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me. we have confirmation they'd been living here since 2006. >> reporter: police say the suspect is cooperating. people near by who live in the area say they are surprised to hear about this man's arrest. >> i know him because i talk to him walking by here almost every day. i take my walk. he is working around his house. he was going to paint it. >> reporter: the suspect's name has not been released yet. orinda police though say that they have been called to this house before. reporting live in orinda, jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. a contra costa man is under arrest in connection with an alleged kidnapping and assault near san pablo. ktvu was there when a sheriff deputy responded to a complaint of suspicious circumstances at a home. after questioning a 24-year- old, police took him into custody. he assaulted and kidnapped his
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girlfriend. he was charged with kidnapping, false imprisonment and parol violation. the search for a missing man believed to have fallen into the water off a san francisco pier is suspended tonight. sal castaneda live in the city, and sal one man there told you there's not much hope for making it out of the water alone. >> reporter: that's absolutely right. i want to show you this is the pier right here where a man says his friend may have fallen into the water. as you can see there's no fence and the man who spoke to us said that could be a problem. the men had come from the dodgers game and returned today their car at about 10:40. the man's friend told police he and hissed buddy got inside and sat in the car for a bit. >> the friend was on the phone, he got out of his vehicle and did not return to the vehicle. his friend assumed he fell over the pier. >> reporter: although no one
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saw the man fall into the water they launched the search immediately. police described the man who may have fallen into the water as a latino man from yolo county. they say he was last seen wearing a white shirt, blue jacket, jeans and a baseball cap. >> there's no way to get out of the water unless you can swim to south beach harbor. >> reporter: christopher wilson volunteered to help search the water with his kayak. he says these piers should be fenced in. he also says there's no safety equipment here to help people climb out if they fall. >> even if his friend was a terrific swimmer and jumped in after him, what could he have done? then there would have been two people missing. >> reporter: since no one actually saw the man fall in, police say family members are still holding out hope that man may be found alive. for now authorities have suspended their search. live in san francisco, sal castaneda, ktvu channel 2 news. also in san francisco, a
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man who was reported missing a week ago today has been found. police say evan flanary is safe and has been in contact with his family. the 22-year-old was reported missing after his family said he hasn't been heard from since leaving to hook up with a stranger whom he met through a social media phone app last week. flanary contacted police after seeing media reports that he had been reported missing. police are searching for a man they say attacked someone with a baseball bat then crashed his car into a shop that caught fire. when officers arrived they say the suspect had already taken off. they managed to track down the car a few minutes later it was crashed into the good year tire store. the driver was nowhere to be found. the online game company zynga announced what you might call a whole new future. david stevenson is in san francisco and tells us about the new games being offered and
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that's not all zynga is doing. >> reporter: zynga makes some of the world's most popular games and now they're making big changes on how and where you'll be able to play them. zynga employees today came out to cheer the company's founder and ceo as he announced new games. >> we are a lot further to still go to reach our mission of connecting through games. >> reporter: the company today launched farmville 2, chefville and the ville. yes -- >> we also have the new games like our casino games. and ruby blast, those games add another layer of our games. >> reporter: the games launched
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through facebook but the company is now ramping up development through their own website. >> we have other developers who can get a game discovered because zynga can deliver 10 million or 20 million or 30 million people. >> reporter: the new games are arriving just in time with some reporting flat user work for zynga in may and june. >> a lot of it is the life cycle of the game. they had a lot of games that we launched recently. they peak quickly and then find their equilibrium. >> reporter: a closer look at the their headquarters and games to educate children. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. more details on zynga's expansion. zynga arcade includes the company's new game ruby blast. and playing off the success of farmville, two new ville genre
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games. the ville focuses on players dream homes and interactions with people and chefville centers its actions around the kitchen. an international group of economists are recommending the united states adopt policies that would make higher income americans pay more in taxes to help boost the u.s. economy. the organizations were economic cooperation and development favors eliminating some health insurance tax breaks for high income individuals. some of the ideas the group are advocating have been championed by the obama administration. stocks started down but gained ground late. nasdaq gained 18 points. a budget battle is being wage at the state capital. coming up ken pritchett live in san francisco with how tonight's vote could possibly lead to six weeks of school being cut over the next two years. a lot of people in california will be on the road this fourth of july holiday. aaa is predicting 5 million
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people will head out of town for the midweek holiday. and almost 4 million of them will be traveling by car, the biggest numbers in five years, that means freeways like berkeley will be probably backed up. more than half of those surveyed plan to begin their trip on friday and will be away for six days. a group of students are in big trouble after trashing the september 11th memorial during a field trip to ground zero. the students were caught on surveillance video throwing trash including bottles and baseballs into the reflecting pools. they were kicked out but the incident has angered other visitors to what some consider a sacred site. one woman who's brother died at the towers says those children need to be educated. >> i can guarantee you if i was there, i would have pulled them aside and explained why i was there and who my brother john was. >> reporter: the principal of
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the students school has issued a letter of apology. oakland police are looking for man accused of assaulting a woman in a public restroom in lake merit. the victim was attacked on june 2nd at walking into a bathroom on bellview avenue. she say it is man was inside and grabbed her when she tried to leave and then sexually assaulted her. police are describing the suspect as a black man with a jamaican accent. they say he's between 30 and 39 years old, 6'2" tall weighing 210 pounds, he has a muscular build, black and brown dread locks and a tattoo on the right of his neck. police are determining whether to file child
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pornography charges larry brinkin. today a spokesperson for the district attorney said they are taking this case very seriously. a key decision today in the case of a man on trial for beating a priest who he says molested him when he was a boy. the judge's decision means some people who say they too were abused by that priest will not have their day in court. robert handa live now in san jose where the defense attorney in this case just let lose after that ruling. >> reporter: there were some very important decisions made today in the trial of will lynch going on here at the hall of justice in san jose. in terms of what will happen and now what will not happen in court. will lynch may win his legal battle but not the victory he really wants. lynch is accused of attacking father gerald lidner. but lynch says he was sexually
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abused by lidner and wanted that to be the key of the trial. >> there's a man sitting up there at los gatos who is a rapest and molests children and he's allowed to go free, society is the victim here. >> reporter: the judge refused to declare a mistrial. some witnesses including lidner's niece will not take the stand. >> well i won't get to say that he is a child molester, rapist and i know that for a fact because i'm a victim, my brother, my sisters, my cousins. a bunch of other kids that we know about. and i don't think it's fair that i don't get to testify now. >> reporter: the judge told the jury this morning it must now regard lidn er's prior testimony including lynch's account of his attack. >> if the jury wanted to find
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lidner not guilty, certainly there's a lot more to talk about now that he's not testifying. >> reporter: coming up well tell you what he plans to talk about on the stand. robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. ktvu.com has complete coverage of the lynch trial. the woman behind some of the hollywood's biggest dramatic comedies in the 1980s and 90s is said to be near death tonight. writer nora ephron wrote when larry met sally. a spokeswoman for her publishing company says the 71- year-old is gravely ill and a funeral has already been planned. friends say she's suffering from leukemia. the comments came after liz smith wrote what some are taking to be a tribute piece to
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nora ephron. the man who investigators say may be philipino was arrested on may 30th. he's 45 to 55 years old, weighing 130 to 140 pounds, police say the man does not speak but tests show no medical condition such as a stroke. when a nurse asked him how he fell he drew a smiley face picture. and a nurse on vacation with her parents was bitten bay shark. paramedics found her with what appeared to be a four to five inch shark bite on her left calf. she is being treated and the áf is expected to survive. we spoke to the girl's mother a half an hour ago. >> she felt something at her back. my daughter i guess felt the bite and they all started screaming and running out of the water. something bit me and i looked at her leg and she had a pretty
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good gash. >> authorities closed the beach for a few hours. ktvu's health and science editor -- >> reporter: oakland's fruitvale district, among the people most at risk for hiv. mike's pharmacies, one of seven pharmacy's nationwide about to offer free hiv testing. >> to make this easy test available for people so they can test early if they are hiv positive that they can find treatment they need. >> reporter: the test is this a simple cheek swab anti body test and about 20 minutes the results will come back if
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positive, there's a referral to treatment and counseling. activists say this is a great idea. >> stigma is a big problem as it relates to hiv. >> reporter: kevin vines of the aids project of the east bay say many men and women at risk a i void talking to their doctors, won't reveal sexual or generallation or risk factors. an anonymous test could avoid that stigma. >> it's estimated 20% of them don't know they are hiv positive. >> reporter: a cdc spokes saleswoman told me by phone the pilot program should be running by summer's end. some say if the government is serious the test shoáupt just be free, how about some incentives -- the test shouldn't just be free, how about some incentives. >> $10, $15, i bet you the pharmacy would be full. >> reporter: it still needs a physician to volunteer as
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program medical director. health and science editor john fowler, ktvu news. the h1n1 flu pandemic may have killed more people than originally thought. 18,500 deaths worldwide from the h1n1 virus or swine flu. but new research finds more than 575,000 people actually died. that's 15 times the original estimate. the researchers used a new mathematical model and health data from around the world to reach their conclusion. a record number of school children in the united states are living on the streets. that's according to the national center for homeless education. the advocacy group says more than 1 million homeless children enrolled during the last school year. that is a 13% increase compared to the previous school year and the group say it is reality here is that even more american children are actually homeless because that figure does not include infants and toddlers who are obviously too young to enroll in school and be counted. the long running battle over flame retardants in
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furniture is making their way through the assembly committee. they are trying to decide if a decades old policy should be revise. that policy requires upholstered furniture manufacturers to apply flame retardant chemicals to their products. recent studies suggest that those chemicals are harmful. a plan to build a hydrogen station at the international airport is dead. negotiations has broken off between sfo and a fueling station company. six people from the bay area are heading to colorado to help the victims of that state's raging wildfires. volunteers of the chapter of the american red cross will be
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providing food, shelter and other items for the evacuees, rob fuller has volunteered with the red cross for four years now responding to floods, hurricanes and tornadoes and he says it's the smiles he remembers. >> you see someone who is just, their life they feel is totally destroyed and you're able to give them the hope that it's not and they can see that tomorrow will be a better day. >> reporter: fuller leaves tomorrow and expects to be in colorado for about three weeks. -z and those red cross workers will certainly have their hands full as the wildfires in colorado continue to grow. and those red cross workers will certainly have their hands full. at least eight wildfires are racing through that state including one that's grown to 780 acres. the flames destroyed 260 houses and force thousands to
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evacuation. colorado's governor called the first responders heros. >> you don't find bigger heroism than that. given how dry it is, given the heat, they're tone an incredible job -- they've done an incredible job. nothing close to 100 degrees here in the bay area. bill just another mild day. >> we pointed this out yesterday but it does give us a big break. this is the end of fire season in the bay area and with these cooler daytime highs. these moisture issues with relative humidities in the 50% range and the winds relatively high. we're getting away with it, we're not having the high fire situation that we may have this time of year, so it's good news for us. but it's cool and mild out there. we go to point rays it's gusting to 31 miles per hour at the point rays station. or pardon me out at the lighthouse at point rays. we'll go down to redwood city. the winds have been blowing
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quite a bit. redwood city 73 degrees. so it's breezy out there. it's very pleasant, frank points it out it's been very mild around here. and that's -- it's a good climate it's nice. not too hot, not too cold just right. even out at the coast fog not an issue. the fog burned off rapidly and temperatures warmed up. now overnight lows tonight are going to go to where they were yesterday. there'll be patchy fog, tomorrow it goes away again. now that is unusual for this time of year. we don't see fog banks just kind of show up and then go away. in occasion that happens but this is day after day. they're seeing a lot of sunshine out in the sunset, out in daly city more than you would expect, pacifica as well. as the low gets closer to us, it's a complex situation here. there's a low here, a low here. but as they get closer to us
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they just lift up the lid and fog can't form. it just doesn't -- it needs that high pressure lid. when we have high pressure we have heat. when you have low pressure it's mild. we have high pressure, we have bad air quality, we also have you know just nasty air that you know fire conditions. so as we go into tomorrow, the fog is going to make a bit of a push for the inland valley. i think that's a little aggressive but we will pull back at 7:00 a.m. and we're going to see some fog. then it goes away very rapidly. another clearing day out at the coast. when i come back we'll get specific with the five day forecast in your neighborhood. and we have more mild temperatures continuing into the weekend and it's getting close to a big holiday, so we'll talk about that as well. investigating our intelligence. and the question over who would even be able to do that. and lawmakers are tieing up
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the lose ends. if you're not by a television you can still watch ktvu news any where you are by using our mobile act, just download it and click on the live stream button to watch any ktvu newscast live. bay area girls ripped from a life of prostitution during a massive sweep, now we're following up to learn what's ahead for these young women. also, it's off to canada for nearly two dozen bay area chihuahuas. how and why these jet setting dogs are making their way across
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a judge in alameda county has ordered uc davis to release all of the officers involved in a pepper spraying case.
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john pike was caught on video pepper spraying some occupy protesters. the police officers union fought against publicizing any other officers names for fears they'd be harassed. by the sacramento bee sued claiming the sacramento public record's act. republicans in congress are calling for a special council to investigate leaks to the media. leaks they claim may be putting our national security at risk. 31 republican senators have now signed a letter sent to attorney general eric holder. >> my hope is that we will have a truly independent investigation because you cannot investigate yourselves and claim you have no conflict of interest. >> in recent months reporters have learned of secret drone strikes an underwear bomb plot. president obama says he's offended at any suggestion that the leaks are coming from his administration. senators today questioned whether the justice department could impartially investigate
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the leaks. >> when you have somebody who is appointed by the administration, are they really going to be unbiased in their investigation of the administration that appointed them? >> senator dianne feinstein who is chairwoman of the senate intelligence commune opposing a special council she says it could delay the investigation into the leak by months. palo alto city council last night voted unanimously in favor of a controversial plan. developer harold hoback has designed a mixed use project at park boulevard and page mill road in palo alto. according to a record in the san francisco times, the revised plans calls for 48,000 square feet of development space with two floors of rental housing on top. and the postoffice on austin way is for sale. the financially strapped postal service says operations for the city of berkeley will be consolidated and moved to a stationary unit on eighth
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street. you often hear the devil is in the details well there are many new details in the budget deal due to the signed tomorrow. also firefighters risk their lives to try and save two men trapped in a burning building, what they found when they went inside. zñzñzñtgtgçwx
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we have new information tonight on a house fire in oakland that left one person dead and another person critically injured. the home on kings kingsland was filled with smoke when they arrived. two men were found unconscious on the second floor. alex savidge tells us how firefighters risked their lives to try to save them. >> reporter: firefighters and paramedics rescued two men from this burning house in oakland. they both suffered serious smoke inhalation and were rushed to highland hospital. that's where one of the men died. ja' mey scott knew the two. >> it's sad to see that person you knew, they have a child. >> reporter: the fire broke out
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this morning on kingsland avenue. the first crews on scene told me they saw flames flames pouring from the house. >> i was scrambling frantically to get the fire department out here before that happened. my wife and i were mad dashing, what do we do. grab the cat, call the fire department and get out of the house. >> reporter: it's unclear where the fire first started. the power had actually been cut off at this home before the fire. a number of neighbors told me the home had recently gone into foreclosure but relatives of the previous owner had continued to stay here. at this point they don't think the fire was intentionally set. firefighters also tell me there was one working fire detector here but it clearly did not do enough to the áf alert the two men inside before they were overcome by flames and smoke,
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alex savidge. organizers of the stone growth festival say the concert will be unaffected by an early fire that burned through the park. the fire burned about an acre of a hill. the cause is under investigation. but investigators say someone at a near by homeless camp may have been the one who started the fire. >> it was a challenge, it was nighttime. visible was low. steep hill, so we were able to put the fire out. >> reporter: the fire did not burn the concert stage at stern grove, and organizers say the free sunday concert series at the park will continue as planned. tomorrow is the deadline for the governor to sign california's budget and even in these final hours, the budget battle between lawmakers at the state capital is not ramping down. ktvu's ken pritchett live in sa kra -- sacramento where changing could mean cuts to k- 12 education. >> reporter: right now lawmakers are inside the capital airing out the final
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details and the changes they are looking at appear aimed in one direction and that's to help the governor's tax plan to pass in november. it was a quiet day at the capital from the outside, but inside they were busy. >> they're reordering the ballot, who's ever heard about that. >> reporter: the first thing voters will see is the governor's tax initiative at the top of the page. some say it looks like politics at play. >> yes it does. yes it does, and you know what, there's a lot at stake here. >> reporter: senate president steinburg acknowledges it will help the governor's tax plan. >> if it fails, you're talking about bleeding for education and other vital services. >> reporter: but k-12 education
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will be the hardest hit. >> reporter: that equates to three weeks of school but under a new deal schools will be able to cut six weeks of school over two years instead of three w e e k s which first proposed. >> obviously they're trying to armstrong the public into something that's unpopular. >> reporter: voting on these final budget bills will begin tomorrow morning with the expectation that the governor will sign the budget sometime tomorrow morning which is the deadline at sacramento, ken pritchett. stay with ktvu.com as lawmakers decide what to do with the budget. click under the politics tab on our home page. foreign born investors are
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responsible for most patents coming out. the research shows people born outside the u.s. are responsible for 76% of patents. keeping top students in the country after graduation remains an issue. two large scale housing projects in san francisco could get a jump start with an infusion of money from china. the wall street journal reports leonard corporation is negotiating with china development for as much as $12.7 billion in financing. that money would go toward housing projects at treasure island and the former hunters point naval shipyard. plans for the two developments include 20,000 new homes, a possible sports arena, retail shops. the supreme court is expected to make a ruling on the constitutionality of the stolen valor act which makes it
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a crime to falsely claim military medals. some say the law goes too far others say those lies should be illegal because they dishonor those who served this country. >> these people they need to be protected. they need to be protected from these false heros who are want to bees. >> to make people criminals because they have told a lie isn't something that the constitution permits in my view. >> right now if they're convicted of lying about military valor you could face six months in jail. realle hunter says she and john edwards are calling it quits. she says she still loves edwards but says she is no longer interested in hiding. the revelation comes on the same day as the publication of her memoire, what really happened, john edwards, our daughter and me. 11 people hurt and two are
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fighting for their lives. the massive pile up that required dozens of emergency workers to rush to the scene. and colas are not all the same, how they may vary and all depending on one single factor.
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a massive pile up in southern california, 19
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vehicles slammed into each other on a freeway just north of los angeles. 17 people were injured, two of them critically. it happened just before 10:00 this morning on highway 14. at least one big rig truck was involved in this incident which closed all southbound lanes and two northbound lanes. the freeway didn't completely reopen until 1:30 this afternoon. we mentioned just a few minutes ago that author nora ephron was in critical condition, now we're getting word that she has died. ephron directed hits like sleepless in seattle and you've got mail. as we reported a spokesperson for her publishing company says that a funeral has already been planned. friends say she was suffering from leukemia. a sex offender received the sentence of 150 years in prison for sex crimes involving a 13- year-old girl in san pablo. ricky reed was already an offender when the attack on the
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girl happened. he had given the 13-year-old meth before sexually assaulting her. this happened when he was working at a house he was working on for her father. the judge sentenced him to a series of continuous life terms. an earthquake rattled the east bay. the magnitude quake was centered in el cerrito, no damage or injuries were reported. the usgs says more than a million minor earthquakes like this one happen every year around the world. home prices in most big u.s. cities went up for the third straight month. the index showed increases in the 19 of 20 cities it tracked. san francisco posted its biggest increase. detroit was the one big city where prices went down. experts say the numbers released today are more evident that the housing market is slowly increasing. san francisco clean tech companies are posting steep
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cuts to the go solar sf incentive program. that program has supported nearly 2,000 residential and commercial solar installations since it was first launched in 2008. historically it's funded at $500 million for years. but now that program is slated to be slashed down to 2 million and supporters estimate that $2 million will be used up in just a matter of months. crush pad the sonoma based winery that popularized the idea that anyone can make wine may be facing insolvancy. the company has posted a message to clients on twitter says our doors are open for business as usual. crush pad was founded in san francisco back in 2004. well there is pizza, there are computers and a lot of students, we'll show you a first of its kind program aimed at giving local students a leg
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up. and back here in just 10 minutes it's going to warm up a little bit tomorrow. we'll let you know how much warmer in your neighborhood, see you back here. bay area girls ripped from a life of prostitution during a massive sweep. now we're following up to learn what's ahead for these young women. also, it's off to canada for nearly two dozen bay area chihuahuas. how and why these jet setting dogs are making their way across the border. >> plus, only on 2, a debutty sheriff facing criminal charges, we uncover why he's accused of abusing his power in another father and m other -- another family's child custody battle. tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. çrrú
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more beautiful plants. guaranteed. who's got two green thumbs thanks to miracle-gro? uh, this gal. boom! everyone grows with miracle-gro. this afternoon nurses who worked for contra costa county have won a 3% pay hike. the board of supervies approved a new labor con -- of supervisors approved a new labor contract. nurses had argued they were paid much less than nurses at other organizations and had
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threatened to strike. half the wage hikes take effect over the next two years. hundreds of san francisco college students are ready to register tonight and ktvu's cara lu is in the city where there's a unique program to help them do that. >> reporter: it's one part pizza party one part early registration party. this is part of the bridge to success program funded by the bill and melinda gates foundation. there's a room full of students here they are getting help signing up for college classes for the first time. >> it's exciting, it's pretty nervous too. >> reporter: alexandria salinas was one of the recent grads for the early registration party. >> it means a lot to me because i'm the first generation going to college. >> reporter: enrolling in city college was a daunting process for the 17-year-old. she doesn't yet know what she wants to study only that she hopes to eventually own a four year degree. >> you may look at the wrong
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line, you may write down the wrong number. so please be very, very careful. >> reporter: counselors help students navigate what could be a confusing online registration process. >> you need to apply, you need to go to orientation, you need to take an entrance test and you need to go to the counselors. >> it's good because it makes it easy to find out what classes you need to take. >> reporter: the program is designed to help san francisco unified graduates enroll and succeed at san francisco city college. >> students we lose students over the summer. they graduate from high school and they intend to enroll in college and life happens. they get a job, their parents need to do things. we're here to make sure that gap gets closed and we don't lose students over the summer. >> reporter: about 100 students in all took part in this particular party here at gallileo high school. today there are about a half a dozen workshops just like this going on throughout the city and several hundred students in
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all who have taken part. live in san francisco, cara lu. in 2014 the bcs will be no more. college football will finally have a play off. a committee of university presidents approved a plan for a 14 play off late today. college football fans have been clambering for a change for years. now it'll be replaced with a 14 play off. the teams will be selected by a committee similar to how the championships are set. mark your calendars, first championship game set for january 12, 2014. tropical storm debby has made land fall in the northwest coast of florida. the storm is drenching the already saturated area with heavy rain. the main highway is closed in several locations and a lot of homes are under water. >> i was kind of panicking because the water came over the wall where i live and was
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coming up, i'm in a two story on stilts. it came to a point i didn't know if i could get my things out or not. >> reporter: two deaths are blamed on the storm. one woman was killed when a tornado spawned from the storm tore apart her home. the other was man lost in rough seas. we're feeling some of that warmth our chief meteorologist bill martin talked to us about yesterday. looks like there's more in store. >> reporter: as we head to tomorrow we're going to see temperatures going back up 5 degrees. we're not going to have red flag warnings, we're not going to have poor air quality. this pattern is very favorable for firefighters. this is keeping things nice and fresh, nice and cool. the áf it's clear out at the coast, you say to yourself, when the coast is clear usually it's hot around here. in in case the coast is clear not because of the on shore winds, the coast is clear because of the low pressure center that's to the north of
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us that has lifted that inversion. the fog can't exist without a high pressure system sitting there. we're in the nice kind of middle of the road weather pattern. there's no extremes, just right down the middle. as we head into tomorrow, a little bit warmer and a little warmer again as we head into thursday. it's not going to get hot. slightly cooler as we head into the bay area weekend. it dips back into a cooler pattern. so the fog forecast in the morning, you will see a little bit of patchy fog along the coast. maybe some fog along the montclaire area of oakland. oranges are 80s. reds are 90s. you can see the 90s are all going to be restricted to up in the sacramento valley and south toward modesto and we're just in this nice little cool bite. we'll see more reds and more 90s coming closer as we head through thursday. a nice day, very similar to what we had today but tack on four or five degrees. mostly sunny afternoon for everybody. i think we'll see plenty of sun
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out in san francisco, pacifica, half-moon bay. i think we'll see mild temperatures but that's pretty normal. in discovery bay you're on the way to stockton and sacramento. so the inland valleys will be upper 80s and low 90s. for the weekend it dips closer, when it dips closer it warms a little more. this time of year i would put brentwood at about 94 i would not have it at 87. so temperatures are running a little cooler than normal. i tell you, you notice the first segment no fire story. this is the key ingredient when you have that low pressure this close it keeps things away from the fire concerns. >> and saving money on ac we're not using. >> yeah, we are. >> thank you, bill. this week is national
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mosquito control awareness week by declared by an organization of health workers. they want people to be aware that mosquitoes can spread diseases such as west nile virus. you can learn more about mosquitoes on bay area people right here on ktvu channel 2 saturday morning at 6:30. a controversial ingredient is changing in some coca-cola cans. the switch the soda maker is making. >> also, oakland police getting some special training. the risk is they're learning to help their canine partners, the risk, the dangers these canines face on the field.
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coca cola has reduced a potentially cancer causing chemical in some cans of coke but not all of them. the center for science and public interest measured the amount of a caramelizing chemical, it found 184 micrograms of that chemical in a coke purchased in washington but just a frank of that four micrograms in california. >> themajor maker of caramel coloring in the united states says that it can manufacturer caramel coloring without any carcinogen, but that it costs four times as much and companies don't want to use it. >> california recently required soda makers include a cancer warning label if they are using that chemical. coca cola confirmed it has
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modified its use of the chemical in california, and plans to expand that change globally. police dogs often come to the aid of their officers but now some bay area officers can come to the aid of their canine thanks to a special day of trauma training. >> and you always want to go above the joint where the injury is. >> 50 canine handlers and their dogs gathered in oakland for intense trauma handle. the officers learned special health care skills. oakland police officer adam humphrey says after today he can be a first responder for his partner, taleeke. >> if something bad does happen to their dog or medical emergency whether it be heath caution or something that the -- heat exhaustion or something that a suspect has done to the dog, we can be here to help them just as they are here to help us. >> several police dogs have been injured in the bay area
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this year. right now a sacramento canine officer is recovering. and five years ago, a canine was shot in the neck. many facebook users are upset with the site saying the company changed their e-mail default without asking. messages sent to that new address will now end up in your messages section on facebook. google is expected to unveil a new operating system tomorrow. they're calling it jelly bean. android is the world's most popular platform making up 60% of the smart phone market. there's also speculation that the company could unveil its own tablet. it's a story you will see only on 2, an east bay sheriff deputy faces criminal charges accused of leaking inside
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information. where that information went coming up in two minutes. also we've been covering the story for several days, a nationwide sex trafficking sweep netting dozens of arrests right here in the bay area. but what about the children saved from a life on the streets. we're going to talk to one group about what they are doing to help those girls get back on their feet.
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>> abuse of authority. it's a story you will see only on 2, a sheriff deputy accused of leaking inside information and he may not be the only authority involved. good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. ktvu news has learned that an alameda county sheriff deputy could face criminal charges accused of illegally getting information about a man from pleasanton who's involved in a bitter child custody battle. only on 2, rob roth live in alameda tonight where he is also found out about another twist in this story. rob-- >> reporter: frank, it was inside this alameda courthouse where a sheriff deputy is accused of logging on to a criminal data base and getting information authorities say he wasn't supposed to have. and now alameda county could

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