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as kron 4's kate thompson reports, the city decided to delay the meets for now. >> reporter: some of the proposed meters will go. this like the other neighborhoods that are also supposed to get meters were industrial, creating a unique problem of the city wanting to put meters in front of residential buildings. >> you have to go out every day to feed the meter, how ridiculous that is. >> reporter: the city says commuters come in and park on the street all day and bart downtown. it helps meters get rid of commuters. >> and for people like me who live here, having these meters on saturdays will be a burden from fines and whatnot having to manage meters. >> reporter: there will be public comment before a decision is made. the city will vote next week. reporting live, kate thompson, kron 4 news. >>> oakland is bracing for another planned occupy demonstration. protesters announced they will hold a day of action next monday. this is from last saturday. 350 people were arrested and protesters clashed with police. today city counsel members called for harsher penalties. >> we have allowed th
as kron 4's kate thompson reports, the city decided to delay the meets for now. >> reporter: some of the proposed meters will go. this like the other neighborhoods that are also supposed to get meters were industrial, creating a unique problem of the city wanting to put meters in front of residential buildings. >> you have to go out every day to feed the meter, how ridiculous that is. >> reporter: the city says commuters come in and park on the street all day and bart...
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to kron 4's kate thompson who tells us how police nabbed the suspect. >> reporter: police say after weeks of investigating it was a tip made by a citizen to their hot line that led them to this arrest. police arresting a 32-year-old san francisco man for the sexual assaults. including the two most recently in november and december and now one back in june. >> reporter: it was an anonymous tip that led police to capture this man caught on surveillance video, in a vicious sexual assault on 24th street. >> she responsible for three sexual assaults committed along the 24th street corader. he will be -- corader. he will be booked. >> reporter: police say dna evidence connects the suspect whose name they did not released. >> the commonality, singling women out in the morning hours. walking down a street by themselves. usually approached from behind. thrown to the ground. >> reporter: the attacks mutt the mission district on edge. the sketch of the suspect plastered everywhere. pg&e installed more street lights. >> a lot of fear that what was happening and that there was a rapist on the loose, c
to kron 4's kate thompson who tells us how police nabbed the suspect. >> reporter: police say after weeks of investigating it was a tip made by a citizen to their hot line that led them to this arrest. police arresting a 32-year-old san francisco man for the sexual assaults. including the two most recently in november and december and now one back in june. >> reporter: it was an anonymous tip that led police to capture this man caught on surveillance video, in a vicious sexual...
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kate thompson, kron 4 news. >>> also hit hard the east bay. you can see the rain. this is in oakland. high winds there. streets flooded. no outages caused by this incident but a small number of people were without power due to a downed line. if you were hoping to see snow in the sierra it might not be there yet. so far the storm is mainly dropping rain. that is making for dangerous driving conditions. as we heard, the storm is going to push through tonight and into the weekend bringing the snow levels down and the ski resorts are expected to get a couple of feet of snow before the storms is over. >>> in other news. a child is home tonight. earlier today a amber alert was issued. the girl was taken from her home at gun point by her mother's former boyfriend. he is now dead, shot and killed by officers. >> the suspect appeared in the window with the victim. holding the victim as a hostage. he opened fire on the officers and the officers believed that the victim was in danger. they forced entry and encountered the suspect. the suspect omened fire on the officers and o
kate thompson, kron 4 news. >>> also hit hard the east bay. you can see the rain. this is in oakland. high winds there. streets flooded. no outages caused by this incident but a small number of people were without power due to a downed line. if you were hoping to see snow in the sierra it might not be there yet. so far the storm is mainly dropping rain. that is making for dangerous driving conditions. as we heard, the storm is going to push through tonight and into the weekend bringing...
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kate thompson, kron 4 news. >>> new details tonight in dublin. a such for an escaped end mate had ended. jose luis gonzales franco cause caught a couple hours ago. he was riding a bicycle and arrested. jose luis gonzales franco was able to jump a wall at the santa rita prison today after returning from a court appearance. he was held on burglary charges. >>> also new at 11:00, a warning from police where craigslist robberies are back on the rise. police believe it is the same suspects who targeted people back in july of 2010. the latest incident happened on friday to people responding to an ad to purchase a car. kron 4's reggie kumar has more on what happened. >> reporter: a couple thought they were getting a good deal when they found a post on craigslist for a used car. the price $3,800. the location, vallejo. when the couple arrived to purchase the car, neighbors say the man got out of the car with money in his hand. he knocked on the door but no one answered. the man then decided to call the seller and tell him no one was answering the door. w
kate thompson, kron 4 news. >>> new details tonight in dublin. a such for an escaped end mate had ended. jose luis gonzales franco cause caught a couple hours ago. he was riding a bicycle and arrested. jose luis gonzales franco was able to jump a wall at the santa rita prison today after returning from a court appearance. he was held on burglary charges. >>> also new at 11:00, a warning from police where craigslist robberies are back on the rise. police believe it is the same...
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kate thompson, kron 4 news. >> pg&e installed more equipment at candle stick. they are trying to prevent another power outage. it happened twice. before the game and during the game. >>> a viewer took this video of a transformer exploding. he says it happened in front of his house. it burned 10 minutes before the line snapped and fell on to a lawn, started the fire you see here. pg&e had to cut out the power to 6,000 people while they fixed it. >>> jury selection in the trial of a man killing a father and two suns in san francisco in 2008. edwin ramos is the gang member. kron 4's reggie kumar says it would have never happened if he was turned over to immigration authorities. >> reporter: in 2008, tony bologna and his two sons michael and matthew were driving to their home in san francisco after attending a family picnic. they were that corner when edwin ramos drove up and somewhat and killed the father and two sons. prosecutors say edwin ramos mistakenly thought they were members of a rival gang. the murder sparked controversy after it was discovered edwin ramo
kate thompson, kron 4 news. >> pg&e installed more equipment at candle stick. they are trying to prevent another power outage. it happened twice. before the game and during the game. >>> a viewer took this video of a transformer exploding. he says it happened in front of his house. it burned 10 minutes before the line snapped and fell on to a lawn, started the fire you see here. pg&e had to cut out the power to 6,000 people while they fixed it. >>> jury selection...
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reporting in san francisco, kate thompson, kron 4 news.arty: occupy protesters are planning demonstrations later today. they plan on going to big banks in the excelsior district. and in palo alto, the protesters will be joining the california clean what a campaign to talk about an assembly bill. that bill would tolet voters know who is financing political ads. >> this is occupy oakland. this action was in response to the city's for mobile of atp from frank ogawa plaza. from atp -- removal they've removed a tepee. this business owner has something else to say about his local business. >> what it has eat been like? >> people do not want to come over. >>reporter: -- what has it been like? >> people do not want to come here. it has killed my business. it killed me! 40 for lead before, my business generated $ three 00,-$400. now, people do not want to come over here i am barely making $30-40. it looks like it is a homeless >>reporter: they look like they're representing the 99 percent? >> they are not. if they're representing the 99% they would
reporting in san francisco, kate thompson, kron 4 news.arty: occupy protesters are planning demonstrations later today. they plan on going to big banks in the excelsior district. and in palo alto, the protesters will be joining the california clean what a campaign to talk about an assembly bill. that bill would tolet voters know who is financing political ads. >> this is occupy oakland. this action was in response to the city's for mobile of atp from frank ogawa plaza. from atp -- removal...
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kate that. son is standing by -- thompson is standing by with the latest on the community's reaction to developments related to the mission district rape cases. kate? >> reporter: well, the community here looking for a little closure this evening. they have been very active since the attacks began months ago. they met with police tonight to learn a few safety tips. of the suspect is behind bars, but the fear in the community remains. despite having a huge dog, linda raskin who attended tonight's meeting was given extra protection by her daughter. >> i found a mace -- not -- pepper spray in my christmas stalking. and were this is a >> reporter: this is a picture of a taser. >> there will always be a relief to have a really bad person taken off the streets. but it doesn't lessen the fact that we really need to be ever-vigilant. >> reporter: the police received hundreds of tips from the community. and that's made a big defense. it was a tip called into the hot line by a citizen that broke the case. >> the break came from a tip that we got. a very brave person gave us that tip, and we are very thankful.
kate that. son is standing by -- thompson is standing by with the latest on the community's reaction to developments related to the mission district rape cases. kate? >> reporter: well, the community here looking for a little closure this evening. they have been very active since the attacks began months ago. they met with police tonight to learn a few safety tips. of the suspect is behind bars, but the fear in the community remains. despite having a huge dog, linda raskin who attended...
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kron4's kate thompson joins us live of the >> reporter: things have let up a bit this evening. but now the rain is back. on the sidewalk you can see we're right by the bridge, the water is running down this hill. that is how wet the ground is now. and as we show you, as people are getting on, the water which is coming off the roadways and spraying the cars, you can see the mist and water from the headlights. rain the rain is slowing things down on the highway. traffic crawling along. the rain begins in the afternoon, effectively putting this car wash out of business. >> kind of miserable. late in the day . taking long. >> reporter: the bashier iary the gutters were working overtime to deal with the rain, but barely registered a rise in levels oaf the creek -- over the creek. >> we've been waiting for it. it's not -- it was about time that it came. it's great. >> reporter: that man is surviving, and people will have to survive tomorrow as more is on the way. and has continued to come down here in marin county. the rain has been going since early this afternoon. and it's still go
kron4's kate thompson joins us live of the >> reporter: things have let up a bit this evening. but now the rain is back. on the sidewalk you can see we're right by the bridge, the water is running down this hill. that is how wet the ground is now. and as we show you, as people are getting on, the water which is coming off the roadways and spraying the cars, you can see the mist and water from the headlights. rain the rain is slowing things down on the highway. traffic crawling along. the...
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kate thompson spoke to the mother who is fighting the charge. >> this is just blown out of proportion. there's sexual intent in all of this. they were just playing, being kids. >> did you ask your son about what happened? did he tell you what he thinks happened that day? >> he says he was playing, and he didn't know. and i said did you really mean to touch his private area , and he said no. and he said that would be gross, you know! i asked did you touch his pee pee, and he said, no, that would be gross. and they suspended him for a day. but still, i think he didn't get the concept what suspension means. he's just confused about what happened >> you talked to the parents of the other boy. and what do they say about what happened? >> i talked to the mom, and the mom said the boy did tell her that my son touched his -- the boy in the private area. but she said he was fine. he was playing. and they met that night at a different function outside school, and they were still playing. if my son really assaulted somebody or, you know, the other boy would be scared of him. this is just handled
kate thompson spoke to the mother who is fighting the charge. >> this is just blown out of proportion. there's sexual intent in all of this. they were just playing, being kids. >> did you ask your son about what happened? did he tell you what he thinks happened that day? >> he says he was playing, and he didn't know. and i said did you really mean to touch his private area , and he said no. and he said that would be gross, you know! i asked did you touch his pee pee, and he...
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kate thompson explains the information was leaked by the san francisco police. kate >> san francisco police blew their own cover. officers using social media sites let the cat out of the bat with the release details about a surprise, what was supposed to be is a prize rate of occupy san francisco back in december. the department now says that they will hold back details from the rank and file until about an hour or so before the launch of an operation. >>mark: we will be right back as the kron4 news continues. back in two minutes. a live look as we're watching wall street this morning it waiting for the opening bell. right now, traffic is moving slowly. we will take you live to the nyse-listed for the opening bell which will be ringing in a few moments. >>mark: opening bell on wall street. the dow is up 70 points. dow futures are down 19. >>darya: let's take a look at the weather. >>james: here is a look at current temperatures. all in all, cold with the possibility of a frost. expect that as you head out of the door. this afternoon a much decent picture. oakland
kate thompson explains the information was leaked by the san francisco police. kate >> san francisco police blew their own cover. officers using social media sites let the cat out of the bat with the release details about a surprise, what was supposed to be is a prize rate of occupy san francisco back in december. the department now says that they will hold back details from the rank and file until about an hour or so before the launch of an operation. >>mark: we will be right back...
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kron4's kate thompson has details on the latest confrontation. of >> reporter: protestors show up to city hall to find the doors locked and guarded. finally, the door is opened and protestors are told someone from city hall will be down to speak to them. when the police officer tries to close the door, that's when chaos erupts. [ crowd noise ] >> reporter: after the tug of war back and forth, two officers from outside, the doors closed and they stood guard. several people are selected to go upstairs and speak with the mayor's assistants for several hours about the occupy demands. >> there are conditions of trust and communication, and they're totally at their worst at this point. >> my personal frustration is with the police department and the way that the police behavior is just counter intuitive to peacemaking. >> reporter: the police department stands by the 12 people it arrested, saying they resisted arrest, and that the police department gave plenty of warning and notification that certain structures in the occupy camp needed to be taken dow
kron4's kate thompson has details on the latest confrontation. of >> reporter: protestors show up to city hall to find the doors locked and guarded. finally, the door is opened and protestors are told someone from city hall will be down to speak to them. when the police officer tries to close the door, that's when chaos erupts. [ crowd noise ] >> reporter: after the tug of war back and forth, two officers from outside, the doors closed and they stood guard. several people are...
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kate thompson reports people seem skeptical. >> reporter: more than a dozen homes are currently being rebuilt near the explosion site. thursday night, for the first time, residents heard and saw the city's plan for putting in a new infrastructure. >> what they want to see in the future are street-scapes, explain to them when we need to do to replace the streets and water lines. >> reporter: it was the idea of widening sidewalks with 20-foot bump-outs to slow down traffic which seemed to cause the most concern. >> they're taking away parking space. which are at a premium. >> it's insane . >> why? >> because they're going to take parking spaces away from us. this is our neighborhood. and people are coming in and trying to make adjustments and take parking places away. and doing round-abouts. >> reporter: the city council will make the decision on what will finally be rebuilt. but the city is hoping that the neighborhood can come to a consensus on what they want. it has been a long road of rebuilding for a lot of people like edward pelagrini. >> right now, honestly, it's the last thing o
kate thompson reports people seem skeptical. >> reporter: more than a dozen homes are currently being rebuilt near the explosion site. thursday night, for the first time, residents heard and saw the city's plan for putting in a new infrastructure. >> what they want to see in the future are street-scapes, explain to them when we need to do to replace the streets and water lines. >> reporter: it was the idea of widening sidewalks with 20-foot bump-outs to slow down traffic which...
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new tonight at 11:00, kate thompson is here with more. >> reporter: pam, everyone is on them these days, facebook, twitter. and that's what happened here. officers lost the element of surprise posting on social networking sites. in the early morning hours of december 7th. more than 100 police officers seized upon the occupy camp. some people knew they were coming. officers posting messages to facebook and twitter tipped people off. they tweeted statements like "working late, game day, starting early, and secret thing." that information on the internet spread, hinting at the scheduled sweep of the camp. in the future, to control the spread of information, sfpd says it will keep officers out of the loop. they will be told when to bring their gear and when to show up, and then they'll be briefed. they won't be told what they're doing until an hour or so before the operation. and this is not an unprecedented step. sfp does this for some operations to keep things secret from the rank and file. >>> new details tonight. richmond city leaders are still meeting at this hour. they're looking to a
new tonight at 11:00, kate thompson is here with more. >> reporter: pam, everyone is on them these days, facebook, twitter. and that's what happened here. officers lost the element of surprise posting on social networking sites. in the early morning hours of december 7th. more than 100 police officers seized upon the occupy camp. some people knew they were coming. officers posting messages to facebook and twitter tipped people off. they tweeted statements like "working late, game...
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as kate thompson reports, the federal government has given the okay to push that project forward. >> reporter: one instruction has already begun for the central subway. you can see the heavy equipment out in the street here in union square. the traffic cones, certainly sidewalks are blocked off, and there are signs telling people about what's to come. federal funding for the subway has not yet been secured. on wednesday, the federal transportation secretary issued an important letter something the project, signalling that federal funding is on the way, and that is critical to the project. the city has applied for nearly a billion dollars in federal funding. that's the majority of the cost for the project. now, the city will be able to move forward with this letter on the initial construction and begin digging the subway tunnel. when it's complete, the subway will run from china town to the cal train station on fourth street. of the subway is expected to open in 2019. >> construction of that subway means big changes for two bus routes starting on saturday. the 30 bus and the 45 bus wi
as kate thompson reports, the federal government has given the okay to push that project forward. >> reporter: one instruction has already begun for the central subway. you can see the heavy equipment out in the street here in union square. the traffic cones, certainly sidewalks are blocked off, and there are signs telling people about what's to come. federal funding for the subway has not yet been secured. on wednesday, the federal transportation secretary issued an important letter...
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kate thompson talked to leddon's sister who says it's amazing her brother survived. >> he heard a crash, and this robber came in. he jimmy opened the door. and he had a gun. and he held the gunto his forehead. and and he said i'm going to take you out, you know, you are on my list, or something to that effect. and my brother said oh, i'm so nervous, he said. of i have to go to the bathroom. or i'm going to have an accident right here. and he talked the robber into allowing him to go into his bathroom. that's where he had his loaded pistol. >> reporter: in the bathroom? >> in the bathroom. and he came out shooting. he said -- >> reporter: did he shoot through the door? >> no. he opened the door and had his gun down, one, two, three. >> reporter: had your brother ever seen this man before? >> no, no. >> reporter: any idea what he was looking for? >> the robber said there's a contract out on you, and he gave another name. my brother's name is jay. and my brother said that was the weirdest thing of all. >> reporter: an incredible story. >> yes, he works out, his body is just so fit. [ laugh
kate thompson talked to leddon's sister who says it's amazing her brother survived. >> he heard a crash, and this robber came in. he jimmy opened the door. and he had a gun. and he held the gunto his forehead. and and he said i'm going to take you out, you know, you are on my list, or something to that effect. and my brother said oh, i'm so nervous, he said. of i have to go to the bathroom. or i'm going to have an accident right here. and he talked the robber into allowing him to go into...
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kate thompson has more. for kate >> in nevada, police are searching for a serial arsonist who has laid 56 fires around the city of novato over the last three days. the first of the fires was ignited on saturday and again sunday night and early monday morning. the last fighters ignited were in an open space preserve deep in the woods. firefighters spent all day monday extinguishing the flames. for extra crews were brought in to help the fire department and more officers were staffed and the evening >>darya: we have more details on joseph nasal, the man accused of killing northern california woman with matching and initials. he is representing himself. this could wind up being a death penalty case. so far prosecutors are tight-lipped about the case. nato is charged with killing these four women. mark >> we in both iraq as the kron4 news continues. a warning about a cragslist rocket. and after a break. faugh if >>mark: in the vallejo, cragslist robberies are best on the rise. billy didn't write people responding
kate thompson has more. for kate >> in nevada, police are searching for a serial arsonist who has laid 56 fires around the city of novato over the last three days. the first of the fires was ignited on saturday and again sunday night and early monday morning. the last fighters ignited were in an open space preserve deep in the woods. firefighters spent all day monday extinguishing the flames. for extra crews were brought in to help the fire department and more officers were staffed and...
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kate thompson was at the oakland city council meeting when it happened and is joining us live with the latest. kate came to a screeching halt. let's get to the video and show you occupy protesters coming through the city council chamber doors. police tried to stop them but they went into the chambers and into the second level. they were screaming and yelling. no one could get anything done. the city council stopped the meeting, they went on a 15 minute break. the mayor in the entire city council walked out of the chambers and into a second room. occupiers continued screaming and yelling. police were brought in but did not forcibly remove anyone. 10-15 minutes later in the city council came back into the chambers and continued on with the meeting. noticeably absent was the mayor. she never returned and has not returned at this point. this meeting was concerning cuts to budgets that were made. oakland is now not getting we developing money from the state. it has eliminated. not only are their services on the line, these are services people in oakland use every day like going to the zoo o
kate thompson was at the oakland city council meeting when it happened and is joining us live with the latest. kate came to a screeching halt. let's get to the video and show you occupy protesters coming through the city council chamber doors. police tried to stop them but they went into the chambers and into the second level. they were screaming and yelling. no one could get anything done. the city council stopped the meeting, they went on a 15 minute break. the mayor in the entire city...
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kate thompson, kron4 news. >>grant: here is highway 85. this is where the bomb scare shut down traffic for so long this afternoon. this high school came into play, just a stone's throw away from this particularly dangerous scene. the bank of america, where the bank robbery happened, that is what started this whole thing. thank the bank is on snell avenue. it is a bank of america. one of the suspect walked into the bank with a box that had wires, it looks like a bomb and that is what he told tellers. police shut down the area. after the suspect's rob a bank, they took off. they crashed their car along highway 85. one of the suspects then got out of the car and ran to the high school, the other got out of the car and was tackled by a guy near the crash scene and saw him running. the man who tackled him held the suspect until police arrived. kron4's book exclusively with the man who put his life on the line. >> i was on my way to work and noticed the car driving erratically. it shot in front of me and several other cars to get on to the freew
kate thompson, kron4 news. >>grant: here is highway 85. this is where the bomb scare shut down traffic for so long this afternoon. this high school came into play, just a stone's throw away from this particularly dangerous scene. the bank of america, where the bank robbery happened, that is what started this whole thing. thank the bank is on snell avenue. it is a bank of america. one of the suspect walked into the bank with a box that had wires, it looks like a bomb and that is what he...
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as kate thompson explains, the leak came from san francisco police themselves. kate >> police apparently blew their own cover, officers using social media sites let the cat out of the bad when they released details about a surprise, what was supposed to be a surprise raid of our occupy san francisco camp. the department now says the number one county for youth homicide was monterey with 24.36 you've homicides. >>darya: in an effort to catch the arsonist responsible for 56 fires being set around novato, there is a reward out to try and catch him. fe $15,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. the fires started from 930 at nine all the way to the wee hours of the morning. no one has the heart and none of these flames spread to any homes periods cox 5 faugh what did >>george: take a look at this ride and of the lower east shore freeway. the drive time has spiked up to 26 minutes for the westbound ride on interstate 80. a look at this and a complete traffic check in a bid. >>mark: news we are following this morning, and ronnie nuclear scientist has been kill
as kate thompson explains, the leak came from san francisco police themselves. kate >> police apparently blew their own cover, officers using social media sites let the cat out of the bad when they released details about a surprise, what was supposed to be a surprise raid of our occupy san francisco camp. the department now says the number one county for youth homicide was monterey with 24.36 you've homicides. >>darya: in an effort to catch the arsonist responsible for 56 fires...
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kate thompson joins us live with the latest, kate? >> reporter: well, pam, we are talking about 5,000 new parking meters in petrerro hill and dog pack and people are angry because the main issue is that the city is putting parking meters in front of their home. now we can show you some video where parking meters will be put in mission bay. there are a lot of people who have spoken out against this plan and they don't understand why they are insisting on their house. petrerro hill and dog pack, there is some confusion as to whether or not parking meters should be put in these streets. but a lot of people are angry because they feel parking in front of their home is being eaten up. >> let's compromise here and put some meters in maybe where they work and where they are needed, but otherwise get resident parking permits just as they do everywhere else in the city. >> so there are several city counsel people, more than 100 people and right now they are giving their comments to the "t," s . and they -- to the tsa and they are hoping there
kate thompson joins us live with the latest, kate? >> reporter: well, pam, we are talking about 5,000 new parking meters in petrerro hill and dog pack and people are angry because the main issue is that the city is putting parking meters in front of their home. now we can show you some video where parking meters will be put in mission bay. there are a lot of people who have spoken out against this plan and they don't understand why they are insisting on their house. petrerro hill and dog...
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kate thompson reports. kate >> impressions of fisherman's wharf, do you see a lot of homeless?> yes. that is all it is. >>gabe: it may be the heart of the city for tourists but it is home to plenty san francisco homeless like the 18 year-old who was molested for sexually assaulting a teenage tourist. young woman in the area are frightened. >> there should be more cops around. >>vicki: homeless are on almost every block. the attack happened outside the headquarters of the longshoremen's union. members say they have seen the suspect nearby and homeless in general are a major issue. >> if we have a problem with a lot of the homeless this seemed to urinate, defecate in and hang around here. kate have had several meetings already since this incident. they're calling it an isolated incident but say they do have additional patrols out all the time is a part of this district. they have security and ambassadors to walk the streets of fisherman's wharf. the mayor says he is directing the police chief to focus heavily on the attack. >> anytime our youth are exposed themselves or are a par
kate thompson reports. kate >> impressions of fisherman's wharf, do you see a lot of homeless?> yes. that is all it is. >>gabe: it may be the heart of the city for tourists but it is home to plenty san francisco homeless like the 18 year-old who was molested for sexually assaulting a teenage tourist. young woman in the area are frightened. >> there should be more cops around. >>vicki: homeless are on almost every block. the attack happened outside the headquarters of...
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keith thompson reports. katean bruno, residents of the neighborhood that was destroyed by the family of pg&e gasoline explosion heard from city planners on what they think should happen when the neighborhood is rebuilt. some homes have already started to be rebuilt. its construction going on because i want to put in the utilities and calm down some of the traffic that comes through this year. the plan was met with a little bit of skepticism from residents who are worried that their neighborhood will be significantly changed. that they're valuable street parking will be eaten up by roundabouts that the city wants to put in. they did get to weigh in but eventually won the plan is certified it is the city council that will make the final decision. >>darya: san francisco police say that 70 felons have been taken off the streets following a sweep targeting wanted suspects. most were found in tenderloin and taken into custody for outstanding warrants for violent crimes. 20 of them were on parole and four of those arres
keith thompson reports. katean bruno, residents of the neighborhood that was destroyed by the family of pg&e gasoline explosion heard from city planners on what they think should happen when the neighborhood is rebuilt. some homes have already started to be rebuilt. its construction going on because i want to put in the utilities and calm down some of the traffic that comes through this year. the plan was met with a little bit of skepticism from residents who are worried that their...
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kate thompson is live at city hall tonight. first time their residents will get a chance to weigh in on the cuts. >>reporter: this is the first time the resident a chance to weigh in and the city workers whose jobs are on the line. people were given pink slips, thousands given out by the city. right now city workers are wondering will they or won't they be one of the workers that are laid off the city said it will only off about 109 workers. people's jobs are on the minds, people's livelihood is on the lines. they do not know if they will be one of the 100 workers that will be losing their jobs. people are very stressed out and and just wondering in the end who will be laid off? workers are here, residents are here voicing their concern to the city council who will vote next week. >>pam: we had a problem with a case story, but nonetheless open to residents and police and getting a chance to talk tonight. in an apparent case of gross rate is believed to be--this collision tied up west bound 84 hours during the morning commute. >>
kate thompson is live at city hall tonight. first time their residents will get a chance to weigh in on the cuts. >>reporter: this is the first time the resident a chance to weigh in and the city workers whose jobs are on the line. people were given pink slips, thousands given out by the city. right now city workers are wondering will they or won't they be one of the workers that are laid off the city said it will only off about 109 workers. people's jobs are on the minds, people's...
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kate thompson, kron 4 news. >>> the city of oakland is preparing for another planned occupy movement. police arrested more than 350 people over the weekend, and yesterday some called for harsher penalties to maintain law and order. >> the reality, we have allowed them to play the game. we have allowed them to have us chasing them all overrule the place. >> if we -- all over the place. >> if we can make sure there's a place to pay for the insanity that we've seen this saturday, we need to make them pay the price. >> i think we need to look at really utilizing all aspects of the law to try and address this problem. >> oakland police say they have identified some of the protesters who are repeat offenders, and those people have been issued restraining orders to keep them from participating in future demonstrations. >> we have to take a quick break. they're is a quick look at the freeway before we go. an easy ride out there this morning, but we could be in store for some showers come tomorrow. another look at the forecast coming up in just a little bit. 0ñ@Ñ >>> president gerald ford's lo
kate thompson, kron 4 news. >>> the city of oakland is preparing for another planned occupy movement. police arrested more than 350 people over the weekend, and yesterday some called for harsher penalties to maintain law and order. >> the reality, we have allowed them to play the game. we have allowed them to have us chasing them all overrule the place. >> if we -- all over the place. >> if we can make sure there's a place to pay for the insanity that we've seen this...
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we have the very latest from kron4 kate thompson. >>reporter: they show up to city hall to find the doors locked and guarded, finally the doors are open. in protesters are told that someone from city hall will be down to sleep with them when it police officer tried to close that is when chaos errupts. >>reporter: several people are selected to go stair to speak with the mayor's assistant for several hours about the occupy demands. >> my personal frustration is with the police department and the way that this behavior is just counter intuitive to peacemaking. >>reporter: the oakland police department's stance by the 12 people they arrested saying that the people resisted arrest and they gave 200 and a warning that certain structures in the occupy cam need to be taken down. >>justine: now in san francisco, a senior citizen occupy protesters shut down it gave america this small group in somewhere in wheelchairs' and walkers, the colony's financial institution to stop raising fees and to use belloc money to stop the foreclosures. >>james
we have the very latest from kron4 kate thompson. >>reporter: they show up to city hall to find the doors locked and guarded, finally the doors are open. in protesters are told that someone from city hall will be down to sleep with them when it police officer tried to close that is when chaos errupts. >>reporter: several people are selected to go stair to speak with the mayor's assistant for several hours about the occupy demands. >> my personal frustration is with the police...
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kate thompson explains the information was apparently leaked by the san francisco police. >> officers social media sites let the cat out at of the bat when they released details about a surprise raid of occupy sf back in december. >>darya: occupy wall street protesters are back in business. they are gathering at zuccotti park in normans. the barricades have been taking out. >>mark: we will be right back as the kron4 news continues. more on the preparations for the 49ers left game. here is a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. >>mark: hulu is in the newest is returning to candlestick park and shawn king sent will perform at halftime. santa clara city council has approved a plan to pave the way towards the new football stadium. the agreement will allow the football team is to build a stadium on the overflow parking lot. >>darya: the oakland raiders are looking for a new coach. the team fired hugh jackson yesterday after just one year of. the decision to get rid of hugh jackson came four days after the team announced the hiring of the first general manager since the death of al davis
kate thompson explains the information was apparently leaked by the san francisco police. >> officers social media sites let the cat out at of the bat when they released details about a surprise raid of occupy sf back in december. >>darya: occupy wall street protesters are back in business. they are gathering at zuccotti park in normans. the barricades have been taking out. >>mark: we will be right back as the kron4 news continues. more on the preparations for the 49ers left...
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kate thompson reports that the federal government has given us the ok to push for the project. >>reporter: construction has already begun for the central subway, you can see the heavy equipment in the street at union square. the traffic cones, the sidewalks are blocked off and there are signs telling people about what is to come. federal funding for the subway has not yet been secured. on wednesday, the federal transportation secretary issued an important letter supporting the project signaling that federal funding is on the way. that is critical to the project. the city has applied for nearly $1 billion in federal funding, that is the majority of the cost of the project. now the city will be able to move forward with this letter on the initial construction and began digging the subway tunnel. when complete so we will run from chinatown to the caltrans station. the subway is expected to open in 2019. >>james: construction of the subway means big changes for two bus routes. instead of driving down stockton, the changes will be in effect as you heard this is happening over the ne
kate thompson reports that the federal government has given us the ok to push for the project. >>reporter: construction has already begun for the central subway, you can see the heavy equipment in the street at union square. the traffic cones, the sidewalks are blocked off and there are signs telling people about what is to come. federal funding for the subway has not yet been secured. on wednesday, the federal transportation secretary issued an important letter supporting the project...
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kate thompson has the story. kate >> in san jose, two men were arrested after robbing it is america and then fled. fed their car crashed on highway 85 off setting off a chain of events that included the highly being shut down for five hours. fast a nearby neighborhood was evacuated and a high school was shut down. the bomb squad was called to the scene because it was believed that there was an explosive device in the car. half that is why the highway was shut down for so long. fe device was detonated by police believe that it was not an explosive. four people were allowed back into their homes later in the afternoon. >>darya: as they were getting away on highway 85, one man who owned a security company saw the entire thing unfold. in an interview, steve brown told us how he stepped in to help stop the bank robbers. >> i was on my way to work and noticed the car driving erratically some tough, it shot inside her teeth in it several other cars on the freeway. these guys were going easily up to 90 mi. per hour. both
kate thompson has the story. kate >> in san jose, two men were arrested after robbing it is america and then fled. fed their car crashed on highway 85 off setting off a chain of events that included the highly being shut down for five hours. fast a nearby neighborhood was evacuated and a high school was shut down. the bomb squad was called to the scene because it was believed that there was an explosive device in the car. half that is why the highway was shut down for so long. fe device...
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but as checking with kate thompson, is the storm coming down pretty hard there?r: i am trying to smile for you here, it is absolutely miserable out here. the big difference from yesterday, the wind is incredible. you can see how the rain it is just been down. it is in absolutely every direction people are getting so out here as they come home from work. now you can see the wet roads out here. in the roads are saturated. they have the electronic sign warning people to take it slow. reporting live i and k thompson with kron4 news. >>pam: of a tree limb fell and hit power lines in oakland we have details on that. >>reporter: this happened around 3:30 p.m., firefighter say rain and wind up here and not this down on to the power line luckily the power line did not sat in half, so residents did not lose power at any point. firefighters called in a pg&e crew, they then release it from power lines. what is interesting is that oakland firefighters responded to a fire next door they say this was related to the fire. >>pam: occupy san francisco to to the streets today cause
but as checking with kate thompson, is the storm coming down pretty hard there?r: i am trying to smile for you here, it is absolutely miserable out here. the big difference from yesterday, the wind is incredible. you can see how the rain it is just been down. it is in absolutely every direction people are getting so out here as they come home from work. now you can see the wet roads out here. in the roads are saturated. they have the electronic sign warning people to take it slow. reporting...
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kate thompson has the latest. >> in a bottle, police are searching for a serial arsonist who has startedound the city of nevada over the last three days. the first of the fires was ignited saturday around 9:30 p.m. and again sunday night and early sunday-- early monday morning. the last fires ignited were in an open space preserve, deep in the woods. firefighters spent all day on monday extinguishing the flames. extra crews were brought in and also, more officers were staffed over monday evening to patrol nevada for anything suspicious. keith thompson, kron4 news. >>mark: we will be right back as the kron4 news continues. a big jump on wall street today. more coming up after the break. here is a live look at the golden gate bridge. but >>mark: we could see a jump at the opening bell on wall street coming in an hour. dow futures are up almost a full percent. there is optimism about corporate results from profit earnings. stocks closed slightly higher yesterday as everyone waited to see what happened with alcoa. the dow was up yesterday to 12,392. alcoa, the aluminum producer was the first
kate thompson has the latest. >> in a bottle, police are searching for a serial arsonist who has startedound the city of nevada over the last three days. the first of the fires was ignited saturday around 9:30 p.m. and again sunday night and early sunday-- early monday morning. the last fires ignited were in an open space preserve, deep in the woods. firefighters spent all day on monday extinguishing the flames. extra crews were brought in and also, more officers were staffed over monday...
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kay thompson is live in nevada with the latest. kate >> it is all hands on deck for the fire department and police department in nevada. we are here at their rush creek open space preserve. this is where the latest fires were discovered early this morning. firefighters have been all day out here and getting them out. we have a video from earlier this evening when i went to station house 61. that is one of several firehouses that has extra staff on hand tonight. they have called in their reserves. there are 15 firefighters from marin county overcalled in early to help nevada fire in case there are more fires set throughout the night. most of the crews have been up for 48 straight hours because of these fires. the police also have patrols around the neighborhood. >> we have additional crews out. as a result, those officers and fire personnel located six of the fires before they were reported to us. >> there have been 56 fires total. fires started at 9:00 p.m. on saturday and again sunday evening and early monday morning. many of these buy
kay thompson is live in nevada with the latest. kate >> it is all hands on deck for the fire department and police department in nevada. we are here at their rush creek open space preserve. this is where the latest fires were discovered early this morning. firefighters have been all day out here and getting them out. we have a video from earlier this evening when i went to station house 61. that is one of several firehouses that has extra staff on hand tonight. they have called in their...
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kate, we will see you in a few minutes. still ahead, the truthing about newt gingrich's promise to stay in the race till the republican convention. and later, fred thompsons worried he says about some of mitt romney's campaign tactics. >> we've got members of congress going around to gingrich rallies and causing disruption and stuff. just while stuff. and so, you got to be concerned about the turnout and whether conservatives can come back together again. ... [worker 1:] we need to produce our own energy. [announcer:] and, the architect who says... [worker 2:] we need environmental protection. [announcer:] we say, you're right. find out how natural gas answers both at powerincooperation.com. with my vial and syringe. me, drawing my insulin dose. and me the day i discovered novolog flexpen. flexpen is pre-filled with your mealtime insulin. dial the exact dose, inject by pushing a button. no vials, syringes or coolers to carry. flexpen is insulin delivery my way. novolog is a fast-acting insulin used to control high blood sugar in adults and children with diabetes. do not inject if you do not plan to eat within five to ten minutes after injection to avoid
kate, we will see you in a few minutes. still ahead, the truthing about newt gingrich's promise to stay in the race till the republican convention. and later, fred thompsons worried he says about some of mitt romney's campaign tactics. >> we've got members of congress going around to gingrich rallies and causing disruption and stuff. just while stuff. and so, you got to be concerned about the turnout and whether conservatives can come back together again. ... [worker 1:] we need to...