police say that 911 call came into them yesterday, that a man with a knife was trying to break into that house on sherman, but the people who live in that home say that person was not an intruder. he was family. they let him in. they say he was upset, suicidal, and he was the one who called 911. philip watkins mother believes her son was so distraught, he wanted to die at the hands of police. fay buchanan was not sure what her future son-in-law was thupging when he called 911 does does know he wasn t in a good place. he didn t feel like things were going right in his life and he didn t know if he wanted to live. buchanan said she called the suicide hotline. they promised her police would send out an intervention team but instead, at least two officers with a gang suppression unit showed up after 5:00 last night. watkins started to walk towards them. they shot him. and they said, i didn t see anything in his hand until after they shot him. the subject had a knife and
: reporter: at the bay bridge the west bound ride is backed up into the mcarthur maze . the 20 + minutes drive times, and the san mateo bridge is already slowing across the span with over 20 minutes drive into san mateo. for going to get more into this record setting temperatures. : james: ray looking sunrise their coming out of this from the north. it will keep the sun warmer side later this afternoon. warming up in fact we could see a tie with and the break of the record highs for today. these are the contenders on the list. they re all on the striking distance. san rafael 69 oakland and downtown is a 72 for the temperature today the old record is 70. we re coming close to the airport. : james: it looks like gil were will have a high of 78. were keeping it to appear for the kron 4 evening news will let you know what the official numbers come in and where we will see the numbers. will have the full details coming up in 15 minutes. : reporter:: thousands of commuters cou
The annual rites of Oscar are nigh (Sunday, March 10), in case you hadn’t noticed and given the sharply declining trend of the show’s ratings over the past decade, you probably hadn’t. Once a momentous occasion of national mind-melding of near-Super Bowl proportions, this increasingly tedious exercise in tacky self-aggrandizement and PC hectoring from gazillionaire celebrities