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norths say a fight for a life pushes a sergeant to open fire on a transient. we're live in dublin with the detales. breaking news a courtroom surprise during the past hour involving the kidnappers of jaycee dugard. nonprofits in the city of oakland are teaming up to bring internet access to low-income folks. good afternoon. we start with breaking news.
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the couple who kidnapped, rained and held jaycee dugard captive for years pled guilty -- raped and held jaycee dugard captive for years, pled guilty. eric rasmussen has more. >> the plea came on short notice in el el dorado county superior court. attorneys for phillip and nancy garrido had been gaggling -- haggling on the details. but in the end, phillip garrido pled guilty and he could be sentenced to 431 years in prison. an emotional nancy garrido pleaded guilty to kidnapping with two enhancements, a victim under 14, and kidnapping for purpose of rape. nancy's attorney says she's a different person now than when she kidnapped jaycee dugard. >> she obviously committed a serious wrong. in her view now, she's made peace with god wants to get on
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with life, what's left of it. >> as for jaycee dugard, the girl an convicted at -- abducted at 11 years old, the prosecutor spoke with her last night about plea deal. he says this means she and her two daughters fathered by phillip garrido, will not have to testify. >> frankly, i'm relieved that means that won't happen. i think it's fair to say she's also very relieved in that regard. >> now, early on, nancy garrido's attorney had expressed hope she would be able to leave prison some day. now it's most likely that she will die there. back to you. >> okay. thank you, eric. police are holding a news conference on a crime where a doctor has been charged in engagething in sexual acts with patients. the doctor faces 19 counts.
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police began investigating him when he had been reported for inappropriately touching a patient during an exam. he is out on bail. our news crew has been covering this story all morning and we'll have a live report on the news at 5:00. an update now on a fatal officer-involved shooting in dublin. this happened around 1:30 this morning on amabar plaza near dublin very close to the 580/680 interchange. we have continuing coverage on the story we've about been following all morning. jade hernandez has new december december -- new details. >> reporter: nearly 12 hours after the crime took place, the dream scene is -- the crime is still here. in fact, the sergeant's car is in the parking lot. she got out of her squad where this morning when she noticed a suspicious individual. within minutes, she was fighting for her life. >> very quickly it got violent. he started to attack her, punch her, and basically she said he
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tried to stomp my head into the ground. >> reporter: the sergeant, the 20-year veteran of the dublin police department is not being identified at this point. we're told she suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries. what dublin investigators an the sheriff's department tried to do this morning is to determine what triggered the transient known for fighting and public drunkenness. his name has not been released. we've been told so far, that the sergeant noticed a man hanging out alone around 1:0 this morning on amadar plaza road and st. patrick way. the sergeant called for backup before getting out of her car. she approached. an attack ensued. a fearing for her life, she pulled out - -- she pulled out her gun. he did not survive. >> when you see someone out on the street, we riley don't know who they are -- really don't know who they are or what they are doing. so until we stop and talk to
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them, we have to check and see who they are and exactly what they are doing. >> reporter: the medical examiner took the body away an hour ago. the sergeant is expected to be released from hospital sometime later today. following protocol, she'll be placed on paid leave. police hope to have this intersection and the businesses in this area open very soon. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, jade. emergency crews in oakland pushed to -- rushed to reports of a truck in the water near the oakland airport. but the truck turned out to be empty. the car was in -- was stuck this morning. we showed it to you when chopper arrived on the scene. rescue crews extended a ladder out to the truck, smashed a window to get inside. but they did not find anyone inside. it turns out the truck was
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stolen and likely dumped in the slew. an early-morning fire in oakland has left five people without a home. it happened north of international boulevard shortly before 2:30 a.m. firefighters say it appears a issuing problem may be to -- it appears to be a a wiring problem. it took hours to clear the scene. firefighters tell laws took them so long. >> these older homes have older insulation. so we pretty much had to remove the full ceiling and pretty much most of the roof. >> no one was home when the fire started and no one was hurt. the red cross came out to help. state senate leader darrell steinberg says he's considering a proposal to cut state services to districts represented by republicans. steinberg said "if you don't want to pay for government, well, then you are gonna get less." he was referring to the call from republican lawmakers for a
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cuts-only solution to the state budget deficit. he made the comments during an appearance yesterday at the sacramento press club. a new poll shows 61% of californians favor governor jerry brown's plan to eliminate the state bucket deficit with a combination of spending cuts and extending taxes. but 62% say they don't want their personal income tax raised. another 61% also opposed raising the sales tax. but 6 percent said they were okay -- 68% said they were okay with raising the personal income tax on wealthy californians. tomorrow oakland mayor jean quan is expected to unfail her first detailed plan for dealing with the city's $58 million budget deficit. in a preliminary budget plan, she released last month, she called for all city departments to reduce spending by 15%. er possible cuts include the closing of -- other possible cuts including closing a branch library and layoffs within the police and fire departments. the city council has come up
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with a final budget plan by june 30th. the city of oakland is launching a new effort to provide internet access to every citizen and completely eliminate the other program. kraig debro was there this morning and has more. >> reporter: good afternoon, tori. the event just wrapped up at the housing building on union street in the shadow of city hall "get connected oakland" is the plan to bring internet access to those who don't have it. poorer you are, the less internet access you have, it's report. there are no solid numbers on how many go without the internet access but there's no question on how it can help people in the age of technology. >> i think in this economy it has to be a right. you can't even get a job if you are on'. you can't get on' -- if you are not on the internet.
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you can't get access to craigslist. many employers don't have paper applications anymore. you have to apply online. >> reporter: this mission is being carried out by a number of nonprofits. one offers free computers to oakland school students between the 6th and 1th grade. but having the internet is one step. paying for is another. >> false use by definition, don't have a family. it's very important that they have access to technology and education in order to succeed. for example, if they graduate high school and go to college. they have more of a likelihood of getting an important and a job. >> reporter: the city and the nonprofitting are pooling their -- nonprofits are pooling their resources to get those who want the internet access. some housing residents have
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access, public libraries is a source. a major goal of the program is figuring out how to deliver internet access to the homes of people who write now cannot -- right now cannot afford the price. reporting live from oakland, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kraig. the atherton teacher accused of knocking over a desk and cursing at his class will return to teacher but only after undergoing anger management classes. an 8th grade student at selby school said she was scared. so she left the classroom and called police. as part of an agreement to keep his job, the teacher sent an apology to parents. he's on leave for the rest of the year. the b.a.r.t. board has not yet voted on the idea of extending times. right now, the last train
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leaves at midnight. the proposal is to push that back to 1:00 and then start the next day at 7:00 a.m. b.a.r.t. service extended late-night service is 1993 with limited ridership. ahead -- some relief has come to commuters at a notorious bay area interchange. a lot of sidewalking was going on at the top of -- squawking was going on. you will hear from the man to tell us what the fuss was about. some high clouds drifting over the bay area. our meteorologist, mark tamayo, is up next to tell us if there's any rain. mrs.-- >> >> we have thousands and thousands -- also -- we have thousands and thousands of residents who have lost their homes. >> and the upstate on the devastation in the southern east.
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those weaving to go on the 92. it will allow traffic to move faster. this morning, president obama announced plans to visit alabama tomorrow. massive tornadoes have killed more than 160 people in that state alone. at least 36 people were killed in hard-hit tuscaloosa. >> we have neighborhoods that have basically been removed from the naps -- maps. we have -- maps. we have businesses that will no longer be able to engage in commerce. >> the mayor says citizens are returning to homes that have been ripped to shreds. the video here shows the size of the twister -- twister that packed destruction through there yesterday. another shows a power lines exploding in mississippi. at last check, the death toll was a total of 250 for alabama, mississippi, tennessee, georgia, kentucky. students at peralta
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elementary school school will hold a rally to honor one of the victims outside of jimmie's bar. that was a shooting. it left two people dead, two injured. adam williams was one of the victims who died. he worked at the after-school program at per raw latah. police -- per raw law. police say the -- peralta. police are looking for a car similar to this one. doctors in los angeles are attempting to bring brian stow out of a medically-induced coma. giants' fan suffered a skull fracture after being beaten outside of the stayed. stay -- out of the stadium. doctors tried to do this before but he had seizures. it could take up to three days
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to figure out his progress. 59 skeletons were taken from the ground and stored during construction of the san ramon valley high school gymnasium a few years ago. today a native-american in charge of making sure they are moved to the indian cemetery in from is -- fremont is criticizing the school. >> we knew all along that we were assuming much of the responsibility since we own the land. and so, you know, we've complied and we'll continue to comply. >> they thought the remains were headed to santa clara county. one board members expect thes the issue will be -- expects the issue will be brought up in a future meeting. today, stanford's faculty will discuss ending the 40-year ban on rot research. the university originally kicked the military off the campus during the vietnam war.
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but it was recommended to lift the ban after don't ask, don't tell. mostly sunny skies across most of the bay area today. here's our live camera looking out towards san francisco, san francisco bay. currently 56 degrees. winds already beginning to crank up. winds up around 20, 25 miles an hour. if you are looking for the rain, it's not here in the bay area. a few rain showers up to the north, closer to eureka and up toward cretin city. as far as the overall weather story, it's this. a few high clouds moving in. the winds will continue to be a factor, not only for today but also for your friday and then into the weekend this is the developing weather headline. plenty of sunshine and temperatures will continue to warm up. santa rosa, 62 degrees. oakland, 61. livermore, lower 60s and san jose at last check, 64 degrees. winds today will be strongest near the coast and also right around the bay. you can see the profile throughout the bay at 2:00,
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4:00, 6:00. we could have winds gusting to 25, 30 miles an hour where they are clocking out of the northwest. not only for today but also into tomorrow. a weak system moving into the state, especially for the northern forkses of the state. that's where most -- portions of the state. that's where most of the high clouds are. the main impacts for us with this weak system, temperatures cool off a little bit and of course, those gusty winds. as we head into the weekend, plenty of sunshine. we'll see a hit of an offshore flow. temperatures warming up in the 70s. the warmest day is scheduled for sunday and more warming into next week. here we go with our cloud and rainfall forecast. a few rain showers up to the north and a few high clouds up to the north and west and here we go into friday night. mostly clear skies and that will set the stage for a nice weekend. 5 to 6 degrees at 4:00 -- 58 to 68 at 4:00. fair skies and then mostly cloudy as the temperatures back down in the low to mid-50s,
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that's after a pretty nice afternoon upper 50s for the beaches. warmest locations approach the upper 60s for san jose, morgan hill and gilroy. here is a look ahead at your five-day forecast. still some wind and some sunshine for your friday. but tori, look at this beautiful weekend we have scheduled with more sunshine, temperatures on track to reach the mid- to upper 70s. warmest locations just flirting with the 80-degree mark by sunday and into monday. if we were to extend this into next week, tori, we could be talking about more mid-80s. >> really? >> big change in the weather pattern as we head into a new month. >> that's a big change. thank you. the federal government is asking food companies to start marketing healthier foods to children and teens. the fda is announcing new guidelines today that would eliminate advertising for kids' foods with too much sugar, saturated fat and/or salt. government regulators say ads for sugary cereals go too far. instead, they want companies to
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market foods that are healthy, fruits, vegetables and whole grains. three boys and a girl, that's the result on a check of four baby falcons that had mom and dad squawking. we had a few at the -- crew at the san jose city hall where the falcons are nesting. about 7:30, glen stewart was lowered onto a ledge near city hall. he then checked on the gender of each click and gave the leg bands. they are 23 days old today. >> i hold each baby individually, put bird bands on them to identify them later on. and mom and dad fly by and make a lot of noise, welcoming we -- letting us know we're not welcomed there and we love and they've won. >> stewart says there were only two known pairs in california in 1977. today, there are at least 250
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stocks are narrowly mixed today after the government said the u.s. economy flowed in the first three months of the year. there's also mixed corporate earning coming in. right now, the dow is up 52, 12,7043. the nasdaq is down 2. s&p is up 1. apple's long-awaited white iphone is now on sale today. but that's not what apple fans we talked to were excited about this morning. a ktvu camera went to an apple store in downtown san francisco. we did find a long line. but these people were not waiting for the white line. they are in line for the ipad ii which has -- which has been out of stock. there's been a lot of talk about iphones storing user location data. media reports say all smartphones do this but the information tracked is not about a user's specific location. the phones track wi-fi hot
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spots and cell phone towers near the user. that allows the knowns to operate more quickly when location data is needed. apple is planning a software update that will limit storage of that data to just seven days. it will also stop computer backups of that data. starting this sunday, anyone who applies for a social security or other federal benefits will have to have an electronic payment method. that's because the u.s. treasury department will stop sending out paper checks. that's expected to save $1 billion over the next decade. for anyone currently receiving federal benefits by a paper check, have you until march 2013 to switch to direct deposit. the 49ers are looking for a big company with deep pockets. it's a company willing to pay big money for the rights to have its name adorn their new $900 million stadium in santa clara. the 9ers have hired c.a.a. sports to lead this naming
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rights search. the company from southern california has scored huge contracts for athletes like lebron james, derek jeter and peyton manning. coming up on the news at 5:00, as we reported earlier, the legal battle in the jaycee dugard case is over. phillip and nancy garrido pleaded guilty to kidnapping and rape today. we'll have live team coverage including a visit to the east bay community where she was held captive for 18 years. that and more coming up at 5:00. thanks for watching. have a great day.
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