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. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is the 10:00 on ktvu channel 2. >> it's come town right on schedule. the latest on the doyle drive demolition and how it's affecting drivers trying to get across the golden gate bridge. >> good evening, i'm ken wayne. >> i'm heather holmes. >> crews are working to bring down doyle drive and get a replacement road in time for the monday commoner commute. eric rasmussen joins us live with an update. >> reporter: heather, behind me you can see what is left of doyle drive all
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that heavy equipment still at work tonight. you know, crews actually gave us pieces of rubble from today's demolition, just a tiny portion of the concrete and steel that is coming down this weekend. cheers erupted with each 30' span of doyle drive brought down by massive hydraulic hammers. the demolition project reviewed new views of the bay area and drew big crowds including mark russell and his son. >> you look to look at big crane trucks. >> we're right on schedule. >> reporter: but project managers say they are still working against the clock, even with critical portions demolished they still have other important work to
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finish before monday morning. while traffic is down 50-60%, caltrans is asking drivers to heed the warnings and stay away. >> it can get bogged down very quickly and that will delay the critical deliver. asphalt that we need. >> reporter: one place you are sure to avoid traffic this caltrans simulator showing us what drivers will encounter on monday and even when the entire project is finished in 2015. meanwhile engineers have set up 16 of these device as round the construction sitesite to monitor dust. but some of the closest neighbors say all of the change is welcomed. >> it's a big deal around here. i think we're all looking forward to what is going to be the future for the presidio without this big structure. >> reporter: and back here live, i checked with caltrans the last 0 moats and they say things are still running on schedule at point. we asked where all of the rubble is going from the demolition projects and officials say it will be recycled in future road projects. construction manager told me paving of the temporary bypass in this project should begin in
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about one hour. we're live in san francisco, eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. now you can take a look into the future. caltrans createdded this animation to show us what motorists will encounter after the demolition work is complete. the viaduct and roadway is set to be mace n-place by monday morning. despite warning of ser traffic done congestions, some drives made the trek to the city. christien kafton reports. >> reporter: while crews worked around-the- clock to demolish doyle drive, drivers had to take lincoln boulevard through the presidio, the long route and in some cases the very long route. >> we have been waiting in traffic for about 30 minutes from down by crissy field.
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>> reporter: some drivers said they didn't hear about the doyle drive closure, and others say the detours were confusing. police report few problems in the richmond district. crews are on-hand, allowing drivers to make a usually illegal left-hand turn offer presidio. drivers say there were minimum delays entering san francisco. >> we thought about taking the ferry. >> reporter: bijan sartipi caltran director for the bayer was on hand to watch the demolition and said drivers seemed to gotten the message to avoid the message and given the amount of traffic it usually carries. >> we really thank the puck for ception that delay. it's not as big as it could be. >> reporter: caltrans is advising drivers to avoid the area if at all
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possible, but if you simply cannot avoid this area, they are advising drivers to use publication transportation to try to alleviate some of the traffic. christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news blue angel with the weekend close where were of doyle drive other bay area bridges have been picking up the slack. this is the toll bridge at 6:00. traffic was pretty heavy heading into san francisco. caltrans is seeing an uptick on the richmond-san rafael bridge as well. the final golden gate ferry is set to leave san francisco bound for larkspur at 10:30 the ferry is leaving at&t park after the giant's game. the ferry is typically reserved for those who attend the game, but there is certain tonight that people wanting to leave the city will try to get on that boat, leading to some overcrowding on the ferry. >> to find out what the traffic is like in the doyle drive area we have live drive time updates on our website.
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you can go to ktvu.com. golden gate bridge workers are urging occupy protesters to keep the span open during a demonstration which is planned for next week. workers are plan a one-day strike on tuesday to protest possible cuts in health benefits. occupy protesters say they plan to show their solidarity and have threatened to block traffic. bridge officials say they will be prepared for any possible action. the group occupying a plot of land owned uc berkeley held workshops. group calling itself occupy the farm has been using a piece of land in albanys a communicatal garden. land is owned by uc berkeley and used for agricultural research. the group is planning more events tomorrow. the city of oakland meanwhile this week filed a lawsuit against two more occupy protesters stemming from a day
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of protests back in january. chloe watlington and paul woods are accused of spray-painting scotland convention center. they want to cover the cost for cleaning up the property. the city refsly sued another occupy protesters for sandallism. there is new development in a search for missing teenager sierra lamar cara liu. >> reporter: the signs and yellow ribbons have been up for weeks, but now the reward has more than doubled to $25,000 for bringing sierra lamar home safe. recent donations include $10,000 from an anonymous donor as well as contributions large and small from the community. >> i have somebody say my kids wanted to do something. they couldn't go on the search
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so they went around the neighborhood and collect funds. >> the important thing is to get her back home. >> reporter: more than 150 volunteers helped to distribute fliers and search new areas. >> well, what we were doing today was searching specifically along roads that had the appropriate cover. anyplace where somebody would be able to drive and not be able to be seen. >> reporter: also pitching in this weekend four people and a search dog from team amber, the group is named after a teenager who was kidnapped and murdered in san diego. >> we need the person who is out there that knows something to step up. if there is somebody out there, who has that piece of information, who can remember something that they didn't remember before, instead sitting back on it, we need them to step up and contact the sheriffs. >> the longer the time goes by the lower your chances are. so it's painful to think about.
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so we're just trying to hard as hard as we can. >> reporter: and tomorrow a small group of volunteers will be back out here with team amber and also a circus in salinas is planning to donate' porshe of its provides tomorrow night. we're live in mortgage hill, carra lew, ktvu channel 2 news. a 15-year-old girl died wide while riding in a pickup truck heading to the hospital with a stabbing victim. in brentwood police say it started just after midnight when three people were stabbed during a fight. police say two of the victims drove themselves to the hospital. while friends attempted to take the third development to the hospital. they say on this way there, their truck ran a red light and collided with a another car. the truck flipped on its side, trapping the teenaged girl. police say the october pontas in the other car, a mother and daughter suffered significant injuries. six people are displaced
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tonight after a two-alarm fire destroyed a house had unincorporated san leandro. that fire broke out at about 9:00 on pico place. firefighters say the flames and smoke could be seen for miles. 36 firefighters responded and had that fire contained in about 45 minutes. one house though was destroyed. two others damaged. no one was hurt, but two cats and a dog remain missing. the cause of that near is being investigated. san francisco police tonight are asking for the public's help as they investigating a possible homicide in golden gate park. police say they found the male victim last night around 7:20 behind the studio. he was having difficulty breathing, but lost consciousness before an ambulance arrived. he was then pronounced at the end at the hospital. investigator says they heard reports that the man may have been in a fight east of the studio. the victim is only describe as 56 years old and no other information has been released. police have identified two suspects in a deadly stabbing yesterday in san josi.
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officers were called to a house on cleveland avenue near bascom avenue before 2:00 a.m. for the report of stabbing. san josi police say they are looking for two brothers suspected in the homicide. they are identified as 20-year- old jonathan alexander bess and 23-year-old brian james ques bess, who is also 23. the victims' employment has not been released, but san josi police tell us that he is a 51- year-old man. also had san josi, police arrested this man, 21 alphonso martin after the man martin allegedly struck with a vehicle during an argument died of his injuries. the victim, osvaldo ortega was struck by the car. martin was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. one man is dead and 100 more injured after a tent near a st. louis cardinals game collapsed after high buttons swept through that city. the tend tent was located out
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of a sportsbar a couple of blocks south of bush stadium. most of those injured suffered cuts and bruises. firefighters say it's unclear how the one man died, but owner of the bar contends that the victim was struck by lightning. a series of small earthquakes shook part of southern california today. the first a magnitude 3.8 struck around 8:00 this monk. it was centered in san bernard county. a 2.0 county aftershock happened about two minutes later followed by a 1.8 magnitude quake around 8:15. no damage or injuries were reported, but officials say the initial quake shook buildings 60 miles away in downtown l.a.. this video just into the ktvu newsroom, it came in just about an hour ago. we're learning what what led up to this fiery crash on a bay
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area freeway. one of the sailors who died in the low speed chase boating accident is remembered tonight. we'll have the musical tribute. and the standoff between a man and police in washington state comes to a conclusion. why police waited to enter this man's bunker. the 10:00 news continues in 90 seconds.
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. this is new video into the
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ktvu newsroom of a fiery crash amp a high-speed chase on highway 101 in pet llama. petaluma. police identified him as. they say officers were pursing him a suspect in a domestic battery investigation. the lanes were shute for about 30 minute. p about 100 people gathered for amemorial service for one of the victims of the sailboat tragedy after the farallone islands. >> the berkeley memorial service for a sailor killed two weeks today was much more of a celebration. >> he was just that kind of
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guy. >> reporter: 32-year-old elmer morrissey died with four others when the yacht was overcome by rogue waves near farallone islands. james o'donnell was best friends with him from his days in ireland. >> he made he everybody engage with him. >> reporter: morrisey belonged to a ukulele club. >> itwass the theme song to his rival rugby club. >> reporter: yes he played the ukulele and rugby. >> he was so full of live. morrissey's boss at the berkeley lab says he was larger than life. >> as a scientist he was brilliant. he understood everything. he had great ideas. i thought he had a great future. >> reporter: two men on low speed chase that
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day came to the service, but declined to talk to me. the memorial service include an inspirationallia print that says, "if you are at peace, you are living in the present." his friends say that sums him up perfectly. more details on low speed chase. elmer morrissey's body is one of three that has yet to be found. alexis bush and alan cahill are still missing. more than 100 boats are set to take to the water tomorrow to kick off the start of the bay area sailing season. the 95th annual opening-day on the bay boat parade will glide across san francisco bay from crissy field to pier 39. this year's theme "american spirit." celebrating the many people and things that make san francisco unique. a memorial service is being planned for a petaluma mother
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and elementary schoolteacher fatally shoot in an apparent murder-suicide. she was allegedly shot to death outside of her divorce attorney's office. a memorial service has now been scheduled for may 8th at 1:00 at the petaluma valley baptist church. she leaves behind four children, two teenagers and 21- month-old twins. the one time lover who nadia lockyer accused of attacking her will not face criminal charges in connection with that accident. a spokesperson says after reviewing the perp 3rd incident they determined that no charges would be filed. a lawyer for the man, says her client is very relieved. the wife of state treasurer bill lockyer, nadia lockyer restrained her post after revelations of her affair and substance-abuse became public. people passing
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through the bart station can see a pictures of japanese americans sent to internment camps. they show people on their way to the interment camps in 1942 next to photos of the same people today. many internment camp survivors came to today's exhibit opening and say it's important to remind people what happened to teach future generations about racial discrimination and anti- immigrant policies. >> if we can compare the past to the present and messages for these children is that it could happen again, but we don't want it to. >> the san bruno bart station is where tanforan racetrack used to be. during world war ii japanese- americans were forced to live in converted horse stables before they weren't sent to ute.
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an hour's long standoff in king county, washington ended today when authorities stored a body inside a for fort ified bunker. >> reporter: the standoff between peter keller and investigators began friday after they found evidence leading them to this hillside bunker outside of seattle. >> this isn't a hole in the ground. this is a large built up structure, but hidden. it took some time to find it
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and, in fact, our tactical team smelled the smoke. >> reporter: police found the bodies of his wife and teenaged daughter. keller's boss says he was known as a caring father. >> he just adored her and one thing we had seen is him spontaneously going over and hugging his daughter. >> reporter: police fired tear gas, but deputies did not go inside until saturday because of safety concerns. april williams, ktvu channel 2 news. we have developing news out of oakland, where police react now are investigating the city's 41st homicide of the year. it happened about 8:20 tonight in downtown oakland at 123th and broadway at a burlinger king restaurant. police say a man who appeared drunk entered the restaurant and began to harass an elderly woman. a fight spilled out into the
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street where apparently intoxicated man fell down. he died on the way to the hospital. an incredible survivor story, video captures a little girl escaping a potentially deadly crash with only minoryers. also more falloult tonight from the us secret service scandal in colombia. coming up a little bit later, the policy changes being implemented. . the bay area warmed up nicely this afternoon. coming up where we could have patchy fog fix thing tomorrow morning a temperature change you will notice in the second half of the weekend. ♪ beth! hi! looking good. you've lost some weight. thanks. you noticed. these clothes are too big, so i'm donating them. how'd you do it? eating right -- whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multi-grain cheerios -- 5 whole grains, 110 calories.
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. malaysian riot police fired tear gas and water cannons on protesters today. the demonstrators call fog a complete overhaul of election rules where the upcoming vote in june. nearly 400 people were arrested. >> it wasn't supposed to be violent. this was just all for a good
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cause. they provoked us and pushed us and we're still sitting. we're still sitting. >> the opposite leaders say the electoral system unfairly favors the governing coalition, which has led malaysia since independence in 195. police in northern ireland support a 600 pound bomb was de fused two days' passing driver noticed the explosive rigged van. a local police official said if that bomb had indeed exploded it would have likely killed anyone within 50 yards. the major ira faction denounced the violence. in other news of the world tonight the
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lebanese navy say the weapons shipment apparently originated inside syria. the weapons included leafy machine guns, artillery shells. there are unconfirmed reports that the syrian army has laid mines along the border with lebanon. in the movement state of tab yanko, a horific discovery when four children who went missing earlier this week were dovered in a shallow grave. investigators say the four of them, ages 7-10, all appear to have been suffocated. three of the children, two boys and agirl were sibling and the fourth a friend who lived nearby. the children disappeared on their way to school on tuesday. and from china surveillance video captures a remarkable survival story, a little girl crossing the street when the truck coming straight at her. the driver swerved and hitle the pole, the little girl
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ducked and amazingly escaped major injuries. hundreds of concrete barricades have gone down in baghdad. crews pulled down the walls, which were put up back in 200after the u.s. occupation. the walls were mentmato protect the iraqay capitol from bomb astacks. military officials say the remeanwhile novel is a sign of security returning to the war ravaged country. still baghdad faces service threats fromming in the attacks. a big scandal and new rules. the major changes coming to the secret service. and don't want a smart meter? the option being given to customers by pg&e. and the fast approaching deadline. what's the best gift you can give mom ?
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investigating the shooting death of a man that they say was accidentally killed his brother as the two looked at a gun. police say a 41-year-old man went to his 36-year-old's brother's home to show him his new gun. investigators say it seems while the two were looking at the gun, it wasn't off, killing the younger brother. detectives are currently speaking with the surviving brother. more fallout tonight in the prostitution scandal surrounding the u.s. secret service. the agency has set up astrict new set of rules regarding employee conduct, but a top republican says that is not enough. molly henneberg reports. >> reporter: in these new rules from secret service director mark sullivan, he says agents are expected to conduct themselves in a man that they are, "that reflects the highest standards of the u.s. government." but in view of prostitution scandal, sullivan shout it was
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necessary to spell out for the agents that foreign nationals, excluding hotel staff and official law enforcement counterparts are prohibited in hotel rooms. and alcohol use is prohibited within ten hours of reporting for duty. that is all well and good with iowa republican senator grassley, the ranking republican on the senate judiciary committee that over sees the secret service, but he says the new rules don't negate what happened in colombia and says, "it remains necessary to hold the agency and the agents accountable follow a complete and independent investigation." part of that independent investigation includes looking into whether white house staffers were involved. grassley says an outsider needs to dot investigating and sent a letter with 14 questions about white house staff on the trip to the white house and asked for a response by this past
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thursday night. he says he never got an answer. in washingtoto molly henneberg, fox news. president obama joked about that secret service scandal tonight at the white house correspondent's dinner. along with another controversy. >> look at this party, we have got men in tuxes, women in gowns, fine wine, first-class entertainment, i was just relieved to learn this wasn't a gsa conference. the dinner was hosted by late- night comedienne jimmy kimmel an featured who's who of celebrity s. >> google has just released the full report of the federal government's investigation into data that the search-engine collected through its street view service. service the federal communications commission
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looked intoo it. the fcc report points to a rogue engineer and says that engineer wrote software code that captured data information including e-mails, passwords and search history. that engineer invoked his 5th amendment right and declined to speak to the fcc. pg&e says it wasn'ts to hear from customer cans who plan to opt out of its smarter meter program and would like to know by may 1st. the utility says customers can opt out at necessity time, but officials would like to get a clearer pricket rav how many opt-out customers are out there. so far 20,000 residential customers are opted out of smart meter program in northern california. that program came under fire after critics sited possible privacy and health concerns. it was perfect picture weather today for the grand opener opening of new visitor's center at lands inin san francisco. the 4,000 square foot center sits up the hill from the cliff
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house and includings an education center with panels and displays that offer information on the coast's geology and history. it also has a museum and cafe. marveling at pan rockingham rammic views, the superintendent says the central turned out better than anyone imaged. >> the building is light on the land with a lot of glass and you can see right through it and we're really excited. it's also energy-efficient. >> the center is scheduled to be open everyday from 9-5. some people in oakland spent the day outside doors cleaning up their community in east oakland. it's all part of the great american clean-up which promote beautification of communities across the country. a wind mall mill in san francisco spun its sales. crowds gathered to see the murphy windmill turn at the
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queen's day festival. landmark was built back in 1905 and efforts to restore the windmill started in 2002 and now are in the final stages. every time we start it, usually stats and sundays, people can see it from the great highway and come out and stop and walk around it and tell their grandkids how they used to see it run back in the day. it's very nice it's running again. >> officials say today's event was just a sneak peek. the sails will stop turning against until the restoration is complete. the search continues for any fragments of that meteorite that created a sonic boom last week. the hunt is now on. these are photos of the meteorite. robert waller says he searched for meteorite fragments around
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the world. >> you always go where other meteorites have been found. >> well, and it's into the just the thrill of the find one woman who found a 17 gram fragment says she received a note from nasa saying that that fragment could be worth $so,000 to to 20,000. expect that warming trend to tone our meteorologist mark tamayo has the forecast for the remeander of your weekend.
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. a nice start tot weekend, temperatures soaring, especially inland, that is the typical pattern in the bay area. we have fog developing offshore and this will signal a change as we head into your sunday. we'll have patchy fog developing coastside and already a few patches developing along the san mateo coast around the rim of shoreline. that will expand in coverage a bit over the next few hours. most areas in the 60s, 70s and 80 degrees around antioch. you can see fair skis out there, but with the clearing skies, temperatures as you would expect are troping off. not extremely cold, but still we're expecting 40s first thing sunday morning for santa rosa and napa. san francisco 52. high pressure is in charge of
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our forecast. we're talking about the fog and with that patchy fog returning coast side those readings maxing out into the 60s, inlands as you would expect, more sunshine, temperatures in the upper 70s to lower 80s. so temperatures about the same as today or a little warmer especially as you work your way inland. first thing tomorrow morning, patchy fog coastside. but then increasing sunshine into the afternoon hours. by 4:00 and 5:00. we have opening-day on the bay. as you can see here, here is the forecast with a bit of a breeze out there. nothing too extreme. winds 10 to maybe 15 miles per hour. tomorrow we'll have a few 80s
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for santa rosa, fairfield and oakland 74 and pleasanton about 80. these temperatures right around 3:00, 4:00 tomorrow afternoon. san josi beautiful. santa cruz, 00. san francisco patchy fog first thing tomorrow morning, especially for the western half of the city. san francisco maxing out in the upper 60s. here is a look ahead your five- day forecast with the reminder remainder of your weekend in view. you will notice a temperature trend, heather and ken by wednesday, and by thursday, as we head into may we could be talking about dry weather, but maybe a chance of a few showers, especially up in the north bay. still a long ways out, but we'll be watching that. >> thank you, mark. thank you, mark. coming up both the 49ers and raiders add five more players to their draft list. and it was a nail-biter, the giants find themselves in a pitcher's dual with san diego.
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joe fonzi with all of today's events next in sports watch
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. good evening everyone and welcome to this saturday night edition of sportswrap. the giant and padres under lights at at&t park. two pitchers, tim lincecum and anthony bass. lincecum allowed only an unearned run in the 3-d and trying to keep it close in the 4th, melky cabrera runs this down at the wall. parrino up next and sends caa

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