning, so it's nice to get away."102 degrees in the city, to be precise.hot enough that mayor ed lee designated the six city-run pools as cooling centers, and kept them
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open an hour longer than normal."i just wanted to get down here right away just to jump in the pool, and i did that. i just jumped in right away."and to make it easier for áanyone to cool off, admission was free all day long."people have been very happy. actually we've had a lot of people come in, just trying to see if we were open." in all, about four thousand people swam at city pools. aquatics supervisor danny ogawa says that's significantly more than normal for this time of year.it meant a few willing lifeguards changed their shifts, or even worked on their off."keep refilling our waters and drinking lots, and making sure the kids keep cool."outside the north beach pool, parents sat in the shade while their kids played on the playground. believe it or not, san francisco was actually a bit of respite for this man from the east bay."so it's about 101 here today and it was going to be about 112 in castro valley."the city provided a-c and ice water at three salvation army locations, along with the jewish community center.the heat also called for the air district to call for the third 'spare the air day' in a row, with sunday already set as the fourth.perhaps you can't make the heat fo away, but it doesn't have to mean you lose your cool.in san francisco, spencer blake, kron four news. (marty) for a list of cooling
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centers around the bay area head to our website at kron four dot com. and you can track the temperature anywhere in the bay area with the kron- 4 app. you can always stay connected on breaking news ... through push alerts on our app. (marty) the 36th annual harvest wine celebration in livermore was canceled yesterday due to the high heat. but in the north bay... sonoma wine country weekend went on as planned. kron four's philippe djegal reports from rohnert park... where thousands showed up for a taste of sonoma despite triple digit heat. (philippe)nats- "so good." the food -- amazing...tim vallery/visitor- "great wine, great beer." the wine... nats- "mostly sirah." refreshing...tu-anh trone/visitor- "it's like an event that we go to every year." but the heat... nats- absolutely dreadful...tu-anh trone/visitor- "cooking just a little warm today by two-30 in the afternoon, it was 109-degrees outside here in rohnert park... so, as you might imagine, the most
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popular parts of this festival were shaded.tim vallery/visitor- "in the beer tent here, its quite nice. uh, its about 20-degrees cooler than over there. the misters are going great." kelin backman is the managing director of sonoma wine country weekend. this event, "taste of sonoma" was hosted at sonoma state univeristy... where backman says classrooms were turned into cooling centers. nats- and, guests were handed free water bottles to carry and fill up at the numerous water stations set-up to stay hydrated.kelin backman/sonoma wine country weekend- "taste the wine, taste the food and drink the water." the heat was certainly a bother... but the day was still a big success. more than 25-hundred tickets were sold for the event.kelin backman/sonoma wine country weekend- "we're all having a great time." made bearable because of the misters...tim vallery/visitor- "(philippe) what if they weren't here? (tim) i would be gone already, haha." but he stayed... had a great time... and so did the rest of the crowd, which ironically, at a wine and food festival, all probably lost a few pounds... thanks to mother nature. in rohnert park, philippe djegal, kron four news. (marty) president trump made his second trip to texas in a
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week, and his first trip to louisiana. shortly after he left, houston city officials said that water is still pushing people out of their homes. kristen holmes is in houston with mayor sylvester turner/-d- houston:"i have no choice but to issue a mandatory evacuation."houston's mayor tells some west houston residents with water in their homes ... they must leave.the order applies only to an area flooded by water releases from swollen reservoirs.authorities said it's a matter of public safety.chief samuel pena/houston fire dept.:"it's my professional opinion that people that remain in inundated areas are in an unsafe situation. the hazards that exist in these situations are presenting a problem for first responders."meanwhile, water service is beginning to be restored in beaumont.six temporary pumps have been installed.residents who haven't evacuated have been relying on bottled water since flooding knocked the treatment plant offline thursday.this as the president and first lady visited texas
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and louisiana saturday.in houston, they stopped at a church and a relief center at nrg stadium.pres. trump (no font necessary):"i think people appreciate what's been done. it's been done very efficiently, very well, and that's what we want...a lot of love."president trump handed out meals ......supplies...and hugsthen it was on to louisiana ... where he met with members of the national guard and the cajun navy, a group of volunteers helping with water rescues.harvey could be one of the most expensive disasters in us history.the white house has asked for a nearly eight billion dollars in disaster relief.the house is scheduled to vote on the funding next week. (marty) that was kristen holmes reporting. the department of homeland security reports about 100-thousand homes destroyed or damaged by hurricane harvey and the texas governor greg abbott says more than 440-thousand people have registered for emergency assistance through fema. (marty)coming up... a story of
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hundreds of thousands of "dreamers" are awaiting a big announcement from president trump. he's expected to say on tuesday whether he'll keep the program that temporarily protects them from deportation. anna-lysa gayle reports from washington. voice of ambar pinto, enrolled in daca:"i came to the u.s. with my family in 2005 as a 12-year-old." voice of gerson quinteros, enrolled in daca:"so i came here in 2004, i was like 9-years-old." ambar pinto and gerson quinteros are just two of nearly 800,000 dreamers now worried about their futures. president trump file / no name font needed:"we love the
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dreamers, we love everybody." in 2012, the nickname dreamers was given to those enrolled in the deferred action for childhood arrivals program, which temporarily protects undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as children. pinto and gerson are anxiously waiting for president donald trump's decision on the program, which is expected on tuesday.sarah sanders, white house press secretary:"the president's priorities on immigration are to create a system that encourages legal immigration and benefit's our economy and american workers." gerson quinteros, enrolled in daca: "i'm scared, nervous." quinteros is a science major at u-d-c, while pinto is looking forward to getting her bachelor's degree in administration after completing her associates. reporter: "what do you do after tuesday, good or bad? gerson: stay positive and continue fighting, no matter what." ambar pinto, enrolled in daca:"we're about a million, who has parents, who have brothers and sisters." coming upnow that the sonoma marin area rail transit, man that too many words so let's call it the smart train , now that the smart train is fully operational its time to take a refresher course on rail safety . ill explain in the next edition of people behaving badly
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pressure that brought two consecutive days of oppressive heat to the region will begin to shift eastward today. this will result in a region-wide cool down, yet temperatures will remain well above seasonal averages. in addition, remnants of tropical storm lidia will begin to spread across our region from the south today into monday and bring a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms to southern portions of the region. additional cooling is forecast on labor day and into the first half of the upcoming workweek.
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owners are responsible -- some aren't. guess which one's stanley roberts found in this edition of people behaving badly. on mission road in colma sits a lady sitting on the curb on her smart phone, with her dog close by then the dog wanders off and sniffs a tree, normal dog behavior nats ambiance then moments later a dog does what dogs do best ..while the owners watches but make no effort to clean it up she just sits there .. then she gets up loads the dog in the car . walks around to the drivers side and off she goes oh, i almost forget to mention the grassy area where all this happened is holy cross catholic cemetery nats: ambiance inside the cemetery this older couple is placing flowers on some headstones notice the dog off leash running around . the dog sniffs around. then wanders off to find a spot where it does what dogs do best nats: ambiance then the dog runs back to the couple who never noticed
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what had happenednats: ambiancemany other cemeteries in colma flat out ban dogs . for obvious reasons the reason some people cant be trusted to clean up after there dog, here listen to what one visitor had to say about what she's seen we come down here to pay our respects to our family we get down on our hands and knees we clean the grave we clean up around the area we bring um flowers then you see dogs running around pooping the family is here from north pole alaska they're running around loose you know and the last time we were here two or three of them running around loose and their going where ever they want to go and the owners are not doing anything about it holy cross permits dogs but they must be on a leash and they must stay on cemetery roads .. these dogs are on a leash but are allowed to use the tree to urinate although the tree has memorial stones directly
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beneath it so now i know why the other cemeteries ban dogs. well al least they permit people to feed the birds. but you have to wonder is feeing geese and seagulls whole rolls of bread good for them in colma stanley roberts kron 4 news (marty) if you have a comment or story idea for stanley, e-mail us at 'people behaving badly' at kron- four-dot-com ... (marty) that was just one in a series of implosions to demolish the old span of the bay bridge. the thirteen concrete islands will be destroyed on weekends through november. kron4's jeff pierce was there for the first implosion. saturday morning caltrans
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prepared for the final steps in removing the remnants of the old eastern span of the bay bridge. the next set of underwater explosions to remove the underwater piers began with clearing the bridge of pedestrians and bicyclists. representatives from the marine mammal center were in place to monitor any harm that might come to any mammals in the bay. so far all the safety mechanisms that they have set up worked because we have not had any injuries or stunnings that we have had to pull out of the water in any previous implosions. the california highway patrol briefly halted traffic on the new eastern span in an abundance of caution. we do this as a caution just to make sure that nobody hears the site implosion and causes a collision of some kind. with everything in place a veil of undersea air bubbles enveloped the two piers just seconds beforethe bay erupted in what appears to have been a successful operation. we'll continue to monitor the area over the next couple of hours later in the day we'll go in and do a sonar read of the actual demolition work but from the surface everything looked and appeared to go successfully today. the
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remaining underwater piers will go through this same process on weekends through the end of the year. we plan to be done by the end of the calendar year and some weekends we will be imploding one two or three of the piers going forward and i think so far the contractor has represented that he will be able to pull that off successfully. at the eastern span of the bay bridge jeff pierce kron four news. (marty) the houston astros returned home to beat harvey yesterday -- in a manner of speaking. we'll explain after the break. live look outside... bay bridge toll plaza. ♪
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massachusetts says someone paid their overdue fines with chuck-e-cheese tokens. the bookkeeper at the library says at first she counted three tokens before realizing they weren't actual money. the library posted a message on facebook asking people to stop trying to pay fines with game tokens. they also let people know that they can't accept canadian coins either. (marty) a man in ontario, canada has the record books buzzing... juan ortiz now holds the guinness world record for wearing a "bee beard" the longest... clocking in at 61 minutes. that's almost 8 minutes longer than the previous record. working at a honey farm... ortiz is used to being around the flying insects. he says he practiced the stunt only twice before trying it for real. he only got a few stings in the process. (marty) it was an emotional
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return home for the houston astros. they returned home to play a day-night doubleheader yesterday at minute maid park. the team observed a moment of silence for the victims of hurricane harvey during the pregame ceremonies. houston mayor sylvester turner threw out the ceremonial first pitch. the astros won the first game by a score of 12-8.... beating mets starter... matt harvey. coming up on kron four news weekend... president trump makes his second visit to texas to visit harvey victims -- the latest on how residents are starting to recover. and north korea says they've tested their largest hydrogen bomb to date -- we'll tell you how the international community (and the president) are responding. plus...hot weather causing delays on bart -- we'll tell you long you can expect to wait today. (dave) a look at your temps. we got another hot one.
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gonzalez. dave spahr is here with the forecast (dave)the strong ridge of high pressure that brought two consecutive days of oppressive heat to the region will begin to shift eastward today. this will result in a region-wide cool down, yet temperatures will remain well above seasonal averages. in addition, remnants of tropical storm lidia will begin to spread across our region from the south today into monday and bring a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms to southern portions of the region. additional cooling is forecast on labor day and into the first half of the upcoming workweek.
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(marty) extreme heat can cause train tracks to move.. or buckle. that means bart will continue to run its trains at slower speeds this weekend. kron 4's hermela argawi explains that means possible delays. extreme heat causing more problems for bart riders. quetzal rodriguez/bart rider not all the trains have air conditioning, so they're a little more packed, irritated people, sweaty, with their shirts off, i mean you name it jb ingram/bart riderwhen i
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ride, it's normally not the commute hours, the commute hours it's like sardines in there, and if you're on a car that is not air conditioned, it could be miserable. now, the heat is not just making riders uncomfortable.. it's also causing delays.in an unusual move, bart says it's intentionally slowing down its trains when they're above ground..so that if the rails move due to the heat.. drivers will have time to react appropriately.quetzal rodriguez/bart rider.i'm definitely going to make sure that i have everything planned, make sure i'm on top of it. jb ingram/bart rideryou gotta prepare youself and allow yourself time to travel any public transportationthe trains will be backed up from about 10 to twenty minutes. (marty)the slowdown will be in effect today from noon to 8pm.. but bart says it could be extended based on the temperature. (marty) breaking overnight... north korea says it has conducted a 6th
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nuclear test -- it caused a six-point-three magnitude explosion. these are photos of kim jong un inspecting the device prior to the test. the u-s-g-s says explosion happened close to where north korea has detonated bombs in the past. but this was their most powerful test to date. north korea claims it has a hydrogen bomb that can be put in an intercontinental ballistic missile.several countries including china and russia have condemned the blast (marty) president trump reacted on social media. he tweeted this morning -- calling north korea a hostile rogue nation that's a threat to the u.s. and china. (marty)the president also called out south korea, tweeting:south korea is finding, as i have told them, that their talk of appeasement with north korea will not work, they only understand one thing! (marty) the president is back in washington after spending saturday in houston. he has declared today a national day of prayer -- for people
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affected by hurricane harvey and its aftermath. southeast texas is working to recover from the devastating storm that has claimed at least 53 lives. omar jimenez reports on the president trump's second visit to houston in less than a week.. a city ástill underwater. houston continues to recover over a week after harvey slammed into texas. nats saturday the city played host to the president.as part of trump's ásecond visit to the state...this time meeting with evacuees at a harvey relief center.pres donald trump/saturday/houston: "really, i think people appreciate what's been done. it's been done very efficiently, very well and that's what we want. we're very happy with the way everything's going. there's a lot of love, a lot of love." elsewhere in the citya new evacuation order.this one mandatory for close to 300 residents on the west side who stayed in their flooded homes. sylvester turner/houston mayor: "there comes a time when you have to exercise good common sense and this is one time when you have to put person over propertyto the eastin ábeaumont water áremains an issuebut not just because of the flooding.the high waters knocked out two of the city's water pumps days
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ago leaving residents without ádrinking water.mayor becky ames/beaumont: we are not at the finish line but we've undoubltly gained a second wind.temporary pumps are in placebut even with áthat water residents are being recommended to boil what they use. city manager kyle hayes/beaumont:there is going to be periodic interruptions in our water service, the pressure is going to go up and down. heading into labor day...the region continues to try and get back to a sense of normalhouston schools saying they'll be ready to open by september 11th.the astros kept running the bases saturday night.and as donations continue to pour inmany residentsnow evacueesstill wonder what the future holdsin hopes of one day being able to return home.in houstoni'm omar jimenez. (marty) the devastation caused by harvey has motivated the bay area's sikh community to lend a helping hand. kron 4's ella sogomonian reports a trucking company in fremont plans to hand deliver
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goods collected last week. sot: karm phagur, bay star trans truck driver// "i travel quite a bit for my job so i figured why not head out there and try to make a difference." truck driver karm phagur figured he travels through texas anyway so what's another 600 miles to houston to deliver goods to flood victims? sot: karm phagur, bay star trans truck driver// "i'll probably be out there a few days extra and help out with whatever i can do and whatever they need me to do."by tuesday his refrigetrated 18 wheeler will be filled with supplies he will hand deliver.the trucking company along with members of the sikh community across the bay area came up with the donation idea as they watched the horrific aftermath of hurricane harvey. sot: gurjeet hothi, hothi freight lines owner// "it was just an idea of some friends we were just sitting together and thinking how fortunate we are we can help the less fortunate and we just got the idea to raise as much stuff as we can to help those victims out there."the formal drop off location is this hayward warehouse on industrial parkway but sikh temples across the bay are helping too. they're collecting clothes, diapers, toiletries, food and money that will be shipped off on wednesday. (marty) that hayward
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warehouse on industrial parkway will have a barbeque today between 12 and 5. but you can drop off donations at temples all over the bay -- including milpitas, el sobrante, and san jose -- anytime before tuesday. coming up... the latest on the wildfires that continue to rage around the state. a second officer placed on leave following an incident with a utah nurse. hear what the local police department is now saying. and flying the 420-friendly skies... what a national airline is saying about the new advertising on their flights.
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besides billboards...dis pensary owners say it usually places ads on social media. advertising on more traditional platforms will let them reach new audiences...like las vegas tourists. (sot) (marty) allegiant air says running the marijuana ad is simply a business transaction. the airline doesn't endorse the company or its product. live look outside... golden gate bridge.. (dave) a look at your temps. we got another hot one. grocery outlet is the home
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(dave) the strong ridge of high pressure that brought two consecutive days of oppressive heat to the region will begin to shift eastward today. this will result in a region-wide cool down, yet temperatures will remain well above seasonal averages. in addition, remnants of tropical storm lidia will begin to spread across our region from the south today into monday and bring a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms to southern portions of the region. additional cooling is forecast on labor day and into the first half of the upcoming workweek. (marty) los angeles mayor eric
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garcetti says a wildfire burning just north of downtown....is the largest in the city's history. the la tuna canyon wildfire began friday afternoon. it has forced people in more than 700 homes to evacuate. the flames have burned five thousand acres. the fire also forced closures of highway 210. it is being fueled by the extreme heat in california and shifting winds. those who chose to remain in the area say they're worried about the fire getting closer. (sot)
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changing. there's more winds coming out now. so it's getting a little scarier now."> (marty) so far two homes and another structure have burned. no injuries have been reported. volunteers have opened at least two evacuations centers in the area. (marty) closer to the bay area. one of the largest wildfires burning right now is the ponderosa fire in butte county, just east of oroville. evacuation orders are in place for some of the surrounding areas. the fire has burned over 38- hundred acres. it is 51- percent contained. the fire has destroyed 32 homes and another five-hundred homes are threatened. officials say the fire's location in steep and rugged terrain, along with the hot and dry temperatures are complicating crews' efforts to put out the fire. (marty) governor brown has declared a state of emergency for the helena fire in trinity county. the fire has
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burned six-thousand acres and is zero percent contained. it started wednesday near the town of helena, west of weaverville along highway 299. people living in the area are being evacuated. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. (marty) a second utah police oficer is now on paid administrative leave after this controversial arrest of a hospital nurse. police are apologizing for the incident that happened in july. the nurse, alex wubbels, was detained for trying to prevent officers from taking blood samples from an unconscious patient. dan simons reports that the nurse was following hospital policy. natsot: screaming, being led awaythe disturbing video comes from the inside of an emergency room.and the woman screaming?a burn unit nurse, who is being arrested by a salt lake city police officer. natsot: "please sir you're hurting me. lady walk!"the incident - captured by police and hospital cameras - happened in july. but now, the district attorney says he
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wants a criminal investigation. university of utah nurse alex wubbels says she was just doing her job, following hospital protocol, by refusing to let police take a blood sample from an unconscious patient.natsot: "is this patient under arrest? no!" wubbels says detective jeff payne demanded a blood sample from a car crash victim who was in a coma and severely burned. his truck - smashed by a car racing from police, according to local media wubbels calmly explains the policy for obtaining blood natsot / hospital video:"the 3 things-if you have electronic warrant, patient consent or the patient is under arrest. and if you have neither of those things, the patient can't consent."she even gets her supervisor on the phone who backs her up. the tension only escalates.natsot / hospital video:"she is the one that has told me no. yeah, but sir you're making a huge mistake. making a huge mistake
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by threatening a nurse. no, we're done.""she is under arrest--- doesn't' have to be like that!"salt lake's city police chief apologized and said what happened was unacceptable.chief mike brown, salt lake city police:"i was alarmed by what i saw in the video. i want to be very clear. we take this very seriously."for now, wubbels isn't filing a lawsuit.alex wubbels, nurse:"i feel strongly giving people benefit of the doubt and i truly believe he was honest in his apology and sincere in trying to make change and make things better."police released wubbels without charges that day, after she sat in the police car for 20 minutes detective payne said in a written report that his watch commander advised him to arrest the nurse for interfering with a police investigation.payne and another officer now on administrative leave, as internal investigators look into the incident.
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wild pitch -- jean segura scores mariners win 7-6 college football games going on all across the country saturday. cal had their home opener at chapel hill taking on the university of north carolina.we jump right into the action. cal quarterback ross bowers had a big day. late second quarter he finds vic wharton the third for the deep ball. wharton had 156 yards on the day including this 67 yard touchdown pass. late third quarter bowers again looking for his man. this time he's got patrick laird. check this out. he gets a block and he's got speed. he's also got a touchdown. in the replay you can see the shake and bake that is pretty stuff. cal took the lead 21 to 17 at that point. they kept going strong through the fourth. bowers had 363 passing yards on the day. he threw for 4 touchdown passes and just two
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interceptions. this game was back and fourth but cal stayed on top. they win this 35 to 30. they will take on weber state university next saturday at 2 p.m.the giants at at&t park saturday in the heat taking on the cardinals.jeff samardzija on the mound and the shark looked good. he looked like the pitcher we thought we'd see when this season started. he would end up going seven innings today. giving up just one earned run. he struck out nine batters in those seven innings. if only he had been pitching like this earlier in the season. bottom of the ninth buster posey up. base hitit's a bloop. that would score hunter pence. that would tie the game at one. this baby is going to extra innings. and boy oh boy this was exciting. nick hundley at the plate. he says get out of town. this ball is gone. giants would go on to win this game in ten innings against the st. louis cardinals. they are back out at the ballpark at 1:05 sunday afternoon. (marty) coming up... we'll take you to a sonoma county wine and food festival... going on this weekend despite the extreme temperatures. (dave) a look at your temps. we got another hot one.
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addition, remnants of tropical storm lidia will begin to spread across our region from the south today into monday and bring a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms to southern portions of the region. additional cooling is forecast on labor day and into the first half of the upcoming workweek. (marty) our team coverage of the record breaking heat continues... kron four's spencer blake reports on the cooling stations that have given sweltering san
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franciscans a break this weekend. (nat: splash)mission pool and playground is just one of the places people went to try and cool off saturday."it's very hot. i don't have air conditioning, so it's nice to get away."102 degrees in the city, to be precise.hot enough that mayor ed lee designated the six city-run pools as cooling centers, and kept them open an hour longer than normal."i just wanted to get down here right away just to jump in the pool, and i did that. i just jumped in right away."and to make it easier for áanyone to cool off, admission was free all day long."people have been very happy. actually we've had a lot of people come in, just trying to see if we were open." in all, about four thousand people swam at city pools. aquatics supervisor danny ogawa says that's significantly more than normal for this time of year.it meant a few willing lifeguards changed their shifts, or even worked on their scheduled day off."keep refilling our waters and drinking lots, and making sure the kids keep cool." outside the north beach pool, parents sat in the shade while
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their kids played on the playground.believe it or not, san francisco was actually a bit of respite for this man from the east bay."so it's about 101 here today and it was going to be about 112 in castro valley."the city provided a-c and ice water at three salvation army locations, along with the jewish community center.the heat also called for the air district to call for the third 'spare the air day' in a row, with sunday already set as the fourth.perhaps you can't make the heat fo away, but it doesn't have to mean you lose your cool.in san francisco, spencer blake, kron four news. (marty) the 36th annual harvest wine celebration in livermore was canceled yesterday due to the high heat. but in the north bay... sonoma wine country weekend went on as planned. kron four's philippe djegal reports from rohnert park... where thousands showed up for a taste of sonoma despite triple digit heat. (philippe)nats- "so good." the food -- amazing...tim vallery/visitor- "great wine, great beer." the wine... nats- "mostly sirah." refreshing...tu-anh trone/visitor- "it's like an event that we go to every year." but the heat... nats-
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absolutely dreadful...tu-anh trone/visitor- "cooking just a little warm today by two-30 in the afternoon, it was 109-degrees outside here in rohnert park... so, as you might imagine, the most popular parts of this festival were shaded.tim vallery/visitor- "in the beer tent here, its quite nice. uh, its about 20-degrees cooler than over there. the misters are going great." kelin backman is the managing director of sonoma wine country weekend. this event, "taste of sonoma" was hosted at sonoma state univeristy... where backman says classrooms were turned into cooling centers. nats- and, guests were handed free water bottles to carry and fill up at the numerous water stations set-up to stay hydrated.kelin backman/sonoma wine country weekend- "taste the wine, taste the food and drink the water." the heat was certainly a bother... but the day was still a big success. more than 25-hundred tickets were sold for the event.kelin backman/sonoma wine country weekend- "we're all having a great time." made bearable because of the misters...tim "(philippe) what if they weren't here? (tim) i would be gone already, haha." but he stayed... had a great time... and so did the
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rest of the ironically, at a wine and food festival, all a few pounds... thanks to mother in rohnert park, philippe djegal, kron four news. (marty) president trump made his second trip to texas in a week, and his first trip to louisiana. shortly after he left, houston city officials said that water is still pushing people out of their homes. kristen holmes is in houston with more. mayor sylvester turner/-d- houston:"i have no choice but to issue a mandatory evacuation."houston's mayor tells some west houston residents with water in their homes ... they must leave.the order applies only to an area flooded by water releases from swollen reservoirs.authorities said it's a matter of public safety.chief samuel pena/houston fire dept.:"it's my professional opinion that people that remain in inundated areas are in an unsafe situation. the hazards that exist in these situations are presenting a problem for first responders."meanwhile, water service is beginning to be restored in beaumont.six temporary pumps have been installed.residents who haven't evacuated have been relying on bottled water since flooding knocked the treatment plant offline thursday.this as the president and first lady visited texas and louisiana saturday.in
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houston, they stopped at a church and a relief center at nrg stadium.pres. trump (no font necessary):"i think people appreciate what's been done. it's been done very efficiently, very well, and that's what we want...a lot of love."president trump handed out meals ......supplies...and hugsthen it was on to louisiana ... where he met with members of the national guard and the cajun navy, a group of volunteers helping with water rescues.harvey could be one of the most expensive disasters in us history.the white house has asked for a nearly eight billion dollars in disaster relief.the house is scheduled to vote on the funding next week. (marty) coming up... a story of two dreamers anxiously awaiting president trump's tuesday
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stand up to chronic migraine. talk to a headache specialist today. in national news... hundreds of thousands of "dreamers" are awaiting a big announcement from president trump. he's expected to say on tuesday whether he'll keep the program that temporarily protects them from deportation. anna-lysa gayle reports from washington. voice of ambar pinto, enrolled in daca:"i came to the u.s. with my family in 2005 as a 12-year-old." voice of gerson quinteros, enrolled in daca:"so i came here in 2004, i was like 9-years-old." ambar pinto and gerson quinteros are just two of nearly 800,000 dreamers now worried about their futures. president trump file / no name font needed:"we love the dreamers, we love everybody." in 2012, the nickname dreamers was given to those enrolled in the deferred action for childhood arrivals program, which temporarily protects undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as children. pinto and gerson are anxiously waiting for president donald trump's decision on the program, which is expected on tuesday.sarah sanders, white house press
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secretary:"the president's priorities on immigration are to create a system that encourages legal immigration and benefit's our economy and american workers." gerson quinteros, enrolled in daca: "i'm scared, nervous." quinteros is a computer science major at u-d-c, while pinto is looking forward to getting her bachelor's degree in business administration after completing her associates. reporter: "what do you do after tuesday, good or bad? gerson: stay positive and continue fighting, no matter what." ambar pinto, enrolled in daca:"we're about a million, who has parents, who have brothers and sisters."
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pressure that brought two consecutive days of oppressive heat to the region will begin to shift eastward today. this will result in a region-wide cool down, yet temperatures will remain well above seasonal averages. in addition, remnants of tropical storm lidia will begin to spread across our region from the south today into monday and bring a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms to southern portions of the region. additional cooling is forecast on labor day and into the first half of the upcoming workweek.
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owners are responsible -- some aren't. guess which one's stanley roberts found in this edition of people behaving badly. on mission road in colma sits a lady sitting on the curb on her smart phone, with her dog close by then the dog wanders off and sniffs a tree, normal dog behavior nats ambiance then moments later a dog does what dogs do best ..while the owners watches but make no effort to clean it up she just sits there .. then she gets up loads the dog in the car . walks around to the drivers side and off she goes oh, i almost forget to mention the grassy area where all this happened is holy cross catholic cemetery nats: ambiance inside the cemetery this older couple is placing flowers on some headstones notice the dog off leash
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running around . the dog sniffs around. then wanders off to find a spot where it does what dogs do best nats: ambiance then the dog runs back to the couple who never noticed what had happenednats: ambiancemany other cemeteries in colma flat out ban dogs . for obvious reasons the reason some people cant be trusted to clean up after there dog, here listen to what one visitor had to say about what she's seen we come down here to pay our respects to our family we get down on our hands and knees we clean the grave we clean up around the area we bring um flowers then you see dogs running around pooping the family is here from north pole alaska they're running around loose you know and the last time we were here two or three of them running around loose and their going where ever they want to go and the owners are not doing anything about it holy cross permits dogs but they must be on a leash and they must stay on cemetery roads .. these dogs are on a leash but are
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allowed to use the tree to urinate although the tree has memorial stones directly beneath it so now i know why the other cemeteries ban dogs. well al least they permit people to feed the birds. but you have to wonder is feeing geese and seagulls whole rolls of bread good for them in colma stanley roberts kron 4 news (marty) if you have a comment or story idea for stanley, e-mail us at 'people behaving badly' at kron- four-dot-com ... (marty) that was just one in a series of implosions to demolish the old span of the bay bridge. the thirteen concrete islands will be destroyed on weekends through november. kron4's jeff pierce was there for the first implosion. saturday morning caltrans
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prepared for the final steps in removing the remnants of the old eastern span of the bay bridge. the next set of underwater explosions to remove the underwater piers began with clearing the bridge of pedestrians and bicyclists. representatives from the marine mammal center were in place to monitor any harm that might come to any mammals in the bay. so far all the safety mechanisms that they have set up worked because we have not had any injuries or stunnings that we have had to pull out of the water in any previous implosions. the california highway patrol briefly halted traffic on the new eastern span in an abundance of caution. we do this as a caution just to make sure that nobody hears the site implosion and causes a collision of some kind. with everything in place a veil of undersea air bubbles enveloped the two piers just seconds beforethe bay erupted in what appears to have been a successful operation. we'll continue to monitor the area over the next couple of hours later in the day we'll go in and do a sonar read of the actual demolition work but from the surface everything
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looked and appeared to go successfully today. the remaining underwater piers will go through this same process on weekends through the end of the year. we plan to be done by the end of the calendar year and some weekends we will be imploding one two or three of the piers going forward and i think so far the contractor has represented that he will be able to pull that off successfully. at the eastern span of the bay bridge jeff pierce kron four news. (jr stone) the russian consulate in san francisco has closed its doors. kron four was there as people inside grabbed some of their belongings before leaving. this was one of three offices that closed yesterday. locations in new york and washington d.c. were also closed. the u.s. state department says these latest
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closures are a response to russia, earlier this year, forcing the u-s to cut its diplomatic staff in moscow by 755. (marty) the houston astros returned home to beat harvey yesterday -- in a manner of speaking. we'll explain after the break. live look outside... bay bridge toll plaza. before they can stand tall...
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massachusetts says someone paid their overdue fines with chuck-e-cheese tokens. the bookkeeper at the library says at first she counted three tokens before realizing they weren't actual money. the library posted a message on facebook asking people to stop trying to pay fines with game tokens. they also let people know that they can't accept canadian coins (marty) a man in ontario,
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canada has the record books buzzing... juan ortiz now holds the guinness world record for wearing a "bee beard" the longest... clocking in at 61 minutes. that's almost 8 minutes longer than the previous record. working at a honey farm... ortiz is used to being around the flying insects. he says he practiced the stunt only twice before trying it for real. he only got a few stings in the process. (marty) it was an emotional return home for the houston astros. they returned home to play a day-night doubleheader yesterday at minute maid park. the team observed a moment of silence for the victims of hurricane harvey during the pregame ceremonies. houston mayor sylvester turner threw out the ceremonial first pitch. the astros won the first game by a score of 12-8.... beating mets starter... matt harvey.
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coming up on kron four news weekend... president trump makes his second trip to texas to visit harvey victims -- the latest on how residents are starting to recover. and north korea says they've tested their largest hydrogen bomb to date -- we'll tell you how the international community (and the president) are responding. plus...hot weather causing delays on bart -- we'll tell you long you can expect to wait today. (dave) a look at your temps. we got another hot one.
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good morning, i'm marty gonzalez. dave spahr is here with the forecast (dave)the strong ridge of high pressure that brought two consecutive days of oppressive heat to the region will begin to shift eastward today. this will result in a region-wide cool down, yet temperatures will remain well above seasonal averages. in addition, remnants of tropical storm lidia will begin to spread across our region from the south today into monday and bring a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms to southern portions of the region. additional cooling is forecast on labor day and into the first half of the upcoming workweek.
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(marty) extreme heat can cause train tracks to move.. or buckle. that means bart will continue to run its trains at slower speeds this weekend. kron 4's hermela argawi explains that means possible delays. extreme heat causing more problems for bart riders. quetzal rodriguez/bart rider not all the trains have air conditioning, so they're a little more packed, irritated people, sweaty, with their shirts off, i mean you name it jb ingram/bart riderwhen i ride, it's normally not the commute hours, the commute hours it's like sardines in
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there, and if you're on a car that is not air conditioned, it could be miserable. now, the heat is not just making riders uncomfortable.. it's also causing delays.in an unusual move, bart says it's intentionally slowing down its trains when they're above ground..so that if the rails move due to the heat.. drivers will have time to react appropriately.quetzal rodriguez/bart rider.i'm definitely going to make sure that i have everything planned, make sure i'm on top of it. jb ingram/bart rideryou gotta prepare youself and allow yourself time to travel any public the trains will be backed up to twenty minutes. (marty) the slowdown will be in effect today from noon to 8pm..but bart says it could be extended based on the temperature. (marty) breaking overnight... north korea says it has conducted a 6th nuclear test -- it caused a six-point-three magnitude explosion. these are photos of kim jong un
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inspecting the device prior to the test. the u-s-g-s says explosion happened close to where north korea has detonated bombs in the past. but this was their most powerful test to date. north korea claims it has a hydrogen bomb that can be put in an intercontinental ballistic missile.several countries including china and russia have condemned the blast (marty) president trump reacted on social media. he tweeted this morning -- calling north korea a hostile rogue nation that's a threat to the u.s. and china. (marty)the president also called out south korea, tweeting:south korea is finding, as i have told them, that their talk of appeasement with north korea will not work, they only understand one thing! (marty) the president is back in washington after spending saturday in houston. he has declared today a national day of prayer -- for people affected by hurricane harvey and its aftermath. southeast texas is working to recover from the devastating
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storm that has claimed at least 53 lives. omar jimenez reports on the president trump's second visit to houston in less than a week.. a city ástill underwater. houston continues to recover over a week after harvey slammed into texas. nats saturday the city played host to the president.as part of trump's ásecond visit to the state...this time meeting with evacuees at a harvey relief center.pres donald trump/saturday/houston: "really, i think people appreciate what's been done. it's been done very efficiently, very well and that's what we want. we're very happy with the way everything's going. there's a lot of love, a lot of love." elsewhere in the citya new evacuation order.this one mandatory for close to 300 residents on the west side who stayed in their flooded homes. sylvester turner/houston mayor: "there comes a time when you have to exercise good common sense and this is one time when you have to put person over propertyto the eastin ábeaumont water áremains an issuebut not just because of the flooding.the high waters knocked out two of the city's water pumps days ago leaving residents without ádrinking water.mayor becky ames/beaumont: we are not at the finish line but we've undoubltly gained a second wind.temporary pumps are in placebut even with áthat water residents are being
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recommended to boil what they use. city manager kyle hayes/beaumont:there is going to be periodic interruptions in our water service, the pressure is going to go up and down. heading into labor day...the region continues to try and get back to a sense of normalhouston schools saying they'll be ready to open by september 11th.the astros kept running the bases saturday night.and as donations continue to pour inmany residentsnow evacueesstill wonder what the future holdsin hopes of one day being able to return home.in houstoni'm omar jimenez. (marty) the devastation caused by harvey has motivated the bay area's sikh community to lend a helping hand. kron 4's ella sogomonian reports a trucking company in fremont plans to hand deliver goods collected last week. sot: karm phagur, bay star trans truck driver// "i travel quite a bit for my job so i figured why not head out there and try to make a difference." truck driver karm phagur figured he travels through
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texas anyway so what's another 600 miles to houston to deliver goods to flood victims? sot: karm phagur, bay star trans truck driver// "i'll probably be out there a few days extra and help out with whatever i can do and whatever they need me to do."by tuesday his refrigetrated 18 wheeler will be filled with supplies he will hand deliver.the trucking company along with members of the sikh community across the bay area came up with the donation idea as they watched the horrific aftermath of hurricane harvey. sot: gurjeet hothi, hothi freight lines owner// "it was just an idea of some friends we were just sitting together and thinking how fortunate we are we can help the less fortunate and we just got the idea to raise as much stuff as we can to help those victims out there."the formal drop off location is this hayward warehouse on industrial parkway but sikh temples across the bay are helping too. they're collecting clothes, diapers, toiletries, food and money that will be shipped off on wednesday. (marty) that hayward warehouse on industrial parkway will have a barbeque today between 12 and 5. but you can drop off donations at temples all over the bay -- including milpitas, el
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sobrante, and san jose -- anytime before tuesday. coming up... the latest on the wildfires that continue to rage around the state. a second officer placed on leave following an incident with a utah nurse. hear what the local police department is now saying. and flying the 420-friendly skies... what a national airline is saying about the new advertising on their flights. a nevada pot dispensary...
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is putting ads in an in- flight magazine of a major airline. las vegas based acres' cannabis ...says its full-page ad can be seen in allegiant air's in-flight magazine. it's been a challenge for the industry to overcome the stigma of pot. besides billboards...dis pensary owners say it usually places ads on social media. advertising on more traditional platforms will let them reach new audiences...like las vegas tourists. (sot)
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coming out to las vegas. they go through a whole lot of drinks on that plane and by the time everyone gets here, they're ready to go.">(marty) allegiant air says running the marijuana ad is simply a business transaction. the airline doesn't endorse the company or its product. (dave) a look at your temps. we got another hot one. live look outside... golden gate bridge.. people love my breakfast burritos. and my french fries. wait! what if i put them together?! a burrito stuffed with scrambled eggs, creamy
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guacamole, bacon and crispy french fries. i'll call it the california breakfast burrito! boom. someone got that, right? scrambled eggs. guacamole. bacon. french fries. you'll call it the california breakfast burrito. boom. good work everyone. another winner. introducing my new california breakfast burrito. only at jack in the box. live look outside... bay
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pressure that brought two consecutive days of oppressive heat to the region will begin to shift eastward today. this will result in a region-wide cool down, yet temperatures will remain well above seasonal averages. in addition, remnants of tropical storm lidia will begin to spread across our region from the south today into monday and bring a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms to southern portions of the region. additional cooling is forecast on labor day and into the first half of the upcoming workweek.
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garcetti says a wildfire burning just north of downtown....is the largest in the city's history. the la tuna canyon wildfire began friday afternoon. it has forced people in more than 700 homes to evacuate. the flames have burned five thousand acres. the fire also forced closures of highway 210. it is being fueled by the extreme heat in california and shifting winds. those who chose to remain in the area say they're worried about the fire getting closer. (sot) (marty) so far two homes and another structure have burned. no injuries have been reported. volunteers have opened at least two
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evacuations centers in the area. (marty) closer to the bay area. one of the largest wildfires burning right now is the ponderosa fire in butte county, just east of oroville. evacuation orders are in place for some of the surrounding areas. the fire has burned over 38- hundred acres. it is 51- percent contained. the fire has destroyed 32 homes and another five-hundred homes are threatened. officials say the fire's location in steep and rugged terrain, along with the hot and dry temperatures are complicating crews' efforts to put out the fire. (marty) governor brown has declared a state of emergency for the helena fire in trinity county. the fire has burned six-thousand acres and is zero percent contained. it started wednesday near the town of helena, west of weaverville along highway 299. people living in the area are being evacuated. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. (marty) a second utah
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police oficer is now on paid administrative leave after this controversial arrest of a hospital nurse. police are apologizing for the incident that happened in july. the nurse, alex wubbels, was detained for trying to prevent officers from taking blood samples from an unconscious patient. dan simons reports that the nurse was following hospital policy. natsot: screaming, being led awaythe disturbing video comes from the inside of an emergency room.and the woman screaming?a burn unit nurse, who is being arrested by a salt lake city police officer. natsot: "please sir you're hurting me. lady walk!"the incident - captured by police and hospital cameras - happened in july. but now, the district attorney says he wants a criminal investigation. university of utah nurse alex wubbels says she was just doing her job, following hospital protocol, by refusing to let police take a blood sample from an unconscious patient.natsot: "is this patient under arrest? no!" wubbels says detective jeff payne demanded a blood sample from a car crash victim who was in a coma and severely burned. his truck - smashed by a car racing from police, according to local media
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wubbels calmly explains the policy for obtaining blood natsot / hospital video:"the 3 things-if you have electronic warrant, patient consent or the patient is under arrest. and if you have neither of those things, the patient can't consent."she even gets her supervisor on the phone who backs her up. the tension only escalates.natsot / hospital video:"she is the one that has told me no. yeah, but sir you're making a huge mistake. making a huge mistake by threatening a nurse. no, we're done.""she is under arrest--- doesn't' have to be like that!"salt lake's city police chief apologized and said what happened was unacceptable.chief mike brown, salt lake city police:"i was alarmed by what i saw in the video. i want to be very clear. we take this very seriously."for now, wubbels isn't filing a lawsuit.alex wubbels, nurse:"i feel strongly giving people benefit of the doubt and i truly believe he was honest in his apology and sincere in trying to make change and make things better."police released wubbels without charges that day, after she sat in the police car for 20 minutes detective payne said in a written report that his watch commander advised him to arrest the nurse for interfering with a police investigation.payne and another officer now on administrative leave, as internal investigators look into the incident.
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taking on the mariners on saturday night.. game tied at two -- top 4th -- the a's with two on -- matt joyce hits a 3-run jack -- oakland scored four runs in the inning the mariners rally from behind -- bottom 9th -- game tied at six with the bases juiced. seattle wins on a walk off wild pitch -- jean segura scores mariners win 7-6 college football games going on all across the country saturday. cal had their home opener at chapel hill taking on the university of north carolina.we jump right into the action. cal quarterback ross bowers had a big day. late second quarter he finds vic wharton the third for the deep ball. wharton had 156
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yards on the day including this 67 yard touchdown pass. late third quarter bowers again looking for his man. this time he's got patrick laird. check this out. he gets a block and he's got speed. he's also got a touchdown. in the replay you can see the shake and bake that is pretty stuff. cal took the lead 21 to 17 at that point. they kept going strong through the fourth. bowers had 363 passing yards on the day. he threw for 4 touchdown passes and just two interceptions. this game was back and fourth but cal stayed on top. they win this 35 to 30. they will take on weber state university next saturday at 2 p.m.the giants at at&t park saturday in the heat taking on the cardinals.jeff samardzija on the mound and the shark looked good. he looked like the pitcher we thought we'd see when this season started. he would end up going seven innings today. giving up just one earned run. he struck out nine batters in
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those seven innings. if only he had been pitching like this earlier in the season. bottom of the ninth buster posey up. base hitit's a bloop. that would score hunter pence. that would tie the game at one. this baby is going to extra innings. and boy oh boy this was exciting. nick hundley at the plate. he says get out of town. this ball is gone. giants would go on to win this game in ten innings against the st. louis cardinals. they are back out at the ballpark at 1:05 sunday afternoon. (marty) coming up... we'll take you to a sonoma county wine and food festival... going on this weekend despite the extreme temperatures. (dave) a look at your temps. we got another hot one.
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food. water. internet. we need it to live. but what we don't need are surprises, like extra monthly fees. i see you, fee, played by legendary actress anjelica huston. you got me, mark. we just want fast internet for one, simple rate. for all the streaming and the shopping and the newsing, but most of all... for the this. internet for one everyday simple price and no extra monthly fees. (dave)the strong ridge of high
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pressure that brought two consecutive days of oppressive heat to the region will begin to shift eastward today. this will result in a region-wide cool down, yet temperatures will remain well above seasonal averages. in addition, remnants of tropical storm lidia will begin to spread across our region from the south today into monday and bring a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms to southern portions of the region. additional cooling is forecast on labor day and into the
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first half of the upcoming workweek. (marty) our team coverage of the record breaking heat continues... kron four's spencer blake reports on the cooling stations that have given sweltering san franciscans a break this weekend. (nat: splash)mission pool and playground is just one of the places people went to try and cool off saturday."it's very hot. i don't have air conditioning, so it's nice to get away."102 degrees in the city, to be precise.hot enough that mayor ed lee designated the six city-run pools as cooling centers, and kept them open an hour longer than normal."i just wanted to get down here right away just to jump in the pool, and i did that. i just jumped in right away."and to make it easier
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for áanyone to cool off, admission was free all day long."people have been very happy. actually we've had a lot of people come in, just trying to see if we were open." in all, about four thousand people swam at city pools. aquatics supervisor danny ogawa says that's significantly more than normal for this time of year.it meant a few willing lifeguards changed their shifts, or even worked on their scheduled day off."keep refilling our waters and drinking lots, and making sure the kids keep cool." outside the north beach pool, parents sat in the shade while their kids played on the playground.believe it or not, san francisco was actually a bit of respite for this man from the east bay."so it's about 101 here today and it was going to be about 112 in castro valley."the city provided a-c and ice water at three salvation army locations, along with the jewish community center.the heat also called for the air district to call for the third 'spare the air day' in a row, with sunday already set as the fourth.perhaps you can't make the heat fo away, but it doesn't have to mean you lose your cool.in san francisco, spencer blake, kron four news. (marty) for a list of cooling centers around the bay area head to our website at kron four dot com. and you can track the temperature anywhere in the bay area with
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the kron-4 app. you can always stay connected on breaking news ... through push alerts on (marty) the 36th annual harvest wine celebration in livermore was canceled yesterday due to the high heat. but in the north bay... sonoma wine country weekend went on as planned. kron four's philippe djegal reports from rohnert park... where thousands showed up for a taste of sonoma despite triple digit heat. (philippe)nats- "so good." the food -- amazing...tim vallery/visitor- "great wine, great beer." the wine... nats- "mostly sirah." refreshing...tu-anh trone/visitor- "it's like an event that we go to every year." but the heat... nats- absolutely dreadful...tu-anh trone/visitor- "cooking just a little warm today by two-30 in the afternoon, it was 109-degrees outside here in rohnert park... so, as you might imagine, the most popular parts of this festival were shaded.tim vallery/visitor- "in the beer tent here, its quite nice. uh, its about 20-degrees cooler than over there. the misters are going great." kelin backman is the managing director of sonoma wine country weekend. this event, "taste of sonoma" was
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hosted at sonoma state univeristy... where backman says classrooms were turned into cooling centers. nats- and, guests were handed free water bottles to carry and fill up at the numerous water stations set-up to stay hydrated.kelin backman/sonoma wine country weekend- "taste the wine, taste the food and drink the water." the heat was certainly a bother... but the day was still a big success. more than 25-hundred tickets were sold for the event.kelin backman/sonoma wine country weekend- "we're all having a great time." made bearable because of the misters...tim vallery/visitor- "(philippe) what if they weren't here? (tim) i would be gone already, haha." but he stayed... had a great time... and so did the rest of the crowd, which ironically, at a wine and food festival, all probably lost a few pounds... thanks to mother nature. in rohnert park, philippe djegal, kron four news. (marty) president trump made his second trip to texas in a week, and his first trip to louisiana. shortly after he left, houston city officials said that water is still pushing people out of
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their homes. kristen holmes is in houston with more. mayor sylvester turner/-d- houston:"i have no choice but to issue a mandatory evacuation."houston's mayor tells some west houston residents with water in their homes ... they must leave.the order applies only to an area flooded by water releases from swollen reservoirs.authorities said it's a matter of public safety.chief samuel pena/houston fire dept.:"it's my professional opinion that people that remain in inundated areas are in an unsafe situation. the hazards that exist in these situations are presenting a problem for first responders."meanwhile, water service is beginning to be restored in beaumont.six temporary pumps have been installed.residents who haven't evacuated have been relying on bottled water since flooding knocked the treatment plant offline thursday.this as the president and first lady visited texas and louisiana saturday.in houston, they stopped at a church and a relief center at nrg stadium.pres. trump (no font necessary):"i think people appreciate what's been done. it's been done very efficiently, very well, and that's what we want...a lot of
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love."president trump handed out meals ......supplies...and hugsthen it was on to louisiana ... where he met with members of the national guard and the cajun navy, a group of volunteers helping with water rescues.harvey could be one of the most expensive disasters in us history.the white house has asked for a nearly eight billion dollars in disaster relief.the house is scheduled to vote on the funding next week. (marty) that was kristen holmes reporting. the department of homeland security reports about 100-thousand homes destroyed or damaged by hurricane harvey and the texas governor greg abbott says more than 440-thousand people have registered for emergency assistance through fema. (marty)coming up... a story of two dreamers anxiously awaiting president trump's
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hundreds of thousands of "dreamers" are awaiting a big announcement from president trump. he's expected to say on tuesday whether he'll keep the program that temporarily protects them from deportation. anna-lysa gayle reports from washington. voice of ambar pinto, enrolled in daca:"i came to the u.s. with my family in 2005 as a 12-year-old." voice of gerson quinteros, enrolled in daca:"so i came here in 2004, i was like 9-years-old." ambar pinto and gerson quinteros are just two of nearly 800,000 dreamers now worried about their futures. president trump file / no name font needed:"we love the dreamers, we love everybody." in 2012, the nickname dreamers was given to those enrolled in the deferred action for childhood arrivals program, which temporarily protects undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as children. pinto and gerson are anxiously waiting for president donald trump's decision on the program, which is expected on tuesday.sarah sanders, white house press secretary:"the president's priorities on immigration are to create a system that encourages legal immigration and benefit's our economy and
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american workers." gerson quinteros, enrolled in daca: "i'm scared, nervous." quinteros is a computer science major at u-d-c, while pinto is looking forward to getting her bachelor's degree in business administration after completing her associates. reporter: "what do you do after tuesday, good or bad? gerson: stay positive and continue fighting, no matter what." ambar pinto, enrolled in daca:"we're about a million, who has parents, who have brothers and sisters." (marty) that was anna-lysa gayle reporting. house speaker paul ryan - along with hundreds of business executives - are urging the president to keep the program. some estimates say that scrapping it would lead to thousands of job losses... and cost employers some two- billion dollars over two years.
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pressure that brought two consecutive days of oppressive heat to the region will begin to shift eastward today. this will result in a region-wide cool down, yet temperatures will remain well above seasonal averages. in addition, remnants of tropical storm lidia will begin to spread across our region from the south today into monday and bring a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms to southern
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(marty) while most bay area dog owners are responsible -- some aren't. guess which one's stanley roberts found in this edition of people behaving badly. on mission road in colma sits a lady sitting on the curb on her smart phone, with her dog close by then the dog wanders off and sniffs a tree, normal dog behavior nats ambiance then moments later a dog does what dogs do best
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..while the owners watches but make no effort to clean it up she just sits there .. then she gets up loads the dog in the car . walks around to the drivers side and off she goes oh, i almost forget to mention the grassy area where all this happened is holy cross catholic cemetery nats: ambiance inside the cemetery this older couple is placing flowers on some headstones notice the dog off leash running around . the dog sniffs around. then wanders off to find a spot where it does what dogs do best nats: ambiance then the dog runs back to the couple who never noticed what had happenednats: ambiancemany other cemeteries in colma flat out ban dogs . for obvious reasons the reason some people cant be trusted to clean up after there dog, here listen to what one visitor had to say about what she's seen we come down here to pay our respects to our family we get down on our hands and knees we clean the grave we clean up around the
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area we bring um flowers then you see dogs running around pooping the family is here from north pole alaska they're running around loose you know and the last time we were here two or three of them running around loose and their going where ever they want to go and the owners are not doing anything about it holy cross permits dogs but they must be on a leash and they must stay on cemetery roads .. these dogs are on a leash but are allowed to use the tree to urinate although the tree has memorial stones directly beneath it so now i know why the other cemeteries ban dogs. well al least they permit people to feed the birds. but you have to wonder is feeing geese and seagulls whole rolls of bread good for them in colma stanley roberts kron 4 news (marty) if you have a comment or story idea for stanley, e-mail us at 'people behaving badly' at kron-
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four-dot-com ... (marty) that was just one in a series of implosions to demolish the old span of the bay bridge. the thirteen concrete islands will be destroyed on weekends through november. kron4's jeff pierce was there for the first implosion. saturday morning caltrans prepared for the final steps in removing the remnants of the old eastern span of the bay bridge. the next set of underwater explosions to remove the underwater piers began with clearing the bridge of pedestrians and bicyclists. representatives from the marine mammal center were in place to monitor any harm that might come to any mammals in the bay. so far all the safety mechanisms that they have set up worked because we have not had any injuries or stunnings that we have had to pull out of the water in any previous implosions. the california highway patrol briefly halted traffic on the new eastern
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span in an abundance of caution. we do this as a caution just to make sure that nobody hears the site implosion and causes a collision of some kind. with everything in place a veil of undersea air bubbles enveloped the two piers just seconds beforethe bay erupted in what appears to have been a successful operation. we'll continue to monitor the area over the next couple of hours later in the day we'll go in and do a sonar read of the actual demolition work but from the surface everything looked and appeared to go successfully today. the remaining underwater piers will go through this same process on weekends through the end of the year. we plan to be done by the end of the calendar year and some weekends we will be imploding one two or three of the piers going forward and i think so far the contractor has represented that he will be able to pull that off successfully. at the eastern span of the bay bridge jeff pierce kron four news. (jr stone) the russian consulate in
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san francisco closed its doors. kron four was there as people grabbed some of their belongings before leaving. this was one of three offices that closed yesterday. locations in new york and washington d.c. were also shut down. the u.s. state department says these latest closures are a result of russia, earlier this year, forcing america to cut its diplomatic staff in moscow by 755. (marty) the houston astros returned home to beat harvey yesterday -- in a manner of speaking. we'll explain after the break. live look outside... bay bridge toll plaza.
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massachusetts says someone paid their overdue fines with chuck-e-cheese tokens. the bookkeeper at the library says at first she counted three tokens before realizing they weren't actual money. the library posted a message on facebook asking people to stop trying to pay fines with game tokens. they also let people know that they can't accept canadian coins either. (marty) a man in ontario, canada has the record books buzzing... juan ortiz now holds the guinness world record for wearing a "bee beard" the longest... clocking in at 61 minutes. that's almost 8 minutes longer than the previous record. working at a honey farm... ortiz is used to being around the flying insects. he says he practiced the stunt only twice before trying it for real. he only got a few stings in the process. (marty) it was an emotional return home for the houston
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astros. they returned home to play a day-night doubleheader yesterday at minute maid park. the team observed a moment of silence for the victims of hurricane harvey during the pregame ceremonies. houston mayor sylvester turner threw out the ceremonial first pitch. the astros won the first game by a score of 12-8.... beating mets starter... matt harvey. ad lib final 7 day forecast thats kron 4 news weekend for this saturday morning... i'm marty gonzalez. from all of us thanks for watching. join us again tonight for kron 4 news at eight.
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(music open) (applause) joel osteen intro: well god bless you! it's a joy to be with you. if you're ever in our area, please stop by, be a part of one of our services. i promise you we'll make you feel right at home. i like to start with something funny. i heard about this man. he was sitting on an airplane next to a beautiful single lady. they struck up a conversation and he asked her what kind of men she liked. she said, "well, i like native american men with their high cheek bones and golden tanned skin. plus, i like jewish men. they're so brilliant and successful. and i like
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