Transcripts For KTVU Ten OClock News 20121227 : comparemela.

Transcripts For KTVU Ten OClock News 20121227

One of these secrets you dont have to keep inside anymore. Speaking out. The victim of sexual abuse in the boy scouts reacts to the files the boy scouts kept hidden that are now reveal. More secret files accused of troop abuse come to light. Including dozens from the bay area. One mans story of what happened to him during boy scout camp. Reporter were talking about 1200 secret files obtained by the l. A. Times. We dug through the data, and found at least 88 files involving troop leaders right here in this region from santa cruz all the way up to fort bragg. Each one detailing allegations of sexual abuse. Josh solomon showed us the boy scout uniform he wore. Merit badges for learning how to canoe, and cook. Each also memories of abuse. Hard to separate everything out there. Reporter one patch marks the camp where it happened. Between 1982 and 1983. He says the scout leader would invite solomon into his tent, and sexually molest him. He was a leader. You sort of made sure you were doing things his way. He was really gruff. You wanted his approval. Reporter solomon kept silent for more than 30 years. Never telling his family until now. Boys take pride on being tough. Reporter thousands of secret files kept by the boy scouts of america. A list of troop leaders expelled due to allegations of Sexual Misconduct with children. The documents also show a trail of attempts to cover up the allegations. I contacted the boy scouts of america tonight, and they sent me this response. Quote, in certain cases our response to these cases and efforts to protect youth were plainly insufficient, inappropriate, or wrong. We extend our deepest apologies to victims and their families. Solomon just wants other victims to know, theyre not alone. One of these secrets you dont have to keep inside anymore. Reporter that troop leader ended up serving 8 years in jail for molestation charges. Some files had up to 100 victims for just one troop leader. Tonight, former president george h. W. Bush remains in intensive care in a houston hospital. The 88yearold bush was moved to icu on sunday. Bush has a persistent fever, and remains in guarded condition. However, he was able to enjoy christmas. Was conscious, he was able to visit with his family members. He was joking with medical staff, and nurses, and the doctors there. He hasnt lost his sense of humor to be sure. Greenlight doctors are doing the doctors are doing everything they can to bring down his fever. Heavy rain left pools of standing water on the roadway, forcing the closure of portions of the southbound lanes. A spokesperson with the Citys Department of public works says there is no estimate yet on when the lanes will reopen. Across the bay in oakland. This is what one resident woke up to find. Her neighbors tree burying her car. On highway 4, near the pittsburg antioch border, one lane was shout down. The potholes will almost a foot deep and the roads were reopened a couple of hours later. Kind of dry today, but a lot of rain over the last couple of days. Theres snow in the mountains. Plenty of rain around here. Let take a look at the numbers. This is after last nights rain. Santa rosa, 22. 34 inches. Thats 174 of average for santa rosa. 154 in San Francisco, and 152 in san jose. Do you remember last year at this time . We were at about 35 to 40 of rainfall average. Okay, so how does it plan out here in the next few days . Another weather system is headed our way. Thats what im going to talk about at 10 20 when i come back. The latest computer model teed up and ready to go. Well talk about how much more is behind it. See you back here. The trek to and from tahoe was anything but smooth sailing today. Coming up in 14 minutes why Officials Say it wasnt the snow slowing everything down. At ktvu. Com, look for the link to stormtracker 2 at the top of the page. We also posted updates on the ktvu. Com channel 2 facebook page. Holiday sales slumped nationwide. And there might be more than one reason for the poor numbers. Eric rasmussen is live with the mixed reports he heard from retailers, and shoppers. Reporter ken, we can tell you theres been no shortage of foot traffic here in downtown walnut creek. One local retailer told me a late rally before christmas saved his season. But it at least appears a lot of people stuck to window shopping this year. Hurting the bottom line of some big companies. Day after christmas shoppers were out in full force in walnut creek tonight. Not everyone had the same Holiday Shopping story. Would you say you bought more or less than last year . I bought more. I didnt buy anything. Reporter retail sales missed projections by as much as 3 nationwide. Major retailers saw their stock tumble today. At the end of the day, it doesnt add up to that much. They were kind of looking. We were puzzled. Reporter retailer David Mcculla owns this david and brian gift store in walnut creek and 21 other stores. He says a late turn around helped all of them finish the month up. Some as much as 15 . The last four days of this month pulled all of our stores up and over. Were delighted. Reporter he cant explain exactly why he bucked the national trend. Experts say there were several factors holding consumers back. A little bit of a depressed mood in the country because of the sandy hook incident. Two, i think theres a lot of apprehension about the future of our economy because of the fiscal cliff. And three, people are very good about waiting for those bargains. Reporter some are still waiting tonight. Theyre on the look out for the best after christmas sales. Those lackluster holiday sales and jitters over the fiscal cliff brought stocks down today. The dow dropped 24 points. The fiscal cliff is weighing on the minds of consumers. Coming up in 16 minutes, why political insiders believe washington will allow the country to go over the cliff before making a deal. San Francisco Police are asking the public to take a closer look at three shoplifting suspects. Investigators say on december 20. Three women went into two stores near San Francisco. The women put goods in their own bags and walked out of the stores, and apparently handed off the goods. We believe these women may have been involved in other burglary thefts of Retail Stores throughout the bay area. Police arrested sharony powers on suspicion of shoplifting. Alameda police are investigating a stabbing during a Christmas Party that injured four people. Investigators say during an argument, 42yearold Tiffany Thomas stabbed her sister in the chest. Three other family members tried to help, and were stabbed as well, including a teenage girl. All are expected to recover. Thomas was arrested on suspicion with assault with a deadly weapon. A remnant from world war ii caused quite a scare. The bomb squad was called out. A man told authorities he wanted to turn in some old tnt from world war ii. 5. 5pounds of tnt was recovered. Thats enough to cause a tremendous amount of damage. A young woman who wants to be a Police Officer is on the other side of the law tonight. David stevenson is in court as the College Student made her first court appearance, following the death of a grandmother in San Francisco. Reporter supporters of gina eunice covered their faces. She is charges with felony manslaughter, driving under the influence, and hit and run driving on a twin peaks road, high above the city. Police say she was drunk when she drove a car into fur to pedestrians walking along the road. She had come from china recently to help care for her grandson. Her son spoke to us about the crash. I cant hold her in my arms. I just called for help. Reporter investigators say eunice drove away from the site with two passengers, including a minor. The entire eunice family is honestly destroyed over what happened. Their main concern is for the yao family. Reporter a judge said if freed, she cannot drive, and must wear an alcohol detection device. Eunices lawyer said she has never been in trouble and is just a quarter short from graduating from college. Criminal justice. Hoping to become a Police Officer. Reporter gina eunice is hoping to enter a plea next tuesday. A head on collision killed a richmond woman this afternoon. The accident shut down san pablo county road. Just afternoon, the driver of a chevy suv drifted into oncoming traffic and hit a volkswagen head on. The woman driving the volkswagen was killed, including her dog. The road was closed until about 3 00 this afternoon. A big pay out for some toyota owners. The settlement announced today that will cost the automaker more than 1 billion. A major feat. A bay area city cut its homicide rate in half. The critical steps some say led to the drastic drop. If you own a toyota, you could be getting money from the automaker. Details on a big settlement. Reporter i did speak with several toyota dealerships here in the south bay, and no one wanted to talk with me on camera. One Service Manager did tell me, he expects to be impacted by this massive settlement. Toyota is expect today reclaim the title of Worlds Largest automaker for the first time in two years. Today, toyota reached a different milestone. Agreeing to pay 1. 2 million in what one Attorney Says involves the largest settlement in u. S. History over auto defects. The unintended acceleration, and they had several other recalls. Its definitely tarnished their reputation. Reporter those led the automaker to recall more than 14 million vehicles worldwide. The plaintiffs said it hurt the resale value of all toyotas. Because of the publicity, a lot of the values dropped significantly, like 10, 20 what they would normally have been. Reporter 250 million from the settlement will pay toyota owners who sold their cars, or turned in leased vehicles from december of 2009, through december 31, 2010. Warranty certain parts, and Fund Education grants to study auto safety. The owners i spoke with tonight are loyal to the brand. When i heard about the problems of the vehicle, it didnt bother me any, because i didnt have any issues with my car. It didnt bother me. I love the car. Reporter current and former toyota owners are expected to receive information about the settlement in the coming months. More details now. Toyota released a Statement Today saying quote, in keeping with our Core Principles we have structured this agreement in ways to put our customers first, and demonstrated that they can count on toyota to stand behind our vehicles. A worker died today at a construction accident in San Francisco. The Fire Department says the man fell as many as 35 feet off scaffolding down an unfinished stairwell. His identity has not been released. The woman found floating in a pond at a santa rosa apartment complex this morning has been identified. Stephanie trigiliani was found unresponsive. Police say there is no indication of foul play. Its fixed now, but a Software Glitch this morning caused big delays for caltrain riders. Electronic signaling failed, and caltran had to send out workers to physically move the switches. Causing delays as long as 1 hour, and 45 minutes. One, two, three, four. What happened . Nobody pick up. No idea. How long did you have to wait . Maybe one hour. Caltran tweeted a general alert, with a few apologies. But the evening commute trains were running on time. Some worry of a business proposal to change downtown traffic will hurt their bottom line. It would make sessions one way through haywards downtown. It would also cut up to half of the parking spots. Because of the concerns of business owners, city leaders are considering revising the plan. A deadly storm system is moving into the northeast tonight. Heres what it looked like in Central Indiana today. Drivers pushing their way through wind, snow, and ice flipped into ditches, or slammed into other cars. The storm is blamed for causing six deaths across the nations midsection. Air travel was also disrupted. The storm spawned more than 30 twisters in the south. This Surveillance Video from mobile, alabama shows the fury of one tornado. Tonight, hundreds of thousands are still without power in the region. Snow blankets the sierra tonight. As ktvus Ken Pritchett reports, travelers have to pack snow gear and their patience. Reporter it was not that people had to chain up, or simply because the chain control was in effect. The long at times ten mile long backup on interstate 80 had more to do with the holiday. Things are going very good with the weather and all the plow trucks, graters going. Our big problem is the traffic, because we have both east and west traffic at enormous numbers. Reporter the gas station was as far as we had time to go. It was as far as some people should have gone. The parking lot was packed as people took a break from the long drive to gas up. And have some fun. After that driving ordeal, hundreds of people played today at a new snow park at nieyak. We try not to hit traffic. But everyone had the same idea. Reporter george brought his family up from sacramento. He knew what he was getting into in terms of the drive, b b says it was worth it. They wanted to play in the snow, so we had to take the ride. Reporter this is something we have seen all day here in this parking lot. Cars, and semi trucks stuck in the snow. They need a little help to get out here. They didnt have chains. Some of the most treacherous driving today was actually off the interstate. The winter storm warning has been dropped for the lake tahoe area. But it snowed hard up there for a time. Live stormtracker 2 shows a few showers in the area, but its really winding down, and in the mountains as well. 1580, lots of snow. For us, weve got moisture at the surface, a long, cold night, so were going to see valley fog. Valley fog is showing up in parts of the north bay. Out towards vallejo and fairfield. South. Valley fog, the story tomorrow morning. For the bay area weather, its going to be cool as well, and in places where you see the valley fog, theres going to be frost as well. Tomorrow morning when you wake up, you will notice that. The computer model tries to show the fog here. Here we are at midnight tonight, you see the fog showing up in the livermore valley. This is valley fog. Its very dense. Heres what it looks like as we get into 5 00 a. M. Pretty dense in the central valley. Dense fog showing kind of rimming the bay, and the north bay as well. High clouds in there too makes it harder to see. We are going to have plenty of clouds out there tomorrow morning. Then they thicken up. When i come back, were going to be talking about that system for friday night into saturday. Ill see you back here about 10 45. The spirit of the season showed this morning at San Franciscos glide memorial church. Volunteers there spent the morning serving up a special day after christmas breakfast. In st. Anthonys dining room, on golden gate avenue, holiday meals were served up to anyone in need. Yesterday, thousands of people were fed christmas dinners. Today, many more enjoyed a Christmas Day after meal. More than a couple coffee. The message baristas are writing on the side of certain coffee cups. Plus, the deadline looms for the fiscal cliff. Why some insiders think a deal will not be reached in time. And a north bay restaurant closing for good after more than 30 years. Why this restaurant has nothing to do with the economy. President obama and Senate Leaders tomorrow head back to washington to try to reach a last minute deal, before historic tax increases go into effect next week. Why some believe we will head over the fiscal cliff before washington takes action. Reporter the halls of power empty, although negotiators and the president are back at work. At the very least, lets agree right now on what we already agree on. Reporter an olive branch to the gop, and carrot to corporate giants. The administration now suggesting cutting Corporate Tax rates. The u. S. Has among the worlds highest. But closing loopholes that helped google, for instance, avoid 2 billion in taxes last year. Corporations are a little concerned. Reporter gary is optimistic about a deal. Id still rate it better than 50 50. Reporter what seems increasingly likely is to allow the country to go over that fiscal cliff, triggering higher taxes. That would allow hard line republicans to vote for lower taxes, a few days later. To make them look better . To appease voters. If thats the reason, great. Reporter some call it a low form of political shenanigans. I think thats horrible, they would put the American People through that. I dont think its fair to the American People. Reporter this afternoon, east bay congresswoman barbara lee told me, there are too many lives at stake if we do not get a deal before the end of the year. John fowler, ktvu, channel 2 news. Starbucks is urging its employees in the Washington Area to send a message to congress. Baristas will be writing come together on coffee cups for the rest of the workweek. Ceo Howard Schultz says he wants to send a respectful, but potent message. New figures show u. S. Home prices are higher than a year ago. Todays kay shiller price report shows prices in the 20 largest markets were up more than 4 in october. Prices in the bay area are up own moore, jumping 8. 9 . Phoenix topped the list, with prices up 22 . Experts say higher prices are an indicater of continued economic recovery. Samsung is looking for a big increase in sales next year. Close to 400 million phones are expected to be smart phones. After 35 years, the restaurant is closing its doors for good. The fans are saying goodbye to the owner. Im just crushed. Tony cruz says he was hoping a miracle would save his restaurant, but that miracle never materialized. The landlord plans to demolish the restaurant for a new building. He says he will miss his customers. Wonderful people. I will miss the energy. Their love. Cruz says the doors

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