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. is he here or not. searchers have looked for a missing man in a south bay state park. new information shifts is search on the another state. amissing scotts valley man is captured on video at a gas station in nevada. tonight his family is lunching a new effort to bring him home. live in scotts valley with new pictures of the man who's considered missing. >> that's right. a much different search is underway. there's a lot of tension at the
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center set up in scotts center. we are waiting to see if a person in sparks nevada was matthew abraham. we were told that the family confirmed the man on the video is mathew. investigators stress the 20- year-old man is considered missing because they don't know where he is now. family members emphasis he suffered a concussion and is disoriented but seeing the pictures brought relief. i was relieved. i'm holding it inside. >> you are not. i'm glad looking good, but it opens a new can of worms. >> his desire to leave is probably related to the head injury, but we've ruled out
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he's kidnapped or foul play to this situation. >> at this hour the sheriff department is shutting down the search operation here and coordinating with nevada and utah the search there and there's a campaign on social networking sites to search for matt an rahman -- abraham. >> a lab tech these has changed the plea the guilty. it's a plea deal debra madden. she was charged with making off with cocaine she was supposed to test at the lab in 2009, as a result hundreds of drug cases had to be thrown out. parents are making a.
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>> you can see the crowd is in force with their signs. you can hear cars showing their support, they want to force the registered sex offender to live somewhere else. willow cove elementary is just down the corner but it is far enough away to allow this unwanted neighbor into the area. >> parents and children who crowded the corner of willow pass in bay point were the opposite of a welcome party. they lost a battle to keep a violent predator from moving into a cottage on this property, but they want an appeals court to reconsider. we have children who walk by
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themselves right past where he's held. every day they walk by to get to and from school. letyisha go mess has two children at the school. it takes a minute to drive from the school to the home. that's too close. my concern is the safety of the children that walk past here. charles christman was be convict of the a lewd act in 1989. he spent time in prison but he's been released. the contra costa district attorney asked for a emergency stay but it was denied. the court says he's no longer a threat. putting an ankle bracelet won't guarantee the safety. he has access. >> and back here live you see going on two hours crowds still out here tonight. one of the owners of this property was able to come out and talk us to about this.
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he says people such as christman must and given a way to reenter society. but there's more than their fair share of sex offenders in this area and we're putting that together for 6:00. aviation officials are trying to figure out what caused a plane the park into a parking lot this afternoon. it crashed not long after taking off. the faa says the plane began experiencing trouble after takeoff and had to circle back to make a landing. the fire burned 10 cars, no one on the ground was hurt. i heard it from several people, people were scrambling to move their cars and get away it from. they said a plane was coming in, it banked hard and they said the plane dropped on the lot. the plane is believed to be
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based in fort lauderdale, the people have not been identified. a meeting of a mind at stanford university. professors, business leaders and policy makes, they discussed tax reform, health care, and the future of the economy in europe, people at the event told us the tone was encouraging. >> the economy is in the process of healing. the economy is better, it has a ways to go, unemployment is a couple percentage points lower than it was. it was the stanford institute for economic research. the summit is in the 10th year. on keat is -- wall street closed a little bit lower. from a u.s. marine to the
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san jose police force, one of dozens of stories at the police academy graduated a new closs. how this graduation comes after years of cut backs. >> 43 men and women entered this hall as civilians and they lefts asworn police officer. this is san jose police academy class 18. two women and 41 men marched into park side hall to graduate after the toughest six months of their lives. >> i prefer to think of the last six months and what we have accomplished. we're peace officers, we're realizing our dreams. >> it will be a big honor to be a part of this. 33-year-old matthew barerra joined the department after spending years in the marine corps. i've seen evil, i know what it
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can do. it have will be fun letting bad guys know who's in charge. it will be a welcome addition to the streets of san jose. >> so things have gotten better and we're so grateful we can hire more officers and to see the new, young recruits excited is a good thing. >> considering there were 140 resignations in the past with the years if union is not optimistic. as far as being an loyer and under the mayor ship of reed it's not a good place to be. >> the new officers will work with feel training officers and work solo by midsummer. at 6:00 you will meet another new officer and his proud family. bart police are looking for two gunman in connection with a deadly shooting in front of
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bart passengers. the gunman opened up at the richmond station and took off. a man was shot at the stairs. investigators are trying to determine if the gunman followed the victim from a trainor if they were riding bart before the shooting. passengers described the seen as chaotic. >> if i got on the elevator any sooner i would be in the crossfire. i cried because i had never seen a dead body before. no arrests have been made. a man jumps behind the wheel of a cab and take offense leading police on a chase. brian flores reports on what happened and the technology that made all the difference. >> reporter: pacific heights is a quiet neighborhood, this morning a man flagged down a caber in jackson and buchanon.
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>> the suspect began jumping on the hood of the vehicle and took point where he shattered windshield. the cabdriver taking advice from the dispatch locked the door but opened the door and left the cab and left the keys in the ignition and the suspect took off in the cab. you are concerned about driver safety when you hear this. when i heard the driver was okay that was my first priority. the cab company's dispatch recorded the cab's every moment following it to jackson and spruce. the suspect came toward officers chipping to patrol cars. the officers fired at the cab. we located the taxi cab abandoned and located the suspect flue the cab was abandoned. each of the cabs have gps and that was released to police.
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they found the suspect on foot. >> our dispatch supervisor got on the phone to the police told the police what happened and was able to follow it on the gps screen and tell the police where the cab was and track it. >> over all there were no injuries the the driver, the suspect or the officers involved. >> the driver says he's been with the company for seven years and through the company he says theys shaken up but doing okay. as for the suspect he could face several charges including vandalism, carjacking and assault on officers. an elementary school was locked don't as police searched for suspect. carmen dragon school was put on lockdown, police were searching south of the school but didn't say what the suspects were wanted for. the lockdown was lifted at
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noon. the obama administration is beefing up the west coast missile defense in response to threat business north korea. the tests of technology. the pentagon is increasing the number of interceptors on the coast of california and alaska from 30 to 44. the new interceptors are scheduled to be deployed by 2017. lawmakers in maryland passed a measure banning capital punishment. maryland's general assembly approved the bill. maryland's governor is expected to sign it. the supports of the bill argue that it's costly, racially biased and a poor deter ant to crime. before you couldn't assume this weekend, consider this is the $16,000 beer and that doesn't include the ride in the
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. a truck fire caused problems in livermore, traffic in three eastbound lanes near airway boulevard were impacted. the highway patrol says the rig's trailer burned. the driver got the vehicle over to the shoulders before firefighters arrived. as many prepare to celebrate st. patrick's day sunday, there's more reason to do so responsibly. new information about the cost of driving under the influence. john fowler joins us live with thousands of reasons not to drink and drive. >> reporter: get pulled over after one too much and that
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could cast you $16,000 and maybe a lot more. the minimum cost for a first time misdemeanor dui offender, 15,$649. >> i think it's -- $1,560,049. >> it will have a greater amount impact in lowers. >> alcohol involved in fewer than 45% of fatal crashes and going down. dui the lowest in seven years, on average 600 are arrested for dui every day. they don't take into consideration the entire ramification of something that's avoid able. fines, court cost of jurisdiction fees and the arresting officers hourly wage billed to the offender. if you're under 21 the minimum
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you will pay is $22,000. not to mention the human toll, the costs are skyrockets. >> it's not worth the gamble. it's dangerous. >> they have not publicized this, aaa confirmed on st. patricks evening they will offer free 10-mile tows to anyone who's had too much to drink. the board of directors the looking for ways to avoid a automatic fare increase. if they don't it will increase july 1. one of the options the board is considering lowering the basic fare to $2 and changes routes. the board hopes toes have a more definitive plan by next month. several blocks of foothill boulevard, a street and mission
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boulevard will be converted to one way. it is the downtown loop. center dividers have been change. it's the final phase of a multiyear project. you can go to ktvu.com and click on web links for full details on the changes. toyota is recalling 200,000 suvs due the seat belt problems. the seat belt retractors could come off. the problem involves 209,000 fj cruisers from the 2000 through 213 model years. an ace bay family is picking up the pieces after a house fire in pittsburgh. flames broke out before 5:00 a.m. on the house on hill view drive, not far from buchanan road. heavy smoke was pouring from
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the home when firefighters arrived. they were abaconned by an -- awoken by an explosion. >> i'm in shock, i can't look at it. i want to cry. the fire caused an estimated 200,000-dollars in damage. investigators say it may have been fueled by paint stored in the garage. a truck driver whose family reported him missing is home. he disappeared last week leaving his keys, cell phone and money behind. police discovered he checked into a motel in fairfield and called off the search. the father of four is back at home, the family members don't want to discuss why he left. at&t park is dressed up for baseball. for the world baseball classic.
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crews were making the finishing touches around the field. the world baseball class six the world's premier international baseball classic. it began two weeks ago, the semifinals are sunday and monday at at&t followed by the championship on tuesday. >> this is where the best players in the world can gather represent their home countries, what better place to do it. >> game tickets are available. it was great weather for baseball. what will it be like for the finals. we go to the bill martin for the forecast. the weather is great. numbers are coming back up. in the 60s and low 70s. saturday another nice day. a lot of clouds, those clouds have been filtering the sunshine, we're seeing temperature in the 60s and 70s.
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it's been a nice run of weather. there's been patchy coastal fog, but mostly hazy filtered sunshine. a 74 right now in ante action her -- antioch area. as we go into the bay area saturday and sunday. the same, it will be fine tuning and subtleties the next two days with the fog and the die time highs. we won't be in the 80s or the 50s, temperature will be mile. as we go into the bay area weekend. the dry forecast continues, the rain coming, you will see it in the 5-day forecast, rain and cooler number as we get into the five day. the overnight lows are in the 40, haven't seen a lot of frost, look for partly cloudy conditions and areas of fog, dense fog, not this morning,
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just be reedy for that -- ready, if you're flying, you want to check the fog conditions before you go in the morning, that kind of fog producing delays. tomorrow morning in the 40s, tomorrow afternoon, 70s, and 80s in a couple places, when i come back i'll show you where the rain is. we'll get specific with the forecast high for saturday and sunday. breaking news in the top story we brought you, a missing scotts valley man matthew abraham has been found in salt lake city, utah. you got this minutes ago. that's right. this story began picking up speed when they thought they captured mathew abraham on videotape in nevada yesterday.
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10 minutes ago the sheriff department confirmed he's been identified and found in salt lake city. according to a sheriffs spokesperson he was spotted in salt lake city, his picture was spotted in salt lake city someone traveling with him. we don't know who that person was. the third party recognized mathew abraham as a missing person and reported the authorities. they contacted the people and confirmed the person in salt lake city is the 20-year-old missing. they are coordinating with authorities. we don't know how much direct contact they have had but they are trying to make arrangements to have him come back here or go out there. they are hoping to have him return home. again, the big news going on here is that they have confirmed that 20-year-old matthew abraham has been found
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in salt lake city and the family will address the media hopefully in 15 minutes. they are in contact with him. they say i hads in good condition, he is safe and in good condition and as soon as they can make arrangements to bring him home they will. his 21st birthday is thursday. again, matthew abraham found in salt lake city and arrangements remembering made to bring him home. there will be a press conference in 10 to 15 minutes to continue firm the details. robert honda. >> when the family of matthew abraham speaks we'll pass it to you. coming up a stinky situation, the strike by some workers that lasted only a few hours but may have left some customers with full garbage cans. it's the real thing, who it belongs to and how it's connected to the titanic.
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s. >> firefighters in colorado are battling a growing wildfire. the shoal year fire has burned 200-acres. the flames are not threatening structures. much of colorado is dealing with warm weather and drought conditions but cooler weather is expected tomorrow. a low cost bus carrier has larched a new service.
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megabus.com makes stops in sacramento and sparks nevada. now they have two daily departures from san francisco to the silver legacy resort in reno. it is selling a number of tickets for $1 a piece. tomorrow officials at waste management is promising to finish up garbage routes that were missed this morning. clerical workers joined with landfill workers outside the headquarters and held pickets. they are upset about wages and work conditions. union members two drive garbage trucks honored the picket lines. >> this job is dangerous, you have to be careful not to get hurt, it's a struggle. they are fed up. they are fed up, we're going to continue to do this until they
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represent us. >> they have a right to do what they want to do. we have to service our customers. >> members of the international longshore and warehouse union said they called the strike because they were frustrated by contract negotiations. a british house has the violin played by the band master of the titanic as it sank. one of the 1500 people who died when the titanic struck the high school berg. his vine -- iceberg the violin will go on display in ireland and eventually auctioned off. a deadline today that could determine the future of the city college of san francisco, why are so many california champion community colleges in
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trouble. >> as the supreme court taking up california same-sex marriage ban they get an ally. [ male announcer ] subway introduces the new $3 six-inch select!
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. >> the future hangs in the world. ccsf needs to prove it is financially stable. is it not alone. today marks a major deadline for city college of san francisco. rob is live in san francisco with the challenges the school faces with accreditation and what's at stake for the students. >> reporter: the campus here is cleared out for the weekend, and the wind is kicking in.
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city college has met the deadline and submitted the 300 plus page report details why the college shouldn't be allowed to stay open. >> at city college of san francisco students worry if the school will shut down. it means i have to save money to go to another college, but at this point i don't have that money. today is the deadline for the college to fix the defiercenessies -- if i. in a statement the chancellor wrote i am confidence that ccsf will emerge as a stronger greater amount institution. in california 19 community colleges face some senses among them merit college received a low 11 ill warning.
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>> in the east bay there have never been problems. >> i worry about toy have enough money to cover all the things i need to cover. will we honor all the contracts. >> the interim chancellor said he are at the of the budget. >> it is based on something solid when the state legislature controls how the money goal out. >> the next step at city college will be a visit to the campus by the adreadtation commission and a final decision is expected in june. reporting live. protesters showed out rage over a bank eviction of a
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senior citizen. >> the protesters tried to enter the downtown office of pnc. wong was illegally foreclosed on. wong said she made her statements on time. but after two years they returned her mortgage payments and attempted to evict her. she says it's unfair the bank is breaking the law. >> according to the law. it's unfair. the protesters were able to have a letter handed to pnc. the bank has not commenting. members of the house are nearing a deal on immigration reform. john boehner was briefed. a group is working on a bill including a pathway to
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citizenship. negotiators are trying to work out how to handle temporary laborers coming to the u.s. a pair of inmates escaped from juvenile hall. brazil and mason were last seen at the fairfield facility yesterday. investigators are trying to figure out how they got out. they say no force was used and no one was hurt. brazil was held or burglary. mason was he'll for attempted burglary and vandalism. fremont is the latest holing a gun by back. res vents of newark and union city are welcome at the gun buy back. it will be at the fremont fire department training facility at the send of stevenson boulevard near the bay wetland. people will be paid 100 to
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$300. rob portman has changed his stance on gay major. the only senate republican to openly support it. the impact the announcement could have on the supreme court challenge to proposition eight. >> in just days the u.s. supreme court will hear argument oscar can plop cigs, arguments on proposition eight. portman now supports it. we spoke to a former collect at the supreme court. >> they are human beings and so they are products have their vehement. >> justices could be sympathetic to the reversal. >> if all of society is changing the minds that will be some affect on how they receive arguments. >> he says portman's
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announcement showed the debate is winning. >> he believes supreme court will overturn prop eight. if the justices don't he believes support from lawmakers could lead to legislation allowing same-sex marriage. he just hopes it's in his lifetime. >> bay area congresswoman is selected to attend the installation of the new pope. she is expected to join vice president biden and a handful of colleagues in rome as pope francis i is installed. john boehner selected the congressional delegation. boehner said he could not attend because of the budget
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debate. the vatican defended pope francis i from accusations that he knew of human right abuses and didn't do enough to stop him. when he was head of the jesuit order he failed to protect two priest who's were kidnapped and . the vatican spokesman said there's never been a credible accusation. the social network has pros and cons for job seekers. 169 were unemployed. the people who talked more with close family and friends were twice as likely to find a job in three months. but the study found that stress levels increased when close friends and family would ask, how's your job search going. he's like the
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presteeningous like. why it's a vote of confidence. something we associate with animals. the diseases that blamed for a man's death.
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. mark zuckerberg is popular among his employers, named ceo of the year.
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the web site asked employees if they approve or disapprove of the way their ceo is running the company. he received a 99% approval rating. >> not in a cubicle up on a high floor, he's accessible, he runs into his own employees even in the bathroom. last year's top boss was tim cook. he is 18th this year but got a 93% approval rating. a top executive at j.p. morgan chase is blamed for withholding information about trading losses. another said that jamie diamond the ceo held back daily reports for two weeks last year that would have revealed risky trade
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losses. diamond acknowledged the losses last month. that's in decision to -- addition to $4 billion in losses last may. the state's first rabies' death no four decades the man got the virus following a kidney transplant from a donor two years ago. official says three other patients who received the donors organs have been treated. the last time someone died from rabies was 1976. a change in strategies, the policing plan that goes in effect in oakland this weekend. how warm will it be for the weekend. i'll get specific with the warmest cities for saturday and sunday. mom, i invited justin over for lunch.
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. updating the developing news on a missing man from scotts valley of the we learned that matthew abraham has been located in salt lake city, at the beginning of the newscast he was seen in sparks nevada yesterday. these are photos from that video shows abraham. 20 minutes ago we learned he's been located in salt lake city. the sheriff department just spoke in reporters, saying that a relative of abraham is in salt lake city and going to go get him and bring him home. you can magic -- imagine this
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is of relief to his parents who spoke to reporters today saying photos such as this is good but having him home is the goal. robert handa say there's and we'll have more at 6:00. police are changing their strategy to combat crime by dividing the city into five districts. why police think it will make a difference. >> reporter: the change begin tomorrow and instead of a city wide strategy pleasing may be neighborhood specific. >> reporter: from fruitville to downtown and the oakland hills the neighborhoods have different needs. >> oakland has a diverse community. >> under a new plan that starts this weekend oakland will be divided into five districts. each district will have a
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captain. the captains will tailor their stratagies to the neighborhoods. >> and they will be accountable to the community. it's a neighborhood policing. slicing up the pie and giving commanders a smaller more manageable area with the direction that not only are you going to fight crime, you will strengthen the partnership with the community. i'm excited about it's going to drink resources. >> the strategy will work bought o pd tried something similar with results. >> they decided based on the resources split the city in with the two areas, now we're going back the way it was. change is necessary, i'll take a wait and see approach, the system we got now is not working. >> fred robinson likes the idea of seeing the same officers,
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commanders and officers. >> they need to know the people they patrol. then they will know the bad guys and the good guys. >> police are starting the program in east oakland this weekend, if the results are good they will expand it to the rest of the city in the coming weeks. >> if you would like to see the new districts we have a mop showing the changes. japan is giving the u.s. and canada six monday to pay for remove -- six monday to pay for the debris removal. canada will get $1 million. some debris has washed ashore and a new report has an estimated 30,000 mortons expected in the next -- more
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tons is expected. >> let's get the full picture. >> it is good news. we have warm daytime highs. they will carry over into saturday and sunday. these were the highs today by the national weather service. they were for the most part a degree warmer than yesterday, a little bit warmer. morgan hills 71. cloud cover in and out of the area. as we head into saturday a lot will drive over the top of us. more sunshine than todd. clouds -- today. partly cloudy, foggy along the coast. temperatures are still in the 60s throughout the bay area with 70s in concord and fairfield. 59 in san francisco. it's cool area long the coast. the next few days the high clouds and a mild weather pattern. that's the bay area saturday, bay area sunday. this is starting to look like
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spring, the way the pattern is setting up. it feels like springtime and the way the weather is set up with the fog along the coast. saturday morning a clearing, this is the computer model. saturday afternoon continued clear. weather stays to the north. it's raining up in the north county. but not for us. for the parade on saturday, weather looks nice. mild throughout the area. you can probably wear t-shirts with temperature in the mid- 60's by the end of the parade. forecast highs tomorrow 72 in fairfield. 71 in santa rosa. a degree cooler or two than we saw today. sunday is not that different from what i'm showing you here. bay area weekend setting town nice. the weather headline really besides the fact that it's a weekend. tuesday and wednesday, it will
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rain a little bit, tuesday night to wednesday we'll see a return of rain and snow in the mountains. >> we could use it. >> we need it. the ultimate car chase on san francisco streets, one of the minds behind that film, bullet has died. >> san jose firefighters injured in the line of duty are recognized for their bravery. we'll hear when the heroes have to stay.
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. two san jose firefighters were honored after being injured. they call the awards humbling. there was always a solemn air to the blue and gold wounded in service award. they honor firefighters injured in the like of duty. the ceremony had an ironic ring for jamie. it was a year ago today he suffered burns. pictures showed he took a fall through roof into flames. he pulled himself to safety with the help of richard crawford who was recognized today. while he expressed gratitude for the award he said the time he spent in the hospital was on his mind. when i look at the kids in the burn center i knew i was lucky,
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and i have a lot to be grateful. >> no captain engler described the events as humbling after being recognized for heroics. he was hurt by a collapsed ceiling that occurred as they kept the fire from spreading. >> i have symptoms from my broken neck, it's getting back to being normal, but the whole thing was a life changing event. >> they hope the recognition will highlight the bravely demonstrated by firefighters every day not just at the high profile fire, and for every award a personal price has to be paid. a federal judge in san francisco heard arguments on whether to dismiss a sweeping lawsuit over pesticides.
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it was filed accusing the epa of allowing hundreds of pesticides to be used despite evidence of apartment full effects of the judge said the ruling on the mission to dismiss the case won't be issued soon. ed hollywood is mourning the death of robert railia. most known for the 60s film "bullet." a spokeswoman confirmed he died in los angeles last week from natural causes. he was 82 years old. a prayer vigil for the three members of a daly city family killed one week ago. >> we pray to the lord.
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lord hear our prayers. >> dozen gathered at the sight of the accident. they were killed when they're car was hit by a suspected drunk driver. prosecutor say the blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit. a suspect tackled to the ground an hour after a major change in a neighborhood. what residents are saying about the new decision. a project under way on treasure island. why those who know won't tell, and we'll tell you what we uncovered.

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