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KRON KRON 4 News Weekend April 5, 2014

Pretty mild readings. In the afternoon we will see 70s back in the forecast. Seasonal weather today fairfield and 70, 67 for oakland. 67 will be your high for san rafael. The temperatures will continue to climb out by monday and tuesday. The temperatures will be in the low to mid 80s. It is a perfect time for you to head to the beach. Our top story this morning, were getting new information in the search for missing Malaysia Flight 370. Kron fours mike pelton is in the newsroom with the latest, mike . Just in the past few hours. A black box locator detected a ping in the southern indian ocean. This. According to reports from Chinese State media. And this comes exactly one month since flight 370 went missing after taking off from kuala lampur. This morning there has been no official confirmation of the ping but Chinese State media says a patrol ship using a black box detector. Located a pulse signal and an aviation expert tells cnn the frequency is equivalent to that coming from a planes black box. This comes as crews from several countries are scrambling to find flight 370. The black box pinger only sends signals for roughly 30 days. We are still awaiting word from australian officials about this new development as they are leading the search in the waters off weve seen many new leads not pan out over the past few weeks. But we know search crews are looking to detect a ping from the planes black box. Reports say they did detect a ping now begins the process of figuring out if its related to flight 370. We are staying on top of this story and will have any new developments throghout the morning. In the newsroom mike pelton, kron 4 news. A rescue mission to save a 1yearold girl who is sick. And on a sailboat thats off the coast of mexico. The boat is about 900 nautical miles west of Cabo San Lucas. The California Air National Guard has a team on the boat to help. And another standing by. If the life of the family is in jeopardy that is when our litigation will go up. We put this at a higher level of risk. The family took off last month, thursday night, Air National Guard arrived. On friday a naval ship left to meet them. A uc Berkeley Student has been diagnosed with measles. Officials say the student went to classes the week of march 31st. And was diagnosed april 4th. The patient is currently in isolation. If you think you might have been exposed to the disease. Get the mmr vaccine if you have not already. Measles symptoms include fever. Runny nose. Coughing. And a rash on the face and neck. The disease is highly contagious. Linetheres a big gun buyback this morning in San Franciscos Visitacion Valley neighborhood. Today between 9 a. M. And 2 p. M. , people can drop off guns for cash at the Grocery Outlet on bayshore boulevard. If you plan on going, you must arrive with unloaded guns in the trunk of your car. Guns in working condition will net 100dollars. Assault weapons can be returned for up to 200 dollars. Each car that comes through can turn in up to five guns. You can do this anonymously. And no questions will be asked. Line new this morning, employees at a san leandro seven11 store are being praised after they disarmed a robber. It happened last night, shortly before midnight at 333 east 14th street. Two employees were behind the counter, when the robber entered the store wearing a ski mask and carrying a handgun. The employees charged the robber and held him until police arrived. There was a struggle and the robber managed to get away, leaving behind the gun. Police are still searching for the robber this morning. Line a concord k9 officer finds himself on the wrong side of the law accused of stealing prescription drugs from seniors. Matthew switzer has been charged with 5 felonies. His lawyer says he resigned friday. Concords police chief is disappointed in the officer. But says this shows that everyone including Police Officers have to be held accountable. Heres kron4s philippe djegal. Sot barry grove Deputy District Attorney, Contra Costa County Contra Costa County Deputy District Attorney barry grove is the lead prosecutor on this case. He says the investigation into k9 officer matthew swtizers actions started with a citizen complaint back in late january. He says the Police Department handed the case over to the das officer, because it needed a neutral agency. He is breaking into a Occupational Therapy office where he stole a prescription magimedication. He used the fact that he is a Police Officer to gain entrance. Sot barry grove Deputy District Attorney, Contra Costa County switnzer turned himself in friday morning. Grove says there are at least three victims most living at a senior apartment complex in concord. Grove says how often swtizer pocketted the drug norco from his victims is unclear. This happened over a series of months and so even the victims are not sure how many times this act occurred because it was a lot of repeat occurrences. Sot barry grove Deputy District Attorney, Contra Costa County in response to the charges, switzers attorney released a statement saying quote. Officer switzer temporarily succumbed to an addiction to painkillers that were originally prescribed to him. These drugs are essentially pharmaceutical heroin. The statement goes on to say. With proper treatment, i am confident that he will beat im coming up. \ coming up on kron 4 news. To pedestrians are hit by cars in separate incidents in San Francisco. One of them a Police Officer. A driver is speak for doing the right thing, returning to the scene of a crash. What prompted a mob to attack him. [ mom ] hi, were the pearsons, and we love chex cereal. So we made our own commercial to tell you why. First, chex makes lots of gluten free flavors. Which is a huge thing for us. And theres seven to choose from. Like cinnamon, honey nut, and chocolate. I tell them you guys are gonna turn into chocolate chex i like cinnamon, greg is a honey nut nut. When you find something this good, you want to spread the word. [ all ] were the pearsons, and we love chex welcome back. Four people died in new york overnight when the car they were in. Plunged into a creek. Authorities say five victims were packed into a honda accord that ran off the road in queens. The car sank in eight feet of water. Rescue Officials Say the 20yearold driver managed to make it out of the car. He did survive and was taken to a hospital. A detroitarea man was severely beaten and robbed by a group of people after he got out of his pickup truck to check on a boy he accidentally ran into. Its tough to see. But take a close look at this Surveillance Video. It shows the boy darted out in front of steve utashs truck. Detroits mayor says utash did the right thing in returning to the crash scene to try and help the boy. But when he did, at least a halfdozen people beat him up in a mob attack. Now his family is raising money for his medical expenses. Coming up we will have another check the weather and traffic on the return. Welcome back. It is a little chilly outside but the seven day a round the bay is looking good. We do have a lot to look forward to in the extended forecast. Not too bed, we are looking at clear skies and plenty of sunshine. We will see 70s for the afternoon or right now, were dealing with temperatures may lead in the upper 40s. We have coastal fog if your headed out the door to take a look at lunchtime, we are anticipating a quick warming. I wwe will break down the afternoon highs, los gatos is one of the warmest spots was 70, 68 for milpitas and san jose. The temperatures will be similar, low 70s along the delta. 65 of the year high for richmond. Downtown San Francisco will have 63 and upper 60s for wine country. Your 7 day around the bay shows warmer weather into tomorrow and as we start the next work week. In fact, did tuesday, temperatures are in the low to mid 80s, upper 80s inside the bay. The perfect few days ahead to the beach. Flash floods in the Solomon Islands have killed 14 people and left thousands more homeless. Government spokesman George Herming said saturday that the death toll could rise further, with many people listed as missing. He said as many as 15,000 people have had their homes destroyed or made uninhabitable. The South Pacific island nation is home to 600,000 people. Herming said there were several days of rain before the Mataniko River in the capital, honiara, burst its banks thursday and flooded lowlying settlements alongside the river. He said the flooding continued through friday, and waters began to gradually recede saturday. Maligned investigators say they might never know what caused specialist ivan lopez to go on a deadly shooting rampage at fort hood despite evidence suggesting an argument started the incident. That shooting left three other soldiers dead and sixteen wounded before the gunman took his own life. Army officials told congress that while lopez had a Spotless Service record he also appeared to have an unstable psychiatric condition. A spokesman for lopezs family says when the soldiers mother died of a heart attack in november, the army only gave him 48 hours to go home to puerto rico for her funeral. Friends also say lopez was struggling to support his family on an annual salary of just 28thousand dollars. In bay area news bart goes into repair mode again after some major delays. For a San Francisco Police Officer was hurt when someone in a stolen car rammed into several other cars while trying to escape. This is video from our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news. Police said they spotted a stolen car. The driver tried to give away an allegedly rammed the car. The officers over minor injuries. As San Francisco pedestrian was hurt after stumbling out into traffic and getting hit by a car on friday. Police believe that the man was intoxicated when he went to the road. He has a head injury, but is expected to be okay. Bart goes into repair mold after some major delays. There was an in quebec failure in the trans bay to on friday. A device that regulates the both the morning and afternootrain speed for example, you remember this from late february. A bart train if it is run for the night jump the tracks. Its a bird amid morning the following monday for this to be prepared. Then there was this from friday, january 31st. A barge at the port oakland dropped anchor and it hit the trans the two. No structural damage was done. The final four of the 2014 ncdouble a mens basketball tournament is tonight. Uconn and topranked florida wll be going at it in one semi final. And kentucky will be going against wisconsin. Tip off for the first game is at 3 09. And the second one is right after, at 5 49 at atandt stadium in north texas. The winners of tonights games, square off monday for the big prize. Linebad news for as fans who came to the ballpark expecting to see some baseball last night. As officials have yet to figure out a makeup game date and time for last nights cancelled game. Officials say once a decision is made all the information will b posted on thi teams website at athleticsdotcom and on social media. And that was the fans reactions to last nights game being postponed. Despite sunny skies, the as, mariners and umpires said the infield was deemed unplayable after crews left it uncovered overnight. As stadium operations says the tarp was kept off the field in an effort to let it dry overnight but an unexpected downpour caused further problems. And the grounds crew worked tirelessly on the infield dirt from seven in the morning friday until the game was called off which was about 30 minutes after first pitch. Linea viewer colleen you went to the game sent us these pictures from the oh dotco coliseum. She tweeted us so weird were all here and the field looks great. This is the third rained out game in as history since 1998. As officals say to hold on to your tickets and parking receipts as they will be honored at the announced makeup game. The San Francisco giants were at Dodger Stadium yesterday and spoiled their home opener. Sandy koufax came out to catch the first pitch from vin scully who bowed to koufax and then hands him the shortest first pitch ever. The game was pretty much in the giants hands in the first inning as they brought in six runs. The giants beat the dodgers 84. They take on the giants again this afternoon with first pitch at 1 10 at Dodger Stadium. Line in basketball the Golden State Warriors crushed the Sacramento Kings 10269 last night. It was the fewest points golden state has allowed this season and the fewest points sacramento has scored. The warriors matched last seasons win total and gained ground in the western conference playoff race. They are now in sitxh place within oneandahalf games of fifthplace portland. Linesports night live is back tomorrow night at 9. Extended highlights from giants, as, warriors. Stanford women versus uconn in the final four. Plus special guest bip roberts. Also, a new segment called my kids got game. Send us a great highlight from your son or daughter. And well choose a few to put on the show. Go to kron 4dotcom and click on the sports tab. Sports night live tomorrow night at 9, right after the 8 oclock news. Line next a star athlete at Oakland Tech High School is on the radar of Ivy League Colleges and not for how well he can play ball. Hear about his impressive accomplishments. Here is a live look outside at the bay bridge. It will be a gorgeous day today. The seven day around it will be a gorgeous day today. The seven day around the bay is looking nice. [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 ncaa march madness. Call now to get a uverse bundle for the same great price for 2 years. Guaranteed. Welcome back. And there is a new twist to the massive sacraments of fire that burned several classic cars. The deputy fire chief now says that thursdays fire does not appear to be suspicious. That is a different position from what they had said initially. The fire burn most of the bill in the downtown area. Inside, several antique share these were destroyed. The old building did not have sprinklers. No injuries were reported. Elsewhere in this city, there are three house fires on birds in which all started the same way. A drug sniffing dog in Santa Clara County has another successful story. His name is zeus, and this is his most recent finds. Police said, during his career, he has far more than 1,000 lbs. Of marijuana, nearly 8 lbs. Of cocaine, and about three dozen of 50,000 in cash. Officers say all the hard work does not stop them from acting like any other dog. Coming up on kron 4 news. We have more on this mornings of breaking nils. They said no fault, that could be from the missing Malaysia Airline flights. So you made some bad decisions last night. Make a good one this morning. Try my. Warm and flaky croissant sandwiches made with fresh egg and melting cheese. Choose supreme or sausage. Right now theyre 2 for just 3. 50. Cmon cody, lets get some breakfast. You drive. I traded the car for the tattoo. Welcome back. New this morning. In the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight. A Chinese News Agency reports a chinese ship has detected a pulse signal. However. Experts say its not for sure this is linked to the missing plane. The frequency detected does match the standard frequency for the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder used on the flight. But oceanographers say that frequency is used by lots of instruments. Flight 370 has been missing since march 8th. The time is 7 30 a. M. We are tracking it your forecast. As we take a live look from our mount tam, we have low cloud cover in the distance. It is a little breezy at times but overall were looking at very calm conditions. Here is a look pitcher temperatures right now. And little colder right now for santa rosa and temperatures are in the 40s. We will make up for this as we head into the afternoon you will notice 70s along the delta. Oakland will have a high of 67 degrees. The temperatures will be around seasonal today and was seen mostly sunny skies. Pass today, we will continue with a warmer trend. The seven day around the bay shows really nice weather and will feel like its summertime. Low to mid 80s inland and upper 70s inside the bay. Get your sunscreen house. We will see temperatures in the 70s along the coast. New this morning, crews are working to cap a water main break in oakland. It is located at 17th avenue and 21st street. East bay mud is currently working to cap the line. The cause of the break is on no and about 15 customers are without water at this hour. We will bring you updates once they come available. A convict known as the pillowcase rapist will soon be released. After years in prison. Christopher hubbart raped and assaulted dozens of women across california. Including here in the bay area. As kron 4s jr stone reports. There are concerns about where hell be set free. This is christopher hubbart. Aka the pillowcase rapist. A man linked to dozens of sex crimes across california. Sot sot now hubbart is set to le

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