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where everybody moves towards had game. and the arena. this would be a cool situation to have in oakland. and you can see the fans as we kind of go down the street a little bit. crazy day in cleveland. this is like the best thing that happened to them in a long, long time. earlier today, earlietoday the warriors had a little shoot around and believe me, strength in numbers is the warriors slogan so to speak. there are no strength in numbers with regard to warriors fans. as you would imagine cavs fans, little surprise there are so few warriors fans but there are a couple right here. let's look that warriors in their shoot around earlier today. talk about numbers. there were a couple of numbers that stood out from game 2. and that was stephen curry shooting
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2-15 from three points. and everybody was a little chagrined at that with regard togolden state and today -- to golden state and today someone asked stephen curry if he was already since he took the spin against had houston rockets. have a look at this response to that. . >> no, had nothing to do with it. felt good. seeing great defensealize year. -- defenses all year. we have to execute better. make shots and be more decisive and aggressive and assert above the offensive game -- assertive with the offensive game and we will be all right -- and we will be all right. . >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> i can't remember. bad game. one bad shooting night. that is what happens in basketball. happened to avenue player ever
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to put a uniform on. he is not in a slump. just had a tough night. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> reporter: all right. gives you an idea of what the fans were up to prior to the game. behind us, that is the arena. you can sense the enthusiasm. one cool thing i have to mention, joe, the owner of the warriors, talking to one of their employees, they flew 200 warrior employees here today, putting them up and they will leave after the game. so there will be blue and yellow support. in the mean time we will have more from here outside the arena. fans getting boisterous. they haven't had a championship since 1964 of any kind. they are over zealous. back to you guys. wish you were here. >> wish i was -- [ talking at the same time ] >> thank you. the san francisco supervisors voted this
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afternoon to require health warning labels on sugary drinks. the city the first in the nation to take this step. the goal is to reduce health problems. they will go on drinks with 25- calorie as or more. -- calories or more. legislation also bans ads on billboards, taxis taxis and buses. the california beverage industry says it is being scapegoated. a statement singled outone industry and one product -- out one construct does not do anything -- product does not do anything. they are exploring their legal options now. san francisco city leaders to delay a vote on the future of short term rentals in the city. ktvu's christien kafton was there for the highly
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anticipated vote. why the delay? >> reporter: there were two competing measures that were going to try regulate the short term rental market. things like airbnb. they said the board needed to take more time look for compromise. the mayor said short term rentals and housing availability issues they raised in san francisco are crucial issues to the future of san francisco and they need to take step. >> i think the board is taking more deliberate time have an ordinance that is on top of the things we hadn't been. this is a new industry. very complex. i don't mind them taking more time to make sure we do it right. >> reporter: the mayor's proposals would have limited it to 120 days year. he had a competing proposal, limiting to 60 days a year,
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requiring home shares to register with the city. they said there are too many issues. they voted to revisit the idea next month. opponents say they are taking up units that could be rented out to tenants. but they say it is a necessity. >> it is nice have that when i need, when family comes over. i don't want to rent it out. >> what it does is it takes long time rentals stock and turns them into hotels. >> reporter: this issue is far from over. the supervisors will get back together to vote on this again. some saying they want to have just one proposal to vote on. that vote will take place july 14. this issue even then might not be over because some advocates said if they don't like the outcome they will take the issue to the voters of san
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francisco in november. a lot of developments still to come. >> is there any indication which they way they are leaning? >> reporter: it depends on what amendments they come up with. there are two competing measures. they said if they could get compromise between those two they would be more inclined to vote for it. depends on what the final product is. then we will see how close it will be. >> lot of questions. christien kafton, thank you. new at 5:00 p.m. a year since governor jerry brown approved emergency spending meant to address the drought. only a half of the $687 million has been spent. just $300,000 of the 200 million set aside has been used.
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11million of the 21 million for housing assistance for displaced farm workers has been spent. half of 422 million has been used. $221million. the state points to several success stories including drip irrigation instead of sprinklerslers and new wells in los angeles. officials say they want the money to be used widesly. some projects are on hold while they look for additional funding. >> concern because of the drought this could be a bad fire season. that is why defensible space around your home is important. ktvu's noelle walker has look at what that defensible space can do. >> reporter: i am at the edge of what could have been a disaster. take a look. that is all that burned. we hear firefighters talk about this every year, the importance of defensible space.
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here is an example right here. the homes and business still handing after the wildfire went through. >> reporter: when you have wind, heat and dry brush, one spark is all it takes. >> [ inaudible question ] >> a neighbor to this property was grinding on metal that caused sparks. >> reporter: a fire in antioch burned through dry fields up to the backdoor of neighboring businesses. >> we called called the fire protection district when the fire was right over there. >> a few pallets burned. >> melted out the fence and went across the field. >> the defensible space and sprinkler system saved the day. the lessen here -- >> what saved this building and the neighborhood on the other side of the fence was the abatement. >> defensible space are key to protect people and more. >> this is the only national
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wide life refinage for in60s -- ref eug for insects. >> reporter: it -- refuge for insects. >> this butterfly occurs only here on the entire planet. >> reporter: weeds are cut without any abatement -- >> there is a chance a wildfire could burn through here and decimate the habitat. >> spread to the surrounding area. with fire protection resources cut, cutting weeds is critical. >> a less intense fire. spreads more slowly and takes less resource to put out. >> less chance of being fire victim. >> at the end of the day we did what we had to do. down the road we go. >> reporter: having defensible space doesn't guarantee you a result like this but it is about the only thing that will give you a chance in these drought conditions. >> you can't be too careful.
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noelle walker, thank you. spike in temperatures acaused a -- caused a number of power outages. and a skirl caused problems as well. tom vacar asks pg&e about the power outages. >> reporter: power outages bay area wide that cut power to 75,000 customers. all but one was due to the high heat and high demand for electricity. >> there were multiple things that were involved. some incidences could be transformers and equipment. but, you know, due to that load and amount that people were using at once. >> much of your transmission and distribution equipment is limited by the amount of heat that it can tolerate. >> reporter: many parts of the
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electric grid are nearing the ends of their life spans. >> if you have a transformer that might be on the verge of over loading it might be okay on a cold day. that power through the transformer on a hot day will put it over the edge. >> reporter: 45,000 customers were out thanks to a squirrel. >> we have mitigations to prevent animals from getting into our stations and equipment. but in this case it did and we are investigating exactly what happened so that we can prevent it from happening again. >> while they are a inconvenience, at 6:00 p.m., tom will look at pg&e's over all performance. and a new threat for the power grid linked to global warming. four cars go up in flames while they are sitting on the dealer's lot. why police say this is arson and why they are making the
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investigation tricky. plus -- >> the world war ii veteran who is celebrating a milestone, her time in the war and what she is most proud of during her service. >> a spike in people burned while trying to make a drug that is legal to sell. the plan to stop it that doesn't have to do with make it illegal. >> talked about it last night, thundershowers showing up in northern california. maybe here into the next 24 hours. an idea of what you can expect in the next 24 hours.
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briefing. they filed out and the secret service swept the room. when everyone returned they explained the source of the threat. >> before 2:00 p.m. today a bomb threat concerning the room that we are in was called in to the police department. >> police department contacted officials. >> police relied that to the secret service. president obama was in the white house at the time. he was not asked to leave. michelle obama and their daughters were also allowed to stay. burn unierates seeing more people burned while trying to make butane hash oil. a form of marijuana. it is illegal to make but legal to sell. ktvu's john fowler tells us a law maker is proposing new restrictions to cut down on the dangerous explosions. >> reporter: this rented house near santa rosa blew up three
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months ago. investigators blame making of butane hash oil. last month, this livermore apartment exploded. >> like a stick of dynamite went off. >> investigators say they were making hash oil. >> there is two guys sitting on the curve and their skin was pealed off. >> reporter: two california's top burn units swamp with burn cases caused by hash oil explosions. more than car wrecks and house fires combined. he says many victims are innocent children. >> over 60% of their bodies burned. and that is a life changer. those people will never be the same. they will have scarring for life. >> reporter: in addition to the physical outcomes for those caught up in the making of butane hash oil there are
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scramblingal problem -- scramblingal problems for those who use -- psychological problems for those who use it. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: it is made with marijuana, butane and simple equipment. it is sometimes caused wax. easy to over dose. can cause hallucinations and risky behavior including trying to make it. >> they don't think -- they don't take the precautions. >> reporter: two men in this apartment house may have gotten ideas online and bought butane canisters. the resulting explosion destroyed the complex. nearly killing the two men and injuring a neighbor. >> maybe we need restrict butane now so you don't blow things up. >> reporter: she is now proposing a limit on butane purchases and a registry, similar to regulations credited
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with reducing methamphetamine production. john fowler, ktvu fox 2 news. scientists developed new tools to track climate change. they project changes to the climate in specific locations depending on increase in level of carbon dioxide. and whether those emissions are business as usual or an extreme case if levels increase. >> it should help scientists to assess risk for severe drought, floods, heat waves and agricultural productivity. today thankfully not as hot as yesterday. but it is still -- [ talking at the same time ] >> humid. i don't know, feels like houston. >> it does. like san diego, houston. those areas in the southwest. tropical moisture. highs yesterday a buck 9 in gilroy yesterday. buck six in livermore. today temperatures are down 15 degrees. the clouds came in. humidity came up. temperatures dropped down. a live camera shot.
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we can see to the east, this area here, beyond, big thunderstorms going up there. all that activity is working its way back in our direction. here comes the moisture. you see it during the afternoon hours. movesup from a tropical storm -- moves up from a tropical storm, which is now a tropical depression. most of it is staying off shore. you can see in the north of part of the state -- notice how it is around the mountains? notice that? you get into the valleys, the familiar here, it is a -- you get this caught up on the hills. it creates the ability for the air to rise and get thunderstorms. how many lightning strikes we be around redding. these are not dry storms. that is good.
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90 strikes here. just on this page. more strikes here. two strikes there. so that area of instability will work its way kind of this way as we go into the next couple hours and that could bring us a few show recalls. all this shower -- showers. all this shower, we could see a few showers. fairfield, 43 miles per hour. real windy out there. really windy. 35 napa. this is the system cooling things off. 24 miles per hour gusts at mountain view. the forecast for tomorrow will be warmer than what we are seeing here. the sheet still in the valley -- heat is still in the valley. cooler than last night. significantly cooler. partly cloudy skies in oakland. winds less than they were, 10.
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and mild, mid-60 said. throughout the game -- mid-60s throughout the game. low 60s tonight. look at all the cloud cover. 7:00 a.m., cloudy. watch for showers here. heat. 80s show up. not as warm as it was a couple days ago. when i come back we will show you the five-day forecast and the chance of a thundershowers that could occur. in the north bay in the next 12 hours or so. like you say, it is unusual weather pattern. sticky and muggy. >> totally. thank you. ahead here a man hunt in new york, why police are looking at a small town dozens of miles from the prison. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> coming up, we are learning more about the suspect accused of kidnapping a toddler from a bay area library. >> ee seemed off -- he seemed
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100,000 gallons of oil. it washed along beaches. the special committee will try determine the best way to avoid similar spills in the future. the first hearing will be held later this month. they may look into increasing the number of inspections. texas police officer wres algteenager girl to the -- wrestling a teenager girl to the ground this weekend resigned. he yanked a girl to the ground. he is seen kneeling on her back. he pulls his gun. today the chief of the police department called his action indefensible. the naacp is asking the justice department to review the procedures. a search for two murderers in new york shifted to a town 30 miles away. some people in the town called
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police after seeing a couple of men walk into town yesterday. they vanished into farm fields. police have not confirmed it was richard matt and david sweat. they escaped from the maximum security facility last weekend. believed they had help from a employee. former house speaker dennis hastert pleaded not guilty that he lied to investigators. he arrived to a rush of media that chicago courthouse today. he is accused of paying $3.5 million to keep someone from revealing a secret about past misconduct. there are reports that claim the payments were intended to conceal allegations of sexual misconduct years ago when he was a high school teacher. the board approved an ordinance that will fine property owners who use or allow fireworks use on their land. it is expected to be finalized
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for the holiday. it applies to people in santa clara county who store or set off illegal fireworks. the fines start at $350. fireworks are illegal in santa clara county. gilroy does allow the safe and sane fireworks. four new cars set on fire over night. why investigators had a particularly tricky time gathering evidence from the cars. >> and the new footage of amelia earhart, how it was found decades later. . >> a milestone for a woman who served in world war ii. >> at 90, you were more superficial -- >> that was my youth. >> she has a great story about why her family used to put meat on the window ledge of her apartment when she was growing up in the early 1900s.
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flames were spotted by someone driving by and by the time the fire was out, two cars were destroyed, four were damaged. ktvu's claw bean w shows -- claudine wong shows us more. >> reporter: this video from firefighters shows what they were dealing with when they arrived on scene after 11:30 p.m. last night. flames coming from four new
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cars. it didn't take long before firefighters were calling this arson. >> it could point to someone who has done this before, killed be a customer -- could be a customer, an employee. not ruling anything out. it is suspicious. >> reporter: investigators believe the fire started in this car. by the time the sun came up that car was towed away. also critical to the investigation was the video shot by this camera. it belongs to the restaurant next door and last night it was pointed right at the four cars involved. >> what a waste. you know? damage four cars for what? >> the question today, why would someone do this. >> you are not getting property or anything. we have to take this with a different approach. >> reporter: a different safety approach is also required when you are dealing with car fires. look at this video.
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you will see a projectile flying through an air. that is common as the car melts and springs go flying. bolts also have batteries that weigh 300 pounds and this afternoon they are trying to figure out how to disconnectt it so investigators weren't put in danger -- disconnect it so investigators weren't put in danger. arsons often go unsolved but they are working hard to solve the crime. claudine wong, ktvu fox 2 news. . several san jose streets were shut down because of a gas leak today. pg&e officials say a construction crew hit a four inch line at 11:20 a.m. this morning on great oaks parkway. rail service was stopped in that area as they worked to cap the leak. took them two hours to do that.
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pg&e is reminding crews to call 8 eleven before starting any digging project to confirm the location of gas lines. tonight 2 investigates uncovs serious complaints from tenants -- uncovers serious complaints from tenants. they told ktvu's eric rasmussen management put their health and safety at risk. >> reporter: we are talking about a non-profit developer that gets taxpayer dollars to meet a need for safety affordable housing in the bay area. a woman who contacted us says he had been living in uninhabitable conditions. she invited us inside her apartment to show us how a floor furnace filled her unit with suit. the fire department found her smoke detector wasn't working despite several notices from pg&e and code violations. she couldn't get her landlord
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to fix the problem for more than six months. >> paid your rent, i don't care what amount you pay, we are people. >> we regret the inconvenience this caused and we could have done a better job in communicating with her. >> reporter: last week they invited us back out to her apartment where they make the repairs to her unit. the director told us they are offering her a rent cret and other compensation for all -- credit and other compensation for all her trouble. she isn't the only tenet, tonight at 10:00 p.m. why the mother of a special needs child is now suing her landlord. >> thank you. regulators discipline's for having a cozy relationship with pg&e. after reviewing e-mails, no one was fired and why airlines won't cut down the -- want to
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them talking over details. the trial for james holmes has been going on for a month. he is charged in the shooting that killed 12 people and injured 70 in colorado. the public utilities commission is taking action against managers involved in inform e-mails with pg&e. this comes after a review of 65,000 e-mails. 2 dozen managers received disciplinary letters. but no one was fired. critics said it showed inappropriate and cozy relationships between pg&e and the agency in charge of regulating it. >> reporter: at&t can themers are getting -- customers are getting back their service. most of the people effected are in walnut creek, danville and san ramon. a cut line caused the disruption. this effected cell phones and
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texting. again, we are hearing service is coming back. a service dog in new york is hailed a hireo for protecting -- hero for protecting his hero from a school bus. she is blind and says the dog launched himself towards the bus as they were crossing the street. the bus hit them her dog suffered a cut leg and will remain at a hospital till the owner recovers. she says the bond between her and the dog has never been stronger. >> amazing and i am not surprised. that is the way he is. they say the love of an animal and their partner, he proved it. >> thedant is under investigation -- the accident is under investigation. the bus driver has been give an
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live in cleveland for the big night tonight. mark? >> reporter: all right. i am happy to say it is a little calmer as we get closer to game time. we are on 4th street. a lot of excited fans. this is 4th street. downtown. across the street from the cavs arena. the "q." i tell you what, these folks are very excited about what is going on. they haven't had a championship since the browns in 1964. the cavs have never won the nba title. the warriors have gone 40 years without one. lots of excitement. and what you are looking at right now is the arena and where they will try to get it together in game three. the warriors are a favorite still with stephen curry in his shooting slump. but he put a blanket over him
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in game two. he was the center of attention today and one fan over excited about him. >> put the team on his back. lebron james is a great support player but he is the reason we are taking over. >> fought like leaving cleveland -- it is about joining forces the other two guys. >> people in cleveland you hated lebron. >> one guy burns three jersey and it is like we burned the city down. >> that was years ago. >> you have to forgive. people make mistakes. people correct their ways and everybody deserves a second chance. >> makes for a better story if we hate him, now we like him. you know what? it is water under the bridge. we love the guy. he is bringing us a big "w."
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>> reporter: message for the bay? >> don't besought sad when you -- don't be too sad when you lose. >> the significance of his outfit? >> i am an intern at a sports start up in cleveland. the logo is there. interns get tricked into doing things. >> reporter: all right. we are thinking about implementing that program for our interns this summer. in the meantime, you can see it is calmer. in some people's minds anyway. as we get closer, it is believeland. their slogan is all in. we will see what happens in game three. we will be there. joe fonzi and i for the game. bring you the highlights tonight at 10:00 p.m. from 4th street, across from the "q," back to oakland and check what happens in game three coming up.
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>> thank you. here in oakland warriors fans are showing off their pride in an interesting way. -- pride in an interesting way with murals. ktvu's allie rasmus shows us warriors pride that popped up over night. >> reporter: it will take two days of work to put it together. and you have public art that anyone can see on highway 24 in oakland. >> reporter: where drivers see a blighted wall, he sees a blank canvas. >> this building to me is like a small microcosm of what is happening in oakland. >> reporter: potential on an empty building. >> make it a piece of public art that the general public would appreciate. >> reporter: public art in the form of a warriors murial -- mural. they map out the grid if the
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portrait. >> stephen curry in the pose. [ music ] >> reporter: neighbors stopped by to check it out. >> this is awesome. and the taggers seem to respect murals. they won't tag over something that is beautiful. it will help. plus the warriors, right on. >> reporter: he has been a street artist for 14 years. he got permission to paint the mural. he is doing it for free. >> some days i will go knock on people's doors, like, 30 businesses and say, your wall needs something on it. let me help you. >> reporter: this is his second warriors mural project in the past week. brightening up the side of a lumber store on cleveland avenue. >> everybody is getting a kick
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out of it. >> reporter: this mural is more important because of what he would like the to represent. >> i want people to drive the area and have an uplifting feeling that is not a dead town. >> reporter: a splash of blue and color to paint this corner in a different light. >> reporter: the artists plan to wrap up by 5:00 p.m. tomorrow. when they do they are inviting fans to join them for a party and fans will be able to sign their name inside the yellow letters on the wall that spell out dubs. >> i can't wait to see that. looks nice. interesting. taggers respect that when they see something like that, they don't tag over it. allie rasmus, thank you. back it now to our chief meteorologist bill martin. everyone is getting excited. >> it is exciting. back to when we were in high school. we remember, you know, when the warriors were there. how exciting it was. >> four straight. >> yeah.
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that is forever ago. here we are back again. really exciting. not a big basketball guy but you got to get into this. here is the story with temperatures. cooler. right? instead of 109 in gilroy, morgan hill, 86 morgan hill today. 89 livermore instead of 106. a big drop off. 15, 18 degrees cooler. a lot of clouds out there. tropical moisture that came up from the hurricane. that was a hurricane. now she is dumping rain over santa barbara. showers now soon to move into our region. a lot of activity with thunderstorms near the alps, northern california. lightning strikes up there. for us so far we are seeing a few light sprinkles to the east of us. this is coming this way. wouldn't be hard to see isolated shower or a thundershower coming through here late tonight. we will look at that on the
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computer model. here we are right now. not right now. i just moved this till after midnight tonight. blow back coming this way. model paints a chance in napa in the morning. 8:00 a.m. moisture moves through the bay. that could create showers. this is a kind of night -- model isn't picking it up -- but we could get a thunder bumper down the bay. air is unstable. not saying it is growing to happen. unstable air mass. the model isn't good with this. unstable air. the models struggle with it. thundershowers probably east and north. wouldn't be surprised if we saw something pop around here late tonight, tomorrow morning. highs tomorrow, like today. significantly cooler. right? than yesterday. yesterday was -- i had a
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discussion with my son. 15, i guess. i can only handle one day heat. [ talking at the same time ] >> kids should be able to handle it -- [ talking at the same time ] >> so hot yesterday. i was like, please -- so happy this morning when it wasn't blazing. >> thank you. ahead here a world war ii vet talks about when she volunteered. >> my mother passed out. >> tonight the thing she did during her service that she is most proud of. >> julie h-h -- julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> the suspect accused of kidnapping a toddler from a library appears before a judge. we hear from a man who says he tried to raise red flags about had suspect -- the suspect. >> the incounterthat led to the suspect's arrest -- the encounter that led to the suspect's arrest month earlier and a printing error on the
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punished after exposing breaches. >> tsa is handing out pre-check status to expedite passengers as quickly as possible. >> she testified that there is a culture of fear and distrust at the tsa but she says it could be changed through better training. a report last week said agents got 96% of fake explosives is and weapons through check points. millions of travelers might need to buy new carry on bags or pay more to fly. new guidelines world reduce the size of bags -- would reduce the size of bags by half inch. the bags could be no larger than 21-1/2 inches tall. 13-1/2 inches wide. bags larger than that would have to be checked.
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airlines say the smaller bags will free up space in the over head bin. this is just a suggestion at this point. a film clip showing amelia earhart with her plane in southern california. there is dispute as to whether the movie was taken the day she left on her ilfated journey or in 1937. it shows a photographer taking photos of her posing with her plane. we put the film clip for you on www.ktvu.com. under our top stories tab on the home page. new at 5:00 p.m. snot every day someone turns 100-years-old but today ktvu's john r reports -- john sasaki met a 100-year-old world war ii veteran with humor and a story that she is still riding. >> reporter: she showed off her strength on her 100th birthday.
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>> to life. >> reporter: she lives that veteran's home in california. >> reporter: the staff and friends had a celebration for her in the morning. >> i can't believe i am 100. and i can't believe all the wonderful excitement and friendship and love. >> she was born in 1915 in new york and lived with next to nothing. >> refrigeration my mother would put the meat on the windowsill because it is cold outside. and for air conditioning we slept on the fire escape. >> during world war ii her husband was serving over seas so she joined the women's army corps. >> she passed out. she found a nice couch to fall on. [ laughter ] >> reporter: she worked state side as a secretary for two
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years. >> the main thing i am very proud of is that we baseball -- gave a lot of blood. >> reporter: she likes to have a beer or glass of wine at local bar. she showed her sense of humor. >> thank you, but i don't rob the cradle. >> you might think at her age she might be not worried about self-improvement but she has gren. >> i have changed for the bitter. much for the better. i was more superficial. >> reporter: at 90 -- >> that was my youth. [ laughter ] >> reporter: she is her self- evidence that you can teach a dog new tricks. john sasaki, ktvu fox 2 news. >> she has two children, four
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grand dotards and they will be -- daughters and they will be with her this weekend. the ktvu fox 2 news at 6:00 p.m. starts now. the suspect accused of kidnapping a toddler from a library appears before a judge and tonight we are learning more about him from someone who says he tried to raise a red flag months ago. >> we thought he is going to do some craze a thing. this is a disturbed guy who needs help. >> good evening. i am julie haener. >> and i am frank somerville. >> a judge set alfonso david edington's bail at $100,000 and now we are learning more about the suspect and a strange encounter he had with a month months before. ktvu's azenith smith is live in san jose. you spoke with that man who says the suspect clearly needed help. >> reporter: yeah. four months ago alfonso david
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edington assaulted a man on a sidewalk. he pled no contest in the case and the victim said he knew he had mental health issues. >> reporter: alfonso david edington kept his face down when he went before a judge accused of kidnapping a three- year-old boy from a library on friday. he didn't know the boy and credited an alert driver for the boy's safe return. >> after he did time served and he is let go, my wife and i thought he is going to do some other crazy thing. >> reporter: he knows all about his behavior. >> he was crossing the street and stopped me in the middle. >> reporter: in february he was out getting coffee when out of nowhere he sucker punched him while crash the
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