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I'm Kristi Gornson. I'll have the details.
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Car windows smashed in, belongings stolen.
That's what nearly a dozen people in this South Spokane neighborhood woke up to this morning.
I do feel violated and we are very upset.
Now victims want to warn you not to park your vehicle on the street.
Well, neighbors believe the same suspect hit at least nine vehicles in a three block area on Spokane South Hill early this morning.
Crimson's Kristi Gornson joins us live at the latest on the investigation. That's tonight's top story.
Well, very early this morning, one neighbor looked outside and saw someone in a dark pickup, a man standing outside with a flashlight.
Now at first he thought that it was one of the neighbors.
Well, now neighbors are thinking that that was the person who broke into nearly a dozen cars parked up and down the street.
It's a nightmare. We have a lot of upset neighbors this morning.
Donna Hanson expected her Monday morning to be like any other.
I do feel violated.
Instead, she found her car window smashed in and her belongings stolen.
Apparently someone hit our whole neighborhood and broke out the windows and took stereo equipment, went through our glove boxes.
At least nine vehicles were hit, all parked on or near 33rd and Pittsburgh on Spokane South Hill.
Neighbors believe a man in a dark truck is the suspect. They say he left behind footprints in front of every victim's car.
I'm very angry about it. I don't understand.
We live in a good area up here and I don't understand why this would happen.
Now Spokane police say they do not have any suspects at this time, but they say it's a good opportunity to remind people to clear out all of your important belongings from your car and make sure you lock it at night.
Reporting live on the South Hill, Kristi Gornsend, CREM2 News.
Continuing coverage now, the search for a missing Kennewick, Washington girl.
Five-year-old Sophia Juarez disappeared a year ago this Wednesday and police have not given up finding her alive.
CREM2's Wilson Chow joins us now live from Kennewick with the latest on the search.
Kennewick police say the case has been very challenging, but they are determined to push on, saying it is their highest priority.
About one year ago, five-year-old Sophia Juarez disappeared from Kennewick, Washington from her home.
Police say it is likely it is an abduction. They quickly turned to the police for help, to the public for help rather, sounding Washington's first amber alert.
Now highway reader boards and media outlets relayed information to the public.
Police got hundreds of tips. Tonight, as Sophia's family looks back one year later, the pain of her disappearance still lingers.
I think if God ever told me, okay, you have a choice and you have one wish to make, what would it be? I was like, I would give my life to get it back.
Today, investigators have talked to more than 1,200 people, served 13 search warrants and conducted 20 lie detector tests, but Sophia is still missing.
Now the Kennewick Police Department says the case is still ongoing. They are still receiving tips, but as of today, they have no suspects, just persons of interest.
Live in Kennewick, Washington, Wilson Chow, CREM2 News.
Well, police in Pullman want to know if you've seen this child. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children say little Sabrina Eisenberg disappeared as an infant six years ago.
A short time later, her abduction was broadcast on Larry King Live.
And within weeks of that broadcast, someone spotted a girl exactly matching Sabrina's description inside the shopco in Pullman, but only just now reported the sighting to police.
Now here's an image of what experts say Sabrina would look like today at the age of six. If you see her, contact Pullman Police.
Some picketers hit the streets outside Millwood City Hall today over the firing of a local firefighter. CREM2's Edmondo Aguilar was there.
Firefighters from all over the Spokane area gathered in front of the city hall in Millwood to protest the firing of a firefighter.
Tony Perry and other fellow firefighters in the Spokane area said they will not sit quietly until the city gives them his jaw back.
Tony believes the city fired him because he started the union in Millwood a year ago.
The city is saying cutbacks are from an accounting error that occurred back in the 80s.
The city fired Perry the day before New Year's when they found this error.
The union is threatening unfair labor practice and with one less firefighter, their same response time to get to a Millwood home is now longer.
Ricky Walsh, a firefighter who's been on the job for over a decade, says this action from the city is very unusual.
Town Council Millwood meets once a month, go in an executive session and destroy somebody's livelihood and their life and then walk away and go hide in their houses.
And we'll follow it out until the law permits and reinstate my job.
We spoke with Mayor Batson on the phone and she refused to comment on this issue.
Firefighters will confront City Council members at tonight's 7 o'clock meeting.
Reporting in the Spokane Valley, Mundo Aguilar, Crim2News.
Police from Brazil paid a special visit to the Spokane Police Department today.
They're traveling all over the country gathering information to help stop corruption and violence happening inside their own police department.
In Spokane, they learned about our successful community-oriented policing program.
Have you seen this man? He is Darwin North and he is wanted by the Shoshone County Sheriff's Office.
He walked away from a work crew over the weekend in Wallace, Idaho.
Now, North is not a violent offender, but he's now wanted for escape and probation violation.
If you see him, call 911.
Local business leaders are teaming up to help protect our nation from terrorists.
The Coalition for Safer America initiative plans to develop new technologies to protect our borders from biological and chemical attacks.
National security leaders are impressed by what the Inland Northwest can offer to homeland security efforts.
There's enormous intellectual capability in the Northwest, in eastern Washington.
And if harnessed, it should provide a momentum and an energy in this area.
Organizers say the Coalition could help provide local businesses and labs with a voice in Washington, D.C.
The campaign trail for the Democratic nomination for president will run through Spokane tomorrow.
Frontrunners John Kerry and Howard Dean plan to hold rallies.
Dean will speak at the Providence Auditorium at Sacred Heart Medical Center.
That's at 1030 in the morning.
And John Kerry will stump at Spokane Airways on the west side of the Spokane International Airport at 1215.
Local Democratic party leaders say people will be rushing from one rally to the next.
You know, we've got two good candidates coming at the same time.
How do I choose which one to go listen to?
Because there's a lot of undecided voters here that would like to get an opportunity to hear both of the candidates.
Now those candidates are coming to Spokane before Saturday's Washington Democratic Party caucus.
State Senator Alex DiCio apologized on the Senate floor in Olympia today for using a racial slur.
The Yakima Republican used the N-word in an argument with another lawmaker last week.
Both men are white.
After the senator apologized, Senator Rosa Franklin tearfully accepted that apology.
She's the only black member of the Washington State Senate.
The NCAA though is an NCAA, NAACP is calling for DiCio's resignation.
Another potentially troublesome Internet virus preparing to take aim at Microsoft.
It is called MyDoom.B and the anticipated attack is set to strike tomorrow.
To help stave off that attack, Microsoft is offering a patch to protect computer users.
It is available on the Microsoft website.
The Federal Way student who was burned in a chemistry lab explosion last Friday has now hired a lawyer.
He's concerned the school district is trying to cover up that accident and reduce the negative publicity.
Thomas Saffino and his teacher Ingrid Layden suffered third degree burns in the accident.
No word yet what triggered the blast.
Well we had a glorious sunny day out there and you know what that means?
That means that Tom Sherry saw his own shadow.
Yes I did. How come it always looks larger on the ground?
Here's the situation folks.
That cold wind that's been blowing out of the northeast making our air temperature feel much colder than it really is.
That's going to decrease through tomorrow but we have some snow to talk about.
Light snow occurring in areas of western Lincoln County.
Look for that scattered snow to spread across the Spokane and Coeur d'Alene area throughout the overnight period and into tomorrow.
Do we expect great accumulations? No not at all.
But we are going to see a little bit of snow, at least some scattered snow.
Look for an overnight low of 24. Not as windy tomorrow.
We'll look for a daytime high of 34.
I'll have the rest of your work week forecast coming up in a few minutes.
CBS is apologizing for the controversial end to the Super Bowl halftime show yesterday.
The MTV Produce performance ended with pop star Justin Timberlake tearing off part of Janet Jackson's top.
And today CBS released this apology.
We attended all rehearsals throughout the week and there was no indication that any such thing would happen.
The moment did not conform to CBS broadcast standards and we would like to apologize to anyone who was offended.
Now if you'd like to call CBS and comment on the show, here is the phone number.
It is 212-975-3247.
Well coming up next on Cremtu News at 6 o'clock, hibernating grizzly bears may hold a key to heart disease in humans.
And back to the Super Bowl. Find out which spots turned out to be Sunday's big winners.
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These grizzly bear cubs have been cared for 24 hours a day seven days a week by Dr. Lynn Nelson the cubs have been
incredibly time-consuming
But incredibly rewarding the veterinary cardiologist says this tender loving care is a critical part of her study on the Bears hibernating hearts
Now nine months older and 100 pounds heavier the Bears are hibernating in a concrete den at the university
They become so comfortable dr. Nelson and her colleagues the researchers were able to wake them up last week and study them without
Sedation and others have looked at Bears under anesthesia of course and we did the same thing
But all the drugs affect heart rate they affect heart function
This drug-free research has never been done before giving Nelson a natural picture of a Bears heart in hibernation
sludging
Sludging of blood see it swirling around with an echocardiograph Nelson is able to see how a hibernating Bears heart slows
So much the blood almost clots
She hopes to learn how a Bears heart survives this stress and returns to normal in the spring what they do in hibernation really mimics
A type of heart disease, but as soon as they leave hibernation they recover
Well, you know obviously people with heart disease don't necessarily
Recover from it the research will continue for several more years and could ultimately lead to advances and treatment of human heart disease
So in the meantime this mama bear will continue to care for her cubs
Now the Bears will come out of hibernation in April the doctor hopes to get two more cubs for the project soon
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And now the crimp to news storm tracker to forecast with Tom Sherry
All right a little sunshine today, and we love that yeah except that wind blowing again out of the northeast feel cool
Yeah, I thought it was yeah really brought a chill to everyone
Looks like we're gonna see you maybe a little bit of light snow tonight and again tomorrow
But not as much wind as a matter of fact need to show you what was happening in the with the nation's most famous
Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this morning
You know what that means that means six more weeks of winter by the way when he saw his shadow and they made the prediction
He got booed. That's because those folks were in 17 degree weather and that was the 118th annual
Groundhog forecast so 17 degrees there were Punxsutawney Phil was making his predictions
We didn't see that we have 31 right now in Spokane
32 actually we didn't get down to 18 early early this morning. It's 32 in Deer Park 28 in Coeur d'Alene and 34 right now
In the Moses Lake area well the computer is saying that we'll see some light snow developing across the area tonight
Here's 11 o'clock this evening with most of it being down into the Palouse and also through central Washington
Snow advisory is in effect for the Wenatchee area for about one to three inches of snow
As we work our way into tomorrow morning could see a little bit more light snow
Developing west of Spokane and south of Spokane and then spreading up through Spokane and Coeur d'Alene
Throughout the day and even on into tomorrow night now
We'll see daytime highs rise a few degrees above freezing so could actually change a little bit of a light rain light snow mix
We're not expecting great accumulations here. Here's the low pressure system that we're keeping an eye on
That's the one that's going to slowly move farther east as it does though. It's really going to weaken
We're also keeping an eye on this particular system right here
This may bring us a little bit of light snow as we get later on into the work week
We are looking for breaks in the cloud cover though over the next couple of days
So we're going to get one of those situations where we have partly cloudy skies then cloudy skies
36 our high today with an overnight low this morning of 18 degrees and the sun is now setting at 452
Look for freezing tomorrow in Deer Park 33 in Davenport 35 in the Moses Lake area
Temperatures expected in the low 40s in the Tri-Cities 39 in Yakima
And 37 in Wenatchee will see temperatures also right around freezing across the panhandle of Idaho
And across areas of eastern Washington or maybe rising into the mid 30s
Western Montana will see highs at freezing or just below freezing 32 expected in Wallace
And could actually even see a little bit of a light snow rain mixed down in the Pullman area with a high there of 36
So this evening that cold wind continues to blow some scattered snow showers very light snow showers
Winds out the northeast 15 to 20 miles per hour but overnight they begin to decrease a little bit in intensity
We'll look for an overnight low of 24 and then tomorrow right now we're just expecting light winds with some light snow showers
So not as windy let's get right to that seven day forecast on Wednesday
We'll look for 34 with skies becoming partly sunny later on Wednesday
And then we actually have a chance of partly cloudy skies Thursday and Friday
Don't rule out some snow showers again on Wednesday
Don't rule out some snow showers again on Friday though and maybe on Sunday
Looks like mostly cloudy skies expected for your Monday
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We're going to use Tom Hudson joining us now with some sports
And the Zags, good news for my couple of fronts huh
They're moving up in polls again and they're getting one of the players back
Tony Skinner should be ready to go this weekend
Hopefully we're going to talk about his progress
Plus the Bulldogs are better than the top ten team
They are in the top ten
We'll have the latest on the Bulldogs ranking
Rest of the day sports all coming up for you right after the break
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Now the Gonzaga Bulldogs use double digit wins in San Diego and Santa Clara over the weekend
To crack down on the
Over the weekend, they crack the top ten in the polls
The first time this season
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The 17-2 Bulldogs are ranked number 8 in this week's polls.
It's their highest ranking this season.
The highest ranking in school history was number 6 two years ago.
Great news for senior forward Tony Skinner.
He was cleared for his first full practice since he broke a bone in his non-shooting
hand over a month ago.
And as you can see, he enjoyed the contact.
If things work out, Tony couldn't see playing time this weekend.
Tony's going to practice today for the first time since Nixon was president or something.
So it's great.
I mean it's going to be great.
We've got to take it easy on him.
But I'm really happy for him.
He's been chomping at the bend.
I don't know.
I'm just going to go out and do the stuff Coach wants us to do.
You know, rebound, defend.
Just be solid out there.
Not try to do too much, especially with me not playing in a while.
So I'm just trying to be solid when I come back.
Gonzaga is back home this week.
The Bulldogs host Pepperdine on Thursday night at 8 o'clock.
Eastern forward Mark Axton was named the Big Sky player of the week this week.
Axton had a career-high 25 points and Saturday's win over Weber State.
The Eagles have won six straight games in the Big Sky.
They're in first place in the league with a 6-1 record.
Pro ball now.
The Sonics are at home tonight in a matchup of two teams trying to get things straightened
out.
The Sonics have lost three in a row to fall to 22 and 23 in the season.
The Bulls have lost four in a row and they're just 13 and 35.
Highlights from Key Arena tonight at 11.
The Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal was suspended for one game without pay.
He's missing tonight's game against the Pacers after he used profanity while criticizing
NBA officials on live TV.
They'll lose $295,000 by not playing tonight.
The New England Patriots won their second Super Bowl in three years yesterday in one
of the most exciting games in Super Bowl history.
Unfortunately the game brought violence in Boston where people set fires and overturned
cars.
One person was killed and three injured when an alleged drunk driver ran into a group of
people celebrating in the streets.
And New England quarterback Tom Brady won his second Super Bowl, most valuable player at
Trophy thanks to his big night last night.
He completed 32 of 48 passes for 354 yards and three touchdowns in the patch 32-29 win
where he spent the day following the Super Bowl two years ago at Disney World.
Hanging out with Mickey Mouse and friends.
We'll have a parade in Boston tomorrow.
Yvonne Rodriguez is going from first to worst.
The All-Star catcher signed a four-year, $40 million deal with the Detroit Tigers today.
He joins the worst team in the major leagues after winning a World Series with Florida
last year.
The Spokane Chiefs losing streak reached 10 games with a 4-0 loss to Seattle on Saturday
but the team was successful in the fundraising department.
Jersey off the back night raised over $16,000 that will go to the team's continuing education
fund.
Spokane hosts Moose Jaw on Friday night.
And a couple of former Chiefs are hitting the big screen.
Brett Thurston who was on the 1991 Memorial Cup team and Randy Favaro both had parts in
the new movie Miracle about the 1980 United States gold winning hockey team.
Thurston and Favaro were among 50,000 people who tried out for parts in the movie.
They both play members of the Russian team that the U.S. upset to make it to the gold
medal game where they knocked off Finland.
So that should be a heck of a lot of fun trying to find those guys.
They're going to be on the ice.
They had to go through a training camp of about 10 weeks.
They had all these former players.
They wanted to make sure they were in shape so that everything looked realistic.
So that's exciting stuff.
That's really fun.
Yeah, should be.
Thanks, Tom.
I bet you would hurt Russell in it.
Well, finally, as six of Patriots, we're the only winners in yesterday's Super Bowl.
The ad execs for Budweiser.
Well, they're celebrating their online win as well.
They looked me in the eye and said, what makes you think you can be a Clydesdale, son?
And what was my answer?
Well, a donkey head for Budweiser is winning an online Super Bowl commercial poll from
AOL.
And here are some other big winners, the sleigh ride featuring a lady with a candle and a
horse that could use gas ex.
Remember that one.
The dog's fetching and the chimpanzee.
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