Transcripts For KICU 10 OClock News 20130817 : comparemela.c

Transcripts For KICU 10 OClock News 20130817

And im heather haener. Authorities responding to the motorcycle accident had to close lanes on highway 24 backing up commuters heading back toward Contra Costa County. New information from amber lee. Shes live in Contra Costa County where investigators are. Reporter if you take a look behind me you can see investigators are still gathering evidence. Contra costa authorities are overseeing the sea. But weve seen a number of officers at the scene. The rider was taken to Highland Hospital for medical treatment. Reporter what led to his accident . That is still under investigation. Were still trying to determine who was at fault. Reporter a short time later a chp officer investigating a hitandrun saw a car matching the vehicle description on wilder road on the other side of the tunnel. We have learned that this silver honda was parked on the shoulder. The chp officer stopped behind the vehicle. There was an altercation. The officer shot the male driver. He was taken to john meyer. Very shocking that Something Like this happened here. Reporter this woman tells me she lives just down the road from the shooting. Its un unfortunate this happened here and its a very sad incident. Reporter we saw a special team of investigators. Reporting live in costa costa county, near orinda, amber lee, channel 2 news. Now to developing news and a statewide amber alert thats in effect tonight. The case involved two Young Children missing out of elco nevada. Theyre identified as 8year old and a 5yearold. Amber shank is the mother of the two children. Freeway signs are activating alerting people to be on alert for the family. The children are believed to be in immediate danger. The four are thought to be driving in a mustang. Its dark blue and an older 1992 or 1993 model. It has nebraska plates. Police call it a new low. A father and son robbed at a playground. Reporter the man who attacked a father who had his young child at a neighborhood park. Palo o alto police have more officers at the park after the arobbery. Two men approached them, pulled out a gun and demanded money. His child was not physically harmed. Its something that i havent heard of in my career. Somebody being targeted as a victim for a Violent Crime when theyve got a very young child with them. It boggles my mind quite frankly. Reporter the father describes the first suspect as latino in his mid20s, about 59 tall and 150 pounds. With dark brown hair, clean shaven and wearing a black t shirt and black pants. And the second man is believed to be a black man in his mid 20s, about 61, 200 pounds, black shirt and black pants. I would rather not think of it. Heres another look at the two sketches. Reporter police are looking into whether these men were involved in another crime. Police says that rare in palo alto. Maureen naylor. An Alameda County judge revoked parol for a convicted rapist. Convicted in the death of sandra koch. She is the federal investigator who disappeared earlier this month and whos body was found one week ago. Alana failed to recharge the gps charger hes supposed to wear as a sex offender. Hes due back in court november 1st. Mourners gathered to say goodbye to a 16 monthold boy who was shot and killed last month in oakland. The family of drew jackson arrived at the funeral home this morning to honor the childs young life. Jackson was sleeping with his father 20yearold Andrew Thomas when someone fired through the window of a home he was saying in and killing them both. The shooting was deliberate. No arrests have been made in this case. Californias newest batch of jobless numbers include the states unel un employment rate. The july Unemployment Rate rose to 8. 7 thats up. 2 of a Percentage Points than june. The nine bay area counties are fairing better than much of the state. Solano county a low of 5. 3 5. 3 in marin county. Getting a job after being laid off can be a long and discouraging process. We spoke to a man said he lost his job in june and is hoping it pays to be patient. Actually im getting a lot of interviews now finally. It took that initial push and ive had three interviews this week. According to state figures, there were 1. 6 million Unemployed People in california in july. Roughly 17 Million People with jobs. Californias High Speed Rail Authority lost a round in court today. A Sacramento County judge ruled that the high speed rail project has not met the financial and environmental accounting workers required when they funded the project five years ago. The judge did not stop funding, he says he will hold a hearing to see what happens next. The High Speed Rail Authority of failing to meet the requirements of measure 1a. The celebrations for the new bay bridge has been cancelled. At 10 15. What weve learned about millions of the dollars in toll revenue set aside for a party. Prosecutors in Contra Costa County have filed additional molestation charges against a teacher. Two more young people have now come forward leading to 17 additional charges. A total of 13 new children have accused martin of abuse. Martin thought fifth grade. He had been at wood side elementary since 1991. Martin was arrested in april and has pleaded not guilty. He faces life in prison if convicted. Accused serial killer joseph naso made his closing Statement Today in his murder trial. Naso is representing himself and his soliloquy closed up his defense, frustrating the judge. Reporter this is how he closed the trial. Its been a pleasure looking at you during this trial. I look at the jury and it reminds me of a wedding reception. Today naso said i worked with a lot of models and carry a lot of props with me. I never touched anyone, never harmed anyone. The 79 79yearold also told the jury the prosecution is weak. He told stories, talked about the victims about how he knew them but that he never killed them. What hes trying to do is testify. Reporter at one point judge andrew sweep to naso, follow the rules. Naso shot back, i think im doing quite well. Youre overreacting. Steven clarks says if judge has to give naso his due time knowing that if the jury found him guilty he will state that he was not allowed to properly defend himself. Perhaps a judge at the break will say, youre starting to bore this jury. But i think mr. Naso could go on for a longer time. Reporter now he will, court let out about 4 00 today and naso is scheduled to resume his Closing Argument on monday. After that the prosecution will be allowed to rebuttal then the jury will make their decision. A group gathered for a candlelight vigil. Santa clara police say 46year old mark muse hasnt been seen since last saturday. Hes described at 63 tall, about 240 points. Hes known to frequent the kas prodistrict. Its not the kind of thing you want to see. The principals attempt to keep it from happening again and why students say itll backfire. Plus we will show you where to expect the warmest temperatures this weekend and where continuing coverage tonight, a plan to close the bay bridge the week after next and keep it closed for six days and five nights until it is ready to reopen. We are asking what is happening with all the money set aside for the opening party. The events producer is still getting paid. Reporter thats right gasia they are and they hope to have at least some people up on the bridge or on if bike path. They hope to get this paveed all the way up to the new eastern span. They wont have the capacity for thousands of people to be on the bridge as planned but they do hope to have this path ready on opening day, space is limited though and it will not be an easy trek. Time is limited. And workers are speeders ahead to open the eastern span by september 3rd. But with a tight line up, officials cancelled the celebration that was expected to draw up to 8,000 people. I think its going to be disappointing for a lot of people who have been looking forward to it. Its been a long wait. They should have a celebration to commemorate the opening. Reporter the event would have allowed the public to walk on the bridge, take in the spectacular scenery and see the structure up close before opening it up to cars. A celebration similar to ones held for the golden gate bridge. The idea was to allow the Public Access one time at a time to be on a major road access with no cars on it. Reporter the question now is what will be done with the money set aside. That money will now be used to pay the event producer for planning that was already done. We have a contract with the contractor that contractor did a certain amount of work we need to go through and figure that out and well move on from there. The remaining money will go into the general fund. We have learned that officials are planning to have the bike path open too for pedestrians and bicyclists. Its still going to be a construction zone. We also need to be clear that its not as if youre going to a city park. Reporter bridge Officials Say they will not have time to complete this bike path all the way to yerba buena avenue. It will stop short of where that big power is. So just be warned there wont be any more capacities, some people might be able to actually see the scene from the bridge on opening day. Reporting live from oakland, jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. Traffic is moving tonight in sonol after a postal truck overturned and snarled traffic for hours. The accident caused the closure of all lanes. The driver may have hit debris on the road. Crews worked seven hours to clean up the mess. And tonight at 10 30, why bay area Police Officers are out in force right now. Their focus today and for the next 17 days. 9 11 tapes should help clear up chaotic events that led to an officer involved shooting. A girl called police to a hayward apartment wednesday night because she was concerned about an argument between her parents. Officers arrived and fatally shot the girls father johnny jim simmons jr. Officers say he lunged at an officer with a knife but the family says that he was not armed. The explorotorium has announced sweeping lay offs. Reporter four months into its new location, best layed plans are going up in smoke. People are angry, upset, crying. Reporter the museum notified 80 workers they are being laid off. Thats over 20 of the staff. Its sad to have these folks go. Were not happy about it. Reporter the problem, early attendance predictions have been low. Its free for children under six. So you know when you do an average ticket price its a little less than what would if it was a marquee. Its less than what thought it was going to be. Reporter Exhibit Services director patton says he feels blind sided. Hes losing the job he held for 20 years. Im walking away here with a mixture of sadness but also a mixture of pride. Reporter the nonfor profit says the museum hours will not be affected but some of those being laid off worry about whats next. Theyre going to be losing the most creative people here and roll them into a more generated museum model. Workers who received pink slips will continue on for another 30 days. In san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. Wall street ended the week with another losing session making it the worse week for the dow industrial so far this year. The dow lost 30 points today and more than 300 points for the week. Nasdaq fell three. Still the major indexes are up so far this year. Unrest in egypt is increasing fuel prices. Analysts say it wont take long for that increase in oil prices to be reflected in the price at the gas pump. The Lincoln Memorial in washington, d. C. Is shining once again three weeks after it was vandalized. Someone threw green paint on to the marble at the memorial back on july 26. Most of it was removed that same day but traces of paint remain. A treatment applied to the statute overnight removed the remaining paint. Officials have charged a chinese citizen with an expired visa for the vandalism at the cathedral. And work on the Martin Luther king is being completed. The new inscription should be ready later this month in time for the 50th anniversary of the march on washington and that famous i have a dream speech. An interesting day today. Pretty nice a lot like yesterday. Fog along the coast right now. As we head into the bay area weekend tomorrow about the same as today slightly cooler. That means temperatures back into the low 90s in the inland bay valleys. Currently 69 in fairfield, 67 in livermore. Fog is at the coast. One other thing comes into the works. The computer models, tomorrow morning they start coming up from the south. Thats sort of the precursor for tropical moisture thats going to visit us this weekend. That means increased humidity. Kind of muggy feeling around here. As we head into the bay area, the tail end of the weekend into next week, a chance for thunderstorms. Theres a fire weather watch up in Northern California and even lake county for the monday time period. Tomorrows forecast highs, 90s a little further inland. A little cooler, sundays temperatures quite a bit. Well tell you how warm or hot its going to get on sunday. A naked run across campus. In two minutes the school prediction thats now under fire. One administrator says its gone too far. cause you make me feel so right even if its so wrong i wanna scream out loud boy, but i just bite my tongue this ones for the girls messin with boys like hes the melody and shes background noise [ volume decreases ] thanks, mom have fun you too. A California Teacher who helped rescue a shark bite victim in maui is speaking out about the horrifying event. He jumped into action when he heard a snorkler scream. A shark had attacked a european woman. She was in and out of saying these words. Im dying, im going to die. And i said no youre not. No youre not were going to get you to shore, were going to save you. Reporter the womans friends say she is responsive. There were 11 shark attacks in 2012 in maui. And administrators say its time to put an end to the tradition of streaking. Reporter two seniors streaking across campus. Its not like the thing you really want to see but it didnt really bother me that much. Its the principal that says that. I dont know anyone who gets bothered or disturbed by it. Reporter not true according to school officials. They say streaking hear has gotten out of control. Seniors planned so called streak week each spring and now this. Administrators say it has to stop. For many of their fellow students creates an unsafe and uncomfortable education. Colleges are going to to be looking at this suspension. Its a bad decision. Reporter some see the principals letters as a challenge. Everybody wants to rebel against that. I think she put us in a position where its her against the student body. Reporter students say they arent stopping now. Hopefully itll be worked out by the end of the year and well be able to streak. With this letter the principal is hoping parents will take action talk their kids out of any further nudity. However a parent apparently drove the get away car. Anne rubin. Ktvu channel 2 news. If you live in or visit oakland you may have noted big changes on the intersection of broadway. A new pedestrian plaza opened. It converts telegraph avenue to a pedestrian only space with plenty of places for people to sit and enjoy the city. The plan is to keep the area pedestrian only for the next six months. Its been a family favorite for decades. The you can get ktvu news look at em. Living on cloud nine with that uverse wireless receiver. You see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldnt just set up a tv in the basement. I mean, come on nope. We could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. Yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, wed have to go to my aunt sallys. Have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch . [ kids cheering ] youre missing a good game over here. Those kids wouldnt have lasted one day in our shoes. [ male announcer ] switch and add a wireless receiver. Get uverse tv for 19 a month for 2 years with qualifying bundles rethink possible. The end of summer could mean the end of driving in people caught in the dragnet. Deborah villalon is live at one of the many checkpoints tonight. Reporter more checkpoints more places, starting earlier and lasting longer than ever and its already getting results. I think youve had too much of the valume or something is going on. Were going to get you to get a check. Reporter showingigns of impairment, the night did not end the way he wanted to since he could not walk the walk. On average two to three will be dui. Do you have a drivers license with you . Reporter two of a dozen doesnt sound very effective but check point fans say its not about how many drivers you catch but how many think twice in the future. If were able to impact those 1,500 people that came through maybe we prevent a fatality in the future i think its well worth it. Reporter about. 1 of all accidents are drunk drivers. Killing one dozen people nationally. At the flat iron a popular sports car near the checkpoint. The friday night football crowd asked about them was mostly supportive. I had a lot of friends that passed away in high school because of drunk driving. Reporter some skeptical. Its ridiculous if you want announce it to everyone. Everybody sends a text and Everybody Knows where they are. Reporter others dismissal. Everybody is driving drunk in san anselmo. You have a thousand bars. I wonder how much its costing them an hour to do the checkpoints. Reporter its drivers paying for the officers to come in on overtime or days off to staff the checkpoints. Its probably about nine to 10,000 in checkpoints. Well worth it in my point. Because we have people come through and thank us for doing this. Reporter the huge financial hit for lawyers and higher insurance all await the convicted drunk driver. 41 2 hours into this checkpoint they sited two people for dui and arrested someone for a dui warrant. Reporting live in san rafael, deborah villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. More details now, tonights checkpoint is known as avoid the 23. The crack down lasts through september 2nd. Statewide the chp reports 888 dui arrests for the Labor Day Weekend last year and 11 were killed. Employees are bein

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