♪ that's it for "rtm." we'll see you next time. san francisco 49ers aldon suddenly pleased to felony charges. and tracking a big warm up to your holiday weekend. a notorious rapist is set to be released. concern residents travel a long way to tell a bay area judge they fear he will strike again. a san francisco 40 niner isleading himself at the mercy of the court. 49ers aldon smith today entered

a no contest plea in the south bay courtroom. he faces felony charges including weapons possession and dui. tonight there is still a chance he may spend time behind bars. and our top story at 7:00 p.m. we explain the pe and what comes next. >> 49ers linebacker aldon smith was kept out of sight for hours before he walked into the san jose courtroom before sitting down in the gallery and taking a seat. smith is facing three felony weapons charges and three misdemeanor charges related to dui. he originally pleaded not guilty last year, but today changed to no contest. as ktvu reported smith's felony charges related to a party at his home in june, 2012 or shots were fired and a subsequent investigation turned up an assault weapon. misdemeanor dui charges came after smith crashed his truck into a tree and driving into a home turning up the backyard.

it's time he was charged with possession of marijuana, that charge was dropped. today the prosecutor said the das office does not make a plea deal but instead smith decided to take his chances with the judge. >> that's the difference between a plea bargain were you see charges dropped or plea sends. >> legal analyst says smith will have to prove to the judge why the felony should be changed to misdemeanor. >> is he changing, is the community work that he is done, the fact he perches these weapons legally in another state. >> he's not a thug, i don't think he is out of control are making bad decisions. certainly he has made mistakes. who hasn't. >> smith faces up to four years four months behind bars and is scheduled to return courtjuly 25 . a short time ago 49ers general manager trent baalke released a statement it reads, we are where the aldon entered a plea today in the case that we have closely monitored. today was an important step of bring

that situation to resolution. less than an hour from now friends, relatives and classmates will gather to remember high school senior who was killed in an accident on the tracks in san leandro. investigators say 18-year-old brittney so was crossing the railroad tracks with your earbuds in and didn't hear the oncoming amtrak train. this happened monday night, tonight's memorial will be held at san leandro high school at 8:00 p.m. a group of teenagers want to create a memorial for their alhambra high school classmate. the 14-year-old from martinez was killed by train in march. it includes a climbing structure, climbing area and barbecue neighborhood where jenna lives. city officials like the idea but homeowners association owns the land turn them down. >> i think their mindset right now is that we are not taking it seriously, were just couple of high school kids doing a project i think we need show them we are committed to doing this. >> the students tell us if they get the project approved

they're confident they can raise 30-$40000 to pay for the park. for the second time in today's the bay area construction worker has died on the job. today's incident involved a man who fell three stories to his death. were alive now and san jose near sierra road and north capitol avenue were katie investigators have been spending hours on that site looking for clues. >> investigators are still photographing the scene, and within the last 15 minutes the man who died today, his family arrived to pick up his car. they were clearly upset and did not want to talk. you can see behind me the building is under construction, that's where today's accident happened where the worker fell three stories to his death. construction came to an abrupt halt at the center dawn capital development as seen from news chopper 2. a worker died on the jobsite. san jose police guarded the scene until cal osha investigators arrived. they say around noon the man who was unloading sheet rock fell from either a building or

forklift crane. >> we don't have a lot of other information other than that. in fact i don't know who the employer is. >> investigators say the man fell from a height of about three stories. now they're working to determine what if any safe measures were in place. >> were talking about multiple stories, there should be fall protection for employees. >> cal osha spokesman peter milne says construction work is inherently dangerous. even a shortfall can be deadly, which was the case yesterday in san mateo. investigators now say 54-year- old allies barrel landed headfirst from a 9-foot fall, not 15 feet as initially reported. >> we treat every accident has its own accident, we go there, we interview people, we look at what happened, we and review the employers injury and illness prevention program. >> meanwhile at the san jose accident site the developer declined comment. on the company's website it shows the project will include 94 townhomes which price in the

mid-500,000-dollar range. people we spoke with already living here didn't see the fall, but the destruction of that new units is moving quickly. again cal osha still working to determine who that man work for, because at large construction sites like this there are many subcontractor companies. a california woman's plea to her sister on facebook may help in a decade old sexual abuse. 40-year-old receiver garcia then it is under arrest in orange county sign. she's accused of kidnapping and raping a minor for holding her hostage for ten years. police say she he was the live- in boyfriend of the 15-year-old mother the time of the kidnapping. she was abducted from sam and in 2004. she said garcia first held her in compton he was arrested in belle garden yesterday after the victim got in touch with her sister. the woman, not 25 told police she tried to escape twice and was severely beaten.

a south bay judge is deciding when and where a notorious rapist should be wiest. christopher hubbard is known as the pillowcase rape her. he left the stream of victims between northern and southern california, california. >> they call themselves the ladies of lake los angeles. they traveled seven hours to san jose to ask a judge to stop a sexual predator from moving in for decades. christopher hubbard also known as the pillowcase rapist terrorized women from the bay area to southern california. he got his name because he put pillowcases over his victims heads to muffle their screams. hubbard admitted to 38 rapes over three decades. authorities believe the actual number of victims could top 100. >> we don't want him out, not where we live not were anyone else lives. >> last year san jose judge says hubbard could be released

to the envelope valley, he would live five minutes away from misty breve illegals home. today the rape survivor told the judge she is scared. >> absolutely. if you look at his history, when he got out he never stopped he just kept doing it. >> hubbard has spent more of his life in prison and state mental hospitals than out. each time doctors deemed him no longer a danger and let him out, he raped again. some victims in the early 1980s were in sunnyvale at this apartment complex which was then called daisy rich, it has since changed names. no one we will talk to in the neighborhood remembers the pillowcase attacks. but those whom i call him neighbor now, believe he will strike again. >> we are not a dumping ground, and that safeco with her trying to do. >> those would be neighbors all argued they arty have 100 offenders living in the antelope valley and they don't need one more. the judge here today did make any decisions and didn't say

when he will. caught on camera a man with a shotgun robbing a convenience store in san jose. take a look you see the man walked into the store already the holding the gun in his hand. police say he had one customer in the face with it and demanded cash from other people inside the store. this happened two fridays ago on north capitol avenue near hofstetter road. the man got away in a waiting car described as a newer silver colored toyota sedan with the yellow and black rear paper plate. san jose police want to hear from anyone who has information on this robber. lewis clinton junior is accused of stealing more than half million dollars from its church, he's a parishioner and served on boards at the allen temple beth of this church. prosecutor c said he spent money on electric car, mortgage and children's private luxury schooling. a san jose woman was recognized for her bravery in helping a dying woman give birth after an accident on a

remote road. it happened last july along highway 77 in south texas. urea woman stopped to help the fatally injured 19-year-old woman to deliver her baby girl. >> she kept asking me, ma'am how's my baby how's my baby? i thought she was referring to her toddler it was her unborn kid she was referring to. >> officials from the texas department of public safety flew to san jose today to recognize her for her help. the mother died of her injuries, but her baby, amylin is alive and well. a third bay area city has decided to monitor the license plates of vehicles the come into town. alameda city council approved $80000 for license plate monitoring cameras last night. but unlike the stationary cameras, alameda scammers will be mounted on for police patrol cars. civil liberties group still oppose the cameras citing privacy concerns. more than 100 million ebay

users are being advised to change their passwords because of the data breach. the san jose -based e-commerce company isn't saying how many or if any of its 140 million accounts are affected. but they are telling them all to change their passwords just in case hackers you raise the database containing encrypted passwords between february and march. ebay says the hackers gained access by compromising some employee login credentials. if you have a snail problem you will want to know what we've learned about the increasing risks to dogs. a new warning tonight about a possible defect in hundreds of thousands of smoke alarms. customers may not even realize have been deactivated. after the break i'm tracking a significant warm-up for your holiday weekend, i will have the details and the timing

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. a win with wildfire in arizona more than quadrupled in size today as fire fighters headed to the fire line. it's burning in a canyon between flagstaff and sedona near the popular flag rock state park. homes, businesses resorts and campgrounds have all been evacuated. authority say the fire has grown to 4500 acres with zero containment. the fire began about 4:00 p.m. yesterday. the controversial, hazardous landfill. california hazardous waste officials gave the go-ahead for the site to grow by 50%. it's located in kings county along interstate five and it's the largest toxic way site in the west. elements of the sun increase in birth defects several years ago but public health officials say there was no connection to the landfill. a warning tonight for animal owners. bay area veterinarians tell ktvu there's been a recent surge in dog poisonings and death, all from eating snail bait.

>> dog owners here at heather farm park say they are conscientious about their animals health, but most did not know snail they can be deadly. >> very shocked and concerned as a pet owner. i was not aware of that. >> at least 12 bay area dogs have been poisoned and died in the last year with the total may actually be much higher. in san leandro cocker spaniel lover told us his beloved powell eight snail bait. >> powell was extremely attracted to any snail bait shortly after identification and there he was tromping on it. i immediately took into the him to the vet. >> he said powell eight this product, or those bug get out we found it today on hardware store shelves that contains the ingredient met aldehyde. in a dog's stomach it becomes a nerve toxin with no and go. darryl shell oil says he's unfortunately seen many many

dogs die. >> die. >> they start twitching and shaking, panting, running around and then they just get to the point where they can go into full-blown seizures. >> the as pca helps us gather data today confirming poisonings in at least six bay area counties. you see on the screen cases are almost certainly far more widespread. snail's like the a's are out now, lured by well watered gardens and people are spreading potentially deadly snail bait. >> i think people should be reading the label a little bit closer what the precautions are on the bag. >> to mars told me that powell did survive the poisoning, he got treatment but sadly died later of a nonrelated cause. veterinarians say snail symptom poisoning come come on as soon as 30 minutes and without treatment death can occur in four hours. google's nest lab is recalling hundreds of phones of smart smoke detectors.

a defect was found that could cause the smoke detectors to be turned off unintentionally with a wave of hand. the recall involves some 440,000 of the nets products so between december 15 of april 3. general motors announced another recall today for an older chevy avails. their recalling about 200,000 of the subcontract cars because a model of the running lights can overheat and catch fire. this is the 29th general motors recall this year for a record 15.6 million vehicles. walston recruits yesterdays losses today dow jones rose 150 points nasdaq added 34. google has taken a bite out of apple when it comes to the value of brown's worldwide. the brand x survey says google's brand has grown 40% since last year. it put its value a $140 billion. the survey says google has been innovative with its android system. apple dropped 20% in number two because the survey sees a

slowing down. ibm ranks third, microsoft is next in fourth place. president obama today spoke out about accusations the va covered up the deaths of 40 veterans who died before they can get medical care. outrage is growing on the revelations of some va officials were falsifying data about how long some veterans were waiting to see a doctor. >> i will not stand for it, not as commander in chief, but also not as an american. none of the show. >> the president said today he has asked secretary schenn seki for preliminary report on the matter by next week. republicans are calling for secretary schenn seki to resign. a major southern california freeway remains partially blocked hours after a deadly crash involving the tour bus and a big rig. the chp says the big rig jackknife sending a load of

steel pipes across interstate eight about 2:15 a.m. the tour bus swerved and overturned trying to avoid this bill. for people on the bus were killed and several other passengers are critically injured. a band of severe weather swept across the denver colorado colorado area this afternoon including several reports of tornadoes. the system also brought hail, thunder storms and heavy downpour. here's video of a soccer field covered inhale, so much so that mac so looks like snow. traffic came to a standstill as one storm passed through. a tornado watch was in effect until early evening. for while the denver airport shut down operations doing some flights to and from san francisco. the airport has since resumed operation. our warming trend is underway, temperatures came up a couple of degrees today we even saw low 80s in those warmer spots, the temperatures of the national weather service officially recorded today. you can see word 82 in antioch

that's a high for today. tomorrow's high in this area will be in the mid-80s. in around the bay i think we'll see mid-70s so more warming, further warming ohmic warming as we head into the bay area tomorrow. the system that you see her spinning out that will leave the area still dropping showers in the foothills and evening if you look in real close some showers did come around wraparound showers are showing up out here in the sacramento valley over by stockton and by san andreas, the word high and dry as you know that shower activity is moving out of the area and things will start to warm up as the high pressure sneaks in behind that system. so here is the low right here, there it goes. that gives us tomorrow as it leaves us clearing as we go into the afternoon and a few morning clouds. as we head into friday and saturday and sunday the high- pressure sets up big time and that's what will warm us up. saturday and sunday the holiday weekend and monday temperatures will be in the mid-80s, upper 80s and low 90s. so as we take a look this right now the memorial day forecast for

highs, were looking at 90 livermore, 85 in san jose, 86 in santa rosa so a nice-looking forecast santa rosa so a nice- looking forecast here, holiday weekend. eighty in sonoma, tomorrow 82 and napa so forecast ties tomorrow slightly warmer, slightly warmer on friday, warmer on saturday and by memorial day were in the low 90s. eighty-five in concord, 85 the walnut creek 84 still real good with this pattern, tree pollen is trending down grass pollen is trending up so if you're being brother did might be some of the grasses that are starting to come on that something we will notice. these are late may early june will start notice those are more than the trees, trees are more early spring the middle spring. five day forecast for the bay area we can always in view, there it is right there looks good. up into the 90s even around the bay with temperatures in the upper 70s and low 80s. they got nice-looking five-day forecast five day forecast i will see you guys tonight at 10:00 p.m. a lottery player in the south bay area has a ticket with a lot of money. they bought a winning fantasy five taken a san jose. lottery officials say the

winning ticket is worth almost $176,000. so check your tickets and take a look at the screen. the winning fantasy five numbers are 29, 18, 3, 11 and 6. the winner has 180 days to come forward and claim the prize. howdy when $50000 and the trip to the galapagos islands? do what one student did today learn your geography. one incredible income for two bay area paddle boarders coming nose to nose with two rather playful whales. you can always get ktvu.com on the go. download our ktvu ktvu app and you can watch all of our newscast live on your mobile device

. it was an unforgettable encounter on the water for couple of bay area paddle boarders. mike lane says he and his friend were paddling out on friday and they were going from fourth point beneath the golden gate bridge to ocean beach in san francisco when they saw what you see in the camera shop. . paraguay in kelly's cove. at one point they were splashing one of the paddle boarders. the to call this a rare and exciting moment. there may be changes on the

way for travelers frustrated by hidden fees in airline tickets. the department of transportation is proposing new rules that require airlines to disclose specific fees for basic items such as suicide men's and carry-on bags. the rules would cover tickets sold online, over the phone and in-person. the public has 90 days to comment. the transportation department says a hopes to finalize the new rules within the next year. if you can't name the world's most densely populated country, then you wouldn't have made it past the first round in a national geographic bee. a virginia eighth-grader today correctly answer that question, and the ones that followed. the answer by the way is monaco. i kilburn melles hell he was named the 2014 national geographic winter. the prize, at $50000 scholarship and a trip to the galapagos islands. thank you for making ktvu your choice for news, were always here for you at ktvu.com and we hope you follow us on facebook and twitter. our coverage continue with the 10:00 p.m.

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