scott budman at the san jose convention center. >>> where is the outfit. >> you're not dressed up scott you look so square. >> reporter: it's a lot of fun i'll tell you moua i people are here of course the back to the future booth we found marty mcfly. all sorts of things happening here all sorts of people famous people famous shows and good causes terrie holler here from the fox foundation tell me how you're helping out. >> fund rising for the. even with marty's truck. >> come on by we also have terminator to my right. all sorts of movie props here. you can find it all night until about 9:00. it opens here at san jose convention center .steve wozny yack here signing autographs a lot of the cast from various star trek shows reporting live from san jose scott budman nbc bay area news. >>> sfl? >> you're walking around san jose and you see everyone dressed in back to the future war or star trek. >> good weather for that. >> what a friday. >> so nice. this weekend we are going going to see some changes no rainfall in the forecast saturday or sunday. but do expect cloud cover to move in at

scott budman is live at the scene with the surveillance video. scott. >> reporter: the neighborhood is shaken up and police are still trying to track down the suspect. the video from the neighborhood's porch is chilling. it shows the gunman in the mercedes sedan cutting off the victim, 29-year-old franklin in the silver jeep. getting out of his car and shooting her. the woman behind her in the red car says she saw it happened. she's scared to show her face. >> i saw him getting out of the car. he had a gun in his hand. she drove away to call 911. >> i told them hurry up because i heard a shot. >> the officers arrived and saw a silver colored jeep stopped near the intersection and when they looked flds the vehicle they found a woman slumped over. >> reporter: they also found two kids in the backseat who saw everything. >> the kids are real young. one is a kindergarten age and the other is less than ten years old. >> reporter: the two children, we are told, are safe this evening and with family members. there's a $2 million warrant out for the arre

reporting in san francisco, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >>> thank you. the so called speed cameras will not be coming to any intersection near us. a state lawmaker proposed the camera as safety measures in areas deemed most dangerous for pedestrians. those cameras would issue speeding tickets and mail it to you. the controversial pilot program was proposed for san francisco and san jose. it passed the state transportation committee this week but the bill sponsored said support wasn't strong enough so he'll pulling the bill and plans to re-introduce it at later time. nc >>> let's talk about this gloomy, gloomy weather. >> sunshine will be coming. everything's happening right on track. you just got to hold on a little bit longer. we have beautiful weather coming your way. you can see a live view of our exclusive at&t ballpark camera. a few drops in the lens right now. we have the giants and dodgers going lhead to head. remember, if you don't have tickets you're not heading to the game. your vip pass will have the game right here at 7:00. stay tuned for ful

our business and tech reporter scott budman is live in sun judge vale. scott. >> well janelle, the city employees are asking for a 17% raise. the city itself stays that is just not in the budget. barring any last minute weekend deals, the strike will start monday morning. more than 400 members of the sunny vale employees association union marched into city hall today delivering notice that they'll go on strike starting monday. >> sunny vale employees have not had a raise in five years. in in market, in northern california? are you kidding? >> reporter: after months of negotiation with the city sea works say they're at an impasse. the city is warning the strike will have an impact on some critical city services. >> we're talking water pollution control plant, potable water, sewer, parks workers, garbage cans at the parks grass mowed those types. >> for its part the city says it's filed an injunction in hopes of keeping so-called essential workers on the job. it also says the workers have been given a good offer. >> the city has a great offer on the table

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reporting from berkeley scott budman nbc bay area news. >> okay scott thank you we mentioned ann coulter tweet ago short while ago. this is it. correction it says i haven't spoke ton any berkeley students about when and where i will speak. because i'm still waiting for berkeley to tell me. again this is relating to the visit that she says she will be on karpz this thursday. but according to when the tweet a few months ago she's not sure where she'll speak she's waiting a ponce from berkeley. >>> five men recovering from gunshot wounds, the targets of three separate shootings in oakland all happened within seven hours. someone shot three men near e street and 106th avenue before 6:00. then before 9:30 someone opened fire and hit another man near avenue l and 662nd avenue just after midnight a gunman targeted a man near sunny mere avenue and highway 580 so far no arrests have been made but police believe the shootings are not related. >>> new developments in a shore tracking for weeks many of the people living in the elbowed apartment builds that caught fire are fighting back. 15 residents

. >>> i'm scott budman we are liv in facebook's world these days coming up the latest on technology and a sowers message from mark zucker berg. >>> then birds nesting in an unusual place downtown oakland. the life or death situation is putting dozens of baby birds at risk. >> meteorologist jeff ranieri starting to clear out at the coastline. the camera sky network but i'll let you know when it turns back to rainfall you don't want to miss the forecast, 5:20 tonight. . >>> one of america's most wanted no longer wanted. the facebook murder suspect killed himself after a brief chase with police. the a kmnlds drive threw worker in erie pennsylvania recognized steve stephens and the worker delayed the order to give authorities a chance to arrive. a police chase ensued after the suspect car came to a stop police say he shot himself. stephens has been wanted since sunday after he killed an elderly stranger about a hundred milestone away in cleveland ohio then posted the video to factual basis. facebook ceo mark zucker berg addressed the murder while speaking a a conference in san jose. a story

our business and tech reporter scott budmans that details. >> reporter: look at these pictures. they have been blurred because of their graphic nature, but they are images of the second-degree burn dina mitchell a milwaukee woman said she suffered after wearing her if i had bit flex 2 device for only two weeks. >> fit bit itself totally melted. the bracelet melted. and i got pieces of plastic burned into my arm. >> reporter: pieces of plastic dina says her doctor had to pick out of her wound. according to mitchell, her fitness tracker exploded tuesday night while she was reading a book. she says there was no indication anything was wrong with the device prior to the explosion. and aurora health care confirms mitchell visited urgent care the very next day. >> this is a product so many people use. my nephew -- their whole class gets these from their teachers and they wear them. >> reporter: the device, however, does come with a warning. the fit bit website cautions consumers stating the device contains electrical equipment that could cause injury if not handled properly. mitchell

boxes nbc bay area )s scott budman is in walnut creek w/ the latest. scott? >> well raunl officers say they though very little about the woman or the man suspected of shooting her other than he is on the lose. we want to show you sky ranger footage just came in. this is the walnut creek p. d. hunting for the killer. as you've said they asked people in the neighborhood to stay inside for their safety. this is the city's first homicide of the year. officers said it happened right out in the industry when a woman was shot and killed not far from a park. it happened around 1:30 officers say they were able to get to the victim soon after the call came in but too late to save her life. >> officers arrived on scene two minutes later and found a female shot multiple times. officers and medical teams provided life saving measures. however the female passed away. >> now officers still searching they're asking nearby businesses and residences if they have any information or surveillance video to contact the walnut creek police department. again first homicide in this ci

scott budman. >> reporter: with >>> within the next 30 minutes, people will meet to talk about safety. it happened in the ocean view neighborhood. gunmen opened fire and bullets killed a woman walking by and wounded two men. tonight they will meet with the neighbors. among the topics, the reason why police released the man originally arrested for that shooting. >>> did excessive force lead to the death of michael tyree? three deputies are alleged to have attacked another man. the three pled not guilty to second degree murder for the 2015 death of tyree. an inmate named juan villa took the stand. both were diagnosed were mental health issues. he said that the accused officers targeted him before going into tyree's cell. >> the three correctional officers repeatedly hit him in the head, twisted his arm, bent he his arm behind his back. >> defense attorneys were not available for comment. the trial continues tomorrow. >>> the owner of a construction company was sentenced for the deaths of two workers. in 2014, two workers were removing large slabs of granite from a shipping container whe

reporting live in san francisco, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >>> scott, thank you. we mentioned the ghost ship fire. that was about five months ago. it happened during a party in oak lapped. 36 people died in that fire. it's believed to have been caused by an electrical problem. the city of oakland had not inspected the building in three decades. >>> survivors of a deadly apartment fire are suing the owner of the building and the so-called master tenants whose names are on the lease. the building on san pueblo avenue was a -- they described electrical, plumbing, heating problems. they say they had rats, cockroach cockroaches. but the biggest issue became clear when the fire broke out last month. the exits were blocked, there were no fire extinguishers and the sprinklers and the smoke detectors just didn't work. one woman recounted escaping the building with her children. >> i put my youngest daughter over my shoulder and my middle child over my oldest daughter's shoulder. we started to go towards the front door of my apartment. when i opened the door and looked in t

our business and tech reporter scott budman shows us. >> reporter: in an economy that's on the rise, very few businesses are climbing as quickly as solar and jessica perez is part of it. >> this is my first install actually under my belt. >> reporter: jessica is part of a crew putting panels in place. she's also part of the san jose conservation corps, a charter school that prepares people for solar jobs. >> i would say, yeah, it's like the gateway to get your foot in the door with a lot of good companies out there. >> reporter: companies like clean solar, one of several helping the bay area to increase solar jobs by 67% over the last year. >> you need 6 to 15 people on a job site to install that one job. and we've got multiple crews out every day. so it's a growing space. >> reporter: 26,000 people in the bay area were hired over the last 12 months in the solar field. thanks to graduates like jessica, more are on the way. >> right now we're hiring, actually. i have interviews this afternoon and monday morning. >> reporter: scott budman, nbc bay area news. >>> let's check in with via

in san jose scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> thank you scott. >>> san jose is the place to be this week the facebook f 8 isn't the only conference in the south. silicon valley comic conlaunched at city hall tooth. apple cocounteder steve wozny yack leading the way. the colorful was wearing a star trek outfit part of the kickoff event. >> this is my home. san jose has done a lot of good things. look at this when a comic concome to city. the city council dressed up in uniforms for. he "star wars" and. >> comic constarts friday in and around the convention center. if you see people dressed in crazy and fun outfits you know why. guesses include the original captain kirk william schattner. >>> reality tv stars plea wasn't enough to change minds on a controversial proposal to eliminate california's bail system. chapman better known as dog the bounty hunter spoke out against the proposal to do away the state's cash bail system. the 9090s the bill was prufrd if it goes through the bill would allow prosecutors and judges to decide whether to release someone based on their risk to public saf

nbc bay area scott budman joins us with inside look what do you have? >> i'll tell you it's getting crowded and comic conis open year to you a walk down memory lain for sigh fie flans blade runner this one right next to it was used in several batman episodes. speaking superstars cost play, celebrity roe just opened flash gordon nichols from star trek. . steve wozny yack was r 2 d 2 rowing by. alling sorts of celebrities much speaking of roberts we have got roberts from lost in space. comic conopened tonight with celebrities until 9:00. opens gwen tomorrow 10:00 a.m. san jose convention center william schattner here. lots of people send it back to you scott budman live in san jose nbc bay area news. >> you're a little captain kirkish. you are. >> the william schattner is in town. >> i think you need to to be in the corvette. >> your dress kind of matches the trim i can see it now. >> what a fun weekend downtown san jose this weekend we can do it a good time, 60,000 people walking around. >> perfect weather came ber of commerce down in san jose beautiful

scott budman, nbc bay area news. >>> scott, thank you, we're talking about the e-mails and what exactly the investigators say they found, no fire extinguishers, and unmaintained smoke detectors, you can learn more at our e-mail at nbcbayarea.com. >>> and a student union held a rally at albany high school today to show support for miern minority teams alleged harassed on social media. they say they will keep on protesting until something is done to stop it. >> reporter: that is right, some of the students say there were some small element, even if it may be a racism underneath the surface, they hope by continuing to do the demonstrations, they will expose it and root it out and end it for good. >> lean on me when you're not strong ♪ ♪ >> reporter: a message of inclusiveness and support. the black student rally capped a week of demonstrations at albany high school, protesting racism. >> it teaches people to have more empathy, to see it is about those girls, that is how it is, it is not about the boys. >> reporter: the boys they talked about were ones who posted racist images and remar

that was scott budman reporting. numbers back this up. california saw its scholar equipment insulation jump over 120% over the last year and wages paid to solar employees also rose last year. >> rain on and off today and, kari, that's a the earn we should probably get used to, right in. >> you can see it on the radar, and you can see the passing showers moving as we speak and this will be rolling through for the next couple of days before we talk about this and the temperature trend coming up. >>> a $600 purchase is never delivered. what about a refund? i'm consumer investigator chris xhor a. nbc bay area responds next. nbc bay area re >>> welcome back. nbc bay area responds to a pleasanton man who paid $600 bucks for items he never received. >> he reached out to our consumer team for help and consumer investigator chris chmura helped him out. >> reporter: phil davis bought two cases of smoke detectors from the online company last is that cost $600, but philip says he never received them. he says he contacted the company several times but

nbc bay area scott budman joins in with the latest scott. >> reporter: raj this is walnut's creek's first homicide of the year as the woman was walking very near a neighborhood park. they say they arrived on the scene a couple minutes after getting the first call but they were too late to revive the victim happened at 1:30. officers say they don't know much about the killer only it's a man. not releasing much about the victim either. say they don't know if she is a local resident. >> officers arrived on scene two minutes later and found a female had been shot multiple times. officers and medical teams provided life saving measure attention however the female passed away. ky at this poin officers are asking nearby businesses andt( residences if they have any information or possibly some surveillance video. they're asking them to conb!et depabt9q9ñ again they haven't had a homicide since last august. reporting live inwell nut creek. stations against aÑi eles%sáary he is accused of taking picture1 of students who he apparently instructed to wear tight clothing. he is also accused of hav

our business and tech reporter scott budman shows us. >> when yosemite became a national park, slowly but surely, the interaction between human and bears picked up. >> and as simmty's own video shows us, it wasn't long before we humans started feeding the bears. getting dangerously close. sometimes too close. >> yeah, i mean, everyones bears. they want to see them when they go to the park. >> now there's a way to find and track bears from a safe distance. this is yosemite's bear tracker. a gps powered website to keep up with the park's bears. the goal, to warn people, especially those in cars, away from where the bears hang out. while helping rangers track the long-term patterns of the animals. >> even though there's a fairly healthy population there, they really need to know where these bears are going and if they're interacting with humans too much, then we have issues. >> issues like 10% of the park's bears being hit by cars last year. and you won't be able to get too close. yosemite delays the gs data so people can't find the animals using the tracker. >> if there's a recurring be

. >> reporter: scott budman, nbc bay area news. >>> check this out, it is an all too familiar sight to see all over california. this is new video of heavy flooding swallowing up cars as people try to run for higher ground. this is fresno today. parts of the city were hammered by heavy downpours. no word on any injuries but there is damage as we know well from when we had the coyote creek'd flooding how much damage those types of floodings can cause. >> the thunderstorm stalled out over downtown. unusual weather around the state. we had funnel clouds, tornado rarts east of sacramento. you saw flooding in fresno. here's the regional radar loop. lots of active weather, lightning bolts off to the east with small hail with heavier showers this morning. things calming down except in sierra. toyota tahoe report. nice drive to start your easter sunday plans heading up to squaw valley and alpine meadows. sunday, more rain in high elevations. speaking of the sierra, if you look at the eighth station index, it actually includes mt. shasta. part of the cascades down to highway 50 in the sierra set

budman goes one-on-one with the woman in charge of the da's high tech crime fighting team. >> tense moments on a job site in san ramon, happened as work crews were putting a storm trench in. a worker fell and hurt his back. the trench is 8 feet deep, 50 feet long. rescue crews arrived, secured the trench before removing the worker. work on the site resumed shortly afterward. ♪ >> could bus routes to three schools in the oakland hills be eliminated? i'm maryanne favro, i'll have the storien a live report. >> then, a bart psa about creeps on trains. sparking little backlash on line. why the message has some people upset. >> i'm meteorologist, jeff ranieri, little rain today. also blue sky. but look what's on the way? more rainfall. with a new storm. the time line on this and the change for easter weekend coming up at 5. 20. tonight. >>> bart emergency. bart emergency. >> works on the tracks, hit by a train. with a trainee at the controls. >> we just struck some individuals at approximately 16 -- >> they're blaming the victims for this. >> announcer: but bart's surveillance video rev

our business reporter, scott budman joins us. >> tracking via satellite, kind of like your cell phone but this time to follow the bears at yosemite. rangers call it a way to do research on the bears and help keep them safe. >> when yosemite became a national park slowly but surely the interaction picked up. >> it wasn't long before we started feeding the bears, getting dangerously close. sometimes too close. >> yeah, i mean everyone loves bears. they want to see them when they go to the park. >> now there's a way to find and track the bears from a safe distance. this is yosemite's bear tracker. a gps-powered website to keep up with the park's bears. the goal, to warn people, especially those in cars, away from where the bears hang out. while helping rangers track the long-term patterns of the animals. >> even though there's a fairly healthy population there, they really need to know where these bears are going, and if they're interacting with humans too much, then we have issues. >> issues like 10% of the park's bears being hit by cars last year. and you won't be able to get too close

. >> scott budman reporting. >> california solar equipment instuilation jump by over 100% last year. and wages for the employees rose last year as well. >>> running might be the most effective way to live longer. a new review of studies done in the past shows runners who run longer are better for those who don't run. even if they smoke, drank, or were overweight, the thing is to run. running just two hours a week over 40 hours amounts to a 3.2 year increase in life expectancy. that's a return of seven hours of life for every hour you spend running. >> a new fire station in menlo park is about to go up. you're looking at renderings now of what it's going to look like after construction. the rain we've had has declayed the project by about two months, but still the station is on track to be completed by the end of this year. >>> well, a chopper flying overhad and eggs falling the sky, not your typical easter. this is not -- this is west sacramento. project church came up with the idea to drop 20,000 eggs filled with candy from inhelicopter. some eggs broke apart during the drop. the ki

reporting live in oakland, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >>> thank you, debris from the deadly warehouse fire in december could be on its way to a new location. according to the mercury news, a lawyer for the landlord of that building, the ghost ship warehouse has found a place to is store the charred items. right now it's in a city-owned lot in a hangar at the airport. the landlord is responsible for the storage of that debris. >>> a figure in the lgbtq community has died. his dear friend, an activist announcing the news on twitter today. baker was 65 years old, he created that rainbow flag in 1978 after being approached by san francisco's supervisor, harvey milk to create something to symbolize the gay community. it has become the worldwide symbol for gay rights. a vigil starts in about an hour in the castro. >>> a young girl trying to keep the memory alive. the girl was reported missing on april 5th last year after her mom reportedly left her in the care of an aqucquaintance. her body was later discovered. so sfar police have not identified any suspects in either case. a vigil will be

budman here with industry on the rice. >> garvin talking about the solar industry not only agreeing but hires more people in california than anywhere else in the country and employs more people in the u.s. than the entire coal industry. thanks to local charter school the solar pipeline is still strong. in an economy that's on the rise, very few businesses are climbing as quickly as solar. and jessica perez is part of it. >> this is my first install actually under my belt. >> jessica is part of a crew putting panels in place. sh she is also part of the san jose conservation corp. a charter school that prepares people for solar jobs. >> i would say yeah it's like the gateway to get your foot in the door with a lot of good companies out there. >> companies like clean solar, one of several helping the bay area to increase solar jobs by 67% over the last year. >> when you install 125 kilowatt job like this you need tuv six to 15 people to install that one job. we've got multiple crews out everyday. so it's a -- it's certainly a growing space. >> 26,000 people in the bay area were hired o

nbc bay area scott budman joips from us downtown san jose this is one of the areas we would see the scott. >> reporter: to be honest as with many new technologies we see this one comes with a promise in this case increased safety. but it also comes with increased privacy concerns. here is the proposal. speeding cars are dangerous. and according to san jose and san francisco police officers they're the top cause of severe and fatal injuries. so those two cities want to put speed cameras on corridors prone to accidents as a deterrent. >> we can substantially reduce injuries and deaths from traffic collisions. >> but the cameras would also site drivers for speeding and reaction to that among south bay drivers is mixed. >> indiana the need for safety and security but i don't like that many cameras. >> those proposing the cameras say they'd use collision data to put the cameras where the most accidents happen. >> as a pedestrian that's a big problem at least. >> i'm not a fan it feels like big brother to me. >> this is an effort to focus in areas where we know the highest risk to pedestrians c

i'm scott budman one-on-one interview with sandberg is just ahead. >>> a strange man tries to lure three girls into his car in broad daylight. peggy bunker. police here say they need your help. right now at 6-30: a man trying to lure young girls into his car.. now, the los altos police department is reaching out for . >>> right now it's 6:30. a man tries to lure young girls into his car and the police department is reaching out for help. now it's happened at least twice. recently both times during the day. right near the high school. >> one of the safest cities on the peninsula the community is responding pl peggy bunker is in the city this morning with the latest. peggy. >> reporter: that is one of the reasons parents say they're so updates about this. it happened right behind the high school, in broad daylight after school hours. i spoke to the parents one of the girls just 11 years old approached today. they say she is scared. >> they need to catch him. he cannot be out on the streets. >> this mother on edge after a man approached her 11-year-old daughter and a friend, friday afternoo

scott budman reporting through. so far in a relatively short time, the park rangers have been tracking the bears by gps and learn that the bears in the park move as much as 30 miles a day and begin mating in may, a month earlier than previously thought. the new program has already gotten the thumbs-up from the california department of fish and wildlife. >> just don't feed them. >> i'm very scared right now. i don't know about you. >> we'll be right back. >>> is it a perfect partnership? i would like to say it's dang closed. ghiradelli chocolates is teaming up with krispy kreme. >> they are made with ghirardelli ingredients and the donuts are available for a limited time only at participating krispy kreme shot. >> we need to bring in a third party. you said no thank you to the mint. really? am i on my own? >> salted caramel? yeah. >>> we have a sweet forecast. >> we are looking pretty good today. we'll see highs in the san francisco area, along the coast, around 65 degrees. about tomorrow, the rain rolls in here thur

we've been telling you 10 northbound totally shut down because of officer involved shooting scott budman is stuck in that trask i know you're near palo alto north of the embarcadero tell us a little bit about what you're experience zbloogs hey jess kwa and raj. things are getting backed up on the peninsula as you've been telling people if you don't have to go anywhere north of palo alto orr even mountain view avoid it because the traffic is backed up. there is good news coming out the out of the south bay starting to see the traffic signs say hey there's been really bad traffic from here to 101 and 92 shutting things down. get off while you can plents of notice but again. >> no reason to go anywhere past mounen view. >> thank you scott that's doing it for us of course continue to monitor the traffic for you see with you complete coverage at 11. eting with the kardashians. >> what she is planning for her big premier on nbc now on "extra". ♪ extra, extra >> new photos megyn kelly heading into nbc reportedly with kim, khloe and kris. how they are coming out of the gates with a mega kardas

again all because of this on-campus article reporting live in san jose state scott budman bay area news. >> okay. take you outside look at the oracle aaron aif exciting easter sunday that's when the warriors begin the playoff run. workers hanging banners with the now familiar slogan strength in numbers at the arena today. and we have a schedule the warriors first playoff series again the portland blazer ready game one 1 sunday u-12:30 game three and four, portland. >> budget issues for bart. the decision the bart board made that could affect your commute. >>. >>> this steel netting will soon be used to help save livers i'll show you how a why today marks a big milestone for suicide prevention in san francisco. . finding time to get things done isn't easy. but we've got the digital tools to help. now with xfinity's my account, you can figure things out easily, so you won't even have to call us. change your wifi password to something you can actually remember, instantly. add that premium channel, and watch the show everyone's talking about, tonight. and the bill you need to pay? do it in

nbc bay area's scott budman has more. >> the book is called "option b, facing ald veracity, building resilience and finding joy." in it she shared how she coped after her husband dave goldberg dialed in an accident in mexico two years ago. >> everyone faces some form of "option b." and it's about how we build resilience. it's nothing it's not something that we have a set amount but something we built. >> the title came out after a conversation sandberg had with a friend. >> we were talking about an activity that dave wasn't able to take my son to and we looked for another option and she said option "a" isn't available so we'll keep the bleep out of option "b." >> until dave day it never occurred to me that dave could die which never occurred to me that i could die or my kids could diet. i appreciate every year in a way i didn't about. i would love to go back and share that with dave, celebrate the last birthday we had with him if i had known but i can celebrate each of my kids' birthdays like that now. >> sandberg one of the successful bay area women we've featured on "bay area revel

scott budman has more. >> the book is called option b, facing advirsty, building resilience and finding joy. in it, she shares how she coped after her husband dave goldberg died in an accident in mexico two years ago. >> everyone faces some form of option b. no one's life is perfect. option b is about how we build resilience. it's knowing that resilience is not something we have a set amount but something we build. >> the book title came about after a conversation sandberg had with a friend. >> my friend phil when i lost dave, we were talking about an activity that dave wasn't there to take my son to. we came up with another option, someone else to cover. and i looked at him and said, but i want dave. and she said, well, option a isn't available so we're going to kick the out of option b. >> sandberg, a single mother of two, says with this tragedy also comes greater appreciation for the good that's left. >> until dave died, it never occurred to be dave could die, which means it never occurred to me i could die or my kids could die. i appreciation every year in a whey i didn't before. i