legal battle between costco and tiffanys. a ruth ruled yesterday that costco has to pay the company tiffany $19.3 million for selling engainingments e meant tlangz weren't made by the jeweller. costco argue today was using tiffany as a generic term to describe a ring setting. the store said the rings weren't marked with the tiffany name and wrpot n sold in the distinct blue boxes or bags. costco does plan to appeal. >> it is interesting, like cleanism or. >> zo zooe roechl but those are brand names. >>> we have question about telephone scams. >> she spoke to us, 7 on your side michael finney has your answer. >> i've been getting a lot of calls recently from people that claim to be from the irs needing bank account information or credit card information and i want to know who do i report these scam calls to? >> christian, you're not alone. millions of americans are getting these fishing phone calls and e-mails. don't answer any unknown calls and let it go to your voicemail and don't open any suspicious e-mail attachments. if s

costco will have to figure out a way to get in. carol: is it a case for getting them by buying another company? walmart do that and now thate amazon kind of doing with brick and mortar. megan: i think the walmart comparison is one that is probably one it would look to as well. i think walmart brought in the know-how in terms of people. we see them ramping up, they know this is the next competitive future. cosco will have to bring in that expertise and the bigger vision of how to mobilize this. carol: let's switch on over to finance. what a difference a few years makes and how wall street bankers -- what is more important, cutting taxes or reducing deficits? megan: i am not that surprised. when you talk to any rich person, let alone a wall street banker, the number one thing is tax reduction. they may call a tax reform but it is reduction. that goes to the fact that people think their personal levels of taxation are too high but also corporate levels and the way our system works is out of whack with the rest of the world. they are r

on it and while we're thinking about it if you really love it probably don't get a knock off while costco got a little too fancy for itself and now it's being forced to pay up a judge is ordering the wholesale warehouse to pay more than nineteen million dollars to the world fame new york city jeweler company tiffany's turns out they had been selling diamond rings using store signs that said tiffany needless to say tiffany and company got in a tiff with costco over it and it went all the way to court cost goes management argued that the use of tiffany was just talking about the rings setting and saying that it was as generic as saying popsicle or dumpster well the judge was not convinced saying costco's evidence was insufficient to establish the company's use of the tiffany name was not intentionally deceptive marketing ploy and yes costco customers were outraged when learning the diamond ring at a steep discount was not in fact from the famous jeweler buyer beware that'll do it for us for now check out the show on youtube youtube dot com slash boom bust r.t. thanks for watching tomorrow.

costco argues that tiffany has become a generic name for a certain ring setting. tiffany says the judges decision validates -- judge's decision validates their product name. >>> one of the hottest restaurants in the edunit h atesghstit nu th10 listoff w in san francisco, serving high and the chinese cuisine in a historic historic place with style. the executive chef -- executive chef has traveled around the world to find cuisine. >>> we are just days away from a once-in-a-lifetime solar eclipse. kpix 5's kiddo -- kiet do has more. >> this is a hard deadline. >> reporter: uc berkeley and google have amassed an army of 1000 citizen photographers to capture and historic solar eclipse which can only be viewed on a normal -- narrowband stretching 3000 miles from oregon to south carolina. that's called the path of totality. an army of photographers are going to be snapping pictures in that brief 2 minutes and then massively upload the pictures. this is where they come in. >> as you get to the period of totality -- >> reporter: they are part of the eclipse make a movie p

robbers took down a costco in june. in that case, the suspects also wore masks and took off with jewelry after breaking the cases. in may, thieves pulled off two similar heists in costco in danville, firing a round from a gun. one of the suspects in that robbery was arrested. now police are looking to see if there is a possibility that all of these robberies at costcos around the bay area could possibly be connected. we're hoping to talk with novato police about that as the morning progresses. back to you, dave. >> thank you, christien kafton. >>> up next, campbell police are responding to a video that went viral on facebook. in a moment we will show you why an officer pulled out his gun during a traffic stop. >>> also governor brown takes the air right out of a bill. why he says a law against helium balloons went too far. >> the time is 7:15. this morning, the marin county board of supervisors will take a step towards resolving the flooding problem on highway 37, the highway that connects vallejo and novato. it was clo

back in may thieves pulled off two similar heists at the costco in danville. in one instance firing off a round from a gun. one suspects from one of those incidents in danville was arrested. now police here in novato say they're working with other agencies to see if these crimes are being committed by the same suspects. >> we've already been in touch with those other agencies. we have meetings set up for later this week with other detectives. we're exchanging those notes for them to see what's similar. hopefully we can come to a conclusion for this. >> authorities are asking anyone who recognizes the suspects or that vehicle from the videos to contact them. in novato, ktvu fox2 news. >> a federal jury has found three san jose police officers liable for beating a construction worker during a police stop in 2015. the jury awarded the man $350,000. the officers used their batons to beat the man who does not speak english because they thought he ignored their commands to be quiet. the city attorney's office has also agreed to pay him an additional $100,000 in puni

>> costco down 8% today. 5% year-to-date. >> costco is 6.5% market player in the grocery space walmart is at 18% market share player >> two different clients >> the person shopping at costco is not shopping in walmart >> i think he's on to something with costco. hardest hit ones a company that has $100 billion in sales annually and this membership model listen, i think the way i look at whole foods they have 154 stores not a whole heck of a lot. kroger has 4,000 i think amazon probably has a business plan to go after each one of these models, the costco model, the bj model, the walmart model. i think they want to keep the whole foods thing. they want to keep the mercedes or whatever high end sort of stuff. >> what about the suppliers? what about people who make the products that go in all the stores are they safer or are they going to be because -- >> i think they get squeezed because there's some cross over but not necessarily. you're talking about what does whole food sells they sell the organic shampoo. they sell grits. >> what about selling pepsi. >> they may but they also said the

>> you have 1600 items, which sounds like a lot until you think about how many items you can get at costco or our places. how do you decide what to put in the store? >> in my garage i picked the first 200. i then learned i shouldn't be the chief merchant of any company. you come into our site and you search for a item, and we don't have it then your merchants get an e-mail saying this is something we should look into. we carry one to three items her category in the end if you are a manufacturer if you are not getting a great price we won't carry it and that's fine because we are not the everything store. >> box provides many employee perks. you have paid for weddings for your employees, you offer the pay for college tuition for their kids how many people have taken you up on that how do i get a job with you? >> we are hiring in general, the theme is that we treat everyone like adults unlimited paid leave, unlimited maternity and paternity leave. you might think folks are gorging themselves and not coming to work longest maternity leave anyone has ever taken, given that it's unlimited, seve

costco, getting ready to pay up big, because of a dispute over a simple word. the wholesale club will have to pay more than 19-million dollars... for selling rings that were labeled as "tiffany" -- but didn't come from the luxury jeweler! costco claimed -- it was using "tiffany" as a generic term, to describe a ring's setting. and it says it never sold rings using tiffany's iconic blue box. but the judge wasn't buying it. there is much more coming up on good morning washington. suzanne kennedy is working on breaking news... suzanne? to the streets overnight. the growing frustration as violence spreads to new cities.. plus - a woman kidnapped and attacked walking home from the met

(vicki) thieves target another bay area costco... this time getting away with thousands of dollars worth of jewelry and other items. we'll tell you who police are looking for - coming up.(grant) then, the major league baseball trade deadline has come and gone. the big name that's no longer with the oakland a's. (vicki) a congressman wants to drug test people applying for unemployment insurance. (grant) the bill would require substance abuse risk assessments in order to get benefits. supporters say it will cut down on tax abuse... but opponents say it would violate people's rights. (vicki) kron four's d.c. correspondent brie jackson talked with both sides - and brings us more. track: if you are applying for unemployment insurance, congressman buddy carter wants to ensure you're drug free. buddy carter: unemployment is not for people who are abusing drugs and using that money to buy drugs but instead to help them get back on their feet and we want to make sure that is what they are doing with. brie standup: under the proposed law state

costco claimed it used the term as a generic description of a ring setting. the judge did not agree. tiffany's says this sends a message to those who infringe on the tiffany trademark. >> musikfest in the lehigh valley was attended by more people this year than ever before. it was up 25 percent from last year to nearly 1.2 million people over 10 days. the last time the event attracted that many people was in 2008 and 2009. officials say it generated a $60 million booth to the bethlehem economy. >> great acts this year. >> chicago, toby keith. good stuff. >> and it is 4:53. we're staying on top of breaking news. fire overnight from an apartment building in northeast philadelphia. we are live there at 5:00 a.m. >> shot through the heart and he was to plame. a nail gun mishap lands a man in surgery. the is surprising outcome next. at perdue, we take some unexpected extra steps to raise healthy chickens with no antibiotics ever. like putting oregano in their water. it has natural antioxidants and we don't have to use antibiotics in their diet. perdue. over 200 pr

>> i think on some it is, it seems to me a wal-mart or a costco seems to be a bit of an overreaction you have to think of the customer overlap, where the stores are located, the type of value that it's offered at those stores relative to amazon and whole foods is trying to do. now, over the longer term, i do see amazon is going to be more competitive in this world. what they are doing is what we thought they would have, lower prices, try to integrate the prime customers and give

. >>> the founder of costco has died. jeff brotman launched the first costco warehouse in 1983 with jim sinegal. there are now more than 700 costco wholesaler stores in the country. it's the third largest retail behind walmart and kroger. jeff brotman was 73 years old. >>> as we reported, amazon is holding a giant job fair today. it's planning to hire 50,000 piece across the country. you can go to several shipping sites. employment offers will be made on the spot. 40,000 people will be offered full time help with retirement and insurance plans. that's a lot of employees. >>> and dozens of employees now have micro chips implanted in their hands. they were micro chipped at a chip party yesterday. the chip allows them to buy snacks, open doors, and log onto computers with the wave of a hand. the company says the company does not use gps, so it can't track employees. or fwaer private information. anne-marie? >> sounds so festive. a chip party. roxana saberi at the new york stock exchange. thanks so much, roxana. >>> still ahe

men wearing surgical masks pulled off a smash and grab at a costco. it happened just after the 10:00 a.m. opening on sunday morning. this video shows three men wearing hoodies and masks, they're running through the front door and they break the glass on those jewelry cases. according to onces, they got away with at least one bag of jewelry and watches. >>>nevada police say they are working to determine if two similar incidents at a danville costco have any connection to this case. nevada authorities believe this black chevy sonic with paper plates is the get away car. >>> we are learning more and more details about the upcoming broadway version of frozen. roxanna has more. reporter: on wall street yesterday, a mixed day. the dow gained 60-points jumping to another record high. the nasdaq dropped 26. netflix is reportedly billions of dollars in debt. the la times reports the streaming company has gathered $20 billion in long term debt as it tries to produce more energy content. -- original content. back to school means getting creative for target. the

it accused costco of selling "tiffa ny" engagement rings, but costco disputed the claim, saying "tiffa ny" is now a generic term. the court ruled however that it must call them "tiffa ny—style" rings instead. iam i am sorry. you will set me off in a minute. plenty of news on the business live page. 0n there now, they are taking the nuts away. no more nuts on walnut whips. this is nestle is saying that to cut costs they are taking the nut from the new versions of the classic walnut whip. as the director points out it is now just a whip. controversially, i never liked the nut on the top anyway. it is music to my ears. we have also been asking about your views on travelling the world solo. mel says, massive hydraulic your own comment meeting the best people you will ever meet. below is seeing how people live in different countries. maybe suggesting people living in poverty forced up karen says, i love it. meeting new people and choosing my own adventure. some of the best holidays ever. keep your comments coming in. apple is attempting to crack down on touts buying new iphones in hong ko

the ceo launched the company as an online version of a warehouse club, kind of like costco meets amazon, but for final i believe ins. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> you are kind of like a warehouse club but kind of not. >> you take costco, bjs and sam's club. as ubiquitous as they are, they are not everywhere. if you have less than a million people in your town you might never get access to wholesale savings. we help folks with that. >> how did you come up with that? >> i grew up in the bushes but every other weekend i would go with my parents growing up to go and stock up. >> you liked it. >> yeah but later on in life i didn't have a car to get to a warehouse club i felt lake millions of others might have this problem. luck will he over the last three or four years we have shown we have been right on that. >> you mention in the bushes it's hard the get access. you have four distribution centers. >> four across the u.s. right now. >> where are they and what areas of the country can you service. >> we are here local right outside the beautiful hudson river, acro

so i don't know how high costco's stock can go, even as it rallied another dollar today. but it does feel like there's a floor on it. walmart is so close to making these highs, holy cow. you've got to wonder and believe that jet.com is working and that acquisition is showing results it too will be hurt, because the stock sells for only 18 times earnings best buy is another retailer that seems to have found its footing, as it came all the way back after a very good quarter we're seeing a bottoming in macy's dividend right now can be supported by cash flow khol's has moved up. and even some ofthe real estat investment trusts are doing better it's a winner again. simon properties, it reported a super number this morning and raised its dividend. no sign of trouble there and the stock tacked on six points much of this move has occurred during the swoon of amazon's stock itself but it's something worth watching as the seattle behemoth has been quiet of late right now we seem to be in an amazon free zone i don't know how long it lasts, but for the moment, you have to believe me

(lydia live)it was inside this costco store where investigators say three suspects smashed jewelry cases and stole several pieces.let's take a look at the surveillance video.it shows the men running into the store wearing surgical masks.they ran directly over to the jewelry section and investigators say they used a hammer to smash the cases and stole several pieces of jewelry.the men then ran out of the store and got into a dark colored four door sedan similar to a chevy sonic with paper dealer plates.no weapons were seen and no one was injured.this isn't the first time a bay area costco has been targeted in a smash and grab.similar incidents have happened in danville and foster city.if you have any information on this robbery please call the novato police department.reporting live in novato, lydia pantazes kron4 news. ( mark ) thanks lydia. we will check back with you through out the morning. (darya) tense moments in the south bay when a driver and passen

we'll have a live report and the latest dramatic video on a string of costco robberies. and a fight breaks out between a security guard and a fan at last night's a's giants game. kron four's will tran is live at the ballpark with the latest. and more on the warming trend all over the bay area this week. find out where temperatures are expected to reach triple digits. ( darya ) good morning i'm darya folsom..( mark ) and i'm mark danon. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is ( darya ) ( darya ) good morning i'm darya folsom..( mark ) and i'm mark lets start the morning with a check and traffic... no major hot no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( mark ) ( mark ) new this morning... a fight breaks out between a security guard and a fan at last night's a's giants game. this video of the fight was posted on social media overnight. now the a's are investigating.( darya ) kron 4's will tran is live at the coliseum this morning with more on how the a's are responding. ( dary

(pam) but first..another bold robbery at a bay area costco store.. new at ten - we have the just released surveillance video. within the last 20- minutes ... novato police released new video of a 'smash and grab' robbery at a costco. take a look.. you can see the men scooping up jewelry this comes on the heels of several other stores ripped off, including a store in danville, where thieves struck twice. police are reviewing this videotape surveillance inside and outside of costco .... hoping to identify the suspects. they also say, they are working with detectives from danville and foster city. a costco representative says, they are still reviewing inventory to get an accurate understanding of what was taken and the worth. novato police say, they are also keeping watch to to see if the thieves try and sell what they stole. < "we've been looking at other cases to see if they are all connected. "> police say, they believe they have identifed the getaway car .... as a chevy sonic with paper dealer plates. (grant) tonight the jc penney at richmond's hill

rings using store signs that said tiffany needless to say tiffany and company got in the tiff with costco over it and it went all the way to court cost goes management argued that the use of tiffany was just talking about the rings setting and saying that it was as generic as saying popsicle or dumpster well the judge was not convinced saying costco's evidence was insufficient to establish the company's use of the tiffany name was not intentionally deceptive marketing ploy and yes some costco customers were outraged when learning the diamond ring at a steep discount was not in fact from the famous jeweler buyer beware that'll do it for us for now check out the show on youtube dot com slash boom bust r.t. thanks for watching tomorrow. larry you're watching our. four students for. i'm a trial lawyer i've spent countless hours poring through documents that tell the story about the ugly side of. corporate media everything uses to talk about these. i'm going to paint a clear picture about how disturbing. corporate conduct has been in mob these are stories that no one else in my pepto you post

saying that it was as generic as saying popsicle or dumpster well the judge was not convinced saying costco's evidence was insufficient to establish the company's use of the tiffany name was not intentionally deceptive marketing ploy and yes costco customers were outraged when learning the diamond ring at a steep discount was not in fact from the famous jeweler buyer beware that will do it for us for now check out the show on youtube dot com slash boom bust r.t. thanks for watching tomorrow. nicest militants have just shown a true son to the tune a great deal and this is could. be true so if you speak to some of the recent. period the only two that militants have joined since. those groups this is. the determinations of the independent islamic state in the philippines you know. even after two months of such. keeps finding hidden weapons and explosives. not being up operations in areas where civilians are used to live on a daily occurrence. not implementing one for the bundle. but the noise you get in my. visit to. the scene the. walking dead. believe over and it will make money out of the fis

costco plans to appeal the ruling. michelle: let's talk weather. we saw the rushing river like roads out there in the northwest. doug: because it's been so wet for so much rain. it doesn't take a lot to start up the flooding. showers moving out. we will see clearance behind us. there is six days to go until the eclipse. good chunk of the country to get the peak visibility of the sky in the eclipse. i'll figure which camera. i'm a rookie. the drier air will move through the region this evening. it's not quick clearing. graduate. still muggy for a while. we might get fog at times but most of the rain is out of here. finished. moved east and southeast of 78 degrees. the temperatures may rise by 7:00 p.m. because the cloud cover will thin out. 75 at 8:00. 73 at 9:00. we will see breaks in the clouds. muggy. here is the deal on the radar. showers are moving through prince charles county and sprinkles that are north and west of the city. most of the action moved out. we will call for any showers around the metro area to come to an end. we will remain par

in foster city in june and at a costco in danville back in may. investigators say they are now working to determine if the robberies are linked. one suspect in one of the earlier robberies is now in custody but so far no other arrests have been made. >>> take a look at this. a car crashes right into a home in fremont and right into a room where two young children often play. it was a dramatic end to a short police chase. ktvu's maureen naylor is in fremont tonight after speaking to the stunned homeowners who thankfully weren't home at the time. but it must have been a real surprise. >> reporter: behind me is their home. some boards were put up on the side to fill what was a gaping hole. police think the car was going about 70 miles per hour when the driver realized this was a cul-de-sac but it was too late to stop. a long trail of skid marks leads right up to the house where a car slammed into this family's home in fremont. >> it was horrible. it was like a blast. >> reporter: seeing the hyundai accent sitting in the middle of their living room wa

. >>> we are getting a look at a smash-and-grab robbery at a costco store in navarro. it shows three suspects in hoodies running into the store minutes after it's 10 am opening on sunday morning. within seconds, they smashed the glass cases and swiped hands full of jewelry and watches. they sped away with a black chevy sonic with paper plates. investigators are working to determine if two other costco incidents are connected. >>> service is still being affected after a crash on san francisco's embarcadero. a car appeared to be making a left turn around 6 am when it hit the f market streetcar. bus shuttles are running a wrong -- along the route until then. no word on who was at fault. >>> new at noon, covered california customers may have to spend more on health insurance. on average, statewide customers might have to pay 12.5% more next year. those who purchase silver plans on the health exchange could see an additional surcharge on their premiums as part of a plan from state officials. this is if the president d funds payments that cover out- of-pocket costs for lower

. >>> shares of costco and tiffany, we're watching them, federal judge ordered costco to pay $19 million damages selling diamond rings selling them in tiffany's name. of the costco said it was generic term. judge wasn't buying it. if you're buying at costco think you're getting a tiffany diamond ring, you ought to put two and two together. nonetheless judge deciding in tiffany's favor. shares of dick's sporting goods tanking, hitting seven-year low with earnings miss, poor 2017 outlook, continuing the whole retail demise. >>> disgraced pharmaceutical ceo speaking out exclusively to fox business today, telling our own maria bartiromo that he doesn't believe he will go to jail despite his convictions on securities fraud. take a listen. >> i don't think i will forfeit any money. i will not go to jail. this was a case we saw major insider trading case settled by fcc -- sec no jail time. settling neither admit or denying wrongdoing. hundreds of cases never get brought to the department of justice, no one gets arrested. trish: martin shkreli faces 20 years in prison. look at market, we're back

this was the costco in navato. three men all wearing masks. walked in at 10:00 in the morning on sunday. breaking that display case with a hammer. grabbing jewelry, and then taking off. same thing had recently happened in two other local costcos. authorities are trying to determine if those crimes are connected. >>> happening today, walnut creek city leaders considering partnering with a california state military department to help the homeless. council members will debate signing a four month agreement for a temporary homeless shelter. that would go up at walnut creek's national guard armory. >>> today, group looking to make foopt traffic safer in san francisco says it'll do an audit of dangerous city streets. starting at 10:30 in the morning, leaders will join citizens to evaluate safety crossings. >>> more details now to tell you about, the group says more than 40% of pedestrian deaths and traffic crashes are seniors. we investigated overnight, san francisco's city website says there were 30 overall traffic-related deaths in 2016. so far ei

. >> costco could be out millions of dollars for possibly faking expensive jewelry. >>> costco has been ordered to pay the famous jeweler tiffany more than $18 million. they sold diamond rings bearing the tiffany name that weren't made by them. they plan to appeal that ruling. >>> a woman is suing chick-fil- a, claiming she found a dead rodent baked into the bun of her sandwich. the lawsuit says she took a bite out of the sandwich, and she had to be treated for nausea at a local hospital, and she's seeking $50,000. >> that's not enough. >>> for years, traffic deaths recently, deaths on our roads have increased over the past two years. more than 18,000 people have died so far this year. similar to numbers seen in 2016. those numbers jumped from the two years before, by around 2500, since 2014. the national safety council gives two main reasons. one, people are driving more because of lower gas prices, and an improving economy. two, more people are getting distracted behind the wheel. >> our vehicles are safer than ever. we have advanced technology. we can survive crashes, because of bett

costco says it plans to repeal the ruling. (grant) the google software engineer is now defending the memo that got him fired.(vicki) in it he said there are fewer women in tech jobs partly because of "biological differences." catherine heenan is here with details on an interview damore has given to our partners at c- n-n... . (catherine) damore criticizes what he calls google's "politically correct monoculture." he was thrown out of his job after a 10-page memo he wrote was leaked to the public. google said he'd violated their code of conduct by "advancing harmful gender stereotypes." but damore argues that he's been misrepresented....and the company is intolerant of reasoned argument that doesn't fit its 'creed.' in an interview with cnn's tech reporter - he also argues that the company is psychologically 'unsafe' for conservatives.. james damore - many have either left because the culture is very alienating towards them or they're thinking about it because it's so bad.they don't believe they can bring their whole selves to g