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san francisco investigators return to a gruesome homicide today, why they think the victims may have been targeted. >> and in just a few hours, the largest search yesterday gets underway for a missing teen. where authorities will focus their efforts this morning. >> and two people are in the hospital right now after a big fight at a party at a napa valley golf club. >> rain is creeping into the bay area, and we'll talk about what you can expect for your saturday coming up!
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good morning. welcome to mornings on 2. it's saturday, march 24th. >> wet and windy, when i left the house this morning north of the golden gate. rosemary has been tracking the storm. and what are you seeing? >> it's breezy, it's cloudy and yes, the rain has arrived over the north bay. you can see it, fairly widespread and we're watching it on the peninsula as well. areas near santa rosa, calistoga, down into sonoma, and light rain falling, napa reporting vallejo, mostly cloudy at this time but rain beginning to approach your area. how about san francisco, pacifica, along the coastline here, redwood city dry but light rain over areas like oakland and hayward. the east bay for the most part especially inland, cloudy, but no rain falling yet it. will eventuallile we'll talk about when and what you can expect, coming up. san francisco police this morning are guarding the home where the bodies of five people were found. authorities no longer believe
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it's the murder/suicide. and allie rasmus is live outside the house as investigators try to piece together what happened. >> reporter: the initial reports were that this was a possible murder/suicide. but late last night, two police sources told ktvu that may not be the case, that the injuries the victims suffered aren't consistent with a murder/suicide. this is the house where it all happened. 15th in san francisco. you can see they have some flowers that have been laid out here, for the five people who were discovered deceased here in this house early yesterday morning. police are guarding the front of the home and there are some lights on inside and it looks like there's some boxes stacked in the front entryway. don't know if those are evidence boxes, but there are people inside the home at this time. the victims are all from the same family, a couple in their 60s and their 37-year-old daughter and 32-year-old son. the fifth victim is either the wife or the girlfriend of the son. another family member discovered the bodies just
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before 8 friday morning. police also said there was bleach and paint inside the home, as if someone had tried to tamper with the scene. some neighbors did report hearing a disturbance coming from the house, early friday morning. >> i did hear around midnight some very loud male person arguing or yelling. it was a little discomforting. my dog was -- became agitated. i turned out the tv, looked out the window, didn't see anything at all. >> the identities of the victims have not been released yet. but police told ktvu late last night that it is possible this was not a murder/suicide as first reported and that the family was targeted, maybe because of some money issues. but again, this information is fairly new coming out in the last 12 hours. we have asked to speak to a public information officer with police to get clarification, and told there's no one
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available just yet. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. in three hours a large search will get underway for a missing teenager, sierra lamar. 60 search and rescue members and search dogs will can straws a 12-mile radius around her home. it's been more than a week since lamar disappeared while walking to catch the school bus. on thursday police said they discovered the bag lamar was believed to be carrying inside they found her schoolbooks, a pair of pants and a t-shirt. >> it's been suspicious all along because we've had no reason to believe she was a runaway. so it raises our level of concern. we found the clothing on sunday, and it sent to our crime lab. >> last night more than 400 people attended another vigil for lamar. friends and family say they're not giving up hope until she is safely home. and in just about one hour, another search will be held for former marine joseph mchenry. police say the san bruno man
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has been missing since march 5th when he told people he was going rock climbing. his backpack and car were found. senator leeland yee and marines who served with him are expected to join today's search. anyone who wants to help can meet at maury point. authorities are not commenting on whether a standoff is linked to a deadly stabbing. >> this is the alameda county sheriff's office. come out with with your hands high in the air! >> after waiting several hours, officers stormed the house on the 1600 block of 162nd avenue last night. a long-distance camera spotted the suspect in bed and officers sent a police dog in to try to drive him out. the canine bit the suspect, who suffered defensive wounds. he was arrested and taken to the hospital for treatment. earlier in the afternoon officers found a woman slumped over in a car on the 300 block of best avenue. she had been stabbed several
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times and was pronounced dead at the scene. police have not released her name but they did tell us they have good leads in the case and are confident they can identify the killer. this morning two people are in the hospital with stab wounds after a fight involving more than a hundred people in a golf club. police say from three to 500 people were at the party last night at the chardonnay golf club. around 10:30 fights started breaking out and quickly escalated. it took more than 50 police officers from five agencies to get the crowd under control. >> information right now is just the wrong mix of groups were there, and they just several people wanted to fight that was -- small little groups breaking off in three or four people fighting each other. >> police say most of the people were in their late teens to early 20s and alcohol was found at the scene. no other injuries were reported. police say they are still investigating the fight and so far, no one has been arrested. the wife of suspended sheriff red cross mirkarimi has
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been granted permission to take the couple's child to venezuela to visit her sick father. a family court judge ruled that low he's must return no later than april 28th. mirkarimi can have daily contact with their son by telephone or skype. prosecutors in mirkarimi's domestic violence case can't claim he and his wife argued over taking their son to venezuela. it is primary day in louisiana, and rick santorum is hoping for a win in the state by focusing on energy. [audio not understandable] >> santorum made the comments yesterday at a gun range, show him leading in louisiana but he needs a win in the south to show he can connect with
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conservative voters. >> i appreciate the support i got from puerto rico to illinois today and hope i get the same from louisiana. >> mitt romney has nearly half of the delegates needed to win the nomination. 20 delegates are at stake today, and another 26 will be awarded later on. time is 7:07. and if it's not raining where you are now, it's coming! and so rosemary is following the storm for us to tell us when it will hit the neighborhoods. >> good morning to you. light steady rain for today. so if you do have outdoor activities, chances are they may be cancelled. you'll need that umbrella for today. and definitely a good day to pick a good book or a movie to see. we've got rain falling in some areas, already this morning. let's look at what is going on out there. as storm-tracker 2 shows you, along the north bay and the peninsula, already seeing some rain this morning. it started just a couple hours ago, moving in. it's going to be a slow mover so it may take until late morning, early afternoon before some of our southeast areas begin to see it falling.
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but this is where we're watching it, pretty widespread over the north bay on the peninsula. we've got it near pacifica and over pacifica, half moon bay, the city getting wet. it's sliding into the bay. oakland, hayward reporting light rain, the further east you go. the possibility there that you are still mainly dry. cloudy but we're a little gusty, especially in the hills this morning. so take it easy if you have an early morning drive. the temperatures not bad at all. we are a little cool in areas like santa rosa and napa. 53 degrees in areas right around oakland. 44 in concord. so we kind of bounce around temperatures mid-40s to low 50s out there. a cool but our afternoon highs not going to warm very much. so it will be a cool afternoon as well. here's your forecast. we're picking it up about 7:00, notice that line of rain. it begins to move east and once it does, we're all getting wet from most of the day. it is saturday morning now in scattered showers are still in the forecast. or sunday. and then sunday afternoon the scattered showers are going to continue. so rain today, scattered
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showers for tomorrow. we'll be dry on monday, but by tuesday morning it looks like another system beginning to roll in. so for the weekend, a little wet, a little breezy, and once that rain begins, it's not going to really let up. so plan for that. you'll need the rain jacket. highs today, 50 for santa rosa. 51 in oakland. 51 redwood city. 52 expected san jose. and the extended forecast there, soggy weekend. we could be cooler tomorrow but afternoon highs for today definitely below average. partly cloudy on monday, more rain and showers on the way for tuesday. we'll look at how much rain we do expect from this system, coming up. new this morning, a close call for six astronauts on the international space station. debris from an old russian rocket nearly hit the station. the astronauts woke up early and went to their escape capsules. they were prepared to rocket back to earth if there had been a collision. the space junk was spotted too late to move the station out of the way and this was the third
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time in 12 years that astronauts have had to seek emergency shelter from space debris. say glimmer of hope for the bay area's economy. the number of new jobs happened and the counties leading the way. and one person is dead, one in the hospital as gunfire erupts on the streets of oakland overnight. what we've learned about the weapon used and the connection between the victims. and the death of an african- american teenager is sparking protests across the country. what the presidential candidates are now saying about the shooting. >> but first, let's go outside, live look at the richmond-san rafael bridge. you can see it's windy out there. it is a wind advisory as well at 580 on -- marin county line so a windy, gusty day and it will be a whole one. you're watching mornings on 2.
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good morning to you! wet weather in the forecast for your weekend, giving you a look at a soggy san francisco! in overnight news, one man was killed and a woman is in the hospital after being shot multiple times in oakland. the two people were found just before 2 a.m. on 60th street in north oakland. police say the woman was taken to the hospital and is recovering from surgery. the man was pronounced dead at the scene. they say the two appeared to know each other but do not know the extent of their relationship. police suspect an automatic weapon was used in the shooting and right now they do not have any suspects or a motive. solano county authorities have questioned but not arrested a person who shot and killed a man delivering newspapers. the victim, 40-year-old gadiel nunez was helping his girlfriend deliver papers wednesday night. alleged gunman told detectives he thought the car and the
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people inside were a threat because there was a drive-by shooting minutes later. >> i heard pow, pow, pow! by that time i looked out the window and -- i didn't see anybody. >> he was shot in the head and removed from life support on thursday. surveillance cameras from neighbors may help with the case but police say they do need witnesses to come forward. people across the country are marching in support of trayvon martin. last night there were rallies from ohio to pennsylvania, some 8,000 people in philadelphia joined the million hoodie march. martin was an unarmed african- american teenager shot to death last month in florida. the gunman, george zimmerman, a neighborhood watch captain, claimed it was several defense. martin wore a hooded sweatshirt and only carried a cell phone, a can of ice tea and a bag of skittles.
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celebrities are also honoring martin, new york knicks basketball star amari stoudamire wore a hoodie during warm-ups before last night's game. the shooting has become a topic in the presidential race. >> the shooting of trayvon is a terrible tragedy, and unnecessary, uncalled for, and inexplicable. >> as a party, the republican party has to be concerned about the quality of life and the sanctity of life of every american of every background. >> g.o.p. candidate newt gingrich says the shooting must be thoroughly investigated. however, he is accusing president obama of bringing race into the issue and diagnosed with the country. >> if i had a son headed he'd look like trayvon. all of us as americans are going to take this with the seriousness it deserves and we're going to get to the bottom of what happened. >> that was the president at a rose garden event when he talked in personal terms about the shooting yesterday was the first time the president spoke publicly about tray tron
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martin's death. the president said the country needs dough some soul- searching. his parents say the president's comments touched them deeply. president obama is on his way to south korea. the president climbed the stairs to air force one at joint base andrews around midnight. he set to land in seoul later today for an international summit with other world leaders. their focus will be keeping nuclear materials away from terrorists before leaving for south colorado the president taped his weekly video address, asking congress to pass a transportation funding bill. >> see in a matter of days, funding will stop for all sorts of transportation projects construction sites will go idle, workers will have to go home. and our economy will take a hit. this congress cannot let that happen. >> $109 billion for transportation projects is set to expire on march 31st. the senate already passed a funding bill but the republican
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led house has yet to do so. more electric car charging stations are coming to california. governor jerry brown announced $120 million settlement with the nrg energy company over accusations of inflated costs on long-term power contracts. the governor says the money will be used to fund at least 200 fast-charging stations and another 10,000 plug-in units around the state. time is 7:17. state labor officials say california's unemployment rate held steady last month, above the national average of 8.3. now here are some more numbers for you. one in two million people are locking for work in california. and the bay area added 15,000 jobs just last month. so where are the jobs coming from? let's look at san francisco, san mateo, and the marin area. that area is leading the way with 71 new jobs. santa clara county added 4100. while the east bay picked up
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3200 jobs. the bay area has now added jobs for seven consecutive months. a san francisco board of supervisors is set to vote on a new plan next week that scales back the deal, bringing the america's cup race to the bay area. and now the cuts are being blamed for layoffs. the organization laid off 25% of its staff yesterday. 14 of the 28 people let distinguish worked at an offers in san francisco. the rest worked at offices around the world. the america's cup event authority was going to invest more than 100 million dollars to improve the infrastructure for the race, but officials have now backed off from that deal. a federal judge ordered the food and drug administration to start cracking down on antibiotics in some common animal feeds. the concern is overuse of antibiotics can endanger humans by creating drug resistant superbugs. farming groups have long argued the drugs are needed to keep animals healthy though many
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food producers dispute those claims. the fda will start issuing notices that the drugs will be withdrawn unless the companies can prove that they're safe. state health officials are recalling raw milk and cream from a northern california dairy. the products are from claire develop farm in benito county after bacteria was found in the cream. no illnesses have been reported, and health officials say the dairy voluntarily stopped distributing products on monday. officials say products with the code dates march 27th were earlier should be thrown outs. the county's public health department says 10 out of every 100,000 people had tb in 2011, nearly 40% higher than the state average. tuberculosis is a bacterial disease that attacks the lungs and can be fatal if not treated.
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a new report about the bay bridge is out. the new bay bridge that, is. what it says about safety and a year after japan's tsunami a missing fishing boat turns up. >> outside our doors this morning, cool, breezy and for some already wet. we'll will be at what you can expect coming up. [ male announcer ] take the gamble out of stain removal.
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testing done on that span was done properly and no data was falsified. the review looked at construction methods and testing, particularly on the main tower of the new bridge that will hold the suspension cables. a ship swept away more than a year ago by the japanese tsunami has been spotted floating near british columbia. the canadian military air patrol responded to fishing troller, and it sits in a giant debris field. authorities determined there's no one at the helm of the ship and they're monitoring the vessel for possible leaks and marine pollution. your time is 7:24. this morning it's wet out there, and the rain is all headed our way. rosemary watching it all for us. >> good morning to you. the sun is up but no sunshine. we're got gloomy conditions this morning. some of us already dealing with the rain, giving you a live look from the roof cam where you can see gray, gray skies, and drizzle, light rain falling this morning over the north
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bay. started in the overnight hours, about 4 or 5:00. now on the peninsula as well. cup see the east bay inland still dry, south bay as well. areas dry around hayward, light rain but not necessarily picking it up on radar and it's a little breezy this morning. a little gusty, conditions reported near concord. napa reporting from 20 to 25 miles per hour, and passing over the bridges this morning could be tough, take it easy out there. we've got rain forecast for you. we're expecting from half inch to an inch of rain. this system will hang off the coastline, so our southwest facing mountains like santa cruz will pick up the most rainfall in the next 24 hours or some it looks like from again half up in to an inch. afternoon highs today, 40s to low 50s outside our door. we're expecting for the afternoon, we're not going to see a big warm-up.
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it's going to be cool. these are afternoon highs. 52 mountain view and san jose. 53 could be the warmer area and that's going to be morgan hill. the extended forecast shows you steady rain today, scattered showers tomorrow. which get eye break on monday. more rain on the way for tuesday. partly cloudy on wednesday. we're still well below average in the rainfall category so we'll take it. back to you. a driver in washington state quickly went from the roadway to the swimming pool. police say 23-year-old eric brown drove his car into a pole. officers located brown walk near the scene of the crash and was transported to the hospital. police say they smelled alcohol on brown and he was cited for a dui. it was also charged with a hit- and-run and failure to transfer the title of a car. the crane had to be brought in to pull that car out of the pool. city college students in san francisco are going to be starting summer school later this year. we'll tell you why. and an armed man shows up at
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the sacramento airport, how he was caught and what authorities found when they searched his car. and up for sale, a giant roller coaster from the santa cruz boardwalk. the price is going for and what is going to be in in its place.
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right now police are
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guarding a home in san francisco san francisco as investigators try to figure out who is behind the gruesome deaths of five people. good morning. welcome back to mornings on 2. the crime scene tape is still up at the san francisco house where five people were found dead. police initially ruled it a murder/suicide. allie rasmus is outside the home this morning to tell us why that may not be the case anymore. >> reporter: two police sources told ktvu last night that the injuries the victims suffered seemed to indicate this may not have been a murder/suicide. police said two of the victims found in this home were shot, we're not sure about the other three. the address here is 16 house street in san francisco. the bodies of three women and two men were discovered here yesterday morning. there are -- left out here by friends, neighbors and family members to remember the five victims found here yesterday. the victims are all from the same family, a couple in their
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60s and two adult children, a 32-year-old son and 37-year-old daughter lived here. the fifth victim was either the girlfriend or the wife of the son. police have not released their identities but according to property records the home is owned by 65-year-old -- and another family member discovered their bodies before 8:00 yesterday morning. police also said that inside the house there is bleach and paint, as if someone had tried to tamper with the scene. some neighbors reported hearing a disturbance or an argument early friday morning. but again police at this point don't think the public is in danger. >> we have some information that we're following up, but i want to assure the public that we don't believe we have anybody at large that's going to be look to be do random acts. >> police did tell ktvu last night that the family may have been targeted over a dispute regarding money but again this is new information, we're still trying to clarify. and we're told that san
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francisco police public information officers are planning to come out to the scene later this morning so we hope to get some clarification on that new information later this morning. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. this morning, one man is recovering after being shot while in a car in east palo alto. it happened around 9:15 at new bridge and man 'ol toe avenues. after the shooting the driver headed to stanford hospital in palo alto but on the way spotted a police officer and stopped for help. police set up a crime scene and sent the victim to the hospital but east palo alto police will now be heading up the investigation because the actual shooting happened in that city. ers. >> we wanted to assure the public downtown is safe. this did not occur here, it occurred in east palo alto and we're assisting in the best manner we can for the victim. >> so far police do not have a reason for the shooting. they're asking anyone with information to call east palo alto police. police in oakland are also investigating an overnight shooting. it happened around 10 in the parking lot of the eastmont
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mall. police say when they responded they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. he did die on the way to the hospital. so far no more information has been released. a montana man is held without bail after he allegedly tried to bring several loaded guns through a security checkpoint at the sacramento airport. 45-year-old harold waller was arrested thursday after security agents found a gun inside one of his bags. when they conducted a more thorough check, they found three more loaded guns in his possession. deputies searched the suspect's car later and discovered eight additional firearms. air travelers say they were taken back about the news. >> it was a -- he was apparently planning on doing some damage. >> he was booked on several weapons charges and is in the sacramento county jail. he is due in court on monday. there's now a sketch of the man delay city police believe is spying on ungirls in a school bathroom.
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this is the man a group of students say was inside the girls' bathroom last friday at george washington elementary school. police say the man was using a handheld camera to spy on the girls. he made sure they were forced to use one stall he could easily access. >> deactivated several bathroom stalls by means of stuffing toilet paper or devices to force the girls to use one stall. >> when the girls saw the man they reported him to a teacher who did go in and investigate. police say a man ran from the bathroom and down the block and officials lost sight of him. he is described as a hispanic man, 25 to 30 years old, and 5- foot 10. 150 pounds with a noticeable bald spot on the top of his head. thousands of bay area college students will learn a tough economics lesson this summer. the city college of san francisco is looking to save half a million dollars. the start of summer school will be delayed two weeks. the school will also accept less than half the usual
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enrollment. thousands of state university students will also suffer, they often take summer courses at community colleges to save main and money and graduate on time. an in the investigator says berkeley police should have considered using pepper spray during a campus demonstration last november. instead uc police used baton to break up the occupy cal protests. the new report says that while police acted properly, applications of pepper spray would have cleared the area. however, that was not an option because cal's chancellor has banned pepper spray. the report made other recommendations. the school says it's reviewing that report. mayor jean quan is fighting to keep her job. she raised $15,000 last night at an event in chinatown. 400 people paid $50 a person or $500 a table to attend. she believes she can beat a recall vote but is hoping opponents won't collect enough
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signatures to put the issue on the ballot. >> a recall would be costly, divisive and take a lot of time away from moving the city forward. >> she doesn't understand the duties and responsibilities of the mayor. she doesn't really listen to people. she's very divisive. >> recall supporters are setting up throughout the city to collect signatures they need 19,000 verified names and they are also raising money. one recall effort has so far raised $10,000. a piece of the santa cruz boardwalk is going up for sale. this is the hurricane roller coaster, and for just $500,000 you can be its new owner. the ride which was installed in 1992 is being replaced by something boardwalk officials say fans will love, the 24-seat hurricane goes up for sale in september and is listed as being in fair condition. so far boardwalk officials have not released any specific details about the hurricane's replacement.
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final preparations for tomorrow's running festival in oakland. show you video of last year's event. 8,000 people of all ages are expected to run in the race. the event is expected to generate an estimated $3 million for the city, with 300,000 going to local charities. there will be several races tomorrow. the longest run will be the marathon that begins at 7:30 a.m. at lake merritt, we will have live coverage of the event here on mornings on 2. one of our photographers running that marathon tomorrow. the half marathon, training future a while. so good luck to them. looks like the rain is going to go away for that race, so that is good news, right, rosemary? >> and the steady rain. we're looking at scattered showers for sunday as well. soggy. so we'll be track track tomorrow morning for you. today will you need the umbrella? yes. we have the rain that will continue all day long. we may see just brief breaks, but the steady rain expected for your saturday. live look outside our doors, little bit of sunshine,
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attempting to seep through all those clouds out there. we're got steady rain over the north bay. we have steady rain over the peninsula, and it is creeping to the east. take a look at what storm- tracker has here. watch it arrive from a 4 to 5 in the morning over areas of the north bay and you can see very widespread. napa, santa rosa, petaluma. rain falling over the pacifica into burlingame. inside the bay, oakland, hayward, where that rain line sits for right now. it's going to continue to shift to the east. this is sort of a parallel line, pinole, vallejo, richmond, oakland, it's on the way. if it's not already falling outside your door it will eventually. the storm will sit off the coast and continue to bring us the rain today and the showers tomorrow. there it s the center of the system. and so it's easy to see why the rain is sort of parallel to the
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coastline. it's going to creep and by tonight and tomorrow it will be over tahoe. so winter weather advisory for tomorrow for the west slopes of the sierra. today just a slight chance for maybe a few scattered showers. the winds are gusting in some cases. napa reporting 25 miles per hour. concord reporting 20. oakland hills reporting 20 miles per hour. so not too bad but a bit gusty out there. 17 miles per hour reported in fairfield. and 12 in mountain view. temperatures this morning, ranging low 40s to low 50s. santa rosa 41. 50 in concord. 52 san jose. the afternoon highs from 10 to 15 degrees below normal. so it's going to be cool and soggy. 51 degrees for oakland today. 52 expected in hayward. 51 san mateo. 50 degrees in the city. as we head south, 52 in san jose. most lowe dry through the morning hours it. will take until the afternoon for some of us along our southern branches and southeast areas to finally get that rain. but it will be in the forecast for today, tomorrow, scattered
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showers. we do get a break on monday but the rain is back on tuesday, partly cloudy skies expected for wednesday as we head into the workweek, temperatures will slowly rebound back into the low 60s. but for the weekend again, expect a cool one. we'll looking at the forecasted rainfall coming up in just a little pit. a community ripped apart by a massive storm. the clean-up underway in morning following another deadly tornado. plus -- rick santorum takes aim at a firing range, what a bystander says that has the secret service investigating. but first, check on traffic. show you a live look at the eastshore freeway. no major incidents to report right now but it's pretty wet out there. dark sky, and hang on to that wheel as the wind is picking up! time now is 7:40. you're watching mornings on 2. whatcha lookin' for hon?
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good morning to you, a live look at the overcast skies. light rain falling over jack london square this morning. this morning clean-up efforts are underway after tornadoes ripped through the northwest in the area of southeastern missouri and southern illinois yesterday afternoon. thunderstorms and large hail were also reported at least one person was killed during the storms. no other deaths have been reported. a funeral will be held today in washington state for a uc berkeley student killed in a freeway accident. kevin was studying to be a doctor, one of only a thousand students to receive the prestigious bill gates
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millennium scholarship. last week he was driving with three friends when his car crashed into a downed tree in the oakland hills. moments later a pickup hit the tree and then the young man. a senn ran of the police department has been charged with animal cruelty for abusing his former police dog. this is the five-year-old german shepherd named ingo. on february 17th they removed him from the home of the his handler after being tipped off that ingo was being neglected. the spca says the dog's bones were showing and his stomach was filled with dirt. he is now recovering and at a healthy weight. this morning, pope benedict xvi is in mexico. it is part of his week-long pilgrimage to latin america and he was welcomed by supporters and the president and first lady. this is his first visit to mexico and he is urging people there to stop the flow of money that is feeding mexico's drug violence.
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not everyone there was there to welcome the pope to mexico. a group of a little more than 40 protestors representing feminists and other groups protested his arrival. they say the pope has a political agenda which goes against the mention con constitution and protested the use of public resources to welcome the pope juppe the family of syria's president has not commented publicly about the international sanctions against them. the european union is trying to pressure president assad into stepping down or at the very least end the crackdown on government protestors. western governmentst have frozen the assets of his wife and mother and preventing family members from visiting europe. united nations pushing to be an investigation into the atrocities commit by senior forces. the obama administration is refusing to turn over documents to a congressional committee investigating operation fast and furious. last night a top official with the justice department sent a letter to republican lawmakers
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accusing them of leaking sensitive information. the subpoenaed documents involved an active criminal investigation of the firearms trafficking ring. the fast and furious operation allowed federal agents to monitor illegal gun purchases. however, hundreds of weapons were then lost two of them where a border patrol agent was killed. the pentagon has filed premeditated murder charges against a soldier accused of killing spree in afghanistan. army staff sergeant robert bales is charged with 17 counts of murder, plus several charges of assault and attempted murder. if convicted, he could face the death penalty. at first the army announced there were 16 afghan villagers killed. it has not explained why bales is now charged with 17 deaths. we're learning more about the gunman accused in a killing spree in french. investigators say suspect mohammed mara attended a terrorist train camp, on the
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afghanistan border. he received weapons training and during this week's gun battle with police fired an ak- 47 and oozie that he likely bought in the black market. police found he had a cachet of weapons. officials are now considering tightening the country's gun laws. mara's mother has been released without being charged. police had detained his family members on suspicion they helped him plan the attacks. one person is dead after two separate plane crashes in colorado. they happened yesterday about seven miles and parted north of denver. now police are trying to determine if the two crashes are connected. a witness says he saw the two planes in the air and one had part of its wings gone. one plane landed on the side of a runway. the other one down on a nearby road. the secret service is investigating a threatening comment made during rick santorum's stop at a louisiana gun range. it happened yesterday while he fired rounds at a paper target.
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>> hard to hear but it was a woman shouting at the former pennsylvania senator and telling him to pre tepid the target was president obama. santorum had headphones on and he did not hear the comment. >> a woman in the crowd yelled out, pretend it's obama. obviously you're at a range. [audio not understandable] >> very horrible remark and i'm glad i didn't hear it. >> the secret service is not providing details on its investigation. hundreds of people in arizona are calling for the arrest of sheriff's joe arpaio. yesterday people marched through the streets of phoenix protesting his immigration enforcement policies. they carried signs and large puppets meant to represent sheriff's deputies arresting illegals. the path of the protest went past the sheriff's office and ended at immigration and
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customs headquarters. protestors want the sheriff to know they're no longer afraid of him. a campaign to save teachers is underway in pinole. >> governor, i don't want to waste your time so here i go. you see -- >> a group of fifth gridders is fighting to raise money for state education. they have written letters to governor brown and president obama, asking them to save three of their teachers' jobs. the students attend this school say the lack of funding is impacting them now and in the future. >> say i change my mind and i want to go to cal here. then what if i have to be cut and not be able to go to college? >> the students teacher says he has been fasting since sunday to also bring attention to the lack of funding for education. a proposed sales tax hike in alameda is headed to court. opponents of the measure want a judge to pull it off the june ballot because the clerk told them they were one day late in snitting their ballot argument against it.
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city officials say the deadline to submit the argument was thursday, march 15th. but opponents say the website listed it as friday, march 16th. opponents say their argument is on the ballot. the message should be too. the increase would raise the sales tax from 8.75 cents to 9.25. marin county is helding a memorial service today for a longtime supervisor, hal brown. brown died earlier this month at age 66 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. he served on the board for 29 years. a free medical clinic ends tomorrow in oakland. this week people have been lining up before dawn at the coliseum. they have received free health care ranging from dental to vision and because services are available on a first come, first served basis tickets are being handed out starting at 3:30 in the morning each day. you can learn more about the free clinics that continue through the weekend at the coliseum. just go to ktvu.com and click
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on web links. your time is 7:50. and a mega-jackpot for the mega- millions gets even bigger. the money up for grabs for hoping to strike it rich. and the review are in on the movie "hunger games." what fans young and old are saying about the move and how the movie is a bay area connection. >> grab the rain boots, you're going to need them! as we progress through saturday, the rain is spreading inland. when we expect it to findly taper off and what you can expect for saturday, and sunday, coming up. n70cñ xxxxxx#xxxxxxcxxaxxñ
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advancements in robot technology are in display this weekend in san diego. money venations are designed for the military, including a robot powerful enough to push a car out of the way. it can also break through the window and remove an explosive. >> 52% of the casualties happen on first contact with the
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enemy. we would much prefer that first contact to happen via robotics. >> there's also a technology and which soldiers throw devices no a suspicious area. the robot then turns in a small vehicle too survey the surroundings. state senator yee plans to introduce a bill to protect a job applicant from having anyone face their accounts on social media. >> it's an area that the employer have no business getting into. your social media account is your account, and nobody should invade that privacy. >> facebook has told companies not to ask for account information from potential employees and has threatened legal action if they do. the company says if they violation of its terms of service. a recent report by the associated press found numerous agencies demanding information on job applications. people across the country are taking' break if their electronics. it's all part of the national
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day of unplugging, that started at sunset yesterday. thousands of people showed off their cell offenses, computers and other devices. they pledged to go 24 hours without them. organizers of the event say it's about seeing what you've been missing in the real world. fans are apparently eating up the "hunger games." this is video of fans lining up for the midnight showing of the movie on thursday. the movie adapted from the bestselling book is on track to post the best opening ever for a movie. that is not a sequel. it's expected to bring if at least $135 middle school by the end of the week. critics say part of its appeal tist it caters to both men and women. 20-year-old rossi crane, a singer who went to school in marin county, is part of the "hunger games" successes. he sings a duet with adam levine on the sound track. the song is called come away to the water. and the movie sound track features other performers such
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as taylor swift. it was released on tuesday. the oaklandation scheduled to home a workout today after arriving in japan early yesterday morning. the a's are in japan to open the 2012 major league baseball season. they will play two games against the seattle mariners on wednesday and on thursday. the jackpot for the mega- millions is now even bigger. it grew do a whopping $365 million after there were no winners in yesterday's drawing. you may still want to check those tickets, though, because there were seven people from california who matched at least 5 of those numbers. and here is a look at the winning numbers. that would be nice! time is 7:56. and there's a lot of outdoor plans today that are being scrapped for plan b, now that the rain is here. it's cold right, rosemary. >> yes, you'll definitely want to make plans for indoors. softball games this mornings,
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likely cancelled. although the west half of our viewing area seeing the rainfall, the east and southeast sections mainly dry, mainly cloudy, and boy, is that a gloom why start there! giving you alike at some of that rain. the north bay has been, well, widespread with the rain. even picking up a few mid to moderate cells there near novato and san rafael. you can see the eastern edge here. so danville, livermore, concord, maybe a little drizzle. but the steady rain not falling just yet. it will arrive we expect by late morning, early afternoon, all of us will be getting wet. what are we expecting with this system? from half inch of rain to an inch of rain for most areas, some of our coastal ranges could pick up two inches. gusty this morning and the winds could pick up to 30 especially along the coastline. snow levels will be dropping with this storm by tomorrow morning down to about 3500, 4,000 feet. and we do have a winter weather advisory for the sierra starting tomorrow as well. afternoon highs today cool, 10 to 15 degrees below average.
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mid-50s in the forecast. dry monday, more rain on tuesday. we're just getting word of a deadly fire in west virginia. six children are among the dead. what officials say could have prevented that tragedy. >> this is the alameda county sheriff's office. come out with your hands high in the air! >> and tense moments as police surround a house in the east bay. we'll show you how it all ended.
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because everyone deserves a lifetime. a grisly discovery in a san francisco home. why police now believe five people found dead were targeted. teenager sierra lamar missing now more than a week. the rescue search this morning. two people are recovering from stab wounds this morning after a 100-person brawl. >> wet weather is in store for your weekend. we'll look at what you can expect coming up. good morning. welcome to mornings on 2. it's saturday, march 24th. expect a steady rain out there today.
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rosemary has a quick like at the saturday forecast. >> good morning to you! it's going to be light but it's going to be steady and it could actually add up, especially for our coastal range. getting in a little closer in the overnight hours, we watched if finally move into the north bay. showed you this system a few moment ago. we've got moderate rain falling at this time. we've got dry conditions still, looks like concord, livermore and areas along san jose still reporting mostly gray but dry conditions. you can see some of the moderate rain getting ready to move into the bay area and will continue its shift east. this system off the coastline will station itself here for the next 24 to 36 hours. and that's what will bring us steady rain and scattered showers for sunday. we'll look at the model and show you what you examine expect coming up. new this morning, we're now learning that a smoke detector was not working during a house fire that killed two adults and six children. the fire started early this morning at a two-story home in charleston, west virginia. the city's mayor says only one
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smoke detector was found inside a cabinet and it did not work. another woman and child were injured in the fire. the cause has not been determined. san francisco police are standing guard this morning at the home where the bodies of five people were found. show you a live picture of the home this morning on house street. this is near city college of san francisco. it is still taped off, and forensic experts are going to return today to collect more evidence. authorities originally ruled this case a murder/suicide, but they now believe the five people may have been targeted over money matters. police describe the scene as very bloody in among the worst they've ever seen. a relative of the victim says they were chinese imgrants, a couple in nature 60s, their daughter, son, and his girlfriend. another daughter discovered the bodies yesterday morning. >> the people here are nice and neighbors, and it was pretty
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traumatic to hear the magnitude of what happened. >> the family moved in less than a year ago and were in the construction business. autopsies will be conducted this weekend to determine the cause of death. allie rasmus will have a live report in the next half hour. another large search for missing teenager sierra lamar will get started in just about two hours. 60 search and rescue members and four search dogs will could not vass the radius around her morgan hill home. it has been more than a week since deputies say lamar disappeared while walking to catch the school bus. on thursday police discovered the bag lamar was believed to be carrying and inside they found her schoolbooks, a pair of pants and a t-shirt. >> it's been suspicious all along because we've had no reason to believe that she was a runaway. so it raising our level of children. we found the clothing on sunday, and it set our crime lab. >> last had might more than 400 people attended another vigil for lamar. friends and team say they are
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not giving up hope until she is safely home. and in 30 minutes, a separate search will begin for former marine joseph mchenry. the man has been missing since march 5th when he told people he was going rock climbing. on wednesday his car was found near sharp park golf course in pacifica. his backpack was also found on a beach near the golf course. senator yee and marines who served with mchenry are expected to join today's search. anyone who wants to help can meet at maury point. two people are recovering from their stab wounds after a fight at a napa valley golf club involving more than a hundred people. police say from 3 to 500 people were at the party last night at chardonnay golf club. it was around 10:30 when fights started breaking out and quickly escalated. it took more than 50 police officers from five different agencies to get that crowd under control. >> information right now is just the wrong mix of groups were there, and they just several people wanted to fight
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that was -- small little groups breaking off in three or four people fighting each other. >> police say most of the people at the party were in their late teens and early 20s and alcohol was found at the scene. no other injuries were reported. police say they are still investigating the fight but so far no one has been arrested. authorities in alameda county not commenting on whether a standoff in san leandro is link todd a deadly stabbing. >> this is the alameda county sheriff's office. come out with your hands high in the air! >> after waiting several hours, officers stormed a house on the 1600 block of 162nd avenue last night. a long-distance camera lens spotted the suspect in bed. a canine bit the suspect, he was arrested and taken to the hospital for treatment. earlier officers found a woman slumped over in a car on the 300 block of best avenue.
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she had been stabbed several times and was pronounced dead at the scene. police have not released her name but did tell us they have good leads in the case and are confident they can identify the killer. the wife of suspended san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi has been granted permission to take the couple's child to venezuela. ileana lopez will visit her sick father for five weeks. he is undergoing chemotherapy and the family court judge ruled lopez can go but must return no later than april 28th. mirkarimi can have daily contact with his son by telephone or skype. prosecutors and mirkarimi's case claim he and his wife had argued over taking their son to venezuela. in our election 2012 coverage, it is primary day in louisiana, and rick santorum is hoping for a win in the state by focusing on energy. [audio not understandable]
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polls show him leading in louisiana but analysts say mitt romney needs a win in the south to hoe he can connect with conservative voters there. >> i appreciate the support i got from puerto rico to lil today and i hope i get the same from louisiana! >> mitt romney has nearly half of the dell gets needed to win the nomination. 20 delegates are at stake today and another 26 will be awarded later. the secret service has launched an investigation after a threatening comment at one of rick santorum's louisiana campaign stops. coming up in just nine minutes, what one woman yelled while santorum was firing a gun. there was a close call this morning for six astronauts aboard the international space station. debris from an old russian rocket nearly hit the installation. the astronauts woke up early and did go to their escape capsules. the space junk was spotted too late to move the station out of
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the way. this was the third time in 12 years astronauts have had to seek emergency shelter from space debris. good morning to you! you do not need me to tell you that it is very, very cloudy out there. we've got rain falling over the bay area and a live look -- in the a live look, that's a video taken of san francisco earlier this morning. san francisco already accumulating some light rain. it's a steady light rain but the system is kind of stalled. it's going to be a slow mover and because of that we are expecting from half inch to an inch in many areas of the bay area before it's said and one and a long and the coastal range we could see it two inches for some of our mountains like the santa cruz mountains and this system if you look at the lapse rate, you can see it's almost kind doing a parallel, coming from south and southwest. and that is why we're seeing it pretty much over the north bay, along the peninsula, east
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fairly dry and to the south dry as well. it will make it to your neighborhood if it's not falling yet because the satellite radar loop will show that you the system here off the coastline is just going to park itself for a little while 3 continue to bring us the steady rain, scattered showers in time for tomorrow. and rain fall so far, 1/2 cruz mountains reporting 4/100. it's going to continue for today. we're not expecting much of a break. if you're waiting for a break probably not going to happen. by 10:00 or so it should be fairly widespread. and then it just kind of sits over us. it's not until tonight, about sunset, about 7:26, we get scatter showers with most lowe gray case is. tomorrow morning we wake up, salteddered showers, maybe for the oakland run, and then into the afternoon. finally, finally going to be a drying out, we'll be dry on monday with more rain for tuesday. 44 degrees san francisco. right now 53 in oakland, 44
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napa. mid-40s in fairfield. these numbers are up from yesterday by a few degrees in some cases several. but by the afternoon we'll fall below average. 50 in the city for the afternoon today. 52 hayward and san jose. north bay, 50 santa rosa. 50 in napa. and inland east bay 50 degrees concord. looking at 41 in livermore. 51 degrees! wow. it's going to be cool out there for today. it's going to be wet. it's a little breezy this morning. the breeze will continue through the afternoon. scattered showers for tomorrow, finally drying out by sunday night. we get a break on monday. more rain on the way for tuesday. if you are taking a trip to the sierra, we have an advisory to talk about coming up. an independent review panel has confirmed that the new eastern span of the bay bridge is seismically safe. the panel reports all the testing done on the span was done properly and that no data was falsified.
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let's go outside for a live look at the golden gate bridge right now. some areas dealing with rain, especially there at the golden gate bridge, as well as the bay bridge and richmond-san rafael bridge, which are also under high wind advisories. the roads are wet this morning, and a couple tender bendsers reported by hyperand highway patrol this morning, probably more as the storms makes its way into the bay area. a fishing boat that went missing during japan's tsunami is spotted nearly one year later. and marching for trayvon, thousands rally in support of the teenager shot and killed by a neighborhood watch captain.
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good morning to you! a live look there at the bay area, where i slow-moving system will bring us light rain throughout today. a ship swept away more continue in a year ago by the japanese tsunami has been spotted floating near british columbia. the canadian military air patrol first spotted the fishing troller. it sits in a giant debris field generated by the tsunami following the earthquake p. authorities have determined there is no one at the helm of the ship. they're monitoring the vessel for possible leaks and marine pollution. new this morning, president obama is on his way to south korea. the president climbed the stairs of air force one at joint base andrews around midnight. he is set to land in seoul later today for an international summit with other
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world leaders. their focus will be on keeping nuclear materials away from terrorists. before leaving for south korea, the president taped his weekly online video address and asked congress to pass a transportation funding bill. >> in a matter of days funding will stop for all sorts of transportation projects, construction sites will go idle, workers will have to go home and our economy will take a hit. this congress cannot let that happen. >> $109 billion worth of funding for transportation projects is set to expire on march 31st. the senate already passed a funding bill but the house has yet to do to. people across the country are marching in support of trayvon martin. last night there were rallies from ohio to pennsylvania, some 8,000 people in philadelphia joined the million hoodie march. martin was an unarm african- american teenager shot to death
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last month in florida. the gun man, george zimmerman, a neighborhood watch captain, claimed it was self-defense. martin wore a hooded sweatshirt and only carried a cell phone, a can of iced tea and a bag of skittles. the shooting has become a topic in the presidential race. >> the shooting of trayvon is a terrible tragedy, and unnecessary, uncalled for. >> as a party to the republican party has to be concerned about the quality of life and the sanctity of life of every american of every background. >> g.o.p. candidate newt gingrich says the shooting must be thoroughly investigated, however, he is accusing president obama of bringing race into the issue and dividing the country. and at a rose garden event president obama talked in personal terms about the shooting. >> if i had a son he would look like trayvon. all of us as americans are going to take this with the seriousness it deserves and we're going to get to the
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bottom of what happened. >> yesterday was the first time the president spoke publicly about trayvon martin's death. the president added the country needs to do something, soul- searching. martin's parents said the president's comments touched them deeply. the secret service is investigating a deadly comment made yesterday while rick santorum fired round at a fire range. a woman in the background shouted at the former pennsylvania senator and telling him to pretend the target was president obama. santorum had his head knowns on and didn't hear the comments. >> a woman in the crowd yelled out pretend it's obama. you can comment? >> aude a [audio not understandable]
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very horrible and terrible remark and i'm glad i didn't hear it. >> the secret service is investigating but is not providing details about the investigation. a u.s. soldier accused of gunning down sleeping afghan civilians has been charged. reporter jennifer griffin has more on what staff sergeant robert bales is now facing. >> a military officer read the charges to staff sergeant robert bales at a maximum security prison in for the leavenworth, kansas. 17 counterof premeditated murder, six counts of aggravated assault and attempted murder, charges that could carry the death penalty. bales' lawyer says his client is still in shock. also difficult the fact of the case. of the 23 afghans targeted, 13 were children, some toddlers. of the six wounded who could tv as witnesses, four are children. the defense said it will not plead insanity. >> under an in insanity defense
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the criteria is you didn't know the difference between right or wrong or didn't know your actions were wrong on we know bales within minutes of committing the acts called his wife and said something terrible has happened. >> many experts on brain injuries say post-traumatic stress doesn't typically lead to violence. >> there has been a tendency to lump together ptsd, and pbi, traumatic brain injury because they sound the same. but they're very different disorders. pts does not lead to violence. it's an anxiety disorder. so the kind of violence it leads to most often the research shows is violence against the self. >> many advocates for destigmatizing post traumatic stress feels this case will be a setback for public understanding of ptsd and traumatic brain injuries. 50,000 u.s. soldiers have served four tours in combat, only one has been accused of murdering nine children while
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they slept. jennifer griffin, fox news. solano county authorities have questioned but not arrested a person who shot and killed a man delivering newspapers. the victim, 40-year-old was helping his girlfriend deliver newspapers on wednesday night. the alleged basketballman told detectives he is at the car and the people inside were a threat buffs 30s a drive-by shooting earlier. >> i heard pow, pow, pow! by that time i looked out the window and i didn't see anybody. i seen a couple cars shoot up the street but other than that, that was it. >> nunez was shot in the head and was removed from life support on thursday. cameras from neighbors may help but police say they need witnesses to come forward. a funeral will be held today in washington state for a uc berkeley student killed in a freeway accident. 19-year-old freshman kevin was studying to be a doctor. he was one of only a thousand
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students to receive the prestigious bill gates scholarship. last week he was driving with three friends when his car crashed into a downed tree on highway 13 in oakland hills. moments later a pickup truck came along, hitting the tree and then kevin. the san francisco board of supervisors is set to vote on a new plan next week that will scale back the deal that brings the america's cup race to the bay area and now the cuts are blamed for layoffs. the o laid off 25% of its staff yesterday. 14 of the 28 people let go worked at an office in san francisco. the rest worked at offices owned the world. the authority was going to invested more than $100 million to improve the infrastructure for the race but officials have backed off from that deal. state labor officials say california's unemployment rate held steady last month at 10.9%. that's above the national average of 8.3. and let's dive into more of
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these numbers right now. talk about this issue more than it million people in california are currently looking for work. the bay area also added 15,000 jobs last month. where are those jobs coming from? let's take a look at in map. marin county, san francisco as well as the peninsula are leading the way with 7100 new jobs. santa clara county added 4100. while the east bay picked up 3200 new jobs. the bay area has now added jobs for seven consecutive months. a federal judge has ordered the food and drug administration to start cracking down on antibiotics and some common animal feeds. the concern is the overuse of antibiotics can endanger humans by creating drug resistant superbugs. farming groups have long arc the drugs are needed to keep animals healthy through many natural food resources producers dispute the claims. the ruling calls for the fda to start issuing notices to drug
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manufacturing and say the drugs will be withdrawn unless the companies can prove that they are safe. state health officials are recalling raw milk and could from a northern california dairy in claravale farm and the move comes after bacteria was found in the cream. no illnesses have been reported. health officials say the dairy voluntarily stopped distributing its products on monday. officials say products with the code dates march 27th or earlier should be thrown out. a ship runs aground off the coast of australia. thousands of gallons of deals fuel are leak eck into the water. the criminal investigation now underway into the ship's captain. >> outside gearing up for a wet and breezy day. giving you a live look outside our doors this morning. the rain is already falling in some areas. we'll look at your neighborhood coming up. ♪
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an oil spill in australia is threatening a national park it. happened we a fishing boat ran aground and sank near melbourne. almost 8,000 gallons of diesel rule in was onboard and is now filling into the water. all six people on the were rescued. the captain is now being investigated for drinking while operating the boat. let's talk weather. 4 a.m. this morning, north of the golden gate it was raining, four hours later we're still raining and i want to turn to rosemary because lot of little league games out from will they get washed out?
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breaks? >> chance are you are going to be cancel. we've got light rain falling over the north bay, along the peninsula. it is crawling east. once the rain begins to falwell see it all day long. with little breaks in between, scattered showers for tomorrow, but today the steady rain is with us. we've got it again areas of santa rosa and down into the bridge now. looks like maybe moderate rain falling so the richmond-san rafael bridge gusting conditions at times so if you have an early morning drive it could be just a bit treacherous. that line now here in the last half hour so we've watched it creep across martinez, down into san leandro. hayward light rain. so it doesn't necessarily need to be on radar for you to be feeling it. sierra, if you have plans to travel, it will start tomorrow morning. that winter weather advisory lasting through monday morning. snow down to 3500 feet. snowfall from 4 to 6 inches and for us here at home, it's going
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to be a cool day. we're starting in the low 40s to low 50s. and for the afternoon upper 40s to mid-50s so not a big warm-up expected. bring on the jacket, make it a warm one. scattered showers tomorrow, dry on monday. more rain on tuesday. back to you. a montana man is facing several criminal charges here in california. the items he was caught with while trying to get through sacramento airport security. >> san francisco police returned to a gruesome homicide scene today. why they think the victim may have been targeted. when your deep-dish masterpiece doesn't stay in the dish
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san francisco police now back at a homicide scene this
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morning, sources are now saying five people found dead in a home may have been targeted. and welcome back to mornings on 2. i'm mike mibach. >> i'm claudine wong. allie rasmus is live in san francisco with what we've learned about the victims. >> reporter: according to property records, the home where the i've people were killed is owned by a man named hal le, 65 years old. the house is on ocean avenue and house street in san francisco. it is still an active crime scene. there's tape not just in front of the house, but the two houses on either side of it. off to the left you can see it an officer guarding the front of the house. there have been officers here overnight and crime scene investigators have expected to return to the home later this morning to continue gatheringered. the five victims are all from the same family, a couple in their 60s and two adult children, a 32-year-old son and
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37-year-old daughter lived here together. the fifth victim was the girlfriend or the wife of the son. it was another daughter who doesn't liver here who discovered their bodies just before 8 a.m. yesterday. initial reports were that this may have been a murder/suicide. but late last night, two police sources told ktvu the victims' injuries weren't consistent with that theory. at least two of the victims were shot according to police, but we're not sure about the other three. police did tell ktvu last night the family may have been targeted and ace dispute about money. >> did not hear gunshots or any vehicles driving away. i looked out and everything looked calm actually. >> neighbors told us they were supplied by what happened here yesterday. a police investigator told ktvu that inside this home there was bleach and paint, as if someone had tried to tamper with part of the crime scene. an officer here told us that a police public information officer is on his way to the scene.
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so we're hoping to have an update on this story later this morning. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. we're just getting new video into our newsroom from the deadly fire in charleston, west virginia. this is all that is left of the home where six children and two adults were killed by the fire. a woman and one other child were injured. charleston's mayor said he believed this was the city's deadliest fire in at least six decades. he also says there was only one smoke detector in the home, and it was found in a cabinet. it is still not clear how the fire started. an overnight shooting in oakland has left one man dead and a woman recovering from multiple gunshot wounds. the two people were found just before 2 a.m. on 60th street in north oakland. police say the woman was taken to the hospital and is recovering from surgery. the man was pro knownsed dead at the scene. police say it appears the two
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knew each other. police suspected an automatic weapon was used in the shooting. no suspects or a motive. about four hours earlier another man was shot in oakland. that happened around 10 in the parking lot of eastmont mall. police say when they responded they found a man everything is from a gunshot wound to the head. he did die on the way to the hospital. and so far, no more information has been released. this morning one man is recovering after a shooting that involved two different police departments. it happened around 9:15 last night at the intersection of new bridge in east palo alto. after the shooting the driver headed to stanford hospital but on the way spotted a police officer and stopped for help. police set up a crime scene and sent the victim to the hospital. but east palo alto police will now be heading up the investigation since the actual shooting happened in that city. >> we wanted to assure the public that downtown is safe this. occurred in east palo alto and we're assisting in the best
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manner for the victim. >> so far police do not have a reason for the shooting. they are asking anyone with information to call the east palo alto police department. a montana man is held without bail after he allegedly tried to bring several loaded guns through a security checkpoint at the sacramento airport. 45-year-old harold waller was arrested thursday after security agents found a gun inside within of his backgrounds. when they did a more another idaho check they also found three more loaded guns, then searched his car and discovered eight additional firearms. air travelers say they were taken aback by the news. >> it was a tremendous amount of ammunition. he was apparently planning on doing some damage. >> waller was booked on several weapons charges and is right now in the sacramento county jail. he is due in court on monday. police now have a sketch of the man they say is spying on young girls in a school bathroom. this is the man a group of students say was inside the
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bathroom last wyoming at george washington elementary school. police say the man was using a hand-held camera to spy on the girls and made sure that they were forced to use one stall so he could easily access. >> the deactivated several bathroom stalls by means of stuffing toilet paper or other devices to force the girls to use one stall. >> when the girls saw the man they reported him to a teacher, who went to investigate. police say he ran from the bathroom and down the block and officials lost sight of him he is described as latino, 25 to 30 years old and 5-foot tend, 150-pound with a bald spot on the top of his head. an independent investigator says uc berkeley police should have considered using pepper spray during a campus demonstration last november. instead police used batons to break up the occupy cal protests. the new report says that while
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police acted properly, applications of pepper spray would have quickly cleared the area. however, that was not an option because cal's chancellor has banned pepper spray. the report made other tactical recommendations. the school says it's now review that report. mayor jean quan is fighting to keep her job. she raised $15,000 last night at an event in chinatown. four hundred people paid $50 per person to attend. she believes he can beat a recall vote but is hoping opponents won't collect enough signatures to put the issue on the ballot. >> a recall would be costly, divisive and take a lot of time away from moving the city forward. >> she doesn't understand the duties and responsibilities of the mayor. she doesn't really listen to people. she is very divisive. >> recall supporters are setting up throughout the city to collect signatures. they need 19,800 verified names and they are also raising
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money. one recall effort has raised $10,000 so far. a free medical clinic ends tomorrow in oakland. this week people have been lining up before dawn at the coliseum re vetoing free health care. because the services are available on a first come, first served basis, tickets are being handed out starting at 3:30 in the morning each day. and you can learn more about the free clinics that continue through tomorrow at the coliseum. go to our website at ktvu.com, and click on web links. marin county is holding a memorial service today for longtime supervisor hal brown. brown died earlier this month at age 66 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. brown served on the board for 29 years. today's ceremony is at marin veterans memorial auditorium at 11 a.m. it is open to the public. tomorrow is the third annual oakland running festival. show you video of last year's event. 8,000 people of all ages are expected to run in the race.
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the event is expected to generate an estimated $3 million for the city, with 300,000 going to local charities. there will be several race tomorrow along the marathon beginning at 7:30 at lake merritt. we'll have a live coverage of tomorrow's event right here on mornings on 2. good morning to you! it is going to be a soggy one. a live look there, you can see the city way back there, visibility tough and if you're riding the bridges, gusty conditions at times. it's not very widespread, but take it easy out there. it could be slick and it could be a little breese. the rain has started over the north bay. the peninsula and overnight hours early morning hours and hasn't let up just yet. inland east bay as well as the south bay still dry. it's coming, eventi you'll see it. we continue to watch a moderate control over the bay area along the richmond-san rafael bridge,
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so again, a reason to maybe get out the door early if there's someplace you need to be early this morning. congress cord, danville, livermore, still reporting mostly cloudy, dry conditions, antioch, pittsburg included as well. and the south bay, san jose, mostly cloudy. and not too bad out in. if you are going to maybe get out early, and maybe a trip to the farmers market, san jose, you should be in the clear at least for the next hour or two before the rain moves in. it's a slow-moving system so we're where watching it, will it will not eventually making it east and over the sierra where snow is expected to drop down by tomorrow morning. here's the system here. it was sort of placed about here yesterday, you can see it is shift to go the south and by tomorrow it will be farther south. scattered showers in the forecast for tomorrow. today we get the steady rain. so in a nutshell, wet, breezy, afternoon highs cool, upper 40s to low and mid-50s in the forecast for today. this morning we're waking up in the 40s and 50s so some of us
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may only warm a degree or two, maybe five degrees over the entire day. 41 santa rosa now. 43 in san francisco. 54 concord. and fremont about 50 as well. afternoon highs for today, 50s. 50 concord, 42 fremont. 50 in san francisco. low 50s, even few upper 40s out there along the coast and parts of the north bay. scatter showers, and remain for tomorrow. little more sunshine in the forecast. partly cloudy, we're dry on monday. and then another system will be rolling in in time for tuesday. i'm going to show you that long rank mode. coming up. back to you. a campaign to help teachers in contra costa county, howe some students are getting the involved in the hope of saving some jobs. but first let's take you outside on this wet and rainy morning. that is the san mateo bridge. you can see it the roads there are wet. people using their headlights and their windshield wipers. it will be like that across the bay area, some minor fenders benders reported now so just
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good morning to you! a live look there over the bay area, damp weather outside our
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door this morning. with wet weather persisting through the weekend. this morning people in the midwest are cleaning up after deadly tornadoes ripped through that area. the tornadoes were reported in the area of southeastern missouri and southern illinois yesterday afternoon. thunderstorms and large hail were also reported. at least one person was killed during the storm. no other deaths have been reported. half of the country duo sugar land has been ordered to give a deposition in lawsuits filed over deadly stage collapse that. band was set to perform last august at the fair when the stage collapsed killing seven people. the company who built the roof and rigging used to hold lights and sound equipment is being sued by the estates of three people who died and three of the people who were injured. singer testimony is expected to focus on whether the band resisted delaying the start of their concert despite the threatening weather. two separate plane crashes that killed one person in colorado are being investigated.
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they happened yesterday about seven miles apart north of denver. police are trying to determine if two planes collided in midair. a witness says he saw the two planes in the air and that one had part of its wings gone. one plane landed on the side of the runway, the other crashed on a nearby road. the family of syria's president has not commented publicly about international sanctions against them. the european union is try to pressure the president assad into stepping down or at least end the crackdown on government pro defendantors. western governments have frozen assets of his wife and his mother while also preventing family members from visiting europe. the united nations pushing for an investigation into atrocities committed by syrian forces. we're learning more about the islamic gunman accused in a killing spree throughout france. investigators say suspect mohammad merah attended a terrorist train camp. he received weapons training and during this week's gun battle with police he fired an
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ack47 and uzi that he likely bought in the black market. police found that he had a cache of weapons. officials are considering tightening the country's gun laws. meanwhile, maura's mother released without being charged. police have detained his mother and brother on suspicion they helped him plan the attacks. pope benedict xvi is now visiting mexico. he was welcomed to the country by supporters and the president and first lady. this is his first visit to mexico and he is urging people there to stop the flow of money that is feeding mexico's drug violence. but not everyone in mexico happy to see the pope. a group of more than 40 protestors representing feminists, gay and secular groups protested his arrival. they say the pope has a political agenda that goes against the mexican
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constitution. they also protested the use of public resources to welcome the pope. hundreds of people in phoenix are demanding that sheriff joe arpaio be placed under arrest. yesterday people protested his immigration enforcement policies. they carried signs and large puppets meant to represent sheriff's deputies arrested suspected imlegal immigrants. protestors say they want the sheriff to know they are no longer afraid of him. the administration is refusing to turn over documents to a congressional committee investigating operation fast and furious. last night a top official with the justice department sent a letter to republican lawmakers accusing them of leaking sensitive information. the subpoena documents involved an active criminal investigation of firearms, trafficking and a ring that brought that together. the operation allowed federal agents to monitor illegal gun purchases. however, hundreds of weapons
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were then lost. two of them turned up where a border patrol agent was killed. advantage. in robot technology on display this weekend in san diego. hundreds of people are taking part of the annual robotic conference. many inventions are designed for the military, including a robot powerful enough to push a car out of the way. it can also break in through the window and remove an explosive device. >> 52% of the casualties happen on first contact with the enemy. we would prefer that first contact to happen via robotics. >> there's also a technology in which soldiers throw a device in a suspicious area. the robot then turns into a small vehicle to survey the surroundings, preventing soldiers from encounters roadside explosives. governor brown, i don't want to waste your time for so here i go. you see -- >> this is a group of fifth gridders who is fighting to raise money for state education. they have written letters to governor brown and president
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obama asking them to save three of their teachers' jobs. the students who attend the school say the lack of funding is impacting them now and in the future. >> say i change my mind and i want to go to cal here. then what if i have to be cut and not be able to go to college? >> the student's teacher says he has been fasting since sunday to also bring attention to the lack of funding for education. a proposed sales tax hike in alameda is headed to court. opponent want a judge to pull it off the june ballot because the clerk says they were one day late in submitting the ballot argument against it. city officials say the deadline to submit that argument was thursday march 15th but opponents say it was listed at friday, march 16th. if the argument is not on the ballot the measure should be thrown out too they say. the increase would raise the city's sales tax from 8.75 cents to 9.25. senator yee plans to introduce a bill to protect a
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job applicant's account on facebook or other social media. >> it's just really an area that the employer have no business getting into. your social media account is your account and nobody should invade that privacy. >> a recent report by the associated press found numerous agencies that were demanding facebook and other social media information on job applications. facebook has told companies not to ask for account information from potential employees, and has threatened legal action if they do. facebook says it's a violation of its terms of service. people across the country are taking a break from their electronics. it's part of the national day of unplugging that started at sunset yesterday. thousands of people shut off their electronic devices and pledge to go 24 hours without them. organizers say it's about seeing what you have been missing in the real world.
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the mega-millions jackpot is now inbring. how much is at stake after no winning tickets why sold? >> light rain spreading across the bay area. and by the end of the day most if not all of us will be pretty well soaked. we'll look at what you examine expect for your area coming up. . ♪ and smarter. ♪ it's the culmination of a million decisions. it's where you see yourself going and how you choose to get there. the all-new 2013 gs. our boldest response ever. there's no going back. ♪ it's nice having u-verse, isn't it? see back in my day, we didn't have these newfangled wireless receivers. fangled? no, we watched march madness in the living room... that's where the tv outlet was. what is he talking about? and if mom was hosting her book club that day, guess what...you missed it! we couldn't just move the tv all willy-nilly all over the house.
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a firefighters in new jersey did not have to go far to battle this fire. it was at their own house. the fire broke occupant on the second floor of the firehouse
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early yesterday morning. it took nearly 90 minutes to get the fire under droll. the 101 fire department records were who's. the cause is still under investigation. the highly anticipated movie the "hunger games" is now in theaters and fans can't seem to get enough of it. this is video of people lined up for the midnight showing of the movie on thursday. the movie adapted from the bestselling book is on track to post the best opening ever for a movie not a sequel it. is expected to make at least $135 million by the end of the weekend. critics say part of its appeal is that it caters to both men and women. 20-year-old rozzie crane, singer who went to school in marin county, is taking parted in the "hunger games" success. she sings a duet with adam levine on the movie's sound track. the movie sound track and is also featuring other performers such as taylor
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swift. and it was released on tuesday. tonight the women's basketball team at stanford will play future a spot in the elite 8. the cardinal face south carolina. the game is just a few hours south of the bay area, and fresno. tip-off is 8:30 tonight. the oakland a's are scheduled to hold a workout today after arriving in japan yesterday morning. the a's are in japan to open the 2012 major league baseball season. they play two games against seattle mariners, one on wednesday, the other on thursday. >> the jackpot for the mega- millions is now even bigger. it grew to a whopping $65,365,000,000 after no winningers in yesterday's drawing. you may still want to check the tickets because there were seven people from california with tickets that matched the five numbers, but not the mega- number. and here is a look at those numbers. i still haven't checked my tickets. i'd like to wait until i hear if there's anyone from
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california. >> save your time, be efficient. all right. let's head over to rosemary for a look at all that green behind you on that screen. >> yes, we could need it. outside of that it could be i don't know, a fairly wet hectic weekend. bring along your rain jackets. now it remains over the north bay over the peninsula, and eventually sliding east. we have watched this cell here over the bay between the richmond-san rafael bridge not budging a lot, slowly creeping and almost stalling in the area. right rain over the lafayette, south bay, still try and areas further east, concord, livermore dry conditions. so notice over the course of the afternoon it doesn't really go away. not until tonight. scammers shower in the forecast about sunset. but it's not gone. tomorrow morning the time stamp
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says sunday, 8 a.m. scattered showers falling and sunday afternoon we could be finally drying out. dry on monday, but tuesday morning you see there off the coast, we're got more rain in store. coming up we'll look at your morning numbers, your afternoon numbers from of the and a look at the extended forecast in just a bit. >> thank you. an andy warhol portrait of elvis presley is expected to go for millions of dollars at auction. double elvis already auctioned in new york city in may. elvis is depicted as a cowboy from the film flaming star. the auction also features famous works by alexander calder and picasso. the third hour of ktvu mornings on 2 is ahead, with these new stories. the bay area workers one step closer to possible strike. and months after american airlines entered bankruptcy, the company is now a takeover target. and the city where you're more likely to lose your cell phone. 3q
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san francisco police reveal new information about a homicide scene. why they think what happened in this house may not be a murder- suicide. gearing up for wet weather
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for the weekend, some of us already seeing the light rain, and some of us will seat on the way. and a napa valley golf club turns into a crime scene. the party that turned out of control. those stories and more on the third hour of ktvu mornings on 2. good morning. thanks for staying with ktvu. >> the weekend is getting off to a wet start. we want to get right over to rosemary. she's continuing our storm watch coverage. >> good morning to you. it started with just a few sprinkles, now a sheet of rain over the east bay and inland. petaluma, down into san rafael. it's going to be a wet drive. the peninsula, you can see the city, half-moon bay.
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a light rain. off to the east bay, in the last hour we've watched it spread across san leandro, the walnut creek area seeing a few sprinkles, and concord, livermore, it's on the way. we'll take a look at the future models coming up. continuing coverage now of the mass slaying inside a san francisco home. investigators remain at the scene. we're getting new information from sources within the police department. ali. >> reporter: this information came in late last night. two police sources told ktvu that the injuries the five victims suffered in this house don't appear to be injuries you would sustain in a murder- suicide. this is the home where it happened. this is on ocean avenue in house street. the bodies of three women and two men were discovered here early friday morning. and out on the curb in front of the home you can see friends and neighbors have placed flowers in front of this house to remember some of the
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victims. there are officers that have been standing guard overnight. the victims are from the same family. a couple in their 60s and two adult children. a 32-year-old son and 37-year- old daughter lived here. the fifth victim was either the girlfriend or the wife. police haven't released their identities but according to property records the home is owned bia 65-year-old. police said inside the house there was bleach and paint scattered around as if someone had tried to tamper with the scene. some neighbors reported hearing an argument during the early morning hours but police at this point don't think the public is in any danger. the chief said investigators do not think this is a random act, that the family may have been targeted in a dispute over money. back out here live, there are officers who have been out here overnight guarding this active crime scene. crime scene investigators are expected to return here and go into the house to continue gathering evidence later this morning. earlier this morning officers out here told us public
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information officers with the san francisco police were going to be coming out here to answer some questions and give us an update, but now we've been told by a sergeant that those public information officers aren't going to be coming out here so we don't have anyone to ask any questions or clarification about this new information that we got overnight. live in san francisco, ali rasmus. a search is about to get underway for a missing teenager. they will canvas a 12-mile raid use around lamar morgan's home. on thursday police said they discovered the bag lamar was believed to be carrying. inside they found a school book, a pair of pants, and a t- shirt. >> it's been suspicious all along because we've nod reason to believe that she was a runaway. so it raises our level of concern. we actually found the clothing on sunday, and it's at our crime lab. >> last night more than 400
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people attended another vigil for lamar. friends and family say they are not giving up hope until she is home. two people are in the hospital with stab wounds after a fight involving more than 100 people at a napa valley golf club. police say anywhere from 300 to 500 people were at the party last night. it was around 10:30 when fights started breaking out and quickly escalated. it took more than 50 police officers from five different agencies to get that crowd under control. >> the information right now is it's maybe the wrong mix of groups were there and they just -- several people wanted to fight. there were small little groups breaking off and three or four people fighting each other. >> police say most of the people at the party were in their late teens and early 20s, and alcohol was found at the scene. no other injuries were reported other than those two. police say they are still investigating the fight, and so far no one has been arrested. authorities in alameda county are not commenting on
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whether a standoff in san leandro is linked to daled stack. >> this is the alameda county sheriff's office. come out with your hands high in the air. >> after waiting several hours, officers stormed the house on the 1600 block of 162nd avenue last night. a long-distance camera lens spotted the suspect in bed. we're told officers sent a police dog in to drive him out. the canine bit the suspect who suffered defensive wounds. he was arrested and taken to the hospital for treatment. earlier in the afternoon officers fund a woman slumped other in a car on the 300 block of best avenue. she was pronounced dead at the scene. police have not released her name but they did tell us they have good leads in the case and are confident they can identify the killer. the wife of the suspended san francisco sheriff has been granted permission to take the couple's child to venezuela.
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a family court judge ruled that lopez must return no later than april 2nd. they can have daily contact by telephone or skype. prosecutors in the miles an mirkarimi case have made statements. the two sides have been engaged in difficult negotiations for months. the gop primary battle continues today in louisiana as voters in that state go to the polls. the extended primary fight between mitt romney, rick san tore rum, and newt gingrich is giving louisiana attention it has not had in previous presidential elections. stay with ktvu mornings on 2. at 9:15 the delgates at stake
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today and who is expected to come out on top. there was a close call this morning for six astronauts aboard the international space station. debris from an old russian rocket nearly hit the installation. astronauts woke up early and went to their escape capsules. they were prepared to rocket back to earth if there had been a collision. the space junk was spotted too late to move the station out of the way. this was the third time in 12 years astronauts have had to seek emergency shelter from space debris. good morning to you. we have plenty of gray sky out there and rain falling in some cases. a live look at oakland where a few 100's reported so far. anywhere from a half inch to an inch and a half to two inches possible by weekend's end. you can see the light rain continuing to fall. it is going to remain a light rain but it is going to be a very slow moving system, and that's going to allow us to
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really add up when it comes to the rain. daley city, pacifica, along the coastline, maybe a break. but when we're not seeing the rain falling we have drizzle. possibly some light rain redwood city. into the east bay we've got rain over oakland. it's been falling all morning long. richmond into vallejo and concord reporting mostly dry conditions. you can see how close we are now. danville mostly cloudy, mostly dry. the north bay saw is it early on. it has been light and steady throughout the morning hours driving along highway 101 it's going to be slick. the winds have backed off but across the bridges still a breezy day. we'll continue with the wind. a look at the system here. notice it's right off the coastline. that makes it easy to see why this rain is kind of parallel to the coast, and as it progresses inland we will finally begin to see that rain.
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eventually making it to the sierra by later tonight and into tomorrow. rainfall so far, .17 in santa rosa .10 in san francisco. we will begin to see the pickup as well. 51 redwood city, 46 san rafael, temperatures a little warmer than why -- than where we started yesterday. 52 mountain view. just to let you know we typically hit low to mid-60s this time of year by afternoon so well below average. scattered showers will remain in the forecast for tomorrow. we will get a little bit more sunshine tomorrow. then we're finally dry on monday with more rain in store on tuesday. so it looks like it's going to be a soggy few days. partly cloudy skies expected wednesday. temperatures will be warming a bit by tuesday and wednesday. we'll take a look at your is i rather forecast later today. i'll have more on that coming up. >> all right. time now is 9:10.
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time for your live drive time traffic. there's a shot of the golden gate bridge for new morning. traffic moving along but the roads are wet out there on this cold, gray, wet saturday morning. let's go over to the bay bridge. you can see it's socked in by a lot of gray. so we've been following the chp this morning. no major incidents. but as that rain began to fall, certainly we saw a lot of fender benders so be careful. an independent panel has cone firmed the new eastern span of the bay bridge is safe. the panel reports that all testing done was done properly and no data was falsified. the review looked at construction methods and quality testing, particularly on the main tower of the new bridge that is going to hold the suspension cables. >> president obama has left the country on a mission to stop terrorism. the important meeting with other world leaders he's about to attend. and should birth control be available over the counter? the new push to make the contraceptive easier to get. and if you have ever lost
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new this morning, president obama is on his way to south korea. the president climbed the stairs of air force one at joint base andrews around midnight. he is set to land in seoul later today for an international summit. before leaving the president taped his weekly on-line video address asking congress to pass a transportation funding bill. >> you see, in a matter of days fund willing stop for all sorts of transportation projects. construction sites will go idle, workers will have to go home and our economy will take a hit. this congress cannot let that happen. >> $109 billion worth of funding for projects is set to expire on march 31st. the democratic-led senate already passed a funding bill but the republican-lead house has yet to do. so. in our election 2012 coverage it is primary day in louisiana and rick santorum is hoping for a win in the state
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bey to cushion on energy. >> you want someone that you know and you trust because they've always been for oil, gas, and coal development in our country. vote for rick santorum and not barack obama. >> santorum made the comments yesterday at a gun range. polls show him leading in louisiana, but analysts say mitt romney needs a win in the south to show he can connect with voters there. >> i appreciate the support from the voters in puerto rico and illinois, and i hope i get same from louisiana. >> 20 delegates are at stake today. another 26 will be awarded later. the secret service is investigating a threatening comment made during rick santorum's stop at that gun range. it happened yesterday while he fired rounds at a paper target. >> pretend it's obama. >> that is a woman shouting at the former pennsylvania senator and telling him to pretend the target was president obama.
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santorum had headphones on and did not hear the comment. >> a woman in the crowd yelled out "pretend it's obama." obviously you're at a range. he didn't hear it. >> no, we're not pretending we're shooting pistols. a horrible remark and i'm glad i didn't hear it. >> the secret service will not provide details on its investigation. on monday the nation's highest court will hear arguments over the president's healthcare laws. the affordable healthcare act is celebrating its second anniversary. supreme court justices may not even get to the merits of the case because day one of arguments will focus on whether justices should wait until someone is fined for not complying with the mandate that every american carry health insurance. >> under the anti-injunction acts there's a good argument that we have to wait until someone pays the tax, then
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they're allowed to get a refund. they're allowed to sue in 20 15. another contentious health component of the act is expansion. more drugs could be available over the counter. birth control advocates are underring the food and drug administration to add the contraceptive to a list of drugs available without prescription. the new push comes after a two- day hearing the fda held this week to consider allowing more drugs over the counter. the idea is meant to reduce healthcare costs by cutting the number of doctor visits from patients. you can get more details now. here is the list of drugs the fda is considering making over the counter. does it include drugs treating cholesterol, asthma, migraines, and blood pressure. people across the current marching in support of trayvon martin. >> no justice! >> no peace!
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>> some 8,000 people in philadelphia joined the million hoodie march. martin was an unarmed teenager shot to death in florida last month. the gunman claimed it was self- defense. martin wore a hooded sweat shirt and only carried a cell phone, a can of iced tea, and a bag of skittles. high school students in miami walked out of class. they marched to a local mall, then returned to their campuses. students at one school went to the football field and formed the letters t and m in tribute to trayvon martin. celebrities are also honoring martin. amare stoudemire wore a hoodie during warm-ups before last night's game. hundreds of people in arizona are calling for the arrest of sheriff joe arrest pie i don't. -- joe arrest arpaio.
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the path of the protest went past the sheriff's office and ended at immigration and customs headquarters. protesters say they want the sheriff to know they are no longer afraid of him. american airlines is now the target of a possible takeover. bloomberg news reports u.s. airways is now discussing a takeover plan with american airlines' creditors. american entered chapter 11 bankruptcy back in november. u.s. airways officials aren't commenting on the story but this is the second time in six years u.s. airways has tried to take over another airline. in 2006 u.s. airways failed to take over delta air lines. general motors is now denying reports it is getting ready to close plants in europe to help control growing losses. gm europe lost $700 million last year alone but the company says this morning it remains committed to keeping plants open until at least the end of 2014. and hue lit pack card is
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raising -- hewlett-packard is raising its dividend as it has been struggling through tough times. hp's new dividends will be about $0.13 a share. that will take effect in may. a new list is ranking the cities with the most lost cell phones, and a bay area city is on that list. look out mobile security says oakland is third in the country when it comes to places where people are most likely to lose a cell phone. only philadelphia and seattle are ahead. long beach and newark, new jersey round out the top five. they say a majority of cell phones are lost between 9:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m., and night life may be a key reason. holidays and sporting events tend to lead people to lose their phones. it's 9:21. ahead, the plot foiled at a northern california airport. first, the first lady gets ready for another tv appearance. the reality show she's bringing to the white house. rain is falling over parts of the bay area and spreading inland as we speak. we'll take a look at what you
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crews in australia are trying to clean up an oil spill. it happened when a fishing boat ran aground and sank near melbourne off the country's southern coast. almost eight gallons of fuel was on board and is now spilling into the water. all six people on the boat were rescued. the captain is being investigated for drinking while operating the boat. the rain started falling in parts of the north bay around 4:00 this morning. now it is moving east. we just found out from an e- mail that a parade has been canceled. >> opening ceremonies. >> and i know they're not the only little league having problems, rosemary. >> quite a bummer for our little leaguers who were hoping to play today. the fields are soggy. we're already seeing
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accumulation, anywhere from . 1 in san francisco. almost .2 reported near santa rosa at this time. a live look, you can see the east bay as well as the south barks still fairly dry. we are going to watch this as it continues to make an easterly migration, southeasterly, but look at the satellite radar. you can see how this system with the center of the storm right off the coastline there is kind of parallel to the coast at this time. when we get that type of westerly-southwesterly push that means areas like santa cruz mountains and the santa lucias are expecting to see quite a bit of rain, up to two inches. the rest of us will see a half inch to an inch. we know we could use it. it is going to remain with us today and possibly through most of tomorrow. a winter weather advisory for the sierra will start in the overnight hours and last
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through monday morning. snow levels eventually dropping down to 3500 feet. that's fairly low. your extended forecast, temperatures this morning cool but not too bad. in the afternoon, cool. widespread, low to mid-50s saab butt all we'll see. scattered showers in the forecast sunday. we will get a break on monday, partly cloudy skies, but notice our temperatures remain cool. tuesday into wednesday we will watch them warm quite a bit. back to you. a driver in washington state is swimming in trouble after allegedly driving into a swimming pool. police say 23-year-old eric brown drove a car right into a pool. officers located brown walking near the scene of the crash and was transported to the hospital. police say they smelled alcohol on brown, and he was cited for a dui. he was also charged with a hit- and-run and failure to transfer the title of the car. a crane had to be brought in to pull that car out of that pool. first lady michelle obama is making an appearance on "the
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biggest loser." her cameo was taped in february. the first lady welcomes the contestants and their families to the white house. she then joins them for a workout in the east room. mrs. obama has also been on iron chef and extreme makeover home edition. pope benedict is beginning his week-long pilgrimage to latin america. a california airport plot lands a montana man in jail. the weapons authorities say he tried to get past security agents. and girls at a bay area elementary school noticed something wrong in their bathroom. what teachers found when they went to investigate themselves.
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thanks for staying with us. i'm mike miingbeck. >> i'm claudia wong. two people were found in oakland on 60s in street shot. police say the woman was taken to the hospital and is recovering. the man was pronounced dead at that scene. they say the two appeared to know each other but they don't know the extent of their relationship. police suspect an automatic weapon was used in that shooting. right now they do not have any suspects or a motive. earlier that same night police found another man suffering from a gunshot wound in oakland. that happened around 10:00 in the parking lot of eastmont
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mall. police say they found a man with a gunshot wound to the head. he died on the way to the hospital. police haven't released any other information. in the rain this morning san francisco police continue to watch over a house where five people were killed. we have new video taken where you can see flowers are being left there alongside the crime scene tape. coming up at 9:45 a live report from ktvu on what we've learned about the family of the vick i am the. screw one man is recovering after being shot while in a car in east palo alto. after the shooting the driver headed to the hospital but on the way he spotted a police officer and stopped and asked for help. palo alto police set up a crime scene and transported the victim hospital but east palo alto police will now be heading up the investigation since the actual shooting occurred in
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that city. >> we wanted to assure the public that downtown is safe. did it not occur here. it occurred in east palo alto. >> police do not after reason for the shooting. they are asking anyone with information to call east palo alto police. there is now a sketch of the man daley city police believe is spying is on young girls in a school bathroom. this is the man a group of students say was inside a girl's bathroom last friday at george washington elementary school. police say the man was using a handheld camera to spy on the girls. they say he made sure they were forced to use one stall he could easily access. >> he de-activated several stalls by means of stuffing toilet paper or other devices to force girls to use one stall. >> when the girls saw the man they reported him to a teacher who went to investigate. police say he ran from the bathroom and down the block, and school officials eventually lost sight of hit. he is described as a latino
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man, 5' 10", 150 pounds, with a noticeable bald spot on the top of his head. >> a montana man is being held without bail after he allegedly tried to bring several loaded guns through a security check point. 45-year-old harold waller was arrested after security agents found a gun inside one of his bags. when they conducted a more thorough check they found three more loaded guns in his possession. deputies searched the suspect's car and discovered eight additional firearms. air travelers say they were taken aback by the news. >> there was a tremendous amount of ammunition. he was apparently planning on doing some damage. >> waller was backed on several weapons charges and is now in the sacramento county jail. he is due in court on mon diswrie. the obama administration will meet with congress next week behind closed doors to discuss the fremont solar company solyndra. the meeting won't be documented. it means there won't be any transcripts coming out of that
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session. the administration is trying to avoid subpoenas. lawmakers have accused the white house of stone walling about providing more than half a billion dollars in federal loan guarantees to solyndra. the company filed for bankruptcy protection last september. more electric car charging stations are coming to california. governor jerry brown announced 20 fast charging stations will soon be put in place across the state. in addition, another 10,000 plug-in units will also be rolled out. the governor says a $120 million settlement with nrg energy company will help pay for the charging stations. the settlement comes after accusations the company inflated costs on long-term power contracts. embattled oakland mayor jean kwan is fighting to keep her job. kwan believes she can beat a recall vote but is hoping opponents won't collect enough
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signatures to even put the issue on the ballot. >> the recall would be costly, divisive, and quite frankly take a lot of time away there moving the city forward. >> she doesn't understand the duties and responsibilities of the mayor. she doesn't really listen to the people. she's very divisive. >> recall supporters are setting up to try to collect signatures. they need 19,800 verified names and they are also raising money. one effort has so far raised $10,000. marin county is holding a memorial for supervisor hal brown. he died this month after a battle with pan -- pancreatic cancer. a funeral will be held in washington state for a u.c. berkeley student killed in a freeway accident. 19-year-old frish man kevin
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laconale was studying to be a doctor. he was driving with three friends when his car crashed into a downed tree. moments later a pickup truck came along hitting the tree and then kevin. an investigators says u.c. berkeley police should have considered using pepper spray during a demonstration last november. instead, police used batons. this report says applications of pepper spray would have quickly cleared the area. however, that was not an option because the chancellor had banned pepper spray. the report made other tactical recommendations. a free medical clinic has
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provided care such as dental and vision on a first come, first served basis. tickets are handed out each day. you can learn more about these free clinics that continue through the weekend at the coliseum. go to our website, ktvu.com, click on web links. final preparations are underway for tomorrow's running festival in oakland. this is video of last year's event. 8,000 people of all ages are expected to run in the race. the event is expected to also generate an estimated $3 million for the city with $300,000 going to local chair fees. there will be several races tomorrow. the longest one is the marathon. that begins at 7:30 a.m. we will have live coverage right here tomorrow morning on mornings on 2. good morning to you. tomorrow scattered showers will remain in the forecast. for today, a steady light rain. if you don't care for the rain pick a place indoors.
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otherwise, get outside and maybe, i don't know, play in the puddles. bring along those rain boots. watching some moderate rainfall over parts of the bay area this morning. over the north bay hat been fairly widespread. it's not too bad out there. maybe along the golden gate this morning as well, sausalito reporting moderate rain, fairly light, and not going away. we've watched this progress to the east over the course of the last few hours, and now it is into the east bay, but still some of us remaining dry. areas near concord and danville reporting dry conditions. san leandro, light rain falling. the south bay still dry. light morning, early afternoon before most of us will finally see that rain beginning to fall. it is going to stall over us. it is going to be a slow moving system. even though it's going to be light rain it is going to add up. we are going to see an inch to
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two inches by the weekend. and right now so far .17 in santa rosa, . 1 in san francisco, less than in that oakland. let's take a look at your forecast. it is widespread. scattered showers by the afternoon for the north bay, but for most of us it is going to take all day. it's now 7:00. sun sets about 7:26. saturday a wet one. sunday morning we wake up, scattered showers. it takes most of the afternoon before we finally dry out. if you do need to be outdoors this weekend, the late half of sunday lacks to be the best, dryest part of the weekend. 43 in santa rosa, mid-40s in oakland, 50 concord, 47 in areas around san jose. so a fairly mild start. a little cool out there but not too bad. now, the afternoon is going to be cool. 49 in know nevado. gusty in the hills this morning. 52 in hayward and along those bridges it is slick and breezy as well. 52 san jose, 52 santa cruz.
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santa cruz could pick up another inch to two inches by sunday. the extended forecast, a soggy day today, a little more sunshine expected for tomorrow, but we will be with the showers on and off for your sunday. dry op monday. getting back to work monday morning shouldn't be too bad. we should be dry through monday, then tuesday scattered showers return, temperatures slowly warming back into the low 60s by tuesday and wednesday. back to you. time now 9:40. new this morning daled fire in charleston, west virginia has killed six children and two adults. we have new video just in. we got this within the last hour. a woman and one other child were injured in those flames, and charleston's mayor says he believes this is the city's deadliest fire in at least six decades. he also says there was only one smoke detector in the home and it was found in a cabinet. it is still not clear how that fire started. also new this morning, a 5.1-magnitude earthquake woke
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up people in philly. the quake was reported near the capitol of cant yag go. the quake was measured at 5.1 but the university of chile's size mo logical service says it was a 5.3. this morning pope benedict xvi is in mexico as part of his week-long pilgrimage to latin america. he was welcomed by cheering supporters. this is the pope's first visit to mexico. he is urging people there to stop the flow of money that is feeding mexico's drug violence. not everyone, though, was there to welcome the pope to mexico. a group of a little more than 40 protesters representing feminists, gay, and secular groups protested. they say the pope has a political agenda which goes against the mexican constitution. they also protested the use of public resorts to welcome the pope. 9:41.
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ahead, waiting longer to walk down the aisle. the new report on women and marriage. but first, the bay area school children fighting budget cuts with words. san francisco police investigators just arrived at a home on house street in san francisco to continue a second full day of gathering evidence in a gruesome homicide investigation.
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a live look at the bay bridge. we've got slick roads and winds in areas. have a safe one. time now 9:44. let's recap the top stories we're waking up to. voters are making their choice in louisiana's republican primary. 20 delegates are at stake today, and another 26 will be awarded later. polls show rick santorum
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leading in louisiana. two people are recovering from stab wounds after a fight at a napa valley golf club. police say it happened at a party attended mostly by teens and young adults. they say at least 100 people were involved in the fight. and in just about 15 minutes, 60 search and rescue members and four search dogs will canvas a 12-mile area for missing teenager sierra lamar. lamar has been missing for more than a week. she was last seen walking to her bus stop. continuing coverage on the five people found dead inside a san francisco home. officers have been posted around the clock at the scene of that crime. ktvu's ali rasmus says inspectors have arrived there. >> reporter: when investigators arrived they asked us to move our live truck further down the block to accommodate all the inchers who had to park along
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the street. the crime scene here has expanded. the crime scene tape comes across the block and goes all the way down to the end of the street and around the corner. let's show you new video that we just got in showing all the 20 investigators. crime scene technicians, police officers, there are about 20 people or so who pulled up here as they continue to gather evidence at that time home where these five victims were found friday morning. one of the investigators told me this is a complicated crime scene because of all the victims involved. the five people found here are all from the same family. a cup paige their 60s, their two adult children, a 32-year- old son and 37-year-old daughter lived here. the fifth victim was either the girlfriend or the wife of the son. according to property records, the home is owned by a 65-year- old. initial reports were that this may have been a murder-suicide, but late last night two police
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sources told ktvu the victims' injuries weren't consistent with that theory. police set's possible the family may have been targeted over a dispute about money. some neighbors did report hearing an argument and shouting coming from the house early friday morning. but again, back out here live we can show you the front of the house where this all happened. more than 24 hours after police first responded to the scene investigators continue to gather evidence. there are a lot of people inside that orange house you're looking at. investigators here say they are not authorized to speak with us about this case. so we can't ask them any further questions. but we have reached out to public information officers with san francisco police. they just told us by e-mail that they don't have any updates. they won't be out here to answer any further questions this morning. live in san francisco, allie rasmus, ktvu news. >> we are going to be posting any developments as they happen, at ktvu.com.
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authorities have questioned but not arrested a man who shot and killed a man delivering newspapers. the victim was riding in a slow moving car helping his girlfriend deliver newspapers wednesday night. the alleged gunman told detectives he thought the car and the people inside harp threat because there was a drive-by shooting minutes earlier. >> then you hear pow, pow, pow. i looked out the window, and i didn't see anybody. i seen a couple of cars shoot up the street, but other than that, that was it. >> surveillance cameras from neighbors may help the case but police say they need witnesses to come forward. >> the san francisco board of supervisors is set to vote on a new plan next week that scales back the deal bringing the americas cup race to the bay area and now those cuts are being blamed for layoffs. the america's cup organization laid off 25% of its staff yesterday. 14 of the 2 people let go
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worked at an office in san francisco. the rest worked at offices around the world. the america's cup event authority was going to invest more than $100 million to improve the infrastructure for the race but officials have now backed off from that deal. a campaign to save teachers is underway in panole. >> governor, i don't want to waste your time so here i go. >> this group of 5th graders fighting to raise money for education. they have written letters to the governor and president asking them to save three of their teachers' jobs. the students say the lack of funding is impacting them now and possibly in the future. >> say i change my mind and i want to go to cal here. what if i have to be cut and not be able to depo to college? >> the student's 5th grade teacher says' been fasting since sunday tolls bring attention to the lack of funding for education. advancements in robot technology are on display in
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san diego. hundreds are taking part at the conference. many inventions are designed for the military including a robot powerful enough to push a car out of the way. it can also break in through a window. >> 52% of the casualties happen on first contact with the enemy. we would prefer that first contact to be with robotics. >> there's also technology in which soldiers throw a device into a suspicious area. the robot then turns into a small vehicle to survey the area. one state senator plans to introduce a bill to protect job applicants' facebook accounts. >> it's really an area that the employer has no business getting into performed your social media account is your account, and nobody should invade that privacy. >> facebook has had to companies not to ask for account information from potential employees and has threatened legal action if they do. the company says it is a
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violation of its terms of service. a recent report by the associated press found numerous agencies that were demanding facebook and other social media information on job applications. people across the country are taking a break from their electronics. it's all part of the national day of unplugging that started at sunset yesterday. thousands of people shut off their cell phones, computee and other dwietsz. they've pledged to go 24 hours without them. organizers say it's about seeing what you've been missing in the real world. a new study says tall single ladies are choosing to remain single. the study by the university of denver found that 40% of women under the age of 44 have never tied the knot. and most of the women surveyed, especially the younger ones, are in no hurry to do. so researchers say that could be a result of how they were raised. >> i think a lot of people have grown up with parents who either didn't get married or didn't stay married, and so a lot of young people today want
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to make sure that they're with the right person. >> the women say they are focusing on their car rather and say love can wait. they also say there is no appropriate aim to get married, and that for most of them, it will happen when it happens. lotto fever is getting even hotter. the new jackpot after no one picked all six mega million numbers. >> and it is turning into this year's biggest blockbuster. the huge midnight debut putting "the hunger games" at the top of the box office. as a chef we are always committed to our suppliers...
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so be careful out there. the roadways are wet. two hands on the wheel today. the jackpot for the mega millions is now even bigger. it is now at a whopping $365 million after no one matched all six numbers. you want to check your numbers. even though you may not have got all the numbers seven people from california have tickets matching at least five numbers. here's a look at the wing numbers. 6, 17, 19, 20, 21, and the mega ball is 20. the oakland a's are scheduled to hold a workout today after arriving in japan yesterday morning. the a's are in japan to hold the 2012 major league baseball season and open it up. they play two games against the mariners, one wednesday, the other thursday. a large flash mob in san francisco paid tribute to whitney houston. last night a large group of people took over market and
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caster street. the group danced to houston's 1987 hit "i wanna dance with somebody." the group says they are part of the show your love for whitney houston flash mob. houston died of an accidental drowning in a bathtub in a beverly hills hotel. fans are heating up "the hunger games" to the tune of 68 million. that movie adapt freddy the best selling book is on track to post the best weekend opening ever for a movie that is not a sequel. it is expected to bring in at least $135 million by the end of the weekend. critics say part of its appeal is that it indicators to both men and women. 20-year-old razi crane is part of "the hunger games" success. she sings a duet with adam levin on the sound track. it also features other
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performers such as taylor swift and arcade 5. it's 9:56. it's wet outside. it's going stay wet. >> cool, wet, and breezy at times. the system finally moved ashore in the overnight hours, and this morning we're looking at light, steady rain over parts of the north bay. santa rosa getting a little break. moderate rain coming into the area. san francisco wet. hat crossed over to the east bay. oakland reporting light showers at times. areas around concord, livermore, down into san jose, hasn't reached you just yet, but it will. this is going to crawl across the area bringing us light, steady rain for most of today and then into the evening hours. one to two inches of rain possible bey sunday. the north bay will see the brunt of this moisture. winds will be gusty at times. snow levels down to 2500 feet. maybe our local mountains will pick up a new dusting. that will be exciting.
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meanwhile advisories for the sierra starting is early tomorrow morning. but here at home just a rainy day tomorrow, scattered showers is and cool. but we could use it. >> strong enough winds you think it will bring power lines down, possibly trees? >> i don't think so. we should be okay. no advisories in place. just soggy. >> thanks, rosemary. >> that is our report. thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. >> join ktvu for our next newscast at 6:00. we are always here for you at ktvu.com and mobile ktvu. have a great saturday, everyone.
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