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Transcripts For KICU 10 OClock News 20130207

And other east bay mud reservoirs are 88 full right now. Still, Officials Say we could use more rain. Another bright, and brilliant sunset other the bay, as we experience the kind of weather, people from colder climates envy. A lot better than back home, gets reports of snow, and big deep snow and everybody out building snowmen. Reporter the east bay municipal utilities district gets most of its water from the macolume river watershed. So far, this year, its seen 24 inches of precipitation. So much rain fell in november, and december, that east bay mud actually started releasing water from party reservoir. You cant decide when the weather comes, or how much of it comes at a certain time. Its been dry for a while. We think its going to be a dry for a while. Reporter if the dry spell continues, water levels will fall. Too much, wed like to see a couple of storms. Reporter lynn davis has seen the changes at that reservoir. The water was too low in the lake for five years. Reporter a new yorker blames the dry spell on climate change. Its great to enjoy, but this might be the new tropics in a couple of years. Reporter we still have six weeks for winter. Time for one or two more good storms to ease those water worries. Ken wayne, ktvu, channel 2 news. Were tracking that next weather system in here now. It is some rain, but its not the big storm that ken is talking about. We need something bigger than this to get the numbers where we want them. Heres the computer model. 7 00a. M. Tomorrow morning, you see showers showing up up here around the napa area and santa rosa. 8 00a. M. , off San Francisco, here you can see some activity. Thats pretty moderate rain. Thats the mortgage commute too. A central part of the bay is definitely getting wet. By 10 00 a. M. , the showers move to the south bay. Tracking this, its right on the morning commute. It is not a huge storm, rainfall accumulations a quarter of an inch if were lucky. When i come back, the latest computer, theres more rain. Im going to run this through friday, saturday, and sunday as well. Bell will be back at 10 20 with his complete outlook for how tomorrows rain is going to play out. At 10 45, your extended forecast, including the weekend ahead. We have new information tonight about the cold case disappearance of 10yearold Kevin Collins. For the first time, San Francisco police are publicly acknowledging a suspect, or to use their term, a person of interest. The man, now deceased had many aliases and a criminal record. Reporter 10yearold Kevin Collins remains frozen in time. He disappeared while waiting for a bus after school in San Franciscos haightashbury neighborhood in 1984. This is a case that haunts the San Francisco Police Department and the city of San Francisco. Reporter today Police Revealed new details about wayne jackson. Police say he fits the physical description of the man collins was last seen talking to. He lived not far from where the abduction happened. He had a dog similar to the dog that the suspect was seen to have. Reporter at the time, eyewitnesses and a consense search of jacksons house failed to conclusively tie him to the case. Jackson had five different identities, and a history of kidnapping, lewd acts, and sexual assaults against boys in canada, and one at Fishermans Wharf in the years before collins disappeared. Cold case investigators said they developed new leads, prompting a search of jacksons old house. That turned up to be animal bones. What he were looking for is anybody that saw this guy back in 1984, anybody that talked to this guy back in 1984. Reporter police say they talked to jacksons roommate. Ktvu channel 2 news. Ktvu sat down this morning with collins mother. When we heard his background, i just got chills. Ann collins says she didnt recognize wayne jackson. She presumes her son was killed. In a way is that the guy got away with murder. He never had to face a court of law for almost anything he did, apparently, but he faced a higher court. Reporter collins says she hopes someone will recognize the pictures of the suspect, and come forward with information that will finally bring a conclusion to this case. Stay with ktvu news for continuing coverage. Well bring you the latest developments in the case on air, and online. A search is underway tonight in the south bay for a man who drove off in a San Jose Police van while he was in handcuffs. Officers say Anthony Sanchez then dumped the unmarked van near almond, and expressway, and ran about a mile from where it was stolen. Officers say they picked up sanchez on a probation violation about 3 30 this afternoon. But because he was a large man, officers linked two handcuffs together. Officers say they were doing paperwork, when he slipped the cuffs in front of himself, went to the front seat and just drove off. Weighing 250 to 275 pounds, he was last seen wearing black sweats and a sweatshirt. A single metal bolt brought one of San Franciscos cable cars to a halt today. The cable car struck at about 10 20 this morning. Ten people were injured during the abrupt stop. Seven of them were taken to the hospital. The Major Accidents Team in muni are looking into how that bolt lodged into the track. Stopped the car dead. We lost one person off the vehicle. A female fell off, hurt her legs. Numerous injuries on the cable car. Police say they do not believe the bolt was maliciously placed in the tracks. Muni is trying to determine where it came from. Heavy smoke and a lot of flames could be seen billowing from a home in the berkely hills. The fire broke out just before noon in a house on the 1100 block of keith avenue. News chopper 2 was over the scene, as flames engulfed the home. Investigators say the fire started accidently. They say it was caused by that space heater that was someplaced too close to a bed. No one was injured,. Now to emeryville. Police tell ktvu, a specific threat was made to an office of the Lawrence Berkely national lab. Hundreds of people were evacuated at the start of the work day. Law Enforcement Teams searched the buildings for six hours, and tell us they found nothing suspicious. Were told that the lab work is on alternative plants that are not used for food. Ktvus Eric Rasmussen is live with the unique way some are tracking the turn around, and what it means for buyers and sellers. Reporter people would have never believed that just a year or two ago, houses out here in east county are actually going for more than their listed prices. In some cases, theyre spending very little time on the market. I was blown away. Reporter blown away, because she thought selling this home in brentwood would not be easy. Before these upgrades, it had been a rental that needed work. The place was a wreck. I thought, if we get anything for it. Reporter while they originally hoped to sell the house for 150,000, their broker convinced them to list it for 168. It ended up selling for 186,000. We put it there anyway to attract offers. Reporter the broker says the house was on the market for just five days. The average in this part of Contra Costa County had been 47 days until recently. One of the key factors considered in a special index case created to gauge the market strength. Average days on market is a big time indicater on shortage of supply. Right now, here in east, and in fact all over the bay area, and in many places in the country, supply is very, very low. Demand is off the charts. Reporter welcome news for this homeowner, and likely many others standing on the sidelines, waiting for the market to recover. Many homeowners still have houses that are underwater, and wont start putting their houses back on the market until the prices recover even more. Live in oakley, Eric Rasmussen, channel 2 news. Home depot is hired new workers just in time for spring. They say its similar to the Winter Holiday season for other retailers. The hiring surge is expected to mean 1500 jobs here in the bay area. In 90 seconds. Some bay area schools are closing the doors on old safety measures. New details about a triple homicide inside a bay area home. Erie. What investigators think the victims were doing before t they are so small you likely wouldnt notice them. Ktvus Maureen Naylor is live in san jose. She got a first hand look. Reporter the bay area this year alone has already had about a dozen school lockdowns. Tonight, we got a look at one districts simple change that educators say could make a huge difference. Ive been learning to sit down. Reporter it just finished installing new locks on more than 800 classroom doors. Previously what happened was you had to open the door, lock it, and then come in. Thats not very safe. The new locks, the mechanism is that. The people inside, they just have to go to the door and lock the door from inside, and just close the door shut and nobody can open it from outside. Reporter the safety improvements started last summer, well before the massacre at sandy hook elementary. These new locks were installed in 11 schools in the union city area. Classrooms without windows were also installed with peep holes. Parents applaud the move. Ingly love it. Now i can go to work, and i can be, know that my son is going to be okay. It just gives you an extra sense of assurance. Especially after what happened with connecticut. Big worries, you know, we say prayers every morning before she leaves. Reporter administrators say the upgrades came at a price tag of a half million dollars. Reports live in san jose, Maureen Naylor, ktvu, channel 2 news. Boeing got the go ahead today to test fly the 787 dreamliner again, but just once, tomorrow. The 787s have been grounded while federal aviation safety officials try to figure out why a lithiumion battery caught fire, and another started smoking. Boeing will be able to fly with a flight crew, but no passengers to study the electrical system. It could soon be smooth sailing for u. S. Airlines and american air. It would create the Worlds Largest airline in terms of traffic. The journal says the deal is worth more than 10 billion. There is still a chance that this deal could fall through. A camel that broke out of the enclosure twice yesterday is doing all right. Ktvu spoke with the camels caretaker today. He told us vets checked out the camel today, and gave him a clean bill of health. Saying camels are social animals, and think he may have broken out to be with the cattle downed road. Police are releasing very Little Information about the case including how 13yearold janel conway allen died. Her naked body was found last friday at allen witt park. Fairfield police have set up a 24 hour tip line, and are asking anyone who knows anything about this case to please give them a call. We have new details tonight about the triple homicide in sonoma county, including the names of the victims. Ktvus Ken Pritchett has more on the activity that Authorities Say prompted the shootings. Reporter behind the crime scene tape and out of sight from the road is the home on ross station road, where three bodies were found yesterday. The victims, 26yearold rolly butler of petaluma, richard lieuen of new york, and Todd Clarkowski of colorado. The neighbor lives about a quarter mile away. He says riley butler was a friend of a friend. He didnt know him well. Only heard that the shooting was linked to a drug deal gone bad. Some fool just took their life, i dont know. Reporter the Sheriffs Department confirms the men were in this house for a drug deal. That all three victims were the buyers of a significant amount of pot. We believe these three were all associates with each other. And that there was another involved party. Reporter the bodies were discovered by butlers brother. Three victims at once makes this unusual, but the criminal theme, its not. Most of our Violent Crime is related to marijuana, the theft of marijuana, the growing of marijuana. Reporter as for the shooter, or as the Sheriffs Department describes him, the other involved party, there is no description of that person or persons who fled the scene. Near forestville, Ken Pritchett, ktvu, channel 2 news. Comedian Katt Williams was in a courtroom today, apologizing for missing three prior court dates. He did not enter a plea for allegedly evading Sacramento Police last november. He is also accused of slapping an employee at a target store in woodland. The comedian says he missed court, because he was in southern california, fighting for custody of his children. A formal request has been filed with the nba to move the Sacramento Kings to seattle. Its unclear when the relocation request was submitted, but the teams owners agreed to sell the franchise last month to a group in seattle. Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson is still trying to assemble a sacramento based group of investors to make a counteroffer for the team. In tracking that next weather system headed our way. Here it comes. You can kind of see it stuck up here. Showers already beginning. This is the narrow band thats going to move through the bay area, as we get into the morning hours. I mentioned it before, pardon me, that morning commute looks like it will be damp, especially in the north bay. Here we are at 5 00 a. M. Then youve got showers in santa rosa, starting to get damp up there. 6 00a. M. , 7 00 a. M. , 8 00 a. M. , it moves through the north bay, and finds itself San Francisco to oakland to fremont across to redwood city. Thats at about 11 00 a. M. , or just before lunch. It kind of moves through the bay area. Were going to have wet roads on the morning commute. When i come back, ill roll this model all the way into the bay area weekend. The stock markets were mixed today with lackluster your honorings reports. The dow rose 7 points in a late mini rally. Investors seem to be taking a break from the recent swings. Yelp reported a loss of 5 million in the 4th quarter. It said residents and visitors to the site rose dramatically. Its been expanding into more markets in the u. S. , as well as overseas. Its more than 20 years in the making. When you can actually walk across the new bay bridge before the first cars drive across it. A San Francisco supervisor tells us about the Financial Moves he want the city to make to send a message about gun control. A reminder, you can get ktvu news there is no massproduced human. So we created the extraordinarily comfortable sleep number experience. A collection of innovations designed around a bed with dualair technology that allows you to adjust to the support your body needs. Each of your bodies. Our sleep professionals will help you find your sleep number setting. Exclusively at a sleep number store. Sleep number. Comfort. Individualized. At the ultimate sleep number event, queen mattresses start at just 599. And save 50 on our innovative limited edition bed. There was a star studded event on capitol hill today. Celebrities came out in support of president obamas call for new gun laws. The president and the first lady are kind of like the mom and the dad of the country. When your dad says something, you listen. Thats comedian chris rock. He was joined by singer tony bennett, actress amanda pete, and actor adam scott. The event was organized by a group of mayors who want to help Law Enforcement get illegal firearms off of our streets. Many cities across the nation are advising washington of their support of gun control legislation. Today, San Francisco joined that movement. Ktvus Heather Holmes is live in the city where she talked with a supervisor behind this new push. This is the resolution introduced by the supervisor. It calls on the city to dievest its attention from cities who profit on gun sales. Reporter hitting manufacturers where it really hurts. Their wallets. The supervisor is calling on the citys retirement board to stop investing in companies that provide guns and ammunition. Right now, the San Francisco employees retirement system has about 900,000 in firearm related investments. I think from the gun manufacturers who are in large part driving the commitment that people feel for guns, will send a strong message. Reporter other cities are moving in the same direction. Just today, los angeles took up the issue of ending its financial stake in companies that make firearms. New york and chicago are redirecting their resources. Guns dont kill people, our sons do. Reporter in napa, hundreds recently packed a forum on gun violence. More than 100 people have signed an online petition, encouraging the city council to end any investments in gun makers. I think public money invested should be invested in a responsible, and socially responsibly way. I would not want to see our own city investing in weapons. Reporter as of right now, napas portfolio is free of gun manufacturers. We have to do something around gun violence, and we have to promote greater gun control. Reporter this would not be the first time that San Francisco used its money to make a point. It has previously divested from gun control companies. The board of supervisors is also considering a second resolution to divest, but it involves a lot more money. If we could divest that would be terrific, but we need to make sure that were being fiscally reasonable. The proposal calls for eliminating investments over a five year span. San francisco has about 1 billion invested in oil companies. How

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