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KRON KRON 4 Evening News February 25, 2015

Tried or, those who tried this rose still cannot believe what happened. Reporter ivars are not supposed to cross the tracks unless its free of traffic and they know that they can make. Some drivers said it does not necessarily happen that way. I think, during rush hour people are concerned with getting to where they need to be an safety is not always a part of that decision making. Reporter are that like in ravenswood. We could tell you that there is a lot of spots along the peninsula were trying tracks and cars are not at the same level with many of the cars going under the train tracks. We will have those answers coming at 6 00 tonight. Dan kerman pam there has been another violent train crash. This time in southern californa. Near oxnard. Pam fire investigators say the driver of a produce truck said he accidentally turned onto Railroad Tracks instead of a highway this morning and became stuck before the vehicle was hit by an oncoming metrolink train. Pam 28 people were hurt in the crash pam reporter Paul Vercammen is in oxnard with the latest. Reporter the fiery pre dawn scene is captured on amateur video. A voice off camera calls out whats left of a produce truck that was in the path of a commuter train. Reporter the collision sent train tracks just northwest of los angeles. The driver of the truck fled the scene but found later unhurt. The driver of the vehicle is not under arrest, however, i can say that we are looking into this as far as any potential acts that may have taken place that would require a criminal investigation. Reporter at least 28 passengers were injured but nobody lost their lives. we were going about 60 miles an hour at the time. Gates were down, engineer used his break, had the emergency break set already. We were slowing down as we hit him. we did what we could. Were lucky weve survived. Reporter a spokesman for metrolink, the rail company that operated train number 102, says safety changes likely helped limit injuries. Reporter so called Collision Energy Management Technology was installed on metro link trains following a deadly collision with a Freight Train in 2008. Reporter the Technology Allows energy from an impact to go outward, helping prevent any crumpling of train cars. it definitely minimized the impact that would have been a very serious collision. I think we can safely say it would have been much worse without it. Reporter federal investigators from the National Transportation safety board are headed to the scene. Theyll comb through the site. Speak to passengers, and the driver. Reporter in oxnard, california im Paul Vercammen reporting. Grant see this soda can . Imagine what would happen to it if you ran it over with your car. Grant according to the rail safety Group Operation lifesaver, the impact is the same as if your car were to be hit by a train. Grant the car never wins. Grant train accident deaths have dropped steadily since the year 2000, but an average of every ten days, a california driver or pedestrian has a fatal encounter with a train. Reporter the truck driver in oxnard narrowly avoided becoming another statistic. In the past ten years, 308 people have been killed by trains in california. Grant about 130 of them were in motor vehicles. The rest were pedestrians or bicyclists. Grant 59 of the 308 were in the bay area, 52 in los angeles. Zooming in locally 23 people died in Alameda County, grant 11 in Santa Clara County ten in san mateo, nine in Contra Costa County and six in solano county. Grant these fifgures from the federal railrroad admininistration only cover accidents at road rail crossings, grant those figures dont include bart, whose trains travel below or above street level. Grant and they dont include what railroads call tresspaser casualties. Grant those are people who are struck while walking on the tracks, or who deliberately step in front of trains. Pam you can get the latest information anytime on the caltrain accidents and the metrolink crash by going to our website. Kron 4 dot com. Pam a small plane made an Emergency Landing at San Jose International airport. No one was injured pam the landing gear of a small twin engine plane malfunctioned this morning forcing the pilot to make an Emergency Landing. Pam footage from our helicopter partnership with abc sky7 shows. The plane made the impromptu landing by skidding on its belly on the runway, before coming to rest with its right wing touching down on the grass. Pam the pilot was an attorney who was with two other passengers and no one was injured. Pam in the end they were able to make it to a meeting on time. Pam one person was killed in an Early Morning two alarm fire at a sunnyvale home today. Pam the single story house was engulfed in flames. When firefighters arrived. Pam they managned to control the blaze, but the house was left with a caved in roof. A body was found in the burned home and that person has not been identified. Pam investigators could take several days to determine the cause of the fire. Pam for the second year in a row. The tesla model s. Has been named. The best car you can buy, by consumer reports. Pam questionable behavior by police his story at 530. And next, the top honors bay area car and must tesla has achieved again reporter full forecast coming next pam the Magazine Road tested 270 cars. For reliablity, performance and safety. The tesla model s. Will cost you at least 70 thousand dollars. Pam the more Affordable Cars that were high on the list. Include the subaru impreza. And subaru legacy. Pam still ahead. How a strike at a local gas refinery. Is having an impact on Little League baseball in martinez. Pam plus. The big impact counterfeit designer bags are having on the fashion industry. Pam a call to action today at San Francisco city hall. And it all centered around fingerprints pam currently at some jobs in San Francisco workers must clock in using their fingerprints and that has many people upset pam as kron fours Terisa Estacio reports workers are afraid their private data. Could end up in the wrong hands. Dont share our data reporter this group of seiu Union Workers want a new fingerprint system being used by some to clock in for their job to stop, immediately Larry Bradshaw seiu worker this is wrong it is wrong to do this to us. Reporter only Museum Workers are using the system right now, but the fear is that it could become widespread. We dont want this to spread at all. Reporter in hopes of making sure their voices were heard against the private Company Called kronos this group took action today reporter armed with a letter signed city hall and to each supervisor. As well as the mayor. Reporter one employee that currently must use her fingerprint for to do so and hopes this rally will put an end to the practice. Raina johnson city worker and makes me feel nervous. And we do not know what is going on every time we use our fingerprint. It is a real concern for the entire staff. Reporter at sf city hall te pam the former mayor of los angeles. Antonio villaraigosa says, he will not run for the u. S. Senate in 2016. Pam many had predicted otherwise. But in a statement published in the la times. Villaraigosa said quote i am humbled by the encouragement ive received from so many to serve in the United States senate, but as i think about how best to serve the people of this great state i know that my heart and my family are here in california, not washington, d. C. Pam the announcement leaves harris as the favorite to succeed the retiring barbara boxer. Pam californinas state wide ban on plastic bags. Has been put on hold. Pam today, the secretary of States Office says, a referendum seeking to repeal the statewide ban on plastic bags has qualified for the november 2016 ballot. Pam gov. Jerry brown signed the ban into law last fall and it was scheduled to be phased in starting in july. At large supermarkets. Pam but the pending referendum. Suspends the ban until voters weigh in. On november 2016. Pam a california lawmaker wants to ban chewing tobacco. At all baseball games in the state. Pam democrat Tony Thurmond from richmond. Is proposing a ban of all chewing and dipping tobacco. By players and fans at all baseball games. Including professional. Amateur and youth leagues. Pam critics of the proposal have raised questions as to how the bill would be enforced. Pam the proposal comes less than a year after retired San Diego Padres outfielder tony gwynn. Died of cancer of the salivary glands believed related to chewing tobacco. Pam no baseball for hundreds of kids in the Babe Ruth League in concord. The field will be closed. Pam this comes as a result of the ongoing strike at the tesoro refinery in martinez. Pam however the president of the league tells kron4s Haaziq Madyun she wasnt given any notice about the field being closed. Reporter locked out of the junior optimist baseball field here in concord we just want to be able to use our fields reporter these fields happen to be on land owned by the tesoro refinery which is in the midst of a labor dispute with its Union Workers. As a result no games are being played here. Leaving the president of the league patti behmlander and the 600 kids she re represents in a tough situation go find grass reporter the fields have been shut it down during the strike for safety reasons. Reporter would your workers stop Little Leaguers from getting in . Definitely nota lot of us leagues reporter tesoro representative says they notified the leagues that last month about the shut down. February 2nd reporter in concord Haaziq Madyun kron4news. Reporter cold start early this morning. We ended up with sunshine and warm temperatures this afternoon. This is what it looked like plenty of sunshine. San francisco lower 60s for oakland as well. Concord, 67 degrees and livermore 64. Temperatures will quickly fall in the inland areas in the lower 50s. By oclock upper 40s we will be up police grabbed a cold. If you are going to be out please grab a coat. Reporter temperatures will fall once again derrick look for tomorrow morning for these past to add and north bay. Temperatures will fall into the upper 30s in napa and the same thing for sunnyvale you need to grant a jacket first thing tomorrow morning. Tomorrow temperatures will be on the cooler side. In to the lower 60s by the early afternoon it will be nice very similar to what we have had today. And the upper 60s. Coming up we have a forecast with rain. I will let you know when to expect coming up . Reporter it took hours, but Animal Rescue workers in florida saved 19 manatees who got stuck deep underground in a storm drain. Grant crews had to cut open the pipes, and then airlift the giant sea mammals out one by one. Grant wildlife officials believe the animals swam into the canals looking for warmer water. Grant local police and fire officials worked with experts from sea world and floridas fish and Wildlife Commission to free the manatees. Grant some of the animals had scrapes, but it appears none were seriously hurt. Pam next. The pricey business of counterfeit designer bags. The insider shows us the true price the counterfeit business is costing consumers. Pam plus. More Winter Weather grips the south and east coast. The impact its having. Coming up. vo at jennieo, we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride ten miles for tacos. We thought wed show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco, made with jennieo ground turkey, cooked thoroughly to 165. mom id feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. woman i think that theyre light and theyre just fresh tasting. vo its time for a better taco. kid the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. vo make the switch. Look for jennieo ground turkey at a store near you. Pam nike is bringing back. Its classic cortez running shoes. Pam the classic sneaker was a in the oscar winning movie forrest gump. Pam the cortez will be available at select stores around the world. Starting february 28th. And also availalble online for 1 hundred dollars a pair. Pam the cortez shoes were invented by nike co founder bill bowerman. Pam counterfeit designer handbags are costing retailers billions. Tonight. We are looking at the very serious and costly crime involving fashion. Pam the insiders fashion went inside this illegal purse industry. He has more reporter what is the real cost . Today we investigate the booming counterfeit industry. Judge reporter and al a 50,000 containers hiding concord the goods are coming into port every day. Custom officials across the country may get their business to confiscate as much as they can before it hit the street and he legal sales. Reporter that is why Copyright Infringement attorney michael lee is helping and counterfeiters. Reporter you talk to me about some of the dangers of counterfeit . Money going to child labor, identity and crimes. Reporter brent head to resell its word doug brandt had to raise its recent price because of counterfeit industries. Should nail. Chanel reporter the lowest entry point that they can bite on the real tonight . Probably 50. Pam you can watch all your Celebrity News here on kron4. Pam after the insider entertainment tonight airs at 7 30. Pam followed by kron 4 news at eight pam coming up at 5 30. Pam what happens when a man traffic stop on camera. That has him questioning their behavior. Pam it is a story youll on see on kron 4. Plus. The government decides whether George Zimmerman rights charges. Grant this just in to the kron 4 newsroom. Grant 54 your old produce driver is in custody are arrested for felony hit and run after the metro link train hit his car. The truck driver was 1 mi. And half away from the scene of the crash. He was on the track he drove on them briefly before getting stuck Patrick Division getting out of the truck before impact his truck was facing the train straight on. Injuries were suffered. Critical. Document that. I already know that. Pam an east bay man catches what he believes is. Questionable Police Activity on camera. And he says what he captured needs to be investigated. Pam in tonights my kron 4 story. Charles clifford went to hercules to talk with the man who made the recording. Im ian taha and this is my kron 4 story reporter ian taha says that sunday afternoon he was airing up the tire of his car at this gas station when he noticed Hercules Police officers driving back and forth. He claims they were looking at him. I put my hand up to say hi to acknowledge him. I they wanted. Maybe they thought i was up to something . I just kept filling up the tire with air. Reporter ian says that as he left the gas station he made a left hand turn at this intersection and moments later the officers pulled him over. Reporter and then he just came right behind me with his lights. Reporter one officer asked ian for registration. Ian says that instead he handed the officer his debit card. Which has his name and picture on it. Because hed left his drivers license at home. At this point, ian began recording the conversation on his iphone. Put your hand on your head. Reporter ian was then asked to step out of the car, he was placed in handcuffs, and told he was being detained so officers could conduct an identification search. The Supreme Court allows us to do an identification search. You have presented no lawful government identification. Reporter ian was placed in the back of a Police Cruiser as officers searched his car. The cell phone recorded part of their conversation. One officer told another to be sure to issue him a ticket, for what is not clear. Whatever you do make sure he gets a ticket. Oh i know that to document that, yeah. They also say they are looking for a gun. Gotta hurry up and find the gun before his wife gets here. Reporter ian says that he does own a registered firearm, but that it was not in the car at the time. Reporter as the search continues, one officer notices the iphone camera and turns it off. Jeez. Reporter in the Police Cruiser for about 10 minutes, he was given a ticket for driving across a double yellow line. A charge he disputes. And let go. He claims that at no point during the entire incident was he told why he had been place. Reporter on monday, the Hercules Police department confirmed to kron 4 that they have spoken with ian about the incident, that they have seen his video and that they are conducting a personnel investigation. Reporter ian, meanwhile has hired an attorney. I want a full investigation to see what was the probable and put me in handcuffs inside the car for no reason . Pam kron 4s Chuck Clifford is back in hercules today. Tracking down answers. Hes talking with city leaders about the case. And will have a full report tonight on kron 4 news at eight. Pam we checked into this story after viewers reached out to us. If you have a story idea youd like us to pursue go to our website, kron4 dotcom pam and click on the my kron4 story tab. Reporter temperatures will come to you to quickly faltered with fifties and sixties across the area. Falling into the 40s for much

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