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three members of the same family died, a fourth person seriously hurt. the crash happened saturday night on the 100-block of eastmore avenue west of 200. ken bastida is live with more on the arrest and the condition of the lone survivor. >> reporter: liz, we're on eastmoore avenue about 100- block. students from nearby westmoor high school gathered to remember the family killed in this accident. police say the damage was so widespread out here it's going to take them several days to figure it out. it started when a honda on the sidewalk tried to make a u-turn or pull off the side and was struck side -- pull off the sidewalk and was struck sideways by a bmw.
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one of the victims was ejected from the vehicle. we called to a person who lives here at this apartment complex who says he heard the accident and came out to try to help. >> initially the car i saw three people in it. they seemed unconscious. so, you know, there was one lady on the floor near the platform over there laying there. so i tended to her first. she didn't respond right away. once i returned to the car, the girl that survived responded by -- second time i went to her to wake her up, she responded by moaning and that's when i kind of really -- [ pause ] >> reporter: well, killed in the crash was 23-year-old amato acevedo and the corner youngboro. he is 14 as well as their
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mother, josepha acevedo, 50 years old. cars go fast up and down this road and it's not uncommon for there to be accidents. this one was unusual because the car that caused it according to police was being driven by 28-year-old dennis ma saado charged with three counts of homicide as well as hit-and- run from the accident that happened previous to this one. the rate of speed, hard to determine. but there is glass over a 300-foot area here. one vehicle was moving at a high rate of speed according to police. >> the suspect is expected to be arraigned later on this week. other bay area headlines. san jose police investigated the city's ninth homicide of the year this morning. the man what the found dead in the street shot in the chest. so far no suspects. in san francisco, police believe a homeless man was
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sleeping on top of an elevator when he was crushed. his body was found last night in an elevator shaft at the montgomery bart station. and a martinez teenager missing for nearly two weeks is safe. 18-year-old ryan menjivar's mom says the successful alhambra high school student couldn't take bullying and left home in the middle of the night. they have been searching for him but the family says ryan is safe and will not go back to school in martinez. the search is on for an oakland woman who went out for a jog four days ago and hasn't come back. the 31-year-old woman was last seen thursday morning near 34th and telegraph. a business surveillance video caught her walking by at 8 a.m. she was supposed to catch a flight to dallas the next day to visit her brother but she never showed up at the airport. >> she didn't check in so that means, you know, she wasn't here to check in, you know, and
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it's a mother's worst nightmare. >> a friend said she recently lost her husband to cancer but seemed to be doing okay. police say they have information placing her in west oakland sometime after she was reported missing. but they won't elaborate. minimum wage workers in san jose just got a 25% pay raise overnight. the city's base rate jumped today fromle an hour to 10. len ramirez on how local employers are trying to make it work. >> reporter: they are trying to make it work with a variety of approaches. one is a new campaign that kicked off today that's called "earn 'n' spend in san jose" meant to remind people that even though businesses may have hiked their prices just a bit to compensate for the increased wages, they don't want people to go to other cities to spend their money. the effects aren't as bad as they thought. starting today that extra $2 an
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hour is going into workers' pockets, bank accounts or back into the economy. >> downtown san jose is the cheapest place to be. with extra money it goes a long way. >> reporter: phil's coffee near san jose state increased pay from $8 to $10 an hour in january and found it was good for business. >> we noticed that team members are happier, working harder and giving better service and from that, the store got busier. >> reporter: he hasn't raised prices yet but some have. >> some have raised prices, some have cut hours, some. >> just absorbed it. so there really is no one size fits all. >> reporter: but there is now a unified approach to dealing with the financial effects of the minimum wage law passed by 60% of the voters in november. it's an awareness campaign called "earn 'n' spend in san jose." >> we're hoping that this campaign will remind folks that this is where the only
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community in silicon valley where the minimum wage is being paid people will vote again with their wallets. >> reporter: and so san jose businesses now paying $10 an hour instead of $8. this was all started by a sociology class at san jose state who wanted to make an impact and according to the businesses here, they have. live in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. now, the federal minimum wage could soon exceed san jose's. a bill was just introduced in congress that would raise the nation's base rate from 7.25 an hour to 10.10 over the next three years. a 4.7 earthquake shook a wide area of southern california but apparently did little else. the quake struck just before 10 a.m. in the desert near anza. it's about 100 miles southeast of los angeles. but it was felt through downtown l.a., san diego and throughout orange county. no damage or injuries reported. the catholic church versus twitter. how church leaders are ensuring the cardinals keep the papal
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secret off social media. >> could an aspirin a day keep skin cancer away? the reason raiding the medicine cabinet may help women cut the risk of developing melanoma. >> good evening, everybody. we are in the throes of a warming trend but not everybody is seeing the abundance of sunshine. that fog right there and how it will affect your forecast as the news continues right here on kpix 5. >> and it's the case of the smoking motorcycle. a parking ticket is stuffed in the bike's tailpipe. how the bay area woman could have been killed for a ticket she didn't deserve.
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secret conclave to select a new pope. a vatican >> reporter: in less than 24 hours 115 cardinals will begin the conclave to select the pope. a vatican secretary predicts a decision by the end of the week. cbs reporter randall pinkston
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takes us inside the sistine chapel, where the cardinals will vote. reporter: cardinals wrapped up their tenth and final meeting this morning before beginning the conclave to elect a new pope. they have been discussing the qualities needed in the next leader of the church. canadian cardinal thomas collins was asked about reports of disagreements between the 115 voting cardinals. >> disagreements? surely you jest! [ laughter ] >> we have 115 people. >> reporter: the robe, hat and shoes the new pope will wear were unpacked today. the vatican also released new footage of the sistine chapel which has been transformed into a papal polling place. copies of vatican documents and voting instructions have been placed on the tables where the cardinals will sit. the first vote is expected tuesday afternoon. >> it's unlikely that there would be white smoke on the first ballot. >> reporter: in preparation for the vote, vatican workers hung red curtains on the balcony of st. peter's basilica, where the
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new pope will be introduced to the world. there are said to be as many as a dozen top candidates. a newspaper has named three favorites, boston cardinal sean o'malley, odilo scherer from brazil and italy's cardinal scola. >> these are what the press is talking about and the cardinals aren't talking about. we'll have to wait and see. >> reporter: about 90 people including chauffeurs and staffers at the residences where cardinals are staying take an oath of secrecy today promising not to divulge secrets they may overhear. randall pinkston, kpix 5, vatican city. >> vatican city is locked down for the conclave. and the church isn't taking any chances with modern technology. jamming devices were installed today to halt cell phone communication with the outside world. it also ensures that cardinals can't use social media. a new tool in the fight against skin cancer. the common pain reliever that
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may help women reduce their chances of developing melanoma. a brand-new multi-million dollar teen center is struggling to fit in. the desperate measures one east bay community is forced to take when promises of food and videogames aren't enough -- when promises of foosball and videogames aren't enough.
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multi-million dollar facility. k-p-i-x 5's ann notarangelo with how the center hopes *charging admissio a teenless teen center has one group looking to fill its multi-million dollar facility. kpix 5 reporter ann notarangelo with how the center hopes charging admission won't draw a bigger crowd. >> reporter: it's on every community's wish list a safe place for teens to hang out after school. >> we have as many things that you can think of that any teen would want to come do here. we're just not getting the numbers yet. >> reporter: these students are from a private school that rents the new teen center from the pleasant hill recreation and park district. >> i think it's fun. >> reporter: is this a place you would like to come? >> yes. >> reporter: but the after- school program for six through 12th graders only gets 30 students a day. >> i don't think we're in trouble. i think different people have different goals for the facility. >> reporter: not in trouble, but not in the black losing more than $48,000 since it opened in november. >> i think no matter what this program will always be subsidized, it always has been subsidized so we are just trying to bring that subsidy
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down lower. >> reporter: in 2009 voters approved a $28 million bond measure for the teen center a yet to be completed community center and a senior center that's packed. but here they haven't been able to live up to the notion if you build it they will come. high school student don't want supervision and young students don't know it was here. >> did you know there was a teen center? >> kind of. >> my mom takes me here. we don't get there much. >> reporter: come summer the center will begin charging $10 a day and $8 in the fall. >> if they're not coming when it's free why, would they pay to come here? >> reporter: i think parents and the kids find value in things that they pay for. >> reporter: some students say that's too much but perhaps this kind of psychology will work on teens who act like teens. >> they always want something different. >> reporter: a sense of community is often at a teen's fingertips. in pleasant hill, ann
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notarangelo, kpix 5. >> for now, the pleasant hill recreation and park district is temporarily suspending its high school program while they try to find out what will draw kids in. >> the world-renowned restaurant chez panisse in berkeley may be back in business in two weeks. the fire late thursday night was confined to the front porch in the entre way and caused about $200,000 in damage. now the restaurant says it is taking reservations again beginning march 23rd. a parking ticket put one bay area woman's life in danger. it was placed in the tailpipe of her motorcycle causing it to smoke for days. kpix 5 consumerwatch reporter julie watts with how the ticket ended up there and why the woman didn't even deserve it. reporter: with business attire under her leather jacket stephanie jacoby isn't your typical biker. the financial professional rides her motorcycle to work every day and while riding does come with inherent risk, she
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recently realized she had been risking her life by simply starting her engine. >> there was smoke coming out of my motorcycle and i was trying to figure out what it was and i found this. a dpt ticket shoved underneath my gas tank in my tailpipe and it's burned. >> reporter: jacoby says it had been there for 10 days wedged between a pipe that reaches over 1,000 degrees and a gas tank that can blow at any minute. but the worst part? >> i almost got killed for a ticket that i didn't deserve. >> reporter: she says the meter was broken even though there was plenty of time left on the spot the front of the meter showed a read dot indicating it was expired. she record it to the parking attendant has the photograph to prove it and she is not alone. >> i definitely had more than -- i got the ticket at 10:50. >> i prepaid the whole ten hours. >> reporter: the man who shot this video provided it as evidence when he protested his tickets only to have his appeal denied by the mta. the agency tells us, tickets are supposed to be placed under the seat strap or between the
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seat at the tank. stephanie is still waiting for her response. >> i e made the head of the dpt and their pr agents, i emailed them and nobody has responded to me about the dangerous situation they placed me in. >> reporter: she would like an explanation and a promise to retrain parking officers on where to safely place a ticket so bikers like her can ride with one less worry and she would like them to stop giving tickets on broken meters. the sf mta has not commented on the broken meter but says it's reviewing stephanie's case. a spokesman told us, quote, we certainly apologize if miss jacoby was put in danger and we'll inform staff of the policies of where to put tickets. >> it gets hot. over 1,000 degrees. >> thank you. well, roberta, i don't know about you, but i was still struggling this morning with losing that extra hour of sleep. but everything was okay when i look outside because it was gorgeous. >> i didn't feel it yesterday.
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i felt it today, as well. >> later in the week, it will be the ripple effect. >> it will catch up with us. >> but we are enjoying an extra hour of sunlight at the end of the day. we're in the they rows of a warming trend. good evening. this is the scene at ocean beach. hint of patchy fog that's been improving, thicker an hour ago. let's share this satellite and radar. it shows you that we have a fog bank straddling the seashore to monterey bay. inland we see we have a veil of high, thin clouds associated with a dirty ridge of high pressure that continues to build into the bay area. tonight some coastal fog, otherwise we will see some of those high, thin clouds overhead. sunrise tomorrow morning at 7:27. we will have a cloudy start and then sunshine. your extended forecast near or
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record warmth on wednesday. tonight overnight, into the 40s from santa rosa all the way into san francisco and in fact, no 30s in the offing right now. looks like we have a ridge of high pressure. it will continue to strengthen and build and as it does so, tomorrow will be warmer than today. but certainly not the warmest day of the workweek. we'll pinpoint that with the seven-day forecast. but first things first, check this out. average high in san francisco this time of the year is 62 degrees. tomorrow, one degree warmer than our average high so very spot on. but santa rosa unseasonably warm by a good 10 degrees. san jose will top off in the low 70s back through the almaden valley. your forecast highs, let's pinpoint your neighborhood, stubborn fog at the coast into the 50s, 60s and 70s central bay. 70s inland. near or record warmth on wednesday, low 80s inland. but in the interior valleys,
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all the way down through the salinas area, into the 90s. and then we have just a string of sunshiny days with above average highs all the way until about this time next week. we'll start to introduce a few clouds in the forecast over the weekend but nevertheless, i don't see a hint of rain in the forecast at this particular time. spring arrives on march 20th, in nine days. it already feels like it. >> it's nice. thank you. we'll be right back.
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can be a killer form of skin cancer. dr. kim with new research that shows how it is well known that melanoma can be a killer form of skin cancer. dr. kim with new research that shows how a common pain reliever may help reduce the risk. >> okay. let me look at this one. >> reporter: rebecca walker visits a dermatologist regularly. she has had skin cancer five times and the 70-year-old is at high risk of the deadliest form
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of skin cancer. >> it's scary because it can be really serious. it's, you know, the -- the ones that i have had so far, they can remove very easily. >> reporter: but the aspirin she takes to combat heart disease may also be lowering her risk of developing melanoma. a new study in the journal "cancer" looked at nearly 60,000 women over age 50. researchers found women who used aspirin had a 21% lower risk of melanoma. take the medication for five years reduced the risk 30%. >> when you reduce inflammation with something like aspirin it may reduce cancer risk as well. >> reporter: the study looked at other pain medications and they didn't lower the risk. taking aspirin may cause health problems including bleeding. a dermatologist says more research is needed and urges patients to stick with proven prevention methods. >> they can avoid the sun between the peak hours of 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., wear hat, long sleeves and sunscreen spf 30
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and outside in the sun reapply it at least every two hours. >> reporter: walker is following her doctor's advice but also taking aspirin. >> gives me one more reason to make sure i take my meds. >> reporter: and she is hoping it keeps her out of the doctor's office. dr. kim mulvihill, kpix 5. >> dr. kim says other studies show how aspirin may also lower the risks of other cancers including colon, breast, esophagus, prostate, bladder and ovarian. now for a look at what's ahead on the "cbs evening news." >> scott pelley is in rome tonight. >> reporter: great to you with you in the bay area. the curtain is going up on the papal election. we are in rome and that is st. peter's basilica right behind me where they are preparing to elect the new leader of the world's catholics. we'll have coverage font on the "cbs evening news" at 5:30 right after kpix 5 news. c
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police cars looked like this? well the gold old fashioned police cars looked like this? well the gold old fashioned cruiser is evolving - again. e upsides, and downs new at 6:00 tonight, remember when police cars looked like this? well, the good old-fashioned cruiser is evolving again. the upsides and down sides to the car you're going to be seeing all over the bay area in the months and years ahead. that and much more tonight at 6:00. they are going to get away from the crown vic? when it's unmark it's like an unmarked police car. >> i hope we don't see them in our rear view mirror >> you know what the red light means. it's all the same.
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"cbs evening news with scott pelley" is next. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> pelley: tonight, the cur stain going up on the papal election. the next time these doors open on st. peter's square we'll meet the new leader of the world's catholics. mark phillips reports on one the world's catholics. mark phillips reports on one crisis that will be waiting on his desk. a "60 minutes" investigation finds high-risk drugs sold without f.d.a. then, you can't tell us sitting here now that every drug being used in the united states is safe and effective. >> no, i -- i really cannot. >> pelley: and a new generation of americans takes up the joys and challenges of a 2,000-year- old faith. >> personally i was very much reluctant to follow the call because of celibacy. captioning sponsored by cbs
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this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley reporting tonight from vatican city. >> pelley: good evening, all roads lead to rome, and the road to the papacy starts here. first thing tomorrow the cardinals who will choose the next pope will gather at st. peter's basilica behind me to celebrate mass together. then, in the afternoon, they will march to the sistine chapel lock the doors, and begin the voting known as the conclave. we expect they will cast their first vote for the new spiritual leader of the world's 1.2 billion catholics, including more than 66 million in the united states. today the cardinals held the last in a series of private consultations about the kind of leader the church needs. as they did, red velvet was hung on the doors leading to the central balcony of st. peter's basilica. it's on that balcony that the new pope will be introduced to the world. and not lo

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