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this is the 10:00 news on ktvu. >> the scandal involving giants out fielder takes a bizarre term. the all star mvp allegedly contacted to fool baseball. >> the gnaw accusation against the suspended baseball star is range and seams desperate. he allegedly created a web sate to save his skin as major league baseball closed in. deborah owens is live in san francisco with reaction. >> we're at at&t park where his
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break out season and fall from bris first electrified then mortified fans now cover up emerges. >> he benched 50 games for juicing. admitted the positive testosterone test and apologized to the team and fans it turns out when investigators first came calling he did all he could to out run them. the daily news has a cabrera associate who admits setting up a phony website. so he can claim he unknowingly bought banned offed substance online. >> in just case it just makes the mess worse. >> lance williams wrote a book on steroids in baseball. he says players always try to wiggle out of dirty tests. the website ploy only deepens the investigation. steroid hunter jeff is now on board. still for cabrera getting
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caught was high stakes. >> he's going to lose like a million six because of the suspension. he was looking at a big contract from somebody but they will be deeply discounted so there's money on the line. >> it was the third hit of the night for melky cabrera he went from hero to zero over night with giants fans and the newly revealed scheming doesn't help. >> however the fans look at him which is probably going to be like a bum he should just take it because he did it to himself. >> it's sad because baseball's my favorite sport. >> the generation growing up with pro's cheating is more optimistic. >> i'm wondering if more people are going to do it in the future or not. there's some really talented people out there. >> you to give baseball a little credit. he's a big star he's going to be the batting champion and they are punishing him.
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>> cabrera before the website scam was figured to be gone from the giants and any team that picks him up may wonder which guy they're getting the one who struggled or the star. we're live in san francisco. deborah ktvu channel two news. >> cabrera has not spoken publicly this morning manager said you can be world class parents and your kids can go south. cabrera is a grown man he's a veteran these are unfortunate things. >> now into that fierce fire fight under way. take a look at the photos of the ponderosa fire. the pictures were sent to us by mathew henderson the wildfire has always destroyed several
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structures. burned 12,000-acres. mallory of spoke with thousands of residents forced to leave their homes . >> nobody wants to see a fire. >> flames rip through tahama county. in some cases locals are leaving with only their most valued possessions. >> stuff you can't replace. house papers insurance papers and pictures. change of underwear that's about it. >> the fire is spreading north, northeast from the manton area. toward the shingle town and viola communities. >> it still looks green but it's still very, very dry. >> they're dealing with dry conditions but also facing steep and rugged terrain. >> there's a lot of dirt roads. logging roads we're using to get back into the area we're relying on our aircraft and bulldozers the doesers are going in there building new
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lines to get our firefighters down in there. >> those in the area who have not been evacuated are preparing. >> i'm trying to get a trailer hooked up in case we have to get out of here. move a few cows. >> cow fire officials tell us more than 1,000 people are working to contain this fire. mallory hof channel two news. >> with such dry conditions weather is playing a serious role in the ponderosa fire. mark it's cool down a bit but not much. >> not too much this area receiving triple digit heat. triple digit temperatures over the past week or so. still pretty hot across this portion of northern california. you can pick out the map of the fire zone burning to the east of redding. we're going come in tighter and look at the current temperatures. you'll notice this as we deny temperature sensors it's still warm out there. 85, 86 to 82 degrees the forecast for tomorrow there's a
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nice break for the over night hours with the heat. temperature tomorrow morning 67 degrees wind's not too much of a factor we're warming back up by 12:00. temperatures climb in the afternoon to the mid 90s. the humidity levels come down to 13 percent. coming up at 10:37 i'll let you know when fire danger is on the increase again and when fire weather watch kicks in for part of california. >> for mow photos look under the slide show tab. >> it worries me about the neighborhood. concerns tonight in vallejo coming up in minutes what three suspicious fire haves in common. >> occupy activists they planned to harvest crops they planted earlier. the protesters say there was tension at first but police eventually unlocked the gate
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and allowed them in. they filled boxes of vegetables. when demonstrator says the university needs to allow permanent public access for community garden. >> in the last 20 years they've had very little public access to what is a public resource. >> this was the fourth harvest of the tract. the protesters gave away the vegetables in alabama just as they have before. >> a man is recovering after being shot in oakland the gunfire erupted at 2:15:00 a.m. near nine it could avenue the victim was shot in the neck and chest. he was rushed to highland hospital. the condition has yet to be released. an hour earlier on international and 61st avenue a gunman chase add white car with five people inside a man opened fire riddling with car with bullet holes. at least one person was injured and rushed to the hospital no. arrests have been made in
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either shooting. dealing with a troubling increase in the number of homicides there. four people have been killed in just the past week. ktv's christian talked to neighborhoods who received a fightenning wake up call early this morning. >> reporter: san jose police. reports of shots fired. when officers arrived they found one man suffering from at least one gunshot wound he died at the scene. neighbors say they're nervous. >> i don't know what happened after that i am scared. >> frida said she didn't know what happened until police started knocking on her door looking for information. >> i told them i said i heard some noise. >> this morning's shooting caps off a violent seven days in san jose. police say marquis reynolds stab add woman to death with a sword on monday. that same day police found a
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man shot to death in a chevy impala. this morning's was the 28th killing of the year so far in san jose. stanley says the rash of violence has her worried. >> i'm scared but what can you do. you know. i don't want to move around i'm too old to move around in my 80s. >> police say they heard that made any arrests in connection to this morning's shooting and are looking for tips. sikh police are looking for two gunman who crashed a party in order shoot a gust. it happened on the 900 blocks of thornton avenue a 24-year- old man was shot in the legs as he sat in his vehicle outside. witnesses of the party were uncooperative. law enforcement agencies are producing results in their crack down on drunk drivers the statewide campaign began on
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friday. officer have all ready made 38 arrests for drunk driving in just two days. coincident think same number of arrests were made in santa clara county we don't yet have figures on other areas in the bay area. volunteers launched another search today along the american river for a missing u.s. davis student l.a.na has been missing for two months. volunteers from the foundation started searching for lomax on friday her family believes she suffer add nervous break down during finals. developing news out of southern california it's sad news las angeles county announced british film director tony scott jumped to his death today from an l.a. county bridge. scott was known for such films at top gun. beverly hills cop two and a remake of one two three.
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the coast guards said a suicide note was found. he is the younger brother of fellow director. ridly scott. the apple samsung legal fine expected to come to a close this week. apple should pay more than $421 million to samsung for infringing on its patents apple is seeking $2.8 millions in the case. testimony wrapped up on friday judge told attorneys closing arguments will begin on tuesday and jury deliberations will start on wednesday. a man expected of burglarizing. steve jobs is due in court tomorrow. 35-year-old karen mcfarlan admitted break book is job's home and stealing an i pad and several other items. she gave the stolen i food a friend of his called kenny the
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clown. he used it to entertain kids in a clown routine. >> two suspicious fires on one street all within a week what firefighters are saying now. a congress man running for the u.s. senate finds himself in hot water after a shocking comment about rape and pregnancy. >> little league team is down but definitely not out. everyday ktvu channel two news at five is all about coverage. our team of experienced reporters. journalists that dig for details day in and day out. >> we invite you to watch ktvu channel two news at 5:00 everyday. >> channel two news at 5:00. complete bay area news coverage.
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. >> ktvu online. online source for complete bay news coverage. firefighters in the south bay made quick work of dousing a brush fire off highway 280 this afternoon the fire was reported around 3:30. this is some different video that you're seeing right now. firefighters stay fire in san jose appeared have started close to the free way and spread toward coyote creek. homeless own campments near the creek bed were burned those that took shelter there had to leave new buildings that were damaged in all about five acres burned there in san jose. a string of suspicious fires in vallejo is raising concerns. just today firefighters were back battling a blaze on what's become a very familiar streak. live in vallejo. learning about a possible cause
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and connection. >> reporter: this building behind me is boarded up tonight. so is the one right next to it. two fires in the same block in less than a week. >> it worries me it worries me about the neighborhood. >> 40-foot flames and a huge cloud of thick black smoke. folks in this vallejo neighborhood woke up to this morning. >> it covered the sky up. there were ashes in our yard this morning. >> the building has been vacant for years. firefighters say this was the second suspicious fire here on couch street within the week. a fire started in the vacant building next door last wednesday. >> there's homeless that live in and around these buildings we're aware of it. there's no power to the buildings no gas that's been shut off. the homeless they start fires for heat or for cooking and that's a possibility. >> neighbors tell us these fires aren't nearly the only issues plaguing their
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neighborhood. they say squatters in abandoned buildings and vehicle break ins have prompted them to start a neighborhood watch program. >> in just one block away firefighters tell us the mortuary went up in flames in a similar fire back in june in that case they say a homeless camp is to blame. live in vallejo kara lieu ktvu channel two news. election 2012 news. mitt romney's top advisor is calling for a civilized debate. >> we want a serious campaign about real issues facing this country. it's time for that. we'll win that debate that's why they're trying to avoid that debate. >> i appreciate that the tone of this campaign needs to stick to the issues but we're not going to be lectured by mitt romney on that because it's completely hypocritical. >> whatever happens there's no sign of a let up in negative adds the obama campaign is planning a series of attacks.
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romney is air -- >> republican challenging mitt romney attended a meeting near his vacation home in new hampshire. romney plans to campaign with his vice presidential candidate paul ryan in new hampshire tomorrow. president obama the first lady and their daughters attended episcopal services. mr.obama will fly west for speeching in reno and north las vegas. republicans meet for their convention in tampa next week the democrats meet in charlotte north carolina after labor day. a hot button issue on the campaign trail is the president's health care law. take a look at the numbers. 54 percent of california voters questioned favor the nation's new health care law. that number goes up here in the
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bay area where 68 percent approve in the las angeles area it has a 60 percent approval rating. most californians say they view the law as an important first step in reforming the nation's health care system but they believe that more changes still need to be made. >> the most outrageous statement this election year a missouri congress man said women's bodies keep them from getting pregnant when they're raped. >> from what i understand from doctors that's rare. if it's a legitimate rape the female body has ways to shut that whole thing down. >> released a statement saying he misspoke. it is unclear what he meant with the words legitimate rape. he is opposed to all abortions including cases of rape. running against castle in what's a close race. >> one requires access to water
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within ten feet and shade within two hundred feet of all workers it include as one million dollar fine for violations the second bill includes possible jail fine for violators the issue is back in the spotlight because of two heat related deaths this summer that are now under investigation. california is one of several states affected by a lettuce recall because of possible e. coli contamination. recalling about 2,000 cases of it field fresh wrapped single head row main. it's wrapped in a plastic bag with a possible best buy date of august 19th the a refinery re call is based on a random sampling. padaluma is right now baseball town u.s.a. hundreds of people came to cheer on padaluma national. the team came up short but there's still plenty of hope for a title.
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>> go team. woo. >> reporter: it's a celebration outside the downtown cinema. the face painting and t-shirt sa not for a movie but for baseball. inside a pep rally not one but two theaters. anthony l.a.cky was pumping up people. >> you figure eight teams out of 4600 teams in the united states in that tournament that says it all. they're playing at the little league world series supporters friends and families watched the nationally televised game in this theater back home. >> it's beyond belief. we have been so nervous so excited at the same time. >> her grandson had a great day. leading off for the team but they fell behind early. >> yeah we've seen this before. >> and as usual they rallied fast. >> these guy haves shown so much ride and determination. and i just -- i just cant put
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in into words. >> former padaluma national little league president said he's rather by at the game watching while the team came up short today they still got applause from afar ending the game win or lose the little league way. >> the game is over the heater is emptying if they're back here next weekend that means the young men are playing for the national perhaps the world championship. ktvu channel two news. >> more details about tomorrow's game. they're slated to flay team from new jersey. for tomorrow afternoon 1:00 pacific time. >> emerging from seclusion. the founder of the wiky leeks website he speaks to supports today. what he's asking the u.s. main think president to do. caught on camera this rare
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. it's a pretty rare natural phenomenon on video. five waterspouts dancing on lake michigan yesterday. national weather service says there were nine waterspouts in all. the photographer said he saw numerous funnel clouds that never quite hit the water. >> wiky leeks is finally speaking out. emerged from the balcony at the embassy in london to cheers from several of his supporters. >> demanded that the u.s. end what he called this war on whistle blowers. he specifically called on the
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u.s. to release bradley manning the american soldier suspected of passing thousands of classified documents to osag. >> i ask president obama to do the right thing. the united states must renounce its witch hunt against wiki leek. the united states must pledge before the world that it will not accuse journalists for shinning the light on the secret crimes of the powerful. >> held up at the ecuadoran embassy. to sweden to face charges of sexual assault. >> an american soldier killed by an afghan police officer. a ninth incident of an american service member killed by an afghan counterpart in the last eleven days. 38 nato troop haves been killed this year. compared to 35 dead last year.
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lied to rest yesterday was killed in that manner. also today. soldiers were killed in a bombing in afghanistan that attack happened in the eastern part of the country killing to men and one woman. >> handed out a suspended death sentence to the wife of the disgraced communist party member. gu chi li killed hey wood last year. because she feared he was plotting to harm her son. her sentence may be life in prison. questions remain about the fate of her husband who was dismissed as the powerful communist party boss of a major city. in south africa demonstrators sang hymns. police killing of 34 striking miners one of the miners shot at the officers with a pistol
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they fired at the cloud self defense. earlier in the week strikers use mad she tee use mad she tee used macheteties. >> muslims are encouraged to offer a special prayer. give to charity and spent time with their families. muslims around the world tried to show a common goal of unity. >> a singer who helped spark the summer of love has died. ♪[ music ] if you're going to san francisco. scott mckenzie sang a theme song that drew thousand of young people to san francisco. a gentle message to wear flowers in your hair became an instant hit.
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he join add revamp version of the mamas and the papas. he died at the age of 73. >> protecting the sikh community has become a national priority. alameda county da told the community they're doing to keep them safe. >> is it mystery solved what researchers investigating amelia earharts disappearance say they found.
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-what's up? i'm chris. -and i'm erik. both: we're the fruit guys! back in 1998, we had this idea to deliver fresh fruit to offices in downtown san francisco. we built these wooden crates, filled these with fruit in my one-bedroom apartment. the fruit guys has been with bank of america since they first started. we work with them to help them grow and succeed.
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we're coming up on 50 employees and delivering to thousands of companies every week. i would definitely say this is a fruitful business. >> a team looking for the wreckage of amelia earharts final flight may have found parts of her plane. earharts quest to fly around the world ended in her my spears disappearance somewhere in the pacific ocean. last month researchers used sonar technology to examine the depths and recorded it on high definition video. they observed what they call an
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interesting debris field that may have lanning gear in it. the team plans another trip next year. >> federal officials met with members of the bay area sikh community in free month. this visit comes two weeks after a shooting rampage at a sikh temple in wisconsin. increased protection was the main topic. >> northern california's u.s. attorney a top ranking fbi agent and alameda county's district attorney dawned traditional head gear to meet with the congregation at this temple in free month. >> in light of the tragedy to con neck the sikh community to make sure they have a connection to the federal government if they need anything. >> on august fifth six sikhs were gun down bay white supremacists. last wednesday another sikh from that same congregation was murdered. whether this latest tragedy is connected to the murder is
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under investigation. regardless -- >> we don't want anybody having a fear in visiting. we would like to know like what security arrangements will be here. >> organized this meeting between top law enforcers and the congregation the big question identifying ways to keep the community safe by finding practical ways to identify potential threats. >> rather than just having to be worried and wait if they see something that looks unusual or out of place jot down a license plate or you know take a good luck. >> requesting more police patrols adding security cameras and even armed guards were some of the ideas that came up this afternoon to protect this community. no concrete plan was adopted today one of the reasons the repercussions of cost not just the financial toll but the toll of adopting security measures inconsistent with sikh principles. >> late they are week first
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lady michelle obama will travel to wisconsin to meet with families of the sikh temple members. president obama has called for an tend to senseless vie innocence the wake of the temple shooting and the movie theater shootings in colorado. >> highway four in pittsburgh crews will redirect traffic over the westville summer field bridge. westbound lanes will close periodically. throughout the week they'll close from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. >> on oyster counting party in richmond. counting. the bricks were collected from the bottom of the bay. they're considered important to the ecosystem they help filter and clean the water. >> hopefully they can maybe
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clarify water locally if that happens we get more eelgrasses the critters that live in the eel grass like invertebrates like crabs and worms that becomes food for bigger fish like salmon and haring. >> an ongoing project to help find most promising places in the bay for habitat restoration. >> reclaiming a familiar landmark tomorrow. this anchor belonged first to the aircraft carrier u.s.s oriscany then the u.s.s hornet. a floating museum in alamo d.a. it will be re furbished and put on display in the hornet. it will take serious power to move the anchor weighs 30,000- pounds. now breaking news we're getting into the ktvu news room coming from san jose. police are on the scene of a shooting that sent one noon the hospital.
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it happened just a few moments ago. near 33rd street. investigators stay man's injuries appear to be life threatening. so far we have not received any word of arrest or motive. this latest shooting comes just a few hours after another man was killed earlier this morning. ready. aim and fire. the mars rover curiosity has target practice on the red planet the importance of today's exercise. the temperatures trending down across the bay area. joining us next with the coolest day of your upcoming workweek. >> watch ktvu morning news and mornings on two everyday starting at 4:30 complete bay area news coverage. get to your local subway for some dinnertime deliciousness tonight. subway. eat fresh.
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area more changes coming up in the short term also the long range forecast but right now we are tracking the fog. you can see the clouds hugging a good portion of the coast side. i just walked outside the station. over cast right around oakland you can see the cloud cover for half-moon bay toward pacifica. sfo some cloud cover as well. you can pick out winds in those on shore winds importing the fog into the bay. gusting to 21 miles per hour. a cool 59 in san francisco. oakland 657 degrees. temperatures inland not that extreme heat mainly in the 80s to lower 90s. a anioch one of the warmer spots. a slow gradual process as we head into the forecast. first thing monday morning the
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fog hugging the coast also right around the bay. temperatures start out the day mainfully the low to mid 50s. pretty chilly grab the wet sweater and jacket stepping out the door monday morning. high pressure has been in command of our weather it will weaken tomorrow. temperatures inland on track to reach the mid to upper 80s. not too much change in the temperature department for your monday. this weather system to the northwest. this gradually approaches the coastline. that will reinforce the cooling not only for tuesday but also wednesday and wind speeds do crank up around 15 to 25 miles per hour. especially toward delta. a bit breezy for tomorrow. it will be stronger as we head into tuesday and wednesday. and with that a fire weather watch kicks in for these areas towards paradise blue canyon toward lake tahoe. winds gusting around 35 miles per hour. with low humidity levels. some fog as you can see here re grouping coast side also right
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around the bay. clearing back to near the shore line into the afternoon hours we will still have left over fog for the beaches tomorrow afternoon. but away from the coast inland lots lots of sunshine. temperatures in the 80s. right around 90 degrees tomorrow afternoon. santa rosa. 826789 fairfield82 the warmest location inland. up earp 80s to lower 90s. the clouds in the morning. partly sunny. the forecast high 626789 a look 62. wednesday and thursday are probably the two coolest days of the week. then your weekend a little bump in the numbers for both saturday and into sunday. rosemary will have the latest update the forecast early tomorrow morning healther and john at 4:30. >> the mars rover curiosity tried a laser on a small rock.
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it took aim at this rock zapping it several times. checking the rovers ability to get rid of obstacles. that's a three mile high mountain rising from the crater floor. >> it's amazing what's happening there on mars coming up the giants face up for another set back the a's take a step toward the play offs. the petaluma little leaguers and their quest for the title. ñsxóxgñ
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welcome to the late sunday night edition of sports wrap. both bay area baseball teams are at a point where every game they're playing has potential play off ramification. cocoa crisp played a big part in their wild card pursuit. putting runs on the board they t way they did a generation ago. oakland lead in the fourth. then against justin masterson boss crushes. two nothing a's. you don't think power hitter when you think about chris. this one hugs the foul pole and stays fair for a three run shot that's number seven on the air for chris. three hits five rbis on the day for chris. dumps one into left field. cliff pentington came home. eight shut out ins
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