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now at 6:00, we're learning more about the hundreds of lives lost on board mh17, the plane shot over ukraine while tensions grow over who launched the missile. >> the trial period is over and a bay area land smashing open, and now, officials are weighing in on what the final decision should be for lombard street. >> and seeing success during the drought. that breaking news in the
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past hour, east bay regional police have issued a bulletin for two missing juveniles, and one of them is a 14-year-old girl and her sister is also missing. an officer tells us they were last seen at crab cove on the west end of crown beach in alameda. we have a crew on the way to the scene and will bring you updated information as soon as we get it. now to the other top story, malaysia airlines released a list of hundreds of names of the souls on board the airplane shot down over eastern ukraine. we are hearing more stories tonight of all the lives cut short and what is becoming a tense situation at the crash site. good evening. i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm ken wayne. international monitors have arrived to secure the site but say that armed separatists are hampering their access. they were only able to walk around the crash in groups and they were tracked the whole time. meanwhile, international leaders are saying whoever
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fired the missile must have had powerful help. some say russia was involved. >> this is not the russian-led terrorist who pressed the button. this is someone well screened report world leaders are pointing the finger towards moscow to find answers in the crash of malaysia airlines flight 17. >> the surface to air missile had to come from russia, the training provided to operate that surface to air missile system most likely came from russia. whether the russians knew specifically about this incident or not, i don't know. >> reporter: u.s. officials from president obama down are hesitant to blame russia directly for the loss of the airliner. but at the same time, they are making connections between the crash and the fighting in ukraine. >> there is no question that the russians will come out big losers in this. again, we'll wait for the
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facts. we know that there has been a lot of heavy equipment, military equipment that has gone into ukraine, russian military equipment. >> reporter: the leader of the pre-russian separatist rebels denied responsibility for the misthey'll brought down mh17 saying his forces don't have the capability of hitting an ailer at such a high altitude. while the international community tries to assign blame, new fears emerge for international travelers. >> this is a crime against humanity, and the international criminal court is very deep. >> reporter: i'm scott thompson reporting. >> the crash has torn families apart. one awe -- australian couple's three children were on the plane. in a twist of fate, their parents decided to stay in amsterdam a few more days and a
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world-renowned aids researcher, jeff lang, who helped san francisco general hospital help to establish protocols for id treating aids. a walk is set to start tomorrow morning at 10:30 in golden gate park to acknowledge the victims, and money raised will help to fund aids services in the bay area. our coverage continues at ktvu.com. and you can read about another victim with family ties to the bay area and see images from the crash site. in stockton, police are searched for the driver of a car used in a bank robbery that set off a deadly rampage as misty holt-singh's family mourns her. she was one of the hostages taken at a bank wednesday, and it's unclear who fired the shot that killed this mother of two.
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fundraisers were held for her family, and people who live in the area say that her death hits close to home. >> i'm the mother of an 11-year- old daughter, and it just tore my heart to hear the circumstances, you know, of what happened to her, the fear she went through. >> today, stockton police say they suspect the same men in other robberies including one at the same bank branch in january. yesterday, police recovered a car they were was used to drop off the revolvers but have not located the driver. it was a small fire but crews say it could have caused big problems in hayward. firefighters were called to a business on pacific near industrial way around 3:20 this afternoon. a fire was burning in a mile of wooden pallets. gusty winds were blowing embers in the neighborhood and a second fire started at a business two properties down, and both of the small fires were quickly extinguished. a woman is under arrest
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after police stopped her for speeding and saw a baby lying facedown in the back of the car. the volvo station wagon was going about 60 miles per hour in a 40 miles per hour zone in petaluma on thursday. the officer pulled over the driver and saw a 4-month-old boy lying facedown in the back seat unsecured. 30-year-old stacy loomis was arrested on dui and felony child endangerment. the baby was released to his father. here at 6:00, the pilot program that shut down one of the most famous streets in the world has come to a close after people who live along lombard street complained about the traffic and tourists. this is the first weekend it was fully re-opened. and now, the street is back open to the public. >> reporter: if you take a look you can see for yourself the crowds of tourists and cars going through that portion of
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lombard street all day. but it remains unclear whether or not there will be limited access to this portion of the public street. no matter by trolley, car, or foot, tourists head straight to lombard street to see the crooked curves. >> that's the interesting part, and that it's so tight. >> i like it. it's always busy. >> reporter: capturing the hustle and bustle of the world- famous attraction and now, lombard street is back open to traffic after a four-week shut down after residents complained of crowds and congestion. this resident has been here for 42 years and said there were still problems that need to be revolved. >> once people start walking down, it's their street and resent the fact that cars are on the street. you go down and people are yelling get out. and we have to hold up a sign, we live here, please let us
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down. >> reporter: he understands the perhaps of tourists. >> it's unique. people love the street. it's the only street in the world where people smile walking down the street. >> i'm glad it's open again. it attracts tourists and money which is good. >> for tourists, it's great. it's great. it's famous, but sure, for all the neighbors, the people who live here, it's a theying. all the cars and people taking photos all the time, can i continued. >> reporter: locals want this portion to stay closed during the weekend and open during the week, a compromise they feel works best. >> it's one of the main lovely attractions of san francisco. we want to keep it that way. >> reporter: visitor parking and maintenance of the portion of the street are also some of the concerns for homeowners since they take care of that responsibility themselves. now, the ssmta said they will leave this open for the rest of the summer and compare what
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happens to the four-week closure and determine what changes we may see in the fall. cristina rendon, ktvu, channel 2news. developing news from washington state where a massive wildfire is growing fanned by winds and warm temperatures. the carlton complex fire was at 260 square miles yesterday and has grown to 336 square miles and destroyed homes and forced people to evacuate. the blaze has nearly wiped out the entire town of pateros, washington where 100 homes were reduced to ashes. >> reporter: a town where no neighborhood was left unscathed in north central washington about 100 homes destroyed over the past few days leaving behind a desolate scene for a community in shock, and burned-
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out automobiles, chimney stacks marooned in the former footprints of home. >> it looked like the whole town office fire at night because it was all you could see was fire everywhere. >> reporter: even the town's mayor lost her home. >> they have their families. they may have lost their home like we did, but, you know, you come together as a community and you rebuild and you make it what it used to be. i don't know. it was unbelievable. >> reporter: the soy-called carlton complex fire sparked by lightning blackened hundreds of square miles northeast of seattle, one of 50 wildfires across washington state, a high number for being relatively early in the season. with more hot, dry weather and gustiy winds on their way, 2000 firefighters are battling in the eastern part of the state. 100 national guard troops are
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on stand by, and up to 100 more could receive additional training in case they're needed. officials say the fire that swept through pateros is not even a single day or week event. they say tell rage on longer than that, and as one fire chief put it, mother nature is winning. dominic di-natale, fox news. and a church is reaching out hoping to finds a bone marrow match for airman christopher evans of fairfield. he was a few months into training when he was diagnosed with acute lymphatic leukemia. the church said that his siblings were tested and were not a match. they say that is not uncommon. >> about 70% of people don't have a match, so they turn to the be the match to find a donor. >> evans is undergoing chemotherapy in texas. the be the match organization
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said that african-american donors are especially needed. out of nine million people on the registry, only 7% are african-americans. one step and history was made. >> that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> the special way nasa is honoring apollo 11 at the very moment the astronauts began their moonwalk 45 years ago. >> and a successful water- saving project to tell you about. the bay area customers hitting the target during the drought. >> in weather, we had the typical low clouds and fog but changes coming our way. coming up, when high clouds and mugging conditions move in, and we'll breakdown the shower chances heading into sunday. heat shields are compromised. we have multiple failures.
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tomorrow will mark the 45th anniversary a human ever walked on the june. neil armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon and buzz aldrin followed becoming the second. only 12 men have walked on the moon and none since 1972. tomorrow at 7:39:00 p.m., that's when armstrong opened the hatch, nasa will replay restored footage of the first steps. an update now on the breaking news we told you about in al need -- alameda. we are just getting word that the two juveniles have been found. they went missing at crab cove, and again, we are getting word from park police that the two missing juveniles are safe and
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sound. it's a success story in the middle of this dire drought. the contra costa water district said its residents are cutting consumption by more than what they asked for. john sasaki has more on how they're doing it. >> reporter: near pleasant hill, some have grass that is almost totally brown, some that is green, and others with no lawn at all but whatever they are doing, water officials say it's working. carol ziegler spends a lot of time with her garden. >> it doesn't take a lot of water. >> reporter: now that they are calling for cutbacks, she is doing her part. >> i save the water to water some of my plant that is need more water especially my tomatoes. >> reporter: and apparently, she is like a lot of district residents. in the spring, residents were asked to cut use by 15% but
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people have done better than that. >> since april 1 when the drought program went into effect, our customers have saved 17% in the treated water surface area. >> reporter: the homeowner here said his lawn is browner than before. >> in the garden, we adjust the heads so they wouldn't hit the sidewalk. i think that saves a lot. >> reporter: the district said to water lawns for two to three days a week for no more than 30 minutes but don't do it during the day, and no hosing down the droifs or sidewalks. >> and making sure they have a shut-off valve on their hose if they are walking their cars. >> reporter: there are no fines for water wasting because simple warn having changed the behavior. >> a door hanger that goes out and we have seen people stop. >> reporter: august and september are two of the hottest, dryest months, so officials are imploring
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everybody to keep up their saving ways. john sasaki, ktvu, channel 2news. a review found a wide discrepancy on how fire officials cite residents. more than 5000 property owners have been cite inside southern and central california compared to just eight in all of northern california. the state mandates a 100-foot defensible space around buildings in fire-prone areas. officials say this is important as we enter the heart of the fire season. and all this week, the san francisco firefighters are hosting their own version of the summer olympics and kicked it off this morning showing off the skills of the fire department and with a chilling swim from alcatraz. more than 2100 firefighters are expected to take part competing in 30 events from basketball to stick ball.
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>> every competition has medals. they have gold medals, silver, and bronze. >> this event started back in 1972 in san francisco. firefighters say great friendships come out of this. >> it's a nice exchanging of ideas from department to department to see how each department works and functions, and it's a good way to meet people. >> all of the proceeds raised benefit the san francisco firefighters' toy program and cancer prevention foundation and you saw our own sal castaneda kicking off the games. good job, everybody. >> looks like fun and the marine layer hanging out. >> yeah. typical san francisco weather for this time of year, but bigger changes for tomorrow, and it will feel tropical in the bay area, already showers and a few scattered showers developing in southern california and that moisture on its way. the temperatures range from the
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60s coastside and the warmest location inland, warmer yesterday and look at the moisture to the south, the cloud cover and not all the rainfall is hitting the ground. the main story today has been in the sierra with thunderstorms. but right now, they are trying to dissipate toward lake tahoe with the chance of thunderstorms there in the sierra. for tonight in the bay area and sunday, we'll bring in a chance of a light shower and a very slight chance of a thunderstorm. right now you can see on the radar activity approaching monterey bay. definitely clouds and there could be moisture out there. so we have to bring in that chance. we have low clouds and fog banked out along the shoreline. the current numbers, live -- san francisco 61 and wind speeds picking up. fairfield, that's a gust of 32 miles per hour out of the
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southwest and oakland, winds out of the northwest, sustained at 15. sfo, winds out of the west at 15 miles per hour. here is the live camera looking towards the bay here and scattered low cloud s pushing in. tomorrow, more high clouds and tell feel humid, and for the aids walk, mostly cloudy skies and temperatures at 9:00 in the upper 50s and 12:00, lower 60s. the extended forecast, a bit of a warming trend. overnight lows first thing tomorrow morning, mostly cloudy skies and mild numbers with readings in the 50s and 60s and definitely more clouds heading into the sunday forecast, humid as well, and tomorrow, a chance of a light shower and humid and temperatures cooler. the warmest locations only in the lower 80s. here is a quick preview of what's happening for tomorrow, the clouds and showers towards the sierra. a closer look with the forecast
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models showing you the clouds late tonight into tomorrow morning and not a lot of coverage in terms of rainfall potential, but there is enough moisture that we bring in the chance of a light shower heading into sunday and a very slight chance of a thunderstorm. it will be cooler, forecast highs warmest locations in the 80s and the bay, 70. san jose, 75, and san francisco, 67. here is a look ahead at the 5 day forecast with the weekend also in view, more clouds through sunday and partly cloudy skies through monday, and we'll ramp up the temperatures by wednesday and thursday, and tomorrow, once again, it will feel muggy. we'll keep it on the radar for shower chances locally. >>thank you, mark. >>thank you. >> i say it will be perfect ice cream weather tomorrow. fenton's is celebrating its 120th anniversary and a lot has changed since the ice cream shop founder used to deliver milk by horse-drown carriage.
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fred is talking about the british open, and really, one man has roared right ahead of everybody. >> absolutely, and i am not saying because he just recently broke up with his fiancee. i am not saying that but we have seen him do this before. rory mcelroy won the u.s. open by 8 shots and then the pga championship by 8, and this could be another run away. tiger woods barely made the cut and today, he made the birdie on the final hole of the day to shot a 1 over 73, 19 shots behind mcelroy. a pair of 25-year-olds stole the show, one, ricky fowler with this birdie putt on the 11th hole, and then, another short birdie putt on the par 3, 12. 6 under after 12 holes and
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actually earns a share of the lead when the other 25-year- old, rory mcelroy misses the par putt with his third bogey of the tournament and are tied at 12 under after 12. but ricky bogied 3 of the last 5 and rory rediscovers his putting touch and has the lead back on the par 3, 14. and this one goes in for an eagle. roary is 15 under parrot par 5 hole this is week and on the 18th, yet another eagle putt. he started with a 4-shot lead and lost it all and on the final 6 holes turned it back into a 6-stroke lead. and the all star break appeared to be just what the giants needed. bell just tied the game in miami with an rbi double. and jared makes a mess of this.
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nice throw. 2-1 giants. the team kept up the offense with pence singling in the fourth. blanco behind pence. the giants lead 5-1 in the eighth, and the as are just underway and trail baltimore 4- 0 in the first inning. those highlights tonight at 10:00. >> all right. thank you. coming up tonight on the 10:00 news, a brazen robbery at an east bay neighborhood restaurant. >> we will have details on what was taken as well as the assistance that police got from the thief's mother. thank you so much for making ktvu your source for news and see you next time the news breaks. >> and we are here on ktvu.com and facebook and twitter and our ktvu apps and leave you with a shot of the bay bridge. have a great evening. nation.
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oh, i wish i could do more. it's just a bunch of old, out-of-date clothes. oh, i'm sure it's great. three weeks ago, our neighbors, the rands, lost their house and everything they own in a fire. fortunately, nobody was hurt. and fortunately, they're friends with wonder woman over here. i'm hardly wonder woman. she mobilized the community to donate clothes, furniture, appliances, all to help them start over in their new rental. which you found them. i'm no wonder woman. rand-aid was her idea. it wasn't my idea to call it "rand-aid." okay, fine. i'm wonder woman. - terrible tragedy. - they're our closest friends. - we know them. - uh, manny and their son reuben are tight. in fact, i put in one of their closets. not that it matters, but it was the only structure to survive the fire. por favor , don't even say that word!
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