And a major milestone in the male announcer live from the kron 4 news station, this is the kron 4 news. Tonight at eight. Tragedy and survival in the sierra. A Northern California couple missing after being caught in a blizzard. A daughter left to mourn her but in the wrong direction. He was so far off trail from where everybody was looking. Or the search crews were looking. In a pam the mans girlfriend found after a week in the wilderness. Malnourished and were very happy that she pam the family of a sacramento week, their loved one has been found. Kron fours Philippe Djegal is here now. With more on paula lane says she stayed alive by eating the tomatoes she and her boyfriend packed with them. As well as snow. Roderick clifton did not live. He died while trying to find help. But paula did survive. And, her family is overwhelmed. Weve been through a lot in my family. My nephews, my mom, and were very happy that she made it. The amoun Linda Hathaway says its tough to keep her composure
A no contest plea in the south bay courtroom. He faces felony charges including weapons possession and dui. Tonight there is still a chance he may spend time behind bars. And our top story at 7 00 p. M. We explain the pe and what comes next. 49ers linebacker aldon smith was kept out of sight for hours before he walked into the san jose courtroom before sitting down in the gallery and taking a seat. Smith is facing three felony weapons charges and three misdemeanor charges related to dui. He originally pleaded not guilty last year, but today changed to no contest. As ktvu reported smiths felony charges related to a party at his home in june, 2012 or shots were fired and a subsequent investigation turned up an assault weapon. Misdemeanor dui charges came after smith crashed his truck into a tree and driving into a home turning up the backyard. Its time he was charged with possession of marijuana, that charge was dropped. Today the prosecutor said the das office does not make a plea deal
Ride along as well as what one neighbor tells us about what he saw at one of the businesses. Live from oakland Jana Katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. More details now. You may not realize it, but Human Trafficking is estimated to be a 32 billion a year industry worldwide. For comparison the apps industry in this case, app stores run by google and apple, are expected to generate 25 billion this year worldwide. The California Attorney general says california is one of the top four destinations for human traffickers in the United States. On her website Kamala Harris says thats likely because we are a border state with a significant population of immigrants. A killing that left three daughters in san jose without a mother. Now a 22yearold man is under arrest and weve learned more tonight about how they knew each other. Police arent saying much, but ktvus rob ross reports from san jose. Reporter place arrested 22 yearold Gabriel Alejo for stabbing the mother of a baby and twin 9yearold girls
Were evacuated were sent to nearby moorehead middle school. This is a very interesting fire in that the firefighters had to stand by and let at that gas line burn. Theres a ruptured gas line of the so were allowing it to burn until we can get it shut down by pg e. The reason being, if we put it out and it starts to build gas in the area, theres possibility of explosion. Reporter that gas line has now been capped. It has not been repaired but we saw the p gcht and e crew that normally does that kind of work roll up to the scene. We know that electricity has been restored to the homes as well. The families are at moorehead middle school. As you can see kwithin those pictures, that one home is not going to be livable until the home is rebuilt. There is no known cause of the fire right now. And firefighters are waiting for the smoke to dissipate before they can get inside and figure out ha caused the fire and what happened first, the fire or the gas like break. Reporting live in san jose.
Taken to hospital. Lightning strikes do happen here we do have a man who was struck in an oilfield near fresno. It does happen but very rare. Firefighters continue to battle a wildfire that has destroyed ten homes and forced hundreds of evacuations in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Officials say the sand fire has burned about 3,800 acres in amador and el dorado counties since friday. About 500 homes have been evacuated near plymouth in amador countys winegrowing region. A calfire Spokesman Says the fire could continue to grow this evening. As firefighters brace for high wind and triple digit heat. We have a quick round of heavy showers and thunderstorms making for the injuries and fatalities earlier. We even had a few showers here in the bay area earlier this morning. Around sunrise. Just a trace amounts of rain, meaning less than one onehundredth of an inch. Temperatures actually got pretty hot today if, especially in and. For 100 degrees in antioch. There will be a chance of showers la