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starbucks, the hidden camera spying on its victims. >> high risk, high reward. a staple of the social media era set for a major day on wall street and a shock to the sports world. >> a global sized scandal for one of baseball's biggest stars. abc seven news at 11 starts right now. always live abc seven news starts right now. >> this is horrifying. this is bad for everybody. bad for business, bad for the community. >> a south bay starbucks bathroom becomes a disturbing violation of privacy. detectives say a suspect was caught after setting up a camera, where users
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had no idea they were being recorded. good evening. >> i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. police are sharing details of this case in the hopes of helping more victims to feel the need to come forward. >> abc seven news, south bay reporter lauren martinez is on the story. >> it's an invasion of privacy. a hidden camera was found inside the starbucks bathroom. san jose police say it happened at the location off coleman avenue and taylor street. it's a horrible because we've used the restroom quite a lot. >> we were here last week. >> police say the recording was from tuesday, january 30th between 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. detectives say more than 91 people using the restroom were filmed. the youngest was four years old. >> this recording is graphic and includes multiple juvenile victims fully exposed. >> police say this is the camera that was found underneath a sink facing the toilet on march 15th. detectives arrested the suspect at his san jose home and found a cache of weapons, 20 firearms,
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including an assault rifle, various micro cameras and high capacity magazines were seized. >> it's sickening. it is a feeling of being violated and this is wrong, you know, i'm glad they caught the person and i hope they the hammer comes down hard on them. >> psychology professor thomas plante says privacy can be easily compromised with technology. there's not only a feeling of violation, but what happens next. >> they feel exposed and it gets worse when they start to think about what's going to happen with this tape, you know, or is this going to go online? who's going to see this? >> on wednesday, police couldn't disclose if the footage was being sent to another location or if it was uploaded online. >> you think you have privacy, then you find out you don't. >> san jose police say it was an employee who found the camera. >> i can't believe this is happening here even in this area, this is horrifying. this is bad for everybody, bad for business, bad for the community. >> starbucks released this
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statement. this is a deeply disturbing incident, and we are grateful for the quick and thorough response from the san jose police department in apprehending the suspect. >> at some point, we do have to take a deep breath, do the best we can, and try to avoid the paranoia that might emerge. you know, after you, after we have these kind of stories and these kinds of experiences in san jose. >> lauren martinez, abc seven news. >> a terribly sad development to share with you tonight. a fourth victim has now died from saturday's awful collision in san francisco's west portal neighborhood. an infant who was in the hospital with critical injuries sadly passed away today. police chief bill scott spoke about the tragedy at this evening's police commission meeting. the adult victims in the now quadruple fatal collision are diego cardoso de oliveira and his wife, matilda ramos. they were waiting at a muni bus stop with their two children when an suv just plowed into the family of four. chief scott says the collision has
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really shaken the community, this was this was a horrific incident and heartbreaking, there was a vigil held monday night and the community came out in mass, to support the victims. >> police arrested the 78 year-old driver who was behind the wheel of a mercedes suv. she was arrested on reckless driving and vehicular manslaughter charges, but has been a since released from police custody. we spoke with the attorney for the driver today who said his client is also devastated by what happened. >> this is a very difficult time for her as well, you know, this is a tragedy that she has to find a way to live with and navigate. >> san francisco da brooke jenkins says her office is still reviewing the case to determine what charges the driver might face. >> now, to your voice, your vote and more than two weeks since california's primary election, we now have a winner. prop one to update the state's mental health system has passed. governor newsom's hard pushed ballot measure puts strict
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requirements on local counties to spend on mental health and drug abuse resources, and it means major potential impacts to the state's homeless crisis. abc seven news reporter tara campbell is here in studio, closely following how this might work in the bay area. tara. >> yeah, ama and dan, this controversial ballot measure really coming down to the wire. and while the impacts are yet to be seen, one thing does seem pretty clear. this is a major political victory for the governor. in fact, he's touring a behavioral health treatment campus tomorrow in los angeles. >> this is a huge win for the governor, political science expert melissa michaelson is talking about prop one. >> the $6.4 billion bond measure to pay for mental health services, treatment facilities and housing to help people off california's streets. >> this is a huge win. if it turns out that passing prop one means that california can make a significant dent in the homelessness issue, the statewide proposition narrowly passing wednesday evening with
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just over 50% of the vote. >> more than two weeks after californians went to the polls, the governor, now poised to claim victory in his state of the state address. >> he was kind of taking a risk, right, because if it didn't pass and then he went and did the state of the state with that loss, then he'd have to speak about it in a different way. turns out it went the other way and it passed. and now he can have a successful state of the state. so i think he rolled the dice and he won. >> in a statement, the governor saying in part, this is the biggest change in decades to how california tackles homelessness and a victory for doing things radically different, going on to challenge local governments to step up, saying this historic reform will only succeed if we all kick into action immediately. state governments and local leaders. >> together, we are ready and willing. this is a long time coming, san jose mayor matt mehan says the city is ready to do what it can to put the measure into action, the first major update to the state's
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mental health system in 20 years. implementation of the mental health services act revenue and prop one really falls to counties, but cities approve land use and we're ready to do everything we can to expedite permits. >> meanwhile, those working with the unhoused say whether it's successful or not, it's going to take a lot more than prop one to address the severity of the crisis on the streets. >> we're not going to see the help that people need before, behavioral health crises get really severe, and the community based treatment that's so vital yet so missing in each of our counties now, because prop one is a bond measure, there aren't any new taxes, right away, but the state would have to take on some debt to be paid back with interest. >> the rest of the funding largely coming from redirecting money already set aside for mental health services. dan and omar. >> all right, tara, thank you so much. and we are still waiting to see who's going to advance to
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the general election in november in the race to replace ana issue in congress. the question is who will go up against former san jose mayor sam liccardo? evan low and joe simitian are separated tonight by just three votes. it isn't out of the question that we see a recount, but the cost would have to be picked up by the candidate who requests it happening tomorrow. >> the social media platform that calls itself the front page of the internet will enter a new era. san francisco headquartered reddit will go public tomorrow. the company is targeting a valuation of about $6.5 billion. reddit. this week said it would offer 22 million shares, pricing them at $34. tech analysts say the ipo is more of a necessity, really, than a choice. >> they have to monetize because they, you know, their income is in negative because of the expenses they have to maintain the servers and the computers. >> the social media company has infamously never turned a profit. reddit's debut on wall street has many analysts cautiously optimistic, and may
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lead to a pickup in silicon valley tech offerings later this year. we'll see. >> this week, san jose is hosting one of its biggest conventions since the pandemic. nvidia's ai conference is drawing people from all over, and the visitors could provide a nice boost for local companies. one of them is frost cupcake factory, the owner tells abc seven nvidia ordered a thousand cupcakes from her. besides being grateful for their business, she's noticed a change in the downtown area. >> you can just tell the whole city is booming. the hotels are packed, everything. there's people walking with lanyards everywhere. it's pretty cool. we've been waiting for this to come back. so something like this is huge for us. >> officials are working to entice more companies and groups to hold their events in san jose. it's estimated this year they will generate a nearly $80 million economic windfall. >> some big developing news tonight. baseball superstar shohei ohtani finds himself in the middle of a major scandal. today. the dodgers fired his interpreter, who was also his longtime friend. it's over allegations of massive theft.
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but there's a lot more to it than just that. this story quickly took off and quickly changed, with the focal point being on a gambling debt and it was thought ohtani had agreed to cover the debts of the interpreter to wiring at least $4.5 million to a bookmaking operation. then it flipped the interpreter ep. mizuhara was blamed for taking the money from ohtani's bank account. >> he's an interpreter for all we know. so how do we get from interpreter to being able to access his accounts? we don't know, and until we do, it's. the details are a little hazy, but there's definitely a lot more to this story than we're being told at this time. >> major league baseball has strict rules on gambling. espn reports federal investigators are looking into the bookmaking operation. >> former san francisco giants public address announcer renel brooks-moon posted a lengthy and emotional farewell message on instagram today. yeah emotions really have been swirling since we learned earlier this week that she would not be returning
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for a 25th season, giants fans, in particular, have expressed their displeasure with the team's decision to part ways with her. her statement reads in part, quote, it was and always will be the greatest honor of my life and career to serve as your pa and community ambassador. mother, a huge baseball and giants fan, was pregnant with me in 1958 when the team moved west , making me a giants fan in utero. never in my wildest dreams did i ever think i would grow up to be the voice of the ballpark. >> the giants fans have been passionate in their reactions to a reynolds departure. you can see what they're saying and share some thoughts of your own by finding and sharing our posts on abc seven news, bay area facebook and instagram pages as well. >> an east bay man coming home from work ends up in a gun battle with people trying to rob him. new details in the deadly suburban shootout. >> elon musk's vision apparently coming true. new video claiming to show his brain implant patent. patient controlling
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residents who are mourning their neighbor. and they go, you don't know. >> and i said, no. it was beat. and i said, you know, start the crying machine again. >> susan kayser is referring to her neighbor, 63 year old peter popovich, who died during a shooting that happened in this pleasant hill complex parking lot on tuesday. >> this is where, peter was. peter was. what's there not to like about him? he was wonderful. he was the kindest man. he was so involved in his community. >> pleasant hill police say that popovich worked for a company that sells packaging material for legal cannabis companies. officers believe he was targeted in an attempted robbery by two suspects, one of whom was also shot and killed as gunfire erupted between both sides. police say popovich had a valid permit to carry a concealed weapon. >> maybe they thought he might have had drugs or cash. yeah, he had neither. wow. you know, he
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was just doing his job. yes. and he never carried the pot. never. he just went and gave the packaging to the dispensaries. >> some residents say after what happened here on tuesday, they are doing everything they can to try and move out. >> the fact that we saw the body right there, it's something that i have never experienced in my life before, ever. and i, i can't stay, i can't, i'm not i don't feel safe. >> if nora balderrama saw the suspect after he had been shot multiple times, she says she will no longer let her nine year old play outside because this is the second crime to happen near her. explaining to us that she recently moved in and the items in her garage were stolen the first day her family was there. >> i can't do it. i wasn't even able to sleep last night, i've been crying on and on all day. >> it's just a heinous crime. so. and i never thought in the
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38 years i've lived here that i would ever see this police have not released a description of the second attempted robbery suspect. >> they believe that person sped off after the shots were fired in pleasant hill. j.r. stone, abc seven news. >> the environmental protection agency is rolling out an ambitious plan to get more electric vehicles on the road. it requires the car industry to reduce pollution, with the goal of cutting more than 7 billion tons of carbon emissions over the next 30 years. manufacturers will have some flexibility and will be able to introduce not just electric cars, but plug in hybrids and more efficient gas powered vehicles. the standards kick in, starting with vehicles built in 2027. earlier this week, san francisco announced an aggressive plan to install more than 5000 ev chargers by 2030. this is to keep up with growing demand, and it's been a brutal few months for boeing. >> from the tire falling off a plane at sfo on takeoff to flames shooting out of an engine
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to that door plug, blow out in mid-air. boeing is not building as many new planes, while the faa is demanding safety changes. and tonight, airline ceos are saying that your summer vacation could be more expensive as a result, the heads of lufthansa and ryanair say they'll probably have to raise ticket prices this summer when boeing doesn't deliver as many planes as expected. >> there is no doubt this summer we're facing delivery delays, which will constrain ryanair's growth this year. instead of carrying 205 million passengers, i think we're heading for somewhere between 100 and 98 200 million. >> boeing's bottom line is taking a big hit from the door plug incident, the company's chief financial officer told investors today. it's commercial airline units prop profit margins will drop to -20, their biggest loss in two years. >> new developments we are getting a glimpse at elon musk's endeavor into the human mind every day. >> it seems like we're learning new stuff and i just can't even describe how how cool it is to
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be able to do this. >> yeah, that's 29 year old nolan arbaugh, a quadriplegic and the recipient of the first neuralink brain implant. >> the device decodes movement intention from brain signals in a live stream posted on x tonight, arbaugh is seen playing a game of chess and the video game civilization. the movements of the cursor are all controlled through the neuralink implant, according to the musk owned brain science startup, which has its offices in fremont. >> well, that is remarkable. a new legal battle is unfolding in san francisco over one of the world's most coveted handbags, a proposed class action lawsuit is challenging the process for customers to be able to buy hermes birkin bag. the suit says in order to qualify to buy a bag, a customer has to have a history of buying other hermes products. one plaintiff claims she has spent tens of thousands of dollars at hermes and was still denied a birkin. the suit, which was filed in federal court in san francisco, alleges this violates anti trust laws. hermes
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has not yet responded. >> all right, let's get to our weather and find out how much longer the nice sunshine sticking around. >> not long enough. yeah i'm meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the forecast. yeah. >> let's just call it temporarily paused. all right. dan and let's take a look at a live picture. you have one more day to enjoy dry weather. and then for those of you who like the rain, it's coming in as early as friday. a beautiful view of the city by the bay from mount tam. here's a look at the next ten days. livermore today was in the low 70s. tomorrow 69 degrees, which is above the average of 66, still above average on friday. but notice those temperatures going down as we head towards the weekend and staying below average for much of next week as a series of systems comes through here between friday and the middle of next week. mount diablo right now 25 mile an hour winds. that wind has been blowing the tree pollen around which has been running high air quality will be good tomorrow. tree pollen, high oak, mulberry and ash and the uv
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index will be a five, which is moderate. you will need the sunscreen. regardless of the fact that we're going to see an increase in the high cloud cover. high pressure is getting pushed out to the east as a couple of troughs are developing out west, and we're basically going to notice they come in from the pacific and we'll bring in some wet weather over the next, let's just say friday through the weekend. right now on live doppler seven. we do have some clouds out there. temperatures at this hour in the 40s and the 50s. it was a beautiful day. today here's a lovely view from pier 39 tomorrow. a mix of sun and clouds. friday is wet, cooler and breezy and for your weekend weather, we're talking about showers continuing and gusty winds as well. so planning out your day tomorrow. you'll start out with clouds and fog. 40s 50s, comfortable weather, but the clouds will be on the increase. mild inland cool along the coast and then cloudier by evening. tomorrow morning. starting out with the 40s and the 50s. watch out for patches of fog, but overall it's going
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to be more cloud cover than fog tomorrow afternoon. low 60s to low 70s. we'll call it filtered sunshine. then here comes that level one system. it's a light system for friday light to moderate showers, slippery roads and breezy to gusty. that rain gets in at 10 a.m. friday. it starts to spread by 1 p.m. across the central portion of the bay area, and at 4 p.m, you're getting wet. pretty much just about everywhere. and the evening some showers continue, and then this switches over to more scattered showers on saturday. enough of the sun breaks that we may actually see an isolated thunderstorm or two. now this pattern carries over into saturday evening. sierra is getting snow. it's sunday morning. we'll see some showers and then it kind of eases up a bit. you get a break, but rainfall estimates anywhere from 4/10 of an inch to over an inch. and in the mountains it's a winter storm. watch 1 to 2ft of snow above 5000 up to three feet for the peaks. this is friday morning to sunday morning, so if you have travel plans, you might want to plan accordingly. get out there before or after kyburz 37in. by sunday night, kirkwood
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the russian river brewing company will release its coveted pliny the younger beer starting friday. >> it will be available at russian river's pubs in santa rosa and windsor through april 4th. every year, thousands of people line up to get their pour of pliny the younger. it's one of the world's highest rated beers. this year marks the 20th annual release. >> what a phenomenon it has become every year. all right, the warriors need wins. obviously. what? they do not need shenanigans. yeah. >> abc seven news sports director larry beil is here with more. larry. >> dan, for a few moments tonight, it was like, oh, no, here we go again. draymond green. what a shock in the middle of a little dustup. temper, temper everybody. let's stay calm. that'
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threes 27 points. the grizz just wouldn't go away. warriors finished the half strong jonathan kuminga steal and slam. he had two monster dunks in this game. finished with 26 points. warriors hit nine of ten to open the third. really open it up steph curry his 300th three of the season there. fifth time he's hit 300in season. dubs. built a 27 point lead oh draymond green sneaky what a fake right there. and then green with a coast to coast pass to andrew wiggins who makes the acrobatic catch and score. going backwards and falling down. wow. klay thompson also scorching five threes. finished with 23 off the bench. warriors with a much needed win 137 116. how about college ball. saint mary's . they're off to spokane for the ncaa tournament. they'll take on 12 seed grand canyon on friday. the gaels are in the ncaa big dance for a third straight season. they hope to be dancing for quite a while. >> that never gets old, and it's
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fun to see how excited they get to see us have success and go to, you know, the ncaa tournament. >> our guys been there before and they're used to it. and we've even won a couple games in the last few years now. so i don't think it's, too much excitement going in. it's more business this year and it in cincinnati, usf trying to take down the bearcats jonathan mobo is a force to be reckoned with with authority. >> ten points. this game ends up going to overtime. under five seconds left sheamus lukosius for three and the lead. he had eight threes 28 points. dons trying to get a shot off. this is for the win. mobo no. don season ends, 7372. the giants introducing their new addition, cy young winner blake snell. very candid to say he didn't care what city he plays in. so san francisco is just fine. even finer, the giants reputation and reuniting with his old padres skipper manager bob melvin. >> there was a lot of good that i heard. i never really heard anything bad about it, and then that intrigued me. and then, with farhan's interest and how
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