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manslaughter they had to find some sort of recklessness. >> that it was beyond somebody driving at the speed limit and was momentarily distracted. to look at a case with higher degree it has to have a degree of recklessness to that. >> reporter: the 17-year-old driver was released from juvenile hall a few days after that crash back in april. we're not naming him because he's a juvenile and still has not been formally charged. i did talk to the you've nile department they say they are still simply going over the case and there's a lot to be determined. the district attorney still has to decide whether this 17-year- old driver will face a misdemeanor or felony or be charged as a juvenile or adult. >> you can get updates on ktvu by going to our website or
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through your mobile device. we have some developing news to report right now out of marin county where a water main break may be causing some problems with the commute. news chopper 2 is live now over the scene on bridge way which is the main thoroughfare through sausalito. we've been watching cars move slowly through the flood waters. the waters district has shut water in the area and clean up crews are working on the site. no word on when water service will be restored but again this is happening on bridgeway. the main thoroughfare going into and out of sausalito. so keep that in mind in case you use bridge way on your way home from work. flames shot up from a gas pipe in the 300 lock -- block of millwood drive. tom vacar live there now to
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explain why this incident is so unusual. >> reporter: well it was a rarely seen chain reaction. rarely seen until the fire came out of the ground, right here. late last night in millbrae a suspected drunk driving hit a power pole. that set off a -- >> mysterious set of circumstances. >> reporter: a live wire blew off the pole. it landed on the chain link fence. in a blink of an eye, the electricity went down a pole that was sank to a pipeline 3 feet deep igniting the gas. >> very odd. >> reporter: neighbors responded with their fire extinguishers. >> put it out at first, as soon as we moved the dirt it lit right back up again. once that happened, san bruno idea kicked in and we pretty much came back, got everybody out of the house and went down
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the street. >> reporter: pg & e says it happened once every three years or so almost always caused by something far more common. >> generally happens because the lightning strikes. >> reporter: but the biggest threat to gas lines and it happens every day in pg & e system, that some excavator simply digs into it. >> we can show folks out there any type of pipe, even homeowners like you and i. >> reporter: to avoid that simply call 811 to find out where pipes are. whenever necessary they will replace the pipes with plastic. >> because it's not only flexible but it does not conduct electricity. >> reporter: big high pressure pipelines must be made of steel. far more resistant to lightning and fire than the smaller lines are. tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. coming up at 6:00, p -- pg
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& e will show us how it plans to respond toty -- to disasters's in the future. veteran public defender ken mandel said he had a conflict when he vowed out of the case this morning. garcia torrez next court appearance has been moved to july 31st. the richmond fire department quickly took care of a small grass fire this afternoon. it was reported shortly after noon near holmes on phillips court near moyer's road. six engines responded and they had the fire out a short time later. about 2 acres burned and there was no serious damage but that fire got close to homes there. a spokesperson says it appears fireworks may have caused the fire because of debris they found at the scene.
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>> reporter: east contra costa fire stations will be shutting down now that measure s filed. the fire department will decide next monday between two options. the first would be to cut 16 jobs and close three fire stations in brentwood, knightson and bethel island. the other option could cut 19 jobs but close only two stations. measure s would have generated $101 million over the next 10 years through a parcel tax but it got nowhere near the 2/3 votes needed to pass. a subway food delivery man started routine rounds. he made it to oakland when an electrical problem sparked a fire in the truck's refrigeration unit. he didn't notice all the danger until another driver waved and honked its horn to gain the drivers attention. no one was hurt. for the first time at the preliminary hearing for the two
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suspects beating bryan stow, a witness identified one of the suspects as stow's attacker. what one witness saw immediately after the attack, christien kafton has the story. >> reporter: dorene sanchez said to the two departments got into a scuffle then pursued a group of giants fans then said that she got alarmed when they saw those two men come back. >> not until i actually seen blood on marvin's hand when we were just about exiting the stadium. >> reporter: marvin norwood is engaged to marry sanchez. she testified her brother was rowdy during the game. and had to be held back from one fight. in the parking lot she says a group of giants fans walked by saying they wanted dodger fans
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to calm down. she said she told her brother those dodger fans were talking trash. louis sanchez then disappeared after them with norwood close behind. dorene sanchez said they thought sanchez and norwood were involved in a different fight not the one involving bryan stow. but for the first time, a witness positively identified sanchez as the man who attacked bryan stow. >> subject one, over to bryan stow. >> the one that kicked stow in the head? >> yes. >> reporter: coming up at 6:00, we'll have audio from that conversation where doren an -- dorene sanchez and norwood talk about being involved in a fight. police are still searching for a suspect in the shooting death of an east palo alto man. that shooting happened just
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before midnight last night. a police shot spotter detectived gunfire on gloria way. they found tippens jr. lying on a roadway. he had been shotseveral times. people in the neighborhood heard the shooting and rushed to the scene. but so far authoritys have no motive or suspects for that shooting. union workers are wrapping up a final rally at a san jose hotel. >> we are the union, mighty mighty union. >> the workers marched and chanted outside the double tree hotel. about 250 cooks, dish washers, banquet food servers and maids all walked off the job on monday. they're fighting a proposed wage freeze and employee health care con preu pwaougss. >> living in silican valley is very expensive, when you're not getting paid a decent wage it's hard to make a living like that. >> reporter: hotel security kept an eye on the protest but
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union workers say no one from management came out to speak to them. double tree officials did send us a statement though that reads in part quote, we are extremely disappointed with the union's current work stoppage and hope they will return to the bargaining table to negotiate a reasonable agreement. a strike is not the right direction. in our next half hour, health care workers rallying at the capital trying to save their jobs, their thoughts on the governor and whether those thoughts are similar to an exclusive ktvu field poll on the governor's job approval. today we learned about more suspensions in brentwood as a result of an end of the year prank we've been reporting for you. a meeting is under way to decide if even more students could be disciplined. matt keller is at the scene. >> reporter: practice was held at the football field just a few hours ago. the 50 plus students already suspended were not here and will not be able to walk with their classmates on saturday. right now school administrators are meeting to decide if more
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students should be suspended. a senior prank is no laughing matter for students and staff here. students and parents expecting to graduate are instead staying home. >> this is supposed to be the moment of cheers, but not -- the moment of tears but not these kind of tears. >> reporter: brandon foesset is the first in his family to graduate but now he and the other suspended students will not be able to participate in saturday's ceremony. >> it's that moment we all wait for. to watch them walk across the stage in a cap and grown. it's a proud moment for a parent, any parent. >> reporter: the suspected staoáupbts are accused of putting paint on their feet and walking through campus -- the suspended students are accused
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of putting paint on their feet and putting up obscene stickers. students had to sign an agreement in order to get their graduation tickets saying students participating in senior pranks are liable for damage and will not participate in the commencement activities. >> everyone student understands that they sign these and they're holding up accountable. >> reporter: another graduation practice is scheduled tomorrow on the football field on campus. with even more suspensions expected tonight and those seniors being suspended from graduation ceremonies. one of our ktvu employees shot this cell phone video at marin general hospital where ambulances brought the victims of the crash. about 2:00 this afternoon, the park service ranger and marin head lands spotted two people believed to be in a stolen car. they believed to be casing
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other cars. the driver of the car then sped off, crashed into a light pole and the vehicle flipped over. rescue workers helped free the two suspects who are now facing vehicle theft charges. we'll tell you how departments are reacting to accusations of use of excessive force. back here in just 10 minutes we have a little bit of fog offshore now. but temperatures did manage to warm. i am looking at the bay area weekend. i'll let you know what's going to happen. installing cable. you know this is an ikea, right? yes, but look at this sofa! it's so comfortable. we don't want to leave. have you been living here? can i have dinner at michael's house? they're having meatballs. don't be back too late. you know it gets dark when they shut off the lights. okay. i can stay. you know, you can just buy the sofas and take them home, today. for a limited time, get up to 15% back on select seating. ikea, the life improvement store. u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday.
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whether deadly force is being used excessively. in south san francisco tuesday a 15-year-old boy was shot and killed by an officer after he allegedly pulled out a gun. a similar situation last night in oakland when a 22-year-old man was shot after he allegedly reached for a weapon during a scuffle. >> the officer perceive add threat to the officers lives and discharged their firearm. >> reporter: the back to back shootings raised questions by neighbors as to whether police were shooting first and asking questions later. a point i raised during this press conference at oakland police headquarters this morning. >> they are trained to use force depending on the threat level that they perceive. >> reporter: so far this year in oakland there have been five officer involved shootings. compared to five total last year. south san francisco's last officer related shooting was in 1981. >> when you're looking down the barrel of someone elses gun you have to use deadly force unfortunately. >> reporter: former chief of
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police, tony rib era says officers today are aware that there are more illegal guns on the street but he says that does not make them more likely to reach for their own. >> reporter: when do you neutralize threat. >> there's no such thing as waiting for a stand off, drop it or i will shoot. somebody is pointing a weapon at you, you have to neutralize them. >> reporter: to police, neutralizing a shooter means shoot to kill. patti lee, ktvu news. tonight we're learning more about a man that was hit and killed by a caltrain yesterday. turns out his name was joshua stern. he was a 35-year-old resident of los altos. he was hit by a bullet train near a san antonio station. the train was passing through
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and was not expected to stop there. the circumstances behind the death of stern is being investigated. you will recall the nasdaq had technical problems on the release of facebook's ipo. and that caused people to lose money because they could not trade their stocks. some brokers are calling the plan totally unacceptable. the labor department says fewer americans applied for unemployment benefits. the first time numbers have dropped. now economists are analyzing what that means. tonight's news following a report last week that said employers in may added the fewest new jobs in a year.
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mortgage rates have once again hit record lows. the average rate for a 30 year fixed loan has dropped to 3.67%. that's down from 3.76% from last year. the federal reserve chairman say it is feds are ready to do more if the economy gets worse. ben bernanke said there are still signs of weakness. >> some of the factors that restraint, households and business still appear quite cautious. according to service, prospects rate their income poor and do not expect conditions to improve conditionally. >> bernanke did not specific
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what steps they could stake. at one point the dow was up well over 100 points but in the end the dow added 46 while the nasdaq dropped 13. the s & p500 was essentially flat. are drivers here on the west point paying too much at the pump. one u.s. senator says yes we are. and she is demanding an investigation by the federal trade commission. aaa reports that as of today the average nationwide price for regular gas is $3.56 a gallon. but californians pay an average of $4.17 a gallon. here in the bay area it's even higher at $4.22 a gallon. senator maria cantwell says she believes refineries are to blame. >> we think there's a problem if you have a concentrated market and everybody reduces supply and consumers get gouged. >> reporter: west coast states saw gas prices spike when several refineries closed down if what they called scheduled
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maintenance. around the bay area you see a lot of people with light sweaters and jackets. everyone though it's june it's still cool out there. >> tomorrow it's going to cool down a couple of degrees. we had temperatures in the low 80s today. temperatures up a few degrees from what we saw yesterday. along the coast we have patchy coastal fog. right now outside toward daly city, pacifica. you see that fog pushing inland. out in the avenues, out in the richmond district, fog moving back in. we've had a couple of days without it. it's back now and as we head toward tomorrow. temperatures are going to trend down. we're going to see numbers warm down. the bay area weekend i'll have those details coming up in a little bit. 78 in concord, 79 in santa rosa, 79 in san jose. daytime high -- highs a little warmer. you will see more fog in the
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morning hours and that trends temperatures down. as the weekend comes up. it's going to be warming back up. i'll let you know how much warmer as we get toward the end of the newscast here. those are the overnight low forecasts. 49 in san rafael, a little warmer than it was this morning. friday morning as you head out of the house. still kind of chilly but notice the fog coverage in here. now you have fog showing up in redwood city, san rafael, oakland. we haven't had that the last few mornings. so we start off with low clouds and fog and we end up a little cooler tomorrow. one of the main mechanisms for the cooling will be a weak weather system to the north. as it gets closer to us it's going to bump the fog in, pick the wind up and send the temperatures down. forecast highs for the microclimates tomorrow. low 50s in the park. 70degrees as you get out toward orinda. in concord you'll be in the mid- 70s. no 80s, there'll be some 80s some where tomorrow but for the most part it'll be 70s
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tomorrow. the warmest parts out toward brentwood, antioch. we're going to go to the bay area weekend because it's going to warm up and i will tell you which day will be the warmest or hottest if you will on the weekend. a rare show of bipartisan politics today. the major issue that had politics on both sides upset. and why politics said people don't trust the u.s. a store owner used repellant to fight two robbers. but that's just the beginning. it's what he did next that real little caught our eye. new at 6:00 -- futuristic cameras capable of spotting suspicious behavior. why the high tech solution may be better than a pair of human eyes. >> people come back to the community. the community needs them. >> we detail the plan to help
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both democratic and republican members expressed anger over intelligence leaks. senator feinstein said those leaks have to stop. >> when people say they don't want to work with the united states because they can't trust us to keep a secret, that's serious. when allies become concern, when an assets life is in jeopardy or the assets family life is in jeopardy that's a problem. >> reporter: it was a rare show of bipartisan politics. lawmakers from both houses of congress and both sides of the aisle all spoke out together against those intelligence leaks. they are furious over theus -- news coverage of cyber attacks. another story revealed that
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president obama personally ordered drone attacks on suspected terrorists. >> and it's not just an isolated incident and that's what has brought us together. it seems to be a pattern that is growing worse and more frequent. >> senator feinstein said the group is issuing regulation to plug those leaks. they plan to handle more lie detector tests on government workers who handle sensitive information. there's a new study out on number of suicide in troops. suicides have surged to one per day this year. there were 146 in the first 148 days of this year. a 17% more than during the same period last year. a recent marine corp. study found that one in ten marines deployed over seas thought about or actually made suicide plans. this next video we're going to show you it is really
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something. it's surveillance tape of what happened during a robbery at a convenience store in quebec. two men wearing masks and armed with knives demanded the shop owner hand over his money but he refused and instead ripped out a can of bear repellant and he let them have it. he didn't stop there. yang then began spanking one of the robbers then his wife joined in and started kicking one of the robbers. >> i wanted to protect myself and my customers and my wife, they're coming from the night. that's the only thing i can see so i can defend myself. >> a police officer says he does not recommend to go against the robbers and he had all rights to make his unorthodox citizen's arrest. tonight the investigation into what went wrong in the hills of el cerrito. we have a new exclusive ktvu field poll, we'll tell you
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a deadly accident an elderly woman crossing the street is hit and killed by a bicyclists in el cerrito. the pedestrian is killed in a street that many say they are afraid to cross. mike mibach is at the scene where residents say they avoid crossing there. >> reporter: residents say they don't like crossing here because it has so many blind
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spots. gene smith rather crossed 10 feet away and lost her life. she came to el cerrito in 1950, raised children and made friends. gene smith walked every day. >> very full of life. >> reporter: she walked every day avoiding speeding cars and bicyclists all the while staying active saying hello. >> i would be working my yard, she would come and talk to me asking what i was working on. >> reporter: 91-year-old gene smith slowly made her way across the street at brewster and arlington. at the same time, a bicyclists was heading north on arlington. it bunt until the bicyclist was 100 feet out when he saw smith crossing the street. less than 10 seconds later, impact. officers arrived on scene and neighbors soon followed. >> we saw a bicyclists laying on the side. >> the 92-year-old female that was struck was pronounced dead at john mere hospital. >> reporter: the cyclist was also transported to a
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hospital, he is expected to survive. >> yeah they come flying down that hill. >> reporter: some residents say this intersection is dangerous, so dangerous julie mcconkey says she does not even use the crosswalk. >> you notice how i cross. the walk is over there, but i position myself here so i can see the traffic coming this way and coming around here. >> reporter: for 62 years, june smith walked this neighborhood. a grandmother to 22, a great grandmother to 28. her family says she will be missed, her friend says the same thing too. >> she's always thinking beyond herself. very kind and thoughtful person. >> reporter: police have identified the cyclist as 57- year-old douglas herring at this point in the investigation they say there is no clear sign that he acted negligent. reporting live tonight right here in el cerrito, mike
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mibach. ktvu. despite warnings, 58 personalty of high school seniors say they text and drive. 58% of high school seniors say they recently had texted or e- mailed while they were driving. and 43% of high school juniors admitted doing the same thing. plenty of people apparently are not just texting they are also sexting. a new look out finds that 20% of americans say they send explicit or intimate text messages on the phone and 20% of parents also admit to sexting. coming up at 6:00, it's called phone in one hand ticket in the other. see how california is getting help in the effort to cut down on distracted drivers. those big red double decker tour buses could be facing new
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restrictions in san francisco. as you can see from the big crowds today those tour buses are a big hit. but neighbors near some famous land mashes say they are fed up with the extra traffic the double parking and all the noise. this week city supervisor sroáeted -- voted to limit the noise from those double buses. >> some of the things we're looking at is enforcing with citations, having restricted zones, and having tour buses park in their own zones that are designated just for them. >> numi is also looking into rerouting tour buses to the business district. an exclusive new ktvu field poll shows that governor brown's job approval rating is dropping. in fact, it's now at its lowest level since march of last year. ktvu's ken pritchett is in sacramento with how this all
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could impact the state budget. >> reporter: there's more at stake here than a governor's popularity. governor brown is trying to sell a large tax increase in order to spare education deeper cuts. and that is still making some deeply unhappy. >> reporter: about 1,000 home health care workers rallied on the steps of the capital once again trying to stave off cuts. home health care faces a 7% cut, koát lean collins of oakland is -- colleen collins of oakland is against the vote. >> he's not looking at it as individuals, he's looking at it as a number. >> we know that that's the case as a body but you can look at
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the numbers of my own election on tuesday night, that individual legislators are held in very high regard by their own constituents. >> reporter: these approval numbers come as senator leno is leading the most critical job. constructing a budget by friday. he says it will get down on time. the budget is counting on a sales tax. >> we're very concerned, not as much concerned as focused on the governor's measure for november. we're talking about $8 billion of solutions. >> reporter: if there is a dispute on the budget between what the legislature comes up with and what the governor wants that voters by more than a two to one margin would side with the governor. ken pritchett, ktvu news. >> in five minutes an update on ross mirkarimi's effort to try to keep his job. what a commission ruled today
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on the suspended sheriff's request that the city should pay for his defense team. for the first time mitt romney and the republicans have raised more campaign contributions in a month than president obama and the democrats. the gop collected $76 million in may. the democrats took in 60 million. that compares with april when the democrats had 83-1/2 million while the republicans had 80 million. president obama visited los angeles today. and today led to -- this morning a pilot flew into the off limits area near the orange county airport. military jets escorted two other planes out of the no fly fly zone yesterday morning. the faa is investigating. a cure for hiv, the procedure a san francisco man says saved his life and might have stopped the disease thought to be incurable.
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san francisco. timothy brown of san francisco underwent a blood cord operation. today he thanked the donor who has refused to come guard. >> he saved my life from leukemia and he helped me become immune to hiv. >> brown is attending the cord blood symposium running today through saturday at the hyatt regency. suspended san francisco sheriff mirkarimi's request to have the city pay for his counsel was denied today. business and civic leaders say california's economic future could defend on how many
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college students earn degrees and right now there doesn't seem to be enough of them. the state is on track to grant 200,000-degrees. the business and civic leaders say if legislators and higher education officials fail to act quickly, california will lose its economic and educational luster. another company is adding its name to the list of the iphone list. sprint says customers won't have to pay activation or roaming fees and they won't have to sign a contract and cost could be as low as $30 a month. the mystery two orphan bear cups from sacramento. were these cubs saved or put up for sale? and we're heading right to the bay area weekend forecast. we have the weekend in view. and we'll find out which day
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will be the hottest. new at 6:00 -- >> futuristic cameras, why proponents say the high tech solution may be better than a pair of human areas. >> we detail the effort to help homeless bay area veterans. >> plus phone in one hand, ticket in the other. the new program cracking down on distracted driving in the bay area.
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of the g-mail page. and now as tom duhane reports, a man is under investigation for shooting a mama bear. >> reporter: the brother and sister each weigh about 12- pound, too young to survive on their own. they were by the sacramento lake yesterday. that after a telephone call brought a sheriff deputy to this gas station. >> they said the man was selling the bears at this gas station that of course is going to get our attention. >> reporter: later, police found puitt. puitt is known as the cat man because he keeps dozens of animals. he says he shot the mother bear in defense after the bear came in several nights for food. >> she's coming right another me. to begin we're only 20 feet away. >> reporter: puitt told him it took him 20 hours to catch the
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bear cubs he called and booboo. during which he called wildlife and game. >> they said are you going to shoot them. i said i don't want the babies dead. >> reporter: fish and game said they don't have a call. workers at the gas station back up pruitt story that he was not selling the cubs. >> reporter: biologists are hoping to be able to release them back into the wild next spring. the battle over a dog park in moraga has taken a new turn. an ordnance is scheduled to take effect on saturday that requires dogs to be on a leash at rancho laguna park. this comes after years of dogs being able to run free at that park. residents who oppose the
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ordnance are correcting signatures calling for its repeal. >> we have 1,800 signatures so it's now going to the ballot or the town council will have to resend the ordnance. so we're free to go until november. >> reporter: the town has 30 days determine whether there are enough valid signatures. if there are, they have to decide whether to rescind the ballot. u.s.a. today is reporting that the cemetery plans to roll out a smart phone app this fall that will make it simply to navigate through the more than 250,000 graves there. the new technology comes after arlington national cemetery is still trying to regain their reputation. after being found that it dumped created remains in mass graves. more teens have now tried marijuana than have tried cigarettes. a survey of high school
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students 22% said they tried marijuana. that compares with 18% who say they've smoked cigarettes. last year was the first time the annual cbc study showed more smoking of marijuana than tobacco. let's talk about our weather, pretty nice day today and the weekend is just around the corner, bill. >> it really is getting close. as we head toward friday. tomorrow temperatures are on the increase today but they're going to decrease tomorrow as fog and low clouds move into the coast. fog right now at the coast. here we are in the outer sunset, you can see plenty of fog there at the golden gate park. the winds are gusting to 28 miles per hour. sustained at 17. that's out of the west basically. so you have a number like this. the winds are coming on shore, the fog is going to get pushed into our neighborhoods. basically more fog tomorrow, temperatures a little bit cooler and there's the fog right now. you can see it stacking up on the head lands.
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that fog will reform tomorrow and we'll see more of it as we head through the day. these are the highs from today, 80 in fairfield, 82 in antioch. indeed they are higher and warmer than they were yesterday by a good 4 degrees in many locations. along the coast, plenty of sunshine. not as much sunshine the next couple of days. the morning fog will be there, as you get into the afternoon, this gets closer to us and keeps us just a little bit cooler. high pressure sets up and the pressure setting up a little more northeasterly. that sets us up with a westerly flow. it's something you should consider, the weekend crew at ktvu will be all over that if there's concern. we'll see the warmest day on sunday. temperatures on sunday could easily make it into the low 90s. fog tomorrow morning or tonight. then fog tomorrow morning. you see a little bit more of it as you get into the morning hours, pushing in. and then a little more fog as
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you head into the evening hours and temperatures warm. temperatures tomorrow. these are subtle changes. 4degrees up today, 4 degrees down tomorrow. and sunday will be the most noticeable. 71 in brentwood tomorrow, today those were low 80s. tomorrow they'll be upper 70s. around the coast a little cooler, sunny about 71. and right along the peninsula, 69 in san m ateo and five day forecast. sunday, monday and tuesday starts to feel a lot like summer around here. fog is a player at the coast but it's a good looking forecast. >> shouldn't complain about anything. >> no definitely won't complain. why more than 2,000 former players filed suit against the nfl. why thousands of people will be heading to one bay area city over the next few days all so that they can get a hug from this woman. back in '08, we didn't have these u-verse wireless receivers that let you move the tv around wherever.
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players suffering from dementia, alzheimer's disease and other neurological conditions which may be related to head injuries. former los angeles dodger manager tommy lasorda is out of the hospital tonight following a heart attack. doctors say it was a mild one although they found that he also had a clogged artery so they inserted a stent. lasorda also suffered a hard attack back in 2008. he is expected to spend a few days in new york before returning to l.a. hundreds in san francisco will come out to get a hug from someone they say is very special. >> she's become very popular all around the world. >> reporter: she is magda mayu better known at ama. in india where she's from she's considered a living saint. ama's hug is said to bring sol
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-- solice and joy. she's been expressing a compassion for more than 35 years giving an estimated 33 million hugs. >> it's different for everybody. i think in general it's kind of an opening into one ice higher self. a stillness in the mind. it comes from an unconditional love she's known for. >> here in the bay area organization runs a soup kitchen as well as programs for the elderly. amma will be holding hugging sessions at the ma center in castro valley until saturday. a disabled visitor from poland is asking for help tonight after someone stole his especially adapted bike. police say this $13,000 custom hand cranked bicycle was stolen from the 200 block of lindon alley. the thief took the bike from a
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stepped up security measures for munni. the suspicious behavior new cameras are supposed to stop. and a new crack down on distracted driving. good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. new security measures at numi stations in san francisco are raising concerns tonight for riders. new at 6:00, ktvu's sal castaneda joins us now live with the specific behavior these cameras are looking for and why some people are worried, sal -- >> reporter: julie surveillance cameras are nothing new. if you look at the station here there are all sorts of cameras everywhere. what's new is ca
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