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and kind. >> reporter: photos show a boy who loved to fish with his dad. he played football at alameda high school and headed for cleaning when he was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic. . >> they put them back out on the streets again unless they are a danger to themselves or disabled. >> reporter: she saw her son the day before the attack but there was no indication he was violent. although she said he had been getting worse since july, try to medicate himself with a healthy diand the exercise. >> people need to be mandated to take meds before they get to
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this point. >> the parents just left the police department without seeing their son and there was coverry over they handled the victim's call for help and all they were too busy with a occupy protest. we will have more at 6:00. police are releasing few details about a shooting in which a officer wounded a robbery suspect. it happened around 11:30 last night in oakland. police say the officer responded to report of a robbery and saw two men in a car. one of the men jumped out and ran off. the officer chased that man and the officer says the suspect had a gun. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> those are the details the investigation is working on right now. because it is an officer involved shooting we are limited with information we could provide. >> the wounds are not believed
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it be life threatening. the driver got away and officers are still looking for him tonight. the search for more remains in a abandon well has come to an end. authorities found a thousand pieces of bones and bone fragments. ktvu's ken pritchett tells us the question is, what is next. ken? >> reporter: frank, it has been three days since we have had an update from the sheriff's department. the work on the well stopped. it is unclear if a second well will be unearthed. what is clear, the lack of activity is unnerving. >> reporter: it is as if nothing happened on this ranch land. the abandon well that contains human remains has been filled in and now there is a wait. >> it is like a roller coaster
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ride. when i found out they were going to start digging i got my hopes up. >> reporter: her daughter disappeared in 1988. >> vanished. >> reporter: it was wayne simmonds who drew a map to the abandon well. prosecutors say wayne simmonds and luis herrera may have kill -- and loren herzog may have killed more than 20 people. >> what would you like to see happen now? >> i would like them to continue digging and getting all the bodies that are -- that are there, get them all out. >> reporter: it is unclear if the other wells will be unearthed. personalizems were found -- personal items were found. >> i would like to see the stuff. >> reporter: the sheriff's
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department haven't released specific details about the items taken. dna sesting on the bones could take -- dna testing on the bones could take months. ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. the westbound span of the bay bridge is open ahead of schedule. this is a live look right now. cars are streaming into san francisco. the bridge was supposed to reopen tomorrow morning but we have these pictures to share with you. you see chp crews leading the first drivers on after the closure. we have animation from caltrans to show you what happened. this is the detour and it is not that different than what we used to drive. this is the new road and this is the way we used to go past the tolls. at this point caltrans is telling drivers to take it easy as they take their first spin
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on the roads. we asked one of our crews to do that. the 20 toll lanes merge into 5 but they curve to the south here. i asked and he said he couldn't tell that much of a difference. caltrans is thanking dry weather to help the crews get the work done aurally. the bridge won't be closing again till the new span is set to open and that is etfor labor day of next your. we are learning more about a collision between a helicopter and a plane last night. it happened south of rio vista municipal airport and no one was seriously injured. the plan landed in a field short of the airport. the helicopter landed 50 feet from a highway. the pilot walked to the road to get help. she had cuts to her hands.
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the airplane pilot had minor injuries. the owner said the chopper pilot is a student. he says she is a experienced commercial airplane pilot. he says the plane hit the skids on the helicopter and that if it struck the helicopter a few feet higher it would have been a disaster. gas prices are making history. drivers are paying the highest february gas prices ever. ktvu's tom vacar is live with how that is effecting people's travel's plans. >> reporter: why is this all happening? because of big worries about the stability of middle east oil prices. that is why you are seeing prices soar. >> reporter: they serve locals,
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communitiers and cross-country travels. >> when i came back it was $3.98. i was like, wow! >> reporter: he is happy he has small honda. >> 65 miles, i wouldn't be able to do it. i mean it was -- wouldn't be practical. >> reporter: he drives less now. >> i tend to not take the lease fuel efficient car. >> reporter: the price is $4.04 a gallon. up 26 cents in a week. 33 cents in a month. with prices so high so early, some saying headed for the $5 mark by summer people are cutting back on vacation plans. >> we will spend more time at home. >> we are supposed to go to
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southern california, we usually drive, with the gas prices, it is getting ridiculous. >> won't take vacations. driving vacations. >> reporter: these higher prices could impact automobile sales as more people opt to buy more fuel efficient choices. i am consumer editor tom vacar ktvu channel 2 news. the high gas prices haven't gun unnoticed by the gop candidates. newt gingrich says if she elected gas prices would drop to $2 a gallon. rick santorum said it could soar to $5 a gal and he is blame the obama administration. he said it would come as americans are seeing relief from the economic slump. >> they will be hit with the same force of wind that hit us in 2008 that caused us to go
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into a recession. all because of the environmental policies of the president. >> coming up, how rick santorum lead is holding up. republican presidential hopeful mitt romney had harsh words today for rick santorum. he campaigned in cincinnati today. mitt romney critdized rick santorum for his voting record on the debt. >> i don't want to spend more money than we take in. i don't believe it is appropriate for us to keep raising the debt ceiling every year. he voted five times to raise it without getting cuts in spending. >> mitt romney said during rick santorum's time in the senate the size of the government grew 80%. newt gingrich went after the youth vote today. he spoke to the oklahoma young
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republicans. he said the current u.s. government is pursuing profoundly disinstructive economic policies -- disinstructive economic policies -- disinstructive economic policies. >> he is trailing behind rick santorum and mitt romney. jean quan was joined by dozens of people for a march through city streets today to stop the violence. the mayor was passing out information about a job fair to be held next wednesday. she is hoping to hire teens for the summer job's program but there will be other recruiters that event. jobs are important but so is support from the community. >> we need you all to work with us, to work with the community, it starts early.
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we need to put our arms around the kids. keep them in school. get them jobs. >> police chief was also part of the event. he said police are teaming up with federal agents to get guns off the streets and he is asking people to call a gun tip hot line if they know someone with a gun. today was occupy san quentin. hundreds of people protested in front of the gates. we will tell you why coming up. we got warmer weather to talk about. you will be surprised how warm it will be in your neighborhood tomorrow. anyone who grows things for a living will tell ya...
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. a man is accused of attacking people at california adventure this weekend.
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he continued to fight with park security guards even after being hit with pepper spray. several visitors held him down on the ground till police arrived. it is not clear what prompted the attack. the only time there is a demonstration outside san quentin is when someone is being executed. not today. ktvu's rob roth tells us what they were demanding this afternoon outside the prison gates. rob? >> reporter: in the past two hours the road to san quentin has been reopened and the prison is returning to normal routine after hundreds of people rallied to support prisoner's rights. >> reporter: hundreds merge with members of occupy oakland to occupy san quentin. they demanded an end to the death penality and say there are few opportunities for those
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who get out. >> have you ever been convict offend felony? -- victed of a felony -- convicted of a felony. >> reporter: three american hikers held in an iranian prison. >> i know what that is like to have no control. it is a terrible place to be. >> reporter: law enforcement were in position incase protesters tried to storm the gates. for prisoners all activities were canceled. the post office was covered with protective plywood in case of troubles and the roads were closed. people who live here couldn't drive out or back in. >> interrupted by holiday, my one day off from work. but i kind -- it is making me pay attention to what is going
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on. >> reporter: protesters called conditions inhumane but a spokeswoman said they are not inhumane and the prison systems is one of the most scrutinized prisons in the country. rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. jails have taken in more inmates than anticipated. officials say the martinez jail is close to full capacity. the program is designed to eliminate overcrowding that state level. officials say they will need almost double their funding over the next fiscal year to keep up. a my died this morning in san jose as he was thrown from an suv. the suv came off highway 101 to the expressway before 5:00 a.m. it carried a family coming home from a trip from mexico and no
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one was wearing a seatbelt. >> it was driving too fast. went off the road and rolled over several times and a person was ejected. >> it septtwo others to the hospital. one with major injuries and one with non-life threatening injuries. one skier is recovering, three are dead after they were buried under a avalanche in washington. >> they had the right gear, they are very experienced. >> it happened yesterday near a ski resort. a dozen people were skiing in an area that was out of bounds but not closed. three skiers died but a fourth survived by using a air bag. the area was under an avalanche warning. >> they took that risk and were aware of it. i know personally with a high
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avalanche danger i wouldn't do it but that is part of the thrill on this type of skiing. >> this was a dangerous weekend on ski slopes in washington state. a snowboarder also died in an avalanche. president's day weekend, and many residents are heading home right now after three days. what brought skiers and boarders up there. >> reporter: i got to tell you, everywhere we looked we saw people, which is a great thing and yesterday was busier. as you can see, yeah, this is a drive home day for a lot of people. the big question now, how do you get all of these people to keep them from hanging up their skis skis and saying that is good enough? >> reporter: it is like old times at sierra ski resort. why haven't they been out here
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before? >> lack of snow. >> reporter: operators are thrilled of snow and snow people. >> they are surprised. they didn't think there was that much snow here. >> reporter: people almost foredate how much fun it is. she has never been skiing before in her life. >> reporter: have you been falling? >> lot. >> reporter: operators believe now that they got a taste of the snow people will be coming back. some sites have special ski packms -- packages. >> depends on the snow. if there is a lot of snow i will come back. >> i will definitely come back. hopefully there will be more. >> reporter: the ski resort
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operators won't know for a while what they will do with the safing levels. as you know, lot of schools have the entire week off. reporting live, donna back to you. >> a no school week for a lot of children. let's go to our chief meteorologist bill martin. nice week? >> yeah. marin county, it is ski week. interesting. lot of folks heading to the mountains. weather looks good. here, spring time. temperatures were cool. tomorrow, they will warm up. tomorrow easily into the 60s. low 70s. rain? we got scattered showers last night. look at that. nothing. this is the story of the year. the weather systems come through and it looks -- we knew it would be weak. in the big scheme of things, in
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february, leaving 200th of an inch of rain. last year every storm was dropping a quarter inch. this year they barely register and that is why we are so far behind. we are not catching up either. not anytime soon. outside right now, 59 santa rosa. ground will be wet tonight. air is cool. fog back in when you wake up tomorrow morning. tomorrow afternoon, fog burns off and temperatures warm up. what happens tomorrow? 10 degrees warmer in your neighborhood. tomorrow afternoon. the kids go off to school, cool, foggy, jacket, they come home from school, forget their jacket because it will be 68. very warm day. this week we will see temperatures into the mid-70s. possibly. you see all the activity to the
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north of us. somebody is getting all the rain and snow. we did the story about the avalanche concern, the snowboarder in the rockies, the heavy snow is going to north of here. heavy rain is going north of here. look that jet stream. if you transported this area south, that is what we were doing last year. this year it is going up into the olympic peninsula and they are getting lot of snow. that is why they are having avalanches. we are starting to warm up with the high pressure. it is not raining. i will show you temperatures that are well above the average, valley fog in your neighborhood and the five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view. i will see you back here. >> thank you. inspired by demi moore's 911 call. also, she was one of the few remaining survivors of the san francisco earthquake. tonight how she is being
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remembered. and jeremy lin's high school is in the spotlight. how spike lee got his hands on a journey from palo alto high school. bay area !
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been receiving treatment. the bill would prohibit law enforcement agency from releasing information contained in 911 calls. that bill is one of hundreds proposed. they have to be introduced by friday to be considered. some other bills require as law require -- are laws requiring pet grumers to get licenses and antibullying programs are among the bills under consideration. last year 744 bills became lof. of the 2300 that was introduced. the oldest living survivor of san francisco's 1906 earthquake has died. friends remembered rose cliver
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with a lively reunion. several generations of rose cliver's family raised their glasses in a toast. she was three years hold it day the earth shook. she lived to be 109 before passing away over the weekend at a care home in santa rosa. over the years she attended many of the survival reunions, marking the day of the big quake. she was an amazing woman, still vibrant, active and pursuing life. rose cliver's son said she basked in the glory of all the attention she received. she was the oldest of 5 known living survivors. jeremy lin's popularity put a high school in the spotlight. one of jeremy lin's biggest fans is spike lee and he was
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seen as a knick's game wearing jeremy lin's jury from palo alto high school. he heard his coach saying he hopes spike lee would wear the jersey. a rock came close to the baby's crib and tonight police are searching for who did it and the evidence they hope will help. why did he have to suffer so bad and why were people so mean to him. the silent suffering of teenage bullying and what teens are doing in san francisco to take a stand. cçrrú
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complete bay area news coverage continues, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. a very close call. the mother of a child shows thus damage to her daughter's room after a rock crashed through the window. it happened over the weekend and her home wasn't the only one hit. ktvu's maureen naylor tells us why who police think they have a device to launch the rocks. >> reporter: this is very danger. they are launching large decorative yard rocks. >> i saw this through her window. i was like, oh, my god. >> reporter: when this mother returned home saturday she was shocked by what she found in her daughter's nursery. >> scary. glass all over.
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she wasn't home, thank god. >> reporter: it flew the room, punching a hole into a wall. had her daughter been there, this room could have turned into a nightmare. >> usually she gets up, if she was shanding, it would have hit her. >> reporter: this was one of eight homes and a school targeted in the valley east area, between 1:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. saturday morning. police believe a group of vandals are behind this. >> they are launching the rocks. the speed and the velocity they are going through, so many barriers, double pain windows. one possibility of this type of three person slingshot used to launch water balloons and they have a video. a neighbor who heard a noise captured this before 2:00 a.m. saturday. it shows a white call leaving
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the area. >> reporter: whoever is responsible for this faces felony vandalism charges and police say there may be more vand element to be found -- vandalism to be found. maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. a group of young people gathered today to speak out against a national epidemic. teen bullying causes many teens to live under torminute and it claimed the lives of some of their -- torment and it claims the lives of some of their friends. >> reporter: just months after making this video, he took his own life. today in san francisco his mother spoke about her loss. >> he was reachingitute the world to let them know life may be tough at times, especially if you are questioning your
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sexuality but it gets better. if only he listened to his own advice. >> why can't he be there with us on christmas day, happy new year's, next month -- new year's day. next month. why did he have to suffer so bad? >> reporter: he was tormented online and his death prompted gag pga to launch campaign -- lady gaga to launch a campaign. they are planning a march against teen bullying this october in san francisco. many shared their own painful experiences. >> since the fourth grade. i thought about suicide so many times and i tried it. i took pills and slashed my
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wrist. [ music playing ] >> reporter: he also made a video about his experience. 9million people watched it online. today both he and his mother talked about the importance of getting bullied teens the help they need before it is too late. >> he was called bad names and told he should die on a daily basis. we live under the same roof and i see him every day. how did i not know? [ music playing ] >> they want lady gaga to attend their march in san francisco this october. their publicizing it online. rick santorum barn stormed through michigan today. he criticized president obama
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for his economic policies and his compromise on contraceptives. rick santorum took aim at joe biden. >> you only have one place to ogo, look what joe biden believes and do the opposite. you will be right every time. >> several polls show rick santorum leading mitt romney by 5 points. rick santorum also campaigned in georgia today. rick santorum leading the republican pact by 6 points. coming up, the political fall out from rick santorum remarks. republican presidential hopeful mittmitt romney. they doubled their monthly fundraising in january. $6.6million for mitt romney. it ended with 16 million dollars on hand. one big donor was meg whitman.
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she gave $100,000. they must file their reports with the commission by midnight tonight. ron paul is running far behind the other three but he still raised $4.5 million last month. peter thiel of san francisco donated 1.7 million to the ron paul campaign. here is a look at the reports for the other candidates. rick santorum raised $4.5 million. they raised $11 million for newt gingrich and president obama's campaign raised $12 million for his reelection. making a deal. the player the a's picked up. also the promise the city of san francisco is making when it comes to adding thousands of
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espn is reporting tonight the a's signed manny ramirez to a one year contract. espn says the a's will pay
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manny ramirez $500,000. his contract will only cover 2/3 of the season because he first has to serve a 50 game suspension for violating the drug policy. that means the first time manny ramirez can enter the lineup will be june 2 against the royals. a plan to bring new parking meters to san francisco is being reconsidered. they had planned to add 5,000 new meters in the south of market and mission neighborhoods. but residents said they would have to pay to park near their homes. they now say they will gather more public input. it is sniffable caffeine
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powder. they began selling last month. a senator announced the fda probe today. he says it will just enable wired teens to abuse alcohol. >> this is a new four loko. you buy this. snort it and you can drink more and more and more. >> the company that makes it says the product has only as much caffeine as a cup of coffee and it is safe. the chefy's restaurant just shut down in pleasant hills. they closed at 7:00 last night. the owner filed for bankruptcy last october and closed dozens of its restaurants. it is beginning just a day after whitney whitney houston's burial. the items that are now up for auction. back here in 10 minutes, it will warm up for your tuesday. upper 60s and 70s through the weekend.
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i will see you back here with the warm weather forecast.
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at the moment, heeding the state's slow recovery. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar shows us a location in california that could create a major boom in employment and it is located in the desert. >> reporter: on the plane of the mohave desert antelope valley, you will find mohave
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airplane. small space tourism is being created right here. . >> things that will have a tangible effect on changing life on earth. >> reporter: he co-piloted the voyager nonstop around the world. today they are a license space port. >> they have caught the attention of billionaires. entrepreneurs. who see commercial space as the next frontier for travel. >> reporter: paul alison building strato launch. >> in 2002 he had six people working for him. today he has 400 with 200 open jobs. >> reporter: they ask the same
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questions asked about the brothers who created powered flight. >> they are bicycle mechanics. if they can do it, i can do it too. >> reporter: already 16 space companies operate here. >> we have a community which is willing for us to test and see innovation developed. >> reporter: all of this competition in this tiny community is rapidly advancing commercial space technology. >> we will figure out what the best designs are and that will help the entire industry. >> if we do our jobs right, the world will have many vehiclesf many type to fly. >> he wants fleets to be built right here where space to expand is no problem.
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>> the states of florida moved a recruiter out here to recruit my business. that is a validation we are doing something right. >> reporter: it could recrete california's aerospace industry. i am consumer editor tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. nasa celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first man to earth orbit. john glenn blasted off into space and circled the earth three times in five hours. it launched america into a new space era. today people in the bay area said they have not forgotten that thrilling day. >> we had a black and white tv. my father was a pilot. i remember the risk that was involved. >> i remember that it was to get the united states to start
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thinking more about kids going into college and learning math and science. >> the sooner we get -- >> today john glenn is an advocate for nas expo more funding for the space program. some of the clothes whitney houston wore in the body guard are going up for auction. [ singing ] >> earrings and a vest and a dress she wore in the film are being sold. the items are expected to go for more than what they are worth. it is planned for march 31 in beverly hills. whitney houston's daughter is said to be with her family tonight following reports she disappeared following her mother's funeral on saturday. the they reported the -- they
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reported the teen went missing, but her god mother denies the story saying she has been with family since the funeral. yosemite, here is an image that might give you a double take. a photo of a water fall, in sun sets the watt urcascading over dark colored rocks resembled molten lava. the phenomenon will hopefully be around till the end of the week. in the bay area we are preparing for changes in the weather that our chief meteorologist bill martin says we will feel it tomorrow. >> the weather really going to warm up. that means we are back into allergy season. you bet. pollens tomorrow and throughout the weekend. especially sensitive groups. you know who you are. i get bothered with grasses.
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centive groups get hit earlier -- centive groups get hit earlier. -- sensitive groups get hit earlier. few clouds and wind. the winds are barely there. zero miles per hour. the winds are light outside. weather system staying to the north. weak system went through today. all the main activity is to the north. jet stream stays north. 8 degrees armor -- warmer in concord tomorrow. feels likefeels april, not february. we have had a few strong ones. mostly week. through the week, mid-70s wednesday. that is on the high end, right? lots of us will see 70s. the other thing, overnight lows are cool but the days are
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getting longer. notice that? when the weather is nice like that, you notice it, days are increasing. easier to get to 70 degrees. valley fog in the nights nights and mornings around the bay area. it will be there. it will be around. in the valley and here. highs tomorrow 60s. low 70s. 68 in brentwood. 69 in san jose. five-day forecast, weekend in view, just more of the same, weak storms. amazing to me last year could be like last year and this year could be like last year. last year, this year. super far apart. >> mid-70s in meb. [ talking at the same time ]
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a team of students is in washington today competing for a national award. they designed a city of the future that is powered by the energy of the future. >> in the future the fossil
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fuels won't be around. >> students are among the finalists in a national engineering competition. the mission was to design a city of the future. they created a town that harnishes energy to meet its power needs. they found their inspiration in their own backyard. >> in modesto they are doing a solar power project. we took that idea and incorporated that into our city as well. >> the students have been working on their city for six months. they find out tomorrow if they win. the students face tough competition. 35 other teams from across the country are competing. the death of a marine goes on trial for a third time. coming up, the hazing case and the outrage his parents shared with us about the handling of
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the case. rick santorum creates a firestorm, the link he is making between routine testing and abortion and by doctors say -- and why doctors say he has it all wrong.
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. aman is beaten to death in his front yard. what we found out about the intruder. and his parents say this hazing led to his suicide. some say this will set a standard for future cases. complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. good evening. i am frank somerville. >> i am julie haener. a man who lived in the berkeley hills was beaten for death after he went outside to see what was making noise. ktvu's rita williams is live outside the police department where she got an update. >> reporter: we have been waiting here all day for an interview with berkeley police about their response to that call for help saturday night. a few minutes ago they didn't come outside to talk but they e- mailed us

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