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KRON KRON 4 News At 8 April 17, 2014

Reporter the investigation is to turn to him to stop picking at this case. Turning into Human Trafficking reporter difficult to make out reporter livingcross the street from where the young girl was screaming somebody help me. I cant see somebody raped me reporter the juvenile may be a victim of human sex trafficking. Reporter no desciption right now and young girl was taken to the hospital and is now in stable co ndition, pam a deadly fire rips through a San Francisco apartment. Killing a mother and her three year old son. The fire broke out shortly before 10this morning. In a 2 story apartment in San Franciscos sunnydale housing project. I am going to miss him. Miss the little things. He was three years old with his entire life ahead of him. Pam three people were inside at the time. And one woman was able to escape. But the womans niece and her son, both died in the fire. Now the toddlers father is still trying to make senseat this point the cause is still under investigation. Pam and those who lived in the units next to the one that burned down. Have been relocated to other units in the sunnydale apartments pam a devastating day for hundreds of south korean families. After a ferry carrying nearly 500 people capsized. Catherine these are some of the scenes from Korean Television. Six people have been confirmed dead but tonight nearly 300 others are still missing. People screamed in the ship. It tilted and stuff fell down. Kids were screaming out of terror, shouting for help. Catherine Korean Television showed dramatic scenes of rescue. And heartbreaking images of families waiting for news. Catherine nearly 5 hundred people were aboard the ship. Most of them were high school students, traveling to a resort island. Survivors say there was a loud bump. Then the ship lurched heavily on its side. Catherine they had no choice other than to jump into the chilly water, at first the water was suddenly the water came up to my face. So . I think it was a narrow escape from dying. Catherine cell phone video that appears to be shot from inside the sinking ship shows passengers waiting for help. It is possible that there are air pockets inside some of the compartments. The temperature of course, could lead to hypothermia quickly. The other thing to keep in mind is that once the ship goes on its side or flips over, its tremendously disorienting. Everything is sideways or upside down. Reporter in Southern California. Police say two fire trucks collided in a los angeles suburb. Causing one fire engine to slam into a restaurant. Reporter new tonight. The injured count rising to 15 people. 5 of those hurt are firefighters. It happened around 3 this afternoon in monterey park. About 10 miles east of right now Authorities Say only 1 person is in criticalOfficials Say the two fire trucks were from different fire departments. One was from monterey park. The other from alhambra. Both were responding to a fire when they slammed into each other. More details as we get them. Pam new tonight at 8 Grocery Shoppers across the country could start seeing higher prices for produce this year and the reason is californias ongoing extreme drought. Pam kron 4s Charles Clifford has details. Reporter california agriculuture generates about 40 billion dollars annually. There are a wide variety of crops grown all over the state and for some items. Like avocados. California is one of the nations main suppliers. Reporter but the ongoing drought is now predicted to have a big impact on farm production state wide. The u. S. Drought monitor says that all of california is currently experiencing some form of moderate to exceptional drought. Reporter in this new report from Arizona State university, researchers predict that up to a million acres of farm land could be impacted across california and 1020 percent of certain crops could be lost. The lower supply combined with an ever increasing demand will equal higher prices nationwide. Reporter for example. Monterey county leads the state in the production of lettuce and broccoli, but almost all of monterey is facing exceptional drought conditions. The asu report predicts the price of lettuce could jump almost 34 percent to 2. 44 per head and broccoli could go up by 22 percent to 2. 18 per pound. Reporter california is also the countrys sole domestic supplier of avocados. Most are grown year round in Southern California where there are currently moderate to extreme drought conditions. The report says that prices could rise 28 to 1. 60 per avocado. Reporter grapes. Both for Wine Production and table grapes. Are grown in almost every county of california. The drought could push the cost of grapes up by as much as 21 percent to 2. 93 per pound. Reporter finally, the a su report also predicts big price jumps for tomatoes, melons,in San Francisco, Charles Clifford kron 4 news. Pam livermore is the latest bay area city facing mandatory water restrictions because of californias extreme drought. Pam most of the restrictions affect outdoor water use. For example residents can only water their lawns twice a week. Between a certain time period. Pam livermore residents also cannot use a hose to wash off sidewalks, driveways or porches. Unless it is to clear hazardous materials. Pam Officials Say violators first get a warning. But they could lose Water Service altogether. If they are repeat offenders. Pam new tonight at 8 pam professional dog walkers protesting today in San Francisco. Theyre upset about the changes proposed for the entire Golden Gate National recreation area. Kron 4s jeff bush is live at fort mason tonight. Jeff, what are the changes that have people so angry . Reporter working across fort face it. Marching across fort mason. We need the numbers to be the same. Creating an incentive to move business. We ca not have commercial dog walkers occupying the parks, and plazas reporter the new rules make it too restrictive to operate or an increas of prices will occur. Pam bart is planning to replace its aging train cars. And today riders got a look at what bart is calling its the fleet of the future. And give their input. Pam while many liked the new fleet. Not all riders were impressed. People are crammed, particularly rush hour work it will make things worse. Pam specifically, wheelchair bound riders. Are taking issue with a pole that is in the middle of each of the cars entry points. Pam bart says, it has already changed the design to shift the pole farther away from the wheelchair area. Which bart believes will give the disabled enough room to manuever. Pam the transit agencys board president says, they like the safety the poles add for those riders who are standing. Especially when pam bart says, it will continue to solicit input from the public until the end of may. Ahead at eight. Skyhigh rents are no secret here in the bay area. Well break down what apartments are going for around the bay. And at the end of this broadcast. A major mixup at the dm v. Will have you looking twice at one teens drivers license. Who is taking the blame for the mistake. And next pam a local security firm. Warning people about a costly new scam. That is trying to get people to fork over hundreds of dollars. Details, after the break. Reporter reality tv is headed to the south bay. Well show you what show is bringing cameras in to hit the streets of san jose. Coming up next. Jacqueline some fog tonight [doorbell rings] hey. Hey. Whats this . Its uverse live tv. With at t uverse. You can watch live tv from your device. Hey. Hey. Anywhere in your home. [doorbell rings] hey. Hey. So you wont miss a minute of the game. Call now to get a uverse bundle for the same great price for 2 years. Guaranteed. Reporter new tonight at 8. Reporter for you reporter a new online phishing scam is trying to get people to fork over hundreds of dollars for tech support they dont really need. Reporter this is a tricky one. As youll see anyone could fall for it. Reporter fake phishing pages like these are hiding all over the interenet reporter they look like real log in pages for Online Services you use like comcast, netflix, or aol. The page appears to be where you would log into your account. Reporter a popup comes up saying your account has been frozen and you need to call a tech support 800 phone number. Reporter thats when the scam begins reporter i cought up with jerome sagirrrah, over a video chat. He is a lead security researcher with male ware bytes, the a san jose based, Computer Security and Antimalware Software company that published this blog post exposing this scam. The main goal is to extort money from the person for Tech Support Services so youre looking at anywhere from 300 400 in services for tech support for problems that are made up in front of you. Reporter he said people land on these pages by clicking on links, ads, or search results for tech support. For example youll type in bing or Google Netflix phone number tech support one of the top sponsored ads in the case that i found lead to one of these companies, reporter jerome video taped an example of one of these phishing scams. Heres what happened. Reporter he visited a fake aol email log in page i am trying to log into my aol account and it got an error message that it has been suspended . Reporter and it said to call this number. Reporter the person on the other end pretended to be aol tech support 2 42 youre account has been suspended because you have some malicious activity going on with your account. Reporter they told him his account had been hacked and his identity was now at risk they have stolen the password from your computer to log in. Reporter if he wanted to be able to log into his aol they could fix it for him. But he would have to let them control his computer remotely and ofcourse. Pay for the help. You must pay us. I think it was 499 which is a lot of money. You could buy a new computer for that price. Reporter so they try to get your credit card to fix your computer but what can be even worse is giving them Remote Control of your computer if you make the mistake of having any personal documents on your desktop, any with Financial Information or Sensitive Information they will scrape them from you. Reporter jerome warns that this Tech Support Scam is growing fast and getting more sophistacted becareful when calling any company that does remote support. Especially ones that want to take control of your computer. Reporter do your research. Make sure you are talking to the actual company. If youre suspicious be safe. Take your computer into a local shop. Gsk4n reporter the man arrested in a bomb hoax last night at the Boston Marathon finish line. Was in court today. 25year old kevin edson was arraigned today. Reporter an officer says, edson was acting suspiciously and then dropped his backpack. He is facing felony charges. Including possession of a hoax explosive device. And making a false bomb threat. Pam no explosives were found. Police say, there was a rice cooker in the bag. The city is on edge after last years deadly attack. Pam the annual patriots day race is coming up on monday. Reporter the popular Reality Tv Show cops is heading to the bay area crews hit the streets this week to start shooting. And the cops theyre riding with san jose. Reporter you know the theme song. Reporter showing the dangers of police work, on a mission to take guns off the street. In san jose today the threat is real with gang but gang issues. Reporter abroad jacqueline 81 in sunnyvale. Look at the changes in temps with 313 degrees warmer. Clear skies over the bay area. We do have clear skies but the sea breeze winds will be oicking up picking up over night. More on the extended forecast coming up pam why some of you think a new proposal is unfair . Female announcer get three years interestfree financing on brand name mattress sets. Plus, get free delivery, and sleep trains 100day low price guarantee. Sleep trains interest free for 3 event is on now. Your ticket to a better nights sleep for that creamy delicious taste that makes even the most impatient, patient. Dude tillamook sharp cheddar, tastes better because its made better. Reporter the ncaa has reacted. After the star of this years march madness basketball tournement. Said he sometimes goes to bed starving. Because he cant afford food. Reporter the College Athletics governing body is proposing that athletes receive unlimited meals and snacks. Reporter university of connecticuts star guard does already receive a meal plan covered by his scholarship. Like all division one athletes. But this would provide additional food for student athletes. Quincey i feel that all students should be provided with 3 meals a day. A student athletes hunger shouldnt be more important than a science majors hunger. Every student young adult needs fuel for the body and mind. Reporter not all collge athletes make the amount of money reporter a lot of people are saying that all students should receive affordable meals. Safeway gets that staying on budget can be a real bear. Thats why theyve got lots of ways to save. Real big club card deals, the safeway app and gas rewards. For easter, get a safeway spiral sliced ham, for just 1. 99 a pound. Cadbury mini eggs are only 2. 69. Talk about a sweet deal. And arrowhead water is just 3. 33 a case. Theres more savings to love at safeway. Ingredients for life. Hey. Hey. [doorbell rings] whats this . Its uverse live tv. With at t uverse. You can watch live tv from your device. Hey. Hey. Anywhere in your home. [doorbell rings] hey. Hey. So you wont miss a minute of the game. Call now to get a uverse bundle for the same great price for 2 years. Guaranteed. Pam now at 8 30 pam it will come as news to no one. That rental costs in the bay area are higher than ever before. Surprising even the experts,kron 4s grant lodes begins our team coverage. With some property owners. Grant . Reporter you might be impressed or you might be depressed, the average rent in the bay area is now more than 2 thousand dollars. Thats about a ten percent jump in just one year. Reporter no surprise. San francisco renters are facing the steepest rents. More than 3 thousand dollars is the average per month reporter and people are paying 96 percent of available rentals are occupied. San joses average is about one thousand dollars less, but it rose faster from last year. And check this out it is actually more expensive to rent in oakland. Its average is up more than 12 percent from a year ago. Reporter all these numbers come from the Research Firm realfacts, they also broke down the rents by county. Reporter contra costa has the lowest average, followed by alameda county. The third lowest may surprise you its marin county reporter the reason for the sky high rents is, as you might expect, the bay areas booming economy. The Tech Industry is only part of the picture. Housing construction is also at a record pace last year the bay area added about one thousand apartments a month. And this year another 13 thousand could be added. Reporter rent across the bay area is pricy. Very expensive here. Reporter to save a little she decided to move closer to her 9 to 5 i could no longer afford to live in san franciscio. I hope they do something about it. Really taking advantage of renters. Pam as april 20th approches. San francisco is getting ready to prevent another pot party mess. 4 20 has become a counterculture holiday in north america, where people gather to celebrate and consume cannabis. Pam today the San Francisco Police Department announced there will be an increased Law Enforcement presence. Pam there will be strict enforcement of no open officers will be patroling looking for underage drinking. Traffic cops will there to help cut down in congestion. Pam and a stern warning for potential marijuana dealers. Police say they risk being arrested and charged with a felony. Pam smartphone kill switchs are expected to appear in smartphones as soon as next summer. By San Franciscos District Attorney along with new yorks attorney general. Pam the pair pushed smartphone makers and carriers to put antitheft tools on the devices to try to deter rampant theft. Smart phone providers will install a free preloaded or downloadable antitheft tool on smartphones sold in the us. After july 2015. Pam and next quite the predicament for one toddler who went missing. You wont believe where he ended up. Reporter abnormal collection or rupture. This was the hemorrhaged. Reporter it is not some time that is routinely tapped for shed the four. He and his team relieved the pressure. Finally, going to rehab to gain strength. Waking up and cured of avm. Used to fighting his way through things. He is a stong boy. Reporter what went wrong . Why morganville driver has the wrong information. There was a child inside the bearclaw machine. Pam its like something out of a movie. Employees at a Bowling Alley in nebraska found a toddler stuck in a claw crane machine. And his parent was no where to be seen. Pam police say a woman called 911 monday afternoon because her 3 yearold son was missing from her apartment. Pam Bowling Alley called police to report the found toddler. Pam a representative from the vending Machine Company had to come and let him out. The boy was reunited with his mother a short time later. Its unclear how the boy ended up inside the machine. Jacqueline low 60s down the peninsula. Briefly reaching 70 in new city and Fremont Union City South Bank ba

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