tv KRON 4 Early News KRON October 5, 2017 4:00am-7:00am PDT
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(robin) good morning and thanks for joining us on the kron 4 mornign news. i'm robin winston. ill check your morning drive in a bit (robin) let's go to dave now with weather. (dave)general warming trend with dry weather through the end of the week. dry offshore winds will impact some of the higher peaks and ridges off and on again late this week into early next week.
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880 to 101. (robin) our top story this morning... the girlfriend of the las vegas shooter says she was unaware of his plans to attack a country music concert. even describing the mass killer stephen paddock as a kind, caring and quiet man.. this comes as police say they are ánotá ruling out he had an accomplice.. and now police say they have a new timeline of what happened. las vegas police are now detailing just how much time passed between the first shots.. and when swat members breached the killer's
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high-rise hotel room. we also have new information about the gunman's final stand as police closed in.. all this as president trump visited las vegas to pay his respects. he met with shooting survivors and first responders... the president calling the shooter "sick and demented". omar jimenez has the latest. new video from the las vegas massacreshows confusion among concert goers.then panic -- as a barrage of bullets shower down from the sky. investigators call the gunman disturbed and dangerous.but the motive for the mass murder remains a mystery.sheriff joseph lombardo/ las vegas metropolitan police:: "usually there's telltale signs associated with these type of actions, reclusive, a plethora of thing associated with this mind set and we have not found that yet"what investigators did discover -- less than two weeks ago -- the gunman rented a room in las vegas -- during another music festival.sheriff joseph lombardo/ las vegas metropolitan police: "there's
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people that know this individual there's people that can help us understand this individual."the fbi spoke with his girlfriend who -- in a statement read by her attorney says -- she is devastated by the violence.matt lombard/attorney for shooter's girlfriend: "it never occurred to me in any way whatsoever that he was planning violence against anyone."while investigators work -- president trump and the first lady visited victims of the crime to offer their sympathy and support.president trump: we will all have to wrestle with the horror of what has unfolded this week. but we will struggle through it together. we will endure the pain together, and we will overcome together as americans."in las vegas -- i'm omar jimenez reporting. (robin @ bam) at least three of 58 people killed sunday are connected to the bay area. one of them is stacee etcheber. a gofund me page has been setup to collect donations for her family. the novato woman was a mother of two young kids, and a wife to a san francisco police officer.
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she leaves behind a ten- year-old son and a thirteen- year-old daughter. so far, more than 160-thousand dollars has been raised. . (robin) also we are learning the heartbreaking details of another bay area woman's final moments. san jose native michelle vo was a new fan of country music. she had decided to attend her first country music festival on her own. she met a man there named kody robertson from ohio. when michelle was hit by gunfire that man stuck by her side to the end. and now, kody shared his story with michelle's older sister. (robin) the third victim from the the third (robin) (robin) the third victim from the
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bay area is denise cohen. she's from san ramon. she posted photos of her weekend vegas trip on facebook. even writing about the great time she was having with her boyfriend at the jason aldean concert. (robin @ bam) among the people that made it out of the concert alive... two north bay couples that found themselves right near the stage when the gunfire broke out. kron 4's dan kerman has their story of survival. north bay residents jennifer mcgrath and her husband and kim schubert and her boyfriend joel wahl had been waiting to hear jason aldeen all weekend.. . sunday night they got their chance.. at 953 this shot was taken of the two friends minutes earlier schubert took this shot of the
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mandalay bay resort thinking how beautiful it looked, and not realizing what was to come sot kim schubert/survivor 27-32 sot jennifer mcgrath/survivor 32-42the couples seperated, but instead of running for cover, they went to aid the wounded as the volley of shots continued.sotat a certain point schubert got seperated from the rest, and found herself undersome bleachers being riddled with bullets that's when she thought she was going to die, so she pulled out her phonesotbut she survived, in fact both couples survived and were reunited hours later standup dan kerman/petaluma 156-206
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(robin @ bam) security was out in force in santa clara for the cold play concert in the wake of the the las vegas shooting. this as the band was also up against a strict 10 p-m curfew. kron4's charles clifford has more. natsthrough out the day wednesday and into the evening hours, security was very tight in and around levis' stadium. natspolice from several local departments kept a watchfull eye as people arrived at the concert. security guards with the stadium were also spread out watching for problems. for security reasons, authorities are not saying
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exactly how many officers and guards are here tonight. sources have told kron 4 that there are also spotters on several of the tall buildings around levis stadium.goers we talked to said they appreciated the extra security. sotafter an event, security is usually heightened, so it's probably safer that normal. these coldplay fans also said they didn't want to let the tragic events of this past weekend to deter them from coming tonight.soti think if you live in fear it's not really going to do anything for you. it's just a matter of praying and being aware. i wasn't really concerned about it. i don think it has made me more heightened of my awareness. of course you never know what's going to happen. (robin)
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(robin) coldplay did end up going over the 10 p.m. curfew at levi's stadium. adding to the fight between santa clara city officials and stadium management about time limits on concerts. the director of corporate communications for the 49ers and levi's stadium said in a statement that the teams top priority is the safety of guests. and the team will "defer to the local enforcement and public safety authorities to determine all matters related to abruptly stopping a show with tens of thousands of people present." 49ers president al guido says the team is concerned that concerts may not come to levi's stadium again unless the music ban is resolved in a way that works for everyone. (robin) another big story we're following this morning... a desperate plea from police and family members after a murder in san francisco one year ago has not been solved. 26-year-old john sanyalu, from stockton, was killed outside a nightclub at sixth and harrison streets
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last october. the soma shooting which also injured two of his male family members followed an argument with other people inside the club that involved some of sanyalu's female friends. a press event was held asking witnesses to come forward. police do not have solid descriptions of the killers. but are confident that people saw what happened and are just not talking. (robin) a warning if you use your laptop at coffee shops... police are seeing more and more of them stolen from people across the bay area. in alameda, 11 snatch and grab laptop robberies, or attempts have occured over the last few months. the latests incident there happening around noon yesterday. police say two suspects hit the starbucks store on blan- ding avenue. 10 minutes after the initial robbery attempt, the duo walked inside another starbucks, this one on park street. there they each stole two laptops before running away on foot. (robin) one arrest has
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been made from a prior incident. police are hoping by releasing this surveillace video they will get more leads. (robin) police have released surveillance video of the man who robbed a danville drug store last month. it happened at the walgreens on san ramon valley boulevard. the man enters the store wearing a surgical face mask, a beanie, a grey hoodie and black pants. he walked straight to the store's pharmacy and put some items on the counter. he slips the pharmacy worker a note demanding prescriptions pills. the man then takes a gun out of the pocket of his sweatshirt and put it on the counter after getting a bag of pills he walks off. no one was hurt. (robin) after a second incident in two weeks at an east bay middle school. at least one parent says administrators are ánotá doing enough to protect her child. this time a mom says her daughter was in need of help and was locked out of school before the day was over.
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kron 4's hermela aregawi has the story (hermela aregawi)the parent i talked to tells me it was sometime around 1:30 this afternoon.. so most kids were still on campus...so she's upset that school officials refused to let her daughter into the bulding after she was harrassed. parents and students say the school bell had just rung. anochiko justin/studentit was a short wednesday so we got out of class a little bit earlier than normal and then the bell rings. everyone just comes out of their class. there has to be about over 200 students coming out of class at once. yokisho justin says a classmate threw water drenching her daughter... but a school official refused to let her daughter into the building when she asked for help. yoshiko justin/parent approaching the school i see that my daughter was being consolsed with her friends. i see that she looked upset. i see that she's drenched and covered with water. i go to the office and true enough there is a staff member blocking the door, shooing
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students away. parents say this is particularly concerning because last week, a student was brutally attacked,.. after a teacher left the classroom. yoshiko justin/parent: i said you are really locking the door with a key. like these students out here. things are going on. clowning are coming and scaring children. there was someone being beat down last week. and you are locking the door and these kids are on your premises... if something was too happen. they need to be able to come into the office. that's their safety haven. that's where they need to be. (hermela aregawi)we reached out to the school about the incident..and the attack from last week. we've yet to hear back.reporting in antioch, hermela aregawi, kron 4 news. (robin) two weeks after hurricane maria struck puerto rico most residents are still without food, water and power. volunteer teams are working to deliver supplies to the island and evacuate people it's an emergency mission. but it's not organized by the u-s government. it's all volunteer. officials with puerto rico's " pals-sky hope disaster relief"
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actually reached out to filmaker tyler perry for a plane filled with food, clothes and supplies.,. (robin) the death toll in puerto rico is up to 35. two of those from suicide. puerto rico officials say the cost to fully reconstruct the u.s. territoty is currently at an estimated 50 billion dollars. (robin) coming up.. senator feinstien is speaking out after the massacre in las vegas. how she proposes to prevent something like it from happening again. and after the break, the latest in hollywood! the hollywood minute up next. (robin) and here's a live look outside... at the golden gate bridge. the hollywood minute is coming up after the break.
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no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. . golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. (robin) (robin) i'm tracking your entertainment headlines today... kate winslet is in the news for a pair of movies from a pair of legendary directors. rick damigella has the details and more in the hollywood minute. (nat)kate winslet sets course for pandora. variety says the actress is reuniting with her "titanic" director james cameron, for his upcoming sequels to "avatar." winslet will be playing a character
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named "ronal." no word if the character is human or an alien na'vi. the first of the four "avatar" sequels hits theaters in december of 20-20."when you're married to a man who got rich putting people's feet in cement you probably never had to do a dish."and in more kate winslet news, here's a first-look at the oscar winning actress in woody allen's "wonder wheel." the drama stars winslet along with jim belushi, justin timberlake and juno temple. "wonder wheel" rolls into theaters in limited release on december first.(nat)and in non-kate winslet news, kevin smith is going silent. the actor-director tweeted a picture of himself behind the counter of "quick stop" from "clerks." smith says he is scouting locations for "jay and silent bob get a reboot." comic-book-dot-com says the movie begins filming next month. in hollywood, i'm rick damigella. (robin) and here's a live look outside... at the bay bridge toll plaza.
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wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 (robin) the las vegas massacre has brought a lot of attention to the differences between semi-automatic rifles and fully-automatic rifles.. as drew griffin reports...
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it's actually easy and legal in some cases to go from one to the other. the difference between a semi- automatic, one-shot-at-a-time assault rifle...natsand this, a fully automatic assault rifle is stunning.natsdrew griffin/ reporting:"holy smokes"grady judd/ polk county florida sheriff:"90 rounds in seconds."drew griffin/ reporting:"9.43 seconds and 90 rounds. that is unbelievable." polk county florida sheriff grady judd says this kind of firepower is not only available, but what you see here, these legal 100 round canisters was taken right off his streets, from drug dealers. drew griffin/ reporting: "that's 290 rounds right here." grady judd/ polk county florida sheriff:"290 rounds right here, and you can literally shoot these as quick as you can pull the trigger one time."the massive magazines, legal.the parts to turn a a semi-automatic weapon into a fully automatic rifle,
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also legal.grady judd/ polk county florida sheriff:"this is pieces of what makes it a fully automatic firearm. interestingly enough, you can buy this online."and the las vegas shooter may have used another modification. this is a slide stock.perfectly legal, after-market component. according to the manufacturers video, its easy to assemble on an assault rifle, and the results, though technically do not make a machine gun, ask yourself if you can tell the difference.the slide stock is legal to buy and to use.former atf agent sam rabadi calls it a 'work around' of the gun laws...not a loophole.that may make no sense to you, this will make even less sense. kits you can buy, online, to turn a semi-automatic rifle into a fully automatic weapon. legal to buy, yet illegal to actually use.sam rabadi/ former atf special agent:"the conversion kit itself is legal but when you use it to convert a rifle into a fully automatic, obviously that makes it an illegal firearm. rabadi says the las vegas shooter may have used both, and firing from the 32nd story into a huge crowd, needed
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little training, if any, to kill so many.drew griffin, cnn winter haven, florida. (robin) senator dianne feinstein says her own daughter was planning on going to the concert where the las vegas massacre happened. she decided not to go at the last minute. so now the senator talked about that - while introducing new legislation to ban (bump stocks) like the one we just showed you. take a listen. (robin) twenty-six of the
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senator's democratic colleagues are on board with the proposal. but the measure has no formal republican support. (robin) a former bay area resident is being credited with saving the life of a man wounded during sunday's shooting massacre in las vegas his name is james larson. he is credited with rushing to help a man who was wounded. larson grew up in concord, graduated from ygnacio valley high school in 2006. his grandmother still lives in the east bay. she did not want to talk on camera. but told kron-4 that she's proud of what her grandson did. his long time neighbor says she feels the same way.
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a traffic crackdown produced some intresting interactions for officers. stanely roberts shows us on this edition of people behaving badly. at a california highway patrol pop up commercial inspection stations, all types of vehicles get waived in like this tractor which turned out to be a city of sunnyvale vehicle nats: ambiance so a santa clara count sheriff deputy who is also working the inspection station has a chat with the driver since there are no plates on the tractor it needs to be on a flatbed nats: ambiance this big rig had some issues that need to be corrected for the truck could take off if appears that the nut has come loose off the u-bolt that holds the air tank now you know the danger of that right absolutely what is it the air line could come off
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and i could lose all air pressure in the truck and that could be a major issue however, let's look at this google bus, i call it that because it actually has google written all over it .but it's actually contracted to transport google employees it was waved into the checkpoint; officers noticed one of the compartment doors was missing according to the driver the door fell off on the freeway nats: ambiance but there was a bigger issue discovered listen in this is a traffic ticket for falsifying your driving records so you have to have this accurate and this is all falsified the driver had a valid drivers license and insurance so that wasn't the issue but it would seem the driver is a time traveler because his drivers log was filled out for a week in advance that's a big no no bus drivers are required to have at a minimum 8 hours of rest between jobs let's listen to the chp anyone that driving passenger carrying vehicle such as a bus, if you present
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a false record of duty status your our of service for 8 consecutive hours so unfortunately you are going to have to get in touch with your employer let him know that he needs another driver out here to operate the vehicle this rule is to prevent bus drivers from falling asleep at the wheel especially while carrying passengers so you cannot leave you are out of service for 8 hours for the record other buses that were checked did not have the same problem i tried to get their side of the story but i was waived off the fine for falsifying driving hours is 238 dollars and a point and a half on your driving record in sunnyvale stanley roberts kron 4 news (robin) live look outside... at the san francisco international airport.
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(robin @ landing) we are hearing from two fremont couples who survived the las vegas shoting. they were celebrating wedding anniversaries... they shared with kron4's terisa estacio - what got them through the terrifying experience. one of the members of this group i spoke with today is a fire fighter earlier this afternoon, i sat down with fire fighter david eastin and his wife and friends they told me they started planning back in may to celebrate their wedding aniversiares together.. but never did they think this would happen.this is the happy group a short time before the gun fire started raining down on them - killing and injuring people so close to them. britni eastin. we like to do things together, but this i never thought would be one of them. the couples have been friends for awhile. their anniversaires days apart. they both hae children the same ages. also along that night was jacquelines brother who had begged to tag along as you can hear and see in this video - as shots ran out, people were running wildly. the couples got separated, but were both determined to make it out alive. david easton. we just ran. jacqueline. we
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did what ever we could, i saw people falling, smoke rising from the bullets. now sitting together they are trying to take it all in and deal with the trauma of it all. but a feeling of gratitude is something they all are embracing. we all feel lucky and fortunate. they say not going to busy places for awhile. they say not going to busy places for awhile. (robin @
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(robin @ landing) in the south bay... instead of being hauled off to jail... people picked up for being drunk in public can now be taken to a new "sobering center" in san jose. kron4's rob fladeboe has look at the facility - and the reasoning behind it. until today, people who are picked up for being drunk in public end up here, in the already over crowded county jail. but now, if not suspected or connected with a crime, they might end up here at the mission street sobering center where they can do just
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that, get sober and some help into the bargain.toni tullies/behavioral health services"...currently, what often happens is the police often pick them up and take them to the emergency room, depending on their behavior this would allow them to avoid jail, avoid emergency services and just get what they need...."what they need, at least for starters, is a place to sleep it off. here, public enebriates can get something to eat, get sober and be assessed regarding their mental health status, and get referred to treatment services as needed. toni tullies "....hot tea, something to eat and drink, hot showers,a real comfortable recliner and then 8-12 hour slater they can walk out the door and they can talk to somebody who can connect them with more services..." managed through a contract with horizon services, the soberng center is expected to eliminate unnecessary
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paramedic trips, free up space in the jails and emergency rooms and improve public safety by freeing up law enforcement resources. in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news (robin) o.j. simpson says "nothing has changed" in his life during the nine years he spent behind bars. the 70-year-old is the same ole juice. simpson spoke with reporters while the car he was in was filling up at a gas station. he say's nothing has changed. and that his destination was none of the reporter's business. simpson was wearing the same denim outfit he was pictured in while leaving the nevada prison on parole sunday. he is on parole for a 2008 armed robbery and case. (robin) time now for a live look outside at the richmond bridge.
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no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. (robin) in warriors news.. the annual n-b-a general manager survey is out. and the warriors are breaking records. 93 percent of the league's general managers picked golden state to win it's 2nd straight nba title. and 3rd in 4 years this season. in the 16-year history of the survey no team has been as overwhelming a favorite to win the championship as this year's warriors. the cavaliers got the other seven percent of the votes. in last year's survey 69 percent of the g-m's who responded - picked the
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warriors to win it all. the oddsmakers have the warriors currently at 5/8 favorites with cleveland in second at 9/2. (robin) former president obama and his wife michelle celebrated a quarter century of marriage on tuesday. the former first lady took to social media calling her husband "the most extraordinary man i know." but later in the day, the former president took it up a notch and surprised his bride at the pennsylvania conference for women, where michelle was speaking.
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and maybe the obamas are thinking of getting themselves an anniversary present. the new york post is reporting that the obamas are eyeing an upper east side apartment in manhattan. a 10-million dollar duplex close to the mayor's mansion, with 5 bedrooms, and 4 baths, with a view. and a drive through so they wouldn't have to parade in and out publicly. no confirmation on the rumored condo purchase from the obamas' spokesperson. (robin) coming up... new details emerging in the wake of the las vegas massacre. why police believe more people may have been involved. and... security was out in full force at levi's stadium for the cold play concert. the controversy surrounding the show. also.. a well known restaurant on san francisco's fisherman's wharf has closed after 17 years in business. details ahead.
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( mark ) our top story this morning... investigators in nevada are working to piece together events that led to the deadly mass shooting in las vegas. now police say the shooter may have had help. ( darya ) 58 people were killed in the shooting and overnight authorities dropped the number of injured to less than 500. and 300 of the people injured have now been discharged from the hospital.( mark ) las vegas police found 50 pounds of explosives and 16-hundred rounds of ammunition in the car that the shooter left at the mandalay bay. authorities also say that stephen paddock may have had help planning the shooting. he killed himself in his hotel room as police were moving in. police say paddock's girlfriend the shooter's girlfriend, marilou danley, is cooperating with authorities and has spoken to the fbi. the police have said she is not a suspect. investigators also say there
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is indication paddock had planned to survive and escape. ( darya ) at least three of 58 people killed sunday are connected to the bay area. and this morning we are learning about their final moments. san jose native michelle vo had decided to go to the country music concert by herself. while she was there she met a man named kody robertson from ohio. and after michelle was hit by gunfire... kody stayed by her side until help could arrive. now he is sharing his story with michelle's sister. ( darya ) and denise cohen from san ramon had posted photos of her weekend vegas
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trip on facebook. she even wrote about the great time she was having with her boyfriend at the jason aldean concert. ( darya ) and the third bay area victim is stacee etcheber. a gufund me page has been setup to collect donations for her family. the novato woman was a mother of two young kids, and a wife to a san francisco police officer. she leaves behind a ten-year-old son and a thirteen-year-old daughter. so far, more than 160- thousand dollars has been raised. and coming up in about 15 minutes we will hear from stacee's parents for the first time since the shooting. ( mark ) among the people who survived the shooting are two north bay couples who were near the stage when the gunfire broke out. jennifer mcgrath... her husband and kim schubert and her boyfriend joel wahl had been waiting all weekend to see jason aldean perform. these pictures were taken just minutes before the shooting started. during the gunfire, the two couples were separated and they tried to aid other victims.
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eventually schubert ended up under some bleachers that were being riddled with bullets. that's when she pulled out her phone and made an phone call: ( mark ) both couples survived and were reunited hours later. none of them were seriously injured. ( mark ) our coverage of the las vegas tragedy continues at kron-4 dot com. you can hear more of the stories from survivors of the mass shooting. you can also stay connected to breaking news by downloading our free mobile app ( darya ) security was out in full force at levi's stadium for the cold play concert last night. police from several local departments were there as people arrived for the concert. security guards with the stadium were also spread out watching for any problems. and sources tell kron 4 that there were even spotters on several of the tall buildings around the stadium. concert goers say
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they were glad to have the extra security on hand. ( darya ) and last night's coldplay concert did go past the 10 p-m curfew set by the city of santa clara. the city denied an extension of the curfew for last night's concert. the 49ers who manage the stadium say they are afraid that concerts may not want to come to levi's stadium. last week ed sheeran cancelled his upcomming concert because of the curfew. the 49ers say a big concert can bring in up to 800- thousand dollars and that the city benefits from that money. right now it is not clear if coldplay will be fined for violating the curfew. ( mark ) breaking overnight... after years of legal battles the billionaire owner of property on martin's beach is now granting access to that beach.( darya ) will tran is live at martin's beach in half moon bay this morning with the details. will. ( will )the owner refused to open a road to a popular beach despite a court order to do so.
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the venture capitalist purchased the 53- acre property in 2008. he then blocked off the only road leading to the beach. an appeals court has ruled he is breaking the law by blocking public access to the beach. california's coastal regulator orderd him to unlock the gate blocking access to the beach and remove all "no trespassing" signs. that gate was opened last night. ( mark ) thanks will. we will
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check back with you through out the morning. ( darya ) there have been more laptop thefts in the east bay. police say this is part of a spike across the bay rea. the latest theft happened yesterday in alameda. two people walked into a starbucks store on blanding avenuepolice say they tried to steal a laptop ...but failed. this is surveillance video of those two men. then ten minutes laterthey went into another starbucks...this one on park street. police say each man stole a laptop before
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running away. ( darya ) police are asking for help solving a deadly shooting that happened in san francisco one year ago. 26-year-old john sanyaolu, from stockton was killed outside the end-up nightclub at sixth and harrison streets last october. two others were also injured in the shooting. police once again are asking for any witnesses to come forward. police do not have a description of the killer. officers say they are confident that people saw what happened and are just not talking. ( mark ) the san francisco's police chief and two city supervisors have announced their latest plans to fight the city's growing crime problem.(áááboxesááá) police have already doubled the number of officers on foot patrol this year... but they say it's not enough. police chief bill scott says the city is now creating a new crime strategy unit to better identify serial criminals. property crimes in some san francisco neighborhoods has jumped more than 25 percent in the ( mark ) police in the east bay have made an arrest in a deadly shooting in pittsburg. 19-year-old juan munoz and a juvenile are
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accused of killing jose escobedo last month in pittsburg's city park. police say munoz and escobedo knew each other and had several confrontations in the past. but they have not said what specifically led up to the ( darya ) a judge in redwood city wants doctors to determine if the man accused of stabbing a police officer at s-f-o is competent to stand trial. dooris johnston is charged with attempted murder after an officer was stabbed several times at an s-f-o terminal last month. johnston was in court yesterday. he said he wanted to act as his own attorney but after a brief conversation with the judge... the judge questioned whether johnston was competent enough to stand trial. the case has been delayed until next month. ( mark ) still ahead on the kron four morning news... a mother demanding answers after her daughter is harassed at an east bay middle school. why she says the school is not doing enough to protect students. and later... why a popular bay area restaurant suddenly went out of business.
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and after the break... we are hearing from the parents of a bay area woman killed in the las vegas massacre. hear them describe the moment they learned that their daughter didn't make it.( james ) and i will check your bay area forecast coming up ( robin ) and i am tracking you commute after the break.
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etcheber.( mark ) stacee is from novato and was killed in the shooting. now her parents... who live in chico... are describing the moment they learned that she did not survive.( darya ) mike mangas has their story. natsgreg and linda rodriguez just got back from a trip they would give anything not to have had to take.their daughter... stacee etcheber... was one of the 59 people killed.stacee lived in novato... in the bay area... with her son and daughter and her husband vinnie... a san francisco police officer.her parents went through quite a roller coaster ride as they tried to find stacee in las vegas.after checking all the hospitals... vinnie reluctantly went to the morgue. greg rodriguez/victim's father: "he was able to get in to, personally get in to the coroner's office. there was one jane doe left, he went and described her, told her about the tattoo on her neck. guy went back, came back, says 'no, she's not here.' so a lot of relief went in there, so but we had exhausted all the efforts. we were up to almost
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midnight going from hospital to hospital. and then vinnie not wanting to do it said, 'get me back into the coroner's office' and we went back to the coroner's office. we went in to the office with the lady, sat down. lady said describe her. he said she has long brown hair, she has this tattoo of this creature on her back from a storybook."linda rodriguez/victim's mother: "where the wild things are..." greg rodriguez/victim's father: "and the lady put her pen down and said i'll be right back. she knew. she knew. she went back. she came back with a picture of stacee and it was just-- it's heart-wrenching, it was really, really heart- wrenching." ( darya ) that was mike mangas reporting. we will continue to share stories about the victims and
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survivors throughout the morning. ( mark ) now to a story you will see only on kron 4. a second incident in two weeks at an east bay middle school has one parent claiming administrators are ánot doing enough to protect her daughter. this happened at dallas ranch middle school in antioch. the mother says her daughter was being harassed and the school refused to let her back into the building after school was let out. yokisho justin says a classmate threw water on her daughter but a school official refused to let her daughter into the building when she asked for help.
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wharf has closed after 17 years in business. it's the second restaurant to shut it's doors in wharf in the last two months. kron 4 reached out to the restaurant's management who said the landlord opted not to renew the rainforest cafe leases. nearby business owners say they were told that rainforest cafe was trying to work a cheaper rent agreement with the building owners but were unsuccessful. joe's crab shack along the wharf also closed earlier this year. ( darya ) there's a new policy for police handling drunk people in san jose. they will now be taken to a new "sobering center" instead of jail. the new mission street sobering center is just up the street from the santa clara county jail. officials say its a safe alternative for drunk people to sober-up and get substance abuse and mental health treatment. the sobering center is also expected to end unnecessary trips to emergency rooms. it will be open around the clock - seven days a week. ( darya ) breaking overnight... 3 u-
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s army commandos are killed after being ambushed by al qaeda terrorists in the african nation of niger. two other soldiers were injured. u-s forces are there to train the nigerian military. the two soldiers who were wounded are in stable condition this ( darya ) dispensaries will begin selling recreational marijuana in california at the start of the new year but some doctors say marijuana use can make people more violent. a study found that marijuana users were more likely to commit violent crimes. doctors who did the study say they were able to link pot use to assaults... rapes and attacks with weapons. four other states including california have legalized recreational marijuana. ( mark ) still ahead on the kron four morning news... hear from bay area survivors who were next to the stage the moments shots were fired at
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( mark ) a warning for parents this morning after a florida woman says her son's ride on tonka truck caught fire. the family captured video of the their three year old son's tonka dump truck burning. the woman says the fire started when her husband tried to move it. the mother says all parents need to be aware of the danger. ( mark ) dynacraft is the truck's manufacture and they issued a recall earlier this year for a problem with the truck's acceleration pedal that could cause crashes. the recall did not mention any potential problems with the toy bursting into flames. ( lydia ) the blue angels practice today. i have the details in a live report.( mark ) and we continue to learn new details about the man who opened fire at a country concert in las vegas. why police say he may have had help.( dave ) your bay area forecast is next.
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with dry weather through the end of the week. dry offshore winds will impact some of the higher peaks and ridges off and on again late this week into early next week. ( mark ) more on our top story this morning... investigators still searching for a motive in the mass shooting in las vegas that left 59 people dead including the gunman.( darya ) now investigators are slowly piecing together more information about the shooter... stephen paddock.( mark ) karin caifa is in las vegas with the latest. only a few days have passed since las vegas endured the worst mass shooting in modern u-s history.investigators are piecing together a picture of a troubled man.sheriff joseph lombardo/las vegas police: "more than one-hundred investigators have spent the
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last 72 hours combing through the life of 64-year-old stephen paddock, to produce a profile of someone i will call disturbed and dangerous. what we know is that stephen paddock is a man who spent decades acquiring weapons and ammo and living a secret life." las vegas police found 50 pounds of explosives and 16-hundred rounds of ammunition in the car paddock parked at the mandaley bay hotel where he mounted his assault on thousands of concertgoers.authorities also say they suspect paddock may have had help.sheriff joseph lombardo/las vegas police: "it's troublesome that this individual was able to move this amount of gear into a hotel room unassisted. it's troublesome for the amount of stuff he had at both residence unassisted."the shooter's girlfriend, marilou danley, is cooperating with authorities and has spoken to the fbi. the police have said she is not a suspect.in a statement read by her attorney she said she is devastated by the violence. matt lombard/attorney for shooter's girlfriend: "it never occurred to me in any way whatsoever that he was planning violence against
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anyone."investigators also say there is indication paddock had planned to survive and escape ... but didn't elaborate, citing the ongoing investigation. ( darya ) this morning we are hearing from a fremont couple who survived sunday's mass shooting. david and britni eastin were celebrating a wedding anniversary---along with another couple. after the gunfire started... the two couples got separated but say they were determined to make it out alive. (
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darya ) both couples say it will be a while before they feel safe enough to go to another crowded venue. ( darya ) a former bay area resident is being credited with saving a man during sunday's massacre. james lawson rushed to help a man who was wounded. lawson grew up in concord and graduated from ygnacio valley high school in 2006. his grandmother still lives in the east bay and told kron4 that she's proud of what her grandson did. his long time next door neighbor says she feels the same.
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the las vegas tragedy continues at kron-4 dot com. you can hear more of the stories from survivors of the mass shooting. you can also stay connected to breaking news by downloading our free mobile app ( mark ) there have been three threats of violence against bay area high schools in less than a week. the latest one happened on the peninsula. police determined san mateo high school was safe yesterday after staff members discovered a threatening note written on a bathroom wall. and on monday in danville, there was a graffiti threat aimed at monte vista and san ramon valley high schools it had been spray-painted on a footbridge near old blackhawk road. investigators say there was no evidence it was a real threat. and last friday at redwood high in larkspur police investigated a graffiti message that threatened a shooting. ( mark ) in the east bay... alameda county is being sued after a three-year-old foster child died after ingesting methamphetamine. the family's attorney says county workers missed obvious signs that the girl was in
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danger. the lawyer says the child had already been taken to the hospital once for consuming the drug. less than two weeks later... she died after ingesting methamphetamine for a second time. it is not clear how it happened. ( darya ) police have released surveillance video of the man who robbed a danville drug store. it happened at the walgreens on san ramon valley boulevard last month. the man wore a surgical mask. he walked straight to the store's pharmacy and put some items on the counter. he slips the pharmacy worker a note demanding prescriptions pills. the man then takes a gun out of his pocket and puts it on the counter. after getting a bag of pills he walks off. no one was hurt. ( mark ) happening today... people in the east bay and in san francisco can expect to hear the roar of engines as the blue angeles take to the sky for practice.( darya ) kron 4's lydia pantazes is live in san francisco with the details. will. and happening today... people in the east bay and san
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francisco can expect to hear loud roaring engines as the blue angeles... practice for this weekend's air show. it is all a part of fleet week. the blue angels will be practicing some time between 1:00 and 5:00 this afternoon. and you can watch it right on your phone or computer. we will be streaming the entire practice on our website at kron 4 dot com. ( mark ) thanks lydia. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( darya ) coming up on the
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kron four morning news...following the las vegas massacre...congress is now considering taking on gun control. we'll head to washington to see who is leading the charge. and later...today is an important deadline for daca recipients. we'll tell you why that is. and after the break...why doctors are warning parents about the dangers of youth soccer. and here's a live look outside...bay bridge.
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youth soccer has exploded in popularity -- with more than 3 million children playing in leagues today.but a new report shows that -- as more kids take the field -- more are getting hurt as well.doctors say soccer-related emergency room visits have spiked one-hundred and eleven percent from 19-90 to 20-14. sprains or strains were among the most common injuries ... followed by fractures and concussions. doctors say this should serve as a reminder for parents to educate themselves about soccer injuries ... and to make sure there's a plan in case of emergency. ( dave ) your bay area
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professor has died following complications from the west nile virus. doctor kimberly kennard came down with flu like symptoms during the fall 2015 semester. she was in and out of hospitals with no diagnosis until february 2016 when kennard was finally diagnosed with west nile at u-c davis medical center. friends say she spent a lot of time outdoors which is where they believe she was bit by the mosquito carrying the disease. < to see the deterioration of her health it was quite sobering and alarming for us > kennard never went back to teaching after coming down with symptoms in 2015. ( mark ) novato police have arrested a man they say repeatedly harassed a 14-
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year-old girl. police she the girl would be waiting at the bus stop on grand avenue when the man would approach her in his truck. officers say he would offer to drive her around and buy her coffee. the teen told police it happened several days in a row. police performed a steak-out at the bus station and caught the man. he is 28-year-old cirilo perez-lopez. he was arrested and charged with annoying a child. ( darya ) today is the last day daca recpients can renew their permits. if they miss today's deadline they could potentially be forced to leave the country. congress now has six months to permanently fix the problem. if they don't, daca recepients will no longer be protected from deportation. both democrats and republicans are now working on legislation to protect dreamers.
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with their own solution for dreamers that could offer a pathway to a green card and then citizenship. but getting a greencard would take 15 years.that bill also includes other proivisions for dealing with border security. ( mark ) after the mass shooting in las vegas, president trump is staying out of the gun control debate. at least for now. ( darya ) but there is mounting pressure from democrats to act now. andrew spencer has more. thanking the staff at a hospital in las vegas, president donald trump brushed off a reporter's question about gun violence in america. reporter: "mr. president, does america have a gun-violence problem?"president donald trump: "we're not going to talk about that today. we won't talk about that."earlier in the day, on his way to vegas, he focused his comments on first responders, but seemed to acknowledge that he'll have to address the topic eventually.president donald trump: "...we'll be talking about gun laws as time
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goes by."...but for advocates of stricter gun control laws, the time to talk is now. activists held a candlelight vigil wednesday night, in annapolis, maryland, marking a somber tone on the gun control debate.others have struck a more confrontational one.a number of democratic lawmakers -- some of them linking arms -- walked down the capitol steps, showing their solidarity in passing what they call "common sense" gun laws.rep. john lewis, -d- georgia: "don't tell me it's about protecting the second amendment when you won't stand up for the first amendment. don't tell me this is anything other than greed, greed, money and fear."in a c-n-n town hall meeting, house minority leader nancy pelosi spoke via satellite to the husband and daughter of a woman who died in sunday's shooting in las vegas -- making them a promise on gun control.rep. nancy pelosi, -d- minority leader: "we're never going to rest until we get this done."i'm andrew spencer, reporting ( mark ) the woman
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forcefully removed from a southwest airlines flight says she was the victim of racial profiling. the plane was heading from baltimore to los angeles. a lawyer for the woman said the incident was motivated by an anti-muslim bias. the woman had originally complained that she had allergies to dogs and that there were two of them near her. she says that she told the flight crew that she would be fine as long as she was separated from the dogs. but the airline said since she didn't have a medical certificate... they could deny her request. police were eventually called in to remove her from the plane. she claims she was treated roughly because she is muslim. southwest airlines says their employees did nothing wrong. ( mark ) coming up on the kron four morning news... the city of san francisco seeing a spike in car break ins and property crime. coming up at six... what police are doing to portect you cars. and after the break... see which artists are nominated for this year's rock and roll hall of fame class.
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maze to sf. min from the less then 30 bridge wb 80 is spots. bay no major hot ( robin ) ( robin ) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( darya ) new this morning ... the nominees for the rock and roll hall of fame have been announced. they include radio head and rage against the machine. both bands released their first single 25 years ago. also among the 19 nominees are the zombies... the cars... bon jovi and l-l cool-j the 2018 hall of
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fame class will be announced in december. ( darya ) just two days after surviving the mass shooting at a concert in las vegas a woman gave birth to her baby boy. markie coffer was at the route 91 harvest festival with her brother-- who was shot in the chest. she was nine months pregnant at the time. ( darya ) markie gave birth to baby wyatt. her brother is expected to recover. ( mark ) coming up in the next hour... we are learning more information about the man who opened fire at a concert in las vegas. why police say he may have had help. and police looking for thieves in the east bay. we will tell you where the thieves are targetting. a mother demanding answers after her daughter is harassed at an east bay middle school. why she says the school is not doing enough to protect students. when you say you need
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a heart transplant... that's a whole different ballgame. i was in shock. i am very proud of the development of drugs that can prevent the rejection and prevent the recurrence of the original disease. i never felt i was going to die. we know so much about transplantation. and we're living longer. you cannot help but be inspired by the opportunities that
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a transplant would offer. my donor's mom says "you were meant to carry his story". i'm vern, the orange money retirement rabbit, from voya. i'm the money you save for retirement. who's he? he's green money, for spending today. makes it easy to tell you apart. that, and i am better looking. i heard that. when it's time to get organized for retirement, it's time to get voya. ( mark ) did he have help? this morning... we're learning new information about the man who opened fire on a las vegas concert... killing 58 people and injuring hundreds more.
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(darya) good morning i'm darya folsom..(mark) and i'm mark danon. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... (dave)general warming trend with dry weather through the end of the week. dry offshore winds will impact some of the higher peaks and ridges off and on again late this week into early next week. no major hot spots. bay bridge
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wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. ( mark ) our top story this morning... investigators in nevada are working to piece together events that led to the deadly mass shooting in las vegas. now police say
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the shooter may have had help. ( darya ) 58 people were killed in the shooting and overnight authorities lowered the number of injured to 489. 300 have been discharged from the hospital.( mark ) las vegas police found 50 pounds of explosives and 16-hundred rounds of ammunition in the car that the shooter left at the mandalay bay. authorities also say that stephen paddock may have had help planning the shooting. he killed himself in his hotel room as police were moving in. police say paddock's girlfriend, marilou danley, is cooperating with authorities and has spoken to the fbi. the police have said she is not a suspect. investigators also say there is indication paddock had planned to survive and escape. ( darya ) at least three of 58 people killed sunday are connected to the bay area. and this morning we are learning about their final moments. san jose native michelle vo had decided to go to the country music concert
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by herself. while she was there she met a man named kody robertson from ohio. and after michelle was hit by gunfire... kody stayed by her side until help could arrive. now he is sharing his story with michelle's sister. ( darya ) and denise cohen from san ramon had posted photos of her weekend vegas trip on facebook. she even wrote about the great time she was having with her boyfriend at the jason aldean concert. ( darya ) and the third bay area victim is stacee etcheber. a gufund me page has been setup to collect donations for her family. the novato woman was a mother
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of two young kids, and a wife to a san francisco police officer. she leaves behind a ten-year-old son and a thirteen-year-old daughter. so far, more than 180- thousand dollars has been raised. if you would like to donate, we have a link on our website at kron-4 dot com. and coming up in about 15 minutes we will hear from stacee's parents for the first time since the shooting. ( mark ) among the people who survived the shooting are two north bay couples who were near the stage when the gunfire broke out. justin and jennifer mcgrath... and kim schubert and her boyfriend joel wahl had been waiting all weekend to see jason aldean perform. these pictures were taken just minutes before the shooting started. during the gunfire, the two couples were separated and they tried to aid other victims. eventually schubert ended up under some bleachers that were being riddled with bullets. that's when she pulled out her phone and made an important phone call.
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know if i'm going to make it. i just need to tell you that i love you and she said 'mommy, mommy, no,' and i was like 'honey, i don't know.'">( mark ) both couples survived and were reunited hours later. none of them were seriously injured. ( mark ) our coverage of the las vegas tragedy continues at kron-4 dot com. you can hear more of the stories from survivors of the mass shooting. you can also stay connected to breaking news by downloading our free mobile app ( darya ) security was out in full force at levi's stadium for the cold play concert last night. police from several local departments were there as people arrived for the concert. security guards with the stadium were also spread out watching for any problems. and sources tell kron 4 that there were even spotters on several of the tall buildings around the stadium. concert goers say they were glad to have the extra security on hand. ( darya ) and last night's coldplay concert did go past the 10 p-m curfew set by the city of santa clara. the
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city denied an extension of the curfew for last night's concert. the 49ers who manage the stadium say they are afraid that concerts may not want to come to levi's stadium. last week ed sheeran cancelled his upcomming concert because of the curfew. the 49ers say a big concert can bring in up to 800- thousand dollars and that the city benefits from that money. right now it is not clear if coldplay will be fined for violating the curfew. ( mark ) breaking overnight... after years of legal battles the billionaire owner of property on martin's beach is now granting access to that beach.( darya ) will tran is live at martins beach in half moon bay this morning with the details. will. ( will )the owner refused to open a road to a popular beach despite a court order to do so. the venture capitalist purchased the 53- acre property in 2008. he then
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blocked off the only road leading to the beach. an appeals court has ruled he is breaking the law by blocking public access to the beach. california's coastal regulator orderd him to unlock the gate blocking access to the beach and remove all "no trespassing" signs. that gate was opened last night. thanks will. we will check back with you through out the morning.
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( darya ) police are asking for help solving a deadly shooting that happened in san francisco one year ago. 26-year-old john sanyaolu, from stockton was killed outside the end-up nightclub at sixth and harrison streets last october. two others were also injured in the shooting. police once again are asking for any witnesses to come forward. police do not have a description of the killer. officers say they are confident that people saw what happened and are just not talking. ( darya ) a judge in redwood city wants doctors to determine if the man accused of stabbing a police officer at s-f-o is competent to stand trial. dooris johnston is charged with attempted murder after an officer was stabbed
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several times at an s-f-o terminal last month. johnston was in court yesterday. he said he wanted to act as his own attorney but after a brief conversation with the judge... the judge questioned whether johnston was competent enough to stand trial. the case has been delayed until next month. ( mark ) the san francisco's police chief and two city supervisors have announced their latest plans to fight the city's growing crime problem.(áááboxesááá) police have already doubled the number of officers on foot patrol this year... but they say it's not enough. police chief bill scott says the city is now creating a new crime strategy unit to better identify serial criminals. property crimes in some san francisco neighborhoods has jumped more than 25 percent in the last year. ( mark ) police in the east bay have made an arrest in a deadly shooting in pittsburg. 19-year-old juan munoz and a juvenile are accused of killing jose escobedo last month in pittsburg's city park. police say munoz and escobedo knew each other and had several confrontations in the past. but they have not said what specifically led up to the shooting. ( darya ) there have been more laptop thefts in the east
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bay. police say this is part of a spike across the bay rea. the latest theft happened yesterday in alameda. two people walked into a starbucks store on blanding avenuepolice say they tried to steal a laptop ...but failed. this is surveillance video of those two men. then ten minutes laterthey went into another starbucks...this one on park street. police say each man stole a laptop before running away. ( darya ) still ahead on the kron four morning news... grieving parents share their heartbreak. what the family of a bay area woman killed in las vegas is saying about the moment they learned of their daughter's death.( mark ) plus... not doing enough to protect students. what one mom says is happening to her daughter at an east bay middle school. . no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf.
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( darya ) more on our top story this morning... the las vegas shooting massacre. now we're hearing from the parents of stacee etcheber.( mark ) the novato woman was killed in the shooting. now her parents are describing the moment they learned she did not survive. mike mangas has their story. natsgreg and linda rodriguez just got back from a trip they would give anything not to have had to take.their daughter... stacee etcheber... was one of the 59 people killed.stacee lived in novato... in the bay area... with her son and daughter and her husband vinnie... a san francisco police officer.her parents went through quite a roller coaster ride as they tried to find stacee in las vegas.after checking all the
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hospitals... vinnie reluctantly went to the morgue. greg rodriguez/victim's father: "he was able to get in to, personally get in to the coroner's office. there was one jane doe left, he went and described her, told her about the tattoo on her neck. guy went back, came back, says 'no, she's not here.' so a lot of relief went in there, so but we had exhausted all the efforts. we were up to almost midnight going from hospital to hospital. and then vinnie not wanting to do it said, 'get me back into the coroner's office' and we went back to the coroner's office. we went in to the office with the lady, sat down. lady said describe her. he said she has long brown hair, she has this tattoo of this creature on her back from a storybook."linda rodriguez/victim's mother: "where the wild things are..." greg rodriguez/victim's father: "and the lady put her pen down and said i'll be right back. she knew. she knew. she went back. she came back with a
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picture of stacee and it was just-- it's heart-wrenching, it was really, really heart- wrenching." ( darya ) stacee etcheber leaves behind a husband and. two children. we will continue to share stories about the victims and survivors throughout the morning. ( darya ) breaking overnight... 3 u-s army commandos are killed after being ambushed by al qaeda terrorists in the african nation of niger. two other soldiers were injured. u-s forces are there to train the nigerian military. the two soldiers who were wounded are in stable condition this morning. ( mark ) now to a story you will see only on kron 4. a second incident in two weeks at an east bay middle
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school has one parent claiming administrators are ánot doing enough to protect her daughter. this happened at dallas ranch middle school in antioch. the mother says her daughter was being harassed and the school refused to let her back into the building after school was let out. yokisho justin says a classmate threw water on her daughter but a school official refused to let her daughter into the building when she asked for help.
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of jail. the new mission street sobering center is just up the street from the santa clara county jail. officials say its a safe alternative for drunk people to sober-up and get substance abuse and mental health treatment. the sobering center is also expected to end unnecessary trips to emergency rooms. it will be open around the clock - seven days a week. ( darya ) the well known rainforest cafe restaurant on san francisco's fisherman's wharf has closed after 17 years in business. it's the second restaurant to shut it's doors in wharf in the last two months. kron 4 reached out to the restaurant's management who said the landlord opted not to renew the rainforest cafe leases. nearby business owners say they were told that rainforest cafe was trying to work a cheaper rent agreement with the building owners but were unsuccessful. joe's crab shack along the wharf also closed earlier this year.
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( mark ) five former presidents will all take part in a benefit concert later this month. they're raising money for hurricane recovery efforts in texas, florida, and the caribbean. the october concert is a continuation of the "one america appeal." that's when the former presidents filmed this video... urging people to help after hurricane harvey caused tremendous damage in texas. since filming that video, the five have since continued the effort, extending it to those affected by hurricanes irma and maria. ( mark ) still ahead... an important deadline for daca recipients. what you must get done today.( darya ) plus... all of those cool gadgets in your car could be making you a ábad driver. how cars themselves are becoming a distraction. and here's a live look outside... san mateo bridge.
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( darya ) new this morning... all of that technology carmakers are now cramming into dashboards... is making drivers take their eyes off the road and hands off the wheel for dangerously long periods of time. triple-a says that can lead to accidents. the study has been examining the impact of "infotainment" systems on safety since 2013. carmakers now include more infotainment options that allow drivers to use social media, email and text. the technology is also becoming more complicated. some vehicles now have as many
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as 50 buttons on the steering wheel and dashboard. ( mark ) big news for big sur... a bridge that was damaged by landslides is set to reopen next week. the pfeiffer canyon bridge on highway one will reopen on friday the 13th. caltrans says crews working around the clock to finish the work. the 24- million dollar bridge replaces one that was damaged by a slide eight months ago. that bridge was demolished in march. (dave) and i'm tracking your morning forecast. what to expect as you head out the door right after the break.
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(mark)(darya) lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic... (dave)general warming trend with dry weather through the end of the week. dry offshore winds will impact some of the higher peaks and ridges off and on again late this week into early next week. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf.
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in the mass shooting in las vegas that left 59 people dead including the gunman.( darya ) right now investigators are slowly piecing together more information about the shooter... stephen paddock. karin caifa is in las vegas with the latest. only a few days have passed since las vegas endured the worst mass shooting in modern u-s history.investigators are piecing together a picture of a troubled man.sheriff joseph lombardo/las vegas police: "more than one-hundred investigators have spent the last 72 hours combing through the life of 64-year-old stephen paddock, to produce a profile of someone i will call disturbed and dangerous. what we know is that stephen paddock is a man who spent decades acquiring weapons and ammo and living a secret life." las vegas police found 50 pounds of explosives and 16-hundred rounds of ammunition in the car paddock parked at the mandaley bay hotel where he mounted his assault on thousands of concertgoers.authorities also say they suspect paddock may have had help.sheriff joseph lombardo/las vegas police:
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"it's troublesome that this individual was able to move this amount of gear into a hotel room unassisted. it's troublesome for the amount of stuff he had at both residence unassisted."the shooter's girlfriend, marilou danley, is cooperating with authorities and has spoken to the fbi. the police have said she is not a suspect.in a statement read by her attorney she said she is devastated by the violence. matt lombard/attorney for shooter's girlfriend: "it never occurred to me in any way whatsoever that he was planning violence against anyone."investigators also say there is indication paddock had planned to survive and escape ... but didn't elaborate, citing the ongoing investigation. ( mark ) this morning we are hearing from a fremont couple
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who survived sunday's mass shooting. david and britni eastin were celebrating a wedding anniversary---along with another couple. after the gunfire started... the two couples got separated but say they were determined to make it out alive. ( mark ) both couples say it will be a while before they feel safe enough to go to another crowded venue. ( darya ) a former bay area resident is being credited with saving a man during sunday's massacre. james lawson rushed to help a man who was wounded. lawson grew up in concord and graduated from ygnacio valley high school in 2006. his grandmother still lives in the east bay and told kron4 that she's proud of what her grandson did. his long time next door neighbor says she feels the same.
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he is one of the people who stepped up and helped out his fellow man. you know because he is a person of character and you know, um. very proud to hear he's done this.">( darya ) james' former teachers at ygnacio valley high said they're also very proud of him for risking his life to save others. ( darya ) our coverage of the las vegas tragedy continues at kron-4 dot com. you can hear more of the stories from survivors of the mass shooting. you can also stay connected to breaking news by downloading our free mobile app ( darya ) after the mass shooting in las vegas... president trump is staying out of the gun control debate. at least for now. ( mark ) but as andrew spencer tell us... there is mounting pressure from democrats to act now. thanking the staff at a hospital in las vegas, president donald trump brushed off a reporter's question about gun violence in america. reporter: "mr. president, does america have a gun-violence problem?"president donald trump: "we're not going to talk about that today. we won't talk about that."earlier in the day, on his way to
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vegas, he focused his comments on first responders, but seemed to acknowledge that he'll have to address the topic eventually.president donald trump: "...we'll be talking about gun laws as time goes by."...but for advocates of stricter gun control laws, the time to talk is now. activists held a candlelight vigil wednesday night, in annapolis, maryland, marking a somber tone on the gun control debate.others have struck a more confrontational one.a number of democratic lawmakers -- some of them linking arms -- walked down the capitol steps, showing their solidarity in passing what they call "common sense" gun laws.rep. john lewis, -d- georgia: "don't tell me it's about protecting the second amendment when you won't stand up for the first amendment. don't tell me this is anything other than greed, greed, money and fear."in a c-n-n town hall meeting, house minority leader nancy pelosi spoke via satellite to the husband and daughter of a woman who died in sunday's shooting in las vegas -- making them a promise on gun control.rep. nancy pelosi, -d- minority leader: "we're never going to rest until we get this done."i'm andrew spencer, reporting
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( mark ) there have been three threats of violence against bay area high schools in less than a week. the latest one happened on the peninsula. police determined san mateo high school was safe yesterday after staff members discovered a threatening note written on a bathroom wall. and on monday in danville, there was a graffiti threat aimed at monte vista and san ramon valley high schools it had been spray-painted on a footbridge near old blackhawk road. investigators say there was no evidence it was a real threat. and last friday at redwood high in larkspur police investigated a graffiti message that threatened a shooting. ( darya ) in the east bay... alameda county is being sued after a three-year-old foster child died after ingesting methamphetamine. the family's attorney says county workers missed obvious signs that the girl was in danger. the lawyer says the child
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had already been taken to the hospital once for consuming the drug. less than two weeks later... she died after ingesting methamphetamine for a second time. it is not clear how it happened. ( darya ) police have released surveillance video of the man who robbed a danville drug store. it happened at the walgreens on san ramon valley boulevard last month. the man wore a surgical mask. he walked straight to the store's pharmacy and put some items on the counter. he slips the pharmacy worker a note demanding prescriptions pills. the man then takes a gun out of his pocket and puts it on the counter. after getting a bag of pills he walks off. no one was hurt. today is the last day daca recpients can renew their permits. if they miss today's deadline they could potentially be forced to leave the country. congress now has six months to permanently fix the problem. if they don't, daca recepients will no longer be protected from deportation. both democrats and republicans are now working on legislation to protect dreamers.
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that's compassion and it is compassionate to say that ultimately we will pass comprehensive immigration reform.let me tell you why i feel most hopeful this time. the president i think has the right attitude about solving this problem>( mark )( mark ) some republicans have come up with their own solution for dreamers that could offer a pathway to a green card and then citizenship. but getting a greencard would take 15 years.that bill also includes other proivisions for dealing with border security. ( darya ) coming up on the kron 4 morning news... the west nile virus kills a modesto woman. how long it took to properly diagnose her. ( mark ) plus... the video went viral. a woman -- removed from a flight over a pet allergy. why she now says this is a case of discrimination.( darya ) and... a shocking billboard is now up in a northern california town. it shows the president dressed as a nazi. what the store's owner is now saying. . no major hot spots. bay bridge
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drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( mark ) it's only been up for a day... but a new billboard in chico is raising a lot of eyebrows.( darya ) a clothing store is using an image of president trump that many are calling offensive. the ad shows the president dressed in a nazi uniform. and the number 45 on his arm looks like a swastika. the store's way of promoting business is catching many by surprise.
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rouse and revolt." "i guess that's cool that they're taking a stance and trying to promote, but i just, i don't think that that's the way to do it.">( darya ) in facebook statement... the store's owner said in part: "we welcome all races, all religions, all countries of origin, all genders and we not only stand with you... we kneel with you as well." (dave) and i'm tracking your morning forecast. what to expect as you head out the door right after the break. (darya) welcome back.
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( darya ) a modesto junior college professor has died following complications from the west nile virus. doctor kimberly kennard came down with flu like symptoms during the fall 2015 semester. she was in and out of hospitals with no diagnosis until february 2016. that's when kennard was finally diagnosed with west nile at the u-c davis medical center. friends say she spent a lot of time outdoors. < to see the deterioration of her health it was quite sobering and alarming for us > ( darya ) kennard never went back to teaching after coming down with symptoms in 2015. ( darya ) novato police have arrested a man they say repeatedly harassed a 14- year-old girl. police she the girl would be waiting at the bus stop on grand avenue
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when the man would approach her in his truck. officers say he would offer to drive her around and buy her coffee. the teen told police it happened several days in a row. police performed a steak-out at the bus station and caught the man. he is cirilo perez-lopez. he was arrested and charged with annoying a child. ( mark ) the woman forcefully removed from a southwest airlines flight says she was the victim of racial profiling. the plane was heading from baltimore to los angeles. a lawyer for the woman said the incident was motivated by an anti-muslim bias. the woman originally complained that she was allergic to dogs. two were sitting near her. she says she told the flight crew that she would be fine.. as long as she was separated from the dogs. southwest says because she didn't have a medical certificate... they denied her request. police were eventually called in to remove her from the plane. she claims she was treated roughly because she is muslim. southwest airlines says their employees did nothing wrong. ( mark ) governor jerry
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brown has signed a bill that could force wells fargo into court. the bill would require the bank to go to court over its fake accounts scandal... instead of settling dispute through arbitration. it only applies in disputes involving accounts that were created fraudulently. but this new bill won't help customers who have already taken their claims to arbitration. (mark) big board. stocks are (mark) (mark) big board. stocks are inching higher in early trading on wall street a day after the market closed at its latest record high. (mark) a traffic crackdown produced some intresting interactions for officers.( darya ) stanely roberts shows us on this edition of people behaving badly. at a california highway patrol pop up commercial inspection stations, all types of vehicles get waived in like this tractor which turned out to be a city of sunnyvale
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vehicle nats: ambiance so a santa clara count sheriff deputy who is also working the inspection station has a chat with the driver since there are no plates on the tractor it needs to be on a flatbed nats: ambiance this big rig had some issues that need to be corrected for the truck could take off if appears that the nut has come loose off the u-bolt that holds the air tank now you know the danger of that right absolutely what is it the air line could come off and i could lose all air pressure in the truck and that could be a major issue however, let's look at this google bus, i call it that because it actually has google written all over it .but it's actually contracted to transport google employees it was waved into the checkpoint; officers noticed one of the compartment doors was missing according to the driver the door fell off on the freeway nats: ambiance but there was a bigger issue discovered listen in this is a traffic ticket for falsifying your driving records so you have to have this accurate and this is all falsified the driver had a valid drivers license
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and insurance so that wasn't the issue but it would seem the driver is a time traveler because his drivers log was filled out for a week in advance that's a big no no bus drivers are required to have at a minimum 8 hours of rest between jobs let's listen to the chp anyone that driving passenger carrying vehicle such as a bus, if you present a false record of duty status your our of service for 8 consecutive hours so unfortunately you are going to have to get in touch with your employer let him know that he needs another driver out here to operate the vehicle this rule is to prevent bus drivers from falling asleep at the wheel especially while carrying passengers so you cannot leave you are out of service for 8 hours for the record other buses that were checked did not have the same problem i tried to get their side of the story but i was waived off the fine for falsifying driving hours is 238 dollars and a point and a half on your driving record in sunnyvale stanley roberts kron 4 news ( darya ) coming up on the kron 4 morning news...
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quarterback cam newton's sense of humor gets him into some trouble. the regret he now has over the way he answered a female reporter's question. plus... the rock and roll hame of fame is getting ready to induct a new class. who could be heading to cleveland in april. in april. woman: so, greg, it's a lot to take in. woman 2: and i know that's hard to hear, but the doctors caught it early. hi, blake! my dad has cancer. woman: and i know how hard that is to hear. but you're in the right place. man: and dr. pascal and her team, they know what to do. they know what to do. the doctors know what to do. so here's the plan. first off, we're going to give you all... (voice fading away) the nominees for the rock
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and roll hall of fame have been announced. they include radiohead and rage against the machine. both bands released their first single 25 years ago. also among the 19 nominees are the zombies... the cars... bon jovi and l-l cool-j. the 2018 hall of fame class will be announced in december. the induction ceremony in cleveland is in april. ( mark ) at the time... panthers quartback cam newton
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said it was "funny." but he's not laughing anymore.( darya ) during a news conference yesterday... a female reporter asked newton about the way wide receiver devin funchess ran pass patterns. newton answered the question... but first he added some commentary. ( darya ) the reporter jourdan rodrigue of the charlotte obverver tweeted about the incident later posting "i don't think it's "funny" to be a female and talk about routes. i think it's my job." then later "i spoke with him after and it was worse. i chose not to share, because i have an actual job to do today and one he will not keep me from." (darya) ahead at seven on the kron 4 morning news... we're talking more cam newton with gary. also the warriors lost their second
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pre-season game in china but nobody in the n-b-a thinks they're going to lose when it counts. and mad bum pitched more innings last night than all those bums who started in the n-l wild card game. plus... a mother demanding answers after her daughter is harassed at an east bay middle school. why she says the school is not doing enough to protect students. we are learning more information about the man who opened fire at a concert in las vegas. why police
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(mark) we're following breaking news out of san francisco... there is major police activity affecting your morning commute. (darya) it's happening near the panhandle at fell street and baker street. police have just told us that a driver hit and killed a pedestrian last night. we have a reporter headed to the scene and will bring you a live report shortly. (darya) good morning i'm darya folsom. (mark) and i'm mark danon. with robin on impacting the morning commute. ... police action cleared, fell at baker back open. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf.
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