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staffing, put a burn ban into effect, banning open burning outside. >> reporter: cal fire firefighters will begin staffing by the end of the week and officials begin the next round after that. live in san jose, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. a control burn got out of control this afternoon. firefighters are still on the scene tonight looking for hot spots. it took them three hours to put out the names that burned 12 acres. the property owner did have a permit. this is the beginning of a hot dry spell. our chief meteorologist bill martin is in the weather, one of the concerns tomorrow is the wind will be picking mup 467
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467 -- picking up. >> yeah. we have dry brush. it is more like june than may. red flag warning tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. the red areas where it goes into effect. in the hills of the north and east bay. big deal, you will see winds 25- 35 miles per hour. towards fairfield, the delta, we have a wind advisory that goes into effect at noon tomorrow. strong winds. how hot is it? check out the numbers. if you look at antioch, 92 degrees right out here. 88 in livermore. 91 in fairfield. very warm outside. we will see continued warmth and with the winds and the red flag warning we are on alert. we will see you back here with the forecast. >> you can always get the forecast for where you live and watches and warnings by going to www.ktvu.com, click on the
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weather tab or download the ktvu app. jason collins announced he is gay. he is the first male athlete while playing on a major american team sport. ktvu's paul chambers is live with the perspective some have on tonight's announcement. >> reporter: we are live outside the training facilities of the warriors. we caught up with them. we asked them about the importance of today's announcement. >> reporter: before today many people didn't know the gentleman jason collins but thanks to this art -- know the name jack in the box but thanks to this article we know him. >> i am a basketball player and that is what i focus on, basketball. >> i have the benefit every day of having walked this path. heap knows the issues -- he knows the issues facing jason collins. he came out two years ago.
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>> a story that will resonate with everybody. he is just another guy. happens to be good at playing basketball. >> reporter: he is a 12 year nba veteran. playing with the celtics and the wizards. over his career he had contact with the warriors head coach who said he wished him the best. >> as a christian man i serve a god that gives you free will to be who you want to be. >> reporter: he and others say jason collins is a great man and if he continues in the league it won't be his personal life that holds him back. >> i am not sure he can play anybody. >> if he can convince them he can play he will have another job. >> reporter: today fellow players and the first lady tweeted out to jason collins wishing him well and he got a
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call from the president of the united states wishing him well. live, paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. today's announcement comes a month after harris came out. he also went to stanford and played for the 49ers. she came out in 1981 in the middle of winning 18 titles through her career. cruz was the first boxer to come out. and greg louganis came out. the white house is commending jason collins for going public about being gay. he said the obama administration supports jason collins and called his decision courageous. >> commend him for his courage and support him in his, you know -- in this effort and hope his fans and his team support him going forward. >> former president bill clinton voiced encouragement
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for him saying the announcement is an important moment. jason collins' revelation generated this tweet from the boston red sox, we salute you jason collins for your courage and leadership. anytime you want to throw out a first pitch, let us know. at 6:00 p.m. the implications of jason collins' announcement and how it could open new door. the relocation committee recommended the kings should not be allowed to move to seattle. it will be up up to the nba owners. the relocation committee is made up of 12 owners and their recommendation was unanimous. that is expected to set the tone for the final vote. after the vote kevin johnson tweeted that is what i am talking about sacramento, we
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did it. lida sharaf and nazila sharaf face multiple counts of felony child abuse. they wrapped babies so tightly they couldn't move and sometimes had trouble breathing. they are scheduled to return to court june 5. officials are looking looking to revoke their license. police say 40 people were involved in a brawl saturday night. one that left a police officer injured. police say an argument grew into a fight. the police officer was stabbed several times. he is in stable condition. several other people were also hurt. search for the man who stabbed to death a 8-year-old girl is still underway tonight. ktvu's noelle walker talked to a neighbor today and that woman isn't taking any chances. >> reporter: no, she isn't. we will explain that in a bit.
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a lot of people here are doing things differently. here is evidence over here things are not back to normal. we have chp blocking off the road here. this street, down the street is where the crime scene was. the sheriff's department said this is anictive search for evidence and -- active search for evidence and the suspect. >> reporter: with patrol cars blocking streets it is quiet even for valley springs. >> keep our doors and windows locked. >> reporter: when she heard her neighbor was stabbed to death over the weekend she did one better than just stay inside. >> it is kind of heavy. it would protect me. >> reporter: that is a 357. >> i wanted to make sure the clip was in it and it was loaded. >> reporter: yesterday she took this photo as lament searched for evidencedentially lament --
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law enforcement searched for evidence. her brother saw the intruder leave the home -- intruder leave the home. >> it is unbelievable that someone would do that. good-bye notes written by young classmates, too young to fully understand this good-bye is forever. >> so difficult to explain that somebody she may have seen in school won't be there anymore. >> unbelievable. i don't understand the craziness of it all. hopefully they catch him. >> this tiny community is closing their doors tightly. they have dna evidence that is being tested right now and there is an autopsy doing done. when they have the results from those things they will be speaking to the media, that could happen later tonight.
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reporting live, noelle walker, ktvu channel 2 news. we have breaking news to report about, the 2013 bay to breakers race, new security measures were just announced this afternoon. organizers said they are implementing new rules because of the boston marathon bombings. back packs, large bags and containers bigger than 8 by 11 will be banned and all runners must be registered and anyone without a race bip will be removed from the course. the bay to breakers is may 15. part of the boston marathon bombings suspects investigation is looking into their mother. they recorded a 2011 telephone conversation between tamerlan tsarnaev and his mother. today fbi went to the home of
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the in-laws and carried away several bags. a judge ordered this man here held without bail. he is accused of sending letters laced with ricin to president obama. they arrested him on saturday. he is scheduled for a hearing later this week. another man was arrested and cleared. he claimed he tried to frame him. tomorrow the medical examiner will search for human remains near the location of wreckage that is breved to be -- believed to be from the 9/11 attacks. they will be sifting through the soil. at first investigators thought it was part of the landing gear, now they believe it is a wing flap support from one of the hijacked planes and it has a boeing serial number on it. the u.s. is trying to determine if the syrian
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government used chemical weapons. today they urged serious to allow an inspection team into the country. the white house said it is likely they have used chemical weapons but president obama says he wants to be absolutely sure before any decisions are made about u.s. involvement. why an ambulance company is getting grilled over its service and the promise the company is now making. >> bart is hooking to improve safety, the new law that is about to go into effect and how some passengers may be banned from riding the trains. you kids should count yourselves lucky.
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in 2011 but now it is coming under scrutiny for how quickly they respond. we asked people how quickly should they respond? >> i don't know. 20 minutes? half hour. >> the county requires 90% of the time an ambulance should arrive after being dispatched in less than 12 minutes. in october and december of 2012 that did not happen. >> they missed the required level we expressed concern. >> reporter: they say it was a fraction of a percentage off. but officials say they still took the matter seriously. since the improvements the chief operating officer says they are satisfied with the performance but -- >> termination of the contract is possible if this happened
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again. >> reporter: they are in the middle of negotiating pay and benefits with the union representing the ambulance workers. they voted for a strike but they are hopeful they will come to an agreement soon. reporting from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. this afternoon they said they took steps to cut its response times. >> we have increased the number of ambulances and paramedics and emts that respond throughout the county. this increase in staffing ensured we have been in compliance. >> the company added 500 unit hours, the number of hours ambulances are in the street. it is business as usual
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right now at the hall of justice after it was evacuated because of smoke inside the building. firefighters responded about noon to a report of smoke on the fifth floor. it was coming from a elevator motor on the roof. what caused it to tasmoke -- to smoke is under investigation. bart unveiled details of a new law designed to keep criminals off the trains. bart will have the authority to enforce a order against people that commit a certain offense, urinating in public, vandalism and assault. officials and passengers told ktvu today they welcomed this new law. >> lot of people say you work with the public, that doesn't give people license to assault. >> i think it is a great idea. keeps the trouble makers away.
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>> offenders could be barred from bart from 30 days to a year but it may by modified. authorities say three divers died over the weekend. two were in sonoma county. he was pulled from the water off shell beach. sunday morning a rip tied pulled him into deep water. rescuers were unable to revive him. sunday afternoon crews founded a man underwater. members of a job training program returned to class for the first time since one of their own was shot and killed three weeks ago. >> it is aployment and training program -- an employment and
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training program. someone shot and killed him in april. new list is out on which american cities have the highest earning per household. there are 16 u.s. cities where more than 50% of the households earn over $100,000 a year. san ramon is 63.5%. pleasanton is third and palo alto is third. on wall street today the s&p hit an all time high at the close. the s&p is up 11 to 1,593. the dow is up 106 to 14,818. the nasdaq is up 27 at 3,307. our chief meteorologist bill martin told us about a red flag warning tomorrow, bill is here now with what is going to change. >> between now and then the winds ramp up.
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that triggered the red flag warning if tomorrow. it lasts through wednesday at 6:00 p.m. the winds will get going. it will be warm around here. no records. warm and windy is never good. what we have right now, here are the winds. going this way. out of the north. see how that is blowing the fog, there is the fog. blown off shore. winds ramp up into tomorrow. that is why the red flag warning is in effect for the areas here. that is a wind advisory. we were under a wind advisory in the hills but the national weather service upgraded it to a red flag warning. as this goes, tonight is a nice night. tomorrow is a nice day but winds kick up tomorrow over night. you will notice the winds on wednesday morning more than you will notice them tomorrow. highs tomorrow, where they were
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today, perhaps cooler. lots orph80s tomorrow. -- lots of 80s tomorrow. mid-80. winds all over the place. west wind, here, west wind there. tomorrow night -- that is a south wind. the arrows will funnel that warm air down the coast and pushing the fog away. the other thing it does, the way the canyon is set up, the east bay hills, well, they will funnel through, and they accelerate. the idea being the winds funnel into the canyons and get going pretty hard tomorrow night and wednesday morning. clear skies tonight. another beautiful night. mild out there. lots of 50s for over night lows. warmind -- warm windy afternoon. fire danger high tomorrow night but we will stay warm and dry.
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over night lows mid-50s. warm when you get going. red flag warning goes into effect. we will talk about your forecast high for tomorrow and when i come back the five-day forecast, which is interesting, see you back here. the automatic budget cuts could be hitting schools in the bay area. >> this is one vacation video you don't mind watching, why it was a close call for a lucky group of tourists who saw this seen that was straight out of national geographic. hmm, it sas helps lower cholesterol
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heads are rolling at a november hospital after that hospital dumped patience. the governor fired a number of people at rawson-neal psychiatric hospital. officials violated discharge policies by putting hundreds of patients on buses and sending them away to other cities. the governor said it is important to me and all nevada that we treat them with dignity and care. san francisco also initiated its own investigation. the fda dealt a blow rejecting two hiv drugs. they found deficiencies in the
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documentation of quality testing. the two drugs in question are used together in their once a day hiv treatment. one blocks the ability of the high school virus to -- hiv virus to replicate. he went to class at the head start school to show his support for the program. he is fighting against sequester cuts that could jeopardize the program and disqualify 70,000 children nationwide. 8,000 are here in california. >> we know when we invest in our children they are more likely to graduate college. >> he says congress needs to realize across the board spending cuts are mindless and
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mindless. the dual is heating ups between google and apple. today google made its google now feature available for free. it performs many of the same functions as siri. this is the first non-android users have been able to access the feature. they say this marks google's latest attempt to lure people away from apple. they came home with incredible home video of a group of killer whales. >> the video doesn't do it justice. >> they were on a driving trip in mexico taking underwater video but suddenly they ordered everyone back on board that is when they saw 20 killer whales racing towards them. as soon as the boat took off
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the whales started playing in the wake. >> it was amazing to see them. they were 6, 8 inches off the back of boat. they would spray you. >> i really feel that they were getting as much excitement about me screaming as they were having fun. >> that is remarkable. those killer whales ended up following the boat for an hour. live where the coast guard and law enforcement spent the day searching for a missing boater. we will tell you about his sections to a sheriff's department and why they are having a difficult day. >> one of the most high tech ways to inspect gas lines. an eye in the sky, that story still ahead. [ male announcer ] fact: the 100% electric nissan leaf...
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complete bay area news coverage continues right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00 p.m. >> this afternoon we witnessed a tragic ending for the search for a missing san francisco sheriff's deputy. he was on a fishing boat, at 3:00 p.m. our crew learned divers discovered a body in the water. ktvu's lorr blanco is live where love ones are grieving tonight. the family declined to comment on camera. after a long day of searching out here, two boaters found his body at the marina. we talked with the two men ewho discovered michael roberts' body. they found him face down floating in the water with a
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life vest on. the feel le for his family but they are glad they could help in the difficult search. >> we walked out and i said what is that, that is a body. so -- jeff called 911. got a small bingy at the direction of the -- dinghy at the direction of the police department. tied a rope around the body and pulled it in to the dock. >> reporter: divers spent emost of the afternoon searching -- spent most of the afternoon searching the marina. the deputy left to go fishing yesterday. his boat was found this morning drifting with no one inside. police say there is no sign of foul play. at this point it looks like a tragic accident. >> it is always very difficult to deal with. we were hoping it was a mishap where he left the boat untied and our worse fears came true.
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so we are very saddened to hear and we offer our condolences to the san francisco sheriff's department for the loss. >> reporter: michael roberts was a 15-year-old veteran. he is survived by his wife and several children. investigators are trying to piece together what went wrong. they said this is a sad day for the entire force. lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. jury selection began today for a serial killer, joseph naseo. he iaccused of killing two women. he was arrested after a search of his home turned up photos of dead women. he is acting as his own attorney. they reviewed jury
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questionnaires and hardship rerequests. >> reporter: -- requests. police are looking for suspects in a shooting over a pair of shootings that just happened. all we know right now is that there are two victims, each found at two different locations. we are checking with police for more details. group protesting the u.s. holding prisoners held a vigil tonight ad university of california at berkeley -- at burke -- at university of california at berkeley. they want the obama administration to determine how long they will be held and to shut down the prison. the navy brought in 40 nursess to deal with the hunger
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strike. the military confirms 21 prisoners are being force fed. five are under observation. former president bill clinton and he joined haul cast survivors and world war ii survivors today. >> you are our witnesses because you will go beyond our lives. >> make sure that as the memories fade away the records, the pictures and the stories never die. >> the event marks the museum's 20th anniversary and what could be the last big reunion for many of the people. they honor the memory of 6 million jews who were killed. it will take pg&e two years to water pressure test every foot of its big gas lines but high tech is helping them watch
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lines that are located away from heavily populated cities. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar shows us how it is being done in a story only on 2. >> reporter: a sophisticated sensing system that could qualify the chemical signature. >> we fly between 200-300 above ground level and we fly no faster than 50 miles per hour. >> pg&e contractor says the system has no ill health effects and can find even the smallest leak. >> it will capture a snowflake falling. >> reporter: a helicopter survey can go 200 miles a day. a ground crew could take 2-3 months. as a result of this survey,
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far, far moreinspecons. >> this is something we are doing every other month throughout the service area as a safety precaution, to ensure they are operating safety -- safely. >> the data i collect, sent back to the home office, they analyze the data, within 12 hours the company will get that data and will determine eif there is a -- if there is a detection. >> this is in addition to the ground work. >> reporter: it can save them millions in loss gas costs that are not passed on. consumer editor tom vacar ktvu channel 2 news. coming up, you may have been a victim of someone hacking into your e-mail, in a ktvu report, the steps you can
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virgin galactic sent its space ship two on its first flight today. space ship two dropped from a plane, fired up its rockets, best faster than the speed of sound and rose ta56,000 feet -- to 56,000 feet. >> commercial space ship with people going into space is a reality. and last 7 years till you get to today you could never be 100% sure. >> virgin galactic plans a test flight outside the earth's atmosphenextyear. the trips cost $200,000 each and 500 people have already put down a deposit. today marks the 6th 6th months anniversary of hurricane sandy. today the government approved a $1.8 billion rebuilding plan for new jersey.
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congress approved $60 billion in relief funds for new jersey and new york. the rebuilding process has been slow because rules have changed on how to provide the best protection against the next big storm. the food and drug administration plans to launch a new investigation into foods with added caffeine, this comes after they introduced its alert energy gum. other foods include acker jacks, wattner hansers, waffles, syrup and beef jerky. opening up and expect to have some locations operating next month. they could hit stores nationally by july. the predecessor filed for
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bankruptcy production. some simple steps could go a long way in protecting your personal data. we look at e-mail hacking, it is a growing problem and what you could do to avoid becoming a victim. >> no fog long the coast. the fire danger is going up, temperatures are going up and the winds coming up, where will it be the windiest and the warmest? back here in 10 minutes with those specifics. i knew there were a lot of tech jobs available out there.
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our country needs more college grads to help fill all the open technology jobs. to help meet that need, here at devry university, we're offering 4 million dollars in tech scholarships for qualified new students. learn more at devry.edu. it has happened or is going to happen to you, e-mail hacking. some say there is a surge in
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the crime. all experts say your financial and other personal data are under siege. ktvu's tori campbell shows us defenses you can build in just minutes. >> reporter: spring sunshine. a cloud passed by when asked if someone cracked into her e- mail. she was lucky and smart.sh didn't have any sensitive information in our e-mail or contact list. she immediately copied the list of names and sent warnings to everyone to not click on the linkand took steps to avoid another attack. >> i ended up -- more numbers, more complicated so it wasn't simple. >> making safe and memorable passwords is easy. first come up with a phrase that is easy to remember.
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since you never want to use words you would find in the dickary. take the -- dictionary. take the letter and turn it into a password. replace f with a 4. a with an amper sand. >> everybody is under attack. >> businesses, consumers, everybody will fall victim. >> reporter: it is not always some child attacking from his bedroom. >> a lot of tools that you can download that will guess passwords all day long. >> reporter: most of the time they are fishing for your financial information. but not always. >> there are large organizations that take over
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your computer secretly without knu ing and they use that to wage other kinds of cyber security wars. >> reporter: let's say a message from a friend that asks you to click the link, don't do it. delete it and you will be safe and change your passwords twice a year. that is what she does now. >> i think about what you have in your e-mail. if you have secure stuff in there, yeah, go through it. >> reporter: one last word, some programs have automatic security inscription. gmail is one. an option you want to take. tori campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. >> we will post this report on our website, go to www.ktvu.com, click on the special reports tab. attorneys in a lawsuit against michael jackson's concert promoter made opening
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statements today. michael jackson's mother sued aeg live, she says they share responsibility for her son's death. her attorney said aeg executives ignored warning signs and did not properly investigate conrad murray but aeg said they didn't know he was using it. conrad murray was convicted. accusing the obama administration of violating rights by creating a ammunition shortage. he says it is impossible to purchase ammunition because the government is hoarding it. last week he introduced an act. >> what this does is keep the federal government from buying up all the ammunition.
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>> they have been under fire because of the sandy hook elementary school shootings in connecticut. coming up the gun control bill is headed headed for round two, why one senator thinks it will past. nasa released pictures of a storm on saturn. these hurricane images, the eye of the storm is 1,000 miles across. that is 20 times the size here on earth. now to our chief meteorologist bill martin watching this heat for us and then soon the winds. >> yeah. again, it is the time of year when you worry about fire danger. this year it has been so dry that may feels like june.
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very dry. so here is how it goes. few clouds. you see them right here. north wind kicking up. that will give us the red flag warning. the red flag warning stays into effect starts tomorrow at 6:00 and ends wednesday at 6:00 p.m. red areas represent the red flag warning. tan area, wind advisory. the forecast highs for tomorrow, you think they will be warmer tomorrow but they are not. mostly in the 70s, upper 70s, mid-80s and upper 80s. reds are 90s. most of these are 80s. the difference tomorrow, the reason for the red flag warning, winds funneling down out of the north. strongest winds off shore. ocean water allows the winds to get going. 4:00 p.m. tomorrow, you see this area right here? watch the lines tighten up. see them right here? that is the wind advisory right
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there. over night tomorrow into wednesday morning when the winds will be the strongest, blowing down the canyons. eaay, yoknow what i am talking about, the winds will be gusting. that got us our red flag warning. lines go apart. it releasesleases and the winds die down. tuesday night into wednesday morning. we will watch it for you. again things are dry. you worry this time of year. today was nice, sunny and warm. 90s today. tomorrow 80s. cooler. but we got the winds to talk about and that triggers the red flag warning. highs tomorrow, 86 fairfield. 87, 88, numbers -- cooler than today, still very warm. especially around the bay. winds off shore. there is no fog. coast will be in the upper 60s
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and low 70s. the five-day forecast, dry, dry, dry, warm, warm, warm. heats up on thursday and again on saturday. this time of year you worry about fire. but with the winds, to me this is the most critical time. we will see if the winds develop. >> thank you. understanding this trend that is created by social media and gun control round two, could we see the debate heat up again in washington and how will the new proposal compare to the ones defeated in the senate? this portion of ktvu channel 2 news brought to you by hyundai. m, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol
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many lawmakers are meeting with constituents for the first time since the senate rejected new gun control rules. but he is ready for round two and expects his bill to pass next time around. >> it is a good solid piece of legislation. >> his bill would expand background checks for purchases online and at gun shows but they say it had its moments and lawmakers moved on. >> there is a lot of stuff already on their plate. they are going to deal with immigration, the budget. >> she thinks gun control legislation has a better chance of passing as the president's
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last two terms in office. researchers say more people are suffering from foamo, the fear of missing out. it finds it is becoming more common azoles media sharing becomes easier. -- common as social media becomes easier. only on 2, ktvu learned boxes broken up to take the a's in the east bay and shocking information about millions of dollars the team owes taxpayers. >> sometimes i feel unsafe having my mom walk across the street. >> new at 6:00 p.m. the budget cuts that means fewer security guards in some
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kristen k is live -- kristen -- christian c christien kafton is live. >> reporter: the team is supposed to set aside a portion to pay as taxes but some say the team is pocketing the money. >> reporter: parking revenue and rent are two sticking points with the authority. he chairs the authority. and says after a year of talks the a's stopped meeting last week. >> i haven't heard from the a's nor have the staff or our attorneys given us an indication why. >> according to the e-mail they have been asking the team to pay back taxes for money the
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team collected for parking. the a's owe more than $7 million. according to this e-mail the team flatly rejected paying back taxes but said it would going forward. >> i don't know if that particular provision and the money associated with it is the sticking point because there are other provisions that we could get bogged down. >> also up for negotiations concessions. they would like a bigger cut. rent for office space and the a's want a new scoreboard. >> reporter: the negotiators say the team may be with helding as a negotiating -- holding as a negotiating tack -- tactic. christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. the summer fire season got an early start
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