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the incident train, the train operator said everyone has to get off at pleasant hill. there's a tree down. >> news chopper 2 is live over head. trains have been single tracking through the area while bart cleared the debris. the debris is cleared presumably is single tracking will be ending. bart said the train was taken out of damage. we're not getting any word of injuries. new at 6:00 car thieves target a school parking lot breaking into employee and parents cars. but that was just the beginning. >> a simple piece of paper the thieves swiped that put the car owners at greater amount risk. >> this is one of the employee parking lots at brookfield elementary school where four cars have been broken into.
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all that's been taken were car registrations but they have personal information on them. angela works at the main office. last year she was victimized twice. >> it was very emotional, it was frightening. >> last monday when she walked to the suv she noticed someone pried open the lock. she inserted something here. >> you can see where it's bent. the only thing they took was the registration and the insurance which contained her address. her nightmare had only begun. >> three days later she found a hole in her front door. not only was jewelry missing but keys to her family's other cars. >> the first few days were frightening to spend the night there. we made special arrangements to sleep somewhere else.
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>> she believes the bar burglary was related to the other break in. >> the objective of educating our children is important and requiring our full attention and all hands on deck and issues like this is demoralizing. >> we tried to contact oakland police but did not hear back. the principal is working a schedule so someone can watch the parking lot. time that could be better spent on children. president obama has just left the fresno area after a three hour visit where the president announced help for drought stricken california. ken pritchett has been following the president's visit and joins with what aid the government is offering. the president's vis it is
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brief. his visit came with the promise of $180 million, most immediate benefit to the ag industry and the workers suffering on the drought. >> california is our biggest economy, california is our biggest agricultural producer, what happens here matters to every working american. >> president obama toured a farm and met with farmers and farmworkers before laying out what aid would be available. including $150 million for livestock producer, $5 million for water conservation, $60 million for food banks because farmworkers will be more in need as fields go fallow. and $3 million for emergency water assistance. the president used the opportunity to talk about the importance of preparing for
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climate change. the expectations we'll see more droughts in the future. >> the good news is california is on the cutting english, you use watt -- edge. you use water better than a decade away. this is a live picture now of the fresno airport where the president has just boarded air force one from fresno, he will fly to southern california for a meeting with jordan's king abdullah. california farmers say they are grateful for the $100 million in aid from the government to help the state's livestock industry, but unless the weather changes it may not matter. >> it will help to get these
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cattle fed. my concern is the water for these cattle. and money won't make the water come up in the ground. beef and dairy prices are high because the farmers have to truck in the feed and supplements. the feddal aid will offset some of the costs. without rain the fields won't grow. farmers want the governor and the lawmakers to hammer out a long-term plan to manage the state's water supply better. our coverage continues on ktvu.com where we are posting more information about the president's plan for drought aid and ways to conserve water. you'll find our section under hot topics. crews are keeping watch on areas where a sewage pipe was repaired near beach and orchard averages -- avenues not far from the russian river.
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early this morning they installed a plastic pipeline replacing the broken session of the sewer line. 100,000 gallons spilled into the russian river. feathers are flying in justin hermann plaza. we're live at the pillow fight. you can see people are having a yate time. a lot of people as usual on this valentine's day night going at it. >> seems like one of those only in san francisco moments. hundreds of people in justin hermann plaza smashing each other with the pillow. this has been a valentine's day tradition in san francisco for eight years, clean up by the way, they have to do that the next morning and generally costs about $4,300 to pick up the pillow feathers after everyone gets conked on the head. >> doing a few selfies out
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there. this is the first valentine's day since the supreme court ruling to get married in fran. >> it's -- san francisco. >> it was an emotional day for many same-sex couples who made their union official. many couples said after a struggle to be recognized they decided valentine's day felt right. >> being here today at city hall where it's accepted, throughout the state, it just -- it overwhelms me. >> valentine's day gets busy with straight and gay couples tying the knot. half of the ceremonies involved same-sex marriage. a scandal has generated
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reactions. robert honda talked to people who knew the accused firefighter but wonder this if they really knew him. >> a lot of mixed feelings in san jose and at the fire house where he used to work. most of the reaction was anger over his alleged crimes and what they go to the department's image. >> during his 20 years on the san jose fire department. cuestas was a good image for firefighters. supervising many drills. he was a community outreach officer after an injury. colleagues are in a daze after cuestas was arrested at his fire department office for possession of sale of drugs and child molestation and oral copulation of a 17-year-old. what upsets firefighters the most, if guilty he was not just hurting himself. >> the charges as we understand
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him indicate there's victims to the kimes and everyone feels -- crimes and everyone feels a heavy heart for anyone that may have been hurt. >> he lists church activities and as a community outreach officer he was part of activities that involved children. agents seized his computer and other belongings at his office and home. we'll go through the hard drives and determine if there's charges. >> one person that worked with him say he was more of an overseer. >> he would stand in the back and oversee, he never interacted with the community. the behave years we hear do not align with what we are here for. the district attorney has not finished reviewing the case but he could be in court as early
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as tuesday after the holiday. a troubled vacaville pastor was in court in fairfield to enter a plea. mark lewis pled not guilty to a half dozen charges in connection to the fire bombing of his ex-girlfriend home. he's currently held on $575,000 bail and ordered to return to court tuesday. a twin arrested in connection with the stabbing of in san jose appeared in court. prosecutors originally charged duc ton. police arrested the twins in the stabbing death of richard fan at a birthday party january 26. duc ton is charged as an a--
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accessory after the fact. several officers were given their new badges with the help of their families. they are part of the administration of the new police chief who had this advice for his officers. >> use good judgment, common sense, be decisive, fair, listen to those who work for you. this will define you as a leader. >> this will help with the problems including recruitment and staff shortage. things are improving for bart passengers, we received an update and bart is saying the single tracking is over and trains are catching up. this comes after a tree fell on a train around 5:00. the tree was push offend the track and engineers had to inspect the lines to make sure there was no damage.
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been here through dry years and wet years and they take what they have given and handle it. >> the lesson we can learn from a controversial family of beavers and the gift they are giving to a community during the drought. the timing on the weekend showers. how they will impact your weekend. the great american novel.
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. new developments in a homicide investigation in the south bay. they arrested jerome moore yesterday morning in the shooting death of 68-year-old martin gonzalez. they got into a fight tuesday
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evening and someone began shooting. gonzalez was killed. moore was taken to the hospital with what police thought was gunshot wounds. he was stabbed it's not clear how. evidence led detectives to arrest him. a group that supports housing rights gathered in san francisco and protested wrongful evictions. the group met outside the hall of justice. activist have called on to d.a. to file criminal charges against landlords who are using the ellis act to evict elderly tenants. low-income families are also targeted. >> for profit we have been in our homes and places. i have been in the fillmore district for three generations, they steal the land from under us. >> under the ellis act property owners evict tenants if they are move the building from the
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rental market. but some of the most vulnerable are sent into the streets. there was a time when the city of martinez wanted to get rid of the beavers, now the beavers are playing a role in drought protection this dry winter. many are trying to save water, the family of beavers may teach us about conservation. >> on this morning the beavers had called it a day. tucked in the banks of the creek. but the video gives us a glimpse in the lives. >> the beavers have done well. there's been several series of births from the mother. 18 beavers have been born. >> you don't have to see the beavers to see the benefits. look at the wildlife, the ducks, the birds in the habitat the beavers have created and
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sustained even in the drought. they have been here through dry years and wet years and they take what they have been given and handle it. >> when the beavers moved in there was a lot of concern. in years past this downtown looked like this, when the creek overflowed into businesses and homes. thanks to a $7.9 million flood and now the downtown has stayed dry. >> life in the creek has changed, while they brought concerns of flooding, now that we're in a drought we may learn from them. it's hard to say what this would look like if the beavers never came. when the flood that's not seen water in a while. >> the beavers are adept at
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conserving water. that's their legacy they create water for other species, they keep it for their own use, they fish and keep their family going. >> as we move toward what could be a long drought, that's something we all need to get better at doing. bay area weekend is just about here for many of us. the shower activity in the north will work sought as we go into tomorrow night. right now it's been raining. a lot of rain and it will continue as we head into the saturday afternoon, the showers will slide south. you can see the showers up there. the live radar this time tomorrow night rain in santa rosa. dense fog returns as we head into the bay area morning hours. dense fog the last couple morning -- coastal fog and we
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have valley fog, possible drizzle. drizzle this mornings, wet roadways this morning, this system comes in saturday afternoon into saturday night into saturday morning, the rainfall amounts in the north, they could see a half inch. quarter inch in the central bay. not a big deal. nothing compared to last weekend. that was a big storm. this weekend not as strong. here's the computer model. everything no the north. saturday morning it will drop down. look what happens. bulls-eye in here and moves out saturday afternoon, winter storm warning in lake tahoe or the mountains. sunday shapes up clear and mostly sunny, not that warm. forecast high 60 in napa. scow in fairfield.
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60 in berkeley. today and yesterday in the low 60s. the chinese new year's parade at the end a good shot for rain as we head into the latter part of the parade. as the parade gets going it dry, when you're walking home, you will see showers, be ready for that. mainly the showers north. if you go to the parade take an umbrella for the walk home. the friday is right there, -- five-day forcast is right there. this is not enough rain to make a difference. i think for the parade, it ghoul off -- will go off without a hitch, just at the latter end. what makes a marriage last, on this valentine's day uc berkeley researchers are trying to answer that question. they studied 156 coupled for 25
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years, marriages lasted longer if coupled were good at working out their problems, especially if the wife was successful at calming marital conflicts. if the couples make it through the first 15 years the divorce rates go way down. those couples no longer tried to change their partner. something we can all relate to. it's winter, but many are thinking ahead to spring. that's why fred is in arizona. >> it was a beautiful day and a glorious night in old town in scottsdale. the only thing separating us from spring training is a valentine's day night dinner. wrap
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seems is like half the county is covered with snow but we have baseball in arizona. >> we were just talking about the super bowl. valentine's day and the giants and a's open up in spring training. the a's after all are the division champions of the western division of the american league, let's start
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with them. fred is in arizona. >> mark, i know you know where i'm at, when you see this sign, welcome to old town scottsdale on main street and scottsdale road, it's a glorious day in the valley, about 85 degrees in phoenix and scottsdale. valentines signals the beginning of the most important and biggest six weeks of this region, a's pitchers and catchers took their physicals today. 12 game winner jared parker is a candidate to start the season opener but that's too early to be termed -- determined. sonny gray was a late season starter. the a's are rich in starter. two-time all american league west champion oakland a's enter feeling good about themselves.
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>> you know, you have to separate every year, you try to bring the successes from previous years, if you have a chip that's not bad either, we as an organization have been good for a couple years, we expect to be good again, this is a nice window at this time, our expectations are the same as they have the last couple years with a little bit of a chip. giants pitchers and catchers reported today in scottsdale, a mile from where we are. we a more autograph seekers than players. they hold their first day of camp tomorrow bright and early. we saw one giant and that's tim hudson, we're hoping to hook up with him tomorrow and "him for the 10:00 sports rap show. this is a beautiful night.
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happy valentine's day. oh, happy valentine's day. aw. ohh! mwah. so, fratelli's tonight? hello, cannoli canoe. jay: i like it. nice fit. swanky material. [ chuckles ] jay, you look so strong and sexy, like an olympic wrestler but with money. [ both laugh ] your turn. okay. [ chuckles ] this is my favorite day in america! happy valentine's day, gorgeous. [ gasps ] they're huge! [ chuckles ] oh, my god! yeah, those will work. beautiful. you can wear them tonight. i have a surprise. [ gasps ]

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