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three attacks in three months. police are circulating a sketch they hope will lead to a person attacking women on a trail. all were in cob cord -- concord. new at 10:00. amber lee is in concord after
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speaking to women rattled byword of the attack. the suspect most likely lives in this area. it's a pathway between homes, a place where neighbors enjoy a stroll at dusk and even at nightfall. we feel safe out here, normally, i used to walk out here at 9:00, 10:00 at night. you don't think about your safety. >> this is a safe place, i never think about not safety. >> police released this sketch of the teenager suspected of approaching women from behind and groping them over their clothing. there's been three incidents. once in march and two this month. they have occurred in daylight hours and in dark. >> does this person look
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familiar to you? >> no. they suspect he lives in the area. >> peggy walked with her husband tonight but she often walks her dog alone. >> very concerning. i think if i were walking at times when there were not a lot of people out there. the morning times there's a lot of walkers. >> none of the victims suffered physical injuries, this woman said a past incident when she was approached by a naked man traumatized her. >> police are asking for help in identifying the suspect, latino or asian, early to late teens, 5'6," thin to average built with short black hair. if you have information call the concord police. here's a look at the sketch
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that was provided by police. call them if you have information that may help detectives. new information to closure of a south bay vocational college, a official from brie man college says it will reopen in the morning. the school closed yesterday to the surprise of the students. an attorney for the owner of the building says the school owes $82,000 in back rent. the situation has been resolved and classes will resume in the morning. a construction worker died at the bay meadows development. the fire deposition says the -- department says the worker fell 15 feet and fell on his head. new details about a class- action lawsuit targeting the
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nfl. former players say the league illegally used prescription drugs to keep players on the field despite injuries. one of the plaintiffs played for the 49ers and the raiders. >> jeremy newberry has stage three kidney failure caused by using painkillers and drugged given to him by the team doctor. jeremy newberry played with the raiders and 49ers and the chargers, he said he had a heavy use of prescription drugs. this is a league problem. newberry is one of eight plaintiffs in the class-action complaint including players from 1969 to 2008. it was filed today. players were regularly given
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plays and shots to play despite injuries, dozens of players receiving shots before games. >> you have a crew of people responsible for your health. why would you question what they are telling you. >> during the 2003, 2004 season he was on crutches but still played. >> limped into the facility with a crutch and walking boot and shoot me novocain. >> during his training he never saw team doctors pressure players, and often players wanted to play despite the pain. >> they are not exotic or strange drugs and i use several in my practice on a regular
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basis. >> newberry hopes the lawsuit will force the team owner toes change policy. >> carry more people to rosters to put someone healthy out there. this claims 500 unnamed plaintiffs and they respect every team in the nfl. i contacted the vice president of communication and there was no comment. the vice president said their legal team had not reviewed the suit. it remains to be seen. if you have friends or family visiting this summer and they want to see local bart street -- lombard street, it will probably be shut down for nine days while the municipal transit agency works on congestion area in the area. 2000 people drive down the street friday, saturday and sunday, there's been a number
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of the accidents some with injuries and damage to hopes. >> to keep people driving and walking and the residents safe, people have gotten hurt. >> the trial period begins in june, the street will be closed the time two week ends of the month. then it continues into july and lombard will be closed over the 4th of july weekend. happening now the debate over marijuana clubs in san jose is ♪ over. tonight the city council was expected to vote on a city ordinance that would move the clubs away from day cares and nightclubs. >> it's a tough call, many are getting signatures to close the ordinance should it go into effect. for hours city council members went back and forth on an ordinance that's drawing emotions. >> it puts me at risk.
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i'm not going to stop. you can't put a limit on someone's medication. and a lot of questions, 80 medical marijuana clinics in san jose. the ordinance requiring a thousand foot buffer zone away from day cares, schools and libraryes, council members voicing concerns with requiring the marijuana to be grown on- site. >> it's unwieldy to think they would be able to grow this without negative impact on the environment and the community. >> and difficult to control with guidance of the state and federal government. we are tracking, and controlling the product and that's our problem. >> those in the industry are unpleased with being forced to
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going elsewhere. that's fine for us, we'll make that move, but our patients won't be able to make it there. council members tried to hash it out. each council member asking a lot of questions. a difficult issue to sign on. they will be back here again in two weeks. people who live in richmond will vote on a tax hike to repair city streets. the city council voted to move ahead with the ballot measure. the tax will raise the sales tax from 9% to 9.5% and generate $7 million a year. another settlement in the oscar grant shooting with the five men detained after oscar was shot and killed by a bart
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police officer. the men will receive $35,000 each. they sued bart claiming their rights were violated. you will recall grant was shot and killed in 2009, the officer who shot him was later convicted of involuntary manslaughter. the daughter of one of the two bart workers killed last year is speaking on camera. larry daniels and chris sheperd was inspecting the tracks in walnut creek when they were hit by a train. >> i'm so angry about that. i'm so angry i don't have the opportunity to say good-bye to my dad. >> a call from the coroner is how she found out her father
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was killed on the bart track. a bart contractor, larry daniels was considered an expert in safety. >> he was the guy that was never going to cut corners. >> now his family is suing bart. the train was in automatic pilot and the trainer supervising the operator in training was seated in the passenger area with three other bart employees. >> when i hear that people weren't paying attention and he was run over because there was a trainee that wasn't paying attention, i'm furious and sad and really i have a lot of feelings about that. >> the accident was a tragedy. >> bart managers can't comment about what happens until the national transportation safety board finishing its
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investigation. osha fined two $10,000 and the transit agency has changed its policy. a change that's part of larry daniels legacy. the attorney says it's impossible to know what the they were doing. a teenager dies on the dangerous tracks. >> a few weeks ago i was almost hit. >> the planned safety changes that didn't come soon enough. a warmup in the bay area forecast. when you will feel the sun in your area.
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heat shields are compromised. we have multiple failures. are those thrusters burning? that's a negative. what's that alarm? fuel cell two is down. i'm going to have to guide her in manually. this is very exciting. but i'm at my stop. come again? i'm watching this on the train. it's so hard to leave. good luck with everything. with the u-verse tv app, the u-verse revolves around you the u-verse revolves around you
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. thousands of pets sickened and others killed from pet treats from china but still no recall. petco is vowing to remove all treats from china from its shelves. more on the decision. >> the fda is struggling to
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make progress. petco can no longer wait for the results the stakes are too high. the risk too high. it is voluntarily recalling all of the products that have the words "made in china" on them. bacon is going to be on the news. rewarding your canine with a snack made in china may have a health risk. >> tainted jerky treats killed her parents dog a few years ago. baker was at the petco buying american made treats for her dogs. >> eye eliminated everything that comes from china out of their diet. >> petco is eliminated the imported treats. the company announced it will remove all made in china dog and cat athletes from the stores nationwide. >> we have to do this. it's the right thing to do.
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>> petco has been reducing the china made assortment for three years with the majority of the products american made but we found a half dozen treats made in china. >> i don't think there's the a reason to feed jerky treats from china at all. >> as of may 1 the fda has received 4800 reports of illnesses links to treats made in china and 1000 dogs have died. what treats are you feeding, are you feeding treats from china. >> if they are? >> stop it. we don't know what's happening but i think there's a connection with illness in dogs and china jerky treats. >> this is a mysterious outbreak. since the last fda warning we
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reported on, there's been 1800 new cases of illnesses. at ktvu.com we've posted information how to register a complaint about a pet treat. look for the web link section on the front page. a lawsuit involving fedex. 10 people were killed on april 10th when a fedex truck crossed the center median and slammed into a bus filled with students. a student injured in the crash filed suit earlier this month and in april the mother of a student that died filed a lawsuit. leyland yee will remain
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secret. the attorney for chow asked for it to be public. the judge refused. it will remain in wraps. the charges include bribery, gun trafficking. it is no surprise finding affordable real state is hard. it takes more than $137,000 in annual salary to find a median priced home in the bay area. one woman made offers on four bay area homes over to asking price only to be out bid. >> if we didn't have equity in the home it would be hard to come up with the down payment. >> some say buyers are having to offer 10 to 20% over the asking price to be competitive. yesterday it was oregon, today is pennsylvania.
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same-sex marriage is now legal. couples went to city hall to pick up their marriage license. a judge tossed out the ban and officials have not decided to appeal the order. supporters of california's same-sex marriage ban lost another fight. a federal appeals court anyone that donated $100 or more that be named public. some donors were threatened and harassed. the names have been available for five years. the supreme court overturned prop eight last year. the stock market dropped on reports from major retails. the cao jones lost 137 points. dicks sporting goods, and
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staples had poor reports. some weather in the mountains today in northeast california. we got clear of it. there were sprinkles out there, for the most part the activities in lake tahoe. we had a few sprinkles but most of the activity here, that low pressure center is living. we have a few light showers showing up near mount hamilton, not a thunderstorm but the mountain is collecting what moisture is left. something up around stockton as well and in the mountains things are dying down. tomorrow's travel up there should be no problem. things are turning around, the winds die down, overnight lows are going to get down there, lots of upper 40s and low 50s.
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that's cold. it won't feel like late may or early june, it will feel early spring. the temperature in san jose is 50 degrees. up from low 70 to 78 degrees for a daytime high tomorrow. a warming trend is underway. when i come back we'll look at the warming trend and how it pertains to your backyard. i'll see you after the break. a teenager killed on the train tracks a few feet from her home. the safety upgrades that were planned for that crossing and why city leaders admit that crossing the particularly dangerous. a bart station agent is
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. >> a bart station agent is credited with finding a missing man with oughttism who -- autism who vanished on the train. he knew how to approach the man without scaring him. >> if there was a time the panic it was may 7th when stephanie jacobs son vanished on a field trip. >> we were afraid he would watched dear off. -- wander off. >> i was going on the platform and look. he has a child with autism. >> i noticed a familiar gait and a walk, it's a pace that most chirp with autism has. >> it was stephanie's son. >> you have to approach them a certain way, you can set them off. i said hi, my name is john,
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your mom is looking for you, are you ben, he said yes. >> i praise his observation, and it takes a village. >> stephanie reminds people if they see someone withdrawn and confused get help. people with autism don't communicate but they wear medical bracelets. >> the city of the car son in los angeles county is expected to be the first city in the state to outlaw bullying. they are considering a ordinance to make it a crime to bully anyone. bullying is a willful conduct involving harassment. name-calling does not qualify. it includes fines. parents would be responsible for their child's behavior.
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score one for the pun -- republican. mcconnell won the republican pram ory in kentucky. the tea party candidate was a threat. mcconnell spent half of what he had stockpiled. his democratic opponent is allison grimmes kentucky's secretary of state. grimmes and mcconnell is in a virtual tie. the race is expected to be tough. grimmes is 35-year-old and if she wins would be the first female senator-elected in kentucky. a consignment store for kids closes without warning to customers. >> tonight, why a owner feels he had no choice. >> a young woman killed at a rail crossing, neighbors said
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welcoheyback. really? kiss your abs goodbye. cardiologist to check stand 1. crystal geyser alpine spring water? toucé. crystal geyser. always bottled right at the mountain source. . we're following breaking news a deadly shooting. a man was shot in the head on turner terrace at 9:15 at the san francisco housing project located there. the man was rushed to the hospital where he died. police said desirable officers -- additional officers were at the scene. no information to circumstance of the shooting or if there's any suspect. the mother of a teenage girl truck and -- strucked
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killed by an amtrak train has advice. britney was walking on the tracks wearing her ear buds and didn't hear the train. today her family and classmates gathered at the scene to grieve. britney's mother wants other teens to follow one important piece of advice. >> i tell all the youngsters when you are walking down the street and have your head phone on keep one in and 1 out so you can hear the world. >> a public memorial will be held tomorrow night at san leandro high school. concerns about safety at that intersection. it was due for major upgrades this summer. ken pritchard returned to the scene, an intersection a leader called dangerous.
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>> that is to growing memorial you see behind me, and another sad side to this story, the railroad crossing is set in a matter of months to be revamped, improved with safety features aimed at keeping pedestrians safer. >> there are flashing lights and bells and arms that lower to block traffic. the hesperia crossing is well marked. and it is marked with something new. flowers and candles for a young life lot. britney sylva was using her phone with ear buds in. she didn't hear or see the warnings. >> a few weeks ago i was almost hit at if same corner, because i was on to phone with my mother. she came within 20 feet of the train. one problem is that the tracks
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are at an angle to the street creating the a blind spot. >> sometimes the trains come from this direction and it's the same way. you can't see it. >> the city agrees the track angle poses a risk to pedestrian and will add safety. the engineers and transportation director says the city is working with union pacific which has put in pedestrian facing signals. the city will build sidewalks and put up greats or barricades in the pedestrians path. >> you can walk through the bar kids -- barricades but it will alert you. >> an extra delay for pedestrians, an extra warning it may make a difference at a
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crossing so dangerous. had it been a minute later i would have been hit. >> the city says there's a number of incidents at this rail crossing that sparked this prong, before the tragic accident that happened here yesterday. the city expects it's phase of the project to begin by the end of the summer. a pocket of west oakland that's been without power since this morning won't and getting it back. a big rig accident initially affected 200 customers. the crash caused terminals on the west end of the port of oakland to lose power. electricity was back up and running by noon at the port. but crews have to work through the night before it's back online. a brushfire near slide rock state park in sedona, arizona
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has prompted officials to evacuate campgrounds. so far it's burned 400-acres and zero containment. at least 100 structures are threatened. officials leave it was -- believe it was started by humans. more favorable weather is helping gain the upper hand in san diego county. the cocoas fire is now 93% contained. it destroyed 39 homes. high temperature. drought conditions and strong santa ana winds made it difficult. it destroyed 47 homes with an 18 unit apartment complex. firefighters returned from southern california where they battled the one at camp pendleton. john spoke to some of them about what it was like and the
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unusual thing that happened. >> it was a peaceful day in castro valley with cool temperature and high humidity. >> we talked about clearing brush. but john walsh just got back from san diego where the conditions were severe. >> a bush was putting off 20- foot flame lengths and spotting a quarter mile ahead of itself. >> he was battling the fire at camp pendleton when much of san diego was on fire. a lot of fires in a small area. while we were on the post desirable -- additional fires started. >> photos and videos show how treacherous the situation was. the ground was very dry, no signs of water. >> patrick kennedy was there for three days. >> when the real santa anas
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kick in later in the year and the peak of the fire season kicks in, it will be busy. >> firefighters shot this video as they drove around the fire scene and they encountered something unusual. that's the scary sound of ammunition blowing off. >> puts the heat to get the tree going. >> the bay area conditions will have firefighters on guard. the biggest message with the southern california, in a couple months we'll be facing the same situation. >> firefighters are using this occasion to have everyone have defensible space around their homes. a consignment store closes leaving customer's goods locked inside. what they can go to get their things and money back.
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>> when the warmup
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arson investigators say they are close to identifying two people caught on camera setting a car on fire in san jose. in this video you can see a person in a hoodie in the trie way of a -- drive way of a home. he lights it on fire. the family thinks they are being targeted. they think it's a hate crime. investigators say there's been several acts of vandalism there. marin county is on a push to better track the amount of
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hazardous material passing through the county. officials received a 40,000- dollar state grant identifying the quantities of type of hazardous materials hauled by tracks and train. two consultants sat near 101 and 37 looking for trucks marked with hazardous person. >> -- material. they will understand the hazardous materials coming in and out of the county. the aim of the study is to provide recommendation how to reduce the risk to the community. general motors has another vehicle recall deuce to dangerous defect. pauling back 2.4 million vehicles. this year bm has recalled 13 -- gm has recalled 13 million vehicles.
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the latest is detective front seat belts. and a shift cable that can wear out. gm is recalling new cadillacs with faulty air bags and for more details and a list of the recalls go to ktvu.com and look underwent links. the dvm has rules of the road for self driving cars. anyone who gets behind the wheel must clean a training program and takeover if needs, all accidents must be reported and the manufacturer needs $5 million in insurance. michael jace is under arrest, suspected of killing his wife. police say jace called 911 and said he shot his wife. the couple's two children were in the home at the time of the
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shooting. the body of april jace was found in the home. they were married for almost 10 years. a new challenge to school lunch rules. the effort to roll back rules that require fruits and vegetables that are gaining traction. the changes in the weather for the
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. the closure of an east bacon sign -- bay consignment store is causing a stir. why the owner says he couldn't give the customers advance
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notice. loyal shoppers flocked to this consignment shop. businesses was tight, leaving him to close the doors for good. inside hundreds of customer items and thousands of dollars in unused store credit. >> these people stole from my baby. parents are furious. the owner knew he was closing but didn't tell customers. >> i would have spent my money. >> he decided do close a week in advance. >> it would have been dangerous for our employees. the people with store credit would have picked us clean and after filing the anger we won't have done any business or funded their paychecks. leaving parents without options as well. most were paid for the closing and toys with store credit.
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>> store credit is like a gift card. if you have a target credit card and the store goes out of business you can't use it. what's there will be sorted and given back to the owners. >> angry parents are expressing concerns on social media. 500 joined this facebook page. the owners of the shop said parents should e-mail him with the concerns and questions. we'll put his e-mail on ktvu.com. thousands of parking meters in oakland are getting an upgrade. a plan to replace the 3800 single meters with smart meters. they are solar powered and provide more parking options. the upgraded machines will take
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coins, credit cards, debit cards and pay by phone. it will be completed by tend of july. there's a problem on a beach in southern california and the officials are not sure how to deal with it. a 50-foot fin whale washed up onshore. everyone is working together to come up with a plan on how to deal with the large mammal. they have two options, it will stay where it is, or it will be towed out to sea and submerged. republicans in congress want to waive rules that require school kids to receive one serving of fresh fruit or vegetables with their lunch. a bill allowing schools to opt out of the federal school lunch program if they are losing money. the standards were championed
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by michelle obama. many schools have complained they have been forced to buy produce that students are throwing out. the white house held their first talent show and one individual crashed the party. >> i want to say, i have talent. i've got talent. but i wasn't invited to be part of the show. >> the message from the president and first lady was more serious. the performance was to highlight arts, music and education. students were invited to showcase their talent. temperature out there slightly warmer, less wind today, more sunshine, not that much warmer. 75 in santa rosa, 75 in fairfield, tomorrow temperature in the 70s and a couple low 80s, slightly warmer tomorrow.
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here's the system i'm tracking, you can see it going this way and gone, you're seeing showers wrapping around. could see more sprinkles tonight. right now you have a little bit of activity, but that's it. the radar is showing nothing much. fog at the coast, the winds are brisk. the fog will be there the next few days, temperature will warm away from the waters edge. inland temperature will creep up. right now in the 50s. overnight lows will get down there. the winds die down. cool overnight, breezy and with a chance of a shower. as we go into the next few days the high pressure sets up and creates a warming trend through wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday. the warmer days on the weekend with temperature in the upper 80s and low 90s.
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san francisco right now at 58 degrees, daytime high tomorrow 67, mostly sunny, start off cloudy in san francisco, that's because of a lot of fog at the coast that will push inland. tomorrow will be a classic spring day. 79 in walnut creek, temperature creeping up. up from the weekend. 78 in millipedeis. no big changes as we go through time except for the change in temperature. just a little bit, wednesday you go up on thursday, these are the bay temperature. and the coast creeps up. by the weekend bay temperature in the 80s. coastal temperature in the 70s. there's the weekend which is always in view. you can count on nice looking weekend ahead with no more
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rain, about six hours from now this clears out and we tart to -- start to warm up. a free game for the iphone, grow and sell p.m. has been removed -- marijuana has been removed. it hit the number 1 spot for free downloads. the creator of the game said he was taking down on the game to make updates. mark is here now, a good day for the a's. they are on a roll. doesn't matter where they play, they are hard to tame. they've been laying the opposition to waste. tonight kind of tame. the hottest team in baseball taking it easy on tampa. 10 wins in the last 11. the only scoring of the game came in the 2nd. 2 out, coco crisp out with a
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sore neck gapper. he left later with stiffness in the neck. pomeranz 5 innings of shutout ball. another clutch hit. jaso same inning. the a's have outscored the opposition 74-18. every year, every team suffers a few of these, the gut busting heart breaker, manager won't sleep tonight game. the giants have had more of their share in colorado. bumgarner with an early lead, 2 out 2-run triple off the bat of blanco, they come out of the inning with a 3-1 lead. it was that way after five. in the 9th a 3-3 game. 2 out, colvin, what an addition he's been. slicer down the line.
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hicks is running and will score. giants go to the ninth with a 4- 3 lead. romo, a fat 1 to arenado, he scalds it to left. everyone will score. 2 run walk off double. 5-4 rockies. second blown save of the year for romo. that one is going to leave a mark. lebron and the teammates deliver a 4th quarter message in indiana, the warriors help their fans get current with their new head coach,
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sensational day for the warriors, good as it gets without winning a game. introducing the new coach but having nothing do with the draft lottery for the worse in the league. new coach, steve kerr, at ease with the bay area's media. he handles the questions with well thought out answers. no previous coaching experience. >> doc rivers went from the broadcast booth to the
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sidelines and he's one of the best coaches in the league. you look at jason kidd, went from playing into coaching and did a nice job. mark has been successful here, he turned this thing around here with his approach. >> there's a lot of trends that happen in this league, and i'm probably fortunate there's been a few former broadcasters and first time coaches who have done well. >> not that you thought the heat would go away, and they don't. they even up the series, pacers up top, steve especially son had -- stevenson had 25. a 12-0 run for the pacers, hebron -- lebron and wade, james to wade, ram it home. put a lid on it. 12 2- run is what they close with. we have 1-1 going back to
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miami. that's the sports life for tuesday night. >> mark thank you. thank you for choosing ktvu morning news. the latest on to shooting in
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>> today on "tmz" -- >> rob kardashian now says, i'm fat, i know i'm fat, i didn't go to a fat farm. >> i love it. i know i could lose the weight and when i choose to lose the weight, i'm going to lose the weight. >> that's spoken like a true fat gu tugh, sorry. >> lindsay lohan, she's been posting a bunch of instagram photos with this guy, manny. she's sitting there topless. posting pictures of her topless with him? >> if she's not topless, then those are really low hangers. >> there's baggage that comes along

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