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a shot up car, an infant inside killed, his parents injure. and police say these are sketches of the two suspected gunmen. good evening everyone i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm ken wayne. a 2 -month-old baby boy is dead tonight. the victim of a shooting attack as his family was leaving a baby shower in east palo alto. janine de la vega tells us police are hopeful they will find the gunmen soon. >> reporter: police went door to door in this neighborhood.
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officers say the family that was from redwood city was leaving a baby shower this morning at this yellow house when two hooded men approached the car. >> as they were leaving the party, the gunshot opened. they saw the baby was injured by a bullet. so they rushed him to the hospital. >> reporter: the baby died at the hospital, but his 3-year- old brother survived. >> it was just a regular sunday. to go from that and to hear everything that has happened here, i can say i'm in complete shock. >> reporter: investigators say this was a targeted shooting. witnesses describe one suspect as a latino man as in his 30s. the second suspect is a also a
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latino man in his 20s. weapons were found but are unsure if it was in connection with the shooting. >> i'm hoping the community will step up and give us tips. >> reporter: if you recognize either of men from these sketches, you are asked the call police. the department is also offering a $25,000 reward for information that leads to the capture of the killers. reporting from east palo alto, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. while this incident has prompted harsh words from the mayor, the community and the police chief. john sasaki was there. >> reporter: i talked to an investigator here tonight who says he does not know if an arrest is imminent. but people in the neighborhood where it happened are certainly hoping so. about 50 people held a vigil
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this evening on wisteria drive in the neighborhood where two gunmen shot a baby to death. >> we will be steadfast in tracking them down and make sure they get their just deserts. it is the one thing i promised to his mother. >> we stand here in unity from all walks of faith, all ethnicities, all walks of life to let these men know that we will not tolerate this. >> it's a heinous crime, this is one of those that really just hits you pretty hard. it's hit my detectives hard and it's hit the neighborhood hard. >> reporter: detectives are trying to determine if two suspects were involved in the shooting. >> i'm very confident that we have a very good shot of
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clearing this case. we have some very, i would say promising leads. >> in the name of jesus we will not allow you to continue to harass us here in this city. and take lives and cause people to be maimed and wounded. we will not have it in jesus name. >> reporter: this was the second homicide this year. chief davis says the crime rate has decreased dramatically. he says in 2009 this neighborhood had 600 killings. and police say around 10:00 this morning someone discovered a bloody plastic garbage bag with human remains in front of a house on the 600 block of com
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era nda drive. police say it seemed the remains were of an adult. although they did not not say if it was of a man or a woman. police are investigating this case as a homicide. the centers for disease control issued the first official notice of the disease that would become known as aids 20 years ago today. the cdc was then flooded with calls with reports of the puzzling disease. since then about 600,000 people have died of aids from the disease. worldwide the figures are staggering an estimated 25 million deaths since 1981. coming up later in our newscast, ktvus maureen naylor takes us back to the 1980s to remember what that time was like here in the area. the death this past week of two san francisco firefighters
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has cast a pall over the city. people have been coming forward to offer their condolences and support. >> reporter: at station 26 in diamond heights, firefighters welcome a community officers condolences. >> nice to meet you. >> reporter: the majority of well wishers stayed here at this lobby where there was a growing makeshift memorial. two chairs with the helmets and jackets of the two firefighters that died. the in the line of duty deaths of lieutenant vincent perez and officer anthony valerio that died thursday are hitting the community. >> something happening in that
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family seems even more emotional. >> reporter: this afternoon, first responders participanted in a mandatory debriefing which included sessions with counselors. firefighters who attended tell me it was helpful. crews could not grant interviews today but they appreciated the outpouring of support. >> they brought coffee and bagels for the crew. because at the same time the crews affected by the loss as much as the immediate family. >> reporter: oscar bezorto retired firefighters and his daughters drove up to pay their respects. >> kind of like part of my family. >> reporter: all day crews from across the bay area continued to drop by. sometimes offering silent support through handshakes and hugs. san francisco museum dedicated to the firefighters is considering how to pay
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tribute to the firefighters. the museum also has a list of fallen firefighter. the curator says the museum wants to make that into a permanent memorial to honor all of the fallen firefighters. it's unknown what kind of tribute will be created for valerio and perez. there will be a memorial and service on friday. while the information is certainly to last several weeks. the two were apparently caught in a flash fire caused bid super heated gases. and condolences can also be sent to fire station six. more details are also on our website on ktvu.com. there was less rain today in the bay area. but there was still a bit too much rain in one east bay neighborhood. we want to show you some
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flooding this afternoon in clyde just north of concord. that's where we saw this little guy splashing through a foot of water trying to get across the street. a heavy downpour hit the area. there are still pockets of isolated downpours out there. mark tamayo is watching storm tracker 2 and i can see there's some rain behind you. >> we're still holding on to the possibility of thunderstorms. i can show you on storm tracker 2. you can get an idea, it's all wrapping in a pressure 200 miles west of monterey bay. we'll come in a bit tighter and i'll show you a few showers closer to half-moon bay and pacifica. and the more active weather to
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the east here. light and moderate activity from clayton. we have more heavy rainfall closer to stockton. the rain showers for the most part we're going to hold on to that possibility. that will be targeting the inland east bay and also could be heading up into the north bay in the next three to four hours. changes setting up for tomorrow. we'll let you know how long shower chances remain in the bay area forecast. and when temperatures can finally be warming up. you can get live storm warning by going to ktvu.com and clicking on the storm watch. the family of the missing nursing student wants the fbi to take a lead role in the search for the 26-year-old. michelle le disappeared on may 27th. a spokeswoman for the family says it has concerns after police waited four days after le disappeared to search her apartment. the fbi was not available for comment on the request.
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the attorney for the man arrested for beating a giant fan is expected to file a motion tomorrow that may clear his client. the attorney for giovanni ramirez is seeking surveillance video from a los angeles area comfort inn on april 1st. that's the day after the beating. the video shows ramirez with a noticeable head of hair. the suspect in the incident on opening day as you remember was described as bald. while police and prosecutors insist that ramirez is the man who beat stow, ramirez remains to be charged with the beating of stow. deliberations are set to get under way again tomorrow in the murder trial of oakland journalist chauncey bailey. jurors are working on the case -- the jurors have had the case
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since may 23rd. jaycee dugard the woman who was abouted 20 years ago while headed to a bus stop is about to tell the world about her long ordeal. dugard's memoir is about to be released. an audio book is said to be released as well. last week phillip garrido was sentenced to 431 years in prison for the kidnapping and rape of dugard. his wife nancy garrido was sentenced to 36 years in prison for the áf her part in the case. dugard was held captive for 18 years during which time she had two daughters fathered by garrido. still to come, police look for a killer in contra costa county. why the young victim was the
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police call it a cold- blooded killing and tonight those who knew the young victim are calling for justice. debra villalon is live with the story. >> reporter: heather, oakley doesn't have much violent crime and this one has shocked the community. everyone in the drizzle you can see where mourners have laid flowers for a 23-year-old man gunned down without warning and without reason. silence at this gathering for james cedillo tonight. those who loved him don't have the words for what happened here. >> too many memory, too many to name. >> reporter: cedillo grew up in oakley and still lives at home. >> he has never done anything to cause anyone to hurt him. >> he would not even hurt a fly. he was the nicest guy in the entire world. >> he has no enemies, this is a
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21-year-old good kid. >> reporter: police say cedillo's killing came out of nowhere. >> this is a 100% good kid who out of nowhere someone walks up and shoots him for no reason. for nothing. >> reporter: it happened at a public park early saturday morning. cedillo and a few friends hanging out when police say the gunman fired and then ran away. no altercation, no motive. >> we got there within a minute of the call. and there was somebody with the victim. still didn't leave his side. >> reporter: but cedillo in his friend's arms was already dead. >> he was an amazing kid who was still searching to find out who he was. but he had a heart that was so huge. >> i'm angry. it was senseless. i want to find out who did it and i mean whoever did it is going to pay. >> reporter: investigators are working nonstop on leads in this killing and manage to recover some evidence here at the park. oakley with a population under 40,000 goes some years with no
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homicides so this certainly isn't typical and police say the innocence of the victim makes it especially horrific. live in oakley, debra villalon, ktvu news. oakland police are investigating an overnight shooting that sent three men to the hospital it happened on webster street near 12th street in oakland's china town neighborhood. oakland police tell ktvu that one of the victims is hospitalized tonight in critical condition. the other two men were hospitalized with nonlife threatening injuries. there is no word on any suspects or arrests in the case. oakland police also releaseed the identity of a man shot to death this weekend in the 2900 block of hines street. 51-year-old leo dunston was killed yesterday afternoon. investigators say it appeared that dunston and the gunman had some kind of confrontation before the shooting. there is no word of a suspect in the incident. a 73-year-old south bay woman is recovering tonight
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after being beaten inside her home, allegedly by a man posing as a test control worker. santa clara county sheriff's deputy said it happened around 8:30 yesterday morning in the 400 block of porter lane in the eastern foothills. the man pretended to be someone from a pest control business. he forced his way inside the woman's home. attacked her and then stole several pieces of jewelry before leaving in a cargo van. ktvu's christien kafton was in newark where the pipe work was going on to ensure homeowners that their neighborhood is safe. >> reporter: pg & e crew has been working to bring the pressure down. >> what you're seeing is the
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head that is attached so we can monitor the pressure. >> reporter: crews monitored this site for a week. finally this morning crews pumped 100,000-gallons of water into the 3/4-mile long line and watched for the slightest variation in pressure or temperature for eight hours straight. >> we have crews walking the line of the section that we're testing. monitoring the line here. and this is again all to verify the safe operating pressures of our pipeline. >> reporter: jeff hughes has lived in this neighborhood his whole life. >> i just found out that this pipe was right in front. i thought it was two houses over. >> reporter: he has kept in constant contact with the crew this week and are glad they are doing the research. this testing will be wrapped up by the end of the day. pg & e will then move on to
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test another pipeline. in all pg & e is hoping to test 32 miles of pipeline. and officials say the state has collected its one billionth pound of unwanted electronic. amounts to 20 million broken tv sets, computer monitors and outdated laptops. critics say the law should expand to include other devices such as vcrs and printers. apple devotees are getting ready for the worldwide developers conference. jobs will deliver the keynote
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speech tomorrow morning. a nevada man is pushing tonight for a crayfish harvest. he's now seeking approval to place crayfish nets. the proposal would require the approval of state and regional agencies. critics say trapped buoys would interfere with boating traffic. about a dozen homes have been evacuated tonight because of a wildfire near keysville. that's northeast of bakersfield near lake isabela. crews from county fire and the forest service are working to battle the flames. fire officials say the evacuations are a precaution because there's only one dirt road in and out of the area. almost two thousand people
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have been evacuated in the massive fire. investigators say it started last sunday sparked by an unattended campfire. so far there have been no reports of injuries. an afternoon of fun was cut short for some kids on long island. >> oh my god. oh my god. >> reporter: this is just one of three inflatable bounce houses that went airborne at a soccer tournament yesterday when strong winds swept across the field. when the bounce houses landed they rolled injuring those inside including several children. there has been a growing concern about the safety of those houses. back in april a castle flew into a freeway in tucson badly injurying two kids.
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and investigators narrow the source of one of the worse outbreaks in recent history. and aids at 30, a little later we'll take you back to the beginning of the global epidemic and see how modern medicine is changing the virus. and rains in the afternoon. and we'll tell you when we will be approaching the 80-degree mark.
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outgoing defense secretary robert gates said the withdraw of u.s. troops in afghanistan could begin as early as next month. gates finished his tour addressing marines in the kandahar province. gates talked about the withdrawal of troops and said he will begin his talks on his return to washington. >> no one wants to give our allies the excuse to run for the exits. >> reporter: gates thanked the service members and said they
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are the best our country has to offer. he also told marines that they can't just quit because they now must serve with openly gay colleagues. leon peneta is said to hold a commission hearing this thursday. peneta was sworn in two years ago as cia director. he also served as chief of staff to president bill clinton. in news of the world tonight, from syria, reports that 22 propalestinian protesters were killed and more than 300 wounded as they tracked across from syria into the israeli controlled heights. israel said it has no option
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but to fire on the crowd. -- the attacks came just two days after a u.s. drone attack reportedly killed al-qaida linked militant leader illias casmili. no one group claimed responsible for today's bombing. a volcano in southern chile erupted for a second day today. the puje volcano threw pummel stones 30 feet away. the chilean emergency office says it has reported an average of 230 tremors an hour. german officials say tests
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have confirmed bean sprouts are the likely cause of the e.coli outbreak. the restaurant used sprouts from an organic farm. the farm is now closed and all of its produce recalled. at least 22 people have died and thousands of others sickened from the bacteria. the particular strain is resistant to antibiotics. aids arrived 30 years ago. coming up we'll hear from people who saw its tragic beginning. and the advances in medicine that have helped for its victim's futures. and the event that arrived in the peninsula this weekend.
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they will never forget. on this the 30th anniversary of the first cases reported, maureen naylor now with a look back and a look forward. >> the time was 1981, and san francisco's castro district was ground zero as the aids epidemic swept in own changed lives. >> what i saw was tremendous suffering, tremendous dispair, death. >> reporter: dr. diane havlir heads the aids program in the san francisco center. and recalls what it was like in the early 80s when no one knew why men were dying. >> there wasn't any time to reflect on what does this mean. because one man after the next was coming into our emergency room, couldn't breathe. had a new kind of pneumonia and we needed to respond. >> reporter: in these halls she says she learned courage and compassion from the many aids patients who died in the prime of their lives. >> i said my name is steve
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williams and i have hiv. >> reporter: thanks to medical advances, steve williams is not one of them. >> the thing that i try to say all the time is that you must take your medication. because if you don't take your medication, you become resistant to it and it didn't work all the time. >> reporter: while the disease in the past 30 years has moveed from a death sentence to a chronic treatable condition, doctors stress the epidemic isn't over. >> we know that hiv infection is unfortunately expanding for each new person that we're putting on therapy more than one person is getting hiv infection. >> reporter: remaining challenges remain how to give therapy to more people and find a cure. >> a vaccine might take a little longer but we've made more strides in hiv and aids than in any other disease in reported history. >> reporter: and steven williams says those strides for
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him mean a brighter future. in san francisco, maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. a new report of serious bike accidents in the bay area show that more needs to be done to educate children about bicycle safety. the bay citizens looked as highway reports, they found 3,200 accidents among 10 to 19- year-olds most of whom were called by bicyclists. the so called miracle plane that landed in the hudson river is making its full-time journey this weekend. the plane was pulled out of a new jersey warehouse yesterday morning headed to an aviation museum in north carolina.
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captain sullenberger landed the plane on the hudson . -- the auction started at 7:30 tonight and runs through next friday. keep in mind though for the past three years the winners have paid in excess of $2 million. buffet says with those prices he lets the winner pick the conversation topics. that dinner is at a steak house. this was the last day of sunset magazine's make it your own celebration weekend in menlo park. celebrity chefs and experts in wine, gardens and design were all on hand to give demonstrations and their trade secrets. there was pretty much something for etch to -- for everyone to enjoy. >> we're just looking at the plants and enjoying the
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appetizers that they are giving away. >> mostly the cooking showing and sampling the goodies. >> are they good? >> very good. >> reporter: organizers say they hope it inspired people to be innovative and unique. a nonprofit organization awarded people participanting in an adoptathon. the event is sponsored by organization called maddies fund. shelter officials said money raised during last year's adopthathon were critical this year because of all those budget cuts? -z the amazing story of one of the competitors who finished the grueling triothalon. and there it is on the radar, there is yellow out there. meteorologist mark tamayo will
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♪ hey, we're on your schedule, not ours. there will be another one back here in a second, just watch. what did i tell you -- there's another one. [ ding ] we're wrapping up a very strange june weekend. still lingering rain showers out there right now. even a chance of a few thunderstorms. if you want the warmer weather, i think you will be liking our five day forecast. i'll be showing you that in just a little bit. you get an idea, we have the showers developing in the south and heading to the north. here's our most recent imagery right now. the bulk of the activity in the east bay. here you can get some of the
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coverage in oakland approaching hayward. the heaviest activity right around the antioch area. from antioch to clayton to pittsburgh. those rain showers starting from the south and heading to the north. so those showers could be approaching the napa area. closing in on richmond, berkeley and oakley. here's a look at the overnight. partly to mostly cloudy skies. then the extended forecast like i said we're going to gradually warm things up. the warmest location could be very close to 80-degree. s . >> here's the storm we've been tracking over the four or five days. it is finally in the move. it has been stationary over the past few days. right now heading toward big
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sur. here is the eventual track. it'll be crossing into nevada. a chance of a shower, mostly just for tomorrow morning. as we do head into the afternoon hours, we will gradually scale back on the clouds and we will set the stage for our warming trend beginning tuesday. here is our forecast, gradually lifting to the north then tomorrow morning we could have a few light showers out there, first thing tomorrow morning but then into the afternoon hours, skies becoming partly cloudy and patchy clouds hanging out in parts of the immediate shoreline. and snow levels 6,500 feet. the first weekend in june we're wrapping that up. we're still talking about the winter advisories in the sierras. low to mid-50s, a chance of a shower. by 12:00 mostly sunny. by 3:00 partly cloudy skies. so really not a big change from
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today's highs. san jose at 68 degrees. here is a look ahead. your five day forecast and this cannot be right. no more rain clouds after tomorrow. more sunshine. temperatures warming up nicely. and a quick sneak peak at the weekend. the temperatures inland back up into the mid- to upper 70s. heather and ken we are almost so close getting there. >> thank you, mark. athletes from around the nation gathered in san francisco today to escape from alcatraz. the yearly triothalon includes that chilly mile and a half swim. add to that an 18-mile bike ride and an 8-mile ride. some folks had extra challenges to overcome. one competitor from seattle only has 10% vision and had a friend along to guide him through the course. >> we swam alcatraz, biked on the hilliest bike course in san fran and ran on like, the off road extreme.
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oh my gosh. >> how do you feel? >> my legs, i'm dead, i'm dead. >> but he did it. organizers said close to 3,000 people participanting. and the giants play another close one behind another stellar pitching performance. joe fonzi in sports wrap, up next. i'd take him there. him here, everywhere. and over the years, we've really bonded. sure. why else would you always buy me chevron with techron? 'cause we need gas. i think it's more than that. i think that you care about me. you're a good friend. best friends? um, uh, yes, best friends. yeah. [ male announcer ] your car takes care of you. care for it. chevron with techron. care for your car. ow. took some wild risks when i was young. but i was still taking a risk with my cholesterol. anyone with high cholesterol may be at increased risk of heart attack.
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