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KTVU KTVU News At 4PM August 8, 2014

Raiders take on the vikings right here on ktvu. We start tonight with this video of Police Taking down a man they believe to be mentally ill. Some who watched it happen say antioch officers went too far. Ktvu is live after talking with the police chief about what we just saw. John . Reporter three days ago a possibly mentally disturbed man was taken into police custody. Witnesses say the way officers did it was way over the top. It was chaos. This is cell phone video of the scene apt i dont think when police were swarming on a possibly mentally disturbed man. They tased him, batoned him, kicked him, punched him. Reporter at the station at buchanan, you can see even with all the officers a police dog was used. Five cops were on top of him and they sicked the dog on him and the dog bit his head and face. They had him in control. The man was crying. Like in pain. Really crying. Tears in his eyes crying. Reporter witnesses say it seemed like the man had mental problems, talking to himself and dancing. Each if he was on drugs, he wasnt causing bodily damage to himself or anybody else i dont why the witnesses ask did it have to happen in the first place . I talked with allen contained dough by phone but he wont comment. Another issue the witnesses mentioned was the way police treated them. The police turned around and tried to take everyones footage because they knew they were wrong. If it is evidence you ask about it. You dont pull people out of their vehicles for it. Reporter in the end the people hearsay they feel for the man who was arrested. His face was so bloody and red. Reporter as for the allegations officers were trying to take witnessess cell phones, i asked and the chief told me this is the first he has heard of it. New information now in the case of a woman missing for more than two weeks at San Francisco general hospital. Who later was found dead in a stairwell there. The family of lynn st. Patricks daying is spaulding is now preparing if a lawsuit. The complaint is against the cityrun hospital and the sheriffs department, which provides security at the hospital. Spauldings body was found in a stairwell there last fall. In a Statement Today the spaulding family says quote nothing can bring her back. But continuing attention and pressure can help ensure that s fgeneral and the s fsheriffs department may pay more than lip service to the changes in shoddy policy and sloppy practice that led to lynns death. We are following developing news in iraq where the u. S. Launched a Second Military strike. Unlike yesterdays, this time u. S. Fighter jets were joined by unmanned military drones in the attack on an isis convoy in Northern Iraq. Thousands of iraqis are seeking shelter and security as islamic militants take control over the country. The white house says these strikes will protect the persecuted. Reporter u. S. Fighter jets taking off from the persian gulf dropped two bombs on islamic targets on Northern Iraq. The pentagon says militants were attacking kurdish forces. Strikes are necessary to protect americans and iraqis. The protection of american personnel in iraq is a top priority. And one that merits the use of military force. These islamic militants are surging across Northern Iraq, tormenting christians, some are hiding inside churches. We are pleased at the air strikes and let them bring back properties and let the government find a proper solution for us. Reporter much attention is on the thousands trapped on this mountain in the blistering heat, forced there by militants who told them to convert to islam or die. Today much need relief after cargo planes dropped food and water. We need to arm the kurds. They are the only ones in the region that are willing to stand up to the hell of isis. They dont want american boots on the ground. The aid drops will continue. Both california senators said today they support military action. Senator Dianne Feinstein released a statement, saying in part, i believe we either confront isis or well be forced to deal with a stronger enemy in the future. This afternoon the white house confirmed Vice President joe biden called the iraqi president to discussion the situation in Northern Iraq and the threat isis poses. Vice President Biden expressed his condolences for the kurdish lives lost during the march through the country. Tropical storm isselle made landfall on the big island of hawaii overnight. This i want gram video comes from tyler murray. This is rainbow falls. Before the storm you see on the left it was the tiny water fall. Now you can see it is a torrent of rushing water. Bill, where are they now . Right now isselle is falling apart rapidly. It is now spread out across the island chain. Some tropical moisture ranging from maui all the way south across the big island. Maui is picking up six inches of rain. As you get into the hawaii area they got almost a foot of rain. Now we are put ago tension on julio. There it is to the right of your screen. You can see this system is still a category 2 hurricane and it is going to make a run for the north side of the islands. A category 2 here, and we are tracking Tropical Storm isselle. You can see as it goes to the north as a category 1, it stays intact until about morning. Sunday morning. They are going to see maybe four or five inches of rain, big surf and strong winds. Unusual to see this much activity this far north. It doesnt happen very afternoon. It is unusual when i come back well keep you updated on this. Then we are going to talk about your bay area weekend. Well give you details on a cooling trend headed your way. Damage from the storm has brought power outages. The governor has september three Emergency Response specialist to his hawaii today. One is from the National Guard and the other two are from the offices of emergency services. They will be deployed for four weeks. A social media trend known as the fire challenge prompted an unusual response today. The challenge involved children setting themselves on fire and posting videos of it online. It is unusual to get a warning before an actual incident here . Reporter exactly. It is a strong stance for the hospital to take. The last advisory you remember involved west nile and whooping cough, actual diseases. Because this internet trend is so dangerous and potentially deadly, they penalty warning families about it was necessary. The videos are all over youtube. Preteens about teenagers pouring hand sanitizer, nail polish remover, anything with alcohol on their bodies and then light it go. Reporter todays warning. Probably one of the most horrible things someone can go will you and sur vive. Reporter jill, air victim herself. Waps to keep it that way. Playing with rubbing alcohol and fire is a bad idea, and you know, we really want to warn kids, do not try this at all. Period. Reporter now a nursing manager in the bay areas only Burn Trauma Center says preventing kids from attempt not guilty stunt is personal. She suffered two years of painful surgeries after her accident and she cant believe kids across the country are in losses because of an online dare. Potentially try to do this as a dare, as a divorce for fun, whatever the reason may be, is mind boggling to me. Preteens and teens seem most susceptible to taking this dare. Monitor kids activity online and sit down with them to explain exactly what can go wrong. A ruling in a landmark lawsuit over compensation for college athletes. A federal judge in oakland ruled the ncaa cannot prevent players from selling the rights to their names and likenesses. The Anti Trust Lawsuit was filed five years ago. Todays ruling says the ncaa will have to set up trust funds for the players. But the ncaa will be allowed to cap the amount of money paid to athletes after they graduate. However that cant be less than 5000 per year of attendance. There is new information about this big rig crash we first told you about. The coroner identified the truck driver as 55yearold Darrell Greer of vallejo. The thicks load of wine bottles assisted as he was going around the curve. That caused the truck to lean and go over. Greer was pickupped in the crash and died at the scene. A new app that promises to make you feel like you are driving in the future. And grieving the loss of his wife and the mother to his children. How loved ones are sharing her story to save women from a socalled silent killer menu and r its economnomnomcial. Nom. Nom. Nom. Q save hundreds on beautyrest and posturepedic. Ay at sleep train, choose 300 in free gifts with tempurpedic. Even choose 48 months interestfree financing on the new tempurchoice. The triple choice sale ends sunday at sleep train. Music lovers are filling Golden Gate Park for the much anticipated outside test value. What organizers are doing different this year. David . Reporter there is more security this year and a special tribute to an artist with deep ties to the bay area. The seven stages, 118 acts. And tens of thousands of people, all in one weekend. Outside lands Music Festival in San Franciscos Golden Gate Park kicked off at noon with an ambitious mix of art, food and of course, music. Im really excited. This will be a blast. Reporter the line of features up and coming and cutting edge acts, along with some rock legends. The u. S. Postal service unveiled a tribute stamp to janis joplin this afternoon. 200,000 people are expected in this seventh year of the festival. It sold out the last four years. This is the first time though, that it was an immediate sellout. Reporter security also plays a more prominent role this year with police and new surveillance cameras in place and the aftermath of an alleged assault here in 2012. We are always doing state of the art activities. We take security very seriously. Revenues are also Serious Business here. Concertgoers say they are ready to spend a lot on food and souvenirs. And fake and scalped tickets are also an issue. Its rested one ticket scalper. We talked to one young man who was turned away at the door because his mother mistakenly bought him concert tickets that were phony, online. David stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. You can see more on the musicians and bands playing in weekend as well as other festival details. We have created a special section. Youll find it under hot topics right there on our home page. A bay area family is turning their grieve into action and warning swim with Ovarian Cancer. Women with Ovarian Cancer. John fowler tells us how the family knows firsthand what Ovarian Cancer can do. Reporter about 600 bay area women diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer. Most die of it. To be in 2014 and not have a test for Ovarian Cancer and crazy. Reporter her husband, john and their children, today announcing a Research Fund in karens honor to find a diagnostic test. Hopefully a cure. Able to spread awareness, and letting people know what Ovarian Cancer is all about. That way, my wife continues to live. Reporter karen was 64, worked in bay area television, exercised, ate right, saw her doctor regularly. But after a routine exam two years ago, she was referred to oncologist john chan. Despite this good care of herself she still was diagnosed in advanced stages. After diagnosis only about 40 of women will survive five years. The reason . Ovarian cancer is almost always discovered late. Deep in the pelvis here on both sides. Reporter ovarian tumors are rarely obvious. Symptoms are vague. Bloating and soreness. But dr. Chan says new research is encouraging. In identifying mark enters biomarkers in the blood, or a routine screening test. Reporter karens son, woody is today on the trail if the sierra, raising the first 50,000 of walking for karen. Her family hopes to make a marin county fundraising hike next month an annual event. What we dont want is any of the family to go through this hell. And it is hell. The family is encouraging public donations. 100 goes to uc s f. You can find a link under web links. Strong family. Lets go now to chief meteorologist bill martin. A lot of people wondering about the weekend. Reporter it is definitely cooling off. Right now on the coast, no fog. That is going to change. S the fog is pretty much lead out. The cliff house looks like you are clear now, lets come in close on this. What we are going to see in the next couple of days, this is a low pressure system that is going to drop down. Sort of what you might see in say, october or november. Sort of a later season kind of deal. Going to drop real close to us. Make us cool or cool things off. Might even bring thundershowers into monday night and tuesday. Heres the situation right along the coast. A little bit of fog here, patchy at best. It is going to fill in tonight big time i have fog shooting across twin peaks, out toward the market area tomorrow morning temperatures tomorrow trend down a couple of degrees as we head into sunday, cooler still. Apt i dont think is 95 right now. I love there map because it this map, because it shows you the topography. Where you see the cool air, and the heat stuck in the valley. 88 in fairfield, 91 in concord. Tomorrows temperatures cooler than these inland. The forecast for tomorrow, look at the fog. Comes in, look at the push over. Tomorrow morning about 6 00 a. M. Concord, livermore valley. More aggressive than we saw this morning. Slightly cooler tomorrow, it burns back. The forecast highs. Now i showed you the current map. What looks different . Looks as though we are going to see cooling 90s out toward east sacramento. Tomorrows forecast clear lake up out of the fog. 88 in fairfield. Almost 90 in vacaville. 86 in livermore. Brisk, onshore winds. 9 in morgan hill. 88 in gilroy. 67 in San Francisco. The bay area weekend always in view. Looks like sunday is your coolest day. Monday we get tropical moisture. That has been happening all summer right . That could trigger sunday night into monday a few thundershowers that could last into tuesday. Big concern here for fire right . The last thing we need. In the meantime tomorrow looks cooler than today. Cooler still, thunderstorm chance as we head into monday and tuesday. Weird here with tropical moisture and humidity. The last time we had it with this much consistency, moisture from the south, was 77, that second biggest drought we had. Thank you bill. A thief with an unusual playbook. If you are a parent of teenagers, im certain you have told them, do not talk on the phone while you are driving. Well it turns out you may be a big part of the problem of the problem. Violence and poverty, tough problems with no easy solutions. Today a group in San Francisco demanded help from the city to tackle the issues. People who live in the bay view Hunters Point neighborhood are struggling with poor housing. They called on leaders to give the low income citizens the same consideration as wealthy corporations. Mayer ed lee gives millions of dollars in breaks to Tech Companies, spends millions of dollars to design bike lanes. All the while he allows poor working that is and the poor to live in segregated parts of San Francisco. The group remembered the victim of gun violence. By reading the names of gun violence victims. Palo alto police are looking for a thief who made friends with his victim and ran off with his wallet. Investigators say the thief struck up the conversation with a man outside of a convenience store. The two then agreed to go for a cup of coffee and police say that is when the robber stole the victims wallet and took off. The victim is described to be in his 60s and was not hurt. Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact police. Police say the driver of a streetcar drove the wrong way on a one way street earlier this week and crashed into another vehicle. The google driver also ran a red light. The google driver was cited for careless, prohibited driving. Some students were honored today for completing an innovative internship programs they participated in the future graduate summer Tech Internship program. It is designed to place students at San Francisco at local Tech Companies in paid summer positions. Also provides the kids access to real world job training. These companies are putting their money where the investment is the most important and that is in the young people in San Francisco, because you are our future. Reporter organizers say the program also encourages students to graduate from high school. Pursue fulfilling careers and lead productive, healthy lives. A lot of fanfare and excitement for the first public tours of levi stadium. And former players are here. They weigh in on what it means to the team to start fresh in a new stadium like this one. New concerns that the agency spearheading the fight against ebola may not have the resources to do so. A series of cuts to the very program that may need it the most. An airport under scrutiny. Why a new machine will do just as good a job and make flying more convenient for you. On august 4th, two unsuspecting men walked in to a mcdonalds and discovered an extraordinary burger with heaps of jalapenos. For only two dollars. Within minutes, they had also discovered the phenomenon of economnomnomics nomnom. Nom . Nom nom the jalapeno double, try it now for just 2 on mcdonalds dollar menu and more. Its economnomnomcial. Nom. Nom. Nom. Pulmonology out all the stops for the first public tours of levi stadium. It is a chance to see inside the new stadium without battling all the crowds and all the traffic. Ann reuben got their thoughts on what this new stadium will mean for the 4ers. Ann sny those who took the tour today seem to find it pretty awe inspiring. They arrived to plenty of fanfare. The first group on the first public tour of levi stadium was greeted with music, a mascot and cheering. I was the first per

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