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ktvu's rob roth in san francisco right now and you spoke to police? >> reporter: bullets were flying through the shell station and scene was captured by this and other surveillance cameras. the video shows two men walking into the food mart in this shell station, 2:40 a.m. may 19. you can hear them ordering the clerk to open the safe. police say the next sound is the men with the gun. the clerk tears out the door. one of the gunman follow him and fires. 4 times at the clerk. the bullets missed. police say the men got into a waiting car and drove off with a possible third person inside. police want to catch these people fast. >> for the grace of god that could be different. i don't think it is lost on
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what the suspects intended to do. we need get these guys. >> reporter: investigators haven't linked what happened with other hold ups. >> they both have guns. they are willing to use their guns. as you can see one of them shot at the clerk. if they did it once they will do it again. >> reporter: we posted the video on the www.ktvu.com you -- ktvu youtube channel. anyone who knows anything please call police. we asked to see if the clerk wanted to talk to us and he quit his job. >> thank you. now to the nba finals. an hour away from tip-off in game four against cleveland. ktvu's mark ibanez is in cleveland outside the arena. if the warriors lose again tonight they will be in big trouble. >> reporter: there is trouble,
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frank. boy, out and about in the city today, we are on east 4th street. you get an idea of one of the few warriors fans around. everybody has an opinion and on the cab ride over here our driver told me you are from san francisco, right, and i said yeah, but he said you realize this is your game 7 tonight. this is your game 7 tonight. and if you lose you are out. you are out of it. you know, and they pretty much know their backs are to the wall if the warriors lose. let's look at practice footage from today as the warriors went through their paces. and i was surprised about how loose and relaxed they looked as they went about their business. they do not seem uptight. reminded me of the giants in kansas city.
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everybody was good. sheer what coach and steph curry had to say as they prepare for this all important game 4. >> i mean i got a be at my best. you know, do the little things that help us, you know, that will make a difference in the game. shoot the shots, make the plays and take to another level. so i got to be at my best for 48 minutes. whatever that takes. we are focused. we are still confident that we can turn the tables around in our favor. got to go out and execute. >> playoffs you lose a couple games you better be angry. if you are not, you shouldn't be here. i am sure cleveland was angry after game one. they played like it and responded well. our turn to respond with a win. >> reporter: all right. idea of what it warriors are thinking.
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talking to a female officer a while ago and she said you realize what tonight is, don't you, the final home game for the cavaliers. meaning they finish off the warriors in the next couple games. that is their feeling right now. i would say that this town and the fans have gone from tentative to very, very confident. over confident as the warriors ready up. an idea of the scene here on east 4th, across from the arena. and it is wild, guys. but a lot of fun. we will see you later on and hear from the warriors fans who have ventured out here. back to you. >> mark, before you go, we were talking before the newscast and you were talking about how cleveland is nicer than you think and also about the economic impact -- economic impact lebron james had on the city of cleveland. >> reporter: yeah.
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very, very true. i mean, when you think of what lebron james meant to this area and this town, you know, pretty incredible. i was listening to a report that said lebron brought more than $50 million worth of business to downtown cleveland alone. so his impact can't be calculated. that might be a low guesstimate but they are thrilled and they haven't had a championship here since 1964. we will visit with you later on when it has calmed down closer to game time. in cleveland, across from the "q," mark ibanez, back to you guys. >> the fans fan going crazy. -- the franz going craze -- fans are going crazy. twitter company says our ceo will step down as ceo and we will welcome jack dorsey
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july 1. it follows an 18% stock drop. because the move is voluntarily he won't get severous -- severance. he will fill in till a permanent replacement is found. a $1.6 billion annual budget, it will move the system into a better more reliable future. ktvu's tom vacar shows us the improvements b.a.r.t. riders will soon see. >> the board says it wants to give riders what they want. >> they want better on time performance. more train cars in service and cleaner stations. so this budget does that. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. is in a transition period. trying to maintain what it has but preparing for a future of new cars and expanded routes. so they will do a lot of
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hiring. >> the budget adds maintenance shifts to get the cars into service. >> i think that is a good idea. focus on the time people get from a to b. most important thing. >> this action will put 30 cars back on the tracks. >> that will be huge. because during the busiest time in the morning, you cannot get on. and then there is -- it is evey busy at 10:00 p.m. at night. >> i think that would make everyone's commute easier. >> may be more trains, it could work out but then it could mean there is more congestion. >> the cars will have more clean up crews and b.a.r.t. will hire 24 more folks to clean the stations. >> a clean environment is a
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healthy environment, it could only help. >> i think it would help people feel like the organization is really caring for the services and the riders. >> reporter: they will add 8 police officers and 5 community service officers to better deal with the mentally disabled and homeless folks. tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. the search is on in danville for whoever vandalized a war memorial. a reward is at $6,500 for information on the vandals who spray painted grateful. authorities think happened sunday night. it was scrawled in four different places and made reference to drug use and a website that is critical of the government. police hope surveillance video will help. while the search intensifies investigators are looking into accomplices. the report from the town that
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is at the center of the search. >> law enforcement officials are asking the public to remain vigilant as they try it track down two escaped inmates in new york. >> the safety of the public. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: authorities are following up on as many tips as possible. >> we are trying to touch base with as many people as we can. there is no information they are over here but it is better safe than sorry. >> the search led police to philadelphia after a reported sighting by a cab driver. he dropped two men matching their description at an amtrak station. much of the focus of the man hunt is in new york. police are now intensifying
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their search. authorities say they are working around the clock and will not stop till they are found. >> looking under every rock, behind every tree and inside every structure. >> reporter: authorities have 500 suchers in the region in addition to dogs and helicopters. they remain confident they will be recaptured. david lee miller fox news. tonight new 911 calls involving a violent situation where police were trying to arrest suspect. >> oh, my god. he threw her down. he is throwing her into traffic. >> what the calls reveal about the moments before the arrest. >> thousands of new homes going up in san francisco but the spot has a history of serious pollution. plus -- >> yeah. >> the base jump that didn't go as planned when two parachutes got tangled. >> tracking a big heat up
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new developments after video showing police police police officers beating a man with batons to arrest him. the 911 calls were released and the police chief said the district attorney's office is now investigating. ktvu's azenith smith found out an attorney is also now working on this case. >> reporter: this cell phone video captures five police officers striking a man with their batons. at 1point one officer is seen
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repeatedly beating the suspect. what you don't see or hear is calls to police describing a man running, and dragging a woman into traffic. >> oh, my gosh. he threw her down. throwing her into traffic. >> reporter: today the police chief released a dozen 911 calls saying the district attorney's office is now reviewing the officer's use of force. on friday police arrested the 28-year-old after he was assaulting his mother who called police for help. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: throughout the call you hear the mother screaming. you can hear police haulerring and her son whaling. -- hollering and her son whaling. he was under the influence of methamphetamine. doctors diagnosed him with drug induced psychotic disorder. >> i had an emotional response
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to that video. i don't imagine anybody could not have an emotional response. i have been in the business long enough to know that is a fraction of the story. >> reporter: tasers were unsuccessful. >> what is it that we want? >> reporter: still cries from the public over injustice. the family is now enlisting the help of an attorney who likens it to the rodney king beating in los angeles. >> it doesn't matter what happened before hand. each blow, with a baton, a fist, whatever, the question is whether any of those are justified. on the video it appears none of them are. >> the suspect suffered a fractured leg and is in jail. as for the officers, the last officer hitting the suspect has been assigned to desk duty. the other officers are actively working patrol.
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azenith smith, ktvu fox 2 news. british actor christopher lee died. >> he played villains in a number of films, including the man with the golden gun and was in "lord of the rings" and part of the star wars saga. for some he will be best remembered in vampire movies. christopher lee was 93-years- old. teams are heading out to louisiana to assess flood damage there. homes and farmland are still under water after the red river build its banks. the worse flooding in 70 years. it is the result of weeks of heavy rains, billions of gallons of wot still heading down stream from texas and oklahoma. teamsare surveying the devastation -- teams are
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surveying the devastation. . >> the importance, though, is to first establish to fema that the level of damage exceeds -- damage exceeds the capacity of state and local government. >> the red river peaked a foot below a historic peak in 1945. plans are pointing to a wet winter ahead. wouldn't that be good news? there is an 85% chance el nino will last through the winter and that will help the end drought. el ninoswarms pacific ocean temperature -- el ninos warms pacific each temperatures. it could also trigger flooding and mudslide and extreme weather around the world. . bill now, what do you think? >> there is an el nino in the pacific, that is occurring now. how strong? that is still a question. the big question is will it
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phase in with the winter months. even though there is all this warm water and warm atmospheric moisture in the air, if it doesn't coincide with our winter doesn't do us any good. it is a good sign. it looks like it is going to happen. something is going to happen. but again, this makes it complicated. 77 driest year. el nino year. strong el nino. they don't always mean rain. a lot of things have to come together. all these things have to happen to make it that el nino event. so not a -- but it -- things -- it is starting to look favorable. if it does occur we could get significant rainfall. okay. there is the fog out there. right? something i can tell you right now is, there is the north
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tower of the bridge, 700 -- 720 -- no 420 -- 720 -- something like720. what does that tell me? it will be warmer inland. it is. the fog can get into the bay but can't get into the inland valleys. tomorrow the inversion will be really pinched down. you will see the deck of the golden gate bridge. i will have the shot up for you tomorrow. because of that. it will be hot. right? inland temperatures tomorrow 100 degrees. east bay right now, you can see the build ups, phoenix lake, big storms up there. that is moisture from that. lingering. a lot of thunderstorms up there. interesting that the visibilities are good. east bay hills you can look out there and see these clouds.
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temperatures warmed today significantly. 90 in concord right now. did you get that thing with the fog? make sense? >> yeah. >> all you have to do -- all you be to do is look over there. the marine layer is over the bridge. inland temperatures will be cooler. tomorrow when you look at that, you see it pinched down, you will go, wow, it is hot, it will be hot. it will be. i don't know. you need me -- i love it that you watch. but there are a lot of things you can do on your own by looking that golden gate bridge. 96 morgan hill. 67 pacifica. 80 in san bruno. tomorrow is the warmest day of the week. boom. look at that. that is not monday but it is warm. saturday nice as well. sunday temperatures trend down a couple degrees. there you go. el nino thing is interesting. it is like mavericks. all these pieces that have to
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come together to make it what you think it will be. the el nino is the same way. all these things have to phase in or it won't happen. >> at least it is looking promising. thank you. a plan to change one of the busiest streets in san francisco. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> coming up, a disturbing discovery, human bones found inside a shed. what we are learning about the remains and how they may have gotten there. plus beer drinkers rejoice, a popular san francisco brewery is expanding to the east bay. we will give you a look inside.
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check this out. this is all that is left of candlestick park. barely recognizable. sky fox 2 flew over candlestick park this morning. only two small sections remain. the rest has been torn down and cleared out. a mall, homes and a hotel are planned for the site. construction will begin in 2017. they are expected to approve a rule that will ban drivers from turning on tamarket street -- to market street. four of the most dangerous intersections are on that
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stretch of market street. it would divert 50% of traffic off of market. it is part of an effort to cut down on crashes. over 2 years there were 162 injury accidents on market street. that is almost one every other day. >> the thing we hear more than anything else from the groups is the importance of pedestrian safety. because they see customers, neighbors, employees. >> planners hope the board approves the plan on tuesday so they can make changes this summer. the new rules would only apply to private vehicles. in north carolina, a law exempts officials from performing same-sex marriage on religious grounds. legislators passed a bill allowing the e.tions by over
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riding the governor's veto. same-sex marriage advocates plan to challenge it law. details on the co-pilot that crashed a plane in march. a prosecutor said today he saw 41 doctors in five years because he feared he was going blind. there is no doubt he crashed the plane intentionally. the news is part of a criminal probe. not clear who prosecutors may target. doctors felt he was not fit to fly but couldn't report it because of privacy laws. all 150 people on board were killed. many of the bodies were returned to the families. rupert murdoch is stepping down. the 84-year-old ceo announced today he is handing the reigns
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to his son. one will become ceo, the other will take over management and the other will be co-executive chairman with rupert murdoch. rupert murdoch will into be the controlling share holder of the company. thousands of new homes in san francisco and what the developer says is an affordable price. the history of contamination and the supervisor who is against the development. >> another project from google and this one wants to rethink how we live. >> while turkeys move to the cities, why they are on the move.
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new at 5:00 p.m. san francisco is one of the most densely packed cities in the nation but there is room for more. new homes are going up in one neighborhood. ktvu's john sasaki is live. the city is historic and has a history of pollution? >> reporter: this area was super fund site but now most officials say this area will be safer for the thousands of people who will live here. >> reporter: this is the first home they have ever owned. >> brand new. smells new. >> reporter: this couple couldn't afford to buy in most parts of san francisco so they got in on the ground floor.
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>> i think it is great. a place that we could afford. >> reporter: $650,000. >> absolutely. i mean for, you know, newly weds, people out of college and everything, it is attractive price. >> 32% will be cheaper for low and middle income buyers. it was a bustling area for decades with dark purposes. there was research on radiation and concealed weapons. >> i didn't support the environmental impact report because i didn't feel confidence about what was there in terms of remaining, contaminants. >> the developer say contaminants have been removed.
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>> it has gone through the clean -- everything has been dug down, soil removed. >> this has been studied and studied and studied and analyzed for many years. this will be a wonderful new neighborhood in san francisco. >> reporter: all the development is providing a great deal of work for area residents. >> i am new to the trade. it is interesting to see what the community can be from the ground up. >> reporter: they will develop candle stick point. there will be another 6,000 housing units there and rezale business space. >> -- retail and business space. . >> it doesn't sound like a deal but we have to remember the home price in the city is over a million dollars now. >> reporter: this is not a cheap city. >> no. we know that. john sasaki, thank you. san francisco general hospital plans to stop selling
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sugary drinks tomorrow. they said they are not good for patients, visedders or worker -- visitors or workers. public health officials say too much sugar is linked to health problems. last month ucsf announced they are phasing them out and this week the board of supervisors gave approval to three regulations aimed at cutting down on the sale of sugary drinks. a new study finds under aged drinking is on the decline. under aged drinking dropped by 21% between2002 and 2013 and binge drinking fell 26%. still the experts say there are 9 million under aged drinkers in the country. binge drinking is having 5 or more drinks on one occasion. there has been an effort to
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reduce under aged drinking in the past 10 years. as summer heats up and the drought deepers a new trend -- deepens, a new trend, drought shaming. some people are posting on social media with a address. >> reporter: anywhere else these lawns would be the envy of neighbors but in california, they can be a social stigma. californians turning to social media to call out strangers are water waste. -- strangers for water waste. . >> it is worth it. >> reporter: welcome to drought shaming. apps, has tags rat out wasters online. >> why are we watering this in the middle of nowhere? >> reporter: he posted videos and e-mails the burse ones to -- worse ones to water
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officials. he collected hundreds of examples. >> over here. >> reporter: others followed his lead, using #drought shaming. he is a broker by day. in his spare time he developed a free app that allows californians to take photos of water waste. he shares the data with officials but doesn't post officials. >> i am not going to call 911 but where do i go from here? i think that feeling is probably what spurred most of the drought shame movement. >> reporter: water agencies now have their own websites and are wary of drought shaming. >> too much information being given. some people because of the drought feel strongly about this. >> on www.ktvu.com we created a section where you can see more of the reporting on the drought. how people are trimming back on
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their water use or the car wash that uses one cup of water to clean a car. a woman hit by a broken bat is improving after a week in the hospital. he shattered his bat and a piece flew into the hands and hit her. initially it was considered life threatening but her condition improved to good. the family said this week she was sponsive and improving it -- responsive and improving. worse than we thought. new information about the data breach of the federal government and the information that was stolen. plus -- >> all right. i promised you -- i didn't cue these people but they are ready to go as we get closer to tip- off here. i will be back with a report from warriors fans. sorry about the noise, guys.
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country. social security numbers were compromised because they weren't encrypted encrypted and they got details about military records, pay history, health insurance and more. one senator says the chinese are responsible. a former girlfriend testified today, she said james holmes wanted to settle down and talked about buying a house. she met jif jaf in 2011 -- james holmes in 2011. they broke up before the theater shooting. she said she asked him to see a therapist before the shooting. while on the stand she recalled their first date. >> do you remember what that first date was? >> we went to a film festival in denver. >> what kind of film festival? >> horror. >> jif area is accused of killing 12 -- james holmes is
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accused of killing 12 people in 2012. two members of the board of supervisors are calling for an increase in the number of police officers on the force as the population continues to grow. the city has 1700 officers. the resolution introduced this week called for a minimum of 2200 officers. the department is in the process of adding officers but it takes time and the public defender and the police chief have differing opinions. >> there is nowhere in san francisco along any commercial corridor where they don't want to see moreover -- more officers. >> we neat -- need look at more initiatives. >> he would like to see more surveillance cameras.
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the animal shelter is trying to raise money to help a puppy who is sick with parvo. the puppy got sick before he left the shelter and the family gave him up because they couldn't afford the treatment. the non-profit is asking for donations saying the puppy deserves a chance. the cost of treatment is $5,000. two parachutes get danceled, how both jumpers were able to survive -- tangled, how both jumpers were able to survive. >> turkeys move into the city, we will tell you why coming up. >> tracking the warm up out there. warmer today. it will be hot tomorrow especially inland. triple digits. when that happens and how long it lasts.
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the dangers of base jumping captured on video from arizona. >> a little high. >> the jumpers leaped off the mountains in phoenix. everything seems to be going fine till the parasuits get tangled up. -- parasuits get tangled up -- parachutes get tangled up. both were able to walk away without injuries. okay. our chief meteorologist bill
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martin, the weather. this has been a strange week. 100 degrees monday. rain yesterday. and then again today it was hot out there. >> and back up. more heat tomorrow. monday we had record heat. tomorrow we are not going to see records. low 100s. heating up. windy, cool. it was hot. it was raining. thundery. now it was cool. now it will be hot again. highs from today, right, 91. 91 is hot in antioch. used to warmer than that. lo meins, that is hot -- low 90s, that is hot. 92 livermore today. temperatures tomorrow, 91 turns into 99. perhaps low 100s. a warmer set up into your bay area tomorrow. a peak at the fog. we talked about it. the marine layer is deepening, filling in, you can't see the north tower anymore.
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the idea being tomorrow will shallow out the marine layer and temperatures increase. fog along the coast right now. thunderstorms in the mountains and fog that coast line tonight. and inland remains warm tonight and then hot tomorrow. if you don't like the heat, tomorrow, probably what, 75 degrees downtown, that is warm, you get 20 miles east of there, temperatures in the mid-90s. 74 high in downtown san francisco. is high pressure will increase the fire danger. air sinks. this is the diagram, the fog is being compressed. the high aloft. not the surface. the high aloft is pushing air down. temperatures tomorrow spread out like a microclimate june day. temperatures in the 80s and low
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100s. fog forecast tomorrow morning. squished down. tomorrow afternoon, minemized. -- minimized. temperature foot print tomorrow. that is typical. hot. what happens in the red and purple areas, fire danger goes up. we had shower activity, that helps. 100-degree day and it is game over as far as getting help with the fire danger. the wild oat is super flammable and dries out fast. 88 santa clara. before the spanish got here we had bunch grasses that were hard to burn. when the spanish game over and the horses they had the wild oat, the tall brush you see, that came over. originally the bouncing state of the state, it was not prone
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to wildfires. >> thank you. amazon is expanding in tracy. amazon announced it will fill 700 new full time position. that is in addition to 100 positions announced in march. this is being hailed as good news for tracy and the county is a great place to do business. google is teaming up with the ceo of bloomburg in the creation of a new company to make life easier for people in big cities. they say sidewalk labs will develop new solutions to improve the quality of city life for residents. while there are apps to help with traffic and housing, more help is needed for challenges like efficient transformation and a lower cost of living and a smooth running government. back now to the nba finals. tip-off 10 minutes away.
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sports director mark ibanez joins us from cleveland. you have found warriors fans? >> reporter: yeah. i am going to do my best to try to hear you. cleveland fans very excited. we were out and about earlier on today and there are some warriors fans who made the trip. not a lot. but the interesting thing about it, all warriors fans have an idea as to exactly what needs to be done and what has been wrong so far as the warriors -- i don't think it would be an exaggeration to say their season is on the line. nobody has ever come from 3-1 down to win it. here is an idea of what cleveland looked like earlier today as we were out and about trying to find warriors fans. there were a few along the way. they all have a good there as
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to what they need to do to bring it back to oakland. let's have a listen to the fans for the warriors today. >> this is the most critical game in the entire season. comes down to this one game. we did against memphis. down 2-1. and we will do it again. >> this is a big stage. never been here before. it is understandable but we know what they can do and i think it is a matter of time before they shake that off. >> the defense needs to double lebron. maybe that will work better. >> reporter: i like the strategy. >> steph curry needs to fire up. >> must-win game tonight. but steph curry going to come up huge. the way he played in game three, second half, that is the momentum changer. i think he scores 40 tonight and we win convincingly. >> reporter: all right.
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what you are looking at right now is the arena as we get closer to tip-off here. right across the street from where we are. as you can tell, the cavs fans haven't had excitement like this in a long time. we were talking about it earlier today how much excitement one guy brought, lebron james, into the city. as they call him here, we will claim here from the bay area, is a rock star in town too. a full report of highlights and interviews after -- [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: after the game tonight. sorry about that. >> enjoying the moment. >> reporter: rough job. >> see you -- [ talking at the same time ] >> see you at 10:00 p.m. thank you. ahead, while wild turkeys are moving in to urban areas. >> julie haener is here now
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tesla is expanding in the bay area. tesla signed a lease this month to occupy the plant in fremont. a few minutes away from the plant and it adds another half million scare feet to the operation. have you seen them? wild turkeys are making a home in not so wild places and they are not getting the welcome mat. they have been getting a lot of complaints about the birds. ktvu's noelle walker is in the oakland hills. i live in that area. i have seen some. did you see anything today? >> reporter: we did. it took some looking but we did see a few wild turkeys. they are native to california. they are reintroduced decades ago and they flourished. there are a dart million state -- quarter million statewide
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but not all are living out here in the wild. >> reporter: it is murphy's law. when you are looking for something you will find everything but the thing you are looking for. >> where can you find wild turkeys? >> reporter: then there in the brush it appeared. >> i have seen turkeys in downtown berkeley. freeway off ramps in oakland. surprising where they are. >> reporter: just yesterday this mother and her babies were roaming in a backyard. this picture was taken near downtown walnut creek. >> like the elviss of the bird world. >> sighting everywhere you go. complaints fouling up yards and aggression towards people. >> they like to walk down the
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street. they are stubborn and they look at you. >> reporter: we found a group grazing in the grass. >> we have seen a whole family grow up here. >> the village market is across the street. >> turkeys have been surviving. thriving. >> reporter: a lack of predators and lack of water could be taming wild turkeys who use a property as a turkey highway. >> they will walk by. on their own agenda. >> reporter: it happens every day except one. >> thanksgiving. absolutely. i have no idea why. they don't have a calendar. >> reporter: the best way to keep wild turkeys off your property is to not provide any food for them. i put out a call on twitter to see if people seen wild turkeys and i got responses from all
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over the bay area with pictures. one woman we talked to today told me she called them gangs. the gangs of them hang out outside our office. >> noelle walker, thank you. the ktvu fox 2 news at 6:00 p.m. starts now. >> video is hard to watch but police say it doesn't tell the whole story. we are learning about what lead to a man being beaten by officers. through 911 calls, one made by
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the man's mother. [ indiscernible ] >> good evening everyone. hello. i am frank so merville. >> and i am julie haener. >> the chief of police says the district attorney's office is now investigating. and a bay area civil rights attorney is getting involved. 47 azenith smith with the new developments -- ktvu's azenith smith with the new developments. >> reporter: 911 calls. after this cell phone video surfaced. friday police arrested the 28- year-old after he was assaulting his mother. in the video you can see 5 police officers striking a man with their batons. at one point one officer is seen repeatedly beating the suspect. witnesses describe him as running, screaming and dragging a woman into traffic. >> oh, my gosh. he threw her down. he is throwing her into traffic. >> reporter: his mother phoned police. throughout the call you can hear the mother screaming. police hollering at her son constantly whaling. [ indiscernible ] >> re
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