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is suing police, claiming officers assaulted him while he was having an epileptic seizure. >> abc seven news reporter luz pena spoke with the man's attorney, who says police used a taser on him and then tried to cover up what happened. >> we have the story, but before we go any further, we want to warn you. what you're about to see is hard to watch. >> in the middle of the night on august 29th of 2022, alice frankel woke up to her husband having a seizure. she called 911 for help, the first to respond was a central marin police authority officer. >> he's not unconscious. he's fighting. >> in the body cam video, bruce frankel can be seen disoriented and struggling to communicate in the background. his then fiance, now wife yells to police trying to explain that bruce was not able to comprehend and needed help. he's unconscious for two minutes or so into the struggle, the officer threatens bruce.
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>> stop fighting! you're gonna get tased! do you want to get tased, man? >> your stomach. put your hands behind your back. >> a minute later, bruce was tased. >> so you're gonna get tased. you're gonna get tased. >> oh my god. the officer accuses bruce of playing with him. >> help, help, help! yeah. trying to get him in cuffs. yeah he's been playing with me. >> get on your stomach. >> today, the couple is filing a lawsuit against the central marin police authority. and the officers accused of assaulting bruce. >> instead of getting help. they got what turned out to be a police caused catastrophe. they say led with force. instead of coming in and trying to do some fact finding to figure out what was going on after emts and other officers arrived. >> body cam video captured the first officer acknowledging that bruce was having a medical episode. >> it's kind of just like, control them enough because it seemed like a medical aid more. yeah, he's got something going, dude. >> just outside the home.
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officers agreed. >> yeah. i mean, what do you think it is going to do? just medical only. and we do a report and. yeah. anyway, yeah, there's nothing criminal here, right? 148 no, he's like not i don't think he's competent to commit a crime, but minutes later alice was given a different story as of now, my plan is to issue him a citation for battery on a police officer, as opposed to taking the jail. >> but, i mean, he is not coincidence. i mean, why is this citation being in lieu of taking him to jail? >> now, the couple's attorneys accusing police of a cover up. >> so they accused him of violence towards his wife, which never happened. they accused him of resisting arrest, which didn't happen because you have to have a particular mental state in order to even engage in that. >> in a statement, the central marin police authority said in part the authority will vigorously defend itself against this meritless and factually inaccurate litigation, which has
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not even been served upon the authority as of yet. according to his attorneys, bruce had to get shoulder surgery after the incident. he also had an injured elbow, nerve damage in his wrist, and facial scarring. the lawsuit seeks unspecified damages from the central marin police authority in the newsroom. luz pena abc seven news. >> one we're at least nine people are dead following the most powerful earthquake to hit the country in 25 years. more than a thousand people are injured. the quake measured 7.4 magnitude. and when centers centered about 100 miles from the capital of taipei, buildings collapsed and numerous roads were damaged or blocked by falling debris. dozens of workers are stranded at two rock quarries but are said to be safe. abc seven news reporter tim johns joins us live from san francisco international airport. he spoke to people heading to taiwan as well as those helping with the relief effort. tim
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>> yeah, ama. that's right. you know, there were two flights that left sfo this afternoon heading to taiwan, one with united and one on taiwanese based eva airways. we did speak to some of those passengers on that eva flight, and they tell us ahead of their journey, they're still a little bit worried. less than a day after the largest earthquake to hit taiwan in 25 years, passengers at sfo traveling to taipei on wednesday told us they were a little nervous. >> there is some concern, you know, i'm with my family and uh- earthquake is no joke. >> i were concerned about, you know, i might get stuck somewhere or they stop the plane here. >> the massive quake hit the island nation in the early hours of wednesday morning. taiwan time, the impacts collapsing buildings and causing landslides as the island recovers. scott lai, the director general of the taipei economic and cultural office in san francisco, says his government wants to assure
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everyone heading to taiwan that things are under control. >> taiwan continues to provide travelers a safe environment with facilities that are ready and secure. >> the impact of the earthquake has been felt far beyond east asia. marie chong is a city council member in hillsboro. she says many in the taiwanese american community here in the bay area are keen to help family and friends back at home, as time goes on, we will be receiving more reports regarding the damage in taiwan and then to see where the needs are, one of the organizations helping is the buddhist tsay foundation, a taiwanese nonprofit with local branches in california, their offices ceo telling us they're already collecting donations as their volunteers help those most in need on the ground in taiwan. >> an earthquake. this kind of scale mental health trauma is so critical. so they need to have somebody to hold on to talk to because with powerful
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aftershocks expected for days to come, director general lai says his people appreciate the connection and friendship between taiwan and the bay area. >> taipei and statistical sister city. for a long time, and we do have very good connections with uh- san francisco. >> and some of those aftershocks were downright scary in and of themselves, one of them even coming in at magnitude 6.5. i'm live at san francisco airport. tim johns abc seven news. >> tim, thank you so much and stay with abc seven news for updates on the earthquake in taiwan. you can get breaking news alerts as they happen by downloading the abc seven news app. >> all right. we want to turn now to the weather. big changes on the way. i know what you're thinking. why? it's perfect. >> don't mess with it. >> but rain is exactly. but rain is back in the forecast. maybe even a little snow. sandhya absolutely. >> it's everything you can possibly imagine that is associated with winter. okay, dan, and let's take a look at some live pictures right now
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from our tower cameras and you will notice there's a lot more cloud cover. it is windier. it is cooler. there's a dry front that's coming into the bay area. it's going to be more cloud cover for us and gusty winds tonight. but it is producing some thunderstorms in the northern portion of our state. as you will notice behind it, we have a cold upper level low that is going to move in, bring the instability. it's a level one storm. and here's a look at what you can expect early tomorrow morning. some spotty showers by 8 a.m. you're looking at light to moderate rain. some snow over the higher terrain at 10 a.m. mount hamilton likely to see the snow and the snow continues over the higher elevations. santa cruz mountains up in the northern part of our viewing area. here's a look at the projections. so be ready for winter like driving conditions if you go across 17. also in parts of lake and mendocino counties, that level one storm for tomorrow and friday. cold showers, breezy snow over our highest peaks. chance of thunder and hail. now this could be the coldest air of the season so far
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, and we may be talking about record low maximum temperatures. a full look at the forecast. i'll let you know exactly how long this cold storm is sticking around when i come back. >> dan okay, sandhya, thanks a lot. well, it's official, almost. san francisco supervisor aaron peskin tells abc seven news that he's just days away from launching an official campaign for mayor. peskin has been critical of mayor london breeds tough approach on homelessness and people with mental health issues. >> i want to repudiate the politics of blaming other people . we've blamed the judges. we've blamed, you know, the nonprofits . uh. let's start being accountable. >> peskin has been supervisor on and off for 24 years. he's currently board president. he's also considered a leading progressive candidate for mayor. and there were some really very pointed reaction today from the mayor's office to word that peskin will run against her. >> yeah, we get the low down on that now. and what this means for the race from abc seven news
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insider phil matier and phil mayor, london breed spokesperson released a response to reports that peskin will run against her. we want to read the entire statement because it's a bit spicy. okay, so here we go. quote aaron peskin is synonymous with intimidation, obstruction and dysfunction. literally the triple crown of moving san francisco backwards. >> he goes on. he is the person most responsible for creating a city of haves and have nots. by limiting the amount of housing that gets built and freezing out young people from owning a home. he's also a hypocrite. he masquerades as a progressive while owning hundreds of thousands of dollars in amazon, cvs and bank of america stock and owning millions of dollars of property across town. and it continues. >> if you could go into a laboratory and construct an individual designed to single handedly destroy all progress in san francisco, he would be it. he's the terminator. aaron peskin occupying the mayor's office would mean hasta la vista, baby. for our local economy, our housing, and our city's future. wow yeah. that's
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intense. >> i think it's safe to say that mayor breed is not happy about this announcement. what are you hearing from city hall? phil >> come on, mayor breed, what do you really think exactly what i'm hearing from city hall is that this is the start of the mayor's race. as we have covered many times before past mayoral races in san francisco. there's always been politics. there's always been policy, but there's also been an entertainment factor to it, you know, personality, if you want to call it that. in this case, she calls aaron peskin the terminator. he's been the thorn in the side of mayors going back all the way to willie brown. he is. mr. no. in san francisco city hall, but he is also mr. known because he knows how things are done. she calls him the terminator. she should maybe pick darth vader, because the last time i looked the terminator is something that arnold schwarzenegger rode into the governor's mansion as being identified with, but it does signal that this is going to be a personality driven race. we have other candidates in the
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race, so it's time for san francisco. the gloves. the white gloves are coming off and the boxing gloves are coming on, and it is going to be that kind of year going forward. >> candidates with this rhetoric, they're going to be the focus. >> were they ever political allies though? >> no, they've never been political allies. they aaron peskin, as president of the board of supervisors and the mayor have been sort of political colleagues. they've agreed on things, but just as equally disagreed. and aaron peskin has been on that, that 35% of san francisco that necessarily is not in favor of the strong law and order stance that mayor breed and the other candidates seem to be taking. at least two of the other candidates, daniel lurie and former interim mayor mark farrell. so he is that progressive side. is it enough votes to make a difference remains to be seen, but what we're seeing here is that definitely the race is on or the match is on match. >> it's a cage match. >> given the mayor's statement, this is really strong today. what how is peskin going to
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impact the race besides just throwing gasoline on this thing? >> okay. what it does is it gives the progressives or the left a candidate, a stronger candidate than they've had. it's going to broaden the issues. it's not going to be just a referendum on whether mayor breed is doing a good job, good enough job. that's what the race has been up till now. now it's going to be more about as much about the direction of the city going forward. what do you want to do with the downtown? what do you want to do with housing? high rises, possibly in the neighborhoods? what do you want to do about public safety? it's going to be more than just a referendum on london breed, and she's going to use it that way quickly. >> has peskin said anything about his announcement being leaked? >> yeah, leaked. hmm'hmm you think it's just something out of the blue that no. come on. he set it up like this. it's the rollout, right? right leaked. no. sprayed. how's that? that's a good one. >> all right. it's gonna be interesting. >> all right. thank you. phil all right. >> as we continue here, one bay area city is trying a new tactic
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to crack down on sideshows, and they used it this past weekend. the question is, did it work? >> and if you build it, they will come. a look at the work underway at the future home of oakland's minor league baseball teams and an amazing story. >> she went from unhoused to venture capitalist. we'll have the inspiring story of a bay area woman. stay with stinging, 5-times-a-day,... ...makeup smearing drops user. i want another option that's not another drop. tyrvaya. it's not another drop.
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>> if the antioch police didn't catch all the drivers from sunday's sideshow, the mayor says their drones will. >> the drone technology captures license plate information, captures people's faces at their cameras are very good, but we usually find them and then we go and tow their impound their car and cite them. >> mayor lamar hernandez thorpe says antioch has had drone technology for the past three years, but last year's texting scandal decimated the police department. that led to an increase in sideshows because there were fewer officers to respond. at sunday morning, sideshow. the mayor says police were able to shut it all down within 30 minutes, he says that's because antioch has started rebuilding its police force. >> we've hired more officers. we have six at the academy, currently 12 that will be entering the academy in may, and we have 40 patrol officers, which is an increase of what we've had in the past. >> there are more officers to operate drones and to monitor plans for sideshows on social media. and then the cops came in groups. >> so it was really good. they
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shut it down immediately. >> antioch resident sequoia thomson lives near the intersection and saw the sideshow. she supports police using drones. >> i think with the drones and the new technology, it can really help the police capture, you know, the violence and things like that that's happening. >> but the use of drones are raising privacy concerns. community organizer tanisha garrett with ace supports police using tech. her concerns are with how the data collected will be used. the laws that are on the books, i'm sure, say certain things, and we know them to sometimes go above and beyond, we want to make sure that they're doing their job, their jobs, and not letting the drones do it all for them. the mayor also has concerns, but still supports using drones. >> in this instance. we're using them to capture individuals who have broken the law, and disturb the peace. and so we're using that technology to find people and hold them accountable in antioch, anser hassan abc seven news. >> yesterday, oakland made its
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pitch to the a's. today, it was sacramento's turn with the team's lease at the oakland coliseum expiring at the end of the season. the a's need to secure a home as fast as they can. major league baseball approved a move to las vegas as you know, but the earliest ballpark could be ready. there is the 2028 season. sacramento has a minor league ballpark, but it would need significant upgrades in order to host the a's. after yesterday's talks with oakland, the team put out a statement saying the two sides were far apart. in the meantime, construction is underway on a ballpark in oakland, the future home of the minor league team, the ballers. the team is spending $1.6 million to renovate raymond field. it needs a new playing surface, which is why the field is all torn up. as you can see here, they also need to install a video scoreboard as well as removable bleachers. the ballers are in the independent league and will start playing in may, with their first home game scheduled for june the 4th. >> all right, well, can't get to
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june without dealing with a little more rain. no, it's coming. >> meteorologist sandhya patel is back. sandhya? yeah. >> it's going to be a flashback to winter tomorrow. dan and ama right now. i want to show you the winds. they are howling in oakland. gusts to 43 miles an hour. that onshore wind 33. at sfo. we look at the 24 hour temperature change and it's a dramatic drop in ukiah down 2416 degrees cooler in livermore, san jose a 10 degrees drop. here is live doppler seven. here is the cold upper level low that is moving in our direction right now. we have the cold front coming through. that's what's triggering the thunderstorms up to our north and east. but here locally we are seeing a lot of cloud cover. and believe it or not, even a few sprinkles. here's live view from sfo camera where you see a couple of drops at this hour. certainly cloudy skies and from our golden gate bridge camera flags blowing around in the wind. 53 in san francisco it's in the mid to upper 50s. oakland, hayward, san jose 6254, in san mateo and half
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moon bay. walnut creek camera showing you a cloudy view. it is 60, in santa rosa. fairfield, concord, livermore 57 degrees. by the way, today's high temperatures were mainly in the 50s and 60s. much cooler, but we did have a couple of isolated low 70s. a san jose camera showing you some peeks of sun tonight, gusty winds tomorrow cold storm arrives. it is going to bring the possibility of thunderstorms and winter like weather with snow on our peaks not just tomorrow but the next couple of days. it's a level one tomorrow and friday. cold showers, breezy conditions, snow over our higher peaks with that hail and thunder possibility, winds will continue to remain on the blustery side. 7:00 tonight over 30 mile an hour winds 9 p.m. still gusty. strongest along the coast and over the hills. late tonight. the winds ease, but then they pick back up again tomorrow. as you'll notice, 25 to 30 mile an hour winds. now, when you have the colder air and the wind blowing, we're going to be talking about wind chill factor here. it is definitely going to be one of
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those situations where you'll want to pack on the layers. so it's spring, but it's going to feel like winter. 7 a.m. tomorrow. you see the light to moderate showers, 10 a.m. mount hamilton looking at snow. santa cruz mountains a mix of rain and snow. and then as we head towards thursday night, still seeing those showers coming through. mixed precipitation friday morning. continuing into friday afternoon and by the evening hours it starts to wind down. rainfall projections. most of you will be in that 10th of an inch to half an inch, but the wettest spots expecting up to an inch or more of rain. if you missed us at the top of the show, we are expecting snow over the higher peaks locally santa cruz mountains, mount hamilton, mount diablo area possibly certainly up around lake and mendocino counties, could see a few flakes even on mount tam as the snow levels will be down to about 2000ft to 3000ft in the sierra, 5 to 12in above 3500ft. winter weather advisory tonight at 11 runs until 11 p.m. friday. gusts to 45, expecting 18 to
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24in for those peaks 30s and 40s in the morning. chilly grab your umbrellas. grab your coats. you'll need them both in the afternoon. we're looking at 40s and 50s breezy conditions with the mixed precipitation and the possibility of thunder on the accuweather seven day with the level one, it's a one for friday as well. still unsettled saturday. we give you a break from this pattern and then sunday a slight chance with a weaker system of a few showers. but don't worry, by the time that solar eclipse gets underway, we're going to clear it out. warm it up temperatures in the mid to upper 70s. tuesday and wednesday. so ama and dan big changes coming now. >> we're back in business. >> yes, now it's more like spring next week. >> all right. it took years for a bay area town to put together a housing plan. and initially it was approved. why? >> the state changed its mind and what are the
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being in compliance with housing standards. despite an initial plan being approved. the state says steps to implement portola valley's housing plan were not happening fast enough. abc seven news reporter dustin dorsey explains. >> every eight years, cities and towns across the state submit plans to address the housing needs of their community. it's known as the housing element. they either get into compliance with california housing and community development department regulations or face
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consequences. portola valley's plan was originally cleared, but hcd said not enough work has been done to put those plans into effect. as a result, the town's housing element is now decertified. the almanacs portola valley beat reporter jennifer is following the story closely. >> seeing that it got decertified was pretty surprising to me, especially since they've been working on this for almost three years and it was pretty significant for them to finally get their housing element approved in january to be ■in compliance, portola valley had to have zoning for more than just single family homes. the mayor has expressed a lot of disappointment and frustration, as have the residents. she said that they required the zoning to be completed within two days after their certification, which was just very unattainable for the town to complete. >> here's what it means for portola valley and its residents. consequences escalate over time, starting with builders remedy. this is a state law that allows developers to get housing projects approved in
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cities that do not have a compliant housing element. the town may also face loss of state funding for housing and infrastructure. yoshiko. she says leaders are confident they'll regain compliance and meeting state needs won't change the town's character. >> there isn't going to be many changes to their area. i think, the town of portola valley really wants to maintain the rural community and their characteristics of the town. >> portola valley's planning commission meets tonight, as the town aims to get back into compliance before the consequences become any worse in portola valley, dustin dawsey abc seven news. >> while nurses in santa clara county continue their three day strike, nurses in san francisco held their own demonstration today. hundreds rallied outside san francisco general hospital there, complaining of a staffing shortage, which got worse when many nurses left during the pandemic. they want the city to hire more full time positions, nurses say understaffed makes it hard for them to provide adequate care. >> you can't give good care. you can't prevent people from
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falling. you can't give people their pain meds on time. you cannot prevent bedsores if you don't have the help. >> the san francisco public health department says it has added 135 new nursing positions in the past five years, and they're projected to hire another 150 nurses by the end of the fiscal year. >> all right. coming up, you will not forget this story, a true story of rags to riches here from a bay area woman who went from sleeping at san francisco international airport to becoming a venture capitalist and sniffing out covid literally, a look at one of the newer ways of testing to see if
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we're really happy to bring you the story of economic empowerment. it's about a woman who went from homeless to venture capital fund founder, and she did it while living in san francisco international airport. >> abc seven news anchor, race and race and social justice reporter julian glover shares arlan hamilton's inspired story. >> for most people, the airport is the last place on earth they
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want to spend time in. for arlan hamilton, taking a stroll around san francisco international airport is a homecoming of sorts . >> this is where i spent a lot of time in 2015, when i was homeless, and i was out here in san francisco, silicon valley trying to raise my venture fund backstage capital. >> hamilton spent countless nights living inside sfo. >> i would talk to my mom. i would talk to my aunt kotil, and i would just it would just suck. >> by day, she would be busy with meetings in silicon valley, hopeful she would crack into the venture capital industry dominated by white men. by night, she would pack those dreams back into her carry on bag and come back to sfo to make her home for the evening. >> so i would take a pair of the jeans out. i would roll it up and i would lay it on the on the floor and that would be my pillow. but i wouldn't stay in one place too long, and i always
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thought i might wake up to someone tapping me on the shoulder saying, hey, get up and leave. thankfully, that never happened today. >> those sleepless nights feel like a distant memory for hamilton, who is wildly successful as a venture capitalist. >> arlan hamilton, arlan hamilton island hamilton arlan hamilton wants to get you to your first million dollars. >> i essentially launched backstage capital while i was homeless. that's the simplest way of saying it. >> hamilton's company backstage capital, has raised $30 million since 2015, and with that money, she's invested in 200 startups. she's providing a life changing investment to the folks that are so often overlooked. >> but what would happen if there were a venture fund where everyone who was a woman starting a company, or a black person starting a company, or latinx, etc. they all knew that they could go there and have a fair chance. could that change everything so i set out to start backstage capital and it was a
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woman who made the first investment in hamilton. she said to me, i don't know what you're going to do, but i know you're going to do something really important. so i'm going to give you $50,000. she gave me $25,000 to invest in someone else to make my first major investment, and $25,000 to set up shop. >> hamilton's story has gone on to inspire countless people who've heard it. she's the author of two books, it's about time and most recently, your first million. she also has a podcast of the same name and now a live event. >> your first million live is where current and future millionaires convene. it's where we get together and we learn from each other. we network, we build and we get inspired and she does this work with her mother by her side. >> hello. >> who are you being on this trip or was an adventure was a journey with arlo, we had the
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highs and the lows, making it that much more emotional to bring her mother to the place she once called home out of desperation. >> so i'm just going to show you kind of what i would would take them into international city. so to go from sleeping on the floor of the san francisco airport to now, everything is changed really. the mission has stayed the same. >> that mission is to invest and inspire, reminding us all of what's possible when you hold on to your dreams, no matter how out of reach they seem. >> i thought to myself, as i had for years leading up to this, what if i could pull this off? >> and that she did. julian glover, abc seven news. >> whaan iredible woman. lo it. fantastic.e. i really >> what a great story. >> now julian is our race and social justice reporter. if you'd like to get in touch with him, just find him on social
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media. >> well, we'll move on. uc berkeley's controversial dorm construction at people's park is likely to get the go ahead from the court. today's state supreme court hearing made it pretty clear the $312 million project will get the approval it needs. a bill signed into law in september removed legal barriers for this development. it would accommodate about 1100 students and more than 100 homeless people who camped there. the lawyer for opposing neighborhood groups asked the court today to uphold the lawsuit challenging the plan. >> alameda county health officials are trying a less intimidating and more adorable way to test for covid 19. there are some yellow labs named rizzo and scarlett. you see them there and are trained to detect the virus and can test approximately 300 people in just 30 minutes, the dogs demonstrated their skills today at park bridge rehabilitation and wellness in alameda county to detect covid 19. the dogs are trained to sniff. as you see, they sniff the virus near a person's feet, ankles or lower leg area. it is
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a fast way to test a lot of people, and it's also less invasive than that typical nose swab. >> and if you can imagine doing nasal swab testing over the course of the last four going on five years, this is a way for us to move the needle in a new direction of testing residents. >> health officials say the canines have a 94% accuracy rate when. det pretty good. >> it is cute to well, it's a no go this year. >> yeah. why an east bay
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little ducklings trapped in a storm drain. of course, the firefighters got right to action, opening up the drain and climbing in. they rescued five ducklings in all. however the mother was nowhere in sight. they were taken to a bird rescue center in sonoma county. so sweet. yeah. >> all right. in the east bay, alameda county residents are going to have to hit the road if they want to see fireworks on the 4th of july. the city of livermore has canceled its annual display. abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley has the latest on a tough decision made by city leaders. >> livermore has recently become a popular place to go for july 4th fireworks, as other east bay communities canceled their shows, they moved to the event out of downtown and out to robertson park last year to better accommodate the growing crowds. >> i think it ultimately came down to the event kind of outgrowing the infrastructure and the resources that came down to kind of too much, not enough parking. roads were jammed. >> other communities like napa and richmond want to move away from traditional fireworks for safety and sustainability
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reasons, instead looking into hosting patriotic drone shows for july 4th in livermore. it's more about the safety of local residents. over 60% of the over 12,000 people who attended the event were not from livermore. livermore's police chief and the city manager issued an online statement last week explaining why they are canceling the july 4th fireworks show going forward . >> for the last year at least, it's been the only local place that has fireworks shows officially, and because of that, it became a really big safety issue. multiple hours to get out of the venue. no way for emergency vehicles to get into the venue. >> the city has yet to announce a reimagined 4th of july celebration, something they're thinking of doing as a daytime event at livermore airport. but that's raised other concerns. >> i think you're probably going to increase people using illegal fireworks at home because they want to give their kids or their family an opportunity to see
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fireworks. to celebrate 4th of july, livermore was the last community in alameda county to stage fireworks. >> now that they're canceled, locals say while they're disappointed and they understand why. in livermore, i'm leslie brinkly. abc seven news. >> and we take a live look outside this wednesday evening. we are in for some changes in the weather. >> we are. meteorologist sanjay patel is tracking more rain. the accuweather foreca this van ju. i thought i was dead. after the accident, i was in a lot of pain and i decided that i needed to. i called jacoby & meyers they had their own dream team. they took care of me like a . i would recommend you call jacoby & meyers they really went to bat for me.
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hold on for dear life on a bay area cliff for nearly an hour. >> rescue crews say it was one of the most precarious saves they've done. abc news reporter jane norman hears from the hiker for the first time in an exclusive interview. don't let go, man. >> don't let go. okay. >> after clinging to the side of this cliff in northern california for almost an hour. i got you, brother. this morning, cody kristen sze exclusively telling abc news about the terrifying moments he wondered whether he'd survive. >> my muscles were tired. i was cramping, and i knew if i fallen, that, it wasn't going to be good. >> the 22 year old trapped, dangling more than 50ft above
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the ocean in the bay area sunday night, focused on just holding on when help arrived. >> i knew that i only had to hold on a little bit longer, and that it was almost over. >> what began as a beautiful beach walk on easter with his girlfriend turning into a life or death situation. when the avid hiker decided to take a shortcut up the hill. >> i decided to climb the cliff. you know, be brave, be adventurous. and, so i started climbing in about 40 or 50ft up. i get to a spot where all the rocks start crumbling and they. i like every rock that i grab just gets removed from the cliff. >> cody's girlfriend rushing to get help. raise your left hand in here, brother. helicopter teams using night vision to find him barely visible as he hung above the crashing waves. >> this one had a very technical nature to it in that, the victim, you know, was, spiderman on to the cliff. he didn't have a ledge to get any purchase on. >> rescuers fearing he could
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slip at any moment. don't let go, man. >> don't let go. okay? >> my fears. he was going to let go. and i realized as soon as he did, he was going to start sliding. so i was giving him clear instructions. do not let go. do not let go. and i was able to feed the rescue device around him. >> cody landing back on solid ground with just a few scrapes and bruises and a whole lot of gratitude. >> the helicopter and the person who, like, grabbed me and saved me. don't know where i'd be without them. like, i definitely needed them there. and they helped a lot. >> whew, that is intense. thank goodness. scary. he is. okay, that's janine naumann janai norman reporting. >> yeah. the man was hiking near the battery alexander trail in the marin headlands. >> thank goodness he's okay. all right, let's turn our attention back to the forecast, because more rain is coming. >> yeah, and that wind is getting intense out there. sandy. yeah it is blustery out there. >> ama and dan. let's take a look at live doppler seven. a cold front is coming in, clouding up our skies. the wind has been picking up throughout the afternoon. and here comes
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that level one storm thunderstorms up in northern california. we have a chance the next couple of days, so let's time it out for you tomorrow morning. isolated showers at 4:00, but at 8 a.m. begins to increase in coverage and intensity. some snow over our higher peaks mount hamilton, santa cruz mountains, possibly even mount tam. this carries over into friday. now high temperatures tomorrow way lower than today. we're talking 40s and 50s. it is going to be breezy and chilly for opening day at oracle park, when the giants home opener gets underway at 135 against the padres. it's going to be a chance of showers, 52 degrees, breezy and cool. 54 next monday. we're going to clear it out the solar eclipse is taking place. it's total from texas to the northeast, but not here in the bay area. it's going to be between 30 and 40% as the moon passes between the sun and the earth, there will be some cloud cover in the southern parts of the state and from texas, but a northeast has a better opportunity of seeing this total solar eclipse. here's a look at the accuweather seven
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day forecast and you will notice it's a level one for tomorrow and friday. it's going to be wintry weather saturday we get a break and it's going to be milder by then. sunday a slight chance of showers. not a game changer for the weekend, but monday on we're going to warm it up. clear it out just in time for that eclipse ama and dan. >> cool! i liked your eclipse graphic that shows you the path. >> kind of gives you a good idea where we need to go. i know texas or the northeast. okay, buffalo. >> let's go, let's go. it's beautiful. >> this is the nicest time. >> that's what. that's what my people are telling me. yeah, it's uh- in sports. say what you will about draymond green and you probably already have. but the warriors they would not have beaten dallas last night without him. huge block late in the fourth quarter to push the warriors winning streak to five. denied. sports is
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good evening. the warriors have won a season high five in a row at just the right time. coming down the stretch with only seven to play. they have a three game lead over the rockets, whom they play tomorrow for the 10th and final play in spot. another white knuckle special against dallas last night at chase. draymond green he came up with the block of the year for the warriors. 90s left. draymond helps and recovers to reject daniel gafford. dubs ball with a six point lead. you think he was a little bit fired up. yeah
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andrew wiggins another strong game. i mean if he played like this all season they probably have a lot more wins 23 points. he was the only warrior over 20 and he was guarding luka doncic on the defensive end very well. chris paul came off the bench for 14 points, settling things down. what looked like disaster was looming late in possessions. cp three says he's not watching the standings too much at this point, because the only thing that really matters is you got to keep winning. try to worry about what are we doing. >> it's the only thing you can control. he ain't gone. ain't nothing gonna happen in the standings unless you win. you know, only bad things going to happen when you lose. >> these games are good for us because, you know, we're we're right on the edge. and we have to win almost every game and forces us to be sharp. >> absolutely. speaking of sharp , more honors for the logo, espn reporting that former warriors consultant jerry west will be going into the naismith hall of fame for a record third time, this time for his work as a contributor. and that covers his
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six years with the warriors, as well as stints as gm for the lakers, grizzlies and consultancy. currently with the clippers, west is already in the hall as a player, and with the 1960 gold medal winning olympic team. caitlin clark, the talk of college basketball and the prices for the final fours this weekend really reflect that. apparently, the secondary market tickets for the women's final four in cleveland, featuring clark and the iowa hawkeyes are going for twice as much as the men's final four tickets. average price for a woman's ticket is over $2,300. they're playing in a smaller arena. the guys are playing in a football stadium, the men's games in phoenix going for about a grand. all right, the vagabond days may soon be announcing that they're going to move to sacramento after this season. the view from sutter health park from drone view seven there. the a's would play there for two years while they build a stadium in las vegas. if they can ever build anything, anywhere, our casey pratt reports the a's have already told their employees that sacramento is close to a done deal, and there may be layoffs locally. as a result, the a's held a negotiating
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session with oakland city officials yesterday, but not much came out of that. hey, plenty of good seats still available for the a's against the red sox. nice lei. aloha spirit. their former giant ross stripling went seven innings, helps himself out on the comebacker. allowed just one run on a sac fly but that one run for boston held up. the a's got three hits in the fifth inning and somehow didn't score a run, which is hard to do. zack eloff double play ball right there to end the threat. a long year already for mark kotsay in the dugout. bottom nine two out tying run a third winning run at first. ryan noto the a's get shot out for the third time in seven games, and they're one and six on the opening homestand and near disaster in milwaukee. during the sausage race, byron buxton of the twins didn't look. you see him circling, look out as he was coming out of the dugout. almost got clobbered by the bratwurst. my producer is forcing me to say buxton almost got the worst of it. the
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bratwurst was in last place near the finish, so the near collision didn't affect the integrity of the race, which was won by italian sausage. if that's where you had your money. abc seven sports, sponsored by your northern california honda dealer. i don't know why that makes me laugh every time. the funniest two times a season, you get a player that's, you know, i'm not paying attention. oh look out! you almost got run over. >> that's a crack up. yeah. thanks good stuff. >> all right. tonight on abc seven, i ate the conners, then not dead yet. then an all new abbott elementary in $100,000 pyramid. >> and i'm dan ashley for sandhya patel. larry. bill, all of
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yesterday's game was truly one for the ages as amy schneider and david madden battled back and forth for the lead throughout the double jeopardy! round. amy went up by just $200 on the very last clue of the round, and that proved to be the margin of victory. they were both correct in final, but amy's big wager won the day and made her our first jit finalist. if i had to guess, i would bet we're in store for another great matchup today as we welcome back larissa, andrew, and sam. good luck. let's reveal the categories we have for you in the "jeopardy!" round. we begin with... next... we have... and finally... larissa, go. ends in a body part for $600, please. andrew. what is a cartwheel? ends in heel. that's correct. sprinkle, sprinkle, $1,000.
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