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ramirez is in his cell, especially toward the top, that looks toward the north. there are some windows in those slats, he will be able to see the top of dodger stadium. let's show you the view from the street level. if you look across that ridge line across the steam, you can actually see the light from dodger stadium. and chavez ravine, that of course is where bryan stow was brutally beaten on march 31st. today attorney john j era rdi filed a lawsuit against the giant's. he says the stow family wants to repay all of those who donated money to help pay medical bills and in the lawsuit, jerardi says the dodger ownership was aware of the dangers of the stadium that led up to the attack and only made matters worse by their actions. >> they got rid of head of security, they got rid of two
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will 2/3 of the security people. so now then what happens then? if you have no security, people think they can do anything they please. and you have things like this happening. >> reporter: jerardi is considered a big gun in the legal field. he represented aaron brochavich that was documented in that popular movie. barry bonds has made a donation to help pay for the children's education. >> and that means so much to us. we don't want to give that back, but we want to make sure we give all the other, the nice funds that have come in to tied them over back. >> reporter: meanwhile there was a bit of a false alarm that ramirez was going to make acourt awe paoerpbs today. - - appearance today. it was all procedural, he was in the court building but that was just because he was getting transferred to the custody of
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the sheriff's department. again ramirez will be brought here to the twin towers correctional facility within the next hour or so. and it's not clear when he will make his first court appearance. by the way, we did contact the dodger's to get their reaction to this lawsuit, and they told us they do not comment on pending litigation. live in downtown los angeles, ken wayne, ktvu channel 2 news. legal analyst who was a former prosecutor told ktvu the central issue in this case will be the security at dodger stadium and public safety. >> whether there were other similar attacks by other people to say that they were on notice that this was a dangerous place and that the security in place was not sufficient to protect the public, and that's going to be the key here. what did the dodger's know about the security and threats to their fans. >> clark says the case will come down to a battle of the expert who is will address whether the security of dodger stadium was quote reasonable under the circumstances. he said if the jury decide it
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was not adequate they could reward the stow family millions of the dollars. and developing news right now in the plain states again. we have severe weather, tornado warnings in the oklahoma city area. and up toward omaha, nebraska. tornadoes right now in the region not far from joplin, missouri. these views brought into our newsroom within the last couple of hours. let's come in close now and you can see what's going on. oklahoma city area getting hit the hardest. as it comes in you can see south of missouri and south of kansas city. right around oklahoma city at this hour at this moment we have tornado warnings all the way from wichita south to southern oklahoma, along this line of severe weather. now this stuff moves this way. so it kind of goes in the
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northeast fashion. this line of severe weather as it moves, let me get this out of the way. as it moves off to the east and as the sun begins to set should die down. but this is severe weather on the ground right now. tornado warnings in oklahoma. we have where the big problem was yesterday. in the joplin area. tonight there is still no sign of a 15-year-old girl from danville who was last seen yesterday morning. however the search is now focusing in the area around the golden gate bridge because at ktvu's sal castaneda tells us now that's where her bike was found early this morning, sal. >> reporter: i >> reporter: frank, a new team of search volunteers just arrived here. this has been happening all day. this is very close to the golden gate bridge where this team of volunteers have been
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helping police look for a missing teenager, allyson baylis. allyson baylis was last seen yesterday morning before going to school. and she was reported missing when she did not show up to school. >> we're hopeful that you know she came out and doing something, i don't know what. but we're trying to locate her. >> reporter: fliers with ally's picture were produced and are being handed out. the 15-year-old is considered missing and at risk. david bayliss, alliy's father was the first searching. he says that he started searching when he found a note on her computer screen. he is thankful for everyone who is helping search. >> other than that, all we know
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is that her bike was at the park. >> reporter: as the day wore on, more people including many from danville came to join the search, or stop by to show support. some of her classmates helped with the search. >> when i heard she was missing, i quickly logged on to facebook and invited over 500 of my friends. >> reporter: those 500 friends have joined or started several pages. one of them has over 5,000 hits. again alliy was last seen wearing a hoodie and jeans. the search will continue until the sun goes down here in san francisco. b.a.r.t. this week will consider buying more taser guns. the extra tasers would allow
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each officer have their own guns instead of checking them out from a pool. >> if you're going to be handling anything like that it is important to have more training, other wise what's the point of carrying a taser. >> i agree with you. it's safer for the passengers. >> safer for them to use the tasers. >> yeah. b.a.r.t. is also considering a plan to raise a lot of money for new train cars. voters in san francisco, contra costa and alameda county would be asked to approve a total of 100 million to 1 billion b.a.r.t. cars.
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some kreutics critics say b.a.r.t. should have been saving money for the new cars all along. david stevenson live in san francisco where it looks like this new plan david could save $60 million in just the first year. >> gasia, that's right. mayor ed lee today introduced a plan he says will keep health care benefits and pension costs from bankrupting the city. >> this proposal is comprehensive. >> we've been able to take the lead nationally. >> this is really historic. >> reporter: labor leaders gathered this morning to bat each other's back over new reform and pension plans. aimed to save the city $60 million in its first year and up to a billion dollars over the next decade. >> in january when i was sworn in, there were five major objectives that i wanted to accomplish, clearly pension reform was at the top. >> reporter: the city's pension costs are estimated to increase more than $125 million next fiscal year. the proposal boosts most workers health care and pension
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contributions, caps pension benefits and raises the retirement age for most city workers from 62 to 65 years old. police and firefighters contributions will jump from about 7.5% to as much as 12%. >> we get it on the pension step. we're going to do what we need to do but we've already deferred raises two to three years and we would like to see that contract fulfilled. >> reporter: jeff adachi fought the pension reform plan. he's gathering signature for a new proposition. >> our city sees between 90 and $100 million a year. i applaud the mayor, it's a great first step. >> i leave mr. adachi to his viewpoint, but i am sure that he has to recognize this is the official city family and he does not represent that. >> reporter: now san francisco supervisors are expected to make their own tweaks to the plan which is expected to be put before voters this fall.
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david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. some of the other things mayor lee's proposal will do is create new tiers. the pensions will be based on a final compensation period over three years for new employees instead of the current one to two for current employees. the plan will also allow cost sharing and pay their own retirement contributions. members of a union came together to protest nonunion, noncontract workers. >> what do we want? >> jobs. >> when do we want them? >> now. >> reporter: members of the black men united demonstrated in front of a construction site on ocean avenue this afternoon. protesters say they are unemployed because the city continues to hire nonunion, nonlocal workers. >> we are local community, organization that plans for our people to go to work. everyone you see out here is
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out of work. they need to go to work. these unions, nonunion contractors come in here and take all the work from the city and county of san francisco. >> reporter: members say this is their second time demonstrating and say they'll continue to do it for as long as it takes to see change. students, parents and teachers got out of bed early today to send out a budget wake up call. people rallied in 20 cities across the state to show how dwindling funds are hurting the classroom. about 100 folks gathered in lafayette. they say schools are losing teachers, libraries, music and art programs. >> we've been cutting our schools short for the last two to five years and we're barely hanging on. >> chorus music is now gone, we're looking at school reductions. >> reporter: news chopper two brought you these pictures live from redwood city this morning. about 100 people gathered
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there. one more rally is set tonight in millbrae. and san francisco parents also took their anti budget cut message to the streets today. parents, students and teachers waved signs at passing cars. a grandmother is in jail after a bizarre kidnapping attempt involving her 4 -month-old granddaughter. tonight the parents of that baby girl are speaking out over that harrowing ordeal. >> my mind races about you know all the facts she, you can't imagine how someone can do this. >> what the baby's mother says about what happened and what police found near the bassinet that made them grill the parents extensively. that's coming up at 5:30 just about 25 minutes from now. one of the best known muslim americans in the world
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muhammad ali lent his support to the uc graduates. >> i can assure you they love this man, and based on that compassion for love of a muhammad that we ask for their release. >> reporter: muslim leaders appealed to the largest muslim authority to release sean and shane. iran accuses all three of spying. shourd was freed last fall for medical reasons. she defended her friends and once again asked for their freedom. >> josh and shane have now been in prison for eight months, longer than i was. and their detention has everything to do with animosity between the united states and iran and nothing to do with two innocent men who have always stood on the side of what's right. >> reporter: on state tv today, iranian officials used the use
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of the word hikers. they call it a joke. patel, boward and shourd have retained their innocence. chrysler almost went bankrupt nearly two years ago and desperately needed government bail outs. today's announcement by the ceo brought cheers by chrysler workers and thanks to the american people. >> we were encouraged by the fact that someone believed in us, and from that moment forward we were able to take our destiny back into our hands. >> reporter: the authority still owns more than 50% of chrysler. more fuel tonight in the fight over gas prices in washington. house republicans are accusing the white house of deliberately raising the cost of energy to build support for alternative
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energy and green technology. a report released by republicans this week says the epa is putting costly regulations on the oil industry to keep prices high. but the epa says oil production has actually grown in recent years. >> there's as much oil running through refineries or more than 20 years ago. so what is actually happening is that technologically they are becoming less employee intensive and yet able to process more oil. >> house republicans insist the administration is raising the price of that oil. more people are paying their bills on time, the delinquency rate is now at its lowest level in more than a decade. according to the credit recording industry, transunion nationwide the rate of payments that are 90 days or more past due on bank issued credit cards dropped to .74% in the first
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quarter. that is down to 1.411% a year ago and the lowest level since 1996. the average credit card debt per borrower also dropped to about $4,700. that's down 9% compared to the same quarter a year ago. on wall street, stocks ended today at their lowest level in more than a month. the mayor index disclosed their lowest level -- index closed at their lowest level. the nasdaq closed at 2,746. the height patrol is still looking into its exact cause of a tour bus crash. investigators are searching for mechanical failure as we first reported here at 5:00, the driver says the breaks went out just before she lost control of the limited coach tours bus.
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the passengers have minor to moderate injuries. today that ash cloud from the massive volcano reached great britain canceling dozens of flights. the ash cloud has grounded many flights. but the effect was far less than that of last year. the ash particles from this plume are larger and fall from the atmosphere more quickly. air policies have changed allowing flights to take off in denser ash conditions. here at sfo one flight was delayed for about five hours. we've been updating you about the tornado that was hitting oklahoma city. the death toll is already rising. live now in joplin where the
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search for survivors continues tonight. paul vercamman has the story. >> reporter: and you reported that the oklahoma tornado is heading this way. even high winds would be a set back. there's new fears that the storm that spawned this twister tuesday could deal another blow to the people in joplin. missorians are still emotional about it. one woman says her grandmother was walking toward this car when the storm hit. >> she was actually walking toward the door and a lady stopped her and told her no. >> reporter: and many people are still missing. convinced some of those
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unaccounted for could still be alive underneath the mangled cars, piles of debris and personal possessions, officials have vowed to complete searches and say so far their effort has paid off. >> it's incredible that we're still finding people. >> reporter: officials say that with nearly 1/3 of the town now flattened a warning may not be enough. >> no place to hide now. so that is a problem we have to think about. >> reporter: planning to visit the region on sunday, president obama made this promise. >> we are going to do absolutely everything we can to make sure that they recover. >> reporter: and there are about 400 members of the police and fire members actively searching. was they say if this storm comes in and hits hard they will all be sent to shelter. >> paul there in joplin, missouri. just remarkable of what's going
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on. bill as we go to you, the map behind you is just lit up light a candle. >> this is doppler radar coming out of the midwest. where severe storms are lined up across three states easily. this is east or west of joplin. but the flashing boxes you are looking at are tornado warnings extending north from dallas all the way into the parts of northern oklahoma and kansas. this storm system now, these series of storms are moving off to the northeast. that's the way these guys move. it's getting dark out there, these storms are probably losing some fuel, the sunlight and they should start to die down. the worry now is is that these are being fueled by a stronger upper level wind which would mean that, they don't need the heating of the day. they may keep going into the evening hours in a place like tulsa right now. look where tulsa is and the line on this thing. this thing is moving toward the northeast. these lower cells are going to
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move into tulsa. big story in the midwest, it has been a crazy year, amazing year for tornadoes and severe weather. here it's a whole different deal isn't it. we get a little bit of rain. i can relate to two by the way, because these little tweaks. we have some rain coming in tomorrow. this little tweak that comes in through here, they drop into the great basin and move into the plains this time of year pull in moisture from the coast. cool, dry air from the coast. what happens here moves east. and what happened there happened here a few days ago. your morning commute is probably going to be a little bit wet. when we come back we're going to look at that computer model. it's not going to be a wet event but enough to slow you down a little bit. coming up here at 5:30. the parents of that baby girl who was snatched from a bassinet are speaking out about
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their ordeal. and next, you're going to meet a fourth grader who is in washington right now putting the bay area on the map. literally. pg & e begins a new phase of pipeline testing. i'm consumer editor tom vacar, we're going to show you a pipe the way you've never seen it before. san francisco was just ranked the third most dangerous in the nation for pedestrians. >> i feel a little scared to cross. >> we're asking what's being done to change this. >> plus someone sprayed swastikas on a car. what's being done to prosecute the person responsibility. tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. dad, i was wondering if you've --
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dozens of environment activists lashed out today against the chevron corporation outside a san francisco gas station. the group gathered one day before chevron holds it's annual meeting in san ramon. they say chevron has hurt many international community where is the firm does business. and some people from those communities testified about health problems and pollution in their towns. >> people from ecuador, alaska know that chevron's operations are causing human rights abuse. environmental abuse, killing fisheries, killing the local economy. >> chevron says last year it increased social investment to $5 million and that it achieved it's safest year in history. the board of supervisors have voted to replace dozens of controversial grave markers. the markers were moved and
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their inscribed with a racial slur. the markers will be replaced with a new bigger head stone. a peninsula fourth grader is putting the bay area on the mark. mickelson of san carlos made it into the top ten of the spelling bee in washington, d.c. the fourth grader from nueva school beat out 42 other state winners. >> every level of the competition i progress through i've been surprised by how well i've did. but every level of the competition there are people who know a ton about geography. >> a win would earn him a $25,000 college scholarship, a
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trip to the palapagos island and the title of the national geographic beacon presence. and we're learning what police found near a bassinet that made them suspect the parents. >> and i am the guy that is on the bridge with the cops at gunpoint. >> reporter: it's the first time you will hear the 911 call made during the recent bay area emergency. when a distraught man stopped traffic on the bay bridge. tonight what happened then that could change the way such calls are handled in the future.
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inside the home with the parents of that little girl from nightson who police say was kid kidnapped by her
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grandmother. ktvu spoke to them extensively about their ordeal and how they were grilled by police. >> reporter: you can see the pink ribbons outside, that is fitting because this family is still dealing with this ordeal. four -month-old raven may be the lucky one. her mind clear of troubling questions. >> that back door was open. >> reporter: but not so for her parents kristin and rudy gallegos. >> now that everything is settled down. you start questioning everything and looking at everything and wandering about everything. >> reporter: kristin found raven's bassinet empty. the girl's grandmother was arrested later. >> she threw herself a baby shower with mariachi and party, and people brought gifts and
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strollers. >> reporter: while her parents slept, ramie was taken. >> with grandma in the closet, with grandma behind the door. >> reporter: we found today police found blood stops stops leading from the back door. and the gallegos were interviewed intensively. >> you are picturing blood splatters, when they're saying there's blood on your bassinet, there's blood on your bed there's blood on your floor. >> i just screamed, ramie is not here. he looked and it took him a second to wake up. and he said no i put him in his bed. >> despite the questioning, the family has high praise for law enforce. rudy says he wants to see his mother prosecuted but he also wants to see her get some help.
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he will be transferred to the contra costa county jail. an 88-year-old man remains hospitalized in his peninsula neighborhood as the neighborhood remains nervous tonight. maybes were so alarmed they started a neighborhood watch group that very night. two other break-ins were also reported that very day. it's a day people in the bay area will never forget. a distraught man parked on the bay bridge last fall with a pipe bomb. tonight for the first time we hear his 911 call. and julie haener tells us how that cal may change. >> reporter: the call came from
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a cell phone so her computer could not give her an exact location, but the caller made it very clear. >> ma'am, i am the guy who's on the bridge with the cops all at gunpoint. >> reporter: he was sleep deprived, upset about problems at home and called his life a nightmare. >> i am trying to wake up from this nightmare. >> to me that was just it. that was the bottom point. >> reporter: what ken used that day, years of experience. her computer, radio and even televisions above her. >> get away from the rail. >> reporter: but there are tools available that she didn't have. the system just isn't advanced enough. people matter but technology makes a difference. if i call 911 on this gps enabled phone, the dispatchers on the second floor, they will know i'm calling from 1011 turk. but if i call on this phone, they will just know i'm in the area. even gps has problems, carlos valentino's phone had gps but the system couldn't tell he was
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on the bridge. >> everybody is behind, we can't keep up. >> reporter: the battle to keep up with what technology can do is ongoing. >> you call me and say, hey i just saw a guy rob a bank, i took his picture on our cell phone, i want to send it to you. we don't have technology to do this right now. the technology exists but our computer program does not support it. a power in bucke county is in. dispatchers say it can't come soon enough but for now chin says she will do what she can. >> there is a tomorrow. >> i've been trying to find that tomorrow. >> on that day carlos valentino got his tomorrow. in the meantime, chin is getting ready for the next day. the helicopter destroyed during the military raid that killed osama bin laden is back in the u.s. tonight. the pentagon just announced today that pakistan returned
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the wreckage over the weekend. the chopper was damaged during the military operation to kill osama bin laden earlier this month. u.s. commandos blew it up so it wouldn't fall in the wrong hands. house members are expected to vote this week on legislation to speed up u.s. troop withdraws from afghanistan. some say it's the most significant debate about afghanistan since the war began. some lawmakers say our commitment ended with the death of osama bin laden. >> in 2001 we said we're going to go after osama bin laden. he came and attacked us, we now have him. it gives us an opportunity to reposition. to pivot, to pivot away from a war with no end. the president and first lady are probably fast asleep
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right now after their first day on a visit to england. still where the obama's are sleeping even what they are eating is making news. queen elizabeth and husband welcomed the obama's today. then it was face to face with britain's hottest couple. we have only these photos to share from the obama's visit with the couple. later in the day, the president and mrs. obama joined queen elizabeth and the royal family for a state dinner in buckingham palace. the queen called the united states britain's biggest ally. >> our two nations contribute to the security and prosperity
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of our peoples and of the world through shared national interest. >> reporter: president obama thanked her majesty for the solid partnership and friendship between the two long time allies. after the president thanked the queen, they drank royal vintage wine from 1963. trouble in the skies for one of the federal governments six years ago comes to air traffic controllers. and a warning tonight about measles. what's going on now with the disease and has it happened in
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the last 16 years -- disease that hasn't happened in the last 16 years. lap
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a court hearing was postponed today for the imeni immigrant arrested early this month. amarizi was scheduled to go to court this morning. the judge rescheduled it till thursday. amarizi has been ordered to stay in jail while he undergoes a psychiatric evaluation.
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a federal audit released today reveals an alarming surge in a number of mistakes made by air traffic controllers. the auditor told a senate committee, errors rose 53% in the last few months. they also said that air traffic controllers are suffering from fatigue and at risk of making errors. the head of the federal aviation commission is promising improvements. >> the american public trusts us to make safety the highest priority every day year in and year out. >> there has been an influx of young inexperienced trainees. the obama administration is buying more than 100,000 cars and installing charging stations. it's all in an effort to boost the use of fuel efficient vehicles. the president wants a 1/3 reduction in u.s. oil imports
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by the year 2025. another mayor coffee brand is reporting a price increase. smucker says folgers and packaged duncan donuts coffee. considered an old fashioned disease that's making modern headlines. doctors say 118 cases of measles have been reported in 23 u.s. states as of last friday. they say that's a lot for this early in the year and the fastest pace they've seen since 1996. the u.s. normally sees about 50 cases a year thanks to routine vaccinations. doctors say almost all of the cases this year are among people who did not get vaccinated. new bay area research on that big japan quake. and we've learned the trouble we may be in for right here. showers headed our way for tomorrow. the commute is going to be wet.
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maybe both of them. we'll give you the timing on the rain. new at 6:00, pg & e begins a new phase of pipeline testing. i'm consumer editor tom vacar, we're going to show you a pipe the way you've never seen it before. san francisco was just ranked the third dangerous in the nation. we're asking what is being done to change this. plus someone sprayed swastikas on bay area cars. how it could be difficult to convict this crime. tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00.
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new health guidelines are in place tonight for fish caught in san francisco bay. you're looking at live pictures of the bay right now. officials say women and children should stay away from shark and striped bass,sturjon -- however they say people 45
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and older can safely eat two striped bass per week instead of two per month. and a warning from a stanford scientist on what he calls a rebound effect. john fowler live in san francisco to explain what could be an increased risk right here in the bay area, john -- >> reporter: right now the waves four or five feet. but imagine a tsunami. that now may be more likely than ever. >> this is where i live and i don't take them seriously enough because i don't think i'm going to move. >> reporter: the march 11th japan quake was surprisingly big because of the seduction
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zone rebound effect discovered by stanford geophycisist. >> reporter: the slip gets amplified dramatically. >> reporter: that moved the sea floor more than 70 feet creating a bigger than expected quake and tsunami. beroza says moving other zones including the cascadia. >> there's very, very large earthquakes on them. >> reporter: perhaps bigger than the magnitude 9cascadia quake experts say is due any day. >> i'm glad i'm going back to atlanta tomorrow. >> reporter: the last cascade quake january 1700. experts say they come now about every 300 years or so. so quite possibly we're about
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11 years past due. john fowler, ktvu. some special veterans are about to get a new home. you will recall that operation involved the navy seal dog named cairo who helped track anyone who tried to escape osama bin laden's compound. authorities say they've received hundreds of adoption applications since the raid. in past years, dogs were euthanized after completing their tour of duty. julie haener is in the newsroom with a look at some of the other stories we're looking at. >> also at 6:00, this young girl was abandoned at a hospital months ago. the key piece of information police still don't know about her and how you can help. a shouting match erupts over a proposal to build new housing by san francisco state. the plan that brought this woman to the end of her rope
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today. and we take you inside the massive natural gas pipeline that ruptured in san bruno. the inch by inch inspection being done right now to prevent a future tragedy. it's all coming up at 6:00. we have an update now on a story that ktvu first brought you last week. officials have confirmed a case of horse virus within our state. 18 cases of herpes virus one have been confirmed. one horse has been euthanized and another has been -- rain showing up near eureka. this is the eureka radar we're taking this off of. this whole area rolled in the early morning. rain back in the forecast.
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does a good job of getting the pollens back. pollen sufferers will get a break. good looking system. you don't really need me to tell you. you're going to get rain. it's not a strong system. the main bulk of it is north of here but it will produce showers to the tune of .1, maybe .3 in the coastal hills. a good end of rain. the computer model winds it down about 6:00 a.m. you have showers, it's sprinkling in the early morning. we should have widely scattered showers up north. by 1:00 it should start to clear up. a little bit of energy that remains offshore into we wednesday night. that's your afternoon. tomorrow looks like a wet off an on event. the roads will be slippery and the commute will be hampered
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with a little bit of moisture. you're looking at mid-60s in the south bay. maybe a couple of upper 60s. we have showers in there wednesday, just be glad it's not on a weekends and be glad you don't live out in the northwest. because that's a heck of a series of storms they've been getting. we're going to get the latest on severe weather. >> you were showing all those warnings and purple. >> it's true, you don't. the cast and crew of glee are here in the bay area tonight. >> reporter: the hit tv show centered around a high school glee club has brought out the glee in san jose. coming up, the live report from the pavilion and what one of the stars of the show told us this afternoon.
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it's already one of those popular shows on television and tonight the cast of glee is performing at a concert in san jose. and ktvu's maureen naylor live outside of hp pavilion. and she tells us what self- proclaimed the áf gleeks are saying tonight. >> reporter: some of the stars are already inside. this is our first stop on the 16 city tour. we're going to show you some of the lines of gleeks waiting to get inside. and one of the tv stars twitted today. he feels like a canuck inside the shark tank.
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>> two stars of the show posed for pictures this afternoon with fans and signed photographs in san jose. cory mone who plays fin and riv era s who plays santana. riv era says the topic has touched the show. >> i've heard countless stories that make me feel like we're doing something special. >> reporter: she says she hasn't gotten used to the attention from fans. >> i love that show. we watch it all the time. >> i watched glee since it started because i'm a gleek i guess you can say. >> reporter: hundreds of self- described gleeks lined up to see the show. >> it teaches all of us to be accepting of us first and then of others and i wish this show had been around when i was growing up. >> reporter: the noter dame performance choir sang at this event. >> i'm hoping it's just created
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excitement. i know it has, excitement and the arts and fires again. >> ♪ >> reporter: the problem is unlike their private school, most public schools have cut performing arts and music classes. and darren chris went to st. ignacius and plays blane is from san francisco. tonight is glee's season finale episode. you can see it here at 9:00 right after american idol. >> coming up next -- >> we were there as sheriff deputies drew a woman out of the board of supervisors meeting in san francisco. coming up in less than 15 minutes.
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good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. >> right now the lead suspect of the beating giant fan bryan stow could be in his new jail cell. ken wayne is live outside that
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jail in los angeles where we are told giovanni ramirez is being brought tonight, ken. >> reporter: julie, los angeles police do not want us to know exactly when giovanni ramirez is going to be moved because they don't want his picture out yet. but they do tell us he will be brought here to the twin facility any moment. in fact, he may already be inside. prominent attorney tom jerardi filed a lawsuit on behalf of the stow family. he says the team ownership was well aware of the problems at the ballpark that included increase alcohol consumption and the potential for violence. he says the team cut its security by 2/3 to save money. and he says he has proof of the dangerouses there by the findings of the l.a.p.d. >> when the l.a.p.d. went in there a couple of weeks, a couple of months ago when they said what

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