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now at noon -- a 14-year- old boy is stabbed to death after reportedly taking a trip to the store. what may have led to that deadly confrontation. and could the raiders be getting a new stadium and at what cost? we just tracked down oakland's mayor and we'll have the latest. and surveillance video of a problem that animal service employees say they are dealing with on a daily basis. the warning for cat owners. good afternoon. i'm claudine wong in today for tori campbell. we begin in san francisco where police are investigating the
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deadly stabbing of a 14-year- old boy. it happened just before 7:00 last night on folsom street in the city's mission district. the boy has been identified as rashawn williams, a freshman at sacred heart prep. he was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. police have not released a motive but there are reports that the stabbings stem from a dispute over social media. no arrests have been made. for months, mayor jean quan has been talking about a possible deal that could keep the city's sports teams in town and there's a cost. tara moriarty just talked to the mayor and has more on the talks swirling around city hall. tara? >> reporter: well, the deal is still in its infan stages. the mayor is remaining tight- lipped about details. acordsing to the chronicle, the coliseum would be demolished. the city and tax payers would have to figure out how to pay
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or the $120 million from the '90s and the city would give the raiders the land for free to give for a stadium for democrat -- for $900 million to $2 billion. the only thing, what happened to the as? we asked the mayor. >> a couple of different designs and formats. the one that oakland is looking at is the raider stadiums here versions the north field. the raiders would be on the south and the as would been north. we just have to get the as to say yes. >> reporter: the as just signed a ten-year lease extension at the coliseum. now, according to the chronicle, the public would not have to pay for construction costs of the new raider stadium that would be paid for by other sources. the mayor not confirming details but saying that the city is in negotiations and she should have more details in two
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weeks when summer ends. live from oakland, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. well, an investigation is underway into an incident where an off-duty black oakland firefighter was detained by an oakland white police officer. it happened on august 15th at an oakland fire station. the oakland fire department told them they left for a call and had left the doors open at station 29 on 66th avenue near the coliseum. according to police, a service technician got on scene and saw two young boys inside. a police officer then arrived and detained those boys and their father. turns out, the father was an off-duty firefighter who was trying to make sure the building was secure. once his identification was confirmed, he was released but internal affairs is now conducting an investigation. in san jose, a gas line burst and sparked a fire at a two-story office building. it broke out at 4:00 at the building on the alameda and west heading street. firefighters say the fire was
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contained 45 minutes later, but it did cause some road closures in that area during part of the busy commute. no injuries have been reported. president obama this morning made his first comments about the brutal killing of american journalist steven sotloff. the president landed this morning for a meeting with the prime minister and during a news conference, the president vowed the horrific murder will only strengthen america's determination to bring those responsible to justice. he described sotloff as a devoted an courageous journalist. >> they say they kill in the name of religion but it was steve, his friends say, who loved the islamic world. it was steven to traveled across the middle east risks his life to tell the story of muslim men and women demanding justice and dignity. the islamic extremist group isis claimed responsibility for
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the killing. that's the same group responsible for the beheading of american journalist james foley two weeks ago. rohnert park police arrested a man who confessed to attacking a female jocker last week. officers were investigating the attack on a trail near santa alicia drive when he saw a man wearing a hood walk out of the creek. they say he started following another woman and quickly fled when he saw officers. they arrested him on santa alicia drive. 18-year-old nicholas said he thought the women were attractive but realized after the first incident he shouldn't grab them to get their attention. he's scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow. the city of palo alto is warning the public about a disturbing problem. nearly every day city crews are picking up pet cats that have been killed by coyotes. ktvu's janine de la vega joins us live from palo alto where she has video of one of those attacks. janine? >> reporter: claudine, we're here in robles park. this is in the middle of the neighborhood. we're not near the foothills. this is where a body of a cat
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was found gutted by coyotes in the night. now, here is some surveillance video taken in palo alto from a home last fall showing a coyote with a dead cat in a neighborhood in the middle of the night. palo alto animal services says the incidents of coyotes coming into neighborhoods and killing cats has increased significantly over the past few years. in the last two weeks, animal control officers are picking up the bodies of domestic cats every day of cats in neighborhood that are not again near the foothills. >> most of the cats are owned. we get them microchipped and we notify the owners that their cat has been deceased. >> animal control officers speculate that because of the drought, the coyotes' food services may be scarce. it's driving them near homes. they recommend bringing your pets into the house at night to prevent any attacks and to make sure to cover your garbage cans
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so the coyotes are not tempted by food. janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. well, san jose wildlife experts are trying to trap a young kitten bobcat in santa cruz of a its mother was found dying from possible rodent poisoning. this is a photo of the mother bobcat with her cub found nestleleed to her. the mother was rescued and rushed to the wildlife services in silicon valley for emergency treatment. no word on the mother bobcat's condition. the ground is still shaking in napa today ten days after the 6.0 earthquake. a 2.2 aftershack rattled that area around 3:20 a.m. this morning. there are 129 red tagged buildings in napa which are deemed unsafe to enter. however, 20 blocks have been taken off the red tag list of the latest inspections. the governor has also now asked president obama to declare napa an areas of
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federal -- a federal disaster area. the governor said economic impacts of this event will be extensive. the earthquake caused significant damage throughout the region. a disaster declaration would trigger the release of federal funds for recovery issues. the governor issued an order clearth way for additional financial assistance for those in need of help. with the napa earthquake still on the minds of many people there is a greater interest in the early-warping technology that -- warning technology that can predict earthquakes. we're live on the campus of uc berkeley where earthquake experts are tree to discuss how to -- there to discuss how to prepare the west coast for experts. brian? >> reporter: they are attending a three-day symposium to not only talk about the napa eark from a couple of weeks but how to fund an early-warning detection system. >> earthquake! earthquake! >> reporter: that was the
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earthquake early-warning system that provided a ten-second warning at least here in berkeley of the napa earthquake. the goal is to make the system available to the public statewide even along the west coast, perhaps extended to hawaii even parts of the country. now, last year, you will recall that governor brown signed a bill requiring an early-warning system by january of 2016. the problem, though, is how to fund it. no money was ever allocated. experts estimate is will cost $80 million to build and operate the system for the next five years. that's why several poll initials are here to discussion -- polititians are here to discuss the importance of this system. >> we need an investments to make the system faster and make it more robust and public education campaign so people know how to respond. >> reporter: the early-warning detection system known as shake alert was developed by researchers here at berkeley as well as the university of washington, cal tech and usgs. they say they hope to one day make the technology better to
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where people can have 30-second warnings. they say the system if expanded could save more but lives. >> a little bit of warning is something we can use for a number of things. the more warning we can get, the wider variety of things we can do to lessen the cost and fatalities. >> reporter: some of the guest speakers to this afternoon expected to attend include san francisco mayor ed lee who attended gavin newsom and alex padilla. we're live on the campus of berkeley, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you. well, we are hearing for the first time from an ebola survivor who has been successfully treated for the disease and she says she's thankful to be alive. nancy writebol is sharing her body with the virus. she's believed to have contracted the virus while treating patients at a clinic in liberia. she was released yesterday from a north carolina hospital after weeks of battling the disease. she says she believes an
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experimental drug, her medical care and faith helped save her life. >> there were many mornings, i woke up and thought i'm alive and there were many times when i thought, i don't think i'm gonna make it anymore. >> another american aide worker from boston was diagnosed. it's not known if he will return to the u.s. for treatment. a day after police released surveillance video in a deadly hit-and-run in pittsburg, police make an arrest. reaction from the the victim's father. and what a change a couple of days make. things are cooler. mark will be here to tell us what we can expect for the rest of the week. and unveiling the tribute and some grammatical errors. corrections being made to the rainbow honor walk in the castro.
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tips from the public helped arrest a man for a hit-and-run crash over the weekend that left a woman dead. this came hours after investigators released this surveillance video. just before midnight police took a 29-year-old custody. police are confident he was the driver of this pickup truck seen jumping the curb and taking out a light pole. the crash happened sunday night along pillow pass road.
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the victim michelle braz died at the scene. her husband says the arrest gives him some sense of relief. >> i'm glad and happy that the person is off the streets so they don't hurt anyone else. i'm proud of the dilly jaent work that the police station did and the detectives in finding out who this perpetrator is. >> police aren't identifying the man they arrested last night. investigators have still trying to figure out why he lost control and left the scene. the man faces a felony hit-and- run charge. the terrified victim of a home-invasion robbery in san francisco's chinatown is afraid that her attacker will come back. there were two burglaries and two home invasions in the chinatown area in july. a 65-year-old woman says a man somehow got in the front door of her apartment block, then went up to her third-floor apartment and held a butcher knife to her throat.
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>> if -- we need to be alert. we need to work together on this. >> reporter: now, here is a police sketch of the suspect described as an african- american american man possibly mixed race. he's balding 5'5" and weighs about 145 pounds. santa cruz police are offering an unusual reward for information about a serial shoplifter dubbed el mustacheo. this is the latest picture of the suspect. police say has stolen electronics from the store three times since july. and made his fourth attempt after being confronted by a costco employee. in return, the police officer is offering this drinking glass with a painted-on mustache as an award. a plan to build a new ceremony is sparking controversy in san ramon. developers have been working on plans to build the creek side memorial park ceremony on a
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rucked plot of land in the southern foothills of mt. diablo. this is a photo showing part of that area. people opposed to the plan say they are concerned about the amount of water the 220 acres at the cemetery will use. contra costa county's plan commission is expected to make a dezigs this fall -- dear sigs this fall. an effort is underway to fix spelling mistakes on plaques who honor christine joergenson, the first american to publicly switch public identity is missing the s in the word transgendered. the plaque for os war wild said he was known for his bitting wit instead of biting wit. >> that's will be replaced by the manufacturer at no cost to the manufacturer. it will be corrected. >> the manufacturer is set to install -- reinstall the
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corrected bronze plaque. fire officials in far northern california have expanded evacuation orders as a huge wildfire spreads closer to homes. the happy camp complex fire is burning in siskiyou county. last night officials say the fire jumped the river growing significantly overnight. about 150 homes are under evacuation orders. 750 are threatened. the fire has burned almost 750 acres. they are worried about the dry conditions. california's drought has more people closely watching their neighbors and water use. according to reports, bay area water agencies are getting a lot of cools from people reporting water waste. the district says it's received 240 complaints in august alone. over the past few days we've been tracking a cooling trend out there.
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we still have low clouds and fog banked up. here is the mapping system showing you the low clouds and fog. looks likes a june pattern. here is the cloud deck closer to the golden gate bridge and marin headlands and hugging the shore line. as far as current nims -- numbers, san francisco in the uper 60s. santa rosa, 64 degrees with still some patchy clouds nearby and san jose in the lower 70s at 71. for today, we do have this, patchy clouds near the coast and near the bay. we have a live camera coming up for you looking out toward the bay bridge. you get an idea. here are some parts of the clearing here in this camera shot. for tomorrow, no big changes for your thursday, morning fog clearing back to the shoreline. a little bit of a bump in the numbers as we head into the weekend. but today we still have the steady onshore breeze. it looks like june or july weather out there. temperatures on the cool to mild side. we're not talking about any major heat. here is the wider perspective
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out here in the pacific showing you ut clouds out towards point conception and basically clearing skies down toward southern california. this weather system moving in from the north camming our temperatures. no major heat for today. but a dry weather pattern. cool temperatures for the beaches. temperatures inland on track to reach the mid-80s. not a big chainen for tomorrow for -- change for tomorrow. temperatures later on today, at about 3:00, 4:00, you can see santa rosa, 76. fairfield, 83 degrees. oakland lower 70s. a lot of 80s as you work your way inland. closer to livermore, pleasanton, dan victim. and -- danville. fremont, 76 and cupertino checks in right around 80 degrees. beaches mainly in the mid-60s. patchy clouds nearby and san francisco for the western half partly cloudy skies. as you work your way closer to downtown. san francisco on track to reach the upper 60s. not too much warming for the
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current levels. here is a look ahead to your five-day forecast, temperatures not much change into your thursday. a little bit of a bump in the numbers by friday and into the weekend. that means temperatures inland by saturday will be right around 90 degrees. but this is typically the time of the year we get rid of the fog and warm things up across the bay area. that's not the case but we're tracking warmer temperatures. >> that labor day weekend was so hot. >> that one day deal. that was the hottest day. finally some relief out there. trying to reassure customers about a security breach and trying to reassure customers.
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welcome back. things got a boost in the market thanks to talk about a cease-fire in ukraine. but technology stocks, those are still tugging the main indexes down this morning. if you take a look at the big board, you can see the dow is modestly higher. about five points. but s&p 500 is wavering as is the nasdaq composite. we'll keep an eye on the numbers. we just received a report that tesla has chosen nevada to build its factory to manufacturer batteries for the electric cars. cnbc is citing a source within the governor's office and says specific details about the contract are still being worked out. a news conference on the deal
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is reportedly being planned for tomorrow. home depot is apologizing for what could be a credit card breach that's larger than the target breach. a cybersecurity blog first reported that several banks, the home improvement chain says it is looking into unusual activity to verify a possible breach and is assuring customers they they will not be responsible for any charges. home depot has 2200 stores in the u.s. the target breach involves almost 1800 stores and about 40 million credit and debit cards. thousands of bay area workers enjoy free meals provided by their employees. the irs is trying to determine whether that perk can be considered a taxable benefit. all 150 employees at social networking startup tag received free meals. workers say it would cost them about $15 a day so they like
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being able to choose between two andres or a salad and sandwich options. >> we don't have to worry about finding something to eat. it's already here. it's upstairs. >> if it's provided to the employer -- by the employer to the employee and the employee doesn't have to pay for it, that's a significant benefit that's escaping taxation. >> the irs could decide meals proprovided is a fringe benefit. it could take two years to decide. starting today,cvs is no longer selling toe pack co products. they beat -- tobacco products. they beat their own deadline by october 1st. it received wide praise and support from customers and healthcare advocates after the move was announced back in
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february. we're following the story of a 14-year-old stabbed in san francisco and we're working to learn more about a possible motive and the investigation to find whoever did it tonight on the ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. we're always here for you on ktvu.com and you can, of course, follow us on twitter and facebook. have a great day. thanks for watching. it's never been easier to find a dentist.
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