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>> reporter: the iranian government arrested bauer and fattal and their friend shourd accused of satisfying. shourd was released last year. but bauer and fattal were given time in jail. hillary clinton said she was encouraged by the news. >> we obviously hoped that we will see a positive outcome from what appears to be a decision by the government. >> reporter: the families of the hikers issued a brief statement saying they don't have many details but it's a huge relief that they will be released. we hope to say more when they were finally in our armless. the release may coincide with
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iranian president's plan to travel to new york. >> i benefit from the outside world. i think it's the most positive thing that can happen for them. >> reporter: students in the campus are happy the ordeal will end soon. >> i'm just happy that these americans are coming back to our country. >> reporter: the iranian president is calling it a humanitarian release, a release that will come after the money is paid. on november 9, an iranian prosecutor accused them of espionage. on september 14th.
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sarah shourd was released on $400,000 bail. bauer and fattal were sentenced to eight years in prison. ktvu's robert handa is in san jose ant tells us about the several key points that need to be resolve and when we can expect some decisions. robert. >> reporter: today is the day many medical american supporters have been waiting for to get a definite idea of where city hall is headed on this issue. the main reason today's vote is considered so crucial is that right now there are about 130 pot clubs in san jose that are considered legal under state law, illegal under federal law with san jose and other cities trying to figure out how to fit in. at the heart of san jose's debate are key points that need to be resolved. the proposal would limit the number of dispensaries in the city to 10. although 10 limits limits
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access to too many patients. the mayor and the chief of police want to stick to 10. some council members would like to see no clubs at all. >> if i had to choose i rather not see any. >> reporter: why is that? >> i just think that we're not prepared. i don't think that we're prepared to police it or to control it. >> what is happening is a giant mess. >> reporter: some pot club owners say the problem is not the number of clubs but how clubs will get a permit. >> right now it's first come first serve. and that doesn't get the best qualified people in to run these establishments. >> reporter: i just stepped out of the meeting where the debate rages on. not only on the amount of clubs will be allowed, but whether pot clubs will be allowed to grow their own marijuana on- site. we will report when there is an ordnance. we will have the latest details and the public safety concerns
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at the heart of each issue and what pot club owners will do at the last resort. robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. police in oakland have arrested fourteen agers in connection with a fatal shooting. they say an informant reported overhearing a suspect bragging about shooting antonio ford while doing yard work. police say they also robbed torrez. >> based on the interviews we conducted, i would say these individuals were out hunting for victims. we obtained information that they were involved in other robberies as well as maybe a few burglaries. >> reporter: police have not released the identities of the suspect. three of the four are under the age of 18. the alameda county corner confirms the bodies of -- coroner confirms the bodies of
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a man and woman were stabbed and killed before they were set on fire. the fire was set to try to hide evidence of the crime. witnesses say they saw several people running from the area with what appears to be gasoline cans. the mayoral race is heating up tonight with the debut of a new campaign ad that just hit the air waves. >> the postlabor day campaign push for the mayor's office here in san francisco is moving to tv with a negative ad getting a lot of attention. mayor lee was all smiles meeting this afternoon with san francisco supervisors even as the campaigning around his office went to a new level of negative. >> i am sure i am not going to run. this has not been my agenda. >> reporter: mayoral candidate and state senator leland yee
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this weekend began running this ad. pushed lee to break a promise not to seek the office permanently. >> and many many issues and themes within this particular campaign. this add that talks about our independence from power broker just simply one of them. >> reporter: it's one of the first mayoral campaign ads to hit the tv air waves and the first to go negative so far. >> it's telling that the first thing he really wants voters to know about hi campaign is that he wants to attack mayor lee, not one word about jobs. >> reporter: china town supporters of pack and lee today spoke out against the ad and other candidates say they are closing in on lee's the lead in the polls. >> all these candidates are going to stay in the race. clearly we're making a very strong showing. >> reporter: there are 16 can  dates running for san francisco mayor. sean elsbrum told us he will
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introduce legislation after the election to repeal rank voting because of what he sees as a waste of public money. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. senator dianne feinstein says she was among the victims of a campaign accountant who is now behind bars on fraud charges. police arrested kinde durkee earlier this month and accused her of taking hundreds of thousands of the dollars from politicians. more charges are likely. durkee served as feinstein's campaign treasurer. right now her campaign has no idea how much money they may have lost because they have been unable to access the campaigns that durkee accessed. students and teachers rallied around the jobs bill.
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some republicans will vote down the bill because they don't want to give the president a win. >> this is not about giving me a win, this is not about giving democrats or republicans a win, it's about giving the american people a win, it's about giving ohio a win. it's about your jobs and your futures. >> reporter: the job creation bill includes $25 million to improve schools. one republican leader says he's willing to work toward a win for everyone on that jobs bill. >> my sense is that we need to work very hard to try to peel off the things we can actually agree on. let's get some wins on the board together. and then we'll have to disagree to disagree on some of the thing -- agree to disagree on some of the things on the bill. the debt debate took center stage on capitol hill. republicans on the committee
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are calling for cutting spending on social security and government health care programs. democrats are stressing the need for tax increases. >> we have a spending driven debt crisis, was it the senior citizen, the student or the wall street banker who received the benefit of this spending bing? >> reporter: president obama's $450 billion jobs plan make it is committee's work more complicated as he looks to balance the country's books. this time good news put investors in a buying mood. >> the market closed up again today on word from french banks that france' credit rating would not be downgraded. in all the dow closed up 44 points. nasdaq was always up by 37 points. tonight taliban insurgents
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are attacking the u.s. embassy in kabul. the u.s. and coalition forces are defending the embassy from the assault by militants who are firing rocket propelled grenades. seven afghan silvi civilians have been killed, eight have been wounded. >> we'll be vigilant but we will be continuing with even greater commitment to doing all we can to give the afghan people who have suffered so much a chance at a better future for themselves and their children. >> the taliban and other militants have staged more than a dozen assaults in kabul this year. the obama administration demonstrated support today for the state's high speed rail project. which faces an uphill battle in
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congress. the congress's bill includes half a million dollars for projects. secretary ray lahood met with governor brown about the administration's support for the $43 million project. >> i believe that we're on a good track here in california for high speed rail. we are not going to be desueded by a little background noise of criticism -- deswayed. leaving little room for stand by travelers. the congestion is expected to ease up this fall, but will still be very crowded around the holiday. four young men escaped from this youth facility behind me.
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but why are police looking for one? i'll explain coming up. what police found in a traffic stop that had them calling the department of defense for guidance. we're in the middle of a bit of a cooldown. i'll show you which cities will cool off the most for your wednesday. [ male announcer ] humble beginnings are true beginnings.
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a juvenile is under arrest after an official spotted a rocket propelled grenade in his suv. an officer pulled the dodge durango over about 11:00 this morning. the drive's name is not being released because he's a minor. no grenades were found. one escapee from a youth rehab facility is still on the lose tonight. fourteen agers walked out of the facility yesterday. it's known as the byron boy's
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ranch. ktvu's paul chambers are live there now with how three of the teens were caught and news on that fourth teen still out there. >> reporter: gasia, it was 21 hours ago that the four young men left this facility behind me. there's very little to no fencing around. those three young men were found at the wal-mart. i spoke to the woman of the youngman who's still out there. he says he called her from a blocked number. said he was okay but would not say anything else. >> he does have mental health issues and he was speaking to me in a way that scares me. he might hurt himself from being put back in the facility. >> reporter: he was placed in the facility after he got into a fight with another young man. part of the sentence was to spent six to nine months here, but last night he escaped. >> we noticed that three more
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young men were missing. they were from two different buildings so they were noticed at different times. >> reporter: they are considered to be lower level offenders at this open campus. the guys work off the honor and trust system but still must follow the rules. >> they are not free to leave without permission. but there is no fences or barb wire or locked doors to hold them in. >> reporter: spencer is 16 years old, he's 6'3" and weighs 300 pounds. her mother says she does not know how a young man so big could just walk away so unnoticed. however, after leaving she and a friend spoke to him. >> he would not tell her where exactly he was going or what he was going to do from there. >> reporter: now this isn't the first time someone has escaped from this facility. coming up at 6:00, hear from the people in the neighboring community and what they think about what's going on. you will also hear from spencer's mother and brother a
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plea from them for him to come home. paul chambers. a mountain lion has been spotted in portola valley. the safety advise is always the same in this case, avoid hiking or jogging at dun, dusk or night when mountain lions are most active. a small earthquake shook california central coast. the quake hit about 12:30 this morning. it was centered 7 miles southeast of san simion. no reports of damage. firefighters in southern california are gaining ground on a number of wildfires in current county that have burned about 70,000 acres. lightning strikes over the weekend sparked about 50 fires which have now combined to five fires. the flames are threatening 2,300 homes the largest of the fire which is burning in the
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secoia national forest is expected to be fully surrounded on saturday. a fire in bastrop county is now 70% contained. it's burned 20,000 acres. some residents have been allowed to return home. only to find out they don't have a home to return to anymore. >> it's really kind of devastating to see that everything is gone. - - >> i took some papers, my good pans, my only shoes. and of course i couldn't forget my hat. >> reporter: according to the texas forest service, wildfires have destroyed more than 1,000 homes across the state. more than 115,000 acres have burned in the past week. well here in the bay area we had another spectacular day. but bill you are tracking some thunderstorms in parts of california tonight. >> they are all around us. the reason the thunderstorms are so important this time of year. we're in the height of fire season. any kind of lightning is an
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issue especially when it's cloud to ground. i just wanted to show you a couple of spots. up around reno south toward the white mountains down just by current county. that is one heck of a line of thundershowers along the west slope of the sierra nevada. this area here in santa barbara. there's a flash flood warning in effect. and if i turn this on here you will see we also have a flood flash warning in effect for the lake tahoe area. i pointed out this last night. flash flood warnings in this case sa good thing. that means we're getting plenty of rain coming out of these cells. we certainly have to help firefighters but we are seeing lightning strikes right now from lake tahoe south to yosemite and further down toward current county. some areas a little bit cooler. a nice day but still fairly warm out in fairfield and concord. air quality good. heat stays in the central valley. we're free from thundershowers but as we go through the next couple of days we're looking for a slight cooling trend.
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there's low pressure center, kind of bumps up against the coast. no surprise it has been our entire summer and spring and late winter. this is what has been the mechanism for cooling. today's temperatures were down a touch. note to cooling, it's not massive. it's just five, six. it's not a big major cool down. it's just going to be a little bit cooler as we head into the bay area weekend. for bay area firefighters, that's a good thing. and we are going to see fog clearing from the coast for a time. next couple of days but not a lot of clearing. there's your forecast as you move through the bay area microclimates. the bay microclimate upper 60s, low and mid-70s. out into the inland valleys, the tri counties area low 80s. so your forecast tomorrow slightly cooler than today. fire danger gets a break expect for those thunderstorms in the mountains. when i come back we're going to look at a bit of a warm upcoming. i'll show you where the fog is. we'll show you the forecast
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high for wednesday and your weekend always in view, stay here. nasa announced it will help a private company lift a space shuttle. it will use a rocket developed by the european space agency. nasa will lend expertise but not money. a crack down on a cheer leader squad in the south bay. why they have to cover up part of their outfit while they're in class. a field poll on president obama, the two main reasons his popularity has taken a real hit among california voters. a leap from $12,000 to $22,000 a year. the plan that could make that a real possibility at some cal schools. new at 6:00, some of the top officials here in contra costa county are about to get a little lighter in the wallet.
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why they said they had to do it and why it could save taxpayers. we're learning more about a project that is now in limbo. the deadline that could force you to pay a higher price. more pain at the pump, city by city we'll work out where gas prices have been taking a leap. or, we give it to kyle. it's really all he's got. [ male announcer ] switch to at&t u-verse and record four shows all at the same time. just $29 a month for 6 months. at&t.
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tonight we have the results of an exclusive new ktvu field poll on president obama's job performance and it shows that the president's -- popularity has taken a serious hit. 46% of voters say they approve of the president's job performance. 37 disapprove and 9% had no opinion. two big issues appear to be dragging down the president's ratings. one is the war in afghanistan.
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49% of californians said they approve of the way the president is handling the war. that compares to 53% who supported his afghanistan policy one year ago. but the most startling -- dramatic change concerns the nation's financial policies. 54% disapprove. one year ago 48% approved and 47% disapproved. despite those poor numbers, californians still have a high regard for the president. 55% gave president obama a favorable personable imagine. the piedmont hills high school squad is wearing sweats or jeans instead of the usual
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short skirts. the school's principal told ktvu news that the sports are too short and wearing them to class would break the school's dress code. >> it's so short that it takes away from the learning environment. i mean, they're young women. they are no longer first or you know second graders where you don't pay attention. >> now the cheer leaders are still allowed to wear the short skirts during games. the celebrations are getting under way in the bay area ahead of mexican independence day. the city of san jose held a flag rising. dozens of school children also attended the event and learned a little bit about mexico's freedom from colonial rule. >> these events are very important because that's our culture and everyone should never forget their culture. always remember what your culture comes from, honor your culture and continue it and pass it down. >> reporter: mexican independence day is actually this friday. the 16th of september. it was on that day back in 1810
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that mexico won its independence from spain. tuition highs at uc but this time it's a lot more than you might expect. are we safer today? the answer i believe is an unqualified yes. california senator dianne feinstein leading the charge to try to determine how safe we are from terrorists and the warning tonight from cia director david petraeus.
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ucc may be going off again. the latest in a string of increases that has students and
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their families crying foul. police are already bracing for protests linked to the proposed tuition hike. tuition for under grads could go from $12,000 a year to almost 22,000 in just four years. ktvu's sal castaneda live in san francisco with how uc is justified this increase. >> reporter: gasia, the regents have been meeting here all afternoon. they just broke a little while ago. and they have been proposing actually the uc star has been propose -- uc staff has been proposing significant increases they say to keep the university competitive. under graduates now pay about $12,200 a year in tuition. this week uc leaders will have the regents to consider raising tuition by as much as 16% every year for the next four years saying it's necessary to maintain the quality of the education. >> we have lost faculty to other constitutions and other
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states where they are investing in their universities. we have to find a way to maintain the fine faculty that we have. >> reporter: increases are largely dependent on how much funding is provided by the state. the constant rise in fee defeats the point in public education. some parents say it also adds to their hardship. >> it is a huge burden. we're not sure how we're going to finance this at this point. we're looking at things like our 401k. do we start contributing or do we pull money out. >> reporter: university officials say part of the money raised will be used to increase financial aid. but many say some still will not be able to afford to attend. >> we have families who don't qualify for financial aid and who are going to struggle to pay you know increasing fees that keep going up every semester. >> reporter: now whenever the
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regents meet, there's usually protest or controversy. you see the ucsf police have already set up barricades there. they are expecting people they told me that tomorrow and the next day they're expecting a busy scene here. in the past whenever the regents have considered any sort of tuition hike there have been loud and angry protests. live in san francisco, sal castaneda, ktvu channel 2 news. more details now on just how much under graduate fees and tuitions have gone up. it increased by $500 in 2007 when a new surcharge went into effect. by 2009 it was nearly $9,000. and in 2010 tuition fees and surcharges pushed the cost to $10,300. organizers of a now cancelled children's art exhibit say they are disturbed and disappointed by the decision. the showing was called a
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child's view from gaza. it was supposed to take place at the children's museum of art. but the museum cancelled it saying they heard from parents that the images were too violent. >> they in fact, had done a very similar project a while ago of art that iraqi children had drawn. and they were the same images. being bombed, being shot at. and there was no problem. you see they had no problem in showing that exhibit. >> reporter: the middle east children's alliance is certainly searching for a new venue to host the exhibition. 10 years after the september 11th attack, the homeland security department is
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looking for answers. >> reporter: dianne feinstein opened today's intelligence meeting on an optimistic note. she welcomed general petraeus which issued this statement. >> 10 years after the 9/11 attack, the u.s. continues to face threats. >> reporter: janet napolitano echoed feinstein's belief that america is safer. she says 10 years ago her agency didn't exist and that since then the u.s. has strengthened it's intelligence collecting. >> today we deploy agents to conduct targeted in-depth review of visa applicants. >> reporter: secretary napolitano said it was important to let law enforcement and the public the
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truth. >> the decision was made to share the threat because it was credible and specific. >> reporter: homeland security and other u.s. intelligence agencies say the threat has not been resolved and that they are keeping up the pressure. >> we have agents following up on aspects that lead and everyone in the states of the country. >> reporter: senator dianne feinstein said even though terrorism efforts have improved, we're no longer facing one enemy. berkeley may face san francisco in pushing in a crack down on phone books. they will urge alameda county to allow residents to opt out of getting a phone book delivered to their house. the measure is expected to go before the council next tuesday. san francisco recently approved an ordnance requiring phone book companies to deliver only to residents who ask for them. silican valley is looking for game changers that can jump
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start the region and the economy. the silican valley regents group discussed ways to create jobs and boost invasion. san jose major chuck reed told us companies will have more money to hire if the tax structure is changed. >> profits all over the world, that would be heavily taxed if their brought book into the u.s. and invested into the -- brought back into the u.s. and invested into the u.s. >> reporter: some attendees also attended a special session on the role the green economy will play. the napa valley registrar reports that a group of local investors is looking at plans to run light rain between the charles winery in san helena.
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they would provide a basic shuttle service between the communities. amtrak plans to reopen lines to nebraska. now the tracks have been repaired. east bound service resumes thursday with a train departure from emeryville. sacramento's mayor says he would welcome the oakland a's if the team is open to coming to the capital. his city's first priority is the basketball team. but he says sacramento is a baseball town and could support another proteam. >> i don't want any business to leave california. i think it's hard to do business in california, it's expensive. there's regulatory challenges. hard to build new stadiums or arenas or entertainment, sports
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complexes in california. so i think the mayors up and down the state have made a commit if there's anything we can do to prevent a team or business from leaving california we want to do our part. >> reporter: plans to build a new stadium for the a's in san jose are still in limbo right now. perseverance pays off, an incredible effort by by standard to rescue a man trapped under a car. watch what they do here, it's all caught on camera. >> the airline extra you're paying for that's bringing in even more money than before for some carriers.
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it's a rescue you have to see to believe. one man rushes over to try to lift a burning bmw. then another man tries but with no luck. then more people join in and try to lift the car as flames are shooting from the motorcycle. finally watch what happens here. more than a dozen people join in and they're able to lift up the car then check out the man in the lime green shirt. he pulls the pinned motorcyclists out from understood beneath the car. the motorcyclists was taken to a hospital. where tonight he is recovering from broken bones and burns to one of his feet. >> wow, there are changes ahead in how children undergo security checks at the nation's airport. the department of homeland security says the government will be ruling out a different pat down policy for travelers under 12 in the coming months. children will also no longer
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have to take off their shoes to be screened. what you see here are some you tube videos that have sparked outrage between travelers and privacy advocates. they say children should not be subject to such pat downs. >> reporter: data released show u.s. airlines collected slightly more money in the last three months of the year compared to the same period last year. baggage fees were almost down 2% which was more or less in line with arriving traveling air fare. this is what we've been seeing on the target home page all day. it was a partnership with the italian luxury knit ware. it includes home wares and
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clothing. becoming a dad lowers a man testosterone level. and it lowers yet more than when he becomes an attentive father. a federal judge in los angeles is taking a very close look today at high fructose corn syrup. sugar farmers sued arguing high fructose corn syrup does not come from nature. some studies suggested a link between the products and the nation's growing numbers of obesity. the national toy hall of fame has a tough decision to make in the coming weeks. it just announced the 12 finalists for induction in november and only two will make
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the cut. in the running, twister, jenga, rubix cube, transformer and the simon electronic flash game. also the pogo stick, hot wheels, doll houses, dungons and dragons. toys are chosen based on criteria such as icon status, longevity and invasion. dire predictions and a new call to action over the crumbling cliffs at ocean beach. new at 6:00, some of the top officials here in contra costa county are about to get a little wider on the wallet. why they said they had to do it. and we're learning more about a bay area airport project that may be in limbo. plus more ?
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european researchers say that the world's warming oceans can make people sick. the biggest risk is from eating contaminated seafood. bay area researchers say global warming will cause billions in damage to our beaches. john fowler joins us now with where it'll be worse and what will be done. >> reporter: the hardest hit will be san francisco's ocean beach. homes right across the road, the parking lot is already crumbling. >> you can see there's already erosion at ocean beach. sea level rise will make erosion much worse. >> reporter: king's report shows several coastal blocks in special peril as is the great highway itself.
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this map shows just part of the inundation area. >> harboring the coast is often what people do but it's often the most costly thing to do. >> reporter: pacifica is a disastrous example. today a plan is urged that in order to save the beach could sacrifice some homes and businesses. >> that's really scary. i don't know how we should definitely do something about that. >> reporter: and ocean beach master plan is in the works. the good news it may be years before our erosion is severe. but we must start mitigation
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soon. who's going to pay for it? no one yet knows. health and science editor john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. it turns out late evening is the time the largest number of americans are glueing to their televisions. 25% of us are watching tv around 9:00. knowing when the most people are watching tv helps stations and networks set their advertising rate. the highest paid male in the hollywood does not even make his home in the state. tyler perry makes his home in
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atlanta. contra costa county takes devisive action. what's being done to save jobs at fire stations is a story you will see only on two. a breech in the levy. why they're tearing down a levee and letting it flood thousands of miles of land. the coyotes had been moved into a vacant home. they have since given birth to a pair of pups. >> the goal was to just make sure that they weren't living here any longer not to destroy them. >> we're used to having coyotes back and forth. but because they gave birth they felt this is their home.
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>> the city will not trap the coyotes at this time. apparently they think the coyotes will move out on their ohm once crews show up to destroy the home. we have a little bit of everything in the state of california. we have flash flood warnings down in southern california. severe thunderstorms showing up. a flash flood watch. you will see it going in green. that's near the lake. what's happening is these thunderstorms are very, very active. you can see them right here because many of us have been up here in doner summit. it's dumping, i mean those are significant, significant rains and thunderstorms. of course the upshot to this is we're seeing rain. that's helping to squash the fire concerns. you have cloud to ground lightning up in those mountains and south as well down toward v era valley. be prepared if if you're heading that way for that type of thing. these are the highs from today, highs were a little cooler in some places. current temperatures outside right now are on the warm side. tomorrow is going to be
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slightly cooler. that's kind of where we are right now. a bit of a cooling trend. a slow cooling trend. we didn't have a big head heat up. we're seeing a cooldown. it's like this. as we look at the satellite loop, you request -- you can see the thunderstorms popping up. high pressure has set up up pretty nicely. we're going to see a.m. fog for sure. temperatures mostly in the 70s and 80s and even some low 60s along the coast with patchy coastal fog. these are cooler than they were. and will be cooler again as you head into your thursday. but a nice day. fire danger, boy for this time of year is not as bad as it could be. 81 in los gatos. and then some fog right along the coast. might be a little bit of clearing as well. might be some clearing in
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bodega bay. temperatures suddenly cooling and suddenly warming. that's a fairly subtle five day forecast with your weekend in view. and you can see temperatures there a little warmer for the bay area weekend. but the mountains we're watching them for you. what's going on with crops like apples and olives and what's to blame. ok, kids, our cable will let us record one more show.
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this year's cool and sometimes wet summer has spelled disaster for a small but growing sonoma county crop. olive growers expect only .1 of the crop they got last year. for many families in northern california september would not be complete without a trip to apple hill which is outside of placerville. there may be more pears than apples thanks to mother nature. pie shops and orchards are setting up. but this year the apples are barely ready. agriculture officials released the golden delicious crop one to two weeks late. the gold spring slowed down the
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ripening of the fruit. >> october is always the peak. you come out here in october that's when you have the greatest selection, most variety and also the most people. growers say not to worry. the sugar content in the apples will be perfect, just a bit late. if you head up to apple hill you will find many of the shops, barns and stands will be open seven days a week from now on until christmas eve. coming up here in just 90 seconds. breaking news in san jose, where the city council has just decided what to do with dozens of medical marijuana clubs there. the decision and why the debate won't end tonight. plus one bay area county's top earnings set a good example. the action city administrators are doing today to solve a financial crisis and why it's only the beginning.
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a search for a teenage escapee in east bay. what prompted this young man to run away from a juvenile detention camp. the city of san jose has made a decision that will impact medical marijuana clubs there. we are there live with the late breaking decision. good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank

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