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investigating who sent the threats to several bay area school districts. kron 4's dan kerman is live in emeryville tonight-- dan, what can you tell us? no school monday at eccl which houses students attending grade school middle school and high school in emeryville the decision to close came sunday after a threat came in by email.sot capt. oliver collins/emeryville police parents received their first round on robo calls sunday night and another monday morning informing them of the decision to close the school. sot samantha gans/parentbut by monday it became clear the threat was a hoax and a similar threat went out to schools other schools in the bay areasotemeryville police say the threat "generated out of a dare within an overseas on-line gaming community to see who could generate the most school evacuations in the uk and the usa." (vicki) we know at least four bay area school districts have been threatened as dan kerman reported-- the emery school district reported the threat this afternoon. kron 4 has also learned that threats were made to two other school districts in the east bay, and one on the peninsula. that includes mount diablo unified, acalanes
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unified, and south san francisco unified. right now we are working to find out if more bay area schools have been threatened. we will have much more coming up on kron4 news at six. (grant) courageous and selfless. that's what bart police is calling the man who (grant) six. kron4 news at coming up on much more we will have threatened. been schools have more bay area find out if working to we are right now unified. francisco south san unified, and acalanes unified, mount diablo includes that peninsula. one on the east bay, and districts in the school two other usa."the uk and the evacuations in most school evacuations in the uk and the usa."
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(vicki) we know at least four bay area school districts have been threatened as dan kerman reported-- the emery school district reported the threat this afternoon. kron 4 has also learned that threats were made to two other school districts in the east bay, and one on the peninsula. that includes mount diablo unified, acalanes unified, and south san francisco unified. right now we are working to find out if more bay area schools have been threatened. we will have much more coming up on kron4 news at six. (grant) courageous courageous and selfless. that's what bart police is calling the man who disarmed and tackled a suspect.... who's accused of stabbing two people at the colliseum station on saturday afternoon. as kron 4's maureen kelly reports... police say it could have been much worse if that brave man from oakland did not step in to help.(pkg here's a mug shot of the suspect 32 year old robert dolph who police say got on the train at civic center. witnesses say he could be seen
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muttering to himself sometimes shouting things out. at one point turning his attention to a brother and sister in their early 50's and late 60's on that same oakland bound train. the victim's exited at colesium station....it all happened right here near the fare gates when police say the suspect began his unprovoked attack, stabbing and slashing the two victims.david harris says he was about to get on the train to san francisco when he heard a woman screaming and turned to see the attack underway.right when i first got up and grab him he just dad the male victim in the head and when i first looked over he was stabbing the woman multiple times it was horrifying the oakland landscaper says he didn't have time to be afraid, he just reacted. and i just ran over and took control of his wrists got the knife away from him and brought him to the ground four of his fingers were cut up as he grabbed the knife. he says he's not a hero....just lucky because the situation could have gone another way. he was way stronger than me that was a parent right off the bat just
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try to get control of him sitting on him bart police say in all four bystanders jumped in to help subdue the suspect....including aurturo gomez you see in the maroon shirt helping an officer get dolph into cuffs. here was blood there's a lot of blood i just tried to help out i didn't want to hurt nobody else the bart police chief says these days people are more likely to pull out their phones and start filming....he credits david harris with saving the life of the two victims.police say dolph confessed to his involvement in the crime. he's is being held at the santa rita jail in dublin. he's is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow morning. maureen kelly kron4 news. (vicki) several members of a serial burglary ring in san francisco are now behind bars. police say the suspects are responsible for millions of dollars worth of stolen property in recent months but as kron 4's haaziq madyun reports-- investigators are still looking for more burglars. sot
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that home, this gives you an idea and a picture of how dangerous this can be">san francisco police lt. greg mceachern is showing home sureveillance video of members of a burglary crew that has been targeting residents in the bay view, ingleside and taraval districts. he says this burglary crew is just one of many targeting these areas sot
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francisco police department: "in november we established the general crimes unit to focus on serial and residential burglaries, we believe that the strategy is showing results, these arrests are an example">at sfpd headquarters in san francisco haaziq madyun kron4news (grant) this week marks a major milestone.... and deadline.... in the northbay. it's the
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sixth month anniversary of the firestorm that ripped through... destroying thousands of homes. plus, all debris is supposed to be cleaned up....as of today. as kron four's terisa estacio reports, progress has been made, but not everyone in the county is following the rules.(take pkg) (terisa estacio reporting) here in sonoma county - most homes wiped out by the fires are gone... crews have come in and cleared away the hazardous debris. april 9th was the deadline imposed by the county and city of santa rosa to remove damaged structures for those who opted out of the government sponsored clean up program. that includes commmercial properties as well. this is paul lowenthal - asst fire marshall to explain why it was necessary to put out a deadline, and what will happen to those who choice not to clean up. paul lowenthal, asst fire marshall santa rosa. "of the 450 in the city most of complied. it is important because the fires left hazardous materials and not fair to those wanting to rebuild. we can look to the courts for assistance if the properties including commerical don't act. there are 9 homes and 2 commerical properties that are not cleaned up yet. (estacio reporting) this is one of the homes in the coffee party neighborhood that is still not
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cleaned up... you can see the garage, a stove, dishwasher... lots of other household items that still remain on site. again, april 9th was the deadline, and the asst fire marshall says they will start working with the courts to get people into compliance for the good of all as this area moves toward rebuilding. in santa rosa, terisa estacio kron four news. (anchor) time now (anchor) (anchor) time now to check on our weather... to check on our
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weather... with chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. lawrence karnow: temperatures soared in the 70s in many parts of the bay area today. it was well above the average with even a few record highs. the clouds have started to move in again as another storm remains poised off the coastline. it is dry on the doppler radar now but that will likely change tomorrow. it doesn't look anything like our last storm but there is a chance of a few light showers. on the satellite you can see the storm to our west. the skies will become mostly cloudy tonight with lows in the upper 40s and low 50s. the storm will move through in the middle of the day and afternoon and will bring a few raindrops to the bay area. highs will be mainly in the 60s. another storm moves in on late wednesday to bring some cold showers and even a few snow flakes to our higher peaks early thursday morning. dry and warmer weather is expected on friday. it will be cooler and partly cloudy next weekend.
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(grant) syrian syrian activist groups have released disturbing video...that appears to show a chemical weapons attack...n a rebel-held city in syria over the weekend. and president trump said today that such attacks cannot be allowed to happen. omar jimenez reports on how the u.s. and the u.n. are responding to this latest suspected use of chemical weapons in syria. a suspected chemical weapons attack in syria this weekend, with reports of toxic gas inside barrel bombs dropped by helicopters causing people to suffocate and choke. allegedly leaving dozens of civilians dead.president donald trump: we're talking about humanity. and it can't be allowed to happen. we'll be making some major decisions over the next 24 to 48 hours.a year ago, this month, more than 80 people were killed in
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a sarin attack in a separate syrian town, prompting the u.s. to launch tomahawk missiles at a syrian airbase. following saturday's attack, missiles were also launched, this time at a syrian airbase where iranian personnel were working. russia is blaming israel for the attack, but israeli officials have neither confirmed nor denied the attack.all the while. the u.s. is weighing its response reporter: can you rule out taking action, launching airstrikes against assad, mr. secretary? james mattis / secretary of defense: i don't rule out anything right now. the president echoing those sentiments,president donald trump: nothing off the table. the russian foreign ministry called these reports a "hoax" and issued a statement in the hours after the alleged attack reading in part, "it is necessary to warn once again that using far-fetched and fabricated pretexts for a military intervention in syria is absolutely unacceptable." it goes on to say. "and can lead to the most serious consequences."monday an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council. stephane dujarric / spokesperson of the secretary general: regardless of who is to blame for the violence, there is no other solution but a political solution.all this as the syrian civil war is now in its eighth year.in washington, i'm omar jimenez reporting.
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(vicki) coming up... a harsh accusation against youtube-- what groups are saying the company stole from millions of young kids who watch videos on the platform. (grant) a scary situation as a girl is sexually assaulted while jogging on a south bay trail. see who police have behind bars for the crime. (vicki) and after the break... a warning about credit card fraud in the bay area. see where thieves could be taking your information.
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for us, it's time to get tested. police in moraga are warning people about a major increase in credit card fraud... all leading back to the gas pump. kron 4's sara stinson is live in moraga with the details. sara? out: "at least once a year." trt: still working on...ánatsá (soundbite: joe sterling, moraga resident: "the second time i got an alert that someone had taken multiple 100 dollar withdrawals from my account so that was pretty suspicious.")now joe sterling says he knows exactly what to do the next time it happens. (soundbite joe sterling: "don't freak out, because there is nothing you can do. just call your card company, get your cards canceled and move on."the moraga police chief, jon king has seen an uptick in credit card skimming cases.he says there are a variety of different ways these thieves are stealing your information.(soundbite: jon king, moraga police chief: "sometimes somebody will try to put something on the exterior of the card reader, but that's going to be loose or they may have gotten inside and attached an electronic device."king says typically
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the stolen credit card information is used within the bay area, but recent cases have been a bit more complex. (soundbite jon king : "the information is being used almost a month later and almost exclusively in southern california. so what can happen is these skimmers are collecting this information and selling it to somebody else.")gas station attendants have been working closely with moraga police.(soundbite jon king: "most vendors are taking precautions.")(soundbite: jonathan soto, chevron gas attendant: "a security system where whenever they try to open it then this whole thing goes out so they can't really get any gas or steal any information out of the credit cards like that."customers can also take their own precautions. (soundbite jon king: "double check your monthly statements because in this era of we are often going so quickly we often forget to do that and you may see some fraudulent charges and you need to get ahold of your credit card company right away.")a routine everyone is advised to get in the habit of as this could happen at any pump, anywhere.(soundbite joe sterling: "this day in age it's almost something you have to deal with at least once a year.")####reporter live tag: moraga police have been checking every gas station to see if there are any skimmers on pumps around town.but if
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you really want to play it safe, you can pay inside the gas station with your card. live in moraga, sara stinson, kron 4 news.### (grant) new at five -- next time you engage in a debate on twitter... you may want to ask yourself who you're dealing with. a study by pew research found that the twitter-verse is rampant with "bots" --- those are robots...automated accounts - not human beings - that can post content and interact with others. researchers examined more than 1-million tweets during the summer of 2017. they found
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that of all tweeted links to popular websites, 66-percent were mostl likely shared by these automated bots. researchers say their findings don't evaluate if links were shared by "good" or "bad" bots... or if the bots are controlled outside of the u-s. .. (vicki) the late season rains that most recently swept across the region have been taking a toll on traffic but there is better news on roads less traveled. as kron four's rob fladeboe reports now, the lack ofprolonged wet weather has allowed crews to make good progress on a back-log of storm ravaged roads in the santa cruz mountains. nats (car passes thru slide area)signs like this one on schulties road near the summit still abound in the santa cruz mountains but despite recent rains that caused a few new slides, the region is better off than it was this time a year ago says santa cruz county's jason hoppin.jason hoppin/santa cruz county public works "....highway 17 was closed at this point, highway 35 was missing a chunk about the size of rhode island, soquel-san jose road, which carries thousands of people every day was down, we had to re-locate an elementary
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school..."three pre sidental disaster declarations helped the countytackle those largest projects first but there are still literally hundreds of slides and slip-outs that are awaiting funding and permits. repairs to busy bear creek are underway but many projects will take years to complete. janson hoppin/santa cruz county "...we had about $120 million dollars in damage at over 200 differentsites around the mountains, fast forward to now and we've done about $20 million in repairs but we've got a long ways to go and it cold take several years to catch up..."hoppin says schulties road, near the summt, is an exampleof how vulnerable many mountain roads are to heavay winter rains. but the rains have been light this year and that has allowed cews to work on projects that might otherwise have been shutdown for the winter. in the santa cruz mountains rob fladeboe kron 4 news (anchor) time now to check on our weather... with chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. lawrence meteorologist with chief our weather... to check on time now (anchor) 4 newsfladeboe kron mountains rob fladeboe kron 4 news 4 news (anchor) time now to check on
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our weather... with chief meteorologist lawrence meteorologist with chief our weather... with chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. lawrence karnow: temperatures soared in the 70s in many parts of the bay area today. it was well above the average with even a few record highs. the clouds have started to move in again as another storm remains poised off the coastline. it is dry on the doppler radar now but that will likely change tomorrow. it doesn't look anything like our last storm but there is a chance of a few light showers. on the satellite you can see the storm to our west. the skies will become mostly cloudy tonight with lows in the upper 40s and low 50s. the
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storm will move through in the middle of the day and afternoon and will bring a few raindrops to the bay area. highs will be mainly in the 60s. another storm moves in on late wednesday to bring some cold showers and even a few snow flakes to our higher peaks early thursday morning. dry and warmer weather is expected on friday. it will be cooler and partly cloudy next weekend.
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(grant) for your money tonight-- it's getting more expensive to fill up your gas tank. the average prices of a gallon of regular gas shot up 8-cents over the past two weeks. industry experts say the increase is driven by rising crude oil costs. here's a look at prices in the bay area tonight. in oakland it's $3.53 for a gallon of regular. it's two pennies more in san jose. and san francisco is the most expensive in the nation-- at $3.64 for a gallon of gas. (vicki) a big story we are following tonight-- police in palo alto say they have a dangerous suspect behind bars... after this man is accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl
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while she was out on a jog. kron 4's will tran has the story. people who exercise in this park next to arastadero road can breathe a little easier after palo alto police arrest a man who they say had a gun and sexually assaulted a teenaged girl here back on march 28th.(capt zach perron/palo alto pd-detectives were able to locate evidence at the scene and connected him not only to our crime but also the crime in oakland on march 4th)(reporter-dna evidence?) (capt perron-i can't get into specifics as to what type of evidence was collected)the park is roughly 15-hundred acres and has security patrolling the area but there are many areas where joggers are alone.the victim was able to work with investigators.on sunday palo alto police tracked eduardo chavarria diaz to a home in richmond and took him in.this despite not having a composite sketch to work with (capt perron-sketches are one of those difficult things. you're not certain if the victims are going to complete the sketch or work with the sketch artist and in this particular case the young lady was not able to do that and that is not unusual at all. we really want to compliment her for her fortitude and going through what is so unimaginable)investigators say the 29 year old man is also responsible for a sexual assault that place on march
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4th in oakland while at a park that belongs to the east bay regional park district.(will tran/palo alto-chavarria diaz - investigators say they don't know why the suspect was in palo alto but because the crimes were so bold they believe there could be other victims out there in many unsolved cases. in palo alto will tran kron 4 news (grant) next at 5:30-- youtube is accused of profiting from younger viewers... and now the government could get involved. hear from a group who says youtube illegally collected data from millions of kids. (vicki) plus-- facebook accepts responsibility for recent data breaches-- and the c-e-o is now preparing to tell
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♪ get high speed internet from at&t. $30 per month. no extra monthly fees. more for your thing. that's our thing. visit att.com/internet. (grant) our top story tonight at 5:30. facebook is coming clean. today-- the social media giant started alerting users whose data was harvested by cambridge analytica. so-- you might see a link in your facebook
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news feed... showing what apps are linked to your account. users will then have the opportunity to delete those apps and prevent them from collecting more information. cambridge analytica is the london-based voter analytics organization that gathered information on tens of millions of voters-- this collection was legal...based on the rules facebook had in place at the time. (grant) and facebook is in hot water for that data breach. tomorrow-- c-e-o mark zuckerberg will testify in front of congress. our washington correspondent alexandra limon reports on what we can expect. carl szabo / net choice vice presidentwhat i expect to see is a public shaming kind of game of thrones level worthinesscarl szabo is the vice president of net choice - he says america will get an education about privacy and social media over the next couple daysand it appears facebook ceo mark zuckerberg is ready to fall on his swordtaking responsibility
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for a major facebook privacy failure300 thoussnd people took a personality quiz on facebook - as a result the perosnal information of 87 million users was illegally shared with cambridge analytica that data was then used to try to influence the 2016 election.neema singh guliani / american civil liberties unionwhen it comes to cambridge analytica i think what we've seen is that there was a breakdown both at the company level but also in the regulatory structure around how technology companies are really regulated.the aclu says users want more ptroctions and the organization worries current laws and regulations arent being enforced.florida senator bill nelson has his own concerns about what facebook shares with advertisers.sen. bill nelson / floridaand if we don't watch out we won't have any of that privacy left anymore.alexandra limon / @alexlimonnews zuckerberg will also be testifying about russian election meddling, bots, the spread of misinformation... and the company's plans to prevent foreign countries from meddling in future elections. facebook's controversies could speed up the passage of the honest ads act meant tp ensure political ads sold olnline are covered by the same rules as ads sold on tv and the raido.
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carl szabo / net choice vice presidenti would just hope that any legislation that gets moved forward, doesn't impede the ability of small businesses to leverage these platforms to reach new customers, and grow their enterprises.zuckerber will testify in a joint senate committee tuesday and a house committee wednesday. in washington alexandra limon. (vicki) local first-- here are the stories we are tracking in your neighborhood tonight... (grant) in the east bay ... police in pleasant hill are looking for the gunman in the city's first homicide in the last six years. 23- year-old oshry elor was killed inside this home at norse drive and viking street saturday night. police believe elor was shot by a robber who was trying to steal his marijuana. the shooting had neighbors rattled because its so uncommon for the area. again-- police are still searching for the gunman. they have not released a detailed description. (grant) three men are behind bars after a motorcycle sideshow that caused a lot of chaos. this is video of the sideshow yesterday afternoon in oakland. witnesses say participants
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even repeatedly kicked patrol cars. it started in the fruitvale neighborhood ... and ended in north oakland - at claremont and telegraph. police say some of the bikers robbed an oakland gas station at gun point. about 60 to 70 people were involved in the sideshow. one of the bikers was arrested for wreckless driving ... the other two for stealing bikes. (vicki) on the peninsula... new video shows the response to the youtube shooting in san bruno. in the viral video you can see an officer running into the youtube property where the shots had been fired: the officer is getting credit for his bravery of running into the deadly situation and trying to stop it. he has not been identified by police. in california, most police departments teach officers to go straight in if there is an active shooter instead of waiting. (grant) in the north bay-- a dog is reunited wit his owner after he was caught swimming in a pool in napa. police found the dog on saturday night in a pool at a home on el nido drive. officers brought 15-year-old 'tug' to the station to take
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care of him. he was reunited with his owner yesterday. police say 'tug' was micro chipped and that made it easier to find his owner. it's not clear why he decided to go for a swim or how he got into the backyard. (grant) another big story we are following story we are another big (grant) backyard. into the how he got into the backyard. (grant) (grant) (grant) (grant) another big
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story we are following tonight... you-tube is accused of profiting off young viewers. and now advocacy groups are calling on the federal trade commission... to investigate. the groups claim you-tube illegally collected data on 23-million children. and that could lead to a fine of more than 40- thousand dollars per violation. youtube...which is part of google... has responded... saying protecting kids and families has always been a top priority. (vicki) but tonight-- those advocacy groups say something needs to change. joining us live now is josh golin-- the executive director of the campaign for a the campaign for a commercial-free childhood-- one of the groups who is filing the complaint.
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see how a personalized financial strategy and access to j.p. morgan investment expertise can help you. chase. make more of what's yours. coach tony robbins has apologized for recent comments bashing the "me-too" movement. he made the comments at his event last month in san jose. robbins said some women have used the movement to gain an advantage by playing the victim. he argued with a woman at the event over how the movement is being leveraged in public discourse. at one point robbins started pushing the woman to show how he thinks the movement is being used as a weapon by some. in his apology, robbins expressed admiration for the movement. (grant) still ahead-- the chilling way a man used facebook to confessed to killing his mother and friend.
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man.twenty three year old casey lawhorn said he killed his mother and his friend .. after wondering what it would feel like to murder someone. police were alerted when the killer himself called in to report it. "he is calling in and saying at the john ross road location about three hours ago he killed two people and is threatening to kill himself." the 911 call sent police to lawhorn's home in suburban chattanooga.they found the bodies of his mother, vi, and his friend avery gaines.both had been shot in the head.a few hours later lawhorn turned to social media to describe what he called the "technical details": a stolen 22 caliber long rifle ... a mother's screams ."movies," he wrote, "really don't do justice to how true terror sounds."he added, "what i did is unforgivable" and said he planned to take his own life. lawhorn apparently posted his description on the road.he stole a ford focus from one of his victims, and fled south.it broke down in the town of vossburg, mississippi.local sheriff's deputies found the empty car parked on the shoulder of interstate fifty=nine.. they waited for daylight to conduct a search. "this morning i instructed one
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of my deputies with the dog to come back and check the wooded area along the interstate where his vehicle was. according to my deputy the dog alerted at a fence. he put the dog up, went back to the area and found the deceased." (grant) lawhorn's facebook posts were taken down after it became clear he murdered his mom and friend. (vicki) let's get a check on what we are working on for kron4 news at six. pam moore is standing by in the newsroom. pam?(pam) thank you vicki. tonight we have stunning new video of a road rage incident. some viewers may find this disturbing.. a car intentionally swerves into a motorcycle... the entire incident was caught on camera.. the motorcyclist survived -- new tonight, we will hear from him about what exactly led up to it all. that story and much more is
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coming up on kron4 news at six... vicki? thank you pam - we will see you at six. (anchor) time now to check on our weather... with chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. lawrence karnow: temperatures soared in the 70s in many parts of the bay area today. it was well above the average with even a few record highs. the clouds have started to move in again as another storm remains poised off the coastline. it is dry on the doppler radar now but that will likely change tomorrow. it doesn't look anything like our last storm but there is a chance of a few light showers. on the satellite you can see the storm to our west. the skies will become mostly cloudy tonight with lows in the upper 40s and low 50s. the storm will move through in the
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middle of the day and afternoon and will bring a few raindrops to the bay area. highs will be mainly in the 60s. another storm moves in on late wednesday to bring some cold showers and even a few snow flakes to our higher peaks early thursday morning. dry and warmer weather is expected on friday. it will be cooler and partly cloudy next weekend.
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campus fight between two students in colorado. now some worry that the problem may go deeper than just that one incident. ashley michels reports. as difficult as this video is to watch... parents tell us the district's response was even more shocking.anonymous speaker: "i was in shock seeing that it was said as an isolated incident."this mom - who asked us to hide her face and name - says fights at englewood middle school happen all the time.anonymous speaker: "kids are picking fights just to be videotaped and posted on social media." sites like instagram - facebook and twitter... where students have started what's being called an online fight club.anonymous speaker: "school is supposed to be a safe place to send our kids and just seems that it's not these days."initially englewood schools insisted the fight was a one-time thing.in a letter to parents over the weekend though the superintendent now says 'we have since become aware fights at the englewood campus are being housed on pages and referred to as 'fight clubs' or 'englewood fights'. but in a separate statement to fox-31 a district spokesperson wrote
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'the idea that any incidents are connected is false.' anonymous speaker: "i think they all are connected just due to the culture at the school."a culture of violence. and she says her 12-year-old son is also a victim.anonymous speaker: "he not only suffered a concussion but bruising of both eyes. he suffering ptsd right now and still having serious problems with headaches."that was a month ago and she says nothing has changed since.anonymous speaker: "i ultimately think there just needs to be more security and more monitoring and i'm not blaming it all on schools. honestly parenting you as parents need to step up too and monitor your kids social media accounts." (vicki) (vicki) (vicki) that was ashley michels reporting. the school district started boosting security at the school in question today. officials are also training staff on how to handle fights between students. (grant) next on kron4 news at 5... a curious puppy lands himself in trouble find out how he was finally freed from the wheel of a car.
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your eczema could be something called atopic dermatitis, which can be caused by inflammation under your skin. maybe you should ask your doctor? go to eczemaexposed.com to learn more. (vicki) take a look at this... a memorial to prince in southern california has grown a new crown for spring two years ago, artist christine stein created the mural to honor the deceased icon it adorns her yard in citrus heights this year, a spring surprise added a nice touch to stein's creation the tree behind the mural blossomed just in time for easter images of the mural quickly spread on social media stein was stunned, saying she didn't even know the tree behind the mural had flowers (grant) a curious puppy
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finds itself in a sticky situation.... and gets stuck in the center of a car wheel. (vicki) firefighters were called in to help with the rescue. alyssa goard has the story. it's ok.... its ok...it was an unusual call for the bastrop county animal shelter"they had a puppy stuck in the wheel whell i suspect it was playing,didn't belong a puppy in bastrop county somehow got her head stuck in a car wheel the owner and i picked up the wheel brought it outside the shed, we tried and tried, couldn't get the puppy out. so i eventually called the fire department we were both curious how a puppy got its head stuck in a tire rim they tried oil, jaws of life, but nothing seemed to workmy coworker violet thought when a puppy sits down it kind of gets scrunched up, so with some team work, they tilted the puppy out of this predicament. at first i started thinking i didn't know how we were gonna get this puppy out, it was stuck and it was crying and i felt bad for it, but we finally got it out had it stayed there overnight they are abou 8 weeks or a little over 8 weeks old, so
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you can run into dehydration and it was in a shed outside the house, so it could have been a pretty bad situationout of a place where she shouldn't belong, now she and her 8 siblings will soon be looking for a place to belong forever (grant) that was alyssa goard reporting. the 9 puppies and their mother will all be spayed and neutered-- and then put up for adoption. (vicki) that wraps up kron 4 news at 5.(granti) steve aveson and pam moore are here with kron 4 news at six. (pam) thank you grant and vicki.coming up at six - we are hearing from a man being hailed a hero by police. he stepped in to try and stop a stabbng on bart.... new tonight -- the very
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who shot this video, which shows one the struggle says it was a horrific scene.(pam) thank you for joining us, i'm pam moore.(steve) and i'm steve aveson. one victim is out of the hospital but the other remains in critical condition tonight. kron4's maureen kelly talked with one man who is being called a hero tonight for actions that police say, saved those people's lives. it all happened right here near the fare gates of the colesium station when police say the suspect began his unprovoked attack, stabbing and slashing the two victims. david harris says he was about to get on the train to san francisco when he heard a woman screaming and turned to see the attack underway. i didn't have time to be afraid i just reacted the oakland landscaper says he took control of the suspect's wrists, cut up his fingers getting the knife away and
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then got 32 year old robert dolph on the ground.but while the bart police chief shook his hand and thanked him for saving the lives of two people....harris says he's no hero. i don't really accept that heroes are first responders people who do it every day i just got lucky he says the reason he jumped in was because of his own first hand tramatic experience.about 15 years ago i was a victim of a stabbing in the hallway the place where i lived i had a hallway full of people watching and no one did anything i can relate. later on i thought i wouldn't want anyone else to feel like that it's not a good feeling bart police say in all four bystanders jumped in to help subdue the suspect....inclu ding arturo gomez you see in the maroon shirt helping an officer get dolph into i looked over and i see the cop struggling with some guy and i see somebody (pam) threats of violence on school campuses .... came in ... across the bay area today... resulting in the closure of all emeryville schools.(steve) tonight we are learning that the f-b-i is
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eccl which is home to emeryville's high school middle school and elementary school did not open at all monday due to a threat received sunday night, promising a shooting on campus. sot capt. oliver collins/emeryville policethe district with the advice of police decided to close school due to an abundance of caution and made robo calls to parents letting them know.sot samantha gans/parentby monday emeryville police determined they were not the only school to receive a threatsotand the source of the threat is even more surprisingsotemeryville police have determined "the threat is a hoax generated out of a dare within an overseas on-line gaming community to see who could generate the most school evacuations in the uk and the usa."123/and the usausa123/and the usa."the uk and the evacuations in the uk and the usa."123/and the usa (steve) we know at least eight
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bay area school districts have been threatened as dan kerman reported-- the emery school district reported the threat this afternoon. kron 4 has also learned that threats were made to several other school districts in the east bay.... that includes mount diablo, acalanes, brentwood, piedmont, pleasanton, and antioch. threats were also made against south san francisco unified. for more information head over to our website... kron4 dot com. (pam) new at 6. search efforts continued today .... for three children still unaccounted for... following the crash that killed at least five members of the hart family, in mendocino county. a c-h-p helicopter, as well as 10 members of the mendocino county sheriff's search and rescue team, conducted a search around the crash site today. officials sa, y the low tide today offered ideal conditions to conduct
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the search. the body of an african- american girl was discovered on friday near the site. officials believe that body may be one of the two missing girls of the hart family. an autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow. (steve) several members of a serial burglary ring in san francisco are now behind bars. police say the suspects are responsible for millions of dollars worth of stolen property in recent months but as kron 4's haaziq madyun reports-- investigators are still looking for more burglars. you are looking at 10 burglary suspects recently arrested by san francisco police in connection to a series of burglaries in the bay view, ingleside and taraval districts sotsan francisco police investigators say this is just one third of the burglars they have identified connected to a burglaries dating back to 2017 sot
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the serving of a search warrant last week"> investigators say twenty burglary suspects are still out there. that is a concern for some residents here in the taraval districtsotsotsotsan francisco police officer: "canvasing the area, increasing patrols, talking to residents when we can">during the course of their patrols, sfpd officers from the taraval station are handing out these safety awareness flyers with tips on how residents can reduce their chances of being burglary victimssotsan francisco police officer: "one of the first steps is when you go back home, open your door, open your garage, any time you're in a transitional space make sure nobody'd following you">in the mean time sfpd officials say their burglary unit will continue to follow up on leads to get the remaining twenty burglary suspects behind bars...in san francisco haaziq madyun kron4news (steve) palo alto have
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arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl while she was out on a jog. eduardo antonio chavarria-diaz was booked yesterday in connection with the sexual assault of a juvenille. the incident happened on march 28th...near the intersection of arastradero and deer creek roads. police say the suspect pulled the victim off the path, put a gun to her head and sexually assaulted her. after investigating, officers found chavarria-diaz was involved in a similar situation that occurred in oakland last month. police obtained a search warrant saturday and made the arrest yesterday morning in richmond. (pam)new tonight at 6. hundreds of crime survivors from across the country.... gathered in sacramento today. they were joined by local, state and national leaders .... to call for action on crime prevention and treatment in their communities. governor jerry brown spoke at today's event... and said he will stand by victims of crime.
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with you as much as i can, your experience, to tell you that we don't forget the victims in this state."> (pam) the 'survivors speak' event takes place during national crime victims' rights week.it will continue tomorrow with a scheduled march to the state capitol. a live look outside right now... (pam) we get our first look at the four zone forecast with chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. lawrence karnow: temperatures soared in the 70s in many parts of the bay area today. it was well above the average with even a few record highs. the clouds have started to move in again as another storm remains poised off the coastline. it is dry on the doppler radar now but that will likely change tomorrow. it doesn't look anything like our last storm but there is a chance of a few light showers. on the satellite you can see
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the storm to our west. the skies will become mostly cloudy tonight with lows in the upper 40s and low 50s. the storm will move through in the middle of the day and afternoon and will bring a few raindrops to the bay area. highs will be mainly in the 60s. another storm moves in on late wednesday to bring some cold showers and even a few snow flakes to our higher peaks early thursday morning. dry and warmer weather is expected on friday. it will be cooler and partly cloudy next weekend. (pam) this is an important day in the northbay. today marks the sixth- month mark since those devastating wildfires ripped through wine country. and this is the deadline to have impacted properties... all cleaned up. as kron four's terisa estacio reports, while most are following the rules, some are not, and officials say... they can now take steps
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to force compliance. (take pkg) (estacio) these two homes, side by side in the coffee park neighborhood... one all cleaned up and read for a new home, the other still full of household items. paul lowenthal, asst fire marshall santa rosa. we had thousands that needed to be cleaned up. of the 405 that opted out of the government program, 100 still have some stages to go. there are 9 though that still have not cleaned up. paul lowenthal - asst fire marshall with santa rosa says it is imperative for everyone to clean up - items left behind pose environmental hazards for others trying to rebuild. lowenthal. we can go toward abatement - the courts to force the issue. in addition to 9 homes in the city limits that have not cleaned up - there are also commerical properties like hopper avenue apartments that are still standing. a guard watches over, all of the apartments boarded up. lowenthal. it is not fair for others to not have compliance. we all need to rebuild. lowenthal says hopefully soon they will get everyone on the same page so the entire area can recover and rebuild. te
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(( áá v.o. / steve áá )) crews were quick on the scene after heavy rains caused mudslides in thesanta cruz mountains. we've got an update (( áá v.o. / pam áá )) a protestor at the bill cosby sexual assault trial went topless to make her point today. (( áá v.o. / steve áá )) facebook taking responsibility for several problems with user privacy but how quick will they remedy the situation? an expert joins us insight.
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facebook has started notifying users today about whether their data had been accessed by cambridge analytica... the 87- million users who might have had their data shared... were supposed to get a detailed message on their news feeds. this comes as the social media company has suspended another quiz type app == that may have misused data. according to a report -- "cubeyou" had labeled its quizes for non profit academic
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(steve) youtube is under fire for allegedly profiting off young viewers. twenty advocacy groups filed a complaint against youtube today... calling on the f-t-c to investigate the google subsidiary for allegedly violating the child online privacy protection act. the groups - made up of child, consumer and privacy coalitions - claim youtube illegally collected data on 23 million children over an undisclosed amount of time. the groups are asking the ftc to fine youtube up to roughly fourty one thousand dollars per violation. youtube's terms of service say it is not for anyone under 13 ...
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but it's still easy for a young child to sign up for an young child to sign up for an account. (steve) new at 6... uber is set to acquire "jump bike," an electric, dockless bike-sharing service. uber has already been uber has already been testing the service in san francisco and plans to bring that capability to cities around the world. it's unknown for now just how much uber paid for the acquistion...but tech-crunch reported last tuesday the deal was worth over 100 million dollars. let's take a look outside right now... (steve) chief (steve) chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us now with the four zone forecast. lawrence karnow: temperatures soared in the 70s in many parts of the bay area today. it was well above the average with even a few record highs.
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the clouds have started to move in again as another storm remains poised off the coastline. it is dry on the doppler radar now but that will likely change tomorrow. it doesn't look anything like our last storm but there is a chance of a few light showers. on the satellite you can see the storm to our west. the skies will become mostly cloudy tonight with lows in the upper 40s and low 50s. the storm will move through in the middle of the day and afternoon and will bring a few raindrops to the bay area. highs will be mainly in the 60s. another storm moves in on late wednesday to bring some cold showers and even a few snow flakes to our higher peaks early thursday morning. dry and warmer weather is expected on friday. it will be cooler and partly cloudy next weekend.
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(pam) tonight police in moraga are warning people about a major increase in credit card fraud.... all leading back to the gas pump. (steve)reporter sara stinson is in moraga with the details. reporter intro: moraga police have seen several cases where thieves have placed skimmers on or inside gas station pumps like thesei spoke to one man who ended up a victim of credit card fraud not once but twice!(soundbite:joe sterling, moraga resident: "the second time i got an alert that someone had taken multiple 100 dollar withdrawals.")joe sterling isn't the only gas station customer to fall victim to credit card skimming in the mortaga area.in fact the chief of police - jon king has seen a major increase in cases. he says there are a variety of different ways these thieves are stealing your information.(soundbite:
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jon king, moraga police chief: "sometimes somebody will try to put something on the exterior of the card reader, but that's going to be loose or they may have gotten inside and attached an electronic device."king says typically the stolen credit card information is used within the bay area, but recent cases have been a bit more complex. (soundbite: jon king : "the information is being used almost a month later and almost exclusively in southern california. so (( áá v.o. / pam áá )) next at 6:30.... in the wake of an alleged chemical attack in syria -- the president says, a possible response from the united states will be announced soon -- details after the break (( áá v.o. / steve áá )) and coming up later... a driver who has no intention of sharing the road this with this biker and now thisbiker and now police want to track him down. (lawrence)and i'm tracking your weeknight forcast... that's just ahead.
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families are saying goodbye to hundreds of national guard troops .... who are heading to the u-s - mexico border. many have already been deployed and are now on the ground to support border patrol agents. (steve) and thousands are still on the way. camila bernal is on the texas-mexico border with a closer look at their mission and why the deployment is raising concerns. agents patroling the border-- on the ground, in the air and on water.and now, national
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guard troops are joining the effort. today in texas alone-- 250 members will be sent to the u -s mexico border. the secretary of defense signed an order last week for up to 4,000 national guard personnel to support agents on the border.hector garza, national border patrol council:"this is about saving american lives, saving our border patrol agents lives, so they don't get assaulted, so they don't get killed so they don't get injured"president trump ordered the military to secure the border until his promised border wall is built.both president bush and obama sent troops to the border during their terms, though the moves were critcized as costly and of limetd effectiveness. president trump's order comes as a caravan of central american migrants seeking asylum moves closer to the united states through mexico. but the move is raising concerns for some law enforecement officials, saying it's a waste of resources. martin cuellar, webb county sheriff"we are missing drones, sensors, all that technology that could be deployed and better secure the border."
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others are welcoming the support. "i think somebody coming down here and helping out the border patrol and all that, i think will really help. u-s troops will not be able to enforce immigration laws.instead -- the guard will serve in support roles like training and construction.in hidalgo, texas i'm camila bernal. (steve) activist groups claim at least 48 people died in a recent chemical weapons attack in syria. world leaders condemned the attack. top u-s officials gathered today under new national security advisor john bolton to discuss a possible u.s. response. president donald trump described the attack as "sick" and criticized russian president vladimir putin and iran for supporting syrian president bashar al-assad. trump said a big announcement is coming in the next 48 hours. (pam) a new report in the washington post says, in the late 19-90s, donald trump helped lobby new york city officials... to drop a
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proposed requirement to install pricey fire sprinklers in older apartment buildings. that includes inside the trump tower condominiums in new york -- where a fire killed one man on saturday. six firefighters were also injured in the blaze. according to the post -- trump was opposed to the sprinkler protections because of the cost. trump tweeted on saturday that the fire was out -- and was contained by a "very well built building." however, he has yet to address the victim or any of the injured in saturday's blaze. (steve) the federal deficit is expected to rise to one trillion dollars by 2020. this according to a new analysis by the congressional budget office...which says the rising deficit is an effect of president trump's tax cuts and last month's major spending bill. the c-b-o report also says the nation's 21 trillion dollar debt is expected to climb to 33 trillion in a decade. eccl which is home to emeryville's high school
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middle school and elementary school did not open at all monday due to a threat received promising a shooting on campus.the district with the advice of police decided to close school due to an abundance of caution and made robo calls to parents letting them know.by monday emeryville police determined they were not the only school to receive a threatand the source of the threat is even more surprising emeryville police have determined "the threat is a hoax generated out of a dare within an overseas on-line gaming community to see who could generate the most school evacuations in the uk and the usa." in the santa cruz montains... despite late season rains, crews have been making progress on road repairs. in santa cruz county alone, there are still some 200 slides, slip-outs and other storm- related issues left over from last winter that are in need of action. recent rains resulted in a few minor problems but in the past year, santa cruz county alone has spent some $20 million dollars on road work. much of that work made possible by a relatively light winter. in the santa cruz mountains rob fladeboe kron 4 news lawrence lawrence karnow: temperatures
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remains poised off the coastline. it is dry on the doppler radar now but that will likely change tomorrow. it doesn't look anything like our last storm but there is a chance of a few light showers. on the satellite you can see the storm to our west. the skies will become mostly cloudy tonight with lows in the upper 40s and low 50s. the storm will move through in the middle of the day and afternoon and will bring a few raindrops to the bay area. highs will be mainly in the 60s. another storm moves in on late wednesday to bring some cold showers and even a few snow flakes to our higher peaks early thursday morning. dry and warmer weather is expected on friday. it will be cooler and partly cloudy next weekend. (pam) new tonight at 6. california is leading a new legal effort to try and prevent the affordable care act .... from being dismantled. (steve) texas and 19 other republican states have sued the trump administration over obamacare's individual mandate..now california wants to be part of the lawsuit... against texas.kody leibowitz has more.
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xavier becerra, attorney general "(41;30-35) we refuse to go back to the days where healthcare for our families was left to those who were healthy or wealthy."attorney general xavier becerra filing a motion to intervene monday in texas' lawsuit to dismantle obamacare.that lawsuit -- arguing that the affordable care act is no longer valid -- after congress repealed the individual mandate's tax penalty.texas is joined by 19 other red states... arguing the mandate is now invalid.but california - and 15 other blue states want the opportunity to defend the law.xavier becerra, attorney general 57;58 the litigation that as filed in february by texas and other states is another way that some have to try to undo what they don't like politically. 08 the california hospital association supports the effort.carmela coyle, president and ceo of the california hospital association "california ought to be celebrating what the affordable care act has done for us before the affordable care act, for many people their only option to receive care was in a hospital emergency department."the texas lawsuit is against the trump administration -- which oversees the lawso why try to
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be a party to this lawsuit? 59;03 (kody: you don't believe the administration would defend the healthcare law?) we're not going to count on whether or not the trump administration wishes to defend the affordable texas not tonight...been multiple attempts by lawmakers to dismantle the nation's helathcare law includng a 2012 supreme court case -- which ruled the individual mandate as constitutional.in sacramento, kl kron4 news coming up -- coming up -- police are investigating a motive on why a man detonated two explosives inside a sam's club last week... we have the survallience video you don't want to miss... right after the break.
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police in ontario, california, still do not know why a man detonated two explosives inside a san bernadino county sam's club last week. new surveilance video shows the suspect ... 49-year-old hugo gonzalez... walking into the warehouse store thursday. he is wearing a medical mask and an l-a dodgers hat. you can see a quick flash ... and see employees and shoppers react. no one was injured and there was no significant damage. employees used fire extinguishers to put out the flames. gonzalez was arrested three- miles from the sam's club.. after a short pursuit. he is charged with suspicion of arson and possession of a destructive device. police are still investigating his motive. they say, gonzalez is not connected with any known criminal organizations -- nor is he on a terrorist watch list. also, gonzalez never worked for sam's club.
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(( áá v.o. / steve áá )) police have video of a man setting up explosives inside a sam's clubbut they have no further clues to why he did it. (steve) bill cosby's retrial began today. it's the first time the comedian's case has been in court since the "me too" movement began six months ago. just before cosby walked into the pennsylvania court, a topless protester jumped a barricade near the 80-year-old and began chanting. she had the names of cosby's accusers written on her body along with the words "cosby rapist" and "women's lives matter." she was quickly tackled by police and detained. authorities say they've charged 39-year-old nicolle rochelle with disorderly conduct. rochelle made several appearances on the cosby show as a child. in sports. the oakland raiders held voluntary workouts today... however their best defensive player... was a no-show. and the nba playoffs are right around the corner... who will the golden state warriors face in the first round??? kim
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the video is so shocking.. it may make you look twice. a florida driver runs a motorcyclist .... right off the road. amazingly the biker jumps up... ready to chase after that driver. as john rogers reports, deputies are still looking for the driver --- and the biker is looking for justice. at 5 p-m sunday evening, darin hendrickson got into a heated confrontation with a driver on beneva road. the situation escalated, and hendrickson tried to get him to pull over when suddenly, this happened! the car careens over, slams into hendrickson, and leaves him tumbling onto the sidewalk! hendrickson was badly bruised and swollen. and his bike is totaled. the driver was in a grey mazda 3 hatchback with a large decal on the rear window.hendrickson wants him caught and brought to justice.
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life long scar in my mind."> hendrickson urges drivers to be cautious around bikers. (pam) that was john rodgers reporting.if caught, the driver could be charged with aggravated battery.battery. khalil mack is still waiting for the raiders to show him the money... so, he was a no show for the start of organized team activities... but it's really not that big of a deal for mack to be around right now... these first few days of otas are
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simply just workouts.. some time in the weight room... and they're voluntary... mack is a pretty humble guy considering he is one of the best defenders in the league.. he's just waiting on his pay day... and he deserves it.. he's on the last part of his rookie deal where the raiders utilized his fifth year option... the extension is inevitable.. 3 straight seasons with at least 10 and a half sacks... he's going to get paid.. manadatory minicamp starts in june.. so mack isn't required to join the team until then... i wouldn't expect to see him any time soon... and it's probably for the best... in his case... as for someone else who has been waiting around for a new deal... former niner safety eric reid.. we talked about this story a few weeks ago whether teams were hesitant with reid because of his protests or was it more about his dropoff in his play on the field...teams are interested in reid... namely the bengals.. reports say reid is scheduled to visit cincinatti.. reid told the media that his agent was in talks but no deals were looming at the start of free agency...looks like things are starting to perculate now... the race in the west is a
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tight one down to the finish... it's hard to keep up with it, so many different scenarios... but it looks like there are three likley options for the warriors first round opponent in the pelicans, spurs or the thunder...no matter who it is... the warriors have to get past round one and the top priority is to get and stay healthy... that's the only way they're going to get through any seven game series... we haven't seen the warriors four all stars play together since right out of the all star break... and we might not see steph curry join the group for a few more games... --so whoever they play... the warriors know they need to improve on the defensive end of the floor and come out with energy... we can't judge based off these last few games.. playoff basketball is always a different picture..###
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baseball has baseball has been fun to watch at at&t park... andrew mccutchen is making himself at home.. and the offense is coming alive... you can sense this team shaping up.... mccutchen's walk off homer in the 14th inning will be a highlight played for a long time... classic! the giants split the series with the dodgers.. but the difference this time around.. they've scored 22 runs in their last 4 games... that's night and day from just 2 runs to start the season... the giants have surprsingly had solid pitching.. 3-1-4 e-r-a... without bumgarner.. arizona diamondbacks are up next tomorrow night..zack godley on the mound for arizona.. 2 guys that have been succesful against him?...hunter pence.. and mccutchen... we'll see if the giants can keep this thing rolling.. speaking of fun to watch... you have to love seeing what shohei ohtani is doing even if it's against the a's...the japanese 2 way player flirted with a perfect game on sunday.. he went 7 innings
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before giving up a hit and a walk.. and not only is he giving you defense.. he's impressive at the plate.. ohtani is just the 3rd pitcher in major league baseball to pick up 2 wins and 3 homers in his first 10 games of the season...the last time that happened... the year 1919... shohei is showtime... and it's only the beginning... it's playoff time for the sharks....seems like they've had some postseason type games down the final stretch... the sharks are the three seed heading into round one against the anaheim ducks on the road...the puck drops on thursday... and the sharks have a good mix of players with plenty of postseason experience to their young star... evander kane.. playing in his first ever playoff game in 9 seasons...the sharks are 11-5- and 1 with kane.. he can definitely be an x factor for the sharks... and here is the first round schedule... games 1 and 2 in anaheim thuirsday and saturday... then back to the shark tank for game 3 monday and game 4 wednesday... then back to anaheim for game 5 if
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necessary so when it's baseball season, nba and nhl playoffs that typically means it's spring time right?? but mother nature has been so unpredictable ... and in chicago.. you never know, when you can still get snow.. even in april... the chicago cubs had to cancel their opener ... but the crazy thing just a few miles on the soutside.. the white sox played... a fun task for the groundskeeper ... dealing with 2 inches of snow..the cubs seemed to still have some fun in the snow despite being cancelled.. mean while some fans decided to travel south and check out the sox... (( áá v.o. / pam áá )) (( áá v.o. / (( áá v.o. / pam áá )) never give up. that is what one romantic thought .... about a treasured ringlost in the montecito mudslides. the amazing discovery... when we come back.
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(steve) when natural disasters strike -- the loss of people and property can be devastating. there are some things that simply can't be replaced.(pam) tonight -- one montecito couple is grateful to still have each other -- as well as a symbol of their love ..... that they had almost given up on finding. alys (ah- lease) martinez reports. natscontractor ann burgard was clearing and sifting through dirt and mud on mari and hank mitchel's propertywhen she found this frayed little bag. . in a massive pile of mud.ann burgard/ general contractor:
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"it was right by this pergola right here in the corner."the mitchel's survived the january 9th disaster when their home on santo thomas lane was hit by a wall of mud and badly damaged.they waited hours to be rescued.mari mitchel/ montecito:"i'm grateful to be alive, and my husband too." mitchel had put her wedding rings. . a watch. . and a special pendant. . into the small pouch in preparation for the storm.the bag washed away with most of her belongings. bergard says the bag was on her mind each time she carefully combed through the mud.ann burgard/ general contractor:"i know from the very beginning this was the one thing that mari was hoping for."when she finally saw it. .she started shaking. . and ran to tell mitchel. mari mitchel/ montecito:"we weren't sure. the zipper was jammed, so she went and got a knife. and as she got the knife, there was a little jiggling sound, and we were kinda holding our breath. but i knew."this is the photo taken after the bag was ripped open. mitchel clearly emotional. . burgard was too."i just happened to be the eyes on it at that moment. but it was found because there's people hanging on to glimpses of hope and all that energy working together."mitchel calls the find a tiny miracle. . with a big lesson."there's a message in it that says don't give up. just don't give up. even if it's a little thing that feels impossible, don't give up." (steve) u.s. airlines are improving in many areas except for one. that's getting you to your destination on time. but they are losing
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fewer bags and losing fewer but they are time. destination on your getting you to that's one.except for in many areas are improving u.s. airlines (steve) give up."impossible, don't that feels it's a little thing that feels impossible, don't give up." (steve) u.s. airlines are improving in many areas except for one. that's getting you to your destination on time. but they are losing fewer bags and complaints are down. airlines are also bumping fewer passengers...ac cording to the transportation department. one researcher says the industry is improving, but many travelers are still frustrated by delays and surprises in the ticketing process. (steve) and here's a list of trip advisor's top-10 airlines in the world.... according to a list put out today.. singapore airlines claims the top spot.... with air new zealand...emira
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tes...japan airlines...eva air make the top 5... southwest airlines takes the top domestic spot at number 6 overall......jet-2 dot com....qatar airways...azul and korean air round out the top-10. last weather and goodbye lawrence karnow: temperatures soared in the 70s in many parts of the bay area today. it was well above the average with even a few record highs. the clouds have started to move in again as another storm remains poised coastline. it is dry on the doppler radar now but that will likely change tomorrow. it anything like our last storm but there is a chance of a few light showers. on the satellite you can see the storm to our west. the skies will become mostly cloudy tonight with lows in the upper 40s and low 50s. the storm will move through in the middle of the day and afternoon and will bring a to the bay area. highs will be mainly in the 60s. moves in on late wednesday to bring some cold showers and even a few snow flakes to our higher peaks early morning. dry and warmer weather is expected on friday. it will be cooler and partly cloudy next weekend.
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my name is jamir dixon and i'm a locate and mark fieldman for pg&e. most people in the community recognize the blue trucks as pg&e. my truck is something new... it's an 811 truck. when you call 811, i come out to your house and i mark out our gas lines and our electric lines to make sure that you don't hit them when you're digging. 811 is a free service. i'm passionate about it because every time i go on the street i think about my own kids. they're the reason that i want to protect our community and our environment, and if me driving a that truck means that somebody gets to go home safer, then i'll drive it every day of the week. together, we're building a better california.
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