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now at 5:00 the dangers tonight for the warnings for people spending the holidays at bay area's beaches. authorities on the lert, security measures are now in place as pot smokers celebrating the 4/20. >> it means a lot to come back this year to cross the finish line >> we are in boston as thousands of people getting ready to run this year's marathon.
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beach goers be ware as warm conditions drawing people to the coast. be careful going to to water. good evening, i am ken wayne. >> i am heather holmes. wavers as high as 15 feet in some area. meaning an increase danger for beach goers. we have live team coverage tonight. our meteorologist is monitoring those conditions all along the bay area. we begin with christine live at ocean beach. >> reporter: when most people coming to the beach, they are so eager to get to water and they might over look at signs like this and that can be a mistake on days like today with a high advisory. >> we just thought it would be a
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beautiful day to enjoy the water with our family. >> she's soaking up the sun with the two boys. >> we are out of the water and the lake started came by and pulled us so be careful. >> that means there is an increase risks of currents and waves. >> i just want to put my foot into say that i am in the ocean today. >> the national rec creational area says even beeches oik christie field can be series because of the currents. >> it only takes 6 inches of moving water, that means the water only has to rise above your ankle to be swept away. >> it happens really quickly and it will easily knock them down and that's when they'll get
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pulled into the deeper water. >> nearly two weeks ago, 14-year-old was pulled out to sea while waiting for his cousin. the teen's body were never found. it is a reminder to never under estimate mother nature no matter how tempting the water looks. >> now, that i know, i will be keeping my eyes open. >> we are out there having fun but being careful of the water waves. >> reporter: we saw many dogs playing out in the water, too. if owners do not go after them, they're much better swimmers than people. the high advisory lasting until 5 a.m. tomorrow. live at the beach, ktvu channel 2 news. now, we are turning to mark. >> you can see a lot of energy out there with the ocean with that wave building rapidly throughout the day. an increase
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throughout the afternoon hours. the area that start to form here, all that energy being pushed close to the bay area coastline. a sampling of just a few, you can see waves around 11 to 13 feet and that of course, it increase the current danger. sometimes you can get a calm period of some wave activity. that can cause some danger out there. a high advisory was in place started this morning. swell is out of the northwest and waves around 10 to 15 feet. another big story today of very warm temperatures. temperatures today back up in the 70s and even in the 80s. it will be changing tomorrow. coming up we'll highlight the temperatures change that you can expect for your monday. that's all coming up at 5:20. >> you can get the latest on the surf and other conditions on with the new ktvu weather
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app. it is available to download on apple's smart phones as well as the tablets. rescuers were trying to revive a young boy in san leandro, we have a news crew on the scene and we'll bring you details as they become available. four people are being recovered tonight after being stab. the attack happened around 1:00 this morning at the bar and restaurant in san jose. officers first reported of one person getting stabbed and when they arrive at the bar, they found three other victims. all of the victims are men in their late 20s. >> all we know is that there is some type of fight and argument that occurred aside the establishment and therefore, the person was actually stabbed. >> investigators are working to find out if the person with the knife acted alone. right now the assailant is still
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at large. we'll bring you new information at a live report at 5:30. a police officer is being recovered tonight after being dragged by a vehicle that he was pursuing. police tell us they were responding to a report of a suspicious person on castro treat around 12:30 this afternoon. they say when the man responded to the police, he jumped into the car and sped away and dragging that officer. he declined to be to the hospital, the suspect is still at large. that pursuit started near 34th and it came to an end at sun set district. the suspect's vehicle col with the patrol car. officers are taken o to the hospital with none life-threatening injury. happening now, easter are not the only thing that's
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being celebrated today. the annual pot smoking event did not draw just smokers but also police. ktvu is live at the park where authorities are working to make sure that the festivities don't get out of hand, like in years past. katie. >> reporter: everyone had a sober experience. the festivities are still going on at hippies hills and it has been pretty mellow. hippies hill at san francisco draws thousands on april 20th for an organic celebration of marijuana known as 4/20. >> i have been here three years running. it is a fantastic use of the park and as long as people respect it a little more. >> andy george from the county encourages other to clean up.
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10, 000 pounds of litter were left behind >> you are bringing it in, plan to bring it out again. >> we'll have juvenile probation officers out, we'll not tolerate under age drinking. >> officers are in the park more. >> it makes me feel safe they are here, i guess. can i hit this on camera? >> i don't know the rules. >> we'll be siting folkses. . >> people we spoke with says it is business usual without a permit. >> maybe one day it will be like we started hippieses hill. hill. >> there is no drinking and drug deals in the park t. celebration of smoke will burn on. >> we can have a good time without trash in the place. >> reporter: i spoke with the police officer just a few moment ago, he told me they have
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not had any serious issue. live, in san francisco, ktvu channel 2 news. more details on the origins of 4/20. the most widely accepted theory that it started here in the bay area back in 1970s when a group of students gather at the statue on campus at 4:20 in the afternoon to smoke pot. over the years other theories have emerged such as 4/20 being the code for smoking pot or marijuana use. both of those theories are not true. christians around the world are celebrating easter sunday. . at the vatican in front of thousands of people, pope francis use this holiday to pray for peace everywhere. we have more on pope francis. >> pope francis celebrated his second easter, today
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delivering a message of solidarity with christians who are also celebrating easter this weekend. >> of course, the easter orthodo x church today are split between christians. the pontiff telling the people who packed the square this morning that in jesus love conquer hate and love peace conquer all people. focusing on outreach of the poor. francis is also reaching out to leaders of other faiths including rabis. here to the holley land, connor powell, fox news.
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the first family left the house today to attend the church service. cameras were not allowed inside the church but we are told that worshippers were there and also posted photo s with the president. and at one point, a man raised up yelling obama. it began with a musical sunrise service top mountain davidson. >> a bag pipe began the service. they participate inside the service and included of singing and celebrating the miracle of easter. the celebration has topped the city highest peak mark of the 90th anniversary of the event there. ♪ ♪
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>> across town, at the memorial church, the celebration continues and the reverend seize williams as he urge to get close to make room all of those that wanted to take part in the service and hear the music that filled the church today. >> some of the best music in america. [ applause ] >> in addition to feeding souls with musical people, the church also opened their kitchen and serving meals for those in need. a teenager killed inside a crash, authorities say could have been easily prevented. what we are learning about the victim and what investigators are saying before the tragedy. marathon bombings, runners are returning to cross the finish line and what authorities are doing to keep this
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an autopsy si plans for tomorrow to find the cause of death. an oakland teacher from mill valley. she has gone for a hike with her dog a day before. another hiker was found earlier this month. investigators say there is no connection of sander and the death of 33-year-old mankoski. several lanes of highway 101 near santa rosa were closed following the accident around 8:20 this morning. a big rig crashed and flipped on its side and caused fire. officials responded there. they were amaze of the driver of the truck managed to walk away. >> he was able to get out of the
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can and walking into the balance. there is no explanation and i have been looking at the damages and it is a miracle. >> boy, he was pretty lucky there. it looks like the driver may have fallen a sleep and drifted off the road. no other vehicles were involved. continuing coverage of tomorrow's boston marathon, it is patriot's day in boston. the race is more meaning than ever. 36000 runners will participate in the marathon. many of those running are coming back to finish the race that they could not complete last year. an estimated of 1 million people are expected to cheer the runners along the marathon route. that's the large test crowd ever to attend the race. security will be tight with more police and check points and cameras ever before.
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reporter scott thompson as the story of boston's spirits. >> the day began with a traditional blessing for runners at this easter sunday. this blessing happens annually. it has a special meaning this year. monday's race is the first of the deadly bombing that killed people and injured 200 others. >> the focus now shifts to marathon monday. it will be different this year. security will be tighter than ever. police have doubled the amount of officers on the street and many scattered throughout the crowds. new rules are also in place. among them, no signs -- no backpacks of any kinds. unregistered runners are prohibd . >> this is going to be the safest place on the planet on monday. >> just last week as the city
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came together to mark the one year anniversary of the attack. two suspicious bags were found at the finish line. the bomb squad were called into destroy the bag. it turned out to be a hoax. scott thompson, ktvu channel 2 s . >> authorities focusing on security, runners on tomorrow's marathon is concentrating on the race. at 5: 30, ktvu will take you through the race tomorrow. that 2010 explosion and fire killed eight people and injured 60 others and destroyed dozens of homes. the utility is accused of 12 violations of safety rules. pg&e knowingly relied on incomplete information when assessing
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the safety of that pipeline. beautiful weather around the bay area today. let's check out with mark and see what's going on out there. boy, it is just beautiful with the warm readings and the 70 in the 80s. we have some big changes to talk about with the big drop off for temperatures. a be reversal for the warm pattern that we have today. a look outside right now, you can see the live camera. san francisco in distance and highs for tomorrow some of the preliminary hearing numbers. antioch at 83. and san jose at 80. a beautiful day in san francisco checking in at 73 degrees. we are this the clear, we did have a ban of high clouds up to the north and those clouds will be working our way closer to the bay area by tomorrow especially mid-morning into the morning hours. still cold out antioch and
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livermore and fairfield. santa rosa is checking in at 79 and san francisco has cooled off to 64 degrees. a couple of cameras to show you, we have san jose in the clear and san francisco in the clear as well and the plan for tomorrow, san francisco starting out the day around 50 degrees. the cloud rapidly increase throughout the afternoon and no more 70s in san francisco and we are thinking of 60s for your monday in san francisco. san jose, with the same story with those readings backing up. 70s by about 4:00 with increasing clouds especially by 3 or 4:00 tomorrow afternoon. tomorrow morning partly cloudy skies early about 5 or 7:00. after 7 a.m., the clouds are rolling in from the north. you can see temperatures are on the cool side. napa and lower 40s. san francisco 51 and fremont starting out the day at 50 degrees. high pressure in full command of our weather for today for easter sunday with temperatures with the big spike
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in the numbers. cooler tomorrow and you will notice that change. temperatures are coming down a good five or ten degrees. the area of pressure, we'll begin the cooler trend on monday and by tuesday the warmest locations making it to the lowest 60s. you can see the rain approaching to the north. scattered showers will be late monday night at 8:00 into early tuesday morning we can be picking up some scattered rain showers. the forecast model putting that in motion for you, we do have -- right now, we have the clear skies but increasing clouds throughout the afternoon hours. look what happens by tomorrow night. tomorrow at my night. a few scattered rain showers approaching the region. we do bring the chance after 7 or 8:00. monday night and early tuesday morning, tuesday we are going to hold onto the chance of scattered showers. that cooler air continues to move in the north. here is a plan tomorrow, your forecast at 7:00,
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partly cloudy and lower 40s to 50s. increasing clouds by 12:00. and by 3:00, 60s to 75 degrees. no more 80s in the forecast and the warmest locations we are thinking approaching mid-70s livermore and antioch. here is a your five-day forecast. tuesday is one of the coolest day of the week, partly cloudy on wednesday and increasing clouds on thursday and there is another rain cloud for friday. coming up we'll talk about the strength and the potential system that could be a little bit of unusual for this time of the year, i will have that coming up in 5:45. people living in the east bay should know by tuesday whether if they'll face strict water restrictions. east bay considering making that decision earlier this year because of the drought. the storm late march and april helped restore water in just a bit. the board will decide whether to adopt special drought rate or
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restricting water us usage or continuing to call for those as a rule tear cuts. as a rule tear cuts. four people stab. the death toll continues to rise from the tragic ferry boat crash. what the transcript from the vessels communication system reveals from that. he was known for boxing, how the nation is remembering ruban, hurricane carter. [father]c'mon,buddy,you can do it.c'mon,reel it up,
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you gotta reel it up now,buddy. reel it up. [father] reel it up,you got him on there.bring him in. is that a bass? [boy] yeah,i got a big bass. [father]bring it up.keep reeling.keep reeling.c'mon, where is he? whoa! you caught that all by yourself? [boy] yeah! [father]how old are you to catch that? [boy]three! [father]you're three years old? show me how many fingers that is. hey! welcome home! woah, this kitchen looks beautiful. hey mom! it's bigger! it's great, right? give him the tour.
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the families of those missing following the ferry crash sticking together today. the official don death toll ross to 61 today. about 250 people are still missing and most of them are high school students. two other crew members were arrested yesterday on suspicious of negligent. a transcript from the communication system released today reveals a chaotic situation as the ship going down. many on board followed the captain's order to stay below deck. the decision was made out of fear and that passengers will be swept away if they went out on deck.
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after a boeing 737 with 160 people aboard was forced to make an emergency landing today. airline officials say the right landing gear malfunctioned. the plane was able to turn around and land safely. last month plane 370 disappeared after leaving to beijing. the search for the plane continues in the southern ocean. the discovery channel has cancelled a wing jumping event mount everest follow leing the deadly event.meanwhile, the search continues for three missing suffers lost last week in the avalanche. john wright were among the survivors. today marks the 16 years of
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the incident in columbine in colorado. the first of many school shootings still followed and shocked the nation. families and friends of of columbine came together yesterday and they were joined by other families and friends in the aurora's shooting at the theater two years ago. a boxer has past away. boxer ruban hurricane carter died of complications from prostate cancer. he was wrongly convicted of a triple murder in 1966, he spent almost 20 years before finally being let
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go. carter died in his sleep in toronto, he was 76-year-old. one year after the boston marathon bombings. the bay area runners are eager to cross the finish line. >> i cannot imagine what it will be like tomorrow. >> what they say this race means to them. a stabbing early this morning in a place where shark fans are gathering tonight. tonight what police and patriots saying. coming up.
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victims. investigator investigating the attack. any signs of what happened last night? >> reporter: no, not really. the restaurant is behind me over there bordered by the wood panel rozzelling. people we talked to were stunned to hear that this area was a crime seen this morning >> the community bar and restaurant was back open today with busy people soaking in the sun. last night when a police investigation shut it down at the end of the night. >> we located one victim and during the investigation, discovered that we had three additional victims. >> four people stabbed just before 1:00 this morning. >> four people, that's kind of crazy. >> the restaurant sit in the same block. >> sp2 management did not want to talk.
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the employee confirmed the stabbing happened outside. >> there was some type of fight and argument occurred aside from the establishment and therefore the person was actually stabbed. >> reporter: police say none of the victims have life-threatening injuries. so far there is been no arrest. reporting live in san jose , ktvu channel 2 news. police in fairfield are investigating a shooting that killed one man and injured a 15-year-old boy. authorities say the two were shot around 10:45 last night. they're not releasing the location. the 27-year-old man was announced dead. the teenager were treated from his wound and since has been released. in the central valley authorities identified the teenager killed from the crash. 14-year-old gomez was walking with friends along the road early yesterday when he was struck. gomez was hospitalized along with three other teens who later died from their
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injuries. sheriff arrested the 19-year-old driver. she geared off the road after looking for her cell phone. it is a very difficult time >> we have quite a few of our teenagers that are connected to these kids and a couple of them particularly are having a hard time. >> mia agrera of stockton is being charged of vehicular alcohol driving. last june quinn allegedly drove the truck into a motorcycle list. after the crash quinn was seen at the bar drinking several glass of water. tomorrow a former police
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officer is accused of stealing drugs is also due in court. mathew fletcher used his status as an officer to take prescription drugs from a senior living complex. his attorney says he became addicted to painkillers after suffering injuries and post-traumatic disorder. three men is arrested and while the person is who lives there sound aswleep. investigators say the suspects took several items on the home on katie ridge road. back to our continuing coverage of this year's boston marathon. here with are in the eve of that big race and people are reflecting of last
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year tragedy at the finish line. thousands runners from the world and elite racers are preparing to compete tomorrow. ktvu is in boston and she's been talking to those in the area about their motivation to make the trip again. rrz. >> reporter: it was like new never ending sea of world. people from all the over the world who came to witness the marathon to the human spirits. >> it is what it is and what it reps. >> among the 36, 000 runners will be a group in the bay area. some are elite runners. some were here last year and others it is a fers. first. >> i have always wanted to run for boston and after the event last year i knew i am going to sign up. >> as the race grew closer, they
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told us emotions just grew. >> the energy level so far has been incredible. i cannot imagine what it is going to be like tomorrow. i think that from the first finisher to the last finisher it is going to be a complete ground swell of emotions and celebration as well. >> getting here was one thing and crossing the finish line is another. even the elite runners we talked to say it is not about how long that takes. >> because finish this is about being apart of something greater. no tomorrow is not about the individual runners. it is a matter of me running out there and honoring what happened. >> an honor of the city came together to define the word "boston strong". >> it is the identity of the city and the people that live here >> now more than ever. >> absolutely. >> yes. >> it is about endurance but it is also about proving the
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human spirits. it is about unfinished business. >> it means a lot to come back this year and cross the finish line. >> tomorrow morning these cities and runners will take back that finish line. in boston, wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> aaron's mother reflected on the past year. >> everybody experienced this in a different way and from their own perspective and we all have different stories of this. coming back here and trying to make each one of them whole and meet all of those different needs that have been a challenge making sure that everybody is okay. >> 12-year-old aaron hern was waiting at the finish line when the bombs went off. he and his family attended ceremonies last week to honor the victims. you can stay with ktvu with the latest on the
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marathon in boston and we'll have the latest on ktvu. that four mile run is to support the boston marathoners, it start at 7 a.m. at the foot of market street and ends there as well. boston's colors are bright blue and yellow will be on displayed. runners are encouraged to wear them as well. a quick question, miss america gets the high schooler in trouble. >> will you go to the prom with me? why the proposal got the student expel and what miss america had to say about it. a live look right now, we are right past 70 degrees. it is been nice and it is a beautiful sunday here in the bay area, will the warm weather stick around for the workweek. our meteorologist, has the answer, he's coming up next.
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san francisco set the scene for an elaborating easter celebration. one of my favorite things to do on the holidays. hundreds of people gathered on union street for the 23rd annual easter celebration. that event has become quite a holiday tradition for locals there. >> nice to see all the little ones dressed up. >> let's check in with mark miles and see what's happening with the rest of the workweek looking ahead. all the little kids having mill smiles out there. san francisco is beautiful in the 70s but things will change dramatically as we head into monday with more clouds and cooler temperatures and possibly few rain showers out there. temperatures are really warming up. a lot of 80s out towards santa rosa and napa. oakland is 78. the official today topping out in the mid-70s.
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our live storm trackers, we are in the clear. we have a weather system up here in the north. this will be the key factor for tomorrow. the increasing clouds and we'll be opening up the door for cooler air to move in the regions as we are heading to your monday. oakland checking in at 70s and concord at 81. san jose's last check reporting at 79 degrees. san jose is start out with partly cloudy skies but increasing clouds throughout the afternoon and temperatures around the 70 degrees mark. the entire bay area and everybody cools off for the monday's forecast. tonight, we have this mostly clear skies and a live camera looking out towards san francisco. a little bit of haze out there but still in the clear. tomorrow more clouds and a chance of a few showers by the evening hours. then the extended and sun clouds mixed. today high pressures are still
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in command of our weather. we warmed up today and a cool beginning tomor tomorrow we'll coop off a good 10 degrees as this weather system moves in from the north. that's the direction we are heading in on monday and tuesday with definitely more clouds. there is still a chance for monday evening lasting into early tuesday morning. the clouds marching in the area tomorrow afternoon at 1:00. late monday night and tuesday. after 7 or 8 :00 especially after 8:00 hours we can be tracking for scattered rain showers. that cooler air will continue to pay us a visit in the north. santa rosa will be 70s. richmond is 67. some more neighborhoods around the river of the bay. upper 60s for oakland and
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hayward and castro valleys around 70 degrees. these temperatures checking in right about 3 or 4:00 tomorrow afternoon. san francisco is 64. the beaches definitely a cooling up. today we had a lower 70s and tomorrow we are having lower 60s. here is a look ahead of your five-day forecast. when partly cloudy skies . cooling trend monday into tuesday and thursday we are picking up the cloud covers and possibly some moderate rain for the friday morning commute. your weekend, more clouds and saturday. the storm's door is close for the year. they'll be tracking few rain clouds wrapping up in april. it is l it will be interesting for the friday's morning commute. >> stay tuned. sports officials are
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reopening the recreational area. ford officials started opening roads and day use spas and campgrounds. camping in several sites will be allowed starting friday. miss america is at the center of school's suspension. now, she's asking education officials to reconsider the punishment. >> well, it was that question from 18-year-old patrick barb that got him suspended for three days. he did and the lady to prom. lori declined the invite and now she's asking the school to reconsider it is disciplinary action. the giants look to kick start their offense as they wrap up their series against the
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good evening everyone, welcome to this edition of sports of the oakland day starting pitcher, jesse chavez was the one that nobody expected to be there. he's been the most effective of the first few times through the rotation. the coliseum is a good place to be on easter sunday with the houston astros are in town. just like that the a's had a two to nothing lead.
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here is chavez in the fifth. that's jose. jason castro and george sfringer going as chavez strikes on the side. he took a 2-1 lead and then ton helping to provide some insurance. donl ton goes intonld son so goes in the sect. chavez has a team leading 1. 38 average in four starts. the challenge giants were hoping not to waste another pitching performance in san diego. he got two runs support before he tripped him out.
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it is 2-0 with san francisco on the first. this time with the base hit scored to hit and crawford. 4-0. it stayed that way until the third. hadley, he's about to empty them. here comes sif ier saiier. the call was reversed and nade ruled out. the giants held on and won. he had another one run game and giants did not get a hit. 4-3. it is time for colorado now tomorrow night. all smiles in pittsburgh. the pirates hosting in milwaukee. andrew cannot get it and gomez
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will roll around and slide into third. pitch. travis synder, the guy in the black jacket is fully involved. synder was not in the line up and he gets thrown out along with gomez and bench coach jerry nolan. the brewers completed three games. 14-5, sports the best report in baseball. the sharks are expecting to jump to the big league they did against the kings on thursday. they would sure like to make it a 2-0 lead when the two teams meet tonight in san jose. they'll drop the puck at 10:00. we'll have it all for you tonight.
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this one. wright converted. the mavs with eight minutes to play. check out the 360 move by parker. duncan led the spurs with 27. they get the jump on the series, 90-85. the mavs have lost ten in a row to the spurs. one other game completed today. the heat won the game in charlotte behind 27 points behind lebron james. al scene from the wild kingdom broke out in today's final round. yes, the committed bird did come up with the fish he was after. bier dui birdie new for kutcher. donald shot a respect of 69. by the time he came to 18, he needs to make an unlikely shot. donald came close but kutcher
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gets the win. in shanghai for the chinese -- lewis hamilton trying to continue his dominance for the early season. that's how harry can be when these races are going and first, it was aalonzo and another car coming up on his left. they got all spaced out for the third. a week an and a row it was hamilton that took the checker flag. and that'll do it for this early sunday night sport chats. we'll see you later tonight at 10:00. >> wow, good call by kutcher, huh? >> yeah, everything that he did today. >> oh, you are talking about the challenge >> yeah, the challenge. >> the line up or what? >> yeah, i am talking about it all. >> they have to decide if those challenges, if you do it early, we saw that in the series
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against the arizona when the giants used it early. you have to decide early in the game if you want to use it. you are right. >> thanks for reminding. >> coming up tonight on the 10:00 news, we'll have much more on the breaking news that we have been following in the east bay where a young boy near drown today. >> we are always here for you ktvu.com and we are also updating on your facebook and twitter. we'll see you back here tonight, bye everybody!
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