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videograph a crime and share it. >> reporter: the family believes there are more photos that people are not sharing and they released a statement saying we suspect the boys took steps to interfere with the investigation. >> the police had to struggle to get the evidence that can be deleted quickly with the press of a button. >> reporter: civil suits are pending and the families has been told by the da they will try to mover this move this into adult court. we will have more at ten on trying juveniles. >> and parents and students in
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gillroy are in disbelief and some coming to the defense of one boy who was arrested. eric is live after hearing from the principal and the classmates. >> reporter: we had students wanting to address the boy and several say the students was in pe when taken into custody. he transferred after the school year started and it was about one month in. and about two hours ago a student said the crimes this boy is accused of are out of chairic >> my parents loved him. he is a good kid. >> reporter: in a statement about the student, the principal
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said he was a good kid and student and we were happy to have him. even classmates who were friends said they didn't know about the allegations until yesterday and some parents are concerned about just hearing about it and we are putting that together for six. in san francisco, here a live scene from news chopper two in the cities's mission district and you can see a number of police cars parked and crime tape is up. one person has been shot and there are eight shell casings on the ground and this happened outside a vintage clothing store in the area. one person we believe has been taken away by ambulance and police are checking into a car
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parked there. at least one person shot after as many as eight have been fired in the mission district and we will continue to monitor the situation. two many has been arrested, steven burns is charged with stabbing a man and setting a body on fire and christopher james is being arrested for helping. police say there may have been a homeless incampment in the area. >> there was conflict that led to the fatal stabbing of the victim. >> reporter: the victim has not been identified, but police say they believe he was a transplant
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and both suspects were as well. it was a somber day at a local high school where there is now awareness about the dangers of railroad tracks. >> reporter: students here are grief-stricken and the school does stress train safety and here is why. union pacific tracks running right across from the school's campus. theresa hernandez heard the sound and spoke to us through a translation. >> i saw something flying in the air and what fell was the body of the the boy. >> reporter: the boy was austin price and he had been playing
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chicken on the tracks and was struck. >> i told him not to play those games. he is my best friend and i will miss him a lot. >> reporter: students bringing flowers and holding on tight. >> when someone needed money he would give it to them. >> no body walk on these train tracks. >> reporter: students began holding a pray vigil and a police officer said they they could not be there. >> it is just not safe. >> we talk about staying off the tracks and the safety around the train. >> reporter: 74 people were killed by moving trains in california last year, the most of any state in the united states and that is up from 2011 when there were 55. by the time an train conductor
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sees the person it is too late to stop. >> i was in shock and i feel traumatized. >> >> reporter: funeral services will be wednesday and a second boy was injured and union pacific says there are no plans to put up any pedestrian bear barriers. quin boyer is set to be remembered and big brothers and big sisters is honoring him. a school threat on facebook
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called leaders of scotts valley high school to close. when they will reopen. >> reporter: some school activities and a sporting event were supposed to take place here, but like the school day, all canceled because of an online threat to shoot up the school and students. staff members were telling family members that classes had been canceled after police found out someone posted a threat on a fake account on the school's facebook account. >> he was harassing people and saying whoever is at school tomorrow he is going to come and shoot them. and people were not too happy about it. >> reporter: the school's district was told by there police and spent the night
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alerting people there would be no class and the superintendant decided to open back up monday. >> if anything changes we will notify the community through e-mail and our wb website. >> i couldn't believe they would cancel school and someone like this would happen. it is scary. >> i was thinking it wasn't real, but when you think about it, it is something to mess with. >> reporter: just two-days ago they were celebrating being an excellentschool.
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a hazard response to a transamerica pyramid building tells us security received an envelope with an unknown substance inside and the san francisco hazmat team was called in and determined whatever was inside was not harmful. and a fork lift knocked over chemicals and hazmat cause called in. one of the workers cleaning it up fainted with a was ed and was sent to the hospital. >> before passing out, we are testing it now to see what we come up with. >> the container was unmarked and it could be days before they know what it was.
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the former facebook owner is trying to by the kings and keep them here and not let them move to seattle. the nba board is set to vote on the move next week, but could put it off. the local investors are said to be in close contact with the mayor, a former nba player himself. a play that is proving to be costly. the padres player says he was justified for going after the pitcher because he has been hit by him before. he slammed him hard enough to break his collar done and $147 million man is out of action for
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at least eight-weeks. a 14-year-old golfer from china has made it. and eighth grader shot a four over par. 24-year-old delfin santoz cause kale -- was killed -- when walking from a school. the first report saying they were in vehicles were incorrect. they tried to use a school's entrance that was closed and then a bomb went off.
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jonathan winters, a legend has died. a family friend says he passed away at home. he was a master of improv. he appeared in the space alien show mark and mindy with robin williams. after the big explosion and fire, chevron is coming out with ideas on what it will do differently. activist say they are not satisfied. >> some numbers increasing and some cooler, i will have all the details in ten minutes about the weekend.
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a week after chevron announced it will rusume their business and the promises to do better are being questioned. >> reporter: injuring six people and community activist kennedy clark is seeing the promise to do better. >> this is good talk and we have had heard good talk all of my life. >> reporter: promising to improve inspections, worker analysis and training and at ten this morning they put out this
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58-page report admitting mistakes for a decade. >> the company knew and didn't take steps to correct it. >> reporter: lawny hancock is pushing legislation to force responsibility. >> chevron is estimated to make over a million a minute, they can afford to fix their corroded pipes. >> despite of the improved program and technology, we still have going to suffer the consequences. >> reporter: of this coming against the backdrop of chevron asking for a permit to reform more of this crude that cause the problem in the first place.
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>> we have posted the entire report on our website, go to ktvu.com and click on the hot topics section. a car was rear-ended after a crash with a vintage car. they were one of four-cars and no 1 in the street car was injured. the lead vehicle in the line of cars stopped quickly forcing others to break and the street car couldn't stop in time. man is suspected of driving drunk after crashing into a fire hydrant. it happened at about 2:15 a.m. it tore the hydrant off the sidewalk, and the car and the hydrant punched two holes in the car. the shop owner says it is a
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dangerous spot. >> reporter: somebody has crashed before? >> yes on this side and the other side of the building. >> reporter: the driver wasn't hurt but was taken into the custody. the president has released their tax return and they made more than $608,000 on their adjusted gross income. the president and first lady donated $150,000 to various charities. march retail sales have dropped and consumers cut back. and higher social security and weak hiring has made people cautious about spending and that could lead to slower growth in the 2nd quarter of the year. the wall street stocks were
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lower and ending four straight day of gains. the ceo of nasdak took a hit after the facebook annual bonus. it was cut by 62% percent and last year, the team was hit by failing to open and costing investors major losses. the weekend is upon us and the first thing people want to know is what is the weather like. >> is going to be nice and sunday is going to be different. long-range forecast we will talk about sunday, not the best day. but tomorrow, another nice day and across the country there is a lit bit of weather by denver
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and on the eastern seaboard. and we have nice pressure for the next 36 hours. fog will be back tomorrow and the temps are on the warm side right now. it is a really nice afternoon and these are the temperatures, very spring-like and we will be talking about the tree pollen and allergies are coming out. baseball tonight, 7:05 and 59 degrees at the ball park and they are hot, you will need a jacket because by the end of it
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it will be 57-56 and the breeze will kick up. overnight lows, 43 in santa rosa and 42 in napa. so saturday morning golf or baseball with the kids, temperatures on the mild side. not freezing, but chilly. and that number will be about 6:30 a.m., right when the sun comes up. so you will notice cool starts to the day, but the afternoon turning out nice. orngorange is 80s. so lots of them. and those are the saturday temperatures, and for sunday -- clouds coming in and the wind wanting to pick it up. we will talk about that at 5:45.
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>> tweets are now music to the ears of some people. access is limited to invited users only and twitter is only
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saying the san francisco company is tracking music on social media. san francisco officials are considering new rates that could mean higher rates for garbage. the typical resident would say $34.51 a month. the rest goes for a 32-gallon trash bin and people who recycle could save more. 85% is the spike of atm fees and some banks charging as much
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as $five. they are getting the attention of lawmakers on capital hill. >> i think the average consumer is being hit hard and i would describe these as excessive fees and the banks shouldn't use this as a cash cow. >> banks say their cost have increased and senators are debating on writing legislation or convince limit of fees. back in january governor brown moved to end the court oversight saying the state had released the problem of overcrowding, but a federal panel is rejecting and refusing to drop the order that requires the state's population to be
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reduced. they argue california houses way more than the system is set to handle. waste is stored in 75 sites across the country and government auditors say they have a new plan that would make it easier to monitor, but the president and the house tabled the suggestion. john kerry sends a warning to north korea and he is stepping foot on south korea. >> and what happens to background checks and failures when trying to buy a gun?
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complete bay area news coverage continues. this is channel five news. students are mourning the loss of a student, austin price, was killed after playing chicken on a train track. they tried to hold a vigil, but authorities told them it was not safe to be on the tracks. classes canceled after a facebook post threatened a shooting spree and officers were posted at every school in the district and classes will start become on monday. the family of teenage girl
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who committed suicide after sexual assault pictures were shared on line parents' are accusing the boys of destroying evidence. audrie pott was assaulted after being passed out and pictures were shared through text and on line. she took her life eight-days later. secretary of state john kerry is going to asia for the first time. >> reporter: he made it clear talks will only happen if they give up up their nuclear weapons. john kerry touched down in south
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korea armed with a message for for the north. >> the united states will defend ourselves and allies. we are prepare today work that relations between the north and south can improve and improve quickly. >> reporter: there are more questions about whether they can deliver a nuclear weapon or not. it comes after a portion of the mistake was marked declassified and read aloud. >> we assess the north has nuclear weapon capable of delivery. >> there could be millions of deaths. >> 50 million people died in the
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second world war. and once they all get killed, but there is a nuclear war a lot of people get killed. >> reporter: white house press secretary. >> they have not shown a capability to deploy a nuclear missile and fire it. >> the secretary is visiting china as well on this trip. jacky spear is hosting a gun buy back tomorrow and similar programs has been held around the bay area recently. she hosted a successful one in january and tomorrow it is the south san francisco court house. a $100 in cash is given out for handguns, shout guns and rifles
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and $200 is handed out for assault weapons. the senate is deciding about more gun control but the current laws are not being enforced >> in the real world we do nothing to enforce background checks. sglee com >> reporter: each year the same story, tens of thousands people denied guns but only a handful
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prosecuted. the report shows only 44 prosecution and the person who compiled the numbers says about a quarter of those were overturned and many more didn't warrant prosecution. >> there are other circumstances where you are not allowed to have a gun even though there is no crime, like a protective order. >> reporter: they focus on the most serious cases at the federal level and work with states, local and tribal partners to insure cases receiver the attention they deserve. >> failing a background check is is not a federal offense, but lying on one is illegal. the data didn't show how many people were not telling the truth. president obama is turning
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the talk over to a mother whose child was killed in the newton shootings. they have been meeting with lawmakers to encourage their support for gun control legislation. a bill addressing the on-going clash over the federal law banning marijuana use. the bipartisan bill amends the act to say businesses that comply with state laws are immune from prosecution. and state laws would be respected by the feds. it seeks to keep the federal government from seeking criminal punishment.
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fires sweep through a home and what happens inside. >> the country that is now permitingting same-sex marriage and what else they would be entitled to.
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a freemont home was destroyed after 8:00 a.m. this morning as a fire broke out. the firefighters say flames were
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spreading next door and two adults and five children made it out save as did three of the four dogs, one is still not counted for. an explosive device addressed to the sheriff said it would take more than threats to get rid of him. it was intercepted in northern arizona and contained appear explosive device that would have caused serious injury if opened. six retailers are recalling toys that use magnets after reporting kids have swallowed them. they are at bed bath and beyond,
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brook stone and think geek and many more. the maker refused to recall the toy and 53 reports have required treatment. both house of parliament are voting on same-sex couples and allowing them to adopt children in paris. the bill is on track to become law by the summer. walk to work includes new plans to keep people safe. ♪ roundup
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san francisco is taking steps to improver pedestrian safety and the one thing police are telling people to stop doing. >> reporter: people are making their way home from work and city officials announced a plan to make the streets safer. walk to work today, the first city in the nation to sponsor the day. >> walked 4-6 miles, about an hour and a half, but i am excited. >> it is nice to get out. >> reporter: walking to city
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hall and announcing the plan to cut the deaths in half. >> if we can narrow the roadway and widen the sidewalks, we can save a lot of lives. >> reporter: it is ten-year plan and gives people more time to cross and reengineering streets near schools and where seniors are often injured. they will not come cheap. >> it is about $363 million and we found about $175 which is great start, but we have about $200 million left. >> reporter: pedestrians must take a greater roll as well. >> do not walk and text.
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>> reporter: 60% of deaths happen at cross walks. reporting live, david stevenson. a bicycle rider was killed today today after a bike the bike rider fell towards the vehicle and the driver said his vehicle's back wheels ran over the bike rider. trying to piece together the events of a pit bull attack that claimed the life of a
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38-year-old women. people saw her running from the back of the home and the dog's owner says he wasn't home. >> i didn't know who it was coming out. >> the dog's owner has met the victim and says she may have climbed his fence. a fire broke out on a shrimp boat and everyone escaped. another fishing vessel picked up the three men on this boat and the coast guard arrived to put out the fire. no word on how it started. the food and drug administration is planning to hold a meeting to review the safety of a diabetes drug. it was limited after being linked to a high account of
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heart attack and stroke, but the maker paid for an independent review of the study and found it not to be true. the first view of the san francisco tiger. the cub carried it around the exhibit and it is first day the tiger was on display for the public. it is 14 pounds and the cub is strong enough to venture to the outdoor enclosure. let's go to bill martin to plan the weekend and one day is warmer than the other? >> sunday is cooler than tomorrow. temperatures tomorrow are similar to today and sunday clouds and a little bit of wind.
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look at the highs from today, he did get to 81 in livermore and how about san jose at 74. a beautiful day and temperatures tomorrow similar. 78 in fairfield and these are the temperatures as your are walking around. if you are going out to dine you might be able to do it outside. it is not as warm around the bay, san francisco is in the low 60s, but a nice day in store tomorrow. plenty of sunshine an saturday and sunday is changing around and sunday night into monday the winds come up and that is my concern. remember last sunday/monday? we could see 30-mile per hour
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wind gust. oak pine and the trees outside if they are blooming they are the ones bothering you. tree pollen is the main problem right now. and tomorrow is another nice day. and sunday it is low pressure center tweaking by to increasing fog and wind. the they could get up to 25 miles per hour. the wind forecast for tomorrow, you can through the day, 15-25 miles per hour and this is typical sea breeze activity. but sunday night, the wind will be higher than that. and the forecast high, we have a bunch of them, 79 in livermore
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and 78 in gillmore. really nice compared to the rest of the country. they are having tornadoes, but we get this. and that is why it cost so much to live here, we have amazing weekends. breaking news on the shooting in san francisco and how the sequester is affecting memorials for 9-11 victims.
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we have an update to the breaking news we brought you at the top of the hour, san francisco police are looking for two people that pulled up and got out of four-door vehicle and one man was shot in the shoulder and taken to san francisco general hospital with non-life threatening injuries. the victim was targeted and the gang-taskcourse is in the area.
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eric williams is being searched for the district attorney cases of two men gunned down. investigators have not named the former justice of the peace as a suspect. the sequestration is causing people to shut back on park and tours and that included the flight 93 memorial. the director of the national park service says budget cuts are forcing them to reduce access to the area and the other national parks. >> no specific park was singled out. the park board of directors has decided to experiment with
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night meetings. few people other than bart employees and contractors attend and bart will hold two night meetings to see if more regular riders attend. they will discuss restrictions on bringing bicycles on train. an english teacher telling students to study nazi propaganda and come up with evidence blaming the jews and the district principle says the assignment was ill-conceived. >> i can go from a letter of counsel all the way through termination. there is a broad spectrum, but i am not going to make that decision within the 24 hours. >> a third of the students
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refused to take part of that assignment a man leaves his job and hasn't been seen since. >> a big brawl on camera that broke out at one of san francisco's most poplar parks.
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good evening, i am julie haner. >> we learned that three teenage boys were arrested month said ago for allegedly sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl and sharing the pictures online. but they were released and never charged and the family is saying critical evidence may be gone. noel smith is live. >> reporter: the sheriff has confirmed all three has been

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