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we don't have a pear the air day issues. not a typical weather, what's atypical is the drought. the fire danger is off the charts. >> bill outlined heat advisory and high winds. october is peak fire season time but it's been a extreme year for fire. >> we're along the highway 4 corridor. you can see how dry it is, when the winds blow it can be a dangerous area for fires. today is rodeo hercules fire district is ready. >> they swore to serve their community, and the community cheered. big fire trucks.
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they came back. >> fire station 75 reopened today. >> we need them. the station has been mothballed two years, today it is open with funding from fema it's being staffed by veterans and new graduates who were presented with the final piece of the uniforms. >> just in time for what is the bay area's peak fire season. >> we're fortunate to be reopening this time of the year, this will be the highest fire danger. >> some have seen that danger up close this year. >> as the fire went through it was hot. >> chris was on the kin fire, a string of wild land fires exacerbated by the wildfires.
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>> we know it's going to get warmer and drier and that's typically when we have a extreme fire season. >> perfect time to hire more firefighters. >> waiting for years for this. >> and get the station running again. >> so the fire protection district is using a $3 million safer grant to keep the station open. the same grant other stations have used to open their stations. reporting live, noel walker. >> track the weather updates on the weather app. two attacks days apart, a machine was punched in the face -- man was punched by a stranger for no apparent reason. off el camino real.
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police are asking shoppers to be aware. >> that's right. both incidents happens in the parking lot. the police don't know why they were targeted. >> it was sunday when a bleeding man stumbled into a store, fell to his knees and asked for help. the business owner asked that we not identify him. >> he walk in the store and told people to call police. >> he had been punched by a stranger. he was not the only one. >> there's a couple times this happened. they can't catch the man. >> investigators do not believe this is the knockout game. they think this is something else. >> it was not an exchange of
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words. the police are patrolling the area. they need a better description of the area. we are looking for additional witnesses. >> one was a 63-year-old and the other a 26-year-old. >> know that there are weird people out there, and stuff can happen. >> shoppers say they will be on alert until this man is caught. >> i don't think i will be paranoid and looking around the corner, but probably be more aware of my surroundings. >> should i feel threatened? with all the people that shop in the area, police believe someone must have gotten a good look at the attacker. >> the head of the secret service resigned in the wake of
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growing concerns over white house security breaches. the white house said that president obama believes julia pierson's resignation is in the best end of the secret service. >> she took responsibility. >> the white house says joseph clancy is interim head of the secret service. meantime omar gonzalez the man charged with breaching security pleaded not guilty. a judge ordered additional mental testing on gonzalez. the man in texas diagnosed with ebola. the cdc is working on tracking down everyone he came in contact with. that's including school children. but none has shown symptoms. >> faced with the first ebola case diagnosed in the u.s.,
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always officials in texas are trying to reach anyone who came into close contact with thomas duncan, that could take days. >> retreat every step, every contact where he may have had direct physical contact. we'll phone or the them for 21 days. >> he left liberia on september 19th arriving in dallas. he did not feel sick for four days, he sought treatment on september 26th. yesterday the cdc confirmed he is infected with ebola. the patient told the nurse about traveling to africa but the information was not fully community indicated to the -- communicated to the medical team. >> there's few places in the
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world better equipped to the meet the challenge of this case. >> some say there's no reason to panic. >> the disease is tough to transmit. the authorities tracing everyone this guy came into contact with. there's no reason to panic. >> we'lla was -- ebola was part of the mix of worries on wall street the dow fell and the nasdaq fell. airline stocks were a big drag on the market with fears people will cut back on travel. road rage may be a motive on a shooting in richmond. police say three teenagers 16, 17, and 14 were riding in a car that was shot at. the 16-year-old driver and 17-
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year-old passenger suffered nonlife-threatening wounds. it was 21 years ago today that polly klaas was kidnapped and killed. show was only 12 years old when she was taken at knife point from her room. if poly was alive she would be 33-year-old. richard allen davis was convicted of her murder. among the events plans is a fundraiser at the restaurant pasta pom an doro. that fund raiser is going on into the evening. workers at a restaurant in napa had a surprise when the scaffolding came down. it was on first street. napa firefighters responded and
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the police closed surrounding roads. workers were repairing cracks to the building. no one was hurt. san francisco rolled out free wifi to nearly three dozen parks. the plan has been seven years in the making. why it took so long and who that service is aiming to help. >> city officials said previous plans were too ambitious. they have to partner with tech giants to get it done. >> for many, fast available internet access is a right. >> this is a new world, i have to stay connected. >> facebook, you are using the internet. >> internet access is no longer a luxury, the is a necessity.
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>> sf wifi offering about internet. >> it would be like what you had at home if you have u verse. >> it aims to help those who don't have the services. >> you can access employment training programs. where to get shelter, clothes, services. >> it's paid for in part by a grant by google. it's making a difference for those offering park programs. >> one computer with the park and recs service, and sometimes it will work. sometimes it wouldn't. >> slow to connect. >> some struggled to connect. others gave the service a thumbs up. >> to have wifi available is great, faster and it will' time, and money.
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>> the city said use of the network will be unrestricted and user data won't be collected. >> the minimum wage in bergly -- berkeley rose, to $10 an hour, next year to $11 and another increase by october 2016. many workers welcomed the raise but critics have expressed concerns if they can survive the increase. stealing a woman's credit cards. >> i sat in my chair the whole time. i couldn't believe she was so quick. >> the theft that led to a $3,000 spending spree. it happened 100 years ago, now pg&e is being sued for it. the damage to fisherman's
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wharf.
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checks coming to chinatown after a crash that killed a grand mother of eight. slow down, for china town. >> this morning family and community members gather at stock to be -- stockton. today her son spoke about her death and urged the city to make the intersection safer. >> i'm sure this will be my mothers last wish to make the streets safeer to cross. >> the head of the mta said the agency will address the problem
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by enlarging signals, gives pedestrians a head start, a longer term solution could include a scramble line stopping car traffic in all directions. >> contamination, more than a century old has set off a legal battle in san francisco. who's filing suit and why their livelihood is at stake. >> herring fishermen are suing pg&e to get it to clean up areas along the waterfront. john has been a san francisco fisherman for 30 years, he's worried about herring eggs destroyed by toxic contamination. >> we work hard to build this fishery, and healthy sustainable local fishery. >> he's a member of the herring
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association which filed a lawsuit against pg&e. they claim pg&e has not cleaned up toxic chemicals. they came from three manufactured gas plants from the 1800s and 1900s. they run from the marina to pier 89. stewart gross is representing to fishermen. >> get the contamination out of the bay so it doesn't keep harming the environment. cell phone video shot in the waters, those glob eules are -- glob oohals are being determined.
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pga says they, pg&e says they are cleaning up and they will continue to do so. >> it could be leaking into the ground water and draining into the bay. >> fisher man say the herring are safe to eat, it's just the eggs that are affected. >> you may call him a bad samaritan. gave an intoxicated man a ride home, waited until he fell asleep and burglarized his home. you can see the man taking things after the victim went to bed. the suspect had his young daughter with him. authorities say he took big screen tvs, furniture, laptop, golf clubs, even a tuxedo. anyone with information call
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the santa cruz sheriff department. some areas in the el dorado national forest are being reopened. the fire began 2 1/2 weeks ago burning 150 square miles and destroying a dozen homes. firefighters are still working to stamp out the fire completely. for now people will only have access to rubicon jeep trail, rice lake and the east side of ice house road. feels like the middle of the summer. >> a big jump in temperature, along the coast, oakland and san francisco. much warmer today and warmer as we head into tomorrow. you can see the clouds to the north, that's where they are. that's a real weather system. this is where we are, the high
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pressure ridge of domination. it going to onus for the next -- own us, there's no fog along the coast, temperatures are 70s and 80s. look at san francisco, 70 degrees, these are numbers and what happens when you get the offshore winds, when you get the winds it transports the heat and pushes it our way, overnight lows will be in the upper 50s and low 60s, mild overnight tonight, we look at the forecast as we head into the next couple days, here's the forecast. no change, there's no fog. tomorrow we'll see temperature wrap-up, i don't think we'll see hundreds tomorrow. it's october, we see warm temperature along the coast, sometimes the temperature around the bay or the coastal areas are equivalent to the temperature in the eastern
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valleys. it's going to be hot. this high pressure center stays put for a while. thursday and friday for the heat advisory, a spare the air day on thursday, we'll find out. heats up, friday should be the warmest day. 98-degrees in the inland bay valleys, maybe 100. heat in the valley is not intense. look at the forecast highs. 93 in vacaville. 95 in pleasanton, the winds are not that strong. that's why there's not a red- flag warning. we expect 15 to 20 miles an hours. i suspect that we could see a spare the air day. fire danger goes up. this pattern is not different
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or unique. the most extreme drought in history. >> thankfully the winds are not as bad as they could be. >> 60 miles an hour, the forecast, that's what i look for, the pressure gradient as it forecasts forward. they are not forecast to get that strong, maybe 25, but not what we remember. a crime in a quaint bay area tourist town. what happened steps away from busy restaurant. >> climate change is driving walruses ashore. a police sergeant is under investigation. he was caught in a drunken brawl and may have pulled out a gun. we're talking to the police chief about the internal
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investigation. teachers, need more money. >> i was looking for a part- time job. >> uber is recruiting teachers for ride sharers.
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awareness month. they said highly publicized cases in the nfl have helped shed light to problem. it is crucial that victims come forward. >> when we partner together, law enforcement and community partners what an impact on victim's lives. >> the city will put up these ads to let people know there's help available. two investigate look into charges, in san francisco last year the d.a.'s office reviewed 1600 cases and filed charges in 33%. in contra costa 2500 cases were brought to the d.a. for review. charges were filed in 19%. the new sandy hook
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elementary school was evacuated. there was a bomb threat. no bomb was found. in 2012 a gunman killed 21st grade students and six adults. the kids resumed classes in monroe. but the original school building was torn down. public health officials say doctors have diagnosed two children with the virus enterovirus 68. one child has been treated at the hospital and is back home. another child is being athleted at a long beach hospital. details were not disclosed. 500 children have been sickened by the virus around the country. a woman having lunch with a friend was robbed and her purse
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was sitting next to her. >> what the thief did to give her more time to go on a spending spree. the victim didn't note her credit cards were gone arizona -- how that singing road is meant to get drivers to slow down. insurance companies are spending millions of dollars
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. a quiet and quaint tourist town rattled by a violent crime. a woman was held at gunpoint and robbed of her cell phone and wallet. it happened early in the evening at 6:30 when the town square, surrounded bishops and restaurant -- by shops and restaurant would be busy. this type of crime is moving up highway 101. the charm, the character, even the food and wine. >> it's a pleasant place to walk and relax.
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>> a city with a small town field, population 11,000, supporting a downtown area vibrant with tourism. >> it's a small town. the beauty of downtown was interrupted. a woman was walking to a parking lot to head home. someone happened, something they have not seen. >> the police sergeant said a man holding a gun approached a woman off the downtown plaza. >> had a gun and asked for her cell phone and wallet. >> any place anything can happen. >> after she turned them over he got into the passenger seat and drove away. >> that's shocking to me. such a sleepy little town. >> chelsea thompson works downtown. >> maybe i will stay closer to
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gallery. >> jennifer and her sister grew up here. >> times are changing. there was the murder a few months ago, murder in santa rosa, so it seems it is moving north. >> police say this armed robbery a first of the year and hoping witnesses will come forward as investigators try to catch the robber. >> one group that was silent on the controversy surrounding fran embattled fire chief came out against chief white. they respect five members of the top brass. it delivered a letter requesting removing hayes white. while the current ambulance crisis is public, there's other crisis in the department which
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are equally denial -- dam aging. today marks the 50th anniversary of the birth of the free speech movement and today some were back on campus. free speech was in action with a new protest. >> if you were looking for an indication if free speech was still here. organizers are sitting at the architects and engineers building upset about the plans for development in albany, they have started a sit-in here. organizers were going over their plans and they are determined to stay here until their demands are met. free speech alive and well on the cal campus. >> is not true of the don't believe it. >> crowds on the uc berkeley
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campus 50 years to the day after the free speech started. protesters calling for racial and gender equality and labor organizers on hand today to reflect on 50 years of free speech and the work isn't done yet. >> we've made gains but some of the issues are there. the issue of racism, poverty and not having access to education for everybody. >> student organizers are ready to carry the banner of free speech. >> it not just complaining, organizers and working to the to envision what freedom of speech can mean. >> as the celebration wound
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down a group of protesters marched to the architect and engineer building. using their free speech to protest the university's plan to develop a plot of land inial baby, albany. >> we got 20-acres of video daunt -- vacant land. what can we do with that. >> students on campus held a rally for free speech for democratic election in hong kong. protesting against the proposed development at the land in albany. we're live in berkeley. ktvu. >> pro democracy supporters in
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hong kong are calling for free and open elections in 2015 and oppose china decision to screen candidates first. they say the demonstrations will continue until hong kong's chief executive steps down. pacific walrus searching for a place to rest is more evidence of climate change. those are about 35,000 walruses crowded on a shoreline in northwestern alaska. it was taken saturday during a survey. normally they use floating sea ice for rest in place, as the arctic ice melt, the experts say they are forced to swim to shore. pitching in, a local grocery chain raises more than $100,000 in two weeks. >> how the big check will help
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a lot of children. our crews head out to the scene of two suspicious fires and encounter the possible suspects. plans for a road that sings, will it curb speeding on a historic route? ♪
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. >> two fires at an elementary school and tonight police are trying to track the people
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responsible. our cameras caught one of the fires in progress as well as the suspects. >> it was around 5:00 when we drove by simons elementary and spotted an orange glow, two people were watching as the fire grow and threw items into it. they left and we reported it. >> there's a mass media photographer taking photos of the perpetrators. >> firefighters put out the flames before they reached a building. it was garbage, a vodka bottle was nearby. firefighters have come out earlier for another trash fire. that's what brought us on the scene. >> it appears juvenile vandalism, the video you shot will be helpful. >> the police searched the neighborhoods but couldn't find anyone. the fire did not damage
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structures the school district has experienced numerous arsons in the past. >> it's frustrating, just from the resource part of it. that's all money and resources that could be used toward the classroom and things for the kids. we get a lot in our district. >> what comes to mind is the school burning down if it gets out of hand, it may seem nosing to them. >> investigators are examining the video we shot behind the school and sharing it with police officer who patrol the area. it didn't affect students, classes are not in session this week. the controversy of the use of your real name on facebook has come to an end. the san francisco drag queens
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had their site closed town. facebook is working on a new policy. facebook on apologized and said facebook learned what we knew, drag queens are always right. the future of the wholesale flower market is getting the support of the mayor, sales are pending that would put half of the flower mart in the hands a developer. the sale began with a vote of the flower association to sell their hard to kilroy reality. if the sale goes through he will express to the new owners he wants the flower mart to stay. >> perhaps it could be boat. i -- both, there needs modernization, i want the vendors to know they have a
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mayor that supports their operation. >> yesterday a group of flower vendors and supporters say they will file paperwork to support the flower mart. the donny and-a-half dodd -- and-a-half dodd was one of 21 people honored. he was at a raider game when he saw a 21-year-old woman jump. he saved her life. he didn't what anyone else would do. when i see that story i smile.
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>> five, to 15 degrees warmer. these were the highs. here's what's interesting, let's see, antioch 86 for a high. san rafael was warmer. temperature washout with the offshore winds in october. the heat advisory goes into effect tomorrow. the city, the big cities that don't typically have air- conditions, because there's no air-conditioning when it's above 90 degrees they want a heat advisory, take it easy, plenty of fluids and seek shade. right now it 84 in antioch, the winds are what you watch, and the concern with winds when they go offshore are they going to get up there and create
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nasty fire conditions, at this point the models suggest the winds will be reasonable, we're not expecting a blow torch kind of thing. there's no red-flag warning in effect. these are the forecast highs. lots of 90s. this air will sink, it will warm, dry, the fire danger goes up. we get poor air quality. i think the bay area, air quality district will chime in. pretty much the same from coast to inland, 93 in vacaville, 93 in sleigh leo -- vallejo, 92
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degrees. all that concrete is heated up. in a city like that, heats up to 92. you're feeling 110 degrees at the concrete level. and the five-day forecast, very hot, very warm, nothing unusual here, this is what we get every october. a thief caught on camera rifling through a purse inside a crowded restaurant and going on a spending spree. we hear from the victim. >> she had grabbed the wallet, taken everything out, placed the wallet back in. behind my back. . >> the first ebola patient diagnosed in the u.s. is raising fears of an outbreak
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here. >> we talked to a bay area doctor, among the first to respond to an ebola outbreak if there's anything to worry about. >> an off duty police sang on vacation is accused of pulling a gun during a bar fight. these and more coming up in at second -- six.
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. the berkeley man killed last night is 27-year-old connie saols. people be gap running and screaming. a neighbor said this is the latest in a screen of violent incidents connected to the club. >> this has become somewhat of a pattern around this neighborhood and this club. >> this death is the 52nd -- 52 homicide in this area. a man accused of beheading a woman in oklahoma. 30-year-old alton nolan attacked his former coworkers in an act of revenge after
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being suspended. one woman was killed and another hurt. he's a recent convert to islam. he's held without bond. a sneaky lunch time thief is caught on camera. her victim has no idea she's being ripped off. what the thief did to buy time with stolen credit cards. >> you may have seen the video, it's gone viral. we spoke with the victim who had no idea what was happening. >> a security video in tender greens restaurant is clear. it shows the movements of a woman in the foreground. something that sandra and her friend didn't notice. >> i didn't know what was going on. >> the woman sits at the teenage to her left and moves to a table behind her. that's when it happened. the woman reached into the purse pull out her wallet.
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she rifles through it there. >> what's unable, we got a glimpse into the mind of a thief. >> she took all my cash, coins, credit cards,- the woman puts it back. >> she was so quick and sneaky about it. >> the purse was sitting against her left leg, the woman risked detection. >> she didn't want the victim to know her stuff was missing, and that gives her time to do some shopping. >> before she noticed the theft the woman went on a spending spree. >> within an hour she rang up thousands of dollars at multiple stores. >> it's a hard lesson to learn. >> you have to be aware at all times. >> police say one store where the woman used the card was
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target and they expect to get an excellent photo of the thief. they want help identifying her. the city of berkeley tried to get the word out don't feed the squirrels. a new ordinance is in effect to ban the feeding of squirrels at city parks. the aim is to keep the population down without killing them. earlier this year the city had plans to exterminate squirrels. there were concerns the squirrels were burrowing into the clay and contaminating the bay. people who feed the animals will initially get a warning and fines go up to $500. steph defense or criminal conduct, the bar fights that had a police sergeant under investigation. >> what could put the bay area
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at a greater amount amount of risk. teacher say the ride sharing company's recruiting effort are sending the wrong message. . a val -- vell he sergeant -- a police sergeant was on vacation in oregon, no shots were fired police are taking what happened seriously. >> the police chief said his department launched an internal investigation to see if the police officer violated laws. you can hear shouting exchanged
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after a fight between kent dribble and three men. cell phone video obtained by a station in oregon shows a man lying on the ground. you can hear tribble defend himself. it was sunday morning outside a bar in bend. no one was arrested, but police say anyone involved could face charges. tribble displayed a gun but would not say if it was a work or personal firearm. a witness claims he pointed it at him. >> we take this matter seriously. >> police chief says sergeant tribble has been on the force for 15 years. >> the reality, we don't know what happened at this point, there's a lot of

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