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. we will tell you what we have learned about the life of rickey. and a major new development in the search for the missing airliner, a break that could help this mysterious case. and they are apparently focused on california. also new item if i theft in the bay area this is involving thousands of patients at a bay
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area medical center. this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. good morning, thank you for joining us thursday morning, march 20th, i am pam cook. >> you look like spring. >> oh, it feels like spring, almost. >> let's talk about weather and traffic, steve is right there. >> it felt like spring in january. >> yes, it did. so mostly cloudy, we will have there cooler mixed bag. wewe have a little more sun in the afternoon and warm mild degrees to start. 68 for a high today. temperatures are coming down but a lot of cloud cover is
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continuing to stream down over us and there is plenty to go around. we had a lot of 30s yesterday and last two days we did. this low will be with us into tomorrow, right there it is, we will do more and then have have it, cooler by the coast. here is sal. we are looking at a don't mute as they are getting busier for sure. traffic is slow and drive time is 10 to 15 minutes getting into san francisco and again the metering lights are on. it's more crowded driving from downtown oakland as you head towards hayward and we are giving signs of traffic, 2:38
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traffic looks good and there is a little bit of traffic, let's go pack to the tests. they showed some kind he have debris floating. alex savage following the new developments from our newsroom but something is hampering the search effort, good morning, alex. bad weather is making it difficult to spot that debris in the ocean. their satellites have picked up an incredible lead. it is southwest of thety of perth in australia and a short time ago, a city reaped that area and the first ship to do so will begin searching for that debris.
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this is an image of what they are looking for. it shows two objects bobbing up and down in the water and one is 78 feet long. they can't say if they have any identifying markers on them, they are trying to and it is hard to locate those objects. >> they are located in the satellite imagery, while they are credible, they are still in need of being eye different paid to. >> -- identified. >> they need to mark the spot in the ocean and that will lead to other ships and hopefully they can figure out if it
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blocks to the yet 70ed which 239 people on board say there is something of significant size out there in the organization-but they caution this debris could be unrelated to the missing jet liner. we will bring you any updates -- we will bring you any updates that become available. flags at the state capital are half staff. they are in men 60s and 70s county. he grew up here and spent 26 years with law enforcement. a opportunititive wanted for a
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tuesday crime supreme wanted during that shootout with police. the fall leap shootout, they have found memories of the this very popular former athlete. >> reporter: as good as he was, he never strutted around as he was the king of the campus. he was inducted into athletic hall of fame in fact we had a chance to sit down and he and his wife are retired. they showed pictures as he was star line month of the napa indians. the couple describes him as a man with a big laugh, big smile and big heart. >> this is a really sad day for
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knap what. >> this is a way to show idiots. >> he was raised in napa and joined the mendocino county's office and went to fort brag police department years later. he leaves behind a wife stepdaughter and three adult children. people connected to other law enforcement agencies are reacting to the news on social media. heather gibson says, my dad was an officers for many years no word yet on if any type of men
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morial service. they issued a statement about his death and i am quoting, the deputy was killed upholding the oath he swore to protect his community and we extend condolences to his friends family and co-workers and to the community of fort brag. in pleasant hid, they put out a fire and it hats opinion there. at. >> they are charging him in the hit-and-run collision. 21-year-old christina cheshireman was hit pie a car. she was declared brain dead two
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days later. 20-year-old riley dean hoover was driver the car and had a blood alcohol level of more than four times the legal limit. the trial date was the not targeting the state of california and since they are trying to exploit california's death, is you laundered through california businesses each year. they are investigating a possible data breach and almost 10,000 people may be affected. computers were stolen last month from the usc f family and the stolen information includes names birthdays and driver's
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licenses. they are august of to monitor the and they are issuing the original restraining old on march 10th and extended it yesterday. yesterday the policy had been to destroy phone records after five years as a privacy measure and they are now preserving their record. what we are learning about the biggest office day. >> it will probably come through when it comes to march
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. welcome back. police say a woman was held captive for more than a day while somebody withdrew thousands of dollars from her bank account. they are looking to identify this man. they say he broke into the victim's home noon on monday. the man tied her up and demanded her atm card. >> during that period of time when she was held captive by the suspect, he was making attempts to to get additional money. she was able to free herself where she called 911. tomb. >> and glenn tompkins was constructed -- convicted of
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murder at sweet jimmy's restaurant. two people died, five others injured. tompkins fired randomly into that restaurant after spotting rival gang members. now they have been rescheduled forecaster valley man suspected of killing his wife. he appeared because he needed a a man written -- mandarin language. they detected it was unsafe, noting the home was built illegally on the land. she fought back tears after watching the home they built piece by piece come down. >> they are taking my home
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pretty much and it hurts because i am homeless -- >> now the city has long struggled and the home can be turned over and they have already helped several people find a new place to live. they don't reflect the makeup of its customers. reverend jackson led a delegation in palo alto. he huged them in those and they say it has a 40 year track record of racial diversity but they say it's not enough. >> they say it is 100% of hewlett packers. yet this does not look like america. outside of that meeting,
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reverend jackson shook hands with some of the other protesters. they were there with the israeli military with its defense and military symptoms. while officially fan on 0 tuesdays and wednesday found a financial pool and they are used to crunching numbers followed by people in sales and i-t, stanford takes them on in the south regional. usc l.a. bruins as well. >> all right, time now 6:17 for the record i am here, steve is there and sal is here. >> i filled two brackets this year, one where i thought about it and one where i guessed. which do you think did better?
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>> are you entering the warren buffet million dollar? >> yes, but i am already out of it. let's go and take a look at the commute now, it is doing well, looking at the bay brim this should not have a problem although it the -- crowded although it's not getting there traffic and let's see if i can pull up.
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a mix of supplement and cloud and a little cooler under poreslyp and you heard me i said some rain middle of next week, not this week so let's make those plans. let's see if this works. don't go anywhere. don't go anywhere. >> via curve ball. you can't joke with nelson wong because he will come back and get you. >> we are holding on. >> look, spring will be here in a minute. >> it better be here by the time i get back. mostly cloudy this morning 5 oh and mostly do you any high
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cloud, lower cloud, everybody is in on, temperatures and there is a little spin and i think they are looming to increase the west live -- westerly breeze and there will still be low to mid-70s, livermore 75, santa clara 73, -- santa clara 73, mainly low 70s on the peninsular including woodside and saturday and sunday looks good and so does monday slightly warmer. americans are apparently losing interest in paid television including cable and
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satellight operators lost more subscribers and it is the first time they are down for a fewer all making it eat year and they have a tee von oprah free, she chose them to partner with and it quote, further to your is the hue spirit. for share and he admitted killing him until a south pay park and we will tell you why they have let him out of jail. they unanimously asked customers to cut back on water
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dinosaur. this bird weighed 500 pounds and stood 10 feet tall. it had large hands and the skeleton was pieced together from three different sites across north dakota. a group of farmers and farm workers worried about it and rallied in fresno. one almond grow testified they let them die because of a water shortage. an environment list said it was needed to protect endangered species. they unanimously approved a plan to have their customers reduce their water usage. it serves about a half million homes and businesses in central and eastern parts of the county and you are looking at how they
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view this pie 13%. they sharply reduce it but there are not way to cut. >> a lot of people here have don't so. even though they use just one-third of the county average he is looking for ways to make even deeper cuts. a lot of people are going bald in the bay area. more than 40 microsoft workers had their heads shaved in an effort to fight childhood cancer. last year they raised $15,000 and a group of first
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responders. a sheriff's deputy in the may area of the napa high graduates. life in san jose. >> it is making it one of the biggest commercial dededevelopments. and we will tell you about that and the rest of the commute. we will take you some breaks and some low clouds are here and it is impacting the temperatures and we will have more coming up shortly.
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which is where the sheriff's deputy rick was killed in the line of duty and coming up in two minutes we will tell you how the community is responding to that incident. welcome to ktvu channel 2 morning news, i am dave clark. >> good morning, i am pam cook. thank you for joining us 6:30 is the time and today is the first official day of spring i guess? >> yes, we are almost there. a few high clouds over us and we will need packets a little lower over the cost and it gives us something and we will take whatever looks big. again from are a few breaks, it
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is not sol and partly sunny skies, partly cloudy, coming down a few degrees, not much change, especially about the same as yesterday, and temperatures are a little above average, here is sal. this is definitely a little bit slower than it was a few minutes ago. it is a 25 men drive time into san francisco and no problems on that upper deck of the bay bridge and that traffic looks good as you drive on the lower on -- of sap hose and if you are driving it still takes about 85 minutes. you want to get out there and
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101 is slowing after 280. let's go back to the desk. new this morning, an investigation is underway into a deadly shooting on the coast of marin county. it happened at 2:30 on a campground at the landing. it's not far from the bay. they found a man who had been shot at least a short time later but so far no arrests killed in the line of duty. a fugitive wanted for a 2 state crime spree shot and killed a deputy. that suspect was later shot and killed by police. tara moriarty is in napa where the deputy's former football coach has fond members risk --
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memories of the former athlete. >> reporter: he was loved by everybody who came in contact with him. he was inducted into the hall of fame for not only football but for wrestling. we had a chance to speak to him of the napa indianapolis. they say as talented as he was on the field he never trusted around the campus. >> he was probably the strongest football player i ever coach. he was naturally strong but he was just a gentle giant. everybody loved him, he was a great player and the best lineman i ever coached. >> reporter: he was raised in napa and joined the sheriff's
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department in 1998 and was with them 10 years with the fort brog. he hood of behind a wife and people who are connected to other law enforcement agencies are connected on there. put their lives on public safety, no tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 morning news. they are mourning his death but the oakland police department may be feeling even more grieve. tomorrow marks the worst day in history. on march 25th, a wanted parole lee shot four oakland police officers. four sergeants died that day.
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one officer died several days later a memorial for the arc in oakland they will be alive for the teen in can't bell. naturally investigators backed up. claim that the deadly confrontation with ivan diaz sunday night was self-defense. >> mr. thorp needed to defend himself and it is unfortunate a tragedy occurred but mr. sharp was -- mr. thorp did not violate the law. >> he was in a confrontation with several teens. he is now moving out of town because they fear they will put
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him this. vend and they could bring thousands of jobs to silicone valley, here is more. >> reporter: as you mentioned, it could be the largest commercial development deal in the city's history. now the massive complex is going to be built here in this grassy field which is located in san jose. it is reportedly in the fortune 500 and here are some renderings which include 2000 feet of square face and it was approved. he has plans to build 7 story office buildings and it is twice the size and reportedly more than two thirds the size
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of apple's new complex resembleing the page and it will create new about new jobs. >> ii am excited about the development. >> reporter: why? >> because it is good for san jose and it is good for south of mound taken view and pulls some of those jobs into san jose. >> reporter: the project is near highway 101 at 880 and it is a question of whether they are high convince tracing -- concentration of business complexes. they slashed this to make this deal even more attractive. reporting live from san jose, ktvu channel 2 morning news janine de la vega. a man has been arrested in
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san leandro after police say he tried to kiss a young boy. it happened yesterday morning in the parking lot right across from bancroft middle school. he noticed a man behaving strainingly. he tried to return them. then you get a call, saying, hey, somebody approached me and that's dangerous. >> this is not the first incident involving bancroft middle school. he tried to lawyer a turn-year- old last month. and they are looking into what destroyed one home and damaged another. it happened in a shed between
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two homes. the flames quickly spread but fortunately everybody was able to make it out safely and one neighbor captured the fast moving flames on a cell phone. >> the winds shifted and caught my house too. >> you watched it catch your house on fire? >> oh, yeah. >> firefighters say it could take awhile but it does not appear to be sister suspicious. >> -- suspicion. it is breaking up a violent gang in downtown san jose. >> we got all of them for the city of south san jose. they are a calming off one of the biggest and fan members. the game in comings to had the
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case was sentenced for 12 years for drug trafficking. he is considered a career criminal with three violent felonies. oakland police have been stretched thin for years but the force may be turning the corner. the department is now hiring and anybody on interstate 880 cannot help but get the message. a banner is now hanging on the side of the building and the department recently received information to you arer recruits. >> if i can have a grays one. andful plan on adding at least 100 officers by the end of the
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year. there is a new focus for the investigation of the deadly news chopper crash in seattle. the person the helicopter pilot was talking to moments before the crash. coming up, the search for the missing malaysia airlines plane, the update about the search we just got within the last few minutes. we have nope about it and we are tell it willing you, we have some low clouds as well and we'll see how this impact is the temperatures and what about the weekend, sunny or more clouds? female announcer: what will you get with your new sleep train mattress?
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believed to be in the southern indian ocean and it's 300 miles southwest of city of perth in australia. this is what they are using here, they show two objects bobbing up and down, it is 70 feet long. they and and say whether the the rain is helping them and it has made it. >> on this particular occasion, the number and the size indicated they are in the same area and i don't want to speculate what they are until we get there and we see them.
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>> and this is something of significant size in the ocean and it could be unrelated to the missing jetliners and they are moving through that part of the ocean. >> malaysia airlines disappeared after taking off after it was heavy and the first ship to do so and that crew is apparently looking for that crew. the search planes will be back out in the morning and they are continuing to search for two objects that potentially 0 could be debris from the missing jetliner and we will bring you updates throughout. alex savage ktvu channel 2 morning news. they are saying there are several scenarios that caused a
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helicopter to crash. a man was seriously burned on the ground and the ntsb said a crane operator was in radio contact before the crash but there is no immediate evidence that the construction played a role. they are pouring over the maintenance record as well. they will officially start a new memorial for veterans . located between the veterans building and the war opera house on haven'tness -- vanness. it will include dirt from the battlefields over all oh -- all over the area and it will host it. obama care makes another appearance before the u.s. supreme court and the specific issues they will consider
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involving money god and sex. the wind mills and the historic sight, one is falling apart and we will have more on how much it will take to repair it. clever east bay teens, one girl's strict mother came up with a way to ensure they stay safe in a very violent neighborhood. those stories and more coming up on mornings on 2. it is a crash down at the sunole grade at the bottom of malaysia and what we are watch being is the traffic and it is not super heavy and i have the reason this crash has been moved mostly to the shoulder but you will see traffic in the area and so please give yourself some extra time. it is reported near mission and that's where the crash is.
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we are looking at the bay bridge approach and the traffic is there, it is backed up for a 20 minute delay and the drive time is just a little bit shy of 30 minutes. san francisco, if you are driving into the city, northbound 208, there was a -- 280, there was a crash and 208 is backed up by the on ramp. let's go to steve. there are some high clouds and most -- mostly mid-to lower 70s . still be nice. there are definitely breaks in there and we get some sun, partly cloudy and it is spinning in some of these clouds tomorrow looks a little
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cooler. partly to mostly cloudy skies, highs are up and coast and bay come down a little bit and inland we will have low-to-mid 70s and san jose will go to a high of 72 and 73, this looks more ominous. 40s and 50s, yesterday afternoon bay 47, san jose 44 and 52, so the cloud cover is holding up some of those temperatures. overall, again, just wait five minutes and we we will be partly cloudy. 49 sacramento, you can see a spin in the atmosphere and that will enhance that fog bank. coast and bay, partly sunny skies and that west wind will kick in.
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60s and 70s, vacaville fairfield, semolina in there and lows and upper 60s petaluma up to 71, alameda 71, brentwood oakly, pleasant hill walnut creek oakland downtown f-san jose, 74, saratoga goo low 60s, a little cooler and just slightly warmer as we go into the weekend. bank of america is preparing to cut more jobs. they will be eliminated from the global investment unit and some people have volunteered to leave and they have been cutting their workforces for the next five years. they can breathe a sigh of relief even though the cost of
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. welcome back, a man from vacaville has been -- vacaville has been accused of stealing from where he worked. he was arrested after employees noticed 35 okays of wine were missing from the warehouse of the american canyon. the wine was valued at 4,500,000 -- $450,000. they found it at his home but they believe the rest was sold on the black market. several area wineries kept wine at that warehouse. they have closed the books on to the paid dispute of the oakland cheerleaders. they are there for exempt from
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federal minimum wage laws. this does not shield the team from a lawsuit and they claim they are paying them below minimum wage. they plan to go into private arbitration before the commissioner. they made an unusual dash an unusual objection and said it has been very emotional for her. >> my job is to make sure they get respected instead of just mowing over them and i do this from my heart. >> this obviously is not the first time native american remains have been found in the area. officials say 1,000 remains have been found in the past dozen years right along the 680 corridor in pleasant on it.
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-- pleasant on it. the first bus rapid transit project, it will be similar to the sketch of the one planned jackson station and it will recover from the south bay shopping center to the san jose arena. the ground breaker is at the america's can't heritage -- america's can't her -- mexican heritage arena. the price is 1 dollar for some contingencies, they may make this 140 square foot house is not as good a deal as it sounds but the buyer would have to move it to another location. >> you would have to agree to preserve the structure and restore it to its original condition. >> a home like this, a person has to scare more than just flipping the home. >> the city was planning on
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renovating the house itself but civic leaders don't want the home demolished and they have heard from one interested buyer already. coming up next on mornings on two, a men 60s, 70s and 80s sheriff's deputy is killed in the line of duty, his connection and the new local efforts to remember him this morning. a mystery in silicone valley, the major community which may be moving in, stay right right here with us
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