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. a fatal accident, why police believe a man was trying to rundown an officer. that is the news at noon. stay tuned.
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. developing news right now in the south bay why recovery crews are conducting an operation in the south park. we begin with developing news in the south park and rescue volunteers are working right now to recover the body of a man from allan rock park. choose truck says it appears the man fell at least 130 feet yesterday afternoon.
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emergency crews decided to wait until today to recover the body, it is not not clear what caused him to fall. it was a rape that happened in the middle of the day. after talking with usc officials, here is what happened. >> reporter: police are warning on the campus to avoid certain areas. and the campus is spread ruts and the officers say at 12:30 a jobbing woman was march walking -- was walking when she was attacked by a stranger. police say he battered and raped her and after the assault he ran towards corey plaza.
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campus police say it was the first school rape of the year. >> and the most extraordinary thing is at this victim did not know the assailant and it happened in the middle of the day. >> she was treated at a local hospital and has been release dollars. today a female was shot in the head and robbed at at a bus stop. >> i am scared, i usually rundown upper campus because it is nice in the forest but now i don't think i will for a while. >> he is five feet and weighs
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200 pounds. he has black hair green eyes put he said he should have smelled like cigarettes and then they are hoping to get the sketch drown up and released to us this or mover. campus police are telling women to be aware of your surroundings and we took aware -- be aware of your surroundings and be aware of attacks. they are looking for women walking alone in the early morning hours, jaun tack took place last month and this month.
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in each case, a man suddenly started punching them before running away. hundreds of street lights in san jose will soon be turned back on. in 2008, the city decided to shut off lights to save money they had to choose between continuing to work on signal repairs or darkening the streets. they included the big year budget report inn which includes street appearance an addresses safety concerns. >> it was scary at the bus stop with no lights there. >> most of the lights are had turned back on but most are in residential neighborhoods. a crash killed a man suspected of stealing of end much visit.
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>> a high-speed chase, the 21- year-old driver of this stolen ford expedition was -- expedition was killed when it careened over the road. a truck pulled the suv out of this ravine. san jose police were trying to pursue the man who they say tried to rundown an officers. both first went down from this trash and when it came to rest, it was just on the other side of that trans. alex was awake studying when he heard the accident. he knew it was a dangerous incident when he heard officers move in right away. >> i heard the officer say put your hands over your head and i immediately ran inside. >> reporter: they say it all
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started when he try to making another traffic stop as he came barreling towards the officer, he shined his flashlight. >> he knew the person was intentionally driving the vehicle towards him. >> that close call led to the pursuit that reached speeds up to 100 miles per hour. it ended when the suv veered off the road. investigators will now run toxicology tests to check for i am pavement, -- impairment hoping to understand why he killed a police officer. >> they ended in a collision with a ferry and has died. a 22-inch ferry, harry died of
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his injuries and there is no words on the condition of the other passenger. the coast guard is investigating the accident. if you have a car you probably noticed rising gas prices every time you pull up to the pump. tara moriarty is joining us good afternoon. >> reporter: the price of gas here is $4.19 and industry analysts say it will not stop there. a lot of eye shaking and head eye rolling at the pump this morning. when is >> reporter: analysts say people are feeling the pinch and it is hitting people right
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in the middle of winter when people are paying for high heating bills. what is behind the high prices, refinery prices and crude oil prices. compared to oakland it is $4.06 and san jose $4.08. it only cost $50 now it is more like $70. >> >> reporter: it hurts doesn't it? >> yes. it takes away from other things you could be spending your money on. >> reporter: if you are looking for cheap, go to south san
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francisco at $4.98 per gallon. room and all that i had to start saving which we here in california could be looking all $4 per gallon. i am tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 morning news. a san francisco bomb squad is facing headquarters in wells fargo bank, somebody discovered the package at 420 month come are you, so far there is no word on what is inside the package and no word on when montgomery street will reopen. >> reporter: i am alex savage, was it a coach being a coach or was it simply unnecessary, you will hear what people are saying about it coming up. steve paulson will talk about the changes coming up
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including rain. and kids television, the one thing kids can do to help improve your young child's behavior.
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. the bay area condominium
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market is booming. sales are at the highest level since 2008 and they have jumped 3 5% from a year earlier. condos are still being constructed. $85 billion, an across the board spending cuts are being dealt with, but lawmakers are on holiday and will not reconvene until next week. they will avoid a sequester but the -- but they say the president already got attacks increase last month. >> the sequester is sort of a hammer. >> that will not work, we can't just cut our way to prosperity. both democrats and republicans say sequestering
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could lead to failed economic recession. oscar pistorius is charged with killing his girlfriend, they have upgraded the charge to premeditated murder. reeva steenkamp was shot four times through a bathroom door. oscar pistorius returns to court tomorrow and funeral services start tomorrow for reeva steenkamp. jerry has died at the age of 80, they said it was due to kidney failure and had been hospitalized for an undisclosed cancer. he led them to 10 nba championships and now the team is the most be loved sports
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franchise and now costing $1 billion. coach montgomery is under the spotlight after he appeared to have pushed one of the players versus usc. live at uc berkeley with the reaction on campus, good afternoon, brian. >> reporter: good afternoon, torii, here is more on what students are reacting to, take a listen. >> with the junior who was all conference last year, words were exchanged, richard solomon... >> reporter: mike montgomery is talking. >> i understand he said don't push me. >> it is not like you are going to take an extreme example of bobby knight throwing chairs across the floor, i don't think that is his reputation. people with come across and
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make mistakes and when you recognize mistakes you try and correct them and move on from there. >> he ended up overreacting. you give him like hurricanes it is like come on, what are you doing? >> now, that was it, that was coach mike montgomery during the second half of last night's game against usc. that was 16-31 left in the game and more on what fans are saying he said i let my emotions get away from me for the moment and my actions were inappropriate and i apologize for my actions. they released a statement saying it is unacceptable to act like that and i am confident something like this will never happen again. meantime, allan crab is also
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speaking out... >> crab? >> reporter: it is still not clear whether the coach will be placing any -- facing any disciplinary reaction. >> [inaudible] >> obviously we will continue to show you that report and we will have more on our website www.ktvu.com. meanwhile, parents can help with students according to the research institute, researchers said preschoolers who watched sesame street had better behavior than when watching contents with violence. hundreds are keeping them back for the big ski resort. >> one resort operator said they were listed as busy as the day after christmas which is the busiest day of the season.
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while some say the snow is superb, others say it is slushy and we could have more light snow falling tonight. well, 24 hours ago, we could not find a cloud in the sky and here we are mostly cloudy, the wind has picked up and guess what, really cold air is on the way for tuesday and wednesday, and some more rain. we are going into seven weeks of dry weather. we will get a lot of rain and lost really cold air coming in. it will be a cool and breezy week. low high clouds, rain begins, very cold air begins tomorrow afternoon. i don't think there will be a lot of rain, you can see the
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system is already increasing and already we see that low cloud dickens handed. -- low cloud deck enhanced. today clouds and cooler, tomorrow, maybe somebody will get a half inch should cover it and if we keep the moisture in place we will have very low snow levels. very low san francisco, livermore is own 50, so it is a cool day and the breeze is picking up, fairfield is picking up, right now it is southerly and easterly and high mid-level clouds are getting closer to sonoma county and it is on its way and nice sunday but the cooling has arrived today and the cold air arrives.
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pockets of sun breezy today, there is not a lot but a little bit of winds. temperatures are dropping over fast and it could be an either lasted 60s and temperatures will be 30 degrees cooler and we could have a lingering shower clipper and after that it looks cool and breezy but slow warming and we are going to get a lot of cold air, i can tell you that that. >> they are looking to pick it up in parking lot a and the land was owned by the giant,
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this is a stretch on how they will look. they have estimated 2000 jobs for restaurants and people will be available for those needing it. they will be able to shop once again and workers are running tests to run the chimes every hour. it is expected to be up and running by saturday and the port san francisco had to invest and they will use a gm s time signal to assure things. the cause of the engine room fire on the carnival triumph was a leak and it was left adrift in the gulf of mexico for days. passengers described very poor conditions on board including overflowing toilets and long
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lines for food. the investigation of the disabled ship will take six months. when we get back, the final chapter, when we come back, we will have prints moving.
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. a quick reminder that the stock markets are closed for the president's day holiday and the dow jones industrial average and s&p 500 and nasdaq
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will resume tomorrow morning. readers digest has filed for bankruptcy to shrink its billion dollar debt. many of them are falling on hard times and increasingly read and many at the newsstands say they sell 20 readers digest a month compared to 50 time magazines. >> we still have a good customer. >> in 2009, readers digest emerged from bankruptcy after being taken over by its lenders. google is looking at a controversial way to put down illegal download sites and they are talking about funds.
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they are looking into how it deals with pirated books and movies. they want to look into offering those materials instead of having to change the search results. the super bowl hero collin kaepernick recently received an invitation to the grammies and he was asked to be a special correspondent at the oscars and late night show hosts all want him as a guest and his response is always the same, i would rather hit the gym. tonight on channel 2 news at 5:00, hurting or not, u.s. postal service, now we are learning about lavished plans that will be held here in the bay area and it is expected to draw hundreds of employees.
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thanks for joining us on ktvu channel 2 news, we are always here on www.ktvu.com and mobile www.ktvu.com. we'll see you the next time news breaks.

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