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. police are searching this morning for the driver of a pickup truck that hit and killed a woman as she was walking along the sidewalk, the key evidence that was left behind here at the scene. we are live in san jose where a fire at a house leads to an unexpected discovery. and a morning car chase, we will show you how it ended just days ago. the country's oldest and largest, they are boycotting it today in new york and the hot button issue at the center of it all, ktvu channel 2 morning news continues. this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. good morning, we want to
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take you live to willow road in concord and as you can see back open this morning, after being closed nearly 6 hours after a deadly hit-and-run crash, again, the crash did not happen on the road but on the sidewalk, the clue left behind, that is coming up in just two minutes, i am mac cook. nothing is showing up here on radar but a couple of reports and up in mendocino county, and the 5:00 observation says light rain it will be breezy and cooler today, temperatures mainly in the 60s and it will
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still be loud did i, that and i am held up by some of the cloud cover and the breeze, 16 gusts 0 up to 25 and there is more of an on shore breeze and that will make for a cooler day today and it will be cooler temperatures are coming down out of those 80s after a brief drizzle and 50s and 60l1sl0 and lower 70s on the temperatures, we will talk about that in about 10 minutes, here is tar what. it looks like minor injuries and two lanes are blocked as you get off the bay
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bridge. let's look at the couldn't jokes to get you through into san francisco unless of yours you are pooling and there is an accident on 205 and you can see traffic on the right-hand side of your screen, it is still looking nicely as you make your drive towards the airport. let's head back to the desk. police in concord are still searching for a woman. you say the police are looking at some important evidence that was left behind at the scene, good morning, alex.
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willow pass road, concord police was walking along the sidewalk. that crash stuck and the truck was headed east on willow pass road and police are not sure exactly -p how fast it may have been going at the time. for some reason the driver left the roadway went up on to the sidewalk and slammed into a woman as she was talking pieces of the key were found and will be critical to the driver. >> extremely critical. we can match up up later on. he is extremely talented and
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being experience and the mother lives here in the concord area and they hope surveillance video will help and give them a better look at this hit-and-run crash. they have already pulled a hit- and-run surveillance video from a nearby market and they are hoping that will be helpful. they have just a vague description again and they are looking for a pickup truck with front end damage. alex savage, ktvu channel 2 morning news. police in milpitas and in this case it happened last night before he is fighting for her huff and with anybody information on this case is
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asked to call and there is family and it made it he is special hi and we are if am and you can see the home that caught fire late last night. you can see the garage door is crumpled on the ground and there is piles of debris laying on the front lawn. once the fire crew us have discovered thousands growing inside. it started at this home on linear way. the garage was in flames and the fire spread to the attic. fearing elect execution, they had to fight the fire and we he
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discovered a grow march want -- grow marijuana and they could not detect why so much power was being used. >> in order to grow marijuana it takes a lot of electricity and a lot of light. >> reporter: there were at least three people when the fire began. then got out safely and were questioned and they are cooperating with the investigation. the power had to be turned off because of the fire for a brief period of time but it will now pop pant. ktvu channel 2 morning news ktvu channel 2 morning news. and it has ended with the detainment of four people . started when they failed to stop in san jose.
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after a brief chase, the people in the car ran to scott boulevard. santa clara police and it is not known why they ran and what charges they could face. students will meet today to talk about the violent protests that took place at the social -- ocean student stormed in and many of them are and they were demanding the special trustee from loom am and it happened on oxford street. it ran nearly 900 feet after a
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series of cave ins shut it down many years ago. they have important answers into the mystery of these earthquakes. bay area police will be closely watching for drunk drivers. according to reports 8 out of 10 were drunk and the amount jumped 30% since 2013. injury lawyers are offering a deal and they have a tipsy tow service. st. patrick's' day parade,
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we will field them and the lawyers will find a pot of controversial. this are boarding and family allowing gay rights' groups and they are applauding them religious leaders and i any. >> we -- angry. >> we have a new movement trying to shove the gay agenda down the roads with the people like them. they are not the only ones on behalf of gay rights and on sunday, they are boycotted after a pro gay group, he was not all loud to watch. a man loses his mother and wife in the same deadly crash. >> it ploughed into the back of my car. >> what police think the driver
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of that car can i would have done. and they are trying to determine which pilot talked with air traffic come -- controllers. and it is colder out, much colder and in fact there are reports of drizzle and see how it plays into a forecasted high for temperatures the rest of the week.
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. welcome back, the search area for those people on board has expanded a lot. new satellite information shows it may have flown for hours after the last reported contact. also there is a new focus on the pilots and they believe theco pilot spoke the final good night to air traffic comptroller's and after the plane's main communication was disabled, he made that good night statement and malaysia authorities and pilot's homes have been searched. >> the pilot's simulator was
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taken from the house and reassembled at police headquarters. >> now a photo of this one has emergeed saying democracy is dead. also there are unconfirmed reports, the plane may have been flying under the radar to avoid detection. for the past few months, they will be closed and parts of west virginia could see up to 10 inches of snow and they are being advised to stay off the roads if possible. the founder of the west borough church is in a care facility and a church spokesperson said they were take threaten and is in very bad health.
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they are known for them doing that. they are searching for the cause of a big house fire. the flames were first spotted 2:30 yesterday morning on fordham way. they are trying to keep it from spreading from nearby homes and the one man who was driving home saw those flames, he called 911 and started knocking on neighbor's doors to warn them. >> the flames were really small and picked up the pace and it was a huge fire. >> the fire appears to have started in a bedroom and part of a roof caved in and nobody was home at the time. they are expected to sign off and that includes 75 new tazers and other items on the list are storage lockers, gps
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trackers and new communication systems and they are getting more money as part of a state program for state safety departments. they may have flipped their last hamburger but they will be offering some stuffs, after 50 years he will allow customers to do this. it is not easy to let go. >> his failing health is forcing him to retire and he said thousands of people have made their way to the mission district diner. >> call it a love of 15 years. let's get everybody out the door. >> we have a traffic hazard, a
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tree is down just east of highway 12 near napa so cruises are working to clear that. a sig alert has been declared and we have a three car crash, tow truck is on the scene trying to get every week. it is an absolute parking lot and metering lights went on before 6:00 this morning and give yourself an extra 20 minutes this morning. and san mateo bridge we have a high wind advisory in effect. some other bridgeels are still in effect and traffic is looking good as you make the drive on the right-hand side.
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>> no, my tie is green and if it doesn't show up like that, you need to adjust the tint on your screen. some drizzle, yeah, a little bit out there, there is a big change compared to the weekend mostly sunny bi-week ken, sunny and -- by weekend, sunny and breezy and especially a warm sunday. i got a message, you didn't say it was going to be breezy? if it was maybe a little warmer than i thought. we have a much cooler pattern and we have this front coming through even though there is not much to it. and i wish i can do that,
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there is a pretty dramatic change, gusts at fairfield, there is always a wind tunnel out there and any time you get a warm pattern it kicks up the breeze in fairfield. there have been reports of 15 to 20 miles per hour all all the way out to livermore and we will have sunshine later on and we have some rain up in the north coast not much here. 48 ukiah, they reported light rain and dry air will move in, sun, maybe a few drizzles and we have lower 70s and we have a lot more 60s and 70s than we saw yesterday especially around the coast and bay. temperatures are coming down significantly. we have cold lows and we have win protected areas and spring
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begins on thursday and after that things are quiet and sunny and nice. alley bobber will go public on the new york stock he can change. they could range and make its finances public. that is more than amazon combined. and a new report shows cars are counting for 47 of all vehicle sales and it stays lower land a growing economic . they indicate construction workers are also doing well enough to buy new vehicles. there was another den on the streets of san francisco.
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this time a man was hit pie a tour bus. a bible is found in the rubble after an explosion and the pasture was presented with the scripture.
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. now underway, the tournament field has been set. oh, they are happy, the stanford cardinals the number 10 seed in new mexico in st. louis. tip off -- st. louis, this is their first time in the tournament sinks 2008. and the number 2 seed, call beers, -- cal beers, they will host the wolverines sunday night and they are in the same region and cal on wednesday in san francisco.
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st. mary's is in utah tuesday night. they hit chile's north pacific coast and here is a video of people heading for higher ground from close tall areas and there are continuing after shocks. they found an intact bible after an explosion in new york city. they brought it to the spanish christain church and it occupied one of the buildings that was destroyed. the bible was not burned but had a little bit of water damage. >> somehow god protected it and the firemen were able to protect it and this didn't get destroyed and for whatever reason, we thank god for that.
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>> the church's pastor was so overcome with emotion when he was presented with the bible, he had chest pains and readings indicate a natural gas leak and it may have been the explosion that killed eight people. and sierra lemar, a bench has been placed in her honor. and the driver of a pickup truck, a woman was walking along and we will tell you the evidence that was left at the scene. and it shows just what an impact the crash in san francisco having. parts much and it and it
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-- parts of san francisco, we will be right back.
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. welcome back, we are looking live in concord and a police search goes on for a driver whose car jumped the curb and hit and killed a woman late last night. alex has been on the story all night and he will have more on this case. this is the morning news, i am dave clark. >> i want to check in with steve paulson. >> i am checking socks. >> and we are a cooler colder pattern also some clouds out there and some drizzle and some dense low clouds, i'm sorry, very windy, christain out
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there, said breezy, much cooler temperatures 60s and upper 60s and lower 70s and this system is producing light rain on parts of the coast, 50s on 40l1sl0 40l1sl0 on the lower cloud deck, oakland west, napa wept, good 10 to 15 degrees, low cloud will be with us, some morning low clouds and it is the last week of winter and we will cool and continue, here is tara. good news >> reporter: the sig alert on 880 westbound has now been
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lifted. we had a three car crash which just opened the lanes and hopefully things will be getting back to normal soon. if we take a look, you can see what an absolute nightmare and traffic could not be extended. looking at highway 4, you can see as you make the drive towards concord and on to 608, you need to give yourself some extra time here. it is 633, let's go back to the desk. los angeles had an earthquake and it was a strong one. they had a 4.6 north of westwood in los angeles just a
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couple of minutes ago. we are trying to get nor details -- more details and we will bring you more information when it becomes available. concord police are still searching for the person who killed a woman it was a hit-and- run and they are talking about the investigation, good morning alex. >> reporter: they are hoping video from surveillance cameras may give them a better look at the pickup truck involved in this deadly hit-and-run crash. they are going on are over it right now to see what it may show. this collision happened just about 11:40 right before midnight on willow pass road and concord police say it jumped the curb and ploughed into a woman who was walking along the sidewalk and that struck then drove off without
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stopping. it was headed east and police are not sure how fast they may have been going and for whatever reap then were onliable to come up with it. >> i don't know about their actionels before or after but i would think they hit somebody -- someone or something. >> pieces of the pickup truck that were involved in the crash were found by investigators at the scene and those will the key to tracking down the driver and matching those pieces of the truck once they do find it. police have rested up their investigation at the scene and
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that means traffic is now open. four people are detained. it all began at 4:00 a.m. a car refused to stop and after a brief chase, they ran noon the pure row. we still don't know why they ran from police or if they are facing charges. a marijuana grow operation was discovered after a fire broke out in a house in the south bay. joining us live, tell us what we know about this investigation, good morning, janine. good morning, dave, you can
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still smell smoke inside it is destroyed. here is a photographer of the type this jose off the area of will be -- mclaughlin avenue. they were fearing electrocution. it took firefighters an hour to knock it down and once inside firefighters found about 07 marijuana -- 07 marijuana plants growing. >> there will be an investigation to find out whether it is illegal, we will conduct an investigation then. >> there were at least three people in the house when the fire began. they all got out safely and were questioned. we are told they are cooperating with that investigation and they had an
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extensive cooperating system. power on the block, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 morning news. a woman in her 60s is recovering after being hit by a car in san francisco. police recall the 39th which is about 945 last night. the woman was in the crosswalk when she was hit. the driver of the car stayed there at the scene and was cited for driving without a license and for driving without headlights on. a woman is hit by a tour bus after being hit on 7th and mission streets in the market area. a super side buzz when it hit a
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man in his 60s and the map he legs were badly injured. the bus company said they have a 26 year history of safety. >> they are all concerned about locals and pedestrians and they are -- i am pickbly clean. they are able to as two office buildings to father clues. the 14-year-old found her mother's body inside and since then there has been no sign and he has made no attempt to contact police or his family. >> we have been searching all leads, friends family members anything to try and locate him. he has not attempted to locate
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us or his children. >> reporter: performance enhancing drugs move, he is the largest and police say he should be considered armed and dangerous. a judge will hear arguments in a lawsuit which wants to remove proposition b and if it is a proved it will need no voter approval for existing limits. the lawsuit argues by law it is the san francisco port commission which has the chance to decide. they are taking their first steps to have the upscale downtown walnut creek and these condos will be between 1,500 and 2500 square feet.
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it include space to alma park. they have not begun the a from approval yet. room. >> each the emotional fearing took place where she would have been a senior this year. many welcomed a new bench that was built in sierra lemar's honor. it was built around the cheerleading tree where sierra lemar spent much of her time. >> i am hoping to god she is still alive and this will bring more publicity here to find her. sierra's classmates keep her memory alive converse all- stars, and keeping her spirit in their heart. antolin garcia-torres pled
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not guilty last month to charges of sierra lemar's kidnapping and murder. he has been charged with attempting am to car jab and on april 16th is he expected back in court. they declared it crimea an independent state and fireworks went off after they announced they were joining russia and sanctions just announced minutes ago. and a car ploughed into a pickup truck, we are hearing from the man who lost his wife and his mother in that crash. and in san francisco, that scene has now cleared but look at the affects from it, a void
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this area. and the wind is howling in brentwood and oakly, we will have that forecast coming up.
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. we were reported a 4.7
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magnitude quake hit near westwood at a depth and it was fairly shallow. the fire department has not heard of any major propers or damage. a tragedy in santa rosa, a popular school teacher and her mother-in-law both killed in a crash. one of the schools where the music teacher taught, i can only imagine their shock and sadness, brian. >> reporter: well, david, it is a very difficult day for many kids friends and family who knew them. potential were on their way to celebrate saw's birthday at a santa rose a west food killing
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two of the four people inside. now this was sue conducting helper students last month. she was a popular music teacher and in fact she was the only music teacher in the district going from school to school throughout the years. sue and her mother-in-law were in the back seat driven by husband jay and jay was in the front passenger seat as well. they were at a stoplight and all of a sudden they slammed into their car at an estimated 60 miles per hour. sue and her mother-in-law were killed and sue's father-in-law was also injured and her family is so upset. it is like a bad dream. >> it is so unfair and we don't
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know how we will live without them. >> reporter: chp said the driver may have been on his cell phone responding to a text message moments before the crash and investigators found evidence in his car that he was using marijuana. he is currently out on bail and driving over that time and they plan on keeping the music going. room. >> am 0. >> and they voted overwhelmingly to break up off from how -- ukraine and 97% supported russia.
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many were traveling to moscow for what to do next. >> they are designed to do it including supporting the quote illegal referendum. and the owner of indianapolis cults, he has been arrested for dui. he was -- dui, he was arrested in the inn pap liz -- indianapolis suburb for driving under a controlled substance. he was set at $22,000 and at this point we don't know if he has posted that bail and then
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released. >> they are struggle tolling stay afloat. almost every renter in san francisco is just one eviction away from being displaced and how a vote today to controversial face that situation. and palo alto is celebrating any one of their signature streets for a brand-new look. those story and more coming up on the mornings news. time now 6:49 let's check in with tara, what is going on with the bay bridge. massive delays and they have cleared with the traffic but we had a significant alert in san francisco. this is a look at the maze. if you are coming from the east
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bay i would advice taking the san mateo bridge and that's also an alternative if you are further south. bumper-to-bumper traffic is extending all all all the way past richmond. we have heavy traffic towards concord and definitely give yourself some extra time. on the sunole grade, it is southbound, a little bit of back up and not too bad. let's head over to steve. we have a pretty good system, not so much with rain and lots have reports of drizzle up in the mendocino county and we have marina and christine and richmond here, we have a little bit that does not show up on radar and it as system coming in and the wind is cranked up and downright windy for some. mostly sunny breezy and cooler and it will be much cooler and
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breezy and windy for some. this is more of a cool front than a cold front and it's a big drop in our temperatures and temperatures in the 80s for many. fog drizzle and much cooler forecast, san francisco dealing with some low clouds and we will be mostly sunny and 64 taser, temperatures -- 64 today, and now it is starting to race over to the santa clara valley, cloud covered breezes will do that and it is cold and we have gusts at 25 and concord picking up out of the west napa airport out of the west, a far cry from what we saw over the weekend and temperatures will really take a tumble and it looks quiet and there is no sign of rain except for the drizzle. winds are howling up in bridgeport and it's crazy up here. it is going to be a breezy day,
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up in the sierra fog sun breezy to windy especially out to the valley where there are wind advisories. 68 in clear lake, 68 sonoma kentfield 07 for antioch -- 70 for antioch, mid-60s alameda, low 70s, morgan hill and gilroy, 86 and 72 cupertino, much of the peninsular upper 60s as well. extended outlook, this is the last week of winter and after that it will feel like spring. honda is recalling already 86 thousands of its odd did i mini -- odyssey minivans. it is coming through in the
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2005 and 2010 model years. it could lead to a fuel leak that could affect all odyssey owners next month about replacing that cover. 652, a new report card on the preps and cons. and they are focusing on gbc this year.
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. >> take a look, here is some video of two of the hardest hit areas. yesterday they ripped apart areas, wind and rain knocked down trees and power lines and fortunately nobody was hurt. and they had to rescue some campers after that big storm caused flooding in prattville. bursts of heavy rain left campers stuck even though they couldn't get to their cars and we are told all of them couldn't make it out safely. and all of way up from sonoma down to monterey, i want
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